22 June 2002—Provo Utah Oak Hills Stake
Priesthood Leadership Meeting 6:00 p.m.
Setting Apart
Review of Melchizedek Priesthood Handbook material.
Three things to keep in mind when setting someone apart:
1. Be prepared: Be ye Holy.
- Lightmindness, loud laughter.
- Over eating.
- Pornography, worldly entertainment.
2. Bless the person with what they need:
- Health
- Family
- Occupation
- Understanding
- Charity
- Physical contact
- Lay on hands and, not “to”
3. Follow up:
- Commend, congratulate them
- Advise (lightly), teach
- Let them know that you care.
Exo. 19:6 “And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation.”
Lev. 11:44 “For I am the Lord your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves: and ye shall be holy:”
D&C 43:16 “Sanctify yourselves and ye shall be endowed with power, that ye may give even as I have spoken.”
Alma 31:36 “Now it came to pass that when Alma had said these words, that he clapped his hands upon all them that were with him. And behold, as he clapped his hands upon them, they were filled with the Holy Spirit.”