Mosiah 18 – 24 – WE HAVE ENTERED INTO A COVENANT WITH HIM

Links to FREE resources to enhance this week’s Book of Mormon Come, Follow Me reading of Mosiah 18 – 24 for children, youth, and adults.

EVERYONE

Video – Alma the Elder Teaches and Baptizes at the Waters of Mormon – Alma the Elder believes the prophet Abinadi and teaches about the coming of Jesus Christ. Many people believe Alma’s testimony and choose to repent and be baptized in the waters of Mormon.

Video – The Lord Delivers the People of Limhi and Alma – The people of Limhi and Alma are taken into bondage and captivity by the Lamanites. Through growing faith and making covenants, the Lord delivers them from their bondage.

Video – Baptism – This video features children sharing the story of Jesus Christ’s baptism and what being baptized means for us.

Video – Bearing Our Burdens with Hope – This video shows how burdens can be a source of strength to help us on the path back to our Heavenly Father. (Based on a story told in general conference by Elder David A. Bednar.)

Video – I Belong to the Church of Jesus Christ – Sing along video

Video – Baptism – Sing Along Video

CHILDREN

Activity – Alma’s Baptism Talk – Use this interactive page from the Friend to help teach your children about baptism.

Activity – Jesus Can Help Me Do Hard Things – Coloring page

Activity – Alma Baptizes – Coloring page

Activity – Alma Teaching the People – scripture figures

Activity – When I am Baptized I Make a Covenant with God – Use this coloring page to teach the covenants made at baptism.

Article – Ali’s Head Start – In this Friend story, Ali learns what it means to bear others’ burdens.

Article – What Can We Do When Hard Things Happen to Us? – This child-friendly message from Elder Robert D. Hales teaches how the Lord can help us endure our trials.

Audio – Alma Teaches and Baptizes; King Limhi and His People Escape – A teacher and Primary children discuss what we learned about the prophet Abinadi and wicked, King Noah.We will discuss how Alma repented and helped to baptize many Nephites. We will learn about how to prepare for baptism, how to keep the promises we make at baptism and what promises Heavenly Father makes with us. We’ll also discuss about King Limhi and the adventures of the Nephites as they were held captive by the Lamanites. They will teach us how repentance can help us to be happy.

Video – Alma Teaches and Baptizes – Book of Mormon Scripture Reader

Video – Alma Baptizes Many People – Book of Mormon Stories for Young Readers

Video – Alma at the Waters of Mormon – Illustrated Book of Mormon Stories

YOUTH

Article – A Q&A about Covenants – In this New Era article, some frequently asked questions about covenants are answered.

Article – Strengthened by Rocks – This New Era article offers an interesting analogy to help us understand how trials can strengthen us and how “we will never have a trial or a challenge that we are unable to bear with His help.”

Article – We Have Great Reason to Rejoice – Carole M. Stephens teaches when you love, watch over, and serve others in small and simple ways, you are actively participating in the work of salvation in this General Conference talk.

Article – The Gate Called Baptism – In this Ensign article, Elder J. Devn Cornish of the Seventy teaches the importance of the baptismal covenant and how it opens the path to making more covenants with God.

Article – The Lord Can Ease Our Burdens – This Ensign article examines what we can learn from the blessings Alma and his people received from God.

Article – Why the Church? – It is worth pausing to consider why Jesus Christ chooses to use a church, His Church, to carry out His and His Father’s work.

Article – The Power of Deliverance – We can be delivered from the ways of evil and wickedness by turning to the teachings of the holy scriptures.

ADULTS

Article – Deliverance from Bondage – BYU Religious Studies Center

Article – Light or Dark, Freedom or Bondage: Enhancing Book of Mormon themes through Contrasts – BYU Religious Studies Center

Video – Discussions on the Book of Mormon: Mosiah 18-24 – Professors from the BYU Department of Ancient Scripture discuss Mosiah chapters 18 through 24 and the history and doctrine found therein, including Ammon’s ministry to the Lamanites and King Lamoni’s conversion. BYUtv

Video – Come Follow Up: Mosiah 18 – 24 – Come Follow Up host Ben Lomu leads the discussion with gospel scholar James Goldberg and special guest Jennifer Roach on the following topics: When I Am Baptized, I Make a Covenant with God and God Helps Me Carry My Burdens. BYUtv