“I Have Loved You, Saith the Lord” – Malachi

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 Malachi. 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 – Now We’re Sealed – Now It’s Forever – This video illustrates how family history work can create a desire to help a new member receive the blessings of the temple. (5:56 minutes)

Video – Their Hearts are Bound to You – President Henry B. Eyring poignantly describes why our family are so important to us, not only now but for forever. The Mormon Tabernacle choir punctuates the doctrine in song. (3:15 minutes)

Video – The Windows of Heaven – In 1899 an aging President Lorenzo Snow is deeply troubled by the Church’s crippling debt, left over from the anti-polygamy crusades of the 1880s. He feels prompted to travel to St. George, which is experiencing a tremendous drought, and while preaching in the Tabernacle there he receives a revelation to re-emphasize the law of tithing as the solution to the Church’s financial troubles. Furthermore he promises rain in St. George if they will faithfully pay tithing. A reformation is begun throughout the settlements, and eventually St. George receives rain and the Church climbs out of debt. (49:45 minutes)

Primary Children

Lesson – Malachi Teaches about Tithes and Offerings – Old Testament Primary Manual

Video – Malachi the Prophet – Old Testament Scripture Stories

Heavenly Father will bless me when I pay tithing. Malachi 3:8-12

Activity – Heavenly Father will Bless Me When I Pay Tithing – Draw and color.

Activity – I Can Pay Tithing – Coloring page

Activity – Tithing Around the World – Figure out how much tithing you would pay for these amounts of currency from around the world. 

Activity/Article – An Amazing Lesson – Elder Valeri V. Cordón of the Seventy shares a story from when he was a boy and his family was blessed after paying tithing. Includes an activity.

Activity/Article – Just One Coin – A boy learns that an honest tithe is never too small. Includes an activity that shows how tithing is used.

Video – The Widow’s Mite – We asked kids to tell us the story of the widow’s mite in their own words. In this story, Jesus was at the temple, watching people donate money for the church. Many rich people gave a lot of money. A poor widow gave two pieces of money called “mites.” It wasn’t very much, but it was all she had to give. Jesus told His friends that the widow had given more to God than all the rich people had given. What can you give to God today? (1:57 minutes)

Video – First Things First – Two children dress up as adults and pretend to be a young married couple discussing finances. (1:18 minutes)

Video – Tithing: The Best Choice – Taken from a General Conference talk by Sheldon F. Child. (1:34 minutes)

We are sealed as families in the temple. Malachi 4:5-6

Activity/Article – “My Family Can Be Together Forever – Draw and cut out pictures to make your own family tree. Includes a short lesson.

Activity/Article – Together Forever – Includes instructions for building a diorama about eternal families.

Music – Families Can Be Together Forever – Music from the July 2022 Friend to Friend broadcast

Poem – Forever Family – Alison C., age 11, shares a poem she wrote about eternal families.

Story – Choose the Light – Elder Gerrit W. Gong shares his memories of being sealed to his parents and the light of the temple.

Story – Temple Blessings – President Dieter F. Uchtdorf describes going to the temple with his parents and siblings to be sealed together as a family.

Story – My Eternal Family – Addie J., age 10, from Washington, USA, tells about how she was adopted from Korea and sealed to her family in the temple.

“I will send you Elijah the prophet.” Malachi 4:5-6

Activity – Family History 1-2-3 – Here are three easy steps for doing family history.

Activity – Family-Story Quiz – A game to help you learn more about your family and their stories.

Music – Family History: I Am Doing It – Sing along to this Primary song

Story – Family History, Step by Step – A story about a girl who found information and photos about her great-great-grandmother, put them in FamilySearch.org, and then went to the temple.

Story – The Temple Challenge – President Joy D. Jones of the General Primary Presidency shares a story of a boy named Colby who found the information for one of his ancestors and was baptized and confirmed for him in the temple.

Video – Visions in the Kirtland Temple – The promise given by Malachi was fulfilled when Elijah appeared to Joseph Smith in the Kirtland Temple. (2:01 minutes)

Sunday School – Youth and Adults

Video – The Temple as a Symbol of His Second Coming– Book of Mormon Central (8:40 minutes)

“Return unto me, and I will return unto you.” Malachi 1-4

Article – Beauty for Ashes: The Healing Path of Forgiveness– To live in such a way that you give beauty for the ashes of your life is an act of faith that follows the Savior.

Article – Thru Cloud and Sunshine, Lord, Abide with Me!– I testify that “thru cloud and sunshine” the Lord will abide with us, that our “afflictions [can be] swallowed up in the joy of Christ.”

Article – The Ministry of Reconciliation– I testify of the tranquility to the soul that reconciliation with God and each other will bring if we are meek and courageous enough to pursue it.

Video – Living the Gospel – Book of Mormon Central (6:23 minutes)

The Lord asks for “a pure offering.” Malachi 1:6-14

Article – Clean Hands and a Pure Heart – Our spiritual purpose is to overcome both sin and the desire to sin, both the taint and the tyranny of sin.

Article – The Law of Sacrifice – The primary purpose of the law of sacrifice is twofold: to test us and to assist us to come unto Christ.

Malachi’s prophecies are being fulfilled in the latter days. Malachi 3-4

Article – Line Upon Line: Malachi 4:5-6 – Dive deeper into this scripture.

Articles – October 2010 Ensign – Every article in this issue is about temples.

Article – Roots and Branches – Hastening family history and temple work in our day is essential for the salvation and exaltation of families.

Video – The Prophecy of Malachi Fulfilled – Book of Mormon Central (5:33 minutes)

Paying tithing opens the windows of heaven. Malachi 3:8-12

Article – The Windows of Heaven – Spiritual and temporal blessings come into our lives as we live the law of tithing.

Article – Line Upon Line: Malachi 3:10-11 – Dive a little deeper into this scripture.

Article – Tithing—a Blessing, Not a Burden – God has given us the law of tithing to bless us both temporally and spiritually.

Article – The Windows of Heaven – Elder Carlos G. Revillo Jr. share how he has been blessed all his life by living the law of tithing.

Article – Will a Man Rob God? – When you and I pay honest, true tithes to the Lord, the Lord will open the windows of heaven.

Adults

Article – “Behold, I Will Send You Elijah the Prophet” (Malachi) – Old Testament Institute Manual

Article – Elijah’s Mission, Message, and Milestones of Development in Family History and Temple Work – BYU Religious Studies Center

Article – Elijah’s Mission – BYU Religious Studies Center

Article – “I Will Send You Elijah the Prophet” – BYU Religious Studies Center

Podcast – Follow Him: Malachi part 1 (video link) – Why does God have expectations of his children? Dr. Barbara Morgan Gardner explores the themes of love, gathering, and redemption. Find the audio to this episode here.

Podcast – Follow Him: Malachi part 2 (video link) – Dr. Gardner continues to examine the Book of Malachi and evidence of God’s love for all his children–on both sides of the veil. Find the audio to this episode here.

Video – Come Follow Up: Malachi – Come Follow Up host Ben Lomu meets with Old Testament scholar Shon Hopkin, as well as Richard Holzapfel to discuss the importance of Malachi’s prophecies in the latter days. Also discussed is how the Israelites built their relationship with God. BYUtv (55:17 minutes)

Video – Discussions on the Old Testament: Malachi – Religious scholars discuss the preaching of Malachi to Jerusalem on the responsibilities they hold as God’s chosen people as found in Malachi chapters 1 through 4. BYUtv (27:29 minutes)

Video – Come Follow Me Insights: Malachi – Join Taylor and Tyler as they discuss the last book of the Old Testament, Malachi. Book of Mormon Central (1:16:26 minutes)