Stephen R. Covey, former president of the Irish Mission and now assistant to President Wilkinson at BYU, spoke this morning in leadership meeting. He spoke on human influence as related to preaching the gospel. He had us copy down the following chart:
Conditioning experiences > Point of view, attitude > Behavior
Negative
Criticism, judgment, rejection > Freezes point of view > Defensive, hostile
Positive
Light, understanding, acceptance > Open, teachable, unfreezes > Change, improve
We are expected to become a light, not a judge. We should not compare people but accept each individual as they are—meaning an unconditional love, or charity, the pure love of Christ. And in prayer we should not just talk but learn to listen. Effective prayer should be two-way communication.
Tonight in retention I played piano for the opening song. Elder Rencher conducted the music.
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