A key passage in “Come, Follow Me” this week describes Jesus calling His twelve apostles and giving them authority to preach and heal. The Lord followed this pattern as He called disciples while visiting the people in ancient America, as well as when His Church was restored through the prophet Joseph Smith. We have a
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Throughout the “Come, Follow Me” readings this week Jesus Christ heals the people around Him. Although these were mostly physical infirmities, He also healed those struggling mentally and spiritually. He did the same thing when He visited the Nephites in ancient America. He asks in 3 Nephi 17:7, “Have ye any that are sick among
A key part of the Sermon on the Mount that we are studying in “Come, Follow Me” this week is the idea of prayer. Christ teaches the people how to pray by addressing our Father in Heaven with respect then asking humbly for the desires of their hearts, forgiveness for the things they do wrong,
In this week’s “Come, Follow Me,” we read about Christ preaching the Sermon on the Mount to a large crowd of people. He shares the most beautiful promises to the people, encouraging them to have hope for the future despite their current trials. These promises are often called ‘The Beatitudes,’ and Christ gave the same
In “Come, Follow Me” this week, we learn the conversion story of Nicodemus, who heard the Savior’s teachings and joined the believers. The Savior taught that we must follow His example and be born again, because we have been spiritually begotten of Him. This connects back strongly to the ideas of repentance and baptism that
In “Come, Follow Me” this week, we read in Matthew and Luke that during his mortal ministry Jesus called disciples to follow him. He said to Simon Peter and Andrew, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.” (Matthew 4:19-20) When the resurrected Christ
In “Come, Follow Me” this week, we read in the New Testament about the importance of repentance and baptism. Because these principles are key parts of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, they are also taught in the Book of Mormon. Alma believed the words of Abinadi and fled with a group of believers to the
We are happy to be studying the New Testament in “Come, Follow Me” this year! This week, as we read John’s testimony that Jesus Christ is the “true Light” of the world, we can reflect on the same foundational principles taught in the Book of Mormon. Mosiah 16:9 teaches that “He is the light and
As believers once looked to the stars for a sign of Christ’s birth, we too can look for signs of Christ and His love all around us every day. The Book of Mormon testifies that “God loveth His children” (1 Nephi 11:17) and that as we prayerfully study the Book of Mormon we will feel
Have you done your “Come, Follow Me” reading in Malachi this week? Malachi’s words were later quoted by the Savior during his visit with the Nephites in ancient America: “Thus said the Father unto Malachi—Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom ye seek shall