Talk Of Him - EP 3 - Matthew 2; Luke 2

Episode 3

January 9 - January 15 | “We Have Come to Worship Him”

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Join hosts Ganel-Lyn Condie and John Fossum on this New Testament episode of Talk of Him as we explore these important themes, topics, and questions:

What does it mean to go in haste to Jesus?
Who was invited to Bethlehem to see Jesus for themselves?
Inviting and welcoming those who feel invisible
Receiving heavenly guidance and healing, even through suffering and sorrow
Agency and the reality/role of suffering in our lives

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Invitation:

Have you felt personally invited to “go . . . unto Bethlehem” and see Jesus for yourself (Luke 2:15)? Have you found Him? Consider someone who may not yet have heard this invitation, possibly a loved one who has grown tired in their seeking and does not feel they have found the Savior. How can you help them to go to Him in haste?

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Quotes & Links:

Link to FIND HIM New Testament Study Guide:
https://www.seagullbook.com/find-him-...

Link to Come to Bethlehem and See by Ganel-Lyn Condie:
https://www.seagullbook.com/come-to-b...

“Thus personally invited to undertake a search for the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger, did these shepherds concern themselves with the security of their possessions? Did they procrastinate in their search for Jesus? The record affirms that the shepherds said to one another, ‘Let us now go even unto Bethlehem. . . . “‘And they came with haste.’ (Luke 2:15–16; emphasis added).” (Thomas S. Monson, in Conference Report, October 1965, 141).

“In my mind, the shepherds represent valued helpers of our communities, the workers who take care of us—first responders, police officers, nurses, gas station attendants, and so many others—who work and watch often when most of us are sleeping the night away. God is just as aware of modern-day workers as He was aware of the Bethlehem field workers of Jesus’s time. God watches over those who may at times seem invisible to the rest of society.” (Come to Bethlehem and See by Ganel-Lyn Condie)

“So don’t delay. Go in haste toward Jesus in your pile of laundry and bills. Go in haste in your anxiety and addictions. Go in haste to Him no matter where you are in life.” (FIND HIM New Testament Study Guide by Ganel-Lyn Condie and John Fossum, p.6)

“If our sorrow and suffering strengthen our faith in our Savior, Jesus Christ, “[our] sorrow shall be turned to joy.” … The suffering in mortality will bring a greater appreciation of the blessings of a resurrected, perfect body. … Suffering to develop strength will not exceed our ability to endure to the end. … Trials give us the development of spirituality that we probably never would get if we didn’t have the experience where the very jaws of hell gape open their mouth wide after us.” (1983–O:65, Robert D. Hales, Your Sorrow Shall Be Turned to Joy)

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