The Savior Said: A Come Follow Me Podcast

Put on your gardening gloves and get ready to play in the dirt! Just kidding, we're talking about allegorical dirt! This week, I discuss why I was hesitant to study Jacob 5, quote some sources that changed my mind, and decide that the allegory/parable/olivegory/WHATEVER of the Olive Tree is full of hope! 

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Goodbye Nephi (sad face), hello Jacob (happy face)!  We jump right into the book of Jacob and learn about magnifying our callings (the official ones and unofficial ones), how immorality is impacting our kids, and how to *not* council the Lord....still working on that one!

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This was an incredibly hard episode to record and an even harder one to put out there.  Please be kind.

This week we discuss how Nephi teaches us to follow Christ, the 4th Article of Faith + enduring to the end, and also mental illness.

If you or someone you know needs help with mental illness and you're not sure where to start, please go to https://www.mentalhealth.gov/get-help

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How does the adversary tempt YOU? What does the Book of Mormon mean to YOU? How has the Holy Ghost testified of Jesus Christ to YOU? This week the Gospel gets personal as we talk about how a Marvelous Work and A Wonder has taken place in each of our lives, in just the way we need it to.

The song featured in this episode is "I Know" by Big Daddy Weave.

 

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Have you ever been swimming in the ocean and you get that feeling of being tossed around in the waves? Like you come up for air and then another wave pulls you under? That's how I felt reading this week's assignment! For me, there were little pockets of understanding amidst large amounts of undecipherable paragraphs.  The little pockets were so beautiful though, including one of my fav chapters of the Book of Mormon, 2 Nephi 25.  

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Okay, so I didn't *love* all of the chapters this week.  I explain why, and point out some stuff I do love in the reading.  Also we talk about sea monsters and why Jesus Christ is the perfect valentine.

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We've reached 2 Nephi!  This week we talk about the law of opposition, Adam and Eve in the Garden, Nephi's a poet, and the curse of the Lamanites.  The Come Follow Me print manual is different from the online version of the manual for the section 2 Nephi 5:20-21 "What was the curse that came upon the Lamanites".  I recommend that you read the online version as the most up to date commentary on this section.

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It's mixtape time!  In this week's episode, I apologize to Nephi and talk about relying on the Lord through those times when we think "I did everything right! Why am I going through this?"  I hope you enjoy!
Track listing:
#1 Thy Will by Hillary Scott
#2 Lord I Need Thee by Matt Maher
#3 Do It Again by Elevation Worship
#4 Love Like This by Lauren Daigle
#5 Even If by Mercy Me

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This week we follow Nephi & Co as they travel a little further into the wilderness.  Nephi gets a tour of human history including Columbus, the American Revolution, and the Restoration of the gospel.  We talk about the difference between the church of the Lamb and the "abominable church".  Nephi has a human moment and Laman and Lemuel actually....decide to choose the right?  What?  All that and more in this week's episode.

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Close your eyes.  Take a moment to visualize what you think Lehi's Dream looks like.  Did you know that picture is completely personalized to you?  We talk about how the language in Lehi's Dream allows each of us to picture different things as we think about Lehi's Dream.  Also the interesting appearance of similar dreams in history!  So come, partake of the fruit and let's chat about Lehi's Dream!  

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