This is the message I wrote in our quorum newsletter for April:
We all hold the priesthood of God and have been ordained to an office in that priesthood. As priesthood holders we have been given the authority to act in the name of Christ to build up the kingdom of God and to bless the lives of His children, but what about power in the priesthood? Contrary to popular belief, the term authority and power are not interchangeable when it comes to the priesthood. Authority is the right to do something, whereas power is the ability to actually do it.
Last year President Packer made it clear that we need to develop greater power when he said the...
