Free resources from church websites to help you teach the doctrine and principles found in this week’s Come, Follow Me New Testament reading for Romans 1-6. Find helps for children, youth, and adults!
Everyone
Activity – Grace Carry – Do this activity to demonstrate how we can all be saved through Jesus Christ.
Video – Atonement – Not a One-Time Thing – A young man shares how with the help of his bishop, he is experiencing the blessings of the Atonement of Jesus Christ. (3 minutes)
Video – The Mediator – A young man who fails to pay a debt is saved from the grasp of justice through the mediation of a friend. (10:44 minutes)
Children
This month’s Friend is a special issue about Baptism and Confirmation. There are many great stories and activities to do with your children that go along with this week’s Come, Follow Me reading!
I can show my faith in Jesus Christ by following Him.
Activity – “Following in Jesus’s Footsteps” – Identify ways you can follow Jesus, trace your footsteps and read scriptures.
Article – “Becoming Like Jesus Christ” – Dieter F. Uchtdorf teaches that as we follow Jesus Christ we become more like Him.
Story – Jesus Showed Us the Way – See the examples of Jesus that we can follow.
Being baptized is like becoming a new person.
Activity – Being baptized is like becoming a new person – Coloring page
Activity – A New Path – Coloring page
Activity – When I am Baptized I Make a Covenant with God – coloring page
Activity – My Baptism Book – Create a baptism book by mounting eight pictures on heavy paper, punching holes and then tying them together with string.
Activity – Learning About Baptism– Learn about the steps of baptism by reading and coloring in the boxes on these pages.
Activity – Keeping Our Baptismal Covenant – A board game about the promises we make at baptism.
We all need Jesus Christ in order to be forgiven of our sins.
Activity – Article of Faith 3 – Color the picture using the number of each colored word relating to the third article of faith
Activity/Article – Article of Faith 3 – Understand and memorize the third article of faith.
Youth
How Can Jesus Christ Help Me Change?
Article – “Eight Myths about Repentance.” – This New Era article helps clear up some misunderstandings about repentance.
Article – “Ten Ways to Know You Are Converted.” This New Era article explores the signs of true conversion and how we can recognize them in ourselves.
Video – The Parable of the Bicycle – Three segments illustrate how the Lord’s grace can help us gain salvation, overcome trials, and receive His daily assistance. Segment 1
Video – Paralyzed Gymnast – Three segments illustrate how the Lord’s grace can help us gain salvation, overcome trials, and receive His daily assistance. Segment 2
Video – Receiving Daily Assistance – Three segments illustrate how the Lord’s grace can help us gain salvation, overcome trials, and receive His daily assistance. Segment 3
Youth and Adults
Article – Paul’s Metaphors of Salvation in Their Ancient Contexts – In his Epistle to the Romans, the Apostle Paul used concepts familiar to the people of his time to help them understand Jesus Christ’s work of salvation.
Teaching Resources – Come Follow Up: Romans 1-6 – Artwork, quotes, and video clips to aid teachers in leading the discussion for this lesson.
“The just shall live by faith.”
Article – Baptism – Gospel Topics essay
Article – The Just Shall Live by Faith – Perhaps in this simple statement we understand the difference between a religion that is frail and ineffectual and one that has the power to transform lives.
Video – The Just Shall Live By Faith – An Irish convert’s faith is tried when a promise given at his confirmation seems unfulfilled. (12:21 minutes)
“I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ.”
Article – Five Reminders for Sharing the Gospel – These five ideas can help us share the gospel in normal and natural ways and invite others to come unto Christ.
Article – Do I Believe? – If these things are true, then we have the greatest message of hope and help that the world has ever known.
Article – Nourishing and Bearing Your Testimony – I invite you to seek opportunities to bear your testimony in word and in deed.-
My actions should reflect and increase my conversion. True discipleship is found in our inward commitment, not just in our actions.
Article – Am I Good Enough? Will I Make It? – If you will really try and will not rationalize or rebel—repenting often and pleading for grace—you positively are going to be “good enough.”
Article – I Know It. I Live It. I Love It – We are followers of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Such conversion and confidence is the result of diligent and deliberate effort. It is individual. It is the process of a lifetime.
Article – “Come unto Me”: The Spiritual Quest of All Our Lives – Learning to know and love the Lord Jesus Christ continues throughout all of your life.
Article – Be Ye Converted – True conversion occurs as you continue to act upon the doctrines you know are true and keep the commandments, day after day, month after month.
Through Jesus Christ, I can be forgiven of my sins. “Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.”
Article – Grace – Gospel Topics essay
Article – In the Strength of the Lord – As you and I come to understand and employ the enabling power of the Atonement in our personal lives, we will pray and seek for strength to change our circumstances rather than praying for our circumstances to be changed.
Article – The Gift of Grace – Today and forevermore God’s grace is available to all whose hearts are broken and whose spirits are contrite.
Article – His Grace is Sufficient – Grace is not achieved somewhere down the road. It is received right here and right now. It is not a finishing touch; it is the Finisher’s touch.
Article – What Think Ye of Salvation by Grace? – Now, there is a true doctrine of salvation by grace—a salvation by grace alone and without works, as the scriptures say. To understand this doctrine we must define our terms as they are defined in holy writ.
Video – All Have Sinned – (Romans 3:10-12; 23-26) President Dieter F. Uchtdorf talks about how everyone has sinned.
Jesus Christ invites me to “walk in newness of life.”
Article – Be Ye Therefore Perfect – Eventually – If we persevere, then somewhere in eternity our refinement will be finished and complete.
Article – Walk in Newness of Life – So you see, the rigorous change required by the gospel of Jesus Christ is not meant to be disheartening or exhausting; it is exciting and exhilarating! The plan of salvation is the ultimate adventure.
Video – Newness of Life – (Romans 6:1-6) Elder David A. Bednar speaks about walking in the newness of life.
Adults
Article – William Tyndale and the Language of At-one-ment – BYU Religious Studies Center
Article – “We Have Now Received the Atonement” – BYU Religious Studies Center
Chart – Overview of the Epistles: Romans – BYU Studies
Video – The Acts to Revelation: Only by His Grace: Gal. 3 & Rom. 1-3 – Religious scholars review Paul’s preaching Christ’s law in Galatians chapter 3 and discuss Paul’s teaching Christ’s gospel of salvation in Romans chapters 1 through 3. BYUtv (26:46 minutes)
Video – The Acts to Revelation: Rom. 4-7: “Justified of Faith and Works” – Religious scholars discuss Romans chapters 4 through 7 which detail Paul using the example of Abraham to teach how we are justified and sanctified through Christ’s Atonement. BYUtv (26:43 minutes)
Video – Come Follow Up: Romans 1-6 – Come Follow Up host Ben Lomu leads the discussion with gospel scholar Josh Matson and special guest Adam Miller on the following topics: Jesus Christ Invites Me to “Walk in Newness of Life” and My Actions Should Reflect and Increase My Conversion. BYUtv (54:42 minutes)
I’m Montserrat. I’m a farmer’s wife, mother of eleven children, and mega chocoholic. I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A Gospel Centered Home was created to help parents unleash the power of families by transforming their homes into a sanctuary of faith.
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