Doctrine & Covenants 102-105 Part 1 • Dr. Matthew Godfrey • Sept 15-21 • Come Follow Me

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🗓️ 10 September 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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What can the struggles of early Saints teach us about faith and perseverance today? Dr. Matthew Godfrey explores the 1834 Zion’s Camp expedition and D&C 102-103, providing historical insights on the expulsion from Missouri, the creation of the Kirtland High Council, and the call to redeem Zion, while also drawing powerful modern parallels about unanswered prayers, prophetic counsel, and enduring faith. SHOW NOTES/TRANSCRIPTS English: https://tinyurl.com/podcastDC238EN French: ...

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0:00.0	Coming up in this episode on Follow Him.
0:03.0	But I went to my dad and I said, I don't feel close to God at all.
0:09.0	I didn't tell him about the panic attacks.
0:11.0	I just said, I don't feel close to God.
0:14.0	He said to me, well, Matt, President Benson, who was the prophet at the time,
0:19.0	has told us to read from the book of Mormon every day.
0:22.6	Are you doing that?
0:24.6	I said, no, I'm not doing that.
0:31.0	Hello, everyone.
0:32.0	Welcome to another episode of Follow Him.
0:34.5	My name is Hank Smith.
0:35.5	I'm your host.
0:36.2	I'm here with my humble co-host, John,
0:40.3	by the way. John, I was reading Section 104 of the Doctrine Covenants three times in Section 104,
0:46.4	right at the very end. Verse 79, the Lord says, you must have humility. Verse 80, in as much as you
0:53.2	are diligent and humble. Then again, in verse 82, in as much as you are diligent and humble.
0:54.9	Then again, in verse 82, in as much as you are humble.
0:58.6	As I was reading those, John, your face came into my mind.
1:01.5	John, you are as humble as I pretend to be.
1:04.0	I'm telling you.
1:05.5	Well, I'm very proud of that.
1:07.8	Yeah.
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