2026 OT Come Follow Me

Be Strong and of a Good Courage Be Strong and of a Good Courage Finally, the children of Israel were nearing to enter the Promised Land. Does every new challenge bring doubt and fear to your heart. Their parents (or grandparents) had crossed the Red Sea on dry ground; but this was a new group of people, facing the Jordan River and the Walls of Jericho. Nephi later related this story to his brothers, to remind them to put their faith and trust in the Lord. 1 Nephi 17:35 35  Behold, the Lord esteemeth all flesh in one; he that is righteous is favored of God. But behold, this people had rejected every word of God, and they were ripe in iniquity; and the fulness of the wrath of God was upon them; and the Lord did curse the land against them, and bless it unto our fathers; yea, he did curse it against them unto their destruction, and he did bless it unto our fathers unto their obtaining power over it. Joshua 1:9 9  Have not I...

20a The Historical Books Thoughts to Keep in Mind Thoughts to Keep in Mind: The Historical Books in the Old Testament The historical books tell stories. We receive the recorded histories according to the perspective of the specific writer. Accounts of the same events will emphasize different details. Instead of thinking that accounts contradict one another, we should look for how they enrich each other. “One perspective common to all the Old Testament historical books is the perspective of the children of Israel, God’s covenant people. Their faith in the Lord helped them see His hand in their lives and in the affairs of their nation. While secular history books don’t tend to see things this way, this spiritual perspective is part of what makes the Old Testament historical books so valuable to people who are seeking to build their own faith in God.” The chronology of the Old Testament moves through the five Books of Moses and the Historical books. The historical books take us ...

Beware Lest Thou Forget the Lord Beware Lest Thou Forget the Lord Exodus 3:1–10 God called Moses from the burning bush. 1  Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God,  even  to Horeb. 2  And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush  was  not consumed. 3  And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. 4  And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here  am  I. 5  And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou st...