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By: Hank Smith & John Bytheway
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Do you ever feel that preparing for your weekly Come, Follow Me lesson falls short? Join hosts Hank Smith and John Bytheway as they interview experts to make your study for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ Come, Follow Me course not only enjoyable but original and educational. If you are looking for resources to make your LDS study fresh, faithful, and fun--no matter your age--then join us every Wednesday morning. Show notes: https://followhim.co YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FollowHimOfficialChannel Instagram: Instagram.com/followhimpodcast Facebook: Facebook.com/followhimpodcast
The followHIM Podcast is not affiliated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The opinions expressed on episodes represent the views of the guest and podcasters alone.

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  • Mission President Tricks His Missionaries • followHIM Favorites • June 1-7 • Come, Follow Me
    May 29 2026

    SHOW NOTES/TRANSCRIPTS
    English: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT223EN
    French: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT223FR
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    YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/_FmaJOFOS4w

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    Thanks to the followHIM team:
    Steve & Shannon Sorensen: Cofounder, Executive Producer, Sponsor
    David & Verla Sorensen: Sponsors
    Dr. Hank Smith: Co-host
    John Bytheway: Co-host
    David Perry: Producer
    Kyle Nelson: Marketing, Sponsor
    Lisa Spice: Client Relations, Editor, Show Notes
    Will Stoughton: Video Editor
    Krystal Roberts: Translation Team, English & French Transcripts, Website
    Ariel Cuadra: Spanish Transcripts
    Amelia Kabwika: Portuguese Transcripts
    Heather Barlow: Communications Director
    Sydney Smith: Social Media, Graphic Design

    "Let Zion in Her Beauty Rise" by Marshall McDonald
    https://www.marshallmcdonaldmusic.com

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    4 mins
  • Ruth; 1 Samuel 1-7 Part 2 • Sister Lori Newbold • June 1-7 • Come, Follow Me
    May 27 2026

    Professor Lori Newbold draws on her background in theology and mental health to illuminate Hannah’s extraordinary faith, her meekness under provocation, her wordless prayers of grief, and the surprising truth that being a mother, like being a disciple, is not a destination we wait for but an identity we live now.

    YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/Oc09qEPPBcs

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    Book of Mormon: https://tinyurl.com/PodcastBMBook

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    TIMECODE
    0:00 - Part 2 - Professor Lori Newbold
    1:51 Feeling misunderstood
    2:51 Personal testimonies on being misunderstood
    3:54 How to respond when people say the wrong thing
    4:57 Hannah’s prayer
    6:41 Only God truly knows us
    8:23 Hannah as type of Jesus Christ
    9:38 Hannah's vow and prayer
    12:57 Eli’s response and Eli’s faith
    14:10 The Lord remembered Hannah
    17:01 President Oaks on motherhood and identity
    19:28 Jacob 1:11
    24:20 Hannah keeps her promise
    28:14 Eli’s parenting failure
    30:35 Hannah and Mary–Mary’s Magnificat
    35:40 Motherhood identity and the Adversary
    39:40 Recording the hand of the Lord
    42:25 Remember the Lord in reply
    49:50 I still love you
    52:39 Don’t be afraid to apologize
    57:12 Samuel hears the Lord
    1:03:18 Sister Beck and living in revelation
    1:06:19 Samuel and the monarchy
    1:07:51 Closing testimony of Jesus Christ
    1:11:30 End of Part 2 - Professor Lori Newbold

    Thanks to the followHIM team:
    Steve & Shannon Sorensen: Cofounder, Executive Producer, Sponsor
    David & Verla Sorensen: Sponsors
    Dr. Hank Smith: Co-host
    John Bytheway: Co-host
    David Perry: Producer
    Kyle Nelson: Marketing, Sponsor
    Lisa Spice: Client Relations, Editor, Show Notes
    Will Stoughton: Video Editor
    Krystal Roberts: Translation Team, English & French Transcripts, Website
    Ariel Cuadra: Spanish Transcripts
    Amelia Kabwika: Portuguese Transcripts
    Heather Barlow: Communications Director
    Sydney Smith: Social Media, Graphic Design

    "Let Zion in Her Beauty Rise" by Marshall McDonald
    https://www.marshallmcdonaldmusic.com

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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • Ruth; 1 Samuel 1-7 Part 1 • Sister Lori Newbold • June 1-7 • Come, Follow Me
    May 27 2026

    What do you do when God’s plan looks nothing like the one you had for yourself? Professor Lori Newbold explores the timeless stories of Ruth, Naomi, and Hannah, uncovering what loyalty, grief, and a relational faith in Christ can teach us about trusting God through life’s most unexpected detours.

    YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/7fOsRSVrkn4

    FREE PDF DOWNLOADS OF followHIM QUOTE BOOKS
    New Testament: https://tinyurl.com/PodcastNTBook
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    https://tinyurl.com/followHIMnewsletter

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    TIMECODE
    0:00 - Part 1 - Professor Lori Newbold
    2:09 Thematic set up
    6:43 Come, Follow Me Manual
    7:24 Gratitude for unanswered prayers and Naomi
    9:30 The healthiness of grief
    11:45 Sitting with sadness
    14:10 Emotional pain has no painkiller
    16:16 Naomi’s love for her daughters-in-law and hesed
    19:25 Ruth’s declaration and Mosiah 18
    20:46 What kind of mother-in-law was Naomi
    24:51 Ruth replaced her gods with Jehovah
    27:52 Part-member families and “I will go”
    28:25 Writing dreams in pencil
    30:19 Ruth gleaning in the fields and Boaz
    33:55 Kanap–wings and the skirt
    35:25 The Goel–Redeemer and kinsman
    41:47 Leaving Jerusalem–faith and relational not outcome based
    43:48 “But if not” faith
    46:06 Ruth’s request at the threshing floor
    51:12 Boaz keeping the Law and seeking answers to others’ prayers
    53:56 President Christofferson on God’s PLan
    1:01:28 Bitter and sweet–Boaz as type of Jesus Christ
    1:02:26 Meekness as a defining attribute
    1:05:36 Developing meekness
    1:08:12 What would Hannah want us to know?
    1:12: 22 End of Part 1 - Professor Lori Newbold


    Thanks to the followHIM team:
    Steve & Shannon Sorensen: Cofounder, Executive Producer, Sponsor
    David & Verla Sorensen: Sponsors
    Dr. Hank Smith: Co-host
    John Bytheway: Co-host
    David Perry: Producer
    Kyle Nelson: Marketing, Sponsor
    Lisa Spice: Client Relations, Editor, Show Notes
    Will Stoughton: Video Editor
    Krystal Roberts: Translation Team, English & French Transcripts, Website
    Ariel Cuadra: Spanish Transcripts
    Amelia Kabwika: Portuguese Transcripts
    Heather Barlow: Communications Director
    Sydney Smith: Social Media, Graphic Design

    "Let Zion in Her Beauty Rise" by Marshall McDonald
    https://www.marshallmcdonaldmusic.com

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    1 hr and 12 mins
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This is my favourite ‘go to’ podcast, to help supplement my scripture study each week. John and Hank are absolute legends & they have the best guests too. Always super insightful & I would recommended the podcast to anyone who wants to take a little bit more of a deep dive into their come follow me study ♥️

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