Before I Formed Thee in the Belly I Knew Thee – Jeremiah 1-3; 7; 16-18; 20

Gathered in this post are resources to help you teach your family not only the stories of the people in the Old Testament but also the doctrine and principles found in the study block for the Come, Follow Me reading of Jeremiah 1-3; 7; 16-18; 20. There are resources for children, youth, and adults. Every resource linked to is free! Most links are to church websites or websites approved for further gospel study. Choose on thing a day to do with your family or a couple to do for family home evening. Enjoy!

Everyone

Video – We Lived With God – Dr. Lewis is a renowned scientist who advises the European and NASA space programs. He believes in God. (4 minutes)

Video – He Knows Me — Godhead – Two siblings in Ghana identify actions they can take to become closer to their Heavenly Father. (3:01 minutes)

Video – Fishers of Men – We asked kids to tell us the story of Jesus calling His Apostles to be “fishers of men” in their own words. (2:36 minutes)

Primary Children

Video – Jeremiah the Prophet – Old Testament Stories

Heavenly Father knew me before I was born. Jeremiah 1:5

Activity/Article – Back to Your Heavenly Home – Dieter F. Uchtdorf tells the story of our pre-mortal home. Includes two activities.

Article – Jehovah and the Wonderful Plan of Heavenly Father – A description of pre-earth life, the Godhead, and mortal life.

Lesson – Sharing Time: I Shouted for Joy! – Did you know that you attended the Council in Heaven before your were born?

Prophets are called to speak the words of the Lord. Jeremiah 1:4-19

Activity – We Listen to Our Prophet Today – Coloring page

Activity/Article – Sharing Time: God Tells His Prophets – Includes instructions for a mobile about truths God has revealed through his prophets.

Article – Callings and Prophets – Stephan A. West of the Seventy testifies that prophets know our struggles and let us know what we should be doing.

Article – How does Jesus Christ speak to prophets? – D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles shares some thoughts on this subject.

Video – Why Do We Have Prophets? – God used prophets in the biblical times to relay His message and teach His children. Today, that same God is still calling prophets. Watch this video on why it’s important that we have prophets on the earth today. (1:37 minutes)

Video – Follow Prophets – They Speak for God – Around a table in the Smith family log home in Palmyra, New York, President Russell M. Nelson and Joy D. Jones, General Primary President, ask a panel of children why it’s important to have a prophet. (2:51 minutes)

I can help Heavenly Father’s children come back to Him. I can be part of the gathering of Israel. Jeremiah 16:16

Activity/Article – The Gospel—A Gift to Share – Henry B. Eyring talks about missionaries and how to find people for the missionaries to teach. Includes an illustrated story of children inviting a neighbor to family home evening and an activity to match scriptures with illustrations of blessings.

Article – I can help Heavenly Father’s children come back to Him – Color and play this Go Fish type game.

Article – Be A Missionary Now – Ten suggestions of ways to share the gospel.

Video – Your Day for a Mission – At 19, Sid Going was a shoo-in for New Zealand’s national rugby team, but he chose to serve a mission first. (3:31 minutes)

Sunday School – Youth and Adults

Video – Jeremiah’s Message – Book of Mormon Central (7:41 minutes)

Prophets are called to speak the Lord’s word. Jeremiah 1:4–19; 7:1–7; 20:8–10

Article – Obedience to the Prophets – What a great blessing it is to have prophets in our day!

Article – “Give Heed to the Words of the Prophets” – We must “give heed to the words of the prophets”—past and present—in order to build our faith and be protected from future evils.

Video – Youth Share What It Means to Have a Living Prophet – President Russell M. Nelson and Sister Wendy Nelson listen as youth assembled in the visitors’ center in Palmyra share their feelings about the clarity and direction a living prophet gives. (2:21 minutes)

God knew me before I was born. Jeremiah 1:5

Article – You Were Born to Lead, You Were Born for Glory – You simply must understand this, because you were born to lead by virtue of who you are, the covenants you have made, and the fact that you are here now in the 11th hour.

Article – Decisions for Eternity – Your Heavenly Father has known you for a very long time. You, as His son or daughter, were chosen by Him to come to earth at this precise time, to be a leader in His great work on earth.

Article – Called and Prepared Before the Foundation of the World – How can we truly understand who we are unless we know who we were and what we have the power to become?

“They have forsaken me the fountain of living waters.” Jeremiah 2; 7

Article – Living Water to Quench Spiritual Thirst – Too many of our Heavenly Father’s children spend their precious lives carving out broken cisterns of worldly gain that cannot hold the living water that satisfies fully their natural thirst for everlasting truth.

Article – Lamentations of Jeremiah: Beware of Bondage – Our challenge is to avoid bondage of any kind, help the Lord gather His elect, and sacrifice for the rising generation.

Video – Living Waters and the Woman at the Well – Understanding the meaning of “living waters” can better help us understand the Samaritan woman and the significance of the declaration that Jesus makes to her at Jacob’s well. (4:33 minutes)

The Lord will gather His people. Jeremiah 3:14–18; 16:14–21

Article – Preparing for the Lord’s Return – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is uniquely empowered and commissioned to accomplish the necessary preparations for the Lord’s Second Coming.

Article – The Gathering of Scattered Israel – We help to gather the elect of the Lord on both sides of the veil.

Video – Gathering of Israel – (Jeremiah 16:14-16) A video depicting the growth of missionary work in the church. (4:26 minutes)

Video – The Influence of Missionary Work – One young man in Immokalee, Florida influenced the lives of his friends as he invited them to participate in the youth activities of his Mormon congregation. Of the 26 boys who started coming to church meetings and activities beginning in 2010, six of them have served full-time missions for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and a few others are preparing to leave for missionary service in the coming year. (4:12 minutes)

Adults

Article – Jerusalem at the Time of Lehi and Jeremiah – Lehi and his family fled a city headed for destruction. What was that Jerusalem like? Jeremiah paints a vivid picture of a land filled with wickedness.

Article – A Teacher Come from God – We must revitalize and reenthrone superior teaching in the Church—at home, from the pulpit, in our administrative meetings, and surely in the classroom.

Article – Watchmen on the Tower – The prophets are our watchmen. Following their counsel will bring blessings and save us from the painful repetition of history.

Article – Before Jeremiah Was – BYU Religious Studies Center

Article – Jeremiah and the New Paradigm of the Gathering – BYU Religious Studies Center

Podcast – Follow Him: Jeremiah 1-3; 7; 16-18; 20 part 1 (video link) – How does the Book of Jeremiah connect with the Book of Mormon? Dr. John Hilton III examines the relationship of the Book of Jeremiah to the Book of Mormon, its chronology, and how the prophet Jeremiah can lead us to Jesus Christ. Find the audio to this episode here.

Podcast – Follow Him: Jeremiah 1-3; 7; 16-18; 20 part 2 (video link) – Dr. John Hilton III continues to examine how the prophet Jeremiah was a God-sent teacher and how the book and teachings apply to Latter-day Saints. Find the audio to this episode here.

Video – Come Follow Up: Jeremiah 1-3; 7; 16-18; 20 – CFU host Ben Lomu meets with OT scholar James Goldberg as well as special guests Kalleen and Steven J. Lund to discuss the importance of Jeremiah and who he is as well as how God knew us before we were born. BYUtv (55:55 mintues)

Video – Discussions on the Old Testament: The Prophet Jeremiah, part 1 – Religious scholars discuss Jeremiah 1-17. BYUtv (26:44 minutes)

Video – Come Follow Me Insights: Jeremiah 1-20 – Shon Hopkin joins Taylor and Tyler for a fascinating discussion on the Book of Jeremiah. Book of Mormon Central (1:17:26 minutes)