He Taught Them as One Having Authority – Matthew 6-7

Free resources from church websites to help you teach the doctrine and principles found in this week’s Come, Follow Me New Testament reading of Matthew 6-7. Find helps for children, youth, and adults!

Everyone

Video – Sermon on the Mount: Treasures in Heaven – Bible Video

Video – Sermon on the Mount: The Lord’s Prayer – Bible Video

Video – The Soul’s Sincere Desire  – As we put God as a priority and seek Him through sincere prayer, we can find peace in our busy lives. (3:28 minutes)

Video – Looking Through Windows – We should be careful how we judge others, as we may be looking at them through our own “unclean windows.”

Children

Podcast – The Sermon on the Mount – A Primary teacher and children recite the tales of the Sermon on The Mount, the greatest sermon ever given, and Christ’s teachings on prayer. We must do unto others as we would have them do unto us, and pray privately and earnestly to our Father in Heaven in order to obtain happiness and peace in our lives.

I can pray to my Heavenly Father as Jesus did. Heavenly Father will hear and answer me when I pray.

Activity – I Can Pray to My Heavenly Father as Jesus Did – Coloring page

Activity – Prayer – coloring pictures depicting different types of prayer

Activity – I Can Always – Includes a quiz, a poem, a coloring page, and quotes about prayer.

Activity – I Can Pray – Action rhyme

Activity/Article – The Lord’s Prayer – President Henry B. Eyring explains the different parts of the Lord’s Prayer. Includes instructions for making a simple prayer mobile.

Lesson – Jesus Teaches About Prayer – To help each child gain the desire to have daily personal prayer. New Testament Primary Manual

Poster – Kneel and Softly Pray 

Story – The Light – a dramatic story about how the Lord saved a boy’s drowning father. Tell the story in your own words, turning on a flashlight at the appropriate time. Discuss how prayer can bring more light into our lives.

Video – Jesus Teaches About Prayer – New Testament scripture reader

I should treat others the way I want to be treated.

Activity – Jesus Christ is the Perfect Example for Me – Coloring Page

Activity/Article – Different but the Same – Henry B. Eyring teaches that we can find common ground and have love for those from different backgrounds. Includes fill-in-the-blank activities.

Activity/Article – Loving Others as Jesus Loves Us – Dallin H. Oaks shares some ways we can love others as the Savior loves us. Includes an activity to make a friendship chain.

I can build on a strong foundation by following Jesus.

Activity – The Wise Man and the Foolish Man – New Testament Scripture figures

Activity – The Wise Man and the Foolish Man – scripture figures, flannel board story to color

Activity – Rock or Sand? – Choose strips of paper with an activity. How would this activity be like building on rock or on sand?

Activity – The Wise Man & the Foolish Man – Coloring Page

Activity/Article – Build Upon My Rock Door Hanger – Additional ideas for teaching the parable of the wise man and the foolish man

Activity/Article – Build Upon My Rock lesson – Create your own “TV” to watch the story unfold

Lesson – The House Built on a Rock – To strengthen each child’s desire to obey the commandments so that Jesus Christ and his gospel will be the sure foundation in his or her life. New Testament Primary Manual

The Sermon on the Mount contains messages for me.

Video – The Sermon on the Mount – New Testament scripture reader

I can seek eternal treasures instead of earthly treasures.

Story – Christina’s Treasure – Christina saves her money and finds years later why it was wise of her to save it.

Story – The Treasure Box – A father shows his children what’s inside his treasure box.

Activity – Better than Gold – Do this activity to go along with the above story.

Youth and Adults

Living the Savior’s teachings can help me become like Him.

Article – He Marked the Path and Led the Way – When we follow Jesus Christ, doing what He did, we can confidently return to our heavenly home.

Article – The Merciful Obtain Mercy – When our hearts are filled with the love of God, we become “kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving.”

Article – The Measure of Our Hearts – The Lord measures the heart as an indicator of the person’s capacity and potential to bless others.

What does it mean to use “vain repetitions” in prayer?

Article – “What can I do to make my prayers less repetitive and more meaningful?” – To avoid vain repetition, learn to pray with “real intent —that is, pray with sincerity and with the intent to act in faith.

The Savior taught us how to pray. Heavenly Father answers prayers.

Article – How to Rely on the Protective Power of Prayer – Every honest and sincere prayer strengthens you.

Article – The Lord Jesus Christ Teaches Us to Pray – When you pray, are you really praying or just saying prayers?

Article – Pray Always – Prayer becomes more meaningful as we counsel with the Lord in all of our doings, as we express heartfelt gratitude, and as we pray for others.

Article – Lessons from the Lord’s Prayers – Our prayers follow patterns and teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ. He taught us how to pray.

I can judge righteously.

Article – How Do We “Judge Righteous Judgment”? – As we learn to judge righteously, we model the Lord’s perfect judgment, mercy, and grace.

Article – The Righteous Judge – Lynn G. Robbins shares the importance of judging in righteousness and of teaching and correcting others with love, as the Savior would.

I come to know Jesus Christ by doing His will.

Article – Yielding Our Hearts to God – When we open ourselves to the Spirit, we learn God’s way and feel His will.

Article – If Ye Had Known Me – David A. Bednar describes the process of coming to know the Savior, which includes exercising faith in Him, following Him, serving Him, and believing Him.

Obeying the Savior’s teachings creates a firm foundation for my life. If we hear and act on the Lord’s teachings, our lives will be built on a firm foundation.

Article – Blessed Are Ye – The Sermon on the Mount is the Lord’s invitation to sacrifice those things that cause spiritual distress.

Article – How Do I Build on a Sure Foundation? – Come Follow Me Insights

We can identify true and false prophets by their fruits.

Article – Look to the Prophet – There is comfort and safety in trusting, believing, and following the prophet.

Article – Beware of False Prophets and False Teachers – Beware of those who speak and publish in opposition to God’s true prophets.

Article- “By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them” – In Matthew’s account, the Lord warned his listeners about false prophets and reassured them that true prophets could be known by their fruits—by the goodness of their lives and their works and the sweetness of their doctrine.

Adults

Article – Your Marriage and the Sermon on the Mount – The Sermon on the Mount teaches many principles that can help any marriage, troubled or not.

Article – The Sermon on the Mount – Jesus The Christ chapter 17

Article – Audience Astonishment at the Sermon on the Mount and the Sermon at the Temple – BYU Religious Studies Center

Article – The Father in the Sermon on the Mount – BYU Religious Studies Center

Article – Jesus: The Unorthodox Teacher – BYU Religious Studies Center

Video – Come Follow Up: Matthew 6-7 – Come Follow Up host Ben Lomu leads the discussion with gospel scholar James Goldberg and special guest Melissa Western on the following topics: “Seek Ye First the Kingdom of God” and Obeying the Savior’s Teachings Creates a Firm Foundation for My Life. BYUtv (55:55 minutes)

Video – Our Savior in the Gospels: Sermon on the Mount – Religious scholars discuss the Sermon on the Mount and the direction to be perfect even as Christ is perfect as well as instructions on judging righteously. BYUtv (26:46 minutes)