S2 E11 (March 9-15): “Be Reconciled unto God through the Atonement of Christ”

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Goodbye Nephi (sad face), hello Jacob (happy face)! We jump right into the book of Jacob and learn about magnifying our callings (the official ones and unofficial ones), how immorality is impacting our kids, and how to *not* council the Lord....still working on that one!




Jacob’s Anxiety:
2 Nephi 6:3

3 Nevertheless, I speak unto you again; for I am desirous for the welfare of your souls. Yea, mine anxiety is great for you; and ye yourselves know that it ever has been. For I have exhorted you with all diligence; and I have taught you the words of my father; and I have spoken unto you concerning all things which are bwritten, from the creation of the world.

Jacob 1:5

5 For because of faith and great anxiety, it truly had been made manifest unto us concerning our people, what things should happen unto them.

Jacob 2:3

3 And ye yourselves know that I have hitherto been diligent in the office of my calling; but I this day am weighed down with much more desire and anxiety for the welfare of your souls than I have hitherto been.

Jacob 4:18

18 Behold, my beloved brethren, I will unfold this mystery unto you; if I do not, by any means, get shaken from my firmness in the Spirit, and stumble because of my over anxiety for you.

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“Fear evaporates when we understand that our life stories and the history of the world were written by the same hand.” - Paulo Coehlo

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