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I think, Hank, we also talked about journals, didn't we? And how President Eyring said that you document the hand of God in your life and a journal will help us remember those things too.

I think Mormon says later in the Book of Helaman, how quick we are to forget.

He also has a free online course we want everybody to know about called The Book of Mormon, a Master Class. Can you tell us more about that?

You can access it through my website, johnhiltoniii.com or on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts, you can look up Book of Mormon Master Class. We walk through 1 Nephi 1 through Moroni chapter 10.

The Tender Mercies Of The Lord has to be one of those phrases.

It was a paradigm changing talk where I had always known that the Lord gave these personalized blessings, but Elder Bednar articulated it in a way that gave it definition. I had this vague idea in my head and now all of a sudden I knew.

He talked about the tender mercy that he received because the hymn which had been prepared far in advance that he would be speaking in conference six months earlier was his favorite hymn.

And he said some people might think it was a coincidence that they had chosen his favorite hymn to sing just before his first talk in general conference, but to him, he said, it was a personalized blessing.

Sometimes we have those tender mercies. That phrase just came into the vocabulary of the church ever after that talk. We talked about, oh, that was a tender mercy all the time.

Often the Lord's timing in his tender mercies enables us to discern and recognize them.

I think what I saw most in preparing that was that the Lord is very active in our lives. He does not take a passive role in people's lives.

And if we're careful and we're taking part in that work, we'll see more and more of those tender mercies.

I would encourage everybody to, when you see a personalized blessing, first go listen to that Elder Bednar talk.

I think it was President Eyring who was--I don't remember the exact words, but the idea was a journal isn't for your trips and your trophies.

A journal is to document the hand of the Lord in your life, exactly what you're saying, to document those tender mercies.

And then I kind of hear the line from Count Your Blessings, it will surprise you what the Lord has done if you start writing those down.

It was probably on my mission when I read Church History and the Fullness of Times, which is still one of the best histories out there.

It is recorded in the American Encyclopedia and the Encyclopedia Britannica that I, David Whitmer, have denied my testimony as one of the three witnesses to the divinity of the Book of Mormon and that the other two witnesses, Oliver Cowdery and Martin Harris, denied their testimony to that book.

This is from Charles Erdman in his book on Revelation. It is called Revelation of John. He says, After the destruction of the beast and the false prophet, the seer's interest next centers upon the destruction of Satan.

I often think of my father-in-law. He said whenever someone would come to him and offer to do something for him, but later was unable to do so because of circumstances that had arisen, he said, 'my father-in-law would say, thank you. I will take the goodwill for the deed.' And I think the Lord treats us the same way, which is, it isn't just the good works we perform. It's all the things we wish we could do but are not in a position to do that he'll bless us as well. And that to me, that's terribly comforting.

I think the Lord treats us the same way, which is, it isn't just the good works we perform. It's all the things we wish we could do but are not in a position to do that he'll bless us as well.

C.S. Lewis in his book 'Miracles' says something like this. He says, if we could imagine a planet somewhere on which there had been no fall, what would be the condition of things there? He doesn't say it exactly like this, but I'm saying it this way. He said, redeemed humanity will rise far higher than unfallen humanity. You follow me?

Probably a good moment to quote Elder Holland, the Ministry of Reconciliation, a talk given in October of 2018.

Forgive and ye shall be forgiven, Christ taught in New Testament times.

And in our day, I, the Lord, will forgive whom I will forgive.

But of you it is required to forgive all men.

It is, however, important for some of you living in real anguish to know what he did not say.

He did not say you are not allowed to feel true pain or real sorrow from the shattering experiences you have had at the hand of another.

Nor did he say in order to fully forgive, you have to reenter a toxic relationship or return to an abusive, destructive circumstance.

But notwithstanding even the most terrible offenses that might come to us, we can rise above our pain only when we put our feet onto the path of true healing.

And it sounds like that's what Nephi was doing.

That path is the forgiving one walked by Jesus of Nazareth who calls out to each of us, come follow me.

In fact, I have a book on my shelf called Lifestyles of the Great and Spacious by John, by the way. I have that book on my shelf. So this is a building we talk about often. What do you make of it?

John, I went and grabbed behind me my copy of the book. It's called Finding Your Path in Lehi's Dream. So I apologize. Lifestyles of the Great and Spacious is not the title. So it's called Finding Your Path in Lehi's Dream.

I think Mormon says later in the Book of Helaman, how quick we are to forget.

He also has a free online course we want everybody to know about called The Book of Mormon, a Master Class. Can you tell us more about that?

It's free.

You can access it through my website, johnhiltoniii.com or on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts, you can look up Book of Mormon Master Class. We walk through 1 Nephi 1 through Moroni chapter 10.

After the destruction of the beast and the false prophet, the seer's interest next centers upon the destruction of Satan. The great truth symbolized is clear and vital. It is this, it is not enough to overthrow the agents or the instruments of evil, but evil itself must be overthrown.

He said the scriptures call him the accuser because he wants us to feel that we are beyond forgiveness. Like I said, it tempts you to sin and then tells you how awful you are when you do exactly what he said. He's an accuser.

This is a BYU devotional called We Need an Endowment. And he says, the temple teaches us at its highest pinnacle covenant to consecrate our entire lives to God, dedicating and making holy our time, talents, and means to do His will and build His kingdom.

He had started to appear on television, stories and books were written about him.

As Snowman continued to win, listen to this John, one person offered $100,000 to Harry for his $80 horse.