Where “Much is Given Much is Required” – Doctrine and Covenants 81-83

Links to free resources for children, youth, and adults to enhance the Come, Follow Me reading of Doctrine and Covenants 81-83. Choose one thing a day to do with your children or choose a couple to do for family home evening. All links are to church websites or websites approved for further gospel study.

Everyone

Saints, Volume 1 – Visions and Nightmares – Narrative history of events surrounding the revelations

Video – Pass It On – Children around the world have taken President Thomas S. Monson’s counsel to find a way to serve others. (2:17 minutes)

Video – Dominoes – So often, our acts of service consist of simple encouragement or of giving mundane help with mundane tasks, but what glorious consequences can flow from mundane acts and from small but deliberate deeds! (33 seconds)

Children

Activity – I Can Serve and Share the Savior’s Love – Cut out hearts and glue to the hand as you serve others.

Activity – from Scripture Time Fun – Jesus taught that we should “lift up the hands which hang down” (Doctrine and Covenants 81:5). That means helping others and encouraging them when they are sad or tired. Make a helping hand! Trace your hand on a piece of paper and cut it out. Write something on it that you will do to help others and then hang it up where you can see it. If you want, you could hang your family’s hands up together to make a helping hands tree!

Activity – from Scripture Time Fun for Little Ones – For Doctrine and Covenants 81–83: Think of someone your family can serve. Give them a treat or card or help them with something. Help your little ones say, “I can help others!”

Activity/Article – Jesus Shared With Others – Read a story about Jesus and make a plan to follow His example.

Youth

Video – Our Work is to Go About Doing Good – (D&C 81:4-6) President Hinckley teaches that our work is to go about doing good. (1:35 minutes)

Video – The Lord is Bound – (D&C 82:10) Elder Bednar teaches how the Lord is bound when we do what He says. (1:27 minutes)

Video – An Eye Single to the Glory of God – (D&C 82:19) Russell M. Nelson compares our perspective and the Lord’s to a pair of binoculars.

Youth & Adults

Article – Ministering to Our Fellow Traveler’s – Insights into the Doctrine and Covenants from the Liahona.

Article – Jesse Gause: Counselor to the Prophet (D&C 81) – Revelations in Context

Article – Newel K. Whitney and the United Firm (D&C 82) – Revelations in Context

Article – First Presidency – Church History Topics Essay

Article – United Firm (“United Order”) – Church History Topics Essay

Video – Re-written Revelation? – Book of Mormon Central (14:32 minutes)

Video – Are Scriptures for Us? – Book of Mormon Central (3:38 minutes)

Adults

Article – Ministering to Those with Physical Health Challenges – We can be the Savior’s hands to comfort and help.

Article – Section 81, The Call of Frederick G. Williams – Doctrine and Covenants Institute Student Manual

Article – Chapter 30: Doctrine and Covenants 81–83 – Doctrine and Covenants Institute Student Manual

Article – Section 82, “I, the Lord, Am Bound When Ye Do What I Say” – Doctrine and Covenants Institute Student Manual

Article – Section 83, The Laws of the Church Concerning Widows and Orphans – Doctrine and Covenants Institute Student Manual

Article – Sharing Authority – BYU Religious Studies Center

Podcast – Audio Roundtable: D&C 81-83 – from the Interpreter Foundation

Video – Discussions on the Doctrine and Covenants: D&C 80 – 83 Keys of the Kingdom – Religious scholars from BYU discuss these sections. BYUtv.

Video – Act in Doctrine: D&C 81-83 – We focus on three doctrinal takeaways: 1) The First Presidency holds the keys of the kingdom and presides over the priesthood. 2): Jesus Christ directs His church in temporal affairs. 3) We are bound to the Lord when we are faithful to our covenants. Book of Mormon Central (27:12 minutes)

Video – Come Follow Me Insights: D&C 81-83 – Have you ever thought of forgiveness in a negative light? Oftentimes, we believe that forgiveness follows terrible things, and though this is true in many cases, join with Taylor and Tyler in this week’s episode to learn about the light that forgiveness can bring into our lives if we make it a part of our daily living. Book of Mormon Central (1:15:47 minutes)