Hi, my name is Hank Smith. I'm here with the incredible John by the way

We are hosts of a podcast called follow him and we do a little segment now called follow him favorites

John the lesson for this week's come follow me our sections

41 4243 44 of the doctrine and covenants and you get to choose a follow him favorite what's your follow him favorite?

This is so hard to choose because as we've just completed our regular podcast so many awesome things

But one phrase that I just thought was so interesting was in verse 18 of section 43 and it talks about the

Future missionaries of the church say to the sleeping nations

I think sleeping nations and how that I don't think that means you go at night

But so often in the scriptures when it says awake. It's talking to people who are already awake

You'll hear Lehigh say it to his sons awake my son. Well, they're awake

But they're just kind of asleep spiritually and so often we think you know some day

I'm really gonna get my act together and we reach over and we hit the spiritual snooze button and we stay asleep

But one day we get to say to the sleeping nations arise and live and then it says you sinners stay and sleep

Until I shall call again

So time to wake up. I was telling my kids just the other day that if you're still you know

I don't understand this. I'm trying to

That's okay because I felt like a part of me kind of woke up when I went on my mission

And I suddenly got more excited about the scriptures than I had ever been before

But keep trying to be awake and hear this stuff and

Then one day you'll be able to go to the sleeping nations and say arise and

Then part of them will wake up too. That reminds me of my wonderful daughter who I say why are you not awake yet?

And she says I'm trying

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