Armed with Righteousness and with the Power of God

God has a work for you to do in His kingdom. As you read these chapters in the Book of Mormon look for insights on how you can fulfill your part of God’s work.

Children

Activity – Christopher Columbus – Find the hidden pictures in the big picture of Christopher Columbus.

Activity – Jesus Is My Savior – Use this activity to help teach your children what Jesus has done for us.

Activity – The Restoration and Me – Play this matching game from the Friend to teach your children about how the Restoration blesses us today.

Activity/Article – The Book of Mormon: Our True Guide – In this Friend article, President Henry B. Eyring shares truths found in the Book of Mormon and the blessings we receive from reading it. Includes a scripture activity.

Article – Learn about Jesus – Read President Russell M. Nelson’s message in the January 2019 Friend to teach your children about how God sent His Son to help us.

Audio – Lehi’s Dream – A teacher and Primary children talk about what Heavenly Father wants for His children, the fruit of the Tree of Life, choosing the right, symbols, overcoming temptation, and the love of God. Latter-day Saints Channel

Youth

Article – What, Why, and How: A Breakdown of the Restoration – This New Era visual article explains the events that led up to the Restoration, including past dispensations and the Great Apostasy.

Video – Lost Truths – (1 Nephi 13:32–40) President James E. Faust talks about lost truths.

Video – Book of Mormon Restores Plain and Precious Things – (1 Nephi 13:34-41) Elder Russell M. Nelson speaks about how the Book of Mormon restores plain and precious things.

Video – The Word of God Strengthens Us – (1 Nephi 15:24) Elder Neal A. Maxwell testifies that the word of God strengthens us.

Video – Stay Within the Lines – Just as athletes must stay within lines to compete in sports, those who are called to labor in the Lord’s work must stay within the lines of worthiness.

Youth & Adults

Article – How the Lord Prepared the Way for the Restoration – An Ensign article by M. Russell Ballard.

Article – Preparing for the Restoration – This Ensign article takes you back to Old Testament times and the Reformation to show how the groundwork for the Restoration was laid long before 1820.

Article – What Plain and Precious Truths Were Restored by the Book of Mormon?

Adults

Article – Columbus and the Hand of God –

Article – Plain and Precious Truths Restored – This Ensign article details some of the plain and precious truths restored in the Book of Mormon.

Article – Warring Against the Saints of God – The war with Babylon, the great and abominable, began before the world was formed and continues through all ages of time.

Article – Stand as Witnesses of God – from a BYU-Idaho devotional address by Dallin H. Oaks

Article – The Book of Mormon: What Would Your Life be Like Without it? – A General Conference talk by Russell M. Nelson

Article – Columbus: Fulfillment of Book of Mormon Prophecy – BYU Religious Studies Center

Article – Nephi’s Message to the Gentiles – BYU Religious Studies Center

Article – Early Christianity and 1 Nephi 13–14 – BYU Religious Studies Center

Article – The Centrality of Nephi’s Vision – BYU Religious Studies Center

Article – “Teaching the Scriptural Emphasis on the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ” – BYU Religious Studies Center

Article – Lehi’s Dream and Nephi’s Vision as Apocalytic Literature – BYU Religious Studies

Article – Nephi’s Vision and the Loss and Restoration of Precious Truths – BYU Religious Studies

Article – Delivered by the Power of God: Nephi’s Vision of America’s Birth – BYU Religious Studies

Article – What Nephi’s Vision Teaches about the Bible and Book of Mormon – BYU Religious Studies

Chart – Comparison of Lehi’s Dream and Nephi’s Vision – BYU Studies

Chart – Interpretation of Lehi’s Vision – BYU Studies

Chart – The Visionary Perception of Lehi and Nephi – BYU Studies

Video – Discussion on the Book of Mormon: 1 Nephi 11-12 – Professors from the BYU Department of Ancient Scripture discuss Nephi’s vision of the Tree of Life, the Savior’s mortal life, and the events following His death up to the Second Coming. BYUtv

Video – Discussion on the Book of Mormon: 1 Nephi 13-15 – Professors from the BYU Department of Ancient Scripture discuss Nephi’s vision of the Tree of Life, the Savior’s mortal life, and the events following His death up to the Second Coming. BYUtv

Everyone

Activity – Seeing the Lord’s Hand – This time line offers an overview of events leading up to the Restoration and Second Coming. Consider using it to quiz each other regarding what significant things happened on certain dates.

Activity – Jesus Christ Restored His Church in the Latter Days – This lesson and activity from the Friend can help your family learn about treasured truths that have been restored in the latter days. Includes a paper treasure chest to build and coins to put in it.

Video – Scriptures Legacy – Ancient and modern prophets and disciples sacrificed much to preserve and provide the scriptures. These scriptures now help us measure correctness and truth, strengthen our faith, and light our path.

Video – Many Plain and Precious Things – A video explaining the importance of the Joseph Smith translation of the bible.

Video – Now You Know: The Restoration – You may be familiar with “The Reformation” as a period of great change within Christianity, “The Restoration” is something else entirely. It refers to the full modern-day return of the ancient Church of Jesus Christ.

Video – The Restoration – This video recounts how Joseph Smith’s search for truth led to the First Vision and the Restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Video – Enemy Territory – Boyd K. Packer shares an experience in which he was protected during World War II by listening to a prompting from the Spirit and promises youth that they will be protected if they “heed the promptings that come from the Holy Ghost.”