Haggai; Zechariah | December 5-11 | “Holiness unto the Lord” - Episode 50

Episode 50
Haggai; Zechariah | December 5-11 | “Holiness unto the Lord”

168 Temples
Forgiving a Friend
Jesus is Coming

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Join hosts Ganel-Lyn Condie and John Fossum as they discuss impactful topics from this week’s Come, Follow Me lesson covering these chapters in Haggai and Zechariah. Explore these important themes, topics, and questions:

How we can keep the Second Coming of Jesus Christ at the forefront of our minds
How living a covenant-centered and consecrated life leads to more joy and peace, and how it can give us access to a special kind of rest as we prepare for Christ’s second coming
Temples
Forgiving friends and loved ones that have harmed and/or hurt us
How focusing on the 1,000 year millennial reign of Jesus can offer us comfort and hope right now

Invitation:

Think of some of the blessings that come with knowing Jesus is your personal Savior. How does knowing that He is coming (and that you have 1000 years to work on things) give you hope?

Quotes & Links:

Link to Come, Follow Me Through the Old Testament Book:
https://www.seagullbook.com/real-talk-real-life-scripture-journal-old-testament.html

Link to Ganel-Lyn’s cardigan from Sweet Salt Clothing:
https://www.sweetsaltclothing.com/chunky_knit_cardigan_top_green.html

“In the course of the covenant path (which, by the way, extends beyond mortality), we receive all the ordinances and covenants pertaining to salvation and exaltation. Our overarching covenant commitment is to do God’s will “and to be obedient to his commandments in all things that he shall command us.” (2021, D. Todd Christofferson, Why the Covenant Path)
 
“The Savior invites all to follow Him into the waters of baptism and, in time, to make additional covenants with God in the temple and receive and be faithful to those further essential ordinances. … Consider seriously the enabling laws of the Lord.” (2019, Russell M. Nelson, “Come, Follow Me”)
 
“The reward for keeping covenants with God is heavenly power—power that strengthens us to withstand our trials, temptations, and heartaches better. This power eases our way. Those who live the higher laws of Jesus Christ have access to His higher power. Thus, covenant keepers are entitled to a special kind of rest that comes to them through their covenantal relationship with God.” (2022, Russell M. Nelson, “Overcome the World and Find Rest”)
 
“We currently have 168 operating temples and 53 new temples under construction and another 54 in the preconstruction design phase!... My dear brothers and sisters, may you focus on the temple in ways you never have before. I bless you to grow closer to God and Jesus Christ every day. I love you. May God be with you until we meet again,... “ (Focus on the Temple, Pres. Nelson, Oct. 2022)
 
“My beloved friends, in our shared ministry of reconciliation, I ask us to be peacemakers—to love peace, to seek peace, to create peace, to cherish peace. I make that appeal in the name of the Prince of Peace, who knows everything about being “wounded in the house of [His] friends” but who still found the strength to forgive and forget—and to heal—and be happy.” (2018, Jeffrey R. Holland, The Ministry of Reconciliation))

Talk of Him is presented by Seagull Book and hosted by Ganel-Lyn Condie and John