Alma 13 – 16 – Enter into the Rest of the Lord

Links to FREE resources for children, youth, and adults to enhance this week’s Book of Mormon Come, Follow Me reading of Alma 13-16.

EVERYONE

Video – Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People? – Watch this video to learn about how one man nearly lost everything because of someone else’s actions and see how his trial brought him closer to God.

Video – Reyna Aburto’s Story—Part 1: Heartbreak and Hope – Reyna Aburto shares the difficult things she faced in her life and how she came to trust God.

Video – Reyna Aburto’s Story—Part 2: A Difficult Journey – Reyna Aburto shares the difficult things she faced in her life and how she came to trust God.

Video – Reyna Aburto’s Story—Part 3: A New Beginning – Reyna Aburto shares the difficult things she faced in her life and how she came to trust God.

CHILDREN

Activity/Article – Koa and the Sacrament – Use this illustrated story from the Friend Junior to teach young children about the sacrament. Includes a simple maze activity.

Activity – We Receive the Ordinances of Salvation Through the Priesthood – coloring page

Activity – Alma and Amulek in Prison – Coloring page

Activity – Family Fun Time: Tender Mercies – Do this activity from the Friend to help you remember the blessings Heavenly Father sends us every day.

Activity – Alma and Amulek’s Mission to Ammonihah – Scripture figures to help tell the story.

Activity – Heavenly Father Strengthens Those Who Have Faith – coloring page

Article – Priesthood Ordinances and Temple Work Bless My Family – In this Friend article, Karl learns the importance of priesthood ordinances. Includes a matching activity with different priesthood ordinances that bring us closer to Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ.

Article – What Can We Do When Hard Things Happen to Us? – This child-friendly message Robert D. Hales teaches how we can rely on the Savior during our trials.

Audio – Alma’s Mission to Ammonihah – A Primary teacher and children the courage it takes to do what is right, we learn to never give up and to do what the Lord tells us to do, and we are taught that our testimony and example can help someone else come unto Christ. We also learn that even though good people suffer because of the wicked decisions of others, God will save those who put their trust in him, and that it is never too late to repent.

Story – God Frees Alma and Amulek – Illustrated Scripture Story

Video – Alma’s Mission to Ammonihah – Book of Mormon Scripture Reader

Video – Alma, Amulek, and Zeerom – An angel tells Alma to return and teach the people in Ammonihah. Amulek knows Alma is a prophet. He gives Alma food. They teach the people together. Zeezrom tries to bribe them and ultimately repents.

YOUTH

Article – What Do You See? – This New Era article explains how priesthood ordinances are full of signs and symbols that can point us to Jesus Christ.

Article – When Good Things Happen to Others and Bad Things Happen to You – This New Era article helps us understand why we go through trials, even when we’re doing our best to be righteous.

Article – Five Scriptures That Will Help You Get through Almost Anything – In this New Era article, John Bytheway explains that even though sometimes we don’t know why bad things happen, we do know that we can trust the Lord to help us.

YOUTH & ADULTS

Article – How Do We Receive the Lord’s Rest? – Alma teaches how we can prepare to enter into the rest of the Lord.

Article – How Do Saving Ordinances Point Me to Christ? – Book of Mormon Insights from the Ensign.

Article – Power in the Priesthood – In this general conference address Neil L. Andersen explains how priesthood ordinances bless our lives.

Article – Learn from Alma and Amulek – In this General Conference talk Dieter F. Uchtdorf illustrates how we can all learn from the examples of Alma and Amulek.

Article – Why Does God Allow Bad Things to Happen? – This digital-only article from the Ensign looks at the purposes of the bad things that happen in our lives and how we can come closer to God despite our trials.

Article – Priesthood and the Savior’s Atoning Power – In this General Conference talk Dale G. Renlund teaches or Heavenly Father’s purposes to be accomplished, Christ’s atoning power needs to be made available to God’s children. The priesthood delivers these opportunities.

ADULTS

Article – When Less Is More: The Reticent Narrator in the Story of Alma and Amulek – BYU Religious Studies Center

Article – Spiritual Rebirth – BYU Religious Studies Center

Video – Discussions on the Book of Mormon: Alma 13-16 – BYUtv. Professors from the BYU Department of Ancient Scripture discuss Alma’s continuing mission to Ammonihah and the important doctrines he teaches there about faith, belief, and the pre-mortal life.