Come Follow Me- Daily Dose

Today we learn a lesson about discipleship from the publican Zacchaeus.

We are commanded to pray continually and faint not, but how can we continue to progress and develop in out faith when we are praying and receiving the answer, "not yet."

Instead of complaining that God is merciful and kind to others we may not feel deserve it, let us thank Him and praise Him that life isn't fair and that He extends that same mercy to us.

Elder Holland teaches us an important principle from the parable of the laborers of the vineyard, comparison is the thief of joy. We can be more like Christ as we learn to rejoice with others in their good fortune

Today we talk about the humility it takes to ask, "What lack I yet?" Heavenly Father will respond, He will teach us about the changes we need to make. But because of the atonement of Jesus Christ, we don't have to make those changes alone.

Yesterday the Savior teaches us about marriage, today He teaches us about loving children as He does.

Today we see the Savior speak about marriage relationships. As members of the Church of Jesus Christ, we understand in a unique way the gift of marriage. And with that understanding it becomes our responsibility to treat our marriages as a covenant and not a contract.

The story of Christ raising Lazarus reminds us that trials and difficulties are not evidence that God doesn't care. In fact, if we are willing to turn to Him trials can be evidence of God's great love

In the story of the 10 lepers we get a chance to see that although 10 lepers were cleansed by Christ, one received a higher blessing, a spiritual wholeness that came by recognizing the Savior for who He was rejoicing in Him and worshipping Him.

Sometimes we get so focused on the younger son in this story, we forget that the Savior was trying to teach the scribes and pharisees about loving the sinner through the reaction of the older brother.

The father, filled with love and anxious to show mercy, is ever watching for his son to return.

How we treat others when they decide to leave might set the scene for how comfortable the feel with us if they choose to return.

Today we talk about the importance of counting the cost of our choices, making sure that our choices lead to greater discipleship. And we talk about how no one who is lost is lost to God.

The Savior teaches about the importance of coming to him through the Sabbath Day

The Savior, through the parable of the rich man, teaches us to be more concerned about the things of eternity.

As the Savior shepherds us, He invites us to be undershepherds ourselves, and as we do, we experience His promise of live more abundantly.

Today we talk about defending our testimonies at all cost and learning to hear the voice of the Shepherd.

Today we talk about Christ being our light in times of darkness, as well as what the Savior teaches us about the law of the witnesses and what that means specifically for us as members of the church regarding our belief in the Godhead.

In the second half of the story about the woman taken in adultery, we get the opportunity to see the boundless love and mercy of the Savior and how He balances it perfectly with justice.

In part one of the story of the woman taken in adultery we talk about how the love, mercy and grace that the Lord extends to us is not influenced by the thoughts, words or opinions of anyone else.

As we come to the Living Water, and really come to know Him, there can be, within us a source of living water as the Spirit testifies to our souls of the reality of Jesus Christ.

After being mocked by His half brothers, the Savior teaches a doctrine privately in Jerusalem about how we are converted to truth

The Savior's words to Martha help us understand that the things that matter most are the things that lead us to Christ.

The second question answered by the parable of the Good Samaritan teaches us who is our neighbor and how to love more like the Savior.

The Parable of the Good Samaritan done 2 ways! Sometimes we get so focused on the scribes second question, "who is my neighbor?" That we forget his first question was "what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" Today we talk about The Savior's answer to the first question.