Teaching No Greater Call Part A: Lesson 9

Called, Set Apart, and Magnified

I loved teaching this lesson and thought it went very well.  HERE is the link to this lesson in the lesson manual. Here are some discussion questions that I asked that really encouraged a lot of class discussion, as well as a link to a conference talk by President Hinckley.

Called

1. How can a calling influence the way that we live, governing our decisions and motivating us to be faithful and wise servants?
2. How has God qualified you in a calling that you have felt unprepared or incapable for?

Set Apart

1. “Set apart” - what does this really mean?
2. Have you had any experiences where you were blessed by being set apart?

Magnified

1. What does “magnify” or to “be magnified” mean? 
2. I brought in my macro lens from my camera and demonstrated what President Hinckley was talking about in his story in his talk called “Magnify Your Calling.” (instead of the binoculars)
3. (referring back to Jacob and Joseph from manual intro) What does it mean to magnify [their] office unto the Lord?
4. (if answers are different than questions above) Do you have any experiences where the Lord magnified you beyond your own talents and abilities in a calling?
5. HOW do we do this? How do we enlarge the power of our callings with which we have been called? (refer to Hinckley talk)