Come Follow Me Philippians and Colossians (Oct. 14-20)

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Come Follow Me: Philippians and Colossians (Oct. 14-20)
This week we cover:
What it looks like to be committed in unconventional circumstances
How should you respond when someone calls you chosen?
Guarding your heart
Play your position
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[@suzyq6767]

Every week I read the Standard KJV and listen to what the Holy Ghost wants to teach me. Next, I read McConkie's NT Commentary. Then I read NLT Study Bible and The Message Bible. Now, I'm going to add ESV study Bible. Finally, I listen to you two. Never before have I delved so deeply into the New Testament, although I've read it dozens of times. This time, however, it's as if eternity depends on it. Studying with my mom (77), who is a non-practicing Christian, I feel such a sense of urgency, obligation, and responsibility. Thank you for your very positive videos that help me tie all my studies together. I feel confident leading our discussions and have seen Mom change her ideas and commitment to Jesus slowly over these last few months. Again, thank you for helping me to present the gospel of Jesus Christ in the way of love. I see Jesus as loving, gentle, kind, and forgiving instead of the vengeful God that so many others paint Him to be. Thank you, again, so very much.

[@everettdegrasse8478]

Thank you, Sister Freeman, for sharing your son's story. The Lord has a plan for each of us.

[@littleninjakjh]

don’t change! I love how happy & joyful this whole video is.

[@arinrohrbach9613]

I can’t believe this was filmed before general conference because Emily’s comments about asking God what we need to be doing and David’s quote about being available was right in line with what President Nelson talked about in the women’s session. Talk about being inspired! I have chills!!

[@tinysafari1851]

Davids comment about "go Astro's". I never thought they could do it but, they eliminated the Yankee's tonight.

[@janismiller1135]

You are both SUPERSTARS! IMHO :) I love how you both get as excited as little kids on their birthday when you share the scriptures.

[@brittneyleavitt4905]

Thank you yet again for another amazing lesson. I agree with what others have said. Don’t change a thing. Keep giggling and showing your joy and that even scripture study doesn’t have to be a somber experience. I love your giddy teaching style. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@lasvegashula]

Me too!! Love their style of teaching.

[@julietemmer9675]

I have been watching your lessons and recommending them to others. You make the gospel so fun and interesting, I just love your work. Thanks for offering what you know.

[@mollysatinado2319]

Awe I missed you guys!! You are both so amazing and my most favorite people on youtube!!! Thank you for all you do, I tell everyone about your channel - you make learning fun and give the scriptures meaning!!!!! Please don't change if you get super popular and famous, I love you guys exactly how you are!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Uebermom]

Wow. Every key point in this was exactly what I needed right now at this moment in my current circumstance. This felt so personal. I literally got real time, taylor-maid direction for me, today, from these chapters and from the points you highlighted. Thank you. I feel like I just heard the voice of God telling me exactly what I need to know.

[@heyheatherconger]

I always love these videos so much! Thank you for taking the time to make them. Over the past year and a half I have been learning about the laws of creation, I understand what you mean by saying letting God do what he wants with our lives, but sometimes unless people know what it means to have true faith, which is active, then this can leave people stagnant and unmoving. Just like Emily's son who set his intention and desire to play football, I think that our Heavenly Father is pleased when we strive to be like Him. And who is He? The Master Creator. He knows how create joy, purpose and abundance and I feel he is super pleased with us when we strive to create as well. I think there is immense value in making plans, setting our intentions but also holding anticipation for the result rather than expectation. Anticipation is focusing on what we hope to feel or learn and not expecting that it must look like XYZ. When I am mentoring people I always compel them to focus on the what and let God worry about the how. When I started my journey last year and chose to be an active creator and participant in my life to create a life that uses my best skills, talents and desires I could just hear heaven saying "Thank you so much for trying! I am so please with your effort, but now I would like to offer this, can we go this direction?" But he will not violate our will, our freedom to choose, and choosing to create or make plans and step forward with faith is showing that we are willing to act and He will then work that if we let Him and he will like Emily said direct our paths and make them even more than we could have ever hoped for.

[@bluewillow4985]

Blessed! Thank you for the joy of the Lord in your hearts! You make me smile and laugh while studying the Word!

[@arinrohrbach9613]

Philippians Chapter 4 is my new favorite chapter of all time! This is amazing!

[@lauriesmith3443]

This is awesome. A request, I get lost sometimes with what book and chapter of scripture you are quoting from. Could you make sure you are stating that clearly for ADD people like me. Thank you! 🙃

[@billtam11]

I rewind a lot!!! LOL!!!

[@LaPrincesaECB]

I really needed to watch this, thank you.

[@KristiBarker]

I love you two and your unbridled enthusiasm for the gospel. Every time I watch one of these, I'm smiling to myself. You guys are a treat. Thank you so much for your spiritual prayer and preparation so we may feel the spirit and lift some of our harder days. Also, I think I need to designate one of my candles as a prayer candle. I might start to associate it's scent, too, as a reminder to pray!

[@tinacook4906]

Hey guy's, loved this week's lesson. I'm a bit behind. I wanted to asked if you both ever go back and rewatched your each episode you make? Your both are so funny and I love watching you both, introduce my mom and gran to this program😄💛💛 Thank you both❤

[@SuperAngieMiske]

I immediately busted out singing "I've got an old church choir singing in my soul, I've got a sweet salvation and it's beautiful".

[@happylatter-daysaint3503]

Yes Angie!!! I love that song too!!💜💜💜

[@meridithrichards]

Me too!!

[@MyLittleThings143]

I just adore you two!!!! Thank you for sharing!

[@happylatter-daysaint3503]

Another wonderful video!! Love you guys!!💙💙💙 "Light the CANDLE!" I love that!!🕯🕯🕯

[@jiniburbank3154]

Emily you must of have been asking this week where you were needed! 😅🤗❤️🙏 I had prayed and prayed that I would find someone that would put together some sort of program that would help study the Scriptures in a manner like what you speak of in your Come follow me Don’t miss this programs! you came out with INKLINGS!!❤️❤️❤️ ! I just felt that it was such an answer to prayer! Such a bummer to find out it was mostly going to be on Instagram LOL LOL! Very,very grateful that you’ve at least included us facebookers somehow❤️❤️❤️❤️. Thank you!

[@dvf4550]

"Uh oh. For some reason...." WHAT?? For some reason WHAT?? Great video! I can't always catch your longer videos now but so enjoyed this. And you guys are a hoot!!

[@jacksonsmommy100]

DVF Agreed, what is it?! They can’t just leave us on a cliff hanger like that! 🤣

[@h.r.9563]

She left her phone on vibrate and it made the speaker boom a couple times? That's my guess lol like for some reason my phone wasn't on silent mode but was on vibrate

[@brittanystaker6760]

You both have helped me increase my understand of the NT in ways I didn't think possible! Can I ask what books y'all are referring to about "The message and the EVS"? THANKS for all you both do to help all of us understand these amazing principles and doctrine!

[@cherisedavies6565]

I was wondering the same thing so I looked them up. I was able to download both “The Message Bible” as an app on my phone as well as the ESV (English standard version of the Bible) as an app as well. I double checked the reference he quoted from The Message Bible in Philippians and it’s the same. Hope that helps!

[@chukwumarosielina9868]

Thank you very much 🙂

[@caleblee4005]

I love you Brother Butler

[@thaisglenn]

I LOVE this so much!! My only "problem" with this concept of the Elected team/Chosen team... What about the people that are NOT chosen.... Why would God leave them out? Isn't it interesting how we like to feel like we are a part of this something big, special in the God's eyes? I feel like it's so exclusive.... I am really trying to understand this concept because sometimes I feel like my faith is shaken and it's sad. If we play the game of gathering Israel (we are in this team), what's the team/game that God gave to His other children? I am really not criticizing this video or the church, as I mentioned before, I truly love it... Just this concept is so hard for me to grasp. :(

[@h.r.9563]

That's just it! God does not leave anyone out. We are choosing to be chosen. It would not be in the nature of God who gave us a perfect Savior, his only begotten son, to give us the gift of repentance, the gift of becoming the chosen. God chose all of us when he chose Christ. We all have the opportunity, we all have the gift of the atonement. So The Gospel of Christ is just as much personal to each of us, as it is all encompassing to humanity.

[@h.r.9563]

The team and game God gives to others is simply different. For some it's to be a good person. For some it's to be a good parent. A good Catholic, a good vet, a good neighbor, a good friend. I do a lot better in my anxiety worrying about my own testimony and my own standing with God, and feeling his love for me despite my mistakes and short comings. I have a lot more faith that he's taking care of all his children, when I see how he's taking care of my faulty self. It's good to worry about and love our fellow man! Empathy is such a wonderful trait you obviously have! My testimony is that God loves everyone perfectly in ways I can't entirely comprehend.

[@dcgirlamy]

I think that's its important to remember that everyone was chosen for something. Other people were chosen for their strength for different times. No one was excluded, anyone who wanted to come you earth gets to come to earth. All of us have strengths and weaknesses, ours are for this time. But no one is being excluded from God's blessings.

[@TheLegalmatters]

First of all! Thank you so much for your wonderful insights and all the hard work you put in making these videos posible. You are both Amazing! was wondering where can I get that study guide that you guys are using that is on the board?

[@brittneyleavitt4905]

Erica Esquivel if you go to emilybellefreeman.com you can sign up for the newsletter and the study guide comes to your email every week. It’s so sweet!

[@USPremierRE]

@@brittneyleavitt4905 Thanks so much! That is so helpful!

[@EJJohnson-cj4qn]

The week we are studying these chapters, game 4 of the American League playoffs in the pocket for Houston. Go Astros! 😂

[@marlaford7453]

Love your videos. Regarding one of your first comments about Philippians, you stated that Paul never visited Philippi, but always sent others to take his message. Please see Acts 16:7-40, specifically verse 12 where Paul goes to Philippi which is a part of Macedonia. Verse 9 tells of a vision he had and of being told to go to Macedonia. While there he baptized Lydia who happened to be the first Christian to be baptized in Europe.

[@The_guy_in_your_fridge]

This is very well put together

[@christineming4558]

So I dabbled in Neuro linguistic Programming. Part of what I learned from Dr. Judith A. Swack is that, many of us ignore negative words. Try telling a child "Don't do that." See what happens. US adults are children inside. We will do the same thing. I wonder if you could experiment with putting 2 videos up every week...As an experiment. One "Don't miss this!" And then the same video ""Come Follow Me" do it for a while and see which videos get more hits.

[@katbos4995]

Christine Ming : This is very true. But also, “bad” news gets more hits than “positive” news headlines (per statistics).

[@zanehansen7712]

Love it!

[@desisto007]

Happy Thanksgiving from Canada! 🍁💚

[@TheTerrylwg]

You're excitedly naming and reading verses: "In verse 12 he says...!", "In verse 23 he says...!", but you never tell us which book or chapter you are reading from. Could you please tell us where you are?!

[@lasvegashula]

T Gilbert just gotta pause the video and search...

[@wilsondev]

Agreed! When I follow along with the study sheet it helps somewhat though.

[@stacyhuss9454]

Do you 2 listen to KLOVE?

[@Kahalalee12]

I really recieved so great insight as always as well as a better understanding of "chosen & "elect" as I have been pondering over that one for years as it is in my patriarchal blessing. Windows are great when they open = light - fresh air! Was trying to follow by reading as I learn better if I read along the transcript but its coming out in dutch. I think you need to check the settings when you upload your video.

[@katbos4995]

Chosen means, “I am available,” not “I am the best.”

[@goodahead]

Because we are all the best. We all are chosen. But we can all have the choice to accept or reject that. It's for all, but not all want it.

[@h.r.9563]

I was thinking we focus on him choosing us, when it's so much more useful to think of us choosing him!

[@fredbarney1849]

Yes, Colossians........1:27 The mystery revealed........ And.......The riches of the glory of this mystery among the gentiles, which is.....CHRIST IN YOU, the hope of glory Thing about that for s minute Christ living in you, the hope, the token of glory, yes, all His power living in each believer.

[@tarrynmosbrucker6945]

How do you see the paper you keep pointing to?

[@katbos4995]

Song: Let it be Jesus

[@jessicabusby2910]

what does the app of "the message" that you keep talking about look like?? I can't find it

[@lindzieh]

Jessica Busby it’s a bible translation

[@kristilthom]

The Bible from Life Church🤗 I have loved using it to help my children understand better!

[@hello42121]

So do they record a week ahead?

[@beckylucas4871]

Tyree Hirschi yes

[@aliciamilne2314]

Solution for the candle ;) get an led ... then it never burns out ;) ... or burns the house down 😂

[@lasvegashula]

Alicia Milne ha ha! I was thinking of that too!!

[@katbos4995]

Paul (or your name): Servant of Jesus Christ.

[@lasvegashula]

Love that.

[@goodahead]

Here is the link to the study manual: www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/come-follow-me-for-individuals-and-families-new-testament-2019/title?lang=eng

[@goodahead]

I love that not just members are watching these. Christian's from all over are watching these too. We are all one family in Jesus Christ❤

[@adeline9150]

0:49 so punny 😂

[@katbos4995]

For me to live as Christ

[@anndaire6101]

I am thankful for this resource and for all the effort that is put into these lessons BUT a little less goofing off ..giggling ..and distractions would be REALLY good

[@cristinegarrison2329]

Keep the giggling!!!! The gospel is joyful!

[@mollysatinado2319]

Oh but thats the best part of these lessons, they bring joy and laughter and so much love! Listening to these two is sometimes the very best part of my busy, hectic, tiring day! I agree Cristine Garrison, the gospel is joyful .... and so is ❤🌼 Sister Emily and Brother Butler ❤🌼

[@brucedunn]

My family and I love these. Thanks for doing it exactly the way you do it!

[@lizkasper]

I'm sorry it distracts you. I actually really enjoy it.

[@tinysafari1851]

An example is from President Nelson, what he has taught us about announcing new temples (people were getting a little loud and unruly) simply bow your head and express gratitude in your heart. I agree Ann sometimes it is a little to much.