[[Lesson Canvas 2025-03-23.canvas|Lesson Canvas 2025-03-23]] # Elder's Quorum 2025-03-23 1. [[“Behold I Am the Light Which Ye Shall Hold Up” — Rasband Oct 2024]] 2. [[O Youth of the Noble Birthright — Wilcox Oct 2024]] # Talk Review 👎 #### Brad Wilcox ![[O Youth of the Noble Birthright — Wilcox Oct 2024#^summarycallout]] #### Elder Rasband ![[“Behold I Am the Light Which Ye Shall Hold Up” — Rasband Oct 2024#^summarycallout]] # Discussion Four Discussion Topics ## Covenants and Responsibilities ### Description—Covenants Both Elder Rasband and Brother Wilcox emphasize the importance of covenants and the responsibilities that accompany them. Elder Rasband speaks about sustaining leaders and holding up the prophet, while Brother Wilcox discusses the birthright responsibilities of covenant youth. ### Quotes—Covenants - **Elder Rasband:** "We hold up the Lord’s light when we hold fast to our covenants and when we support our living prophet as he speaks the words of God." - **Brother Wilcox:** "Your covenant relationship with God and Jesus Christ is a relationship of love and trust in which you have access to a greater measure of Their grace." ### Discussion Questions—Covenants - How do our covenants shape our identity and daily actions? - What responsibilities come with being "children of the covenant," and how can we better fulfill these roles? - In what ways do our covenants help us stand apart from the world? ## Trust and Confidence from God ### Description—Trust Both talks highlight the concept of trust—God’s trust in us as His covenant people and our trust in His chosen leaders. Elder Rasband emphasizes sustaining and trusting the prophet, while Brother Wilcox speaks about the trust God places in each of us to fulfill our covenant responsibilities. ### Quotes—Trust - **Elder Rasband:** "To hold up the prophet is a sacred work. We do not sit quietly by but actively defend him, follow his counsel, teach his words, and pray for him." - **Brother Wilcox:** "God trusts you—of all the people on the earth, the children of the covenant, His crew members—to help with His work of bringing all His children safely home to Him." ### Discussion Questions—Trust - Why is trust such an essential part of our relationship with God and His chosen leaders? - How can we actively demonstrate our trust in God and His prophet in our daily lives? - Can you share experiences when you felt God's trust in you, and how did that influence your actions? ## Temples and Personal Revelation ### Description—Temples Temples and the blessings received through temple service are central themes in both talks. Elder Rasband emphasizes the temple as a place of peace, comfort, and personal revelation, while Brother Wilcox mentions the spiritual power and divine assistance available through temple covenants. ### Quotes—Temples - **Elder Rasband:** "We all need to be lifted up by the Lord with peace, with comfort, and most of all with personal revelation to counter the fear, darkness, and contention encompassing the world." - **Brother Wilcox:** "Your covenant relationship with God and Jesus Christ is a relationship of love and trust in which you have access to a greater measure of Their grace—Their divine assistance, endowment of strength, and enabling power." ### Discussion Questions—Temples - How has temple attendance and service impacted your ability to receive personal revelation? - What specific blessings or insights have you gained through temple worship? - How can regular temple attendance strengthen our covenant relationship with God and empower us to fulfill our responsibilities? ## Angels and Ministering >[!scripture] [[D&C 84|D&C 84:88]] >![[D&C 84#88]] ### Quotes—Angels - **Elder Rasband:** "We have angels round about us today. President Nelson has said, '[In the temple,] you will learn how to part the veil between heaven and earth, how to ask for God’s angels to attend you.'" - **Brother Wilcox:** "No wonder President Brigham Young once said, 'All the angels in heaven are looking at this little handful of people.'" ### Discussion Questions—Angels - What role do angels play in our lives today, and how can we become more aware of their ministering presence? - Have you experienced or felt the ministering of angels in your life or the lives of others around you? - How can understanding the reality of angels strengthen our faith and help us in our responsibilities as covenant members?