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Saying it and Living it, are two different things.  It's really easy to say "nothing is too hard for The Lord" but when you have to put that into practice at a critical time in your life, that's where the rubber meets the road.  

Join us this week as we discuss the trials of Abraham, Sarah, Hagar, Ishmael, and Isaac.  We look at how we can apply their life struggles to our life struggles.  The Lord knows each of us, he knows our temptations and trials.  What will we learn from those trials.

Finally, we discuss the Abrahamic test.  What might have been going through Abraham's mind or Isaac's mind as they traveled to a place to offer up a sacrifice.  Do we all have to experience some type of Abrahamic test?  Will they be on the same level?  If one person is not tested as another, does that person qualify for the same blessings of Heaven.  

We try to offer some answers to these questions as we discuss this weeks come follow me lesson.  

From Come Follow Me Manual:

Abraham’s life, filled with events both heartbreaking and heartwarming, is evidence of a truth Abraham learned in a vision—that we are on earth to be proven, “to see if [we] will do all things whatsoever the Lord [our] God shall command” (Abraham 3:25). Would Abraham himself prove faithful? Would he continue to have faith in God’s promise of a large posterity, even when he and Sarah were still childless in their old age? And once Isaac was born, would Abraham’s faith endure the unthinkable—a command to sacrifice the very son through whom God had promised to fulfill that covenant? Abraham did prove faithful. Abraham trusted God, and God trusted Abraham. In Genesis 18–23, we find stories from the lives of Abraham and others that can prompt us to think about our own ability to believe God’s promises, to flee wickedness and never look back, and to trust God regardless of the sacrifice.

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From Come Follow Me Manual:

Because of the covenant God made with him, Abraham has been called “the father of the faithful” (Doctrine and Covenants 138:41) and “the Friend of God” (James 2:23). Millions today honor him as their direct ancestor, and others have been adopted into his family through conversion to the gospel of Jesus Christ. Yet Abraham himself came from a troubled family—his father, who had abandoned the true worship of God, tried to have Abraham sacrificed to false gods. In spite of this, Abraham’s desire was “to be a greater follower of righteousness” (Abraham 1:2), and the account of his life shows that God honored his desire. Abraham’s life stands as a testimony that no matter what a person’s family history has been, the future can be filled with hope.

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Join us this week as we discuss Noah's generation, the flood, the ark, and listening to the prophets then and now.  We discuss the Tower of Babel and what the people's purpose was in building the tower.  Marcus "the gunslinger" is quarantined due to a recent bout of "The Corona" but as we've stated before, it's hard to contain him.  Marcus makes his way onto the show with a visit via Zoom during the show.  

From Come Follow Me Manual:

Generations of Bible readers have been inspired by the story of Noah and the Flood. But we who live in the latter days have special reason to pay attention to it. When Jesus Christ taught how we should watch for His Second Coming, He said, “As it was in the days of Noah, so it shall be also at the coming of the Son of Man” (Joseph Smith—Matthew 1:41). In addition, phrases that describe Noah’s day, like “corrupt” and “filled with violence,” could just as easily be describing our time (Genesis 6:12–13; Moses 8:28). The story of the Tower of Babel also feels applicable to our day, with its description of pride followed by confusion and division among God’s children.

These ancient accounts are valuable not just because they show us that wickedness repeats itself throughout history. More important, they teach us what to do about it. Noah “found grace in the eyes of the Lord” (Moses 8:27) despite the wickedness around him. And the families of Jared and his brother turned to the Lord and were led away from the wickedness in Babel (see Ether 1:33–43). If we wonder how to keep ourselves and our families safe during our own time of corruption and violence, the familiar stories in these chapters have much to teach us.

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I've had a certain though on my mind for quite sometime now.  It involves leadership in the home.  One of my thoughts on leadership in the home revolves around communication and the need for it.  I consider myself a below average communicator especially when it comes to discussing things of the heart and that involve a lot of emotion.  My wife and I are doing our best to rear our children in the Lord's way.  One thing that we have started and hope to continue is applying the principal of having a regular family council. 
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Join us this week as we discuss the amazing faith of Enoch, what he saw in his vision with God, and how he built a Zion people.  We also discuss the possibility of building a Zion people today and where we should start.  

From Come Follow Me Manual:

Throughout history, people have tried to achieve what Enoch and his people accomplished: building an ideal society where there is no poverty or violence. As God’s people, we share this desire. We call it building Zion, and it includes—in addition to caring for the poor and promoting peace—making covenants, dwelling together in righteousness, and becoming one with each other and with Jesus Christ, “the King of Zion” (Moses 7:53). Because the work of establishing Zion continues in our day, it’s helpful to ask, How did Enoch and his people do it? How did they become “of one heart and one mind” (Moses 7:18) despite the wickedness around them? Among the many details Moses 7 gives us about Zion, a particularly valuable one for Latter-day Saints might be this: Zion is not just a city—it is a condition of the heart and spirit. Zion, as the Lord has taught, is “the pure in heart” (Doctrine and Covenants 97:21). So perhaps the best way to build Zion is to start in our own hearts and homes.

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Join us this week as we discuss the story of Enoch and how the significance of remembering through record keeping helps us stay close to the Gospel of Jesus Christ!

From Come Follow Me Manual:

Most of Genesis 5 is a list of the generations between Adam and Eve and Noah. We read a lot of names, but we don’t learn much about them. Then we read about Enoch, six generations from Adam, who is described with this intriguing but unexplained line: “And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him” (Genesis 5:24). Surely there’s a story behind that. But without further explanation, the list of generations resumes.

Thankfully, Moses 6 reveals the details of Enoch’s story—and it’s quite a story. We learn of Enoch’s humility, his insecurities, the potential God saw in him, and the great work he performed as God’s prophet. We also get a clearer picture of the family of Adam and Eve as it progressed through the generations. We read of Satan’s “great dominion” but also of parents who taught children “the ways of God” and of “preachers of righteousness” who “spake and prophesied” (Moses 6:15, 21, 23). Especially precious is what we learn about the doctrine these parents and preachers taught: faith, repentance, baptism, and receiving the Holy Ghost (see Moses 6:50–52). That doctrine, like the priesthood that accompanies it, “was in the beginning [and] shall be in the end of the world also” (Moses 6:7).

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0:00 - 3:21 Intro and The Fall
3:21 - Transgression vs. Sin
6:52 - Was there any goodness in Satan's desire to save all of God's children?
14:38 - Spiritual Separation from God, The Atonement, Recognizing our mistakes
17:20 - Cain's offering vs. Abel's offering - Why didn't God accept Cain's offering?
19:38 - Enmity placed between Satan and The Seed of the Woman - Who would win the battle between You and Satan, Do we have the strength to face him alone?
25:42 - I know not save The Lord commanded me.
34:24 - Satan and the Serpent, subtle creatures.

Bonus Material Discussion

37:00 - What are we to make of Cain's curse to walk the earth until the Savior's return.  Bigfoot, Sasquatch, Yetti, Harry and the Hendersons and the couple of written accounts of members of the church having encounters with who could have been Cain himself.  

From Come Follow Me:

At first, the story of the Fall of Adam and Eve might seem like a tragedy. Adam and Eve were cast out of the beautiful Garden of Eden. They were thrown into a world where pain, sorrow, and death are ever present (see Genesis 3:16–19). And they were separated from their Heavenly Father. But because of the truths restored through the Prophet Joseph Smith in the book of Moses, we know that the story of Adam and Eve is actually one of hope—and an essential part of God’s plan for His children.

The Garden of Eden was beautiful. But Adam and Eve needed something more than beautiful surroundings. They needed—and we all need—an opportunity to grow. Leaving the Garden of Eden was the necessary first step toward returning to God and eventually becoming like Him. That meant facing opposition, making mistakes, learning to repent, and trusting the Savior, whose Atonement makes possible progression and “the joy of our redemption” (Moses 5:11). So when you read about the Fall of Adam and Eve, focus not on the seeming tragedy but on the possibilities—not on the paradise Adam and Eve lost but on the glory their choice allows us to receive.

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0:00 - 2:00 - Intro
2:00 - God's Council and Creation
10:45 - Creation from organized matter - 2nd law of Thermo-Dynamics and Quantum Mechanics
18:30 - All materials and substance created for the use of the earth - Are we and can we ever be over populated
23:30 - Sabbath Day - Career planning around the Sabbath Day - 
40:00 - end of the Come Follow Me Episode and beginning of Bonus Material Discussion

From Come Follow Me Curriculum Manual:

Because the world around us is so beautiful and majestic, it is hard to imagine the earth when it was “without form, and void,” “empty and desolate” (Genesis 1:2; Abraham 4:2). One thing the Creation story teaches us is that God can make something magnificent out of something unorganized. That’s helpful to remember when life seems chaotic. Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ are Creators, and Their creative work with us is not finished. They can make light shine in dark moments in our lives. They can form solid ground in the midst of life’s stormy seas. They can command the elements, and if we obey Their word like the elements did, They can transform us into the beautiful creations we were meant to be. That’s part of what it means to be created in God’s image, after His likeness (see Genesis 1:26). We have the potential to become like Him: exalted, glorified, celestial beings.

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This year we study and discuss the great stories of the Old Testament.  From the creation of the Heavens and The Earth, to Moses parting the red sea and rescuing the children of Israel to David and Goliath, and the hard to understand words of Isaiah.  Please join us each week as we share some of our thoughts.  

There has never been a need greater than now to join as Christians in spreading God's word and helping people draw closer to Jesus Christ.  This is our small way of trying to do just that.  There may be some differences of opinion on doctrinal points and beliefs but one thing is for certain, Jesus Christ is the Savior of the world and no man or woman can get to Heaven without Him!  

May God bless each and everyone of you in 2022!!

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Join us for our 1st episode of the year with Come Follow Me Old Testament.  We discuss our identity as Children of God and the difference between Foreordination and Predestination.  

From Come Follow Me Manual:
The Bible begins with the words “in the beginning God created the heaven and the earth” (Genesis 1:1). But what was there before this “beginning”? And why did God create all of this? Through the Prophet Joseph Smith, the Lord has shed light on these questions.

For example, He gave us the record of a vision in which Abraham saw our existence as spirits “before the world was” (see Abraham 3:22–28). The Lord also gave us an inspired translation or revision of the first six chapters of Genesis, called the book of Moses—which doesn’t begin with “in the beginning.” Instead, it begins with an experience Moses had that provides some context for the well-known Creation story. Together, these latter-day scriptures are a good place to start our study of the Old Testament because they address some fundamental questions that can frame our reading: Who is God? Who are we? What is God’s work, and what is our place in it? The opening chapters of Genesis could be seen as the Lord’s response to Moses’s request: “Be merciful unto thy servant, O God, and tell me concerning this earth, and the inhabitants thereof, and also the heavens” (Moses 1:36).

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