Armed with Righteousness and with the Power of God

God has a work for you to do in His kingdom. As you read these chapters in the Book of Mormon look for insights on how you can fulfill your part of God’s work.

Links to FREE resources for children, youth, and adults to enhance the learning of this week’s Come, Follow Me reading of 1 Nephi 11-15.

EVERYONE

Activity – Tree of Life AR – Immerse your family in the Tree of Life vision and learn what every part of it means! Best used on a handheld device like a phone or tablet.

Activity – Seeing the Lord’s Hand – This time line offers an overview of events leading up to the Restoration and Second Coming. Consider using it to quiz each other regarding what significant things happened on certain dates.

Activity – Jesus Christ Restored His Church in the Latter Days – This lesson and activity from the Friend can help your family learn about treasured truths that have been restored in the latter days. Includes a paper treasure chest to build and coins to put in it.

Video – Scriptures Legacy – Ancient and modern prophets and disciples sacrificed much to preserve and provide the scriptures. These scriptures now help us measure correctness and truth, strengthen our faith, and light our path.

Video – Many Plain and Precious Things – A video explaining the importance of the Joseph Smith translation of the bible.

Video – Now You Know: The Restoration – You may be familiar with “The Reformation” as a period of great change within Christianity, “The Restoration” is something else entirely. It refers to the full modern-day return of the ancient Church of Jesus Christ.

Video – The Restoration – This video recounts how Joseph Smith’s search for truth led to the First Vision and the Restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Video – Enemy Territory – Boyd K. Packer shares an experience in which he was protected during World War II by listening to a prompting from the Spirit and promises youth that they will be protected if they “heed the promptings that come from the Holy Ghost.”

Video – Nephi Sees a Vision of Future Events – Nephi, an ancient prophet of God from Jerusalem and Ancient America, is caught up in a far-reaching vision of future events, similar to that of his father, Lehi and accompanied by an angel of the Lord. Book of Mormon Videos

CHILDREN

Activity – Christopher Columbus – Find the hidden pictures in the big picture of Christopher Columbus.

Activity – Jesus Is My Savior – Use this activity to help teach your children what Jesus has done for us.

Activity – The Restoration and Me – Play this matching game from the Friend to teach your children about how the Restoration blesses us today.

Activity – The Tree of Life – Color and draw

Activity/Article – The Book of Mormon: Our True Guide – In this Friend article, President Henry B. Eyring shares truths found in the Book of Mormon and the blessings we receive from reading it. Includes a scripture activity.

Activity/Article – The Scriptures are the Word of God – Holding onto the scriptures will help us avoid temptation. Use the cutouts to help you find the meaning of Lehi’s dream.

Article – Learn about Jesus – Read President Russell M. Nelson’s message in the January 2019 Friend to teach your children about how God sent His Son to help us.

Article – The Book of Mormon Teaches of Jesus Christ – A brief summary of the Book Mormon with the emphasis on our Savior.

Audio – Lehi’s Dream – A teacher and Primary children talk about what Heavenly Father wants for His children, the fruit of the Tree of Life, choosing the right, symbols, overcoming temptation, and the love of God. Latter-day Saints Channel

YOUTH

Article – What, Why, and How: A Breakdown of the Restoration – This New Era visual article explains the events that led up to the Restoration, including past dispensations and the Great Apostasy.

Article – Building a Life Resistant to the Adversary – I pray that we may continue to build our lives following the plans and technical specifications of the divine design authored by our Heavenly Father.

Video – Lost Truths – (1 Nephi 13:32–40) President James E. Faust talks about lost truths.

Video – Book of Mormon Restores Plain and Precious Things – (1 Nephi 13:34-41) Elder Russell M. Nelson speaks about how the Book of Mormon restores plain and precious things.

Video – The Word of God Strengthens Us – (1 Nephi 15:24) Elder Neal A. Maxwell testifies that the word of God strengthens us.

Video – Stay Within the Lines – Just as athletes must stay within lines to compete in sports, those who are called to labor in the Lord’s work must stay within the lines of worthiness.

YOUTH & ADULTS

Article – How the Lord Prepared the Way for the Restoration – In countless ways, the Lord prepared the world for the Restoration of His gospel to bless individuals, families, communities, nations, and the world.

Article – The Book of Mormon: What Would Your Life be Like Without it? – In a most miraculous and singular way, the Book of Mormon teaches us of Jesus Christ and His gospel.

Article – Warring Against the Saints of God – The war with Babylon, the great and abominable, began before the world was formed and continues through all ages of time.

Article – Preparing for the Restoration – Many religious reformers and others unknowingly but courageously played parts in the divine drama that set the scene for Joseph Smith, the great prophet of the last days.

Article – What Plain and Precious Truths Were Restored by the Book of Mormon?

ADULTS

Article – Columbus and the Hand of God – Columbus has become more a symbol than a person. In this quincentenary of his first voyage to the Americas, it is time to look at the man and his faith in God.

Article – Plain and Precious Truths Restored – A careful examination of the Book of Mormon reveals many significant doctrines not found in the Bible.

Article – Stand as Witnesses of God – As the “salt of the earth,” we Latter-day Saints must retain our savor by living our religion and by asserting ourselves as witnesses of God.

Article – Columbus: Fulfillment of Book of Mormon Prophecy – BYU Religious Studies Center

Article – Early Christianity and 1 Nephi 13–14 – BYU Religious Studies Center

Article – The Centrality of Nephi’s Vision – BYU Religious Studies Center

Article – Nephi’s Vision and the Loss and Restoration of Precious Truths – BYU Religious Studies

Article – Delivered by the Power of God: Nephi’s Vision of America’s Birth – BYU Religious Studies

Article – What Nephi’s Vision Teaches about the Bible and Book of Mormon – BYU Religious Studies

Video – Discussion on the Book of Mormon: 1 Nephi 11-12 – Professors from the BYU Department of Ancient Scripture discuss Nephi’s vision of the Tree of Life, the Savior’s mortal life, and the events following His death up to the Second Coming. BYUtv

Video – Discussion on the Book of Mormon: 1 Nephi 13-15 – Professors from the BYU Department of Ancient Scripture discuss Nephi’s vision of the Tree of Life, the Savior’s mortal life, and the events following His death up to the Second Coming. BYUtv

Video – Come Follow Up: 1 Nephi 11 – 15 – Come Follow Up host Ben Lomu leads the discussion with gospel scholars Rosalynde Welch and Nick Frederick, and special guest Jackson VanDerwerken on the following topics: God Sent Jesus Christ as an Expression of His Love and I Can Be “Armed with Righteousness” and Power. BYUtv