Sunday Soundbite

Aaron and Hur hold up Moses arms
Exodus 17:11-12

Tracey Nell taught our lesson Sunday from the "Teachings of George Albert Smith Manual" Lesson 6 Sustaining Those Whom the Lord Sustains.  We began the lesson by reading all of the scripture references in the lesson.  See: Amos 3:7; Ephesians 4:11–14; Hebrews 5:4; Doctrine and Covenants 84:109–10; 107:22; 112:20.

Then Sister Nell divided the blackboard into 2 columns - one labeled "Sustain" and one labeled "Murmur."  We discussed the difference between the 2 and listed ways we can support/sustain our leaders and ways to avoid murmuring against our leaders.

From the manual, "It must be a source of strength to the President of this Church to look into the faces of thousands of honest men and women and observe them raise their hand in covenant with our Father in heaven, and sustain him in the office to which he has been called as president of this great Church. The obligation that we make when we raise our hands under such circumstances, is a most sacred one. It does not mean that we will go quietly on our way and be willing that the prophet of the Lord shall direct this work, but it means,—if I understand the obligation I assumed when I raised my hand—that we will stand behind him; we will pray for him; we will defend his good name, and we will strive to carry out his instructions as the Lord shall direct him to offer them to us while he remains in that position.^"