"Every unselfish act of kindness and service increases your spirituality. God would use you to bless others. Your continued spiritual growth and eternal progress are very much wrapped up in your relationships-in how you treat others. Do you indeed love others and become a blessing in their lives? Isn't the measure of the level of your conversion how you treat others? The person who does only those things in the Church that concern himself alone will never reach the goal of perfection. Service to others is what the gospel and exalted life are all about"-- Robert J. Whetten
Once again I want to start with the doodling video by Ponderfun that sums up these chapters through doodle.
There is so much to learn from King Benjamin's speech it could be studied for months and still we would have more to learn! One of his most important messages is in following his example of how he served his people and how he implored his people to serve the Lord and serve each other.
The story of Faith Murray is so uplifting and I have seen this video before. "Losing ourselves in the service of others" really is an antidote to our own troubles.
These videos put out by the Church are fun and I wish I'd had them when my children were young.
This video is also a cute story that can help ALL of us learn how to serve the way the Savior does.
On the subject of service, I found this amazing talk given by Dallin H. Oaks back in 1984. This was his very first General Conference address, and it fits well with this lesson. He discusses why it's not only important how we serve, but why we serve. While all kinds of service is good, there is a higher and holier reason to serve--the pure love of Christ. I loved this quote:
If our service is to be most efficacious, it must be accomplished for the love of God and the love of his children. The Savior applied that principle in the Sermon on the Mount, in which he commanded us to love our enemies, bless them that curse us, do good to them that hate us, and pray for them that despitefully use us and persecute us. (See Matt. 5:44.) He explained the purpose of that commandment as follows:
“For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
“And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?” (Matt. 5:46–47.)
This principle—that our service should be for the love of God and the love of fellowmen rather than for personal advantage or any other lesser motive—is admittedly a high standard. The Savior must have seen it so, since he joined his commandment for selfless and complete love directly with the ideal of perfection. The very next verse of the Sermon on the Mount contains this great commandment: “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.” (Matt. 5:48.)
You can read the full talk here: Why Do We Serve? by Dallin H. Oaks
This speech given by Susan Easton Black is a great one that explores King Benjamin's teachings about service more in depth. It's impossible to sum up what she talks about with a few quotes, so I am just going to link the article below if you'd like to read it.
King Benjamin: In the Service of Your God by Susan Easton Black