Follow Him: A Come, Follow Me Podcast - Doctrine & Covenants 85-87 : followHIM Favorites

Episode Date: August 1, 2021

Six-minute clip of Hank and John's favorite part of this week's Come, Follow Me Study.John shares Doctrine & Covenants 85:1. We must keep a history and be a record-keeping people. President Eyring shared that we write things down to document the hand of God in our lives. The weakest ink is stronger than the most powerful memory.Hank shares Doctrine & Covenants 85: 6. What does the Holy Ghost feel like? Here we learn the voice of the Holy Ghost is still and small. He whispers so we must take time to listen.Please leave a review on the podcast.Join us on social media:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FollowHimOfficialChannelInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/followhimpodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/followhimpodcast"Let Zion in Her Beauty Rise" by Marshall McDonaldhttps://www.marshallmcdonaldmusic.com/products/let-zion-in-her-beauty-rise-piano

My friends welcome to follow him favorites. I am Hank Smith. I am the co-host of a podcast called Follow Him. My co-host for the podcast is John by the way. Hi John. Hi Hank. And we do a tiny little clip each week called Follow Him favorites. So John, tell us this week what is your follow him favorite? The sections are 85, 86 and 87 of the doctrine of covenants. Hank, these are so hard because every every week there's so many fun things, but something that I need this reminder because sometimes I'm okay at it, sometimes I'm not. But in verse 1 of section 85 it says, is the duty of the Lord's clerk whom he is appointed to keep a history. And from the beginning, Joseph Smith had admonished the saints to be record-keeping people. We're so thankful that Wilford Woodruff seemed to write down everything that happened every day.

We rely on that. But I just got to tell you, my wife remembers so many things, and sometimes she'll say something and I'm like, how do you remember that? And she has a better memory than I do. I have to write things down. But the really wonderful things that you got to write them down so that you can remember them and share them with your children. President Iring said that we write things down to document the hand of God in our lives. It's actually like documenting our testimony. And then my mission president, coolest thing, he said

the weakest ink is better than the strongest memory. So I don't have a memory like my wife, but if I write it down, I get to keep it forever. And these days it's never been easier. Put it in a word processor. Even read an event into your phone or something so that you can have it and document the hand of God in your life and the wonderful things that happen to you. So, I just like one more reminder of the Lord saying, keep a history. And remember, hey, Consection 76 that we were doing four times in section 76, it said, write this down.

Right now. Right now. I think we're supposed to. I always thought as a kid, well, the angels remember everything, they'll hand me a journal in the next life, but I think we're supposed to write it down here. I think you're right on there.

And you can use the tools that we have today. If you're not the journal keeping pen and paper type, then use your video, right? Use your video on your phone and just take a 30 second log of the day Sometimes we'll do that as a family. We'll be like, oh, this is a journal moment We'll get our phones out and someone will get a phone out and say what day is it and what's happening and why and you know That's keeping a journal that's keeping a record. So do you know do what works for you?

Yeah, it's never been easier. Yeah, my follow him favorite also comes from Section 85 and it's verse 6 which says, thus a the still small voice which whispereth through and pierceeth all things and oftentimes it makeeth my bones to quake. So you've got Joseph Smith and a letter here to WWFelps describing the Holy Ghost and this is yet another verse we have in scripture that I think we can say, what does the Holy Ghost feel like? We'll often get that question from students. What does the Holy Ghost feel like? How do I know if I'm feeling the spirit? Well, there's descriptors all throughout the scriptures.

This one is yet another one. That's a great descriptor. Look at some of these adjectives. It's still and small. To me, that says, you've got to be quiet for a moment. In our world of loud, everything, your phones in your face, there's TVs in your face, there's screens everywhere. Take time to be quiet. It says, he whispers, but also this whisper pierces you, which tells me it can soften your heart or it can make you feel again, where sometimes people will say, I just don't feel the Holy Ghost anymore.

Right? Well, if I can get in that moment where the Holy Ghost can pierce my heart, pierce my soul, and then I love Joseph's description. It may get my bones to quake. There are moments where you can feel the spirit and it just rocks you. And you think, I know for myself that I have felt the Holy Ghost. So, add that to your repertoire of verses that describe the spirit. Oh, yeah. And look at the footnote to 3rd Nephi 11. Go read that one because when that voice comes before Jesus appears, it says it was a small

voice and not it wasn't loud, it wasn't harsh and notwithstanding it being small, it did pierce them that did hear to the center. So, and I love what you said, Hank, because then it says they did open their ears the third time to hear it. They did something to listen harder. And that's maybe another way to help us feel it. We got it. We're doing something, opening our ears to hear it. The quaking bones, I want that one. That sounds cool. Quaking bones are quaking. I've heard you say that before. Listen with your spiritual ears, which means you have to do something.

If you want to listen to the spirit, you have to open your ears. And that's not a physical thing. I've never seen someone close their ears. But there's, you know, there's ways we hold back, right? What did Amulek say? I heard, but I would not. I would not. I chose not to hear. Yeah, I didn't want to hear it. So, uh, that, the, both of ours are from Section 85. So you're going to have to come to the full podcast. if you want to hear about Section 86 and Section 87 with Dr. Ken Alfred. So we hope you'll join us on the full podcast. But if not, we'll see you next time on Follow Him Favorites. Thank you.