Come Follow Me - Mosiah 18-24: The Waters of Mormon
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- Опубликовано: 5 июл 2024
- An in-depth study of Mosiah 18-24. This lesson focuses on why we need the Church, the vertical and horizontal dimensions of discipleship, finding out what people have against, the pulpit vs. the pew, suggesting change, coming home, and more. Join Jared Halverson for your weekly Come Follow Me study of the Book of Mormon!
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Brother Jared…I feel so blessed today by this lesson of reminding❤️. After having fallen away from the church, in fact having been excommunicated from it…through a long series of attempts, and stumbling…there came the day that I was to be rebaptized. It was a most wonderful period of light, and love and new freedom!! Even the air I was breathing felt new.
My son was able to perform the baptism…my whole family rejoiced…I felt so very blessed. Some time later, I was reading of the waters of Mormon, I called my bishop and asked permission to be enabled to bless the sacrament that Sunday. It was then that I could feel this sacred blessing…to be able to bless and share the Saviors Love for us. Indeed, how beautiful are the waters of Mormon…to be washed in His love❤️😇. Thank you again, our good brother👍. I am so grateful for this reminder today👍. David
You give me hope, beautiful hope. Thank you🙏🏻💙💫
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I HAVE seen the hand of a loving God. Our family has declared recent events and outcomes as miracles. It's the power of prayer, it's the result of connection with Heaven, but most of all it has been the will of God (along with His perfect timing). Your heartfelt lessons remind me over and over that if we continue faithful, all will work together for our good...no matter how messy our lives get at times. Thank you for your unbelievable efforts... We know many support you, so thanks to them, too! 😇😇😇😇😇
Our Father knows every hair in our heads…even as they fall😇❤️
Thank you mentioning your wife with Addiction Recovery. I did have issues with drugs. With the help of of my ward. Especially my Bishop, ARP, your stories of your wife and son. Helped me through my recovery. I’ve been sober for a year and a half now.
My daughter loves your class!!
I was inactive for 24 years. I’ve been back for eleven years now. Your lesson today touched me in a profound way. I wept.
Thank you once again for a divine lesson.
I haven’t been here for most of the year but I wanted to say that I really love the new look of your desk and backdrop. It’s lovely.
May God bless you and your family. 🙏
What a beautiful and needed message. I especially loved your focus on how open-hearted we should feel and behave towards one another in our congregations. We do have need of being more like our Savior in how we see and receive each other.
There is no gospel with a greater power to strengthen us for the “vertical,” and “horizontal,” aspects of true discipleship than the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Yet, we have room to grow in becoming more representative of Him, and of “taking His name upon us,” in a way that will truly reflect His love.
Thank you, Brother Halverson, for continually encouraging us to higher and holier behavior, through helping us more deeply understand, and desire to emulate the glorious principles in His Holy Word!
I told a friend who has a hearing problem. He has trouble understanding the scriptures in the Come Follow Me program. I told him about you. He told me that he never understood more. He thanked me gratefully. I thank you.
Brother Jared, I'm going through withdrawals. The one hour lessons are too short. I guess I'm going to have to check out your previous Book of Mormon videos to supplement my study with you. Thank you for your love of the scriptures and your marvelous teaching skills. I greatly appreciate all you do for myself and your many subscribers.
Remember that the longer lessons from 4 years ago are an option. It is generous of Brother Halverson to give us so much of his time to even repeat lessons he did in the past.
Ironically as you have withdrawal with his shortened versions, with my lifelong A.D.D. I’m still struggling with the length of his shortened lessons, having to break them up into halves or thirds. 🥴
But Bro. Halverson is a grand blessing!!
I love this new format of yours! Before, I was well fed, verse by verse, but I didn't cut my own meat. Now I have to do some work on my own. You barbeque a wonderful steak and talk about how suculent it will taste, even providing a few condiments to enhance the flavor, but then you leave me to discover on my own how to connect with the spirit and the enjoyment of that is a 5 star Michelin experience. You are truly an inspiring teacher. Thank you so much for what you do.
I can't help but comment as your lesson today touched my heart! I am a convert, and lived my first 50 years in a very religious atmosphere, but found my family when I joined this Church. I can't speak for Elders Quorum, but I am so grateful for the love and companionship I have found in
Relief Society, and there have been times we have become very personal and wept together! It is a firm foundation to continually build upon, and I'm always reminding the sisters not to take this for granted...it is a gift others do not have, and sorely need!! Thank you and you family for all your time in sharing your amazing knowledge and teaching abilities with all of us!❤
Relief Society
The great gathering, coined as the most important work in the earth today, is not limited to far away lands bringing in new converts. It must go on in our wards and families to gather us all together not just in place, but in heart. Pure in heart. In unity. A Zion people. There is gathering for all of us to do, and to participate in. We are all needed and necessary.
Thanks for helping to "Feed my Soul" .
I remember years ago I dated a recovering alcoholic. I attended an AA meeting with him and I felt the Spirit. He was warm and real and all of his friends were warm and real and I too wished church was like this. Your lesson this week inspired me to be more intentional about creating a space where people could be more authentic by being more vulnerable and authentic myself when bearing my testimony, giving other people permission to be equally real and maybe in that way help to create Zion where I currently live. Does anyone have additional suggestions as to how one can proactively create Zion?
I wish that my Dad had heard this while he was alive. He loved the gospel. He loved the church but he would often say that the Church is true but not all members were true.
Always made me wonder why so few watching these various come follow me episodes are giving their thumbs up! Gratitude and thanksgiving. Is that so hard? Appreciate shorter episodes….makes them so
Much more digestible! And better for those who don’t subscribe to RUclips premium….they can’t download episodes and it’s hard to
Get whole extra long show all at one bite! Thanks. Enjoy various perspectives and people’s different promptings of the spirit! And the stories from each enjoyed. This has been a revaluation filled year for me digging deeper into the Book of Mormon! It’s a marvelous work and a wonder, isn’t it? 😊
Thank you for teaching me by the Spirit each week with your masterfully crafted words and insights! You’ve had a profound impact on my life!
You mentioned a few weeks ago that you and your production team are still open to suggestions on improving things. I really miss the 30 second introduction with quotes on faith by the brethren. And I would also love to see a simplified version of the time stamps return-just enough to indicate when you begin discussing a new chapter in the Book of Mormon. (Without them, it’s difficult to go back and find things I want to re-listen to or share with my family.)
Thank you very much 😍👏
I am playing catch-up. and this is just the lesson I needed to hear. My son and his family have decided to take "the sabbatical" and I am broken hearted. Thank you so much for your effort and words and the manner in which you teach. Love the homework....Love to you.....Bro H
I think you are talking about ministering as it should be done. The one on one is where relationships are created so friendships can be fleshed out at church meetings and in callings where we work together. I’ve seen this so much in the wards I have been in.
Prof Hal, I love homework, the opportunity to keep the spirit even longer. I watched your 2020 class, may I say your more animated now, I like it much better. Thank you 😊
Wow 😳 you did it again. Very powerful in connecting the dots. Now I can apply it to my life. Thank you so very much
It will be very helpful if you put a link to the longer version from the same chapters from your last recording. I don't know if I Am asking too much
Great information and presentation. I listen to the podcast as well, I noticed that the sound level has drop since change of recording location. Thanks for all the spirit in our scripture study
How to reshape a dysfunctional ward? It requires the same advice that a dysfunctional marriage would. Whatever you wish the members of your ward to be, that is the type of person you need to become. You want the members of your ward to be more empathetic? Be the empathetic person you wish them to be. The only person you can control is yourself, and the best way to influence others is by example.
Liking this new faded background 😊
Without the love of God, there is nothing to support the love of neighbor. Hence, the only way to heal the world is to first love God, and then, using that as a template, love our neighbor.
I knew a man who decided to take a sabbatical from the church. He came back and his wife remarried him but his relationship with his children was never the same.
We can see the other side without leaving where we’re at. In a byu class one of the students shared with us that as a young teen her dad took her to other churches regularly. Afterwards they talked of how it felt and what they taught. He also did this about what we see going on socially. This gave her a lifelong testimony of the church that remained even through a period of inactivity.
Please write a book about the contraries!! And make it available on Audible with a good reader. Notify us and I'll get it! Are you working on it yet?
If I can add to these wonderful comments....We are currently struggling with 4 children both adults and youth who are taking sabbatical/permanent leave, and there is only one other who is being a part of the church and choosing to live the Gospel. I have had thoughts myself of not really wanting to attend church, have Scripture study, pray, attend the temple. I have had inspirational thoughts telling me "You DON'T have to go to church, you DON'T have to attend the Temple, or any other involvement in the church. You would be the one missing out!".
Also, I have had very deep and impactful conversations with our oldest that helped me to understand and have compassion for why she left the church and doesn't want God in her life. Tender mercies!
This has happened to me. Here is a talk that has helped me. Elder James Faust: “Dear are the sheep who have wandered”.
Thank you, great insights. We appreciate your time and efforts
We have to just keep holding onto that Iron Rod! Thank you!
Everyone I meet who is moving here (whether FL, AL, GA, TN, ID, WY- everywhere I've lived) I ask them if they've found a church yet...followed up by an invitation to mine! Maybe it's cause I grew up in the "Bible belt" that it's natural and normal to me.
I think if we look at sharing the gospel as inviting others to Thanksgiving instead of persuading them to help dig a ditch, our efforts to bring others into the fold would be far more appreciated and accepted. Does our heart wish to share the light of Christ or does it clamour to gather for the sake of our pride?
50:00 I lived in a ward like that for a few years. Then our population shifted. Yet, there is still a lot of that happening in that ward.
And now I am in a branch that feels that way. It's really cool.
The part about talking about the churches really goes with me this week because my ward is getting split and it’s gonna be bittersweet to see a lot of those people being in the other ward but it’s good to know that I can get to know the people in my new ward better
I feel a little petty asking this, but would it be possible to move the Faith Matters snippet to somewhere else other than the end? It covers up the last notes of your Unshaken outro, so the melody feels incomplete. I have been listening to that at the end of your videos for years now. There is something about that brief melody that speaks peace to my soul. It is reassuring. I have spent another chunk of time immersing myself in the gospel through your teaching. I feel myself longing for those last notes. The interruption of the announcement is tonally jarring, disrupts my peace, and leaves me feeling unsettled. Thank you for taking the time to read this and consider my feelings.
I'm a convert and have been active for 50+ years. There is great pain for me to sit in church and watch all the children leave and return from missions. It stirs up such deep despair because I've had several choose not to serve a mission, and who are not active in the church. Sometimes I have to walk out. I'm getting better though.
Why church?: because we are told to "meet together oft."
Dear brother Halverson, I’ve never heard or remember hearing anybody tell me do we cry when we see our family in heaven. Is there any information from any book anywhere that talks about this or anyway I could read this for myself? Please try to respond. This technology is not in my wheelhouse. Please if you can let me know. I listen to your RUclips videos every week over and over again.. thank you my dear brother. And brother thank you for the
Amazing RUclips videos that you put out . Thanks a million times. Sister Cherie Harris
Hey Sister Harris, I may not be Brother Halverson, but I thought I would offer my own insights.
Do we cry when we see our family in heaven? I cry when I see my family and friends even now. The people in my life mean more to me than I can possibly express. Yesterday I spent the entire day fasting on behalf of my best friend, and everytime I prayed for him throughout the day I cried in gratitude for such a joyous love. If we can cry for those we love in this Telestial world, I can only imagine the tears of joy that will be shed in a higher degree of glory.
You asked if it was found anywhere in a book. I'm not much of a reader, but I have a decent enough knowledge of the scriptures (thanks to Brother Halverson haha!).
I would honestly go as far to say that almost all scriptures testify that we cry in heaven, especially for our families. For they all testify of Christ, who wept because of those He loved (John 11:35, 3 Nephi 17:21). So many scriptures speak of the joy of the Gospel of Jesus Christ that I bet you could flip to any random page in any book of scripture and find some way to relate it to joy.
Now I've assumed you meant cry in the sense of tears of joy, but perhaps you meant in sorrow. While it will absolutely be heartbreaking to see wrong choices lead to other destinations, I think we will have so much joy for the good that is still done and for a God who saves all that are willing to be saved that we will find it difficult to focus on sorrow. Christ suffered for all, and repentance is available for all.
I have not dealt with with drugs but I know how hard it is to recover from divorce when members do not ask how can I help you or avoid being with someone because they don’t how to help. Sometimes just being there helps. Asking what someone did wrong doesn’t,t help.
I miss the chapter breaks in your videos. Often I don't have time to watch the full video and I liked being able to pause at a break in topics. Also, it made looking for a section of your video easier to find.
I miss the in-depth study of years past with you. Are you even considering returning to that excellent format? It was about quantity and quality, not the length of time, for me. I certaily could and did watch over several days.
Jared, I love you and think you are an amazing teacher! However, I saw a problem in your teaching today that apparently is running rampant in the Church. I've heard from my daughter in law that there is a movement in the Church concerning women and the Priesthood. (I personally don't understand it) However, when someone makes a comment, specifically talking to men, saying that they should say a prayer before administering an ordinance, I can kind of see why some women might feel slighted. Please include women in your comments!! We administer ordinances as well! And yes, many of us pray before we step into that initiatory booth, or before we officiate an endowment session. Sisters need to realize that we do administer ordinances and we do have access to God's power and authority. We haven't been neglected. 😊♥️
What did you say to that Manager's question?
What are her inpatient costs
i would posit that the vertical law is more masculine and the horizontal love is more feminine.
Will you consider merch.? I would love a Unshaken logo t-shirt!!
Yes!❤
Alma believed on Abinadi's words but I'm not clear how Alma received the priesthood and the authority to baptize. Joseph Smith had heavenly messengers that gave him the priesthood, but did Alma? Thanks
Even if Noah was a bad king he was the person authorized to ordain priests in that place at that time.
Yep! Alma was one of the wicked “priests” - so he had been ordained, and once he repented, he was worthy to use that priesthood.
One thing that frequently bothers me is the use of the word "wants." In the scriptures (and I think at the time of Joseph Smith) a persons "wants" are not the things he or she DESIRES, but rather the things he or she LACKS. These days, it usually means "desires."
Dear Brother Halverson, I love your lessons and have been listening to you since the pandemic. Please forgive my critic regarding lighting. I am a professional landscape photographer. While in college it was required that it pass several Portrait Lighting classes for still portraits and movies. The lighting that your crew is using is for still portrait shots, not for movies. The lighting that they are using is extremely distracting and not conducive to a personable experience. Look at any podcast lighting or news reporter lighting. There are no shadows on the face of the person who is taking. I can appreciate you needing more time with your family. All I ask is that you consider a more full face lighting to be more present and personable with those who love you lessons. As of the present I have gone back to what appears to be a church library lessons. May God be with you and you family in all your work and trials. Sincerely, Brother Rutman. Gilroy First Ward, Northern California
The external terrestrial light is insignificant to the expression of the inner light that shines
WHAT should someone due who is getting physically assaulted at church……….that is why I only go to Sacrament Meeting and the temple now.
befriend a body guard at church..a mentor or convey your concerns to those who are in a position to take action
File a police report
Let your priesthood leaders know, and file a police report!
Thank you so much, brother Halverson! Regarding the guilt gap, I love how brother Hafen explains it in this talk: ruclips.net/video/hMoS1zLRLlw/видео.htmlsi=M_U4Hb9hkA5B9YgC
According to 1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, Gods special possession, nowhere in the bible does it claim Mormonism has the Priesthood. Jesus is the high Priest. according to the Melchizedek priesthood. He is sufficient.
You’re one liners don’t benefit me one iota. They take me away from what I learned as we went along. And what I want to study after your class is over. So I ignore them and hope they benefit every one else. Besides it may be my age as I am 94 years young. Thank you 🙏. Sister Burres