Transcript for I Ain't Lyin', Let's Be Zion • followHIM Favorites • Apr 15 to Apr 21 • Come Follow Me

Oh, it's hard to choose something, but I love the story of Enus, especially the order in which he prays for things. He loses all interest in hunting. He says, I prayed for my own soul, my soul hungered, and then as he hears the Lord says, they sins are forgiven. How is it done because of the faith in Christ? Then he says, I began to feel a desire for the welfare of my brother and he prays for them. And then he says, I prayed with many long struggleings for my brother and the laymanite. So goes from himself to his brothers to the laymanites, even the enemies at some times. And then he praised for the records. And I just think that progression teaches us something. You know, it reminds me of one time I was at a youth conference. And I remember there was a backstory going on, which one of the leaders shared, there was a rift with the youth in this particular order stake. I can't remember which. It was a problem. We had a really good youth conference, and this young sister got up probably 15 or 16 years old, and I will never forget this, Hank. She got up in the testimony meeting, and she said, you guys, we've been talking about Zion in seminary, and it sounds to me like we're supposed to be friends. and the most wonderful spirit came into that meeting. She got Terry and people in the audience put their heads down and then one after another, these kids started coming up and they started saying, If I've offended anybody, I'm really sorry. And that became the whole thing. If I've offended anybody, I'm sorry. And there was this very Zion type one heart, one mind feeling that just entered that room. It was exactly what happened to Enus. Suddenly there were no enemies just my brother and we were all brothers and sisters and somehow they realized it isn't us versus you. This is the adversary versus all of us and we have got to be friends and they did it. I used to love those youth testimony meetings when things like that would happen.

I think we're supposed to be friends, and it was beautiful, and I thought, wow, that's what happened to enists. Suddenly there were no enemies, it's my brother, and the lame knights, and preserve the records in the latter days so people can read this. And I bet you've had that happen to you, too.

Yeah, took some courage, but she said it and it changed the whole spirit of the whole youth conference, really. It was healing. It was awesome. I still remember her getting up. It sounds to me like we're supposed to be friends.