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Week 46 & 47 Finding the Family in Come Follow Me
What kind of efforts would qualify us for a title like “Savior on Mount Zion.” What an incredible comparison to make. This week’s Come Follow Me lesson teaches that we can be “Saviors on Mount Zion,” with one interpretation by President Hinckley relating to family...
Week 45 (Daniel): Finding the Family in Come Follow Me
Are we frightened for today’s youth growing up in a world, wicked as it is? This week’s Come Follow Me, through Daniel and his friends remind us sin-resistant youth can rise to meet and even exceed expectations and survive Babylon even as they face fierce beasts and...
Sister Nelson: Why we need to replace question marks with exclamation points after words of prophets
I wonder if you and I would study, in just a little different way, actually, perhaps in a much different way, each truth we received from this past General Conference if we had any idea of the price paid by our leaders to offer each truth to us?
Week 44 (Ezekiel): Finding the Family in Come, Follow Me
We learn this week that the duty to warn belongs to more than prophets. We are all called to warn our neighbor. We’ll undoubtedly stumble as we learn to do this well. Anything that matters this much takes time, practice, humility and courage. Right in the middle of...
Week 43 (Jerimiah Part 2): Finding the Family in Come, Follow Me
Belonging is such a deep and profound need that rests in all of us. As we read in Jeremiah in this week’s lesson, God’s promise that “they shall be my people, and I will be their God” calls to us and speaks to that need. To belong to Him, to be numbered among the...
Week 42 (Jeremiah – Pt 1) Finding the Family in Come, Follow Me
The Lord will gather His people. Jeremiah prophesied of the gathering that we are living in now and President Russell M. Nelson has said of it: “There is nothing happening on this earth right now that is more important than that [gathering]. … This gathering...
Week 41 (Isaiah 58-66) Finding the Family in Come Follow Me
This week’s Come, Follow Me lesson asks, “Ponder why the Savior’s return will be a day of rejoicing for you. What can you do to prepare for His coming?” Recently President Nelson said, “Remember that the fulness of Christ’s ministry lies in the future. The prophecies...
Week 39 & 40 (Isaiah 40-57) Finding the Family in Come Follow Me
Isaiah wrote about what he saw looking into the future and revealed things of future generations. In Come, Follow Me we learn so much about how his revelations pertain to our own time—the last days—and the great Millennium that will follow. Our modern day prophets...
Week 38 (Isaiah 13–14; 24–30; 35): Finding the Family in Come, Follow Me
Eternal families are a profound miracle and manifestation of God’s love for His children and the importance of His pattern for families.
Is Our Heavenly Mother Conversation Drawing People to Christ?
Anytime we draw extra attention to any particular truth in the gospel panorama, there is a natural risk of decentering or even unmooring our focus on Christ. Raising a few final questions about Bethany & McArthur’s article earlier this week.
Week 37 (Isaiah 1-12) Finding the Family in Come Follow Me
In this week’s Come Follow Me lesson, Isaiah’s role as a prophet seems very clear. He prophesies about the future, he calls out sin, he teaches of God’s love and invites us to follow His ways. But sometimes in ways that are hard to understand. Regarding modern-day...
Week 36 (Proverbs) Finding the Family in Come Follow Me
Proverbs 31, like paragraph 7 of "The Family: A Proclamation to the World" describe women in ways that seem outdated, maybe even offensive to some. However, President Russell M Nelson has reminded us that “From the dawning of time, women have been blessed with a...