I Will Give You Rest – Matthew 11-12; Luke 11

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 11-12; Luke 11. Find helps for children, youth, and adults!

Everyone

Image – Take My Yoke Upon You – A useful tool for harnessing animals became a central image in the Savior’s invitation to come unto Him.

Video – Bearing Our Burdens with Hope – Being happy does not always mean being without hardship. Sometimes it means just the opposite. That principle is brought to life in this story of a young husband who is only able to make it home safely after his load grows much heavier. (8:46 minutes)

Video – Upon My Holy Day: Getting Closer to God – Elder Jeffery R. Holland discusses how we can draw closer to God on the Sabbath. (1:43 minutes)

Video – Upon My Holy Day: Honoring the Sabbath – Elder Jeffrey R. Holland pleads with youth to keep the Sabbath day holy. (9:52 minutes)

Video – Upon My Holy Day: Rest and Renewal – Elder Jeffrey R. Holland discuses keeping the Sabbath day holy.(1:26 minutes)

Videos – Sabbath Day – At Home – A page of videos teaching the importance of keeping the Sabbath Day holy at home

Children

Lesson – Jesus Christ and the Sabbath Day – To help each child want to do things on the Sabbath day to honor and remember Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father. New Testament Primary Manual

Podcast – Jesus Serves – A Primary teacher and children recite the stories of healing on the Sabbath and feeding 5,000 souls. We are to keep the Sabbath day holy and do only as God would do. They discuss what is appropriate for Sunday. Also, in this episode, we learn about two more miracles that Jesus performed here on earth: the healing of the lame man on the Sabbath day and the feeding of five thousand people with five loaves of bread and two small fish. Each miracle teaches us something a little bit different about the Savior and about what we need to know to return to live with our Heavenly Father.

Jesus will help me as I come unto Him.

Story – Jesus Knows Your Name – Elder David S. Baxter of the Seventy relates an experience from his childhood of how he learned Jesus knows him.

Story – The Mooncake Festival – Vincent, a boy from Malaysia, gets hurt while his family is at a festival and prays for Jesus to comfort him.

I can keep the Sabbath day holy. The Sabbath is a day to do good things that bring me closer to God.

Activity – Keep the Sabbath Day Holy – Puzzle and coloring page

Activity – More Than Just Quietly Sitting – A matching game with pictures of children and how they made changes to be more reverent.

Activity – Remember Jesus Christ During the Sacrament – Make this craft to know what to think about during the sacrament.

Activity – The Sabbath is a Delight – Make a mobile to remind you to keep the Sabbath Day holy.

Activity – Sunday Activities – Unscramble words that describe the kinds of things that should be done on the Sabbath.

Activity – The Sabbath is a Special Day – coloring page

Activity – I Can Be Reverent – coloring page

Activity – The Sabbath is a Holy Day – coloring page

Activity – Sabbath Day Activities – look at the pictures to find things to do on Sunday

Activity – Happy Sabbath: Family Memory Bingo

Article – Getting Ready for Sunday – We should get ready for Sunday just as we would get ready for any important day

Heavenly Father gives us good gifts.

Activity – Heavenly Father’s Many Blessings – Draw a happy face next to the pictures that show something Heavenly Father has blessed you with.

Activity – Lead Me, Guide Me – A game you can play to learn about Heavenly Father’s love and some special things He has given you to help you find your way back home.

Article/Activity – Heavenly Father Loves Me, and He Has a Plan for Me – Nataniel learns about Heavenly Father’s love from his grandma. Includes an activity to make snowflakes to remind you of how you are a unique child of God. –

Music – My Heavenly Father Loves Me – Sing along to this Primary song.

Both my actions and my heart must be pure.

Activity – Showing Respect – We can show respect and love for Heavenly Father through our actions. Mark the box next to the pictures that show children who are being respectful at church.

Youth and Adults

Teaching Resources – Come Follow Up: I Will Give You Rest – Video clips, quotes, and artwork to aid in teaching this week’s lesson.

Jesus Christ will give me rest as I rely on Him.

Article – Bear Up Their Burdens With Ease – The unique burdens in each of our lives help us to rely upon the merits, mercy, and grace of the Holy Messiah.

Article – Lessons from the New Testament: “My Burden Is Light” – Each of us faces challenging trials at times in our lives. Each of us also has access to the power of the Atonement to help us through difficult times and to bring peace and joy into our lives. Sometimes the help comes by removal of the burden. Many times the promised rest and peace come into our lives even though the burden is still present.

Article – He Heals the Heavy Laden – The healing power of the Lord Jesus Christ … is available for every affliction in mortality.

Video – The Lord’s Yoke – An excerpt from “Come unto Me,” a General Conference talk by Howard W. Hunter

Video – Inspiring Short: Jesus Christ Perfectly Knows Our Burdens | David A. Bednar – Highlight from David A. Bednar’s “In the Strength of the Lord,” October 23, 2001 (1:15 minutes)

“Do well on the sabbath days.”

Article – A Case of the Sabbath Day Blues – I knew I should love the Sabbath, but I didn’t know how.

Article – I Do Always Remember Him – The way we keep the Sabbath day holy is an outward manifestation of our covenant to always remember Jesus Christ.

Article – 80 Ideas for More Satisfying Sundays – It’s a question asked by children and adults alike. What can I do on Sunday? We’ve got 2 hours in the day accounted for, but what about the other 16?

Article – The Sabbath is a Delight – How can you ensure that your behavior on the Sabbath will lead to joy and rejoicing?

Video – Gratitude on the Sabbath Day – Henry B. Eyring teaches us what we can do to live and worship on the Sabbath day

Video – The Sabbath is a Delight – What can you do to abide with the Lord?

My words and actions reflect what is in my heart.

Article – The Parable of the Empty House – True repentance is not merely eliminating the negative but replacing it with positive attitudes and actions.

Article – Words of Jesus: Humility – Jesus’ teachings on the subject of humility are concise and powerful.

Article – Be Thou an Example – One way we can feel Christ’s love is through the example of others as they emulate his life.

Video – Reflections – When trials and tests come, how do you react? Do you become selfish and scared, or do you face the challenges with patience, faith, and love for others? How you react could change your life and the lives of those around you, for better or worse. (4:21 minutes)

Adults

Article – Lord of the Sabbath – Jesus the Christ, chapter 15

Article – As One Having Authority – Jesus the Christ, chapter 18

Article – The Apostolic Mission, and Events Related Thereto – Jesus the Christ, chapter 21

Article – Our Lord’s Ministry in Perea and Judea – Jesus the Christ, chapter 26

Article – “I Stand All Amazed” – BYU Religious Studies Center

Article – Faith and the Public Square – a BYU Forum speech by Joseph Lieberman who talks about the Sabbath in his Jewish faith (scroll down for that part)

Article – The Law of the Sabbath – Is it not coincidental that the Lord counseled us, 164 years ago tomorrow, that we as a people may keep ourselves “unspotted from the world” by properly observing the Sabbath?

Video – Our Savior in the Gospels: The Calling of the Twelve Apostles – Religious scholars discuss the criticism Jesus received for dining with sinners and details of the men Jesus calls to be His apostles. BYUtv (26:45 minutes)

Video – Come Follow Up: I Will Give You Rest – Come Follow Up host Ben Lomu leads the discussion with gospel scholar Josh Matson and special guest Taylor Halverson on the following topics: Jesus Christ Will Give Me Rest as I Rely on Him and Do Well on the Sabbath Days. BYUtv (55:55 minutes)