Hank Smith: 00:00 Hello, welcome to followHIM Favorites. My name is Hank Smith. I’m the host of a podcast called followHIM, and I have a wonderful co-host. His name’s John Bytheway. Hi, John.

John Bytheway: 00:09 Hi Hank.

Hank Smith: 00:10 This is exciting stuff. John, this is followHIM Favorites, where we just pick out our favorite little piece from the lesson. So, the lesson this week is Doctrine and Covenants 60, 61, and 62. What is your followHIM favorite?

John Bytheway: 00:24 Well, I just noticed something in all three of these sections that made me happy. Gave me some hope. In Section 60 verse seven, I am able to make you holy, and your sins are forgiven you. I love it when the Lord says, I’m able. Because sometimes all we can do is be willing, but he’s able and your sins are forgiven you. And then I saw it again, section 61, verse two, I, the Lord forgive sins. I thought, oh, I’m so glad he does. Then I saw it again in section 62, verse three. This–I love this one. Missionaries love this one. Nevertheless, ye are blessed for the testimony which you have born is recorded in heaven for the angels to look upon; and they rejoice over you, and your sins are forgiven you. And that’s why we call him the Savior because He saves us from death and from our sins and three sections in a row. That’s what I do. I forgive sins. I’m thankful for that.

Hank Smith: 01:19 Oh, me too, John. I can’t tell you. Because sometimes I don’t know about you, but I make dumb mistakes.

John Bytheway: 01:24 Me too.

Hank Smith: 01:25 So this leads, I think, right to my followHIM Savorite, which is section 61 where the Lord says, verse 36:”…be of good cheer, little children; for I am in your midst, and I have not forsaken you”. There’s times where we think, why have you left me? Right? And he says, he kinda reminds reminds them and us, I have not forsaken you be of good cheer. So, I try to think, okay, in my daily life right now, what does be of good cheer look like? Maybe it’s not a big, like skip into the kitchen and singing a song, but it’s putting a smile on my face and complimenting a member of my family. Right? Part of being of good cheer is just looking on the bright side. In fact, Elder Holland said be of good cheer is a commandment and so I’m gonna try to think myself, how can I better keep the commandment to be of good cheer? You do a good job of that.

John Bytheway: 02:18 Oh, so do you. I love it. It doesn’t mean, like you said, you’re skipping everywhere, but there’s an overall sense of, hey, things are gonna be okay. The Lord’s on our side, he has not forsaken us. I love it.

Hank Smith: 02:29 That’s beautiful. We hope you’ll join us on our podcast. It’s called followHIM. You can find it wherever you find your podcasts.