Follow the Living Prophet - June 14, 2015

Thanks to Tina for a great discussion from Chapter 11: Follow the Living Prophet of the Ezra Taft Benson manual.

• What does learn to keep your eyes on the prophet mean to you?

The President of the Church is the Lord’s mouthpiece on the earth.

"Learn to keep your eye on the prophet. He is the Lord’s mouthpiece and the only man who can speak for the Lord today. Let his inspired counsel take precedence."
Chapter 11: Follow the Living Prophet

The most important prophet for us is the living prophet.

• Why do you think the most important prophet for us is the current President of the Church? What counsel have we recently received from the living prophet?

"As members of the Church we have some close quarters to pass through if we are going to get home safely. We will be given a chance to choose between conflicting counsel given by some. That’s why we must learn--and the sooner we learn, the better--to keep our eye on the Prophet, the President of the Church."
Chapter 11: Follow the Living Prophet

We will be blessed as we follow the living prophet.

"To help you pass the crucial tests which lie ahead, I am going to give you … a grand key which, if you will honor, will crown you with God’s glory and bring you out victorious in spite of Satan’s fury."
Chapter 11: Follow the Living Prophet

• Consider the “grand key” that President Benson identifies. What are some blessings you have received when you have been true to this grand key?
  
  
  The living prophet tells us what we need to know, not necessarily what we want to hear.
• Reflect on a time when you have followed the prophet’s counsel even though you have not completely understood it. What can we learn from such experiences?