D&C 121
41 Ningún poder o influencia se puede ni se debe mantener en virtud del sacerdocio, sino por apersuasión, por blonganimidad, benignidad, mansedumbre y por amor sincero;
42 por bondad y por conocimiento puro, lo cual engrandecerá en gran manera el alma sin ahipocresía y sin bmalicia;
43 areprendiendo en el momento oportuno con bseveridad, cuando lo induzca el Espíritu Santo; y entonces demostrando mayor camor hacia el que has reprendido, no sea que te considere su enemigo;
44 para que sepa que tu fidelidad es más fuerte que los lazos de la muerte.
45 Deja también que tus entrañas se llenen de caridad para con todos los hombres, y para con los de la familia de la fe, y deja que la avirtud engalane tus bpensamientos incesantemente; entonces tu confianza se fortalecerá en la presencia de Dios; y la doctrina del sacerdocio destilará sobre tu alma como crocíodel cielo.
46 El aEspíritu Santo será tu compañero constante, y tu cetro, un cetro inmutable de justicia y de verdad; y tu bdominio será un dominio eterno, y sin ser compelido fluirá hacia ti para siempre jamás.
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Doctrine and Covenants
41 No power or influence can or ought to be maintained by virtue of the priesthood, only by persuasion, by long-suffering, by gentleness and meekness, and by love unfeigned;
42 By kindness, and pure knowledge, which shall greatly enlarge the soul without hypocrisy, and without guile—
43 Reproving betimes with sharpness, when moved upon by the Holy Ghost; and then showing forth afterward an increase of love toward him whom thou hast reproved, lest he esteem thee to be his enemy;
44 That he may know that thy faithfulness is stronger than the cords of death.
45 Let thy bowels also be full of charity towards all men, and to the household of faith, and let virtue garnish thy thoughts unceasingly; then shall thy confidence wax strong in the presence of God; and the doctrine of the priesthood shall distil upon thy soul as the dews from heaven.
46 The Holy Ghost shall be thy constant companion, and thy scepter an unchanging scepter of righteousness and truth; and thy dominion shall be an everlasting dominion, and without compulsory means it shall flow unto thee forever and ever.
I truly felt a strong desire this past week to be able to change the way in which I treat and teach others about our access to this sacred power. We were able to see several people this past week change their lives forever because of the influence of this priesthood power in their lives and specifically I can state that we found a man named Jose Guadalupe that contacted us in the street, who after having been around several ex missionaries in Utah, decided that he wished to be part of The Church, and when he came back to Mexico on his last week in our area, we passed by him and he yelled out to us saying Elders, vengan para aca (come here) and began to share his life story with us and long story short he is a very chosen man who loves the Lord and wants to live in the right church! He told us he would like to become a member of the church and bring his family with him! The Lord truly prepares people and due to the righteous exercise of the priesthood in the life of Jose Guadalupe he is growing to have an incredibly firm testimony of these principles! With this miracle and so many others I believe that I can testify that God really wishes to bless us through our righteous conduct and I felt a call to personally be the best I can be in order that others can receive the blessings that sanctified priesthood holders bring, and I know that God loves His Children Infinitely, that priesthood blessings truly can give us the capacity to be healed physically and spiritually, and that every act of worthy priesthood service is rejoiced over in Heaven. This was my little thought this week and I hope you all have a wonderful week!
Love,
Elder Raven
