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 Hebrews 7 – 13. Find helps for children, youth, and adults!
Everyone
Video – The Tabernacle – Moses tells the Israelites to build a tabernacle according to Jesus Christ’s instructions. Jesus Christ promises to visit the tabernacle.
Video – Sacrifice and Sacrament – A man goes back in time to teach his younger self about the purposes of sacrifice and sacrament. By understanding the symbolism of animal sacrifice in the Old Testament, we come to realize its similarity to the sacrament—to remember the Savior and to commit ourselves to him.
Video – Always Remember Him – In this video, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles reminds us of how the ordinance of the sacrament should cause us to reflect on Christ and His sacrifice.
Video – Good Things to Come – Jeffrey R. Holland recalls his days as a poor young father with a broken-down family car and testifies that for those who embrace the gospel of Jesus Christ, there are better days and good things to come.
Video – Latter-day Temples – Temples are the House of the Lord. They’re holy places where Latter-day Saints make sacred promises to God. Examples include promises to keep His commandments, and the promises husbands and wives make to each other and to God during a temple wedding, known as a sealing.
Children
The priesthood can help us in many ways.
Activity – A Holy Place – Print this dot-to-dot activity page from the Friend to help teach your children about the ordinances of the temple.
Article – Jesus Taught about the Sacrament – This illustrated scripture story from the Friend tells how Jesus instituted the sacrament.
Video – God’s Priesthood Power | The Covenant Path – Four kids on bikes imagine they’re superheroes. One crashes, breaking a leg, and receives a priesthood blessing. The kids who understand blessings explain how God’s power is real and not pretended.
Church leaders follow the Savior.
Article – How Does Jesus Christ Speak to Prophets? – Elder D. Todd Christofferson shares a few ways Jesus Christ speaks to prophets.
Story – I Will Follow the Prophet – For young readers
Video – Friend to Friend: Covenants and Blessings – Learn more about covenants and blessings from the General Primary Presidency.
Faith is believing in things we cannot see. Heavenly Father rewards those who have faith.
Activity – Faith is Believing in Things We Cannot See – Color the pictures and then cut out to make a cube to play a game.
Activity – Having Faith, Trusting God – Play this matching game to talk about people in the scriptures who exercised faith.
Activity – I Follow Jesus Christ in Faith When I Make and Keep My Baptismal Covenant – coloring page
Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ will help us and never leave us.
Music – I Will Walk With Jesus – Sing along to this beautiful Primary song.
The Lord chastens those He loves.
Activity/Article – Challenges Help Us Grow – It is often in adversity that we learn the most important lessons. Includes riddles and ideas to help when we face challenges.
Video – The Will of God – God uses love-inspired correction to guide us to a future we do not or cannot now envision but which He knows is the better way for us.
Youth
How Can I Draw Closer to Jesus Christ through Sacred Ordinances and Covenants?
Article – What Do We Do in the Temple? – Youth can read this New Era article to learn more about the ordinances we perform in the temple and how they help us draw closer to Jesus Christ.
Video – Standing in Holy Places – A young woman reflects on the blessings of walking the covenant path as she makes her journey to the temple.
Youth & Adults
Teaching Resources – Come Follow Up: Hebrews 7 – 13 – Artwork, quotes, and videos to aid teachers in leading the discussion for this lesson.
The Melchizedek Priesthood points me to Jesus Christ.
Article – The Keys and Authority of the Priesthood – Priesthood keys direct women as well as men, and priesthood ordinances and priesthood authority pertain to women as well as men.
Article – Faith and the Oath and Covenant of the Priesthood – Go forward in faith in keeping your covenants with God and so claim the promise He has made to you with an oath.
Article – Personal Priesthood Responsibility – When ordained to an office in the priesthood, you are granted authority. But power comes from exercising that authority in righteousness.
Ancient and modern ordinances point to Jesus Christ.
Article – Symbols from the Scriptures That Testify of Christ – In this Ensign article, William O. Nelson illustrates how ancient ordinances and symbols pointed to Christ and His Atonement.
Article – The Atonement – The Atonement of Christ fulfilled these prototypes of the Old Testament. He was the firstborn Lamb of God, without blemish. His sacrifice occurred by the shedding of blood.
Faith requires trusting in God’s promises.
Article – Trust in the Lord – In this New Era article, a young woman shares how, after her brother’s death, she was able to find peace by trusting in the Lord.
Article – Seeing the Promises Afar Off – Faith, the spiritual ability to be persuaded of promises that are seen “afar off” … , is a sure measure of those who truly believe.
Article – Joy and Spiritual Survival – When the focus of our lives is on Jesus Christ and His gospel, we can feel joy regardless of what is happening—or not happening—in our lives.
Article – An High Priest of Good Things to Come – Some blessings come soon, some come late, and some don’t come until heaven; but for those who embrace the gospel of Jesus Christ, they come.
Article – The Infinite Power of Hope – Hope in God, His goodness, and His power refreshes us with courage during difficult challenges.
Adults
Article – It is Not Good for Man and Woman – No marriage or family, no ward or stake is likely to reach its full potential until husbands and wives, mothers and fathers, men and women work together in unity of purpose.
Article – Seek Learning by Faith – BYU Religious Studies Center
Article – Belief in a Promise: The Power of Faith – BYU Religious Studies Center
Article – Christ, Our Advocate and High Priest – BYU Religious Studies Center
Article – “By His Own Blood He Entered in Once into the Holy Place”: Jesus in Hebrews 9 – BYU Religious Studies Center
Video – Come Follow Up: Hebrews 7 – 13 – Come Follow Up host Ben Lomu leads the discussion with gospel scholar Melissa Inouye and special guest Jasmin Gimenez Rappleye on the following topics: The Melchizedek Priesthood Guides Me to Christ and Ancient and Modern Ordinances Point to Jesus Christ. BYUtv
Video – The Acts to Revelation: Hebrews 8 – 10; 12 – 13 “A More Excellent Ministry” – Religious scholars discuss the new law and covenant brought by Jesus Christ as described in Hebrews chapters 8, 9, 10, 12, and 13. BYUtv
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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