Come Follow Me- Daily Dose

Foreordination

God will strengthen us to do whatever He asks of us.

Jesus is the Promised Messiah and the Living Christ.

He is the Master Potter, and He will make beauty from ashes.

His hand is outstretched still.

The gospel is meant to be transformative, not performative.

The blessings of a true fast

The purpose of the fast

Living the commandments for the love of God, not the promise of reward.

The Lord's Hased

Enlarging our stakes so there is room for everyone

It pleased God to give us the gift of His son.

He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities

Christ is a personal Savior

God was never planning on our perfection. Christ's plan was always Jesus.

The freedom the Savior offers

He will not forget not forsake you.

We are His

Learning to trust in the Lord by coming unto Him

Waiting can be a time of growth and sanctification

The gentle strength of the Lord

The second coming of the Lord

The Savior stands ready to save

The restoration of the gospel and the growth of the church is nothing short of miraculous.

A marvelous work and a wonder

Changing a little bit at a time through Christ

Feasting on fat things

Today we go a little bit outside the block to look for some imagery of the Savior.

Binding the adversary with our righteous choices

Zion in the midst of Babylon

A restoration prophecy and the joy of the Savior

The Lord is working in His vineyard in amazing ways

God creates holy places and holy people

Today we hit on a few warnings of Isaiah

As we worship in the temple we can bind satan in our lives

Come, and let Christ heal you.

Today we talk about a few things that could help you better understand Isaiah.

Doing good even when we are on the struggle bus

A life with God is a life with purpose.

Teaching our children and giving to the poor

He has invested too much in us to let us fail.

The proverbs warn us about the dangers of pride/

Building a relationship of trust with the Lord

Knowledge- Wisdom- and Understanding

Praising God for the gift of our bodies.

Grateful everyday that life is not fair.

Answers of our souls are found in the scriptures

Truth is eternal. It is unchanging.

Praise the Lord, what does that look like?

He understands your frame

Healing and Mercy in and through Christ.

The greatness, mercy and justice of Christ

Today we talk about the necessity to ask God to increase our abilities. The need that we have to be strengthened and changed by Him. 

Just a few principles from a few of the psalms

There is hope in Christ

Building our lives on Christ

There is redemption even after our darkest times.

The worth of souls is great!

How desperately we need the goodness and mercy of Christ to be redeemed and how much should we want to do good works to emulate Him

The Lord is my Shepherd

Some of Christ's last words were this Psalm.

What does our praise and worship look like?

God, who is the creator of the heaven's and the earth is the creator of YOU!

Redemption for all who will come unto Christ

Being bound to the Lord through covenants.

Trusting that God is there, even when we can't see of feel Him

Hope is found in and because of Jesus Christ

Loving God in trials

Showing up to mourn with those who mourn

What we learn from more of Job's loss

Loving God just for the virtue of loving Him.

Trial and hardship are just part of our mortal experience.

The symbolism of grace in the story of Esther

Do we have sufficient faith for things not to work out?

Today we look at the most famous verse from the book of Esther

Not sure why this podcast disappeared yesterday after I uploaded it. Thanks everyone who reached out to inform me it was missing.

By Divine design.

How Esther ends up as the new queen, spoiler alert, it doesn't end well for Vashti.

Queen Vashti teaches us about how understanding our worth strengthens our resolve to do right

Does out scripture study cause us to worship?

I'm doing a great work!

Fortifying the walls of our lives

Allowing the temple to go through us, and building the kingdom one small piece at a time.

Sacrifice brings forth the blessings of heaven.

Letting the temple build us.

As much as Chronicles is about the division and scattering of the children of Israel and their wickedness, These books help us see the gathering and their reconciliation to God.

Hezekiah shows us how to be a peacemaker

Turning to God in our trials

Seeking God with urgency.

The wicked take the truth to be hard.

Letting Christ carry our "idols"

When we choose to seek God we will see Him running to us

A bit of history to help us understand the Northern and Southern Kingdoms.

The power of the Word of God

The compensatory blessings of the Lord

God has power to show his hand in both big and small ways.

Turning to God in our disappointments.

Developing trust in God

God isn't content to leave us as we are, He is striving to raise us up and make us more

Blessings of obedience

They that be with us are more than they that be with them

Unmet expectations

Sharing our convictions in normal and natural ways

Living faith with intention and being humble enough to be served.

In Elisha's miracle we see the Lord's principle of self reliance.

Trusting in the power and authority of those that God calls

The transition from one leader to the next

The still small voice

Heavenly Father is a God of miracles who hears and answers prayers

Elijah before Ahab

Parents plead on behalf of their children

The faith to follow the spirit.

Often our faith is tried, not to burden, but to bless us.

Today we being talking about Elijah

Our temples should reflect our lives

Today we talk a little bit about the man King Solomon was.

Nathan's parable about the lamb

Letting God be our King

Switch point number 2, David seeing Bathsheba wasn't necessarily sinful, sometimes we can't help where our eyes fall, but we don't have to keep looking.

Pres Hinckley taught that our lives turn on hinge points. the decisions we make determine our destinations. Where was David's first mistake?

Prioritizing God and trusting that the Lord can find you in your "tents and tabernacles."

Working within our stewardships

God doesn't always move the mountains, but he can help us climb them.

Today we learn more about forgiveness through Abigail.

I warned you I'd be back to David and Goliath!

Today we talk about Jonathan and true friendship!

What tools do you have as you fight your Goliath?

Today we talk day 1 of David and Goliath

God sees His children differently that we often see each other.

Developing and obedient heart.

The dangers of Self Justification.

Waiting patiently on the Lord

Christ's ability to make us new.

Getting our true identity from God, not the world.

Learning to hear and respond to the voice of the Lord

Today we see Hannah's integrity and willingness to praise God even in the hard

Assuming the best and believing God's promises

Standing out in a sin sick world

Drawing closer to God as we struggle

Today we talk about labels and the grace of Ruth when she receives from Boaz

Ruth's strength of convictions

Today we look at the goodness and selfless nature of Naomi

How long halt ye between two opinions?

What can we learn about parenting from the story of Samson

I forgot to talk about a principle about Deborah that I love, so we are going backwards and talking about her again today.

God is anxious to show us His hand

Deborah- A Women of Light!

Staying on the path through daily decisions.

Raising the world up, instead of sinking down with the world

What do we need to do or eliminate to give ourselves completely over to the Lord

Making the choice everyday to serve the Lord over the world

The walls of Jericho

Testifying to the youth and remembering that the Lord is fighting with and for you.

Faith is a principle of action

The Grace of Jesus Christ

Be strong and of good courage

Seeing the Savior in Joshua

God seeks the lost

Reaching out to bless the poor

Taking care of the poor and forgiving others

The gift to remember

Today we talk about covenants and our relationship to God.

Remembering the Lord

Deuteronomy is often considered a book of the law, or second law. Why is the law important and what can living it do for us?

Jesus Christ can heal YOU

If we view our faith as transactional then our faith will be shaken when God blesses us with what we need rather than with what we want.

Meekness vs humility and God providing our needs.

Receiving revelation from prophets and from God.

The Lord is able to provide our needs

Today we talk about the murmuring of the Children of Israel, and is it okay to admit that we are having a hard time?

Placing the temple at the center of our lives.

Today we talk about coming to know God and about his command to love and forgive others.

Vicarious Sacrifice

So it is that real, personal sacrifice never was placing an animal on the altar. Instead, it is a willingness to put the animal in us upon the altar and letting it be consumed. - Elder Maxwell

God will teach us how to do our work, and in almost everything He will teach us with symbolism.

Being willing to show up and to be there.

Today we talk about the law consecration, how it applied to the children of Israel and how it applies to us.

How can we better wait on the Lord?

The Atonement of Jesus Christ enables us to do and become more through covenants with Him

The 2 great commandments and the "proving" of God.

As we study the 10 commandments let's remember that even though we believe in them, we also believe that Christ gave us a higher way to live each law.

As we sanctify ourselves (through the atonement of Christ) We draw closer to our Father in Heaven.

What can we learn from the Children of Israel about being a covenant people?

What does it mean that we are God's peculiar treasure?

Today we learn incredible lessons from Jethro about delegation, lifting those with heavy burdens and humility to hear God in others

What can we learn about relying on God from the Manna

Remembering the goodness of God.

Learning to better receive and understand revelation

The God of deliverance blesses His people.

Trusting in the Lord's plan and remembering Him

More symbolism of the Savior in the Passover

The symbolism of the Passover

When the words of the Lord seem repetitive, that should rivet our attention.

The continued power of God

Our God is an INTENTIONAL God of deliverance.

The power of God will ALWAYS be more powerful than the things of the world.

Today we talk about the role of a prophet

He Lives

Nothing in our lives is too complicated that add more Jesus can't help

The Atonement of Jesus Christ allows for the eventual and the immediate goodness of God to be seen