Table of

Contents

A Few Initial Words	vi
The Purpose of This Study	vi

Section 1	Introduction

Chapter 1.

The Call to Leadership

Why Leadership?	3
Callings by Revelation	4
The Mission of Church Leaders	5
Requirements for Leaders	9

Section 2.	Personal Qualities Fostering Effective Leadership

Chapter 2.

The Prayer of Faith	13
Prayers Offered by a Member of the Godhead	14
The Prayer of Faith and the Remission of Sins	15
The Prayer of Faith in the Ministry	16
The Prayer of Faith in the Performance of Assignments	18
The Prayer of Faith and Our Skills	21
The Prayer of Faith and the Will of the Lord	22
Chapter 3.

Hope of Better Days	26
A Time of Profound Changes	26
The Temporary Nature of the Mortal Environment	27
Greater Changes Yet to Come	28
The Two Alternatives	29
Waiting Patiently for the Lord's Salvation	30

Chapter 4.

Love Unfeigned	33
Acquiring Love	34
Compassion Leading to Miracles	34
Forgiveness: An Exercise in Godliness	36
Forgiving Those Who Apostatize	36
Forgiving Those Who Repeat the Same Sins	37
Forgiving Those Who Oppose the Church	38
Forgiving Those Who Fail in their Callings	39
Interceding In Favor of the People	40
Patience and Courtesy	41
Serving With No Concern For Rewards	42
Chapter 5.

What If We Don't Have Some of These Qualities?

47

Chapter 6.

The Nature of Perfection	51
Perfection Accomplished in Mortality	52
Stages of Perfection	52
The Problem with Hasty Judgements	53
A Perfect Heart	54
We Need All Those Who Desire to Serve	54

Section 3.	Weaknesses That Interfere With Effective Leadership

Chapter 7.

Pride	61
How Pride Can Be Manifested	62
Conquering Pride	63
The True Nature of Our Accomplishments	65
A Warning Against Pride in Our Prayers	65
Chapter 8.

Unrighteous Dominion	67
Covering Sins	67
Gratifying One=s Pride and Vain Ambition	68
A Misconception About Inspiration	70
Repressing Free Agency	70
Avoiding Unrighteous Dominion	71
Coping with Someone Else's Unrighteous Dominion	72
Chapter 9.

Prejudice	75
Greater Knowledge as Result of Diversity	76
Dealing with Different Cultures	79
Another Insight on Diversity: The Analogy of the Building	80
Chapter 10.

Flattery	83
How Flattery Can Be Used	84
The Search for Earthly Honors	85
Escaping the Lure of Flattering Words	87

Section 4.	The Knowledge of the Truth

Chapter 11.

Eternal Truths: Spiritual Nutrition	91
Feeding Spirits With Knowledge	91
Finding a New Dimension in Earthly Life	93
The Risks of Personal Opinions and Beliefs	94
Serving or Disserving Others	96
Chapter 12.

The True Doctrine	99
The Knowledge of God	100
The Doctrine of Christ	101
The Things Pertaining to the Kingdom	103
The Learning Process	104
Chapter 13.

The Blessings of Good Counseling	107
The Role of a Counselor	108
How to Receive Counsel	109
Valuing the People's Opinions	112
Presidencies Must Exemplify Unity	113
After All This, Are We Free From Error?	114

Section 5.	Spiritual Administration
117

Chapter 14.

Administration and Ministration	119
Administrative Functions as Spiritual Activities	119
Church Leaders Are Ministers	121
Administrative Meetings as Spiritual Activities	123
Chapter 15.

Effective Correlation	125
The Purpose of Correlation	125
A Correlation Agenda	126
The Role of the Auxiliary Organizations	127
A Sample Ward Council Meeting Agenda	129

Section 6.	The Exercise of Leadership
131

Chapter 16.

Serving the Lord in the Latter Days	133
Representing the Lord	134
Righteous Desires and Attentive Service	135
Chapter 17.

Evaluation and Release	139
Evaluating Ourselves	139
Evaluating our Service	141
Preparing to be Released	142
After the Release	143

A Few Final Words	145

The Establishment of Zion	145

Bibliography	149

About the Author	151