O How Great the Plan of Our God – 2 Nephi 6 – 10

Links to FREE resources for children, youth, and adults to enhance learning of doctrine and principles found in this week’s Come, Follow Me reading of 2 Nephi 6 – 10.

EVERYONE

Activity – Keeping Our Baptismal Covenant – Play this fun game with your family that teaches about the things we covenant to do at baptism and what God covenants in return.

Activity – “Cupboard Counter” – Use this activity from the Ensign to help your family better appreciate the infinite reach of Christ’s Atonement.

Video – Jacob Teaches the Atonement of Jesus Christ – Book of Mormon video

Video – Where Justice, Love, and Mercy Meet – Two brothers attempt to climb a sheer canyon wall without any safety ropes or harnesses.

Video – A Shower of Heavenly Blessings – Have you ever felt that Heavenly Father keeps blessings instead of freely sharing them? In reality, He showers us with blessings constantly; it’s up to us to decide how to have them reach us.

Video – Reclaimed – A life of sin can be cleansed and changed through the Atonement of Jesus Christ.

Video – The Sting of the Scorpion – A young boy’s encounter with a scorpion in the Arabian Desert teaches about the importance of choices.

CHILDREN

Activity – Article of Faith 3 – coloring page

Activity – I Can Make Good Choices – Coloring page

Activity – Jesus Christ Saves Me from Sin and Death – Color the figures, cut out, and use to tell how the Savior helps us.

Activity – A Little Better Every Day – Match the wrong choices with the better choices these kids made the next day.

Activity – Choose the Right Way – A maze-like game that uses pictures of right and wrong choices. Includes ideas for parents to teach about how good choices make us happy.

Activity/Article – Repentance and the Atonement – An activity to create a booklet to remind yourself to follow Jesus’s example.

Activity/Article – Decide Right Now – A message from President Thomas S. Monson about agency, and activities about making right choices.

Activity/Article – Agency is the Gift to Choose for Ourselves – A message and printable game about choosing the right.

Article – Article of Faith 3 – Understand and memorize the third article of faith.

Article – Why is Jesus Christ so Important to Us? – President Dallin H. Oaks teaches six reasons why Jesus Christ is important.

Article – Righteous Desires – Elder Clate W. Mask Jr. of the Seventy teaches that we usually end up doing what we want—the key is to want the right things!

Article – Jesus Suffers in the Garden of Gethsemane – A retelling of the story for children.

YOUTH

Article – Can I Really Appreciate the Atonement of Jesus Christ? – If I haven’t had to be forgiven of any “major sins,” can I still appreciate the Atonement of Jesus Christ as much as those who have?

Article – Strength Beyond Our Own – The enabling power of the Atonement of Jesus Christ strengthens us to do and be good and to serve beyond our own individual desire and natural capacity.

Article – 3 Promises Made Possible by the Priesthood – Acceptance, treasure, and angels—learn about three blessings available to all people because the priesthood was restored.

Video – Individual Agency – (2 Nephi 10:23-25) President Thomas S. Monson talks about individual agency.

Video – Come Unto Christ: 2014 Theme Song

Video – The Lost Purse – When a young woman’s purse is left behind after a dance, adult leaders search through it to find the owner’s identity, which is revealed to them in an unexpected way.

YOUTH & ADULTS

Article – Claim the Exceeding Great and Precious Promises – The Lord makes generous promises, and He certifies that He will not vary from these promises.

Article – Preserving Our Relationship with Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ – We can work to preserve our relationship with Them to stand strong in this world.

Article – The Atonement Can Clean, Reclaim, and Sanctify Our Lives – The Atonement of Jesus Christ is available to each of us. His Atonement is infinite.

Article – Plow in Hope – By utilizing the Atonement, we access the gifts of the Holy Ghost, which “filleth with hope and perfect love” (Moro. 8:26).

Article – Now is the Time to Prepare – Now is the time to prepare to meet God. Tomorrow may be too late.

Article – O How Great the Plan of Our God! – We are surrounded by such an astonishing wealth of light and truth that I wonder if we truly appreciate what we have.

Article – The Great Plan of the Eternal God – One of the great blessings flowing from amplifying, latter-day revelations is the crucial, doctrinal framework known as the marvelous plan of salvation, the plan of happiness, or the plan of mercy.

ADULTS

Article – There Must Needs Be a God – The Spirit will help you remember that our potential is beyond our present capacity. We cannot attain it in our current condition and we cannot attain it on our own. We need help. We need a helper. We need Jesus, who is our Helper.

Article – The Atonement of Jesus Christ: 2 Nephi 9 – BYU Religious Studies Center

Article – The Law of Witnesses in 2 Nephi – BYU Religious Studies Center

Article – The Influence of the Brass Plates on the Teachings of Nephi – BYU Religious Studies Center

Video – Discussions on the Book of Mormon: 2 Nephi 6-8, 10 – Professors from the BYU Department of Ancient Scripture discuss some of the longest and oldest recorded General Conference addresses, as Jacob addresses the people of Nephi under the direction of his brother Nephi. BYUtv

Video – Come Follow Up: 2 Nephi 6 – 10 – Come Follow Up host Ben Lomu leads the discussion with gospel scholar Josh Matson and special guest Melissa Dalton-Bradford on the following topics: The Lord Is Merciful to His People and Will Fulfill His Covenants and Jesus Christ Saves Me from Sin and Death.