Links to free resources for children, youth, and adults to enhance the Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon reading of 3 Nephi 20-26. All links are to church websites or websites approved for further gospel study.
Everyone
Sing Along – Family History – I am Doing It – Gather your family to sing this song together.
Sing Along – Family History is the Story of Me – Gather the family to sing this song together.
Sing Along – Had I Been a Child – Gather the family to sing this song together.
Sing Along – The Hearts of the Children – Gather the family to sing this song together.
Video – The Refiner’s Fire – The refiner’s fire is not a comfortable place to be. It involves intense heat and repeated hammering. But it is in the refiner’s fire we are purified and prepared to meet God.
Children
Activity – A Little Better Every Day – Match the wrong choices with the right choices the children made the next day. (From the Friend.)
Activity – Family Memory Bingo – Look through old family photo books to see if you can find the things on this bingo card! (From the Friend.)
Activity – I Can Climb My Family Tree! – Print out copies of this page and help your children fill out the information about the family. (From the Friend.)
Activity – Paying Tithing Helps Build God’s Kingdom – Use this activity to teach children how tithing helps the Lord’s work.
Article – Tyler Tries Again – This story from the Friend tells about a boy who learned what it means to repent.
Article – Family History Party – In this story from the Friend, read how one family celebrates their family history.
Article – Faithful People Followed Jesus – Book of Mormon Stories for Young Readers
Audio – Jesus Christ Teaches – In this episode of Scripture Stories, Christ introduces the sacrament to the people and tells them if they will always remember him and his sacrifice for them they will have his Spirit to help them make good decisions and to keep his commandments. Jesus tells the people to pray always to Heavenly Father in his name as individuals and as families, and even to pray for, and be an example to, those who are not members of the Church. He promises that as we do these things we will be blessed. Many are baptized and receive the Holy Ghost. Christ tells them to continually pray and that one day the Gospel would be preached throughout the world.
Poster – Bright Idea Poster – Print this poster about making mistakes and trying again and hang it up where your family can see it. (From the Friend.)
Youth
Article – The Last Duckling – In this New Era article, learn how a young man being lowered into a sewer by a stranger to save a duckling learned a powerful lesson about the Savior’s Atonement.
Article – Objects from the Scriptures: Refiner’s Fire and Fuller’s Soap – In this New Era article we learn in comparing Himself to these two things, the Lord teaches us a lot about how He purifies us.
Youth & Adults
Article – How Do We Participate in the Lord’s Marvelous Work? – Book of Mormon Insights from the Ensign.
Video – KnoWhy 214: Why Did Jesus Mix Together Micah and Isaiah? – Book of Mormon Central
Video – KnoWhy 408: How Can We Receive the Blessings of the Abrahamic Covenant? – Book of Mormon Central
Video – KnoWhy 251: Who is the Servant Spoken of by Christ? – Book of Mormon Central
Video – KnoWhy 216: Why Did Jesus Quote All of Isaiah 54? – Book of Mormon Central
Video – KnoWhy 217: Why Would Jesus Call Isaiah’s Words Great? – Book of Mormon Central
Video – KnoWhy 218: Why Did Jesus Give the Nephites Malachi’s Prophecies? – Book of Mormon Central
Video – KnoWhy 348: How Do the Bible and Book of Mormon Help Us Understand the Sealing Power? – Book of Mormon Central
Video – KnoWhy 370: Why Did Jesus Quote the Words of Malachi 3-4 in 3 Nephi 24-25? – Book of Mormon Central
Video – KnoWhy 219: Why Will God Turn the Hearts of the Fathers to the Children? – Book of Mormon Central
Video – KnoWhy 220: Why Are Children So Prominent in 3 Nephi? – Book of Mormon Central
Adults
Article – Consider the Goodness and Greatness of God – In this general conference address, Dale G. Renlund testifies that the Savior “loves to heal wounds you cannot heal” and “to fix what has been irreparably broken.”
Article – The Gathering of Scattered Israel – In this General Conference talk, Russell M. Nelson teaches how we help to gather the elect of the Lord on both sides of the veil.
Article – Let God Prevail – In this General Conference talk, Russell M. Nelson asks “Are you willing to let God prevail in your life? Are you willing to let God be the most important influence in your life?”
Article – Turning Our Hearts – This Ensign article shows fun ways to get the whole family involved in family history work.
Article – Family History: Peace, Protection, and Promises – In this Ensign article, Elder Bradley D. Foster, now an emeritus member of the Seventy, describes the many blessings of being involved with family history and temple work.
Article – The Doctrine of a Covenant People – BYU Religious Studies Center
Video – Discussions on the Book of Mormon: 3 Nephi 16, 20-22 – Professors of religion at BYU discuss these chapters in the Book of Mormon. BYUtv.
Video – Discussions on the Book of the Mormon: 3 Nephi 23 – 26 – Professors of religion at BYU discuss these chapters in the Book of Mormon. BYUtv.
Video – Christ’s Second Day Ministry in 3 Nephi 19–26 – BYU Religious Education
I’m Montserrat. I’m a farmer’s wife, mother of eleven children, and mega chocoholic. I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A Gospel Centered Home was created to help parents unleash the power of families by transforming their homes into a sanctuary of faith.
Thanks for compiling these resources!