A miracle is appearing in the Church, Elder Henry B. Eyring declared as he directed his Sunday morning address to those "newly called to serve in the Church, then to those who called them, and finally to those they will serve." That miracle is manifest in the changed lives of members and leaders as they are called to serve and strengthen one another.

Elder Eyring of the Quorum of the Twelve spoke first to the newly called: "Confidence depends on your seeing the call for what it is. Your call to serve is not from human beings. It is a trust from God. And the service is not simply to perform a task. Whatever name it has, every call is an opportunity and an obligation to watch over and strengthen the children of our Heavenly Father. [The Savior] called us to serve others so that we could strengthen our own faith as well as theirs."

You may go forward with confidence because you are called by Jesus Christ, the apostle explained, saying that the Lord knows you and your capacity to grow. "Calls will stretch you, often at the start and always over their course, but He will give you the Holy Ghost to be your companion. The Holy Ghost will tell you what to do when your own abilities and efforts are not enough. The Savior will let you feel the love He feels for those you serve."

Elder Eyring then admonished those serving to pray. "The Lord is [your] only hope for success. Most of the help will come through the ministrations of the Holy Ghost. We can only have the Holy Ghost as a companion if we plead for it and if we qualify for it. And both require a lot of praying, praying with real faith in our Heavenly Father and in His Beloved Son, and in the Holy Ghost."

To have the companionship of the Holy Ghost, one must also be cleansed of sin and then stay away from sin, he added. "That takes prayer, both frequent and fervent."

The apostle then used the Lord's prayer as found in the Joseph Smith Translation of Luke 11:1-2, 4; and Matthew 6:9-13 as a "standard of service." For example, after reading, "Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth," he explained: "The faithful servant prays that even the apparently smallest task will be done as God would have it done. It makes all the difference to work and to pray for His success more than for our own."

Elder Eyring reminded those who issue calls that the Lord has placed a trust in them as well. "Just as those members were called to watch over and strengthen others, you were placed under the same obligation to watch over and strengthen them. . . . You must watch and listen to see when they need strengthening."

He counseled those being served by those who have been newly called to pray for and uplift them. "It will take a lot of praying, but you could watch and you could strengthen, even when your only call in the Church at that moment is to be a follower of Jesus Christ and your only tools are to pray and smile and encourage.

"There is a miracle appearing in the Church. I see it as I travel back to nations after an absence of only a short time. The members and the leaders are changed," Elder Eyring related. "Just as Alma promised, their souls have been enlarged and their understanding enlightened and their minds expanded. (See Alma 32:28, 34.) They have served each other in faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. He has sent them the Holy Ghost as a companion in answer to fervent prayer. Their watching over and testifying and loving and helping each other has let the Lord give a miracle of growth in the hearts and capacities of humble sons and daughters of God."