Thank you! I am 69 years old and I never had the opportunity to attend Seminary. I love your lessons. I have read the Book of Mormon many times through the years. Since the Church has come out with Come Follow Me and the Church videos along with your spiritual lessons I have gained a much deeper understanding and spiritual insight to the scriptures that I never thought possible. I love you and prayer often for you and your family. I am truly thankful for each you! May God continue to watch over you and bless you with the special insight and spiritual knowledge to help us to gain a greater understanding of Gods Love. 💝🤗
When my husband lost his job in 2008 and we did not have adequate employment for 10 years I felt God had forgotten us and we did not have any blessings. Often during that time I would not know, because I did not want to know, that this was something that we needed to go through and would be 'for our good'. Now, I can see the numerous blessings and lessons learned and attitudes developed over that time period that are crucial to our lives now. Thank goodness God loved us enough to put us through that, and loved me enough to be patient while I worked through it. It was not pretty on my part, but He stayed with me and I came out thankfully on the other side knowing the gospel is true, God loves us and will never abandon us even in our darkest time. Thanks for the reminder and all your hard work!
@@JessicaSmith-ke4co I will be praying for you Jessica. God knows you, loves you and will be with you all the way to the other side. The best is yet to come.
I needed to listen to this today. Been struggling on how to face children's needs and pulled this up. Which reminded me to listen to the spirit as I deal with the needs of my children.
YOU are my holy mentor! Alma 10:9. I am going through the hardest thing I have ever been through and studying with you is my balm of Gilead. You give me breath to breathe one more day! I see the hand of the Lord in my life, through you, each week. Thank you.
Does anyone else hear kids in the background near the end when they're talking about finding a holy mentor? I listened to this with headphones during naptime today when my big kids were all out playing and my babies were asleep and it freaked me out! I kept thinking one of them was up and crying for me, but then no one was! Please tell me someone else hears that, too, or else I have a bigger problem on my hands. 😂 Thank you for a fantastic video this week! I'm already planning a (simple) Thanksgiving dinner for Sunday so we can read all the gratitude papers! What fun ideas.
Oh yes, I thought it was the cats in my house but because I have ADD I listen to these twice, and I heard it again and said, oh it's the children at their home ♥️
Time Stamps: 00:00 Welcome and "Summer of Heroes" review 01:34 Background on Alma 03:19 *See the Board* 03:42 Alma 8, verse 1 04:19 Alma 8, verse 4 05:21 Alma 8, verses 9-11 07:04 Alma 8, verses 13-14 07:46 "When You Want to Give Up" 08:48 Sidebar discussion on parenting 13:38 Alma 8, verses 15-16 (The answer/advice for "When You Want to Give Up") 16:51 Cross-reference D&C 121, verse 45 17:57 Sidebar on Going Back Another Way 20:45 "When You Have Forgotten" 21:11 Alma 9, verse 5 21:33 Alma 9, verses 2 and 6 22:22 Hero of the Week: Amulek 22:37 Alma 8, verses 18-32 24:30 Teaching Tip on Companionships 26:25 Sidebar on Alma 12, verse 32 27:03 What did they forget? Alma 9, verses 8-11 and 13-14 28:05 Alma 9, verse 18 29:38 Discussion on "Highly Favored" (and Emily's story on "One of God's Favorites") 32:41 Discussion on "Prospered" -- Alma 9, verses 13-14 35:55 Alma 9, verses 20-22 37:39 Answer to "When You Have Forgotten" (and David's story of a Patriarchal Blessing) 39:53 Overview of Alma 10 and more on Amulek 40:46 Alma 10, verses 2 and 4 42:17 "When You Know but Would Not Know" (Alma 10, verse 6) 43:40 Alma 10, verse 11 44:38 Back to Alma 10, verse 6 45:43 Cross reference Alma 34, verse 38 46:00 Discussion on "Living in Thanksgiving" (and Emily's story on teaching seminary) 47:45 Teaching Tip on "The Great Things" in your life (and Emily's story of a seminary student) 50:31 Recap of Hero of the Week: Amulek and Battle Ready Challenge 51:01 Emily's story of her Blessings Jar 52:40 The Change (answer for "When You Know but Would Not Know")
I have cried so much. This lesson is so powerful. Those awful things that happened that pushed me to such a great place in life and with people. I wrote it down in my journal what I learned.
G'day thanks for the sessions - Please remember us in the Southern Hemisphere - Summer of Champions perhaps the Winter of Warriors. Love you my goto in COVID isolation.
When my son served in Brasil he was startled to have Christmas in the hot summertime. He loved serving there, loved the people, and was planning on a visit. The trip was cancelled due to the virus. Perhaps next year.
I like to imagine from Alma 8:27 that Amulek was getting his own personal mission prep class while “Alma tarried with Amulek” preparing and strengthening him as a senior mission companion “before he [they] began to preach unto the people.” 💪🏻😘
Hello Emily and Dave, I want to share with you how much you are helping me with this videos. I struggle to be consistent and this videos are giving me the push to study everyday and learn more about Jesus Christ and about all the fantastic examples we have in the scriptures of faithful people that with God in their lives can overcome everything. Thank you. Have a fantastic week.
Thank you so much for posting these weekly videos! It's very helpful for me to be able to pop one on and follow along. This week was especially helpful and some of your comments were a direct answer to prayer. So again, thank you.
David, thanks for being so vulnerable about the challenges of raising children. My goal for reading the Book of Mormon this year was to find the principles that would help me to strengthen my family. When you are looking, you can find them in almost every chapter.
It helped me so much hearing someone talk about why God might favor one over the other.And, what favor looks like.I was just struggling with this yesterday.I'm a stay at home mom of four.I have been a mom since i was 17.I'm 27.I never got my GED or went to College.And, I just spent so much time yesterday thinking about like what the kids I grew up with had that I didn't that would make them complete High School and complete College.So,it's nice to hear someone talk out loud about what I'm thinking about.Thank You.
At night before prayer, we used to do this thing I called 5 happy things where we would write down in our notebooks 5 things that made us happy that day. That would give us things to thank God for in our prayers, and it helped each of us to be able watch for the blessings in our lives.
I liked Emily’s comment about “favorite” grandchildren, because I faced the dilemma of how to make each child feel the total love that I have for them. But there is no way I could label one of them my favorite grandchild, especially when siblings or cousins are near. So I feel I was prompted to say it in a different way: “You are my favorite Abbie!” “You are my favorite Corey!” etc. Their smiles tell me that they truly feel that they are my favorite.
Something President Dallin H. Oaks does as be also has many grandchildren is he picks one each month to focus on. He places their picture where he can see it everyday and will write and send them a letter about all the things he loves about them. I love that!
Happy Summer? How about your followers here in New Zealand - we are 6 days into winter! Love your teaching. Your love for the Book of Mormon is infectious - you have me smiling, even when I’ve shivering!
My sympathies to all - I’ll stop complaining! 🙂 - at least New Zealand gets a good four months of real summer - around Christmas. And another three or four months of beautiful in-between weather in early autumn and late spring.
We have a ‘we didn’t kill the children’ snack at the end of the day. When unpacking the shopping each week the kids will ask which snacks they can have and which ones are for us for not killing them 😂🤣😂🤣
I listen to these every week, and love all of them, but this one was "knock it out of the park" one for me. Thanks so much for your insights, and keep up the good work! ❤️
i remember feeling the same way when teaching early morning seminary. I talked to another teacher that said if she got a lesson she felt connected with the students one or two days a week, she felt good. It made me feel better :) . Love you guys and these videos! Thanks
I love you both so much! This was one of my favorite lessons. My take away is "highly GRACED" instead of highly favored which I interpreted to mean favorite and I didn't think I was anybody's favorite, let alone God's. But I have no doubt I have been highly blessed/graced. Also! The patriarchal blessing story! "You are one of God's favorites and He has never been mad at you." I immediately added that to my patriarchal blessing! I, too, lead I rough life in my 20-30s and some of those mistakes still haunt me, though I've been active in the church for about 30 years. I always thought God was mad at me so these words were so healing. I felt like crying. Thank you, thank you a thousand times. Oh, and thank you for making me laugh so hard. That's one of the reasons I watch more than once. Thank you for listening to the Spirit. Thank you for being my spiritual mentors. P.S. Dearest David, won't you just unbutton the top button on your shirts? It would look better. Haha
You two are holy mentors to me and to so many others. Thank you for putting in so many hours of your time for us. It’s absolutely blessed me and my family. ❤️
This is exactly what I needed to hear today thank you so much! I have been wanting to just give up on a relationship simply because it is hard and difficult, but this made me realize that giving up is the easy thing to do but that God will help me through this and I can seek angelic advice. Thanks for your thoughts! This was an answer to my prayer :)
this week I studied President Nelson's message about locking arms for racial harmony with NAACP. Love God and love your neighbor and in a way to help and learn to value the differences. i thought about the lesson this week and about Alma and Amulek and the challenges they faced. it's not easy but we will be blessed if we repent and lift out brothers everywhere. Listen to our Prophet as we learn to use the Book of Mormon in our lives today. (Sorry for my typing.....my stroke makes it difficult but my mind is strong and my faith Jesus Christ is a blessing.)
I'm thankful for your videos! David thank you for the story of I the lady and her patriarch. I felt that my Heavenly Parents are delighted in me. I needed to hear that 😊. I'm thankful for the 'valleys' in my life....most valleys have a river running through them, to me valleys are where we find the Lord, for refuge and rechange, before we climb out of them.
Sometimes when no matter how hard you try the feeling of devastation and sorrow can give you only enough to hang on and keep going even though you are not responding to any kind or sympathetic words anyone gives you, continue in faith and eventually things will change to acceptance and comfort will come.
Loved the "we didn't eat the children" part! When I started subbing for elementary school, I got pretty discouraged after my first couple of times until a teacher friend of mine told me, "the goal is just to keep them alive; if they learn anything: bonus!" 😁 It got better of course, but sometimes as a teacher or parent, those are words to live by! Lol!
I found a way to slow down my to do this and that thinking in my brain at rest time... Practice memorizing the articles of faith. I usually go into a calm sleep by number 7, whether I start at 1 or 13😯😃 I've got to the point over the years that I start giving myself a lecture about all I've learned over 5 decades on what I love about each article of Faith. This faith over fear has really empowered my body and spirit to be able to overcome stress💕
I have always really liked Alma 12:32 as well, because it shows how God gave the "Why" and THEN gave the commandments. In parenting or leadership of any sort, it can be helpful to explain the reason (the "Why") we ask our children or others to do certain things because it provides a vision for them as they move forward.
The One! I love that phrase. In Alma 9:6. God doesn’t need an army. God can work miracles with just one.... Joseph Smith. Alma’s father. He just needs us to be the One. The one to speak peace in this chaos. The one to smile at those stressed and hurting. The one to be there for a friend. The one to be available for a wounded heart. He is asking all of us to be The One! In our circle of life. Love you guy. Thank you. I appreciate what you have done for my family. Thank you for being the One.
As always, I am blessed by listening to your “Gospel Doctrine” class ❤️. Thank you also for stepping away from the board so we can have a peak! I do have the pdf versions, but I do not always have them with me when I am listening to this on my phone, somewhere . . . when I have the time 😁.
We are blessed with 6 children (finally...it took us ten years to get our first, then had 6 in 9 years. Very Blessed!) and during the teenage years at the end of the day and everyone was in bed I would say to my husband "Everyones Head is still attached, We've done our job!"
Talking about God and his capacity to love I saw a plaque once and it said , "God loves everyone, but I'm His favorite." When you think about it every single person who reads that are verifying God's special love for them!
Sooooooo many good things in this one. They're each really good. But as a parent and a teacher (to my own kids at least), this episode was packed with great stuff. I'm gonna have to watch it again.
Maybe it’s just me- but this is your best episode yet. Amazing life advice. I will be listening to this one more than once. Great job and thank you!!!!
I love that Sunday is your hard day too! My kids behave so well at home unless it's Sunday. We don't say we didn't eat them, we say they are still alive. Same concept =)
I love hearing the kids in the background....then I am pretty sure “baby shark” made a glimpse showing. Goes well when they discuss differences of raising children 🙂
Sometimes they are listening but not looking as if they care but they hold the information and use it when needed in their life so don't give up, don't be too hard on yourself. We are not Jesus Christ and not everyone believed His teachings, even though for their own good to do so. Poor David, I offer you respite in Australia, haha. Just love them is enough sometimes.
Someone started a thread on social media with kind of that same idea:) : Of the great things that have happened in 2020 First house and first daughter !
God's capacity to love, reminds me of little Claire Ryan, I think her name is, sang and asked President Nelson something like is she special and President Nelson said everyone is special to God. There was more to it.
I love you have a normal house and for the first time I heard the kids, it didnt phase you but tell the babysitter (wife I assume) it is all good, little people happen!
Guys. I seriously LOVE you and your insights and videos and enthusiasm for the gospel! I look forward to watching every single week. However, I had to stop this video because my anxiety and sensory overload couldn't handle the Baby Shark playing in the background. 😆 I don't know how you kept straight faces and kept going with a gospel conversation. I seriously couldn't even focus on what you were saying. So props to you guys. 👏 Maybe tell the kiddos to turn down the music a little next time. 😉
you want to be able to recognize the power of God in YOUR life, even in the jail, in rejection, etc. God is pure & powerful Love !! Rememberable =s thankfulness Daily.
Comparison is the thief of joy. Focus on what you have, not what you don't. Amulek gets vulnerable in telling his conversion story, very powerful. I was like you, and I changed, so can you.
I finally "get it"... the Highly Favored thing! Sometimes one of my boys would accuse me of "favoring" one of them over another... I would always say: But Connor is my favorite Connor, but YOU Shane, are my favorite Shane... or Brian is my favorite Brian and Brandon is my favorite Brandon... and I'm not lying!!! There is no other Shane who is my favorite or Brian who is my favorite or Brandon who is my favorite or Connor who is my favorite... I KNOW I am now highly favored for being ME! Because God does not have another ME, so I literally am HIS favorite!!
I had a little connection thought...That Amulek was able to accept Alma into his home and life and how Alma ended up blessing his family and home. Picture us accepting the Prophet into our homes and families, and what the blessings of that may be like!
Hi Kathieanne - the weekly study sheets are bound together in one book called the “Don’t Miss This Study Guide”, which is available at Deseret Book. There is also a devotional book which highlights one verse from each chapter. Both are excellent!
The promise of the windows of Heaven being opened if one pays their tithes has nothing to do with wealth and everything to do with the mysteries of God. Teenagers pay your tithing and you will be amazed at how much better you will be prepared for your missions.
I am so relieved that even stellar teachers like you have tough moments with teens too. Anyone have a urim and thummin for teenagers? 😜 I’ve got two right now with another one almost a teen (and one little). Heaven help me!
I subscribed to news letter and everything ,but I found out that when my husband died my email was canceled, so I will not get the news letters or now the brackets that I really want. Is there any way you can help me. Thanks Geneva Bohling
As I read this study point something very real occurred to me. Think of the Saviors life. No He never gave up but he was spit upon and was teased and tainted as was Alma but more severe. And did not Heavenly Father send an angel to give him strength too in the Garden of Gethsemane? I’m sure that the weight of all sins, sadness, illnesses, and more weighed Him down to something we can’t comprehend. Alma is feeling like he failed. That would be something that Christ paid for through the Atonement. I see many parallels here from a servant of the Lord to Jesus Christ as well.
When my girls were teenagers I found a sign that said... Mothers of teenagers know why some animals eat their young. I think I need you address Dave so I can send you that sign
Hi Teri -- the study guide is available at Deseret Book (online or in stores). Here's the link so you can see what it looks like: deseretbook.com/p/dont-miss-this-in-the-book-of-mormon-workbook?ref=Grid%20%7C%20Search-2&variant_id=183198-paperback
Why do you think that the people of the city of Ammonihah were not prosecuted according to the law after they killed so many people on the basis of their faith? We see the judges stepping in other places to keep the peace and enforce the law, like when Gideon was killed. Do you think that the people of Ammonihah were destroyed by the Lamanites within such a short time frame that the justice system simply couldn't deal with the scale of the atrocity before the city was gone?
This was so wonderful today. Really enjoyed the way you related it to our lives today. I need more help in thinking that way. Thanks for sharing your time and talents with us.
You need to repent of your sins and accept Jesus as Savior and Lord!! Works dont earn salvation. It is a gift. You also dont become an angel or god when you die. Think about it and search the Scriptures.
Thank you! I am 69 years old and I never had the opportunity to attend Seminary. I love your lessons. I have read the Book of Mormon many times through the years. Since the Church has come out with Come Follow Me and the Church videos along with your spiritual lessons I have gained a much deeper understanding and spiritual insight to the scriptures that I never thought possible. I love you and prayer often for you and your family. I am truly thankful for each you! May God continue to watch over you and bless you with the special insight and spiritual knowledge to help us to gain a greater understanding of Gods Love. 💝🤗
When my husband lost his job in 2008 and we did not have adequate employment for 10 years I felt God had forgotten us and we did not have any blessings. Often during that time I would not know, because I did not want to know, that this was something that we needed to go through and would be 'for our good'. Now, I can see the numerous blessings and lessons learned and attitudes developed over that time period that are crucial to our lives now. Thank goodness God loved us enough to put us through that, and loved me enough to be patient while I worked through it. It was not pretty on my part, but He stayed with me and I came out thankfully on the other side knowing the gospel is true, God loves us and will never abandon us even in our darkest time. Thanks for the reminder and all your hard work!
Thank you so much for sharing this. I am currently in the middle? Of a similar situation. Thanks for giving me hope
@@JessicaSmith-ke4co I will be praying for you Jessica. God knows you, loves you and will be with you all the way to the other side. The best is yet to come.
I needed to listen to this today. Been struggling on how to face children's needs and pulled this up. Which reminded me to listen to the spirit as I deal with the needs of my children.
YOU are my holy mentor! Alma 10:9. I am going through the hardest thing I have ever been through and studying with you is my balm of Gilead. You give me breath to breathe one more day! I see the hand of the Lord in my life, through you, each week. Thank you.
Same with me. Going through the hardest trial in my life and look forward to these lessons so much. Hope things work out for the best for you!
Does anyone else hear kids in the background near the end when they're talking about finding a holy mentor? I listened to this with headphones during naptime today when my big kids were all out playing and my babies were asleep and it freaked me out! I kept thinking one of them was up and crying for me, but then no one was! Please tell me someone else hears that, too, or else I have a bigger problem on my hands. 😂 Thank you for a fantastic video this week! I'm already planning a (simple) Thanksgiving dinner for Sunday so we can read all the gratitude papers! What fun ideas.
Haha. Yes I did too.
Yes I did
I heard it too! I was wondering if it was just me.😄
I'm pretty sure Emily said on her IG that she has grandchildren visiting :)
Oh yes, I thought it was the cats in my house but because I have ADD I listen to these twice, and I heard it again and said, oh it's the children at their home ♥️
Time Stamps:
00:00 Welcome and "Summer of Heroes" review
01:34 Background on Alma
03:19 *See the Board*
03:42 Alma 8, verse 1
04:19 Alma 8, verse 4
05:21 Alma 8, verses 9-11
07:04 Alma 8, verses 13-14
07:46 "When You Want to Give Up"
08:48 Sidebar discussion on parenting
13:38 Alma 8, verses 15-16 (The answer/advice for "When You Want to Give Up")
16:51 Cross-reference D&C 121, verse 45
17:57 Sidebar on Going Back Another Way
20:45 "When You Have Forgotten"
21:11 Alma 9, verse 5
21:33 Alma 9, verses 2 and 6
22:22 Hero of the Week: Amulek
22:37 Alma 8, verses 18-32
24:30 Teaching Tip on Companionships
26:25 Sidebar on Alma 12, verse 32
27:03 What did they forget? Alma 9, verses 8-11 and 13-14
28:05 Alma 9, verse 18
29:38 Discussion on "Highly Favored" (and Emily's story on "One of God's Favorites")
32:41 Discussion on "Prospered" -- Alma 9, verses 13-14
35:55 Alma 9, verses 20-22
37:39 Answer to "When You Have Forgotten" (and David's story of a Patriarchal Blessing)
39:53 Overview of Alma 10 and more on Amulek
40:46 Alma 10, verses 2 and 4
42:17 "When You Know but Would Not Know" (Alma 10, verse 6)
43:40 Alma 10, verse 11
44:38 Back to Alma 10, verse 6
45:43 Cross reference Alma 34, verse 38
46:00 Discussion on "Living in Thanksgiving" (and Emily's story on teaching seminary)
47:45 Teaching Tip on "The Great Things" in your life (and Emily's story of a seminary student)
50:31 Recap of Hero of the Week: Amulek and Battle Ready Challenge
51:01 Emily's story of her Blessings Jar
52:40 The Change (answer for "When You Know but Would Not Know")
Thank you, thank you! I love this list every week!
sal4gal you’re welcome - so glad it helps!
Thank YOU🥰
Thank you for doing this. It is super helpful, we use your time stamps every week.
Lissa Huysmans you are welcome!
I have cried so much. This lesson is so powerful. Those awful things that happened that pushed me to such a great place in life and with people. I wrote it down in my journal what I learned.
G'day thanks for the sessions - Please remember us in the Southern Hemisphere - Summer of Champions perhaps the Winter of Warriors. Love you my goto in COVID isolation.
When my son served in Brasil he was startled to have Christmas in the hot summertime. He loved serving there, loved the people, and was planning on a visit. The trip was cancelled due to the virus. Perhaps next year.
"Loving someone is NEVER a waste" ❤️
"The anguish of (Alma's) soul, opened his heart for the answer." 12:30
I like to imagine from Alma 8:27 that Amulek was getting his own personal mission prep class while “Alma tarried with Amulek” preparing and strengthening him as a senior mission companion “before he [they] began to preach unto the people.” 💪🏻😘
You are our Alma and Amulek. Great teaching companions😄.
Hello Emily and Dave, I want to share with you how much you are helping me with this videos. I struggle to be consistent and this videos are giving me the push to study everyday and learn more about Jesus Christ and about all the fantastic examples we have in the scriptures of faithful people that with God in their lives can overcome everything. Thank you. Have a fantastic week.
Thank you so much for posting these weekly videos! It's very helpful for me to be able to pop one on and follow along. This week was especially helpful and some of your comments were a direct answer to prayer. So again, thank you.
I hear the littles in the background so precious
David, thanks for being so vulnerable about the challenges of raising children.
My goal for reading the Book of Mormon this year was to find the principles that would help me to strengthen my family. When you are looking, you can find them in almost every chapter.
It helped me so much hearing someone talk about why God might favor one over the other.And, what favor looks like.I was just struggling with this yesterday.I'm a stay at home mom of four.I have been a mom since i was 17.I'm 27.I never got my GED or went to College.And, I just spent so much time yesterday thinking about like what the kids I grew up with had that I didn't that would make them complete High School and complete College.So,it's nice to hear someone talk out loud about what I'm thinking about.Thank You.
You are doing the Lord's work by caring for your children.
At night before prayer, we used to do this thing I called 5 happy things where we would write down in our notebooks 5 things that made us happy that day. That would give us things to thank God for in our prayers, and it helped each of us to be able watch for the blessings in our lives.
I liked Emily’s comment about “favorite” grandchildren, because I faced the dilemma of how to make each child feel the total love that I have for them. But there is no way I could label one of them my favorite grandchild, especially when siblings or cousins are near. So I feel I was prompted to say it in a different way: “You are my favorite Abbie!” “You are my favorite Corey!” etc. Their smiles tell me that they truly feel that they are my favorite.
Something President Dallin H. Oaks does as be also has many grandchildren is he picks one each month to focus on. He places their picture where he can see it everyday and will write and send them a letter about all the things he loves about them. I love that!
Happy Summer? How about your followers here in New Zealand - we are 6 days into winter! Love your teaching. Your love for the Book of Mormon is infectious - you have me smiling, even when I’ve shivering!
It's pouring rain here today in Medford, Oregon, USA. So much for the start of summer. I'm shivering with you.
And we are facing a hard freeze in the mountains of Utah tonight... So summer feels so far away still!! We sympathize with you!
I'm right here with you in Medford in Vancouver, WA. The Pacific Northwest gets only a few days of summer each year and it hasn't arrived yet. 😉
My sympathies to all - I’ll stop complaining! 🙂 - at least New Zealand gets a good four months of real summer - around Christmas. And another three or four months of beautiful in-between weather in early autumn and late spring.
My oldest is becoming a teenager 😭 this was just exactly what I needed to strengthen me today ❤️
We have a ‘we didn’t kill the children’ snack at the end of the day. When unpacking the shopping each week the kids will ask which snacks they can have and which ones are for us for not killing them 😂🤣😂🤣
I'm so stealing this. 😂😂😂😂
I listen to these every week, and love all of them, but this one was "knock it out of the park" one for me. Thanks so much for your insights, and keep up the good work! ❤️
i remember feeling the same way when teaching early morning seminary. I talked to another teacher that said if she got a lesson she felt connected with the students one or two days a week, she felt good. It made me feel better :) . Love you guys and these videos! Thanks
I love you both so much! This was one of my favorite lessons. My take away is "highly GRACED" instead of highly favored which I interpreted to mean favorite and I didn't think I was anybody's favorite, let alone God's. But I have no doubt I have been highly blessed/graced.
Also! The patriarchal blessing story! "You are one of God's favorites and He has never been mad at you." I immediately added that to my patriarchal blessing! I, too, lead I rough life in my 20-30s and some of those mistakes still haunt me, though I've been active in the church for about 30 years. I always thought God was mad at me so these words were so healing. I felt like crying. Thank you, thank you a thousand times. Oh, and thank you for making me laugh so hard. That's one of the reasons I watch more than once. Thank you for listening to the Spirit. Thank you for being my spiritual mentors.
P.S. Dearest David, won't you just unbutton the top button on your shirts? It would look better. Haha
This was awesome you two! Just what I needed to hear during these times. Thanks for making the scriptures relatable!
You two are holy mentors to me and to so many others. Thank you for putting in so many hours of your time for us. It’s absolutely blessed me and my family. ❤️
This is just what I needed this morning. I've been really struggling parenting my sweet 14 year old daughter. This was an answer to prayer. Thank you.
This is exactly what I needed to hear today thank you so much! I have been wanting to just give up on a relationship simply because it is hard and difficult, but this made me realize that giving up is the easy thing to do but that God will help me through this and I can seek angelic advice. Thanks for your thoughts! This was an answer to my prayer :)
Thank you! Many of your experiences brought tears to my eyes. I love applying all of these scriptures to my life!
Please, please, please, keep helping me (every one) learn the Book of Mormon in a deeper way! Love listening to both of you!!
this week I studied President Nelson's message about locking arms for racial harmony with NAACP. Love God and love your neighbor and in a way to help and learn to value the differences. i thought about the lesson this week and about Alma and Amulek and the challenges they faced. it's not easy but we will be blessed if we repent and lift out brothers everywhere. Listen to our Prophet as we learn to use the Book of Mormon in our lives today. (Sorry for my typing.....my stroke makes it difficult but my mind is strong and my faith Jesus Christ is a blessing.)
I'm thankful for your videos! David thank you for the story of I the lady and her patriarch. I felt that my Heavenly Parents are delighted in me. I needed to hear that 😊. I'm thankful for the 'valleys' in my life....most valleys have a river running through them, to me valleys are where we find the Lord, for refuge and rechange, before we climb out of them.
Thank you so much for your teachings every week! You are two of my "holy mentors".
ahh I love what you guys said about prospering!!! you two are just awesome!!!
Sometimes when no matter how hard you try the feeling of devastation and sorrow can give you only enough to hang on and keep going even though you are not responding to any kind or sympathetic words anyone gives you, continue in faith and eventually things will change to acceptance and comfort will come.
Thank you 💖 you make my day. Now, while we are isolated from our Church family it's great to
Hear your impressions.
Loved the "we didn't eat the children" part! When I started subbing for elementary school, I got pretty discouraged after my first couple of times until a teacher friend of mine told me, "the goal is just to keep them alive; if they learn anything: bonus!" 😁 It got better of course, but sometimes as a teacher or parent, those are words to live by! Lol!
I found a way to slow down my to do this and that thinking in my brain at rest time... Practice memorizing the articles of faith. I usually go into a calm sleep by number 7, whether I start at 1 or 13😯😃 I've got to the point over the years that I start giving myself a lecture about all I've learned over 5 decades on what I love about each article of Faith. This faith over fear has really empowered my body and spirit to be able to overcome stress💕
What I needed today- I am staring down the road as some scary things... I love you for this.
Thank you, David & Emily. Now I feel like one of God's favorites!!!😄❤
Well, I know that God meant for this to be the first lesson I watched. Thank you.
I have always really liked Alma 12:32 as well, because it shows how God gave the "Why" and THEN gave the commandments. In parenting or leadership of any sort, it can be helpful to explain the reason (the "Why") we ask our children or others to do certain things because it provides a vision for them as they move forward.
You didn’t know it then.. but that bowl was a turning point blessing
My great grandma would always tell all the kids we were each her favorite too and I loved it!
The One! I love that phrase. In Alma 9:6. God doesn’t need an army. God can work miracles with just one.... Joseph Smith. Alma’s father. He just needs us to be the One. The one to speak peace in this chaos. The one to smile at those stressed and hurting. The one to be there for a friend. The one to be available for a wounded heart. He is asking all of us to be The One! In our circle of life.
Love you guy. Thank you. I appreciate what you have done for my family. Thank you for being the One.
Thank you for sharing that story about the patriarchal blessing:) so precious !
As always, I am blessed by listening to your “Gospel Doctrine” class ❤️. Thank you also for stepping away from the board so we can have a peak! I do have the pdf versions, but I do not always have them with me when I am listening to this on my phone, somewhere . . . when I have the time 😁.
We are blessed with 6 children (finally...it took us ten years to get our first, then had 6 in 9 years. Very Blessed!) and during the teenage years at the end of the day and everyone was in bed I would say to my husband "Everyones Head is still attached, We've done our job!"
I feel like you were my visiting angels this week.
My favorite episode so far. Thank you!
Talking about God and his capacity to love I saw a plaque once and it said , "God loves everyone, but I'm His favorite." When you think about it every single person who reads that are verifying God's special love for them!
Sooooooo many good things in this one. They're each really good. But as a parent and a teacher (to my own kids at least), this episode was packed with great stuff. I'm gonna have to watch it again.
I’m so glad I wasn’t the only one who noticed the 4th of July in past readings !
Thanks for your efforts to teach us.
Maybe it’s just me- but this is your best episode yet. Amazing life advice. I will be listening to this one more than once. Great job and thank you!!!!
Emily, I love your stories . . . Always. I miss being able to go to the temple, looking forward to returning soon.
I love that Sunday is your hard day too! My kids behave so well at home unless it's Sunday. We don't say we didn't eat them, we say they are still alive. Same concept =)
Loved your insights on prospering!
Thank you for this lesson! I loved the insight. It's very helpful especially as my oldest is nearing the teenage years!
Fourth of July - Independence Day for Amulek
I love that!
I love hearing the kids in the background....then I am pretty sure “baby shark” made a glimpse showing. Goes well when they discuss differences of raising children 🙂
I was listening to the lesson and I thought I heard it too XD a cute little surprise in this week’s lesson:)
You can get small pumpkin pies in the bakery section at Walmart for 50 cents (as well as other flavors) and they are pretty tasty! 😉
Guys, I think I just gained a testimony of record keeping. Whoa.
Amulet's Independence Day... I'm putting a note in my scriptures on that one. I didn't even catch that before!!!!
Sometimes they are listening but not looking as if they care but they hold the information and use it when needed in their life so don't give up, don't be too hard on yourself. We are not Jesus Christ and not everyone believed His teachings, even though for their own good to do so. Poor David, I offer you respite in Australia, haha. Just love them is enough sometimes.
So Independence Day and thanksgiving in a chapter? Never had that perspective! I love it and will use it this week with my family.
Someone started a thread on social media with kind of that same idea:) :
Of the great things that have happened in 2020
First house and first daughter !
I loved all of this! Thank you!!
God's capacity to love, reminds me of little Claire Ryan, I think her name is, sang and asked President Nelson something like is she special and President Nelson said everyone is special to God. There was more to it.
I love you have a normal house and for the first time I heard the kids, it didnt phase you but tell the babysitter (wife I assume) it is all good, little people happen!
They film in Emily's basement, so it is most likely her grandchildren visiting. I love hearing their little voices in the background :)
Guys. I seriously LOVE you and your insights and videos and enthusiasm for the gospel! I look forward to watching every single week. However, I had to stop this video because my anxiety and sensory overload couldn't handle the Baby Shark playing in the background. 😆 I don't know how you kept straight faces and kept going with a gospel conversation. I seriously couldn't even focus on what you were saying. So props to you guys. 👏 Maybe tell the kiddos to turn down the music a little next time. 😉
you want to be able to recognize the power of God in YOUR life, even in the jail, in rejection, etc. God is pure & powerful Love !! Rememberable =s thankfulness Daily.
Comparison is the thief of joy. Focus on what you have, not what you don't. Amulek gets vulnerable in telling his conversion story, very powerful. I was like you, and I changed, so can you.
I finally "get it"... the Highly Favored thing! Sometimes one of my boys would accuse me of "favoring" one of them over another... I would always say: But Connor is my favorite Connor, but YOU Shane, are my favorite Shane... or Brian is my favorite Brian and Brandon is my favorite Brandon... and I'm not lying!!! There is no other Shane who is my favorite or Brian who is my favorite or Brandon who is my favorite or Connor who is my favorite... I KNOW I am now highly favored for being ME! Because God does not have another ME, so I literally am HIS favorite!!
Thank you for doing these videos
I had a little connection thought...That Amulek was able to accept Alma into his home and life and how Alma ended up blessing his family and home. Picture us accepting the Prophet into our homes and families, and what the blessings of that may be like!
💜You two are highly favoured by me.
#BlessingOneDavidnEmily
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I bet Amulek was covered in tattoos, that's why he always astonished people.😂
I was unable to find the study sheet for this lesson. I looked in the newsletter, the podcast. Great lesson.
Hi Kathieanne - the weekly study sheets are bound together in one book called the “Don’t Miss This Study Guide”, which is available at Deseret Book. There is also a devotional book which highlights one verse from each chapter. Both are excellent!
Here's the link: deseretbook.com/p/dont-miss-this-in-the-book-of-mormon-workbook?ref=Grid%20%7C%20Search-2&variant_id=183198-paperback
Emily, what is the Greek word for favored (graced). I want to read more about that. Thanks!
Emily uses Strong's to look up Greek and Hebrew words, so I'm guessing this is it biblehub.com/greek/5487.htm "charitoó"
...and nothing worked for Grace” 😆 😂
The promise of the windows of Heaven being opened if one pays their tithes has nothing to do with wealth and everything to do with the mysteries of God. Teenagers pay your tithing and you will be amazed at how much better you will be prepared for your missions.
I am so relieved that even stellar teachers like you have tough moments with teens too. Anyone have a urim and thummin for teenagers? 😜 I’ve got two right now with another one almost a teen (and one little). Heaven help me!
I subscribed to news letter and everything ,but I found out that when my husband died my email was canceled, so I will not get the news letters or now the brackets that I really want. Is there any way you can help me. Thanks Geneva Bohling
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I didn't eat my teenager!! He's been alive for 15 years now!
As I read this study point something very real occurred to me. Think of the Saviors life. No He never gave up but he was spit upon and was teased and tainted as was Alma but more severe. And did not Heavenly Father send an angel to give him strength too in the Garden of Gethsemane? I’m sure that the weight of all sins, sadness, illnesses, and more weighed Him down to something we can’t comprehend. Alma is feeling like he failed. That would be something that Christ paid for through the Atonement. I see many parallels here from a servant of the Lord to Jesus Christ as well.
What is the background noise? David’s family?
They film in Emily's basement, so most likely it is her visiting grandchildren.
When my girls were teenagers I found a sign that said... Mothers of teenagers know why some animals eat their young. I think I need you address Dave so I can send you that sign
As much as I love my seminary teachers, I would sure as heck love having them as my teachers ahahahaa... time to move to America jkkk
Where can I get the study guide?
Hi Teri -- the study guide is available at Deseret Book (online or in stores). Here's the link so you can see what it looks like: deseretbook.com/p/dont-miss-this-in-the-book-of-mormon-workbook?ref=Grid%20%7C%20Search-2&variant_id=183198-paperback
Where can I find the newsletter?
Hi Rebekah - here’s the link: www.emilybellefreeman.com/dont-miss-this
Why do you think that the people of the city of Ammonihah were not prosecuted according to the law after they killed so many people on the basis of their faith? We see the judges stepping in other places to keep the peace and enforce the law, like when Gideon was killed. Do you think that the people of Ammonihah were destroyed by the Lamanites within such a short time frame that the justice system simply couldn't deal with the scale of the atrocity before the city was gone?
This was so wonderful today. Really enjoyed the way you related it to our lives today. I need more help in thinking that way. Thanks for sharing your time and talents with us.
A white board behind you might be easier to read
I’m a total napper.
I want Alma’s Angel to be Abinadi
And male polar bears will eat their young
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You need to repent of your sins and accept Jesus as Savior and Lord!! Works dont earn salvation. It is a gift. You also dont become an angel or god when you die. Think about it and search the Scriptures.
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