Becoming Like My Scripture Hero - Character Planning Sheet Template Page 17

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Choose your friends carefully.
They will greatly influence how you
think and act, and even help determine the person you will become.
The finest of friends
must sometimes be
stern sentinels, who
- For the Strength of Youth Pamphlet, 12
will insist that we
become what we have
the power to become.
Do you know how to recognize a true friend? A
-Elder Neal A. Maxwell
real friend loves us and protects us.
(“Insights to My Life”, p.199)
In recognizing a true friend we must look for
* Sentinel = A guard or lookout
two important elements in that friendships
A true friend makes it easier for us to live
the Gospel by being around him.
Similarly, a true friend does not make us
choose between his way and the Lord’s way.
To have good friends, be a
good friend yourself.
Elder Robert D. Hales (Ensign, May 1990, p. 4 0)
-
For the Strength of Youth, p.12
Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one
of the least of these my brethren,
Show interest in
ye have done it unto me.
others and let them
know you care about
Matthew 25:40
them...
Go out of your
way to be a friend to
those who are shy or
Friends who hold us back spiritually are
do not feel included.
not true friends at all.
For the Strength of Youth, p.12
Elder Neal A. Maxwell, Ensign, November 1992, p.66
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