We must remember that to every man or woman is given a gift by the Spirit of God.

It is our right and responsibility to accept our gifts and to share them.

God's gifts and powers are available to all of us.

Each of us has at least one spiritual gift.

Some people have many, but the prophet Joseph Smith had

them all. We will learn about them today. Welcome to Meridian Magazine's Come Follow Me podcast.

We are Scott and Maureen Proctor, and in this week's lesson we will be studying sections

46 through 48 of the Doctrine of Covenants

with the lesson entitled, Seek ye earnestly the best gifts.

The Lord carefully teaches us through His Holy Scriptures that spiritual gifts are from Him,

and they are to be sought after.

The main scriptural documentation of special gifts is in 1 Corinthians,

chapters 12 and 13, the very last chapter of the Book of Mormon, Moronai, Chapter 10,

and in the course of our studies this week, Section 46 of the Doctrine Covenants.

Scott, I think we need to start by giving some historical context so that we can understand the setting at this early time in the history of the church.

It helps me to understand Joseph and Emma's personal situation in all these places.

Remember, when they arrived in Snowy-Kirtland on a horse-drawn cutter or sleigh, the first of February 1831, Emma was six months pregnant.

I'm very interested in this aspect of the story because I've spent a lot of my life pregnant.

In those days, they did not have ultrasound, so they didn't know a great deal about this pregnancy.

But Emma was larger than she had been in her last pregnancy, and within three months of arriving in Ohio, she

would give birth to twins.

That's right. And let's see where Joseph and Emma were living. They had been staying

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