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Young Men Lesson 44: Becoming a Better Home Teacher

Manual 1; Excerpt from "Man Down!" by Henry B. Eyring

Discussion Questions
• What qualities and habits make a good home teacher?
• What can we do as a quorum to help each other fully participate in home teaching?

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Supplement is an excerpt from "Man Down!" by President Henry B. Eyring, April 2009 General Conference:

As a priesthood holder responsible for the spiritual survival of some of Heavenly Father’s children, you will then move to help without waiting for a cry, “Man down!” Even a best friend or other leaders or parents may not see what you have seen.

You may have been the only one to sense by inspiration the warning cry. The others may feel, as you will be tempted to think, “Maybe the trouble I thought I saw is just my imagination. What right do I have to judge another? It’s not my responsibility. I’ll leave it alone until he asks for help.”

Only an authorized judge in Israel is given the power and the responsibility to verify that there is a serious wound, to explore it, and then, under inspiration from God, to prescribe the necessary treatment for healing to begin. Yet you are under covenant to go to a spiritually wounded child of God. You are responsible to be brave enough and bold enough not to turn away. 

Read the full talk, "Man Down!"

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