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Week 16: Come Follow Me: Book of Mormon, Teaching Ideas and Free Resources

April 13th – 19th

Mosiah 1-3

Questions to Ponder:

Each Come Follow Me Lesson asks important and reflective questions. When I first began my individual study these questions threw me off. Simply because many of these questions required so much depth and individual reflection in order to answer honestly. My first approach to come follow me was to get in, get out, get it done, check it off. These questions simply didn’t allow me to do so. In fact, I felt a little sick when I would read a question like, “How does the spirit speak to you?” and I wouldn’t know the answer right away. After a time, and pondering on that specific question I realized IT’S OKAY. In fact, I think these questions were meant to be set aside, thought about, and pondered. When we try and come up with the quick easy, obvious, answer, we are depriving ourselves of an opportunity to reflect, ponder, pray, and RECEIVE REVELATION. Is this not the whole reason for Come Follow Me? Are we not trying to finetune and recognize how we, and how to receive personal revelation.

So each week I will list out some of the questions issued in Come Follow Me. Maybe you pick to ponder about all of them, maybe you pick just one. Whatever you do, ponder on this for the ENTIRE week. Pray about it, discuss it with loved ones, then at the start of the new week, take the time to write down your impressions or thoughts, share them with your family, testify of powerful insights.

• What did King Benjamin ask them to do to prepare to hear God’s word? (see verse 9).
  • How can you better prepare yourself to receive the word of God in your personal and family study and during Church meetings?
• Do you struggle to find time to serve or wish that your service brought you more joy?

  • What do you think King Benjamin would say if you asked him why he served with all his “might, mind and strength”?

• What do I learn from these verses about the Savior and His mission?

• How has Jesus Christ helped me overcome sin? How has He helped me change my nature and become more like a saint?

• What do I learn about becoming a saint from Mosiah 3:19?

• How did the plates of brass and the plates of Nephi bless King Benjamin’s people?
  • How do the scriptures bless our family?
• What do we learn about service from King Benjamin’s teachings and example?
  • What do we feel inspired to do?
• Would it benefit your family to have a discussion about humility?
  • Why did King Benjamin not boast about all he had done?
  • What can we learn from his teachings about our relationship with God?
• What did King Benjamin teach about the consequences of knowing truth but not living it?
  • What did he teach about how to obtain true happiness?
• What do we need to do to become saints?
  • Which characteristic from this verse can we focus on developing as a family?

“Knowing that service is what gives our Father in Heaven fulfillment, and knowing that we want to be where He is and as He is, why must we be commanded to serve one another? Oh, for the glorious day when these things all come naturally because of the purity of our hearts. In that day there will be no need for a commandment because we will have experienced for ourselves that we are truly happy only when we are engaged in unselfish service” (in Conference Report, Oct. 1982, 135; or Ensign, Nov. 1982, 93). – Marion G. Romney

I thought this week was the perfect week to focus on Service. There are so many great resources out there that really simplify the process for setting up, and finding organizations to serve in nationally and even locally. With King Benjamin’s focus on service in these chapters, I thought finding an immediate way to apply the teachings would be beneficial.

The resource I wanted to focus on primarily is called, Just Serve. It is an organization put together by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and it really is phenomenal. You do not have to be a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints to participate or volunteer, rather it is a platform that brings service-minded individuals together.

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Teaching Ideas for Toddlers & Young Children

Watch or Listen To:

With a 2-year-old and 4-year-old, I understand the STRUGGLE and the attention span you are dealing with. Below are some of my favorite videos or audio recordings|podcasts you can listen to and watch with your children. My favorites right now are the Book of Mormon Story videos.**Different from the newly released B.O.M. videos. These are illustrated and READ stories to your children. THESE are PERFECT for when everyone is strapped in the car seat. My 4-year-old now requests these over the radio. Each segment is only 2-4 minutes long. This allows us to listen, review and discuss together, and listen again throughout the week.  Many of the videos I share can be found on the Saint’s Radio Channel App. (Formerly Mormon Channel App, If you don’t already have this, DOWNLOAD NOW.)

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