Spotting the Beggar's Petition - Mosiah 4:16-27
Not all that beg for temporal or spiritual support do so with cardboard signs or outstretched hands. As we seek guidance from on high, we can be blessed to see and support other's needs that are only known to God.
As we follow through, we will be filled with joy and build eternal relationships with our brothers and sisters who we help.
Seeking inspiration to spot the beggar's petition is a first step to being on the Lord's errand. For "...when ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God." (Book of Mormon, Mosiah 2:17)
Mosiah 16-27
Transcript [emphasis added]:
ELDER SLATTER: The Savior set the ultimate example, serving our brothers and sisters. We are part of the leadership in the inner city project, which is an army of Saints that have been called to help inner city wards and branches that are struggling to serve the welfare needs of the poor and the needy by first helping them meet their temporal needs, their short-term needs, their immediate needs, and then encourage them to grow in the gospel. These are service missionaries that are called. Most of those are couples. The largest majority of those couples are still working, and so it's an opportunity for them to continue to work and serve from home and, yet, to still be able to bless the lives of those in need.
SISTER SLATTER: You're not always aware of how needy people are and the struggles that they have on an everyday basis. Being able to help with that in some small way has really given us a different perspective and great love.
ELDER SLATTER: An example that comes to mind that we have seen is a little family that lived in one of the wards. The woman answered the door with two little children that were there by her side, and one of the little kids said to the service missionaries, "Are you here to help us?" They related that they had been praying that someone would come and help them because their dad had lost his job, and they didn't have the resources that they needed to sustain the family, and they were in pretty difficult straits. So the missionaries were able to help this father find a job. That's the beautiful part about being able to serve in this inner city project as a service missionary.
SISTER SLATTER: It gives you the opportunity to build lasting, eternal relationships with these individuals and families.
ELDER SLATTER: This really is the work that the Savior would have us do.
SISTER SLATTER: People are on their knees praying for people to come and help.
ELDER SLATTER: We find that once you can help families get beyond the daily challenges of the temporal needs, that they can start to think about their spiritual needs.
SISTER SLATTER: And it really does change lives. It's an amazing, amazing place to serve.
And lastly from Jeffrey R. Holland from the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles:
As we follow through, we will be filled with joy and build eternal relationships with our brothers and sisters who we help.
Seeking inspiration to spot the beggar's petition is a first step to being on the Lord's errand. For "...when ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God." (Book of Mormon, Mosiah 2:17)
Mosiah 16-27
16 "And also, ye yourselves will succor those that stand in need of your succor; ye will administer of your substance unto him that standeth in need; and ye will not suffer that the beggar putteth up his petition to you in vain, and turn him out to perish."
19 "For behold, are we not all beggars? Do we not all depend upon the same Being, even God, for all the substance which we have,..."
26 "...I would that ye should impart of your substance to the poor, every man according to that which he hath, such as feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, visiting the sick and administering to their relief, both spiritually and temporally, according to their wants."
27 "And see that all these things are done in wisdom and order,..."
Transcript [emphasis added]:
ELDER SLATTER: The Savior set the ultimate example, serving our brothers and sisters. We are part of the leadership in the inner city project, which is an army of Saints that have been called to help inner city wards and branches that are struggling to serve the welfare needs of the poor and the needy by first helping them meet their temporal needs, their short-term needs, their immediate needs, and then encourage them to grow in the gospel. These are service missionaries that are called. Most of those are couples. The largest majority of those couples are still working, and so it's an opportunity for them to continue to work and serve from home and, yet, to still be able to bless the lives of those in need.
SISTER SLATTER: You're not always aware of how needy people are and the struggles that they have on an everyday basis. Being able to help with that in some small way has really given us a different perspective and great love.
ELDER SLATTER: An example that comes to mind that we have seen is a little family that lived in one of the wards. The woman answered the door with two little children that were there by her side, and one of the little kids said to the service missionaries, "Are you here to help us?" They related that they had been praying that someone would come and help them because their dad had lost his job, and they didn't have the resources that they needed to sustain the family, and they were in pretty difficult straits. So the missionaries were able to help this father find a job. That's the beautiful part about being able to serve in this inner city project as a service missionary.
SISTER SLATTER: It gives you the opportunity to build lasting, eternal relationships with these individuals and families.
ELDER SLATTER: This really is the work that the Savior would have us do.
SISTER SLATTER: People are on their knees praying for people to come and help.
ELDER SLATTER: We find that once you can help families get beyond the daily challenges of the temporal needs, that they can start to think about their spiritual needs.
SISTER SLATTER: And it really does change lives. It's an amazing, amazing place to serve.
And lastly from Jeffrey R. Holland from the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles:
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