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Week 28 COME FOLLOW ME: Doctrine and Covenants – TEACHING IDEAS & RESOURCES | D&C Sections 76

Questions to Ponder:

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. Each Come Follow Me Lesson asks important and reflective questions.

• • What do these verses teach you about Him and His role in God’s plan?
    • How do they influence the way you feel about Him?
    • As you read and ponder, you may receive impressions about how you can “[receive] the testimony of Jesus” and be more “valiant” in it (verses 51, 79).

  • As you read this revelation, what do you learn about God’s character and His plan for His children?

    • Consider the difference between being saved (from physical and spiritual death; see verses 39, 43–44) and being exalted (living with God and becoming like Him; see verses 50–70).

  • Have you ever wondered—or worried—about whether or not you will qualify for the celestial kingdom?

    • When you read the description of those who receive this glory (see verses 50–70, 92–95), rather than looking only for a list of things you must do, look for what God has done—and is doing—to help you become like Him.

    • Does reading the vision in this way affect how you feel about your personal efforts?

    • You might also think about the great blessing it is to know these details about the celestial kingdom.

    • How does this vision of celestial glory affect the way you view and want to live your daily life?

  • What do we learn from these verses about the importance of our testimonies?
    • What role do our testimonies play in our eternal destiny?
  • How might the world be different if everyone understood that we are all children of God?
    • How does this truth affect the way we treat others?
  • If we were to summarize the “glad tidings” (verse 40), or good news, in these verses in a brief newspaper headline or tweet, what would we say?
    • What other glad tidings do we find in section 76?
  • How will you help your family look forward to and prepare for eternal life in the celestial kingdom?

Lesson:

Check out one of my favorite printables by Camille from CKNscratch.com This free printable is a GREAT way to introduce and teach the Plan of Salvation, and how it is based on Love.

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This was a fun activity from this month’s Friend magazine:

• Sing “I Know That My Redeemer Lives” (Hymns, no. 136).

• Jesus Christ showed Joseph Smith a vision of God’s plan for us (see Doctrine and Covenants 76). We call this plan the plan of salvation or the plan of happiness. You can read more about it on page 2.

• Play the game on page 24 with your family. Help everyone get to the celestial kingdom!

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Watch or Listen To:

With young children, 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.  Many of these are PERFECT for when everyone is strapped in the car seat. My 5-year-old now requests many of these over the radio. 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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Read:

• Activity Suggestion from the Friend
• Scripture Stories: Doctrine and Covenants
• For Young Readers: Scripture Stories

 

Activity Suggestions:

 

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Doctrine and Covenants Coloring Book:

Come Follow Me Activities:

Kate of Play Beyond the Box started @comefollowmeactivities Each week she posts a FREE Weekly Lesson plan that breaks down Come Follow Me into simple, easy to digest and implement, DAILY LESSONS and activities. Her lessons and activities are created with primary-aged children in mind.

Click Here to check out this week’s Activity Schedule for Come Follow Me by @Comefollowmeactivities

Norman The Latter Day Saint

I found ANOTHER free, weekly resource that you are going to LOVE! Danette Smith and Brittany Smith, the creators behind @NormantheLatterdaySaint share the sweetest illustrated coloring pages to go along with Come Follow Me each week! Check out this week’s coloring page below, then check out their, “Norman the Latter Day Saint,” picture-book series! They create wonderful children’s book with LDS themes.

***There are lots of fun coloring pages to pick from, SCROLL DOWN to the bottom of the page to find the most recent Come Follow Me Coloring Page

CLICK HERE to Download this week’s Norman Book Series Coloring Page

Activity Suggestion from Church Magazines:

• Sing “I Know That My Redeemer Lives” (Hymns, no. 136).

• Jesus Christ showed Joseph Smith a vision of God’s plan for us (see Doctrine and Covenants 76). We call this plan the plan of salvation or the plan of happiness. You can read more about it on page 2.

• Now play the game on page 24 with your family. Help everyone get to the celestial kingdom!

Click Here to Learn More

 

Activity Suggestions From Come Follow Me:

• To help the children understand their potential to become like God, find ways to show them that baby animals grow to become like their parents—perhaps the children could match pictures of animals with pictures of the animals’ babies. Open the scriptures to Doctrine and Covenants 76:24, and tell the children that we are all “sons and daughters unto God.” Bear your testimony that God is our Father and that we can grow to be like our Heavenly Parents.
  • Sing together “I Am a Child of God” (Children’s Songbook, 2–3), and invite the children to point to themselves when they sing “I.” Ask them to sing the song again, replacing “I am” with “you are” and pointing to someone else in the class.

• Write the third article of faith on the board, leaving blanks in place of key words. Give the children these missing words on slips of paper, and invite them to put their words in the correct places on the board. What does this article of faith teach us about why we need Jesus Christ? (see also the video “Why We Need a Savior,” ChurchofJesusChrist.org).

• Draw a large picture of the sun on a piece of paper, and cut it into several puzzle pieces. Give each child a piece, along with one of the following scripture passages to read: Doctrine and Covenants 76:51; 76:52; 76:53; 131:1–2. Ask the children to find in their verses something that we must do to receive eternal life in the celestial kingdom (some verses include more than one answer), and write it on their piece of the sun. As they work together to assemble the puzzle, express your confidence in them that with the Savior’s help, they can qualify for the celestial kingdom.