Time Stamps: 00:00 *See the Board* 00:04 Welcome and Introduction: Lost and Found 02:07 *Segment 1: Radical Generosity -- worksheet* 03:25 Reference to the hymn "O God, the Eternal Father" 04:41 Luke 14 verses 16-20 08:55. Luke 14 verse 21 11:47 Luke 14 verses 22-24 + Discussion on The Feast 20:15 *Segment 2: Rejoice!* 20:50 Study Tip for parables 21:25 Luke 15 verses 1-2 + same verses from "The Message" edition of the New Testament 22:55 Teaching Tip for Luke 15 23:30 Parable of the Lost Sheep (Luke 15 verses 3-7) 26:50 Parable of the Lost Coin (Luke 15 verses 8-10) 30:25 *Segment 3: Prodigal* (Luke 15 verses 11-32) 30:30 Study Tip for this parable 34:50 Luke 15 verses 18-20 37:53 Luke 15 verses 21-24 39:26 The Older Son lost in his obedience 41:19 Where is Jesus in this parable? Emily's insights on the "fatted calf" 44:55 *Segment 4: Live like the Last Leper* 45:55 Luke 17 verses 11-17 48:18 Teaching Tip using the slide deck 52:46 Emily's story of teaching at a youth detention center 58:10 *Segment 5: Come Forth* 59:45 John 11 verses 1-4, then verses 7-15 1:02:42 John 11 verses 21-24 1:04:04 *Word of the Week: Resurrection* -- John 11 verse 25 1:07:31 John 11 verses 32-35, the verses 41-42 1:09:34 John 11 verses 43-44 1:11:29 Conclusion: Believing on Him
@@christopherinsaudiarabia thank you so much for your service. I went to the hymn to find the words and think about them but couldn't find the phrase...I wasn't trying to prove you wrong
As a mother of a child who has wandered, I promise you the wife was not asking the dad to move away from the window. She was right there watching with him. They took shifts, each hoping and waiting and pleading in their heart for their son to return. She understood the need and the pain just as well. And when my child returned, I spent hours making his favorite meal for him because he needed nourishment, both body and soul. And I cried as I cooked.
Thank you for sharing his return, and I’m happy for your family! I know my wanderers have been loved longer and more deeply by Heavenly Father and Jesus than me, and I both have faith and Know that. But shared stories still bolster hope for the wanderers’ hearts!
This podcast made me cry. I worked myself through Luke 12-17 and John 11 on Sunday and then started listening. Your message about each of us being 'the one' and we all have need to turn back to Christ daily is powerful. Yet There is Room-healing, inclusion, acceptance (the homeless), reading the Prodical Son from three perspectives-father, elder son, younger son breaks my heart - both sons lost in different ways. The sheep who is happy to be back! The coin who was lost through neglect (possibly) and the fact that it Was lost-but still held it's value. Radically Generosity-He won our souls with love. My heart could not hold all of the thankfulness and gratitude I felt while listening to you two. I love you both. I lead the discussions in our ward Gospel Doctrine class with my husband-a wonderful experience :) and listening to you for the last 3 years has opened my eyes and my mind and my heart to deeper understanding of Jesus Christ-His character, His mission, His love and compassion for ALL. Thank you!
I have a son who I did not see for years…. My love for him & my sorrow were great. As parents we all look for 1. He is an infrequent visitor now, and I do run to him, hold on & pray he will come again. This parable, when lived, is as searchingly sorrow filled, yet joyous as it is written in Luke. Our prayers as strong, pleading, to see that child one more time…to hear the voice again. These parables are powerful and yes we do leave the 99 to search for the one as we are not complete without him.
I love your podcasts❤️. I was reminded of when I was the Activities Chairman in my ward. Our sweet Bishop had the kindest heart and loved everyone in his fold. He asked me to organize dinner groups. He wanted everyone to be included. He approved the dinner groups I had organized and didn’t fully understand why he wanted this to happen in our ward until a couple who came to my home for that dinner group said “We’ve been in the ward for many years and this is the first time we’ve been invited for dinner in someone’s home.” I’ll always remember that there are some that aren’t included but yearn to be. What a great experience those dinner groups turned out to be. I relate that to the parable of being invited to the feast and the humble recipients who generally may not be included were. ❤
I think of my children and their father who have all left the Lord and I gain great strength and comfort to know that as I live my life for my Lord all will be made right. There I find my peace for my 6 children.
Love what David said about the parable of the sheep and the leaving of the 99 to find the one that is missing and how many of us would be satisfied with at least having 99 still and not wanting to go out into the dangerous wilderness to find the one that is lost! It dawned on me that this is the difference between a Shepherd and a hireling and what we are taught in that story. The Shepherd loves His sheep and knows each of them by name compared to the hireling and how he feels for them. I will love tying these two stories together from now on! Thank you!
I just wanted to write in and tell David he’s right. To win our souls with love is a great line from a great hymn, a sacrament hymn, that starts with the words of the sacrament prayers:) And then the line about someone doesn’t turn away from sin because they’re scolded or lectured, they turn away from sin and toward something that is better, they turn towards the love.
Thankyou for this thought provoking lesson. I cried so much during the story of the prodigal son thinking about my family member that is lost. Then i wept for the saviour too through the story of Lazareth and how hard it sometimes is when we are not always in the right place when needed. I also rejoiced knowing that He comes to meet us where we are in our challenges. That in itself is our saving grace. I always love the way you open up the scriptures to the point that I almost feel like I am there in the story, we all need to experience the true reality of the gospels. Thank you so much.
I can tell you from personal experience. Having had a small flock of sheep, no more than 12 at a time on our 5 acres. You definitely do go and look for the one that's missing when you can only count or see 11 in the paddock. They get sick sometimes. You have to keep an eye on them. You don't want them to suffer, and they are also home storage. So, it becomes natural to look after them. With my little flock I could call out to them in a high pitched voice "SHEEP, SHEEP, SHEEP!!! COME ON!!" and they would pop their heads up above the long grass and usually would start to walk from down the back and come towards the house. It was at many times a huge amount of work for minimal return, but it taught me so much that I couldn't have learnt any other way.
I have listened to most of your lessons the past few years and have learned so much. However, this one helped me on so many levels and with so many thoughts. Thanks to both of you.
The tribe of Ephraim has special obligation to gather the house of Israel, which is like calling everyone to this party, and I love David’s point: we have to do better about telling others about the party (the Gospel)! When I focus too much on all the work it entails (to become covenant people), and so no wonder others offer lame excuses…doesn’t sound like a party if it’s all about what we can’t do!
It may have been the case that this coin was one of 10 coins the woman wore on her headdress, over her forehead, and these coins were considered much like a wedding ring is considered in our culture. However, if it was lost, it was considered much more serious than it would be for us if we lost our wedding ring! In their culture, a woman could be divorced for losing her headdress coin, for it showed she was careless about her marriage to her husband. Of course she would search frantically for it and would rejoice with her friends when she found it!
I never knew that the older son would have received his portion too, or that it was even a double portion, wow! I always sympathized with him, because I am similar in that I've never really rebelled against God or my parents. I always felt like he got jipped. It makes so much more sense now. Thank you 💜🙏 Also, I think what David said about maybe the temple elite could have said Jesus was "too good", was a very important comment. It's so discouraging to hear church members call people "molly Mormon" or "peter priesthood". Yes it happens when people are being self righteous, but it also happens when the name callers are just reminded of their sins.
My thought about the younger son taking work from a pig farmer was that this example showed how low he esteemed himself. Swine were considered unclean and forbidden by the Jews and this son was unclean and believed he was forbidden to ever return home.
David and Emily I love learning from you. You both have experience teaching Seminary. CAN YOU SHARE WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED ABOUT TEACHING YOUTH? How do you change your presentation? How do you help them make their own meaningful discoveries in the scriptures? Any tips would be so appreciated.
😂 you were both talking about those who die may be told to go back and find another. Emily then said, imagine if sacrament was like that! My mind immediately went to - people dying in sacrament, so the whole ward family was in heaven 😇 love ya!🥰
My first thoughts when David was saying no way would he leave 99 and go find the one, comes from previous episodes. Yes, David would go out and find the one, even if that one was stinky drippy wet, he would go and find him/her and bring them home. That one sheep [child] of six is one of the greatest treasures we can hold on to. Yes, he definitely would go out and find the one child that wandered off and he wouldn’t hesitate a second, even if he was stinky and dripping wet, David would not be satisfied with 99%. And as I was thinking about Emily and her story of when her husband brought home a lost sheep, not even from their own herd. They set boundaries for the sheep taught him with love and kindness and changed that sheep’s life forever. What a gain. We all have a lost sheep we can go find and bring home, it does not matter if that sheep is part of our herd or not. What a great example of this parable❤️❤️❤️
I find it significant that the miracle of raising Lazarus, in the end, does not save Mary and Martha from further grief. They are soon to experience Jesus death, also.
I often wonder what learning process there may have been for some of Christ’s miracles. If maybe He began it when they first heard Lazarus was ill, if there was consultation/instruction for Him for this particular circumstance which either took time, or He proceeded as seemed right until He had confirmation This was the thing to do.
Good question. I've thought about this, and my short answer: I think the generosity has to be of love. Jesus didn't often give "stuff," he gave love: time, attention, service, forgiveness, etc. We have kids that have chosen different paths than what we would want for them, but my husband and I have decided that we want to have a good relationship with them over anything else. That requires (what I feel like is) a radical generosity of love, especially when I don't agree with their decisions. Edit: I can see where even some of these might become enabling in, say, an abusive situation. Idk, I certainly don't have all the answers. Lol
@@shirw agreed. However in a case of rebellion the father didn't go out and search for the son, like the person who went out and searched for the sheep or the coin.
I feel the "prodigal father" should have spoke with the eldest ahead of the party. We are grateful and excited when our children turns around their lives, we do run, but we need to reaffirm to our stalwarts the love we have for them too. I don't believe the eldest did what he did out of wanting inheritance, but rather love and concern for his father.
So, the analogy I heard was......take currency (size, $5,10,20) and crumble it up, step on it, get it dirty. Does that decrease its value? No, it still has worth. No matter what has happened in our lives, we are still valuable to Our Savior, Jesus Christ. He will come find us.
This is labeled wrong it’s May 1-7 but the other label you first click on says May 8-14. So it’s confusing! I was a little bit panicky wondering if y’all skipped a week!!
Time Stamps:
00:00 *See the Board*
00:04 Welcome and Introduction: Lost and Found
02:07 *Segment 1: Radical Generosity -- worksheet*
03:25 Reference to the hymn "O God, the Eternal Father"
04:41 Luke 14 verses 16-20
08:55. Luke 14 verse 21
11:47 Luke 14 verses 22-24 + Discussion on The Feast
20:15 *Segment 2: Rejoice!*
20:50 Study Tip for parables
21:25 Luke 15 verses 1-2 + same verses from "The Message" edition of the New Testament
22:55 Teaching Tip for Luke 15
23:30 Parable of the Lost Sheep (Luke 15 verses 3-7)
26:50 Parable of the Lost Coin (Luke 15 verses 8-10)
30:25 *Segment 3: Prodigal* (Luke 15 verses 11-32)
30:30 Study Tip for this parable
34:50 Luke 15 verses 18-20
37:53 Luke 15 verses 21-24
39:26 The Older Son lost in his obedience
41:19 Where is Jesus in this parable? Emily's insights on the "fatted calf"
44:55 *Segment 4: Live like the Last Leper*
45:55 Luke 17 verses 11-17
48:18 Teaching Tip using the slide deck
52:46 Emily's story of teaching at a youth detention center
58:10 *Segment 5: Come Forth*
59:45 John 11 verses 1-4, then verses 7-15
1:02:42 John 11 verses 21-24
1:04:04 *Word of the Week: Resurrection* -- John 11 verse 25
1:07:31 John 11 verses 32-35, the verses 41-42
1:09:34 John 11 verses 43-44
1:11:29 Conclusion: Believing on Him
That is so helpful! Thank you!
@@ruthierenae you’re welcome!
3:25 The hymn referred to is actually: O God, the Eternal Father
@@judychristensen3881 😂😂😂 You’re right!!! Sorry about that! I’ve fixed the error. Thanks for fact-checking!
@@christopherinsaudiarabia thank you so much for your service. I went to the hymn to find the words and think about them but couldn't find the phrase...I wasn't trying to prove you wrong
As a mother of a child who has wandered, I promise you the wife was not asking the dad to move away from the window. She was right there watching with him. They took shifts, each hoping and waiting and pleading in their heart for their son to return. She understood the need and the pain just as well. And when my child returned, I spent hours making his favorite meal for him because he needed nourishment, both body and soul. And I cried as I cooked.
Thank you for sharing your experience. What sweet insight that brings. ❤
Thank you for sharing his return, and I’m happy for your family! I know my wanderers have been loved longer and more deeply by Heavenly Father and Jesus than me, and I both have faith and Know that. But shared stories still bolster hope for the wanderers’ hearts!
This podcast made me cry. I worked myself through Luke 12-17 and John 11 on Sunday and then started listening. Your message about each of us being 'the one' and we all have need to turn back to Christ daily is powerful. Yet There is Room-healing, inclusion, acceptance (the homeless), reading the Prodical Son from three perspectives-father, elder son, younger son breaks my heart - both sons lost in different ways. The sheep who is happy to be back! The coin who was lost through neglect (possibly) and the fact that it Was lost-but still held it's value. Radically Generosity-He won our souls with love. My heart could not hold all of the thankfulness and gratitude I felt while listening to you two. I love you both. I lead the discussions in our ward Gospel Doctrine class with my husband-a wonderful experience :) and listening to you for the last 3 years has opened my eyes and my mind and my heart to deeper understanding of Jesus Christ-His character, His mission, His love and compassion for ALL. Thank you!
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I cried too! I love this SOooo much!!!
Amen!
Christ as the “fatted calf” - never thought of this before - thank you thank you for sharing your inspiration. ❤
I have a son who I did not see for years…. My love for him & my sorrow were great. As parents we all look for 1. He is an infrequent visitor now, and I do run to him, hold on & pray he will come again. This parable, when lived, is as searchingly sorrow filled, yet joyous as it is written in Luke. Our prayers as strong, pleading, to see that child one more time…to hear the voice again. These parables are powerful and yes we do leave the 99 to search for the one as we are not complete without him.
I love your podcasts❤️. I was reminded of when I was the Activities Chairman in my ward. Our sweet Bishop had the kindest heart and loved everyone in his fold. He asked me to organize dinner groups. He wanted everyone to be included. He approved the dinner groups I had organized and didn’t fully understand why he wanted this to happen in our ward until a couple who came to my home for that dinner group said “We’ve been in the ward for many years and this is the first time we’ve been invited for dinner in someone’s home.” I’ll always remember that there are some that aren’t included but yearn to be. What a great experience those dinner groups turned out to be. I relate that to the parable of being invited to the feast and the humble recipients who generally may not be included were. ❤
❤❤❤ I love this idea. This is something we need to do more of.
You two are just amazing! Thank you for this. Where else can you laugh and get spiritually filled at the same time!? Thank you!!!!!!!!
I think of my children and their father who have all left the Lord and I gain great strength and comfort to know that as I live my life for my Lord all will be made right. There I find my peace for my 6 children.
Love what David said about the parable of the sheep and the leaving of the 99 to find the one that is missing and how many of us would be satisfied with at least having 99 still and not wanting to go out into the dangerous wilderness to find the one that is lost! It dawned on me that this is the difference between a Shepherd and a hireling and what we are taught in that story. The Shepherd loves His sheep and knows each of them by name compared to the hireling and how he feels for them. I will love tying these two stories together from now on! Thank you!
"Ammon loved them so well". Rather than he loved them so much, he loved them so well! This simple phrase describes love so much better.
I just wanted to write in and tell David he’s right.
To win our souls with love is a great line from a great hymn, a sacrament hymn, that starts with the words of the sacrament prayers:)
And then the line about someone doesn’t turn away from sin because they’re scolded or lectured, they turn away from sin and toward something that is better, they turn towards the love.
I'm thinking "Oh God, The Eternal Father"
How Great the Wisdom and the Love
Thankyou for this thought provoking lesson. I cried so much during the story of the prodigal son thinking about my family member that is lost. Then i wept for the saviour too through the story of Lazareth and how hard it sometimes is when we are not always in the right place when needed. I also rejoiced knowing that He comes to meet us where we are in our challenges. That in itself is our saving grace. I always love the way you open up the scriptures to the point that I almost feel like I am there in the story, we all need to experience the true reality of the gospels. Thank you so much.
I can tell you from personal experience. Having had a small flock of sheep, no more than 12 at a time on our 5 acres. You definitely do go and look for the one that's missing when you can only count or see 11 in the paddock. They get sick sometimes. You have to keep an eye on them. You don't want them to suffer, and they are also home storage. So, it becomes natural to look after them. With my little flock I could call out to them in a high pitched voice "SHEEP, SHEEP, SHEEP!!! COME ON!!" and they would pop their heads up above the long grass and usually would start to walk from down the back and come towards the house. It was at many times a huge amount of work for minimal return, but it taught me so much that I couldn't have learnt any other way.
I have listened to most of your lessons the past few years and have learned so much. However, this one helped me on so many levels and with so many thoughts. Thanks to both of you.
The tribe of Ephraim has special obligation to gather the house of Israel, which is like calling everyone to this party, and I love David’s point: we have to do better about telling others about the party (the Gospel)! When I focus too much on all the work it entails (to become covenant people), and so no wonder others offer lame excuses…doesn’t sound like a party if it’s all about what we can’t do!
It may have been the case that this coin was one of 10 coins the woman wore on her headdress, over her forehead, and these coins were considered much like a wedding ring is considered in our culture. However, if it was lost, it was considered much more serious than it would be for us if we lost our wedding ring! In their culture, a woman could be divorced for losing her headdress coin, for it showed she was careless about her marriage to her husband. Of course she would search frantically for it and would rejoice with her friends when she found it!
Beautiful lesson! Believe on Him. Thank you very much😍👏
This lesson made me cry more than once. I loved every second of it, thank you!! Y’all help me so much with my gospel doctrine class.
I never knew that the older son would have received his portion too, or that it was even a double portion, wow! I always sympathized with him, because I am similar in that I've never really rebelled against God or my parents. I always felt like he got jipped. It makes so much more sense now. Thank you 💜🙏
Also, I think what David said about maybe the temple elite could have said Jesus was "too good", was a very important comment. It's so discouraging to hear church members call people "molly Mormon" or "peter priesthood". Yes it happens when people are being self righteous, but it also happens when the name callers are just reminded of their sins.
My thought about the younger son taking work from a pig farmer was that this example showed how low he esteemed himself. Swine were considered unclean and forbidden by the Jews and this son was unclean and believed he was forbidden to ever return home.
Im not okay with emily leaving this in aug.. you guys are the duo! It just works..
I’m always grateful for your lessons.
How great the wisdom and the love is the hymn
David and Emily I love learning from you. You both have experience teaching Seminary. CAN YOU SHARE WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED ABOUT TEACHING YOUTH? How do you change your presentation? How do you help them make their own meaningful discoveries in the scriptures? Any tips would be so appreciated.
Best one so far………..again!
😂 you were both talking about those who die may be told to go back and find another. Emily then said, imagine if sacrament was like that! My mind immediately went to - people dying in sacrament, so the whole ward family was in heaven 😇 love ya!🥰
I LOVE both of you sooooo much!! Thank you for teaching the scriptures so wonderfully!! And…thank you for making me laugh!
Thank you and family for the good inputs Love More of them ❣️
May i come to dinner, Emily. My best friend and I would love to have dinner with you. What an invitation! I hope you say YES! :)
I love your enthusiasm!
Good 👍 chapter!
Because I am so flawed, I need him.
I think the mother would have been the one prompting the father to frequently watch, not drawing him away.
My first thoughts when David was saying no way would he leave 99 and go find the one, comes from previous episodes. Yes, David would go out and find the one, even if that one was stinky drippy wet, he would go and find him/her and bring them home. That one sheep [child] of six is one of the greatest treasures we can hold on to. Yes, he definitely would go out and find the one child that wandered off and he wouldn’t hesitate a second, even if he was stinky and dripping wet, David would not be satisfied with 99%.
And as I was thinking about Emily and her story of when her husband brought home a lost sheep, not even from their own herd. They set boundaries for the sheep taught him with love and kindness and changed that sheep’s life forever. What a gain. We all have a lost sheep we can go find and bring home, it does not matter if that sheep is part of our herd or not. What a great example of this parable❤️❤️❤️
Thank you for the fatted calf analogy. That makes so much sense. ❤
I find it interesting that the excuses given were all among those listed as accepted in ancient Israel for not going out to war when called.
Love your sweater!
I find it significant that the miracle of raising Lazarus, in the end, does not save Mary and Martha from further grief. They are soon to experience Jesus death, also.
175: O God The Eternal Father has the line win our souls with love
I often wonder what learning process there may have been for some of Christ’s miracles. If maybe He began it when they first heard Lazarus was ill, if there was consultation/instruction for Him for this particular circumstance which either took time, or He proceeded as seemed right until He had confirmation This was the thing to do.
You were right, that might be the best.
Amen!
37.17 the boy who always belonged!
"They'd never kill the fatted calf for even a daughter's wedding."
Big question, can radical generosity become enabling?
Good question. I've thought about this, and my short answer: I think the generosity has to be of love. Jesus didn't often give "stuff," he gave love: time, attention, service, forgiveness, etc.
We have kids that have chosen different paths than what we would want for them, but my husband and I have decided that we want to have a good relationship with them over anything else. That requires (what I feel like is) a radical generosity of love, especially when I don't agree with their decisions.
Edit: I can see where even some of these might become enabling in, say, an abusive situation. Idk, I certainly don't have all the answers. Lol
@@shirw agreed. However in a case of rebellion the father didn't go out and search for the son, like the person who went out and searched for the sheep or the coin.
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I feel the "prodigal father" should have spoke with the eldest ahead of the party. We are grateful and excited when our children turns around their lives, we do run, but we need to reaffirm to our stalwarts the love we have for them too. I don't believe the eldest did what he did out of wanting inheritance, but rather love and concern for his father.
What is the name of the paraphrase bible? Thanks so much for another great podcast!
The Message
Ask a rancher if they would go find their one and hold it on their shoulders.
So, the analogy I heard was......take currency (size, $5,10,20) and crumble it up, step on it, get it dirty. Does that decrease its value? No, it still has worth. No matter what has happened in our lives, we are still valuable to Our Savior, Jesus Christ. He will come find us.
Which Bible is the paraphrase Bible that you use?
The Message
Can anyone tell me the name of the “paraphrase Bible?
Where can I find the paraphrased bible that David refers to?
What is the paraphrased Bible that you use David? Is it an app?
This is labeled wrong it’s May 1-7 but the other label you first click on says May 8-14. So it’s confusing! I was a little bit panicky wondering if y’all skipped a week!!
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Oh god eternal father 3rd verse.
What was name of Christ this week?
Wait one moment.... Did you just say,
"Don't Miss This!"
Lol at 24 46mins