Episode 44 Waiting to serve a mission Ezekiel 1-3; 33-34; 36-37; 47 | October 24-30 Lesson 44 “A New Spirit Will I Put Within You” #OldTestament2022 #comefollowme #comefollowme2022 #realtalkcomefollowme 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 Ezekiel. Explore these important themes, topics, and questions: What it means to be given a new spirit, and how to receive it Spiritual heart transplants What to do when we feel we don’t have a reason to hope The temple– its blessings and how it can nourish us like water in a desert —---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invitation: Share with someone or journal about a time when choosing to have a soft heart redirected your path and created a new spirit within. —---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quotes & Links: Link to Come, Follow Me Through the Old Testament Book: www.seagullbook.com/real-talk-real-life-scripture-journal-old-testament.html “Our Savior reaches out to the one and to the ninety-and-nine, often at the same time. As we minister, we acknowledge the ninety-and-nine who are steadfast and immovable, even while we yearn after the one who has strayed. Our Lord seeks and delivers us “out of all places,” These prophecies of scattering and the prophecies and promises of covenant gathering are a consistent theme of the prophets, including President Russell M. Nelson.] “from the four quarters of the earth.” He gathers us by holy covenant and His atoning blood.” [2019–A:97, Gerrit W. Gong, Good Shepherd, Lamb of God] “When our backs are to the wall and, as the hymn says, “other helpers fail and comforts flee,” among our most indispensable virtues will be this precious gift of hope linked inextricably to our faith in God and our charity to others… May we press forward with love in our hearts, walking in the “brightness of hope” that lights the path of holy anticipation we have been on now for 200 years. I testify that the future is going to be as miracle-filled and bountifully blessed as the past has been. We have every reason to hope for blessings even greater than those we have already received because this is the work of Almighty God, this is the Church of continuing revelation, this is the gospel of Christ’s unlimited grace and benevolence.” [2020–A:81, Jeffrey R. Holland, A Perfect Brightness of Hope] “Two characteristics of the water are noteworthy. First, though the small stream had no tributaries, it grew into a mighty river, becoming wider and deeper the farther it flowed. Something similar happens with the blessings that flow from the temple as individuals are sealed as families. Meaningful growth occurs going backward and forward through the generations as sealing ordinances weld families together. Second, the river renewed everything that it touched. The blessings of the temple likewise have a stunning capacity to heal. Temple blessings can heal hearts and lives and families.” [2018–A:46, Dale G. Renlund, Family History and Temple Work: Sealing and Healing] —-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Real Talk is presented by Seagull Book and hosted by Ganel-Lyn Condie and John Fossum.

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