Doctrine and Covenants 84 – The Power of Godliness

Links to free resources for children, youth, and adults to enhance the Come, Follow Me reading of Doctrine and Covenants 84. Choose one thing a day to do with your children or choose a couple to do for family home evening.

Everyone

Music – Families Can Be Together Forever – Watch and listen to the Tabernacle Choir sing.

Music – Love is Spoken Here – Watch and listen to the Tabernacle Choir sing.

Saints, Volume 1 – Holy Places – Narrative history of events surrounding the revelations

Sing Along – Follow the Prophet – Gather the family to sing this Primary song together.

Sing Along – If I Listen With My Heart – Gather the family to sing this Primary song together.

Sing Along – As A Child of God – Gather the family to sing this Primary song together .

Sing Along – God of Power, God of Right – Gather the family to sing this hymn together.

Video – Blessings of the Priesthood – The priesthood is the power of God, which is given to man to act in His name.

Children

Activity – The Priesthood is the Power of God – Color and cut out the cube to play a game.

Activity – The Priesthood Blesses Me – Cut the cards and play the game.

Activity – Importance of the Priesthood – Doctrine and Covenants Coloring Page

Activity – Blessings of the Priesthood Are Available to All – Includes a fill-in-the blank activity and an activity to draw yourself into pictures of people receiving priesthood ordinances.

Activity/Article – “Article of Faith 5” – The authority to act for God is the priesthood. Includes a simple activity to arrange pictures showing steps for a church calling in the right order.

Article – The Power of a Priesthood Blessing – President Nelson tells of an experience he had.

Article – Peace Through Priesthood Power – Steven R. Bangerter shares an experience from when he was young.

Article – What’s on Your Mind Question: “Is the priesthood just for men and boys?” – Includes some information about how the priesthood blesses everyone how you can help in the work of the priesthood. 

Audio – A Revelation About the Priesthood – A Primary teacher and children learn of a revelation about the priesthood and a revelation about war. Joseph Smith receives a revelation concerning the priesthood. All priesthood holders make a covenant with God to be faithful and to use the priesthood to serve others. The prophet also receives a revelation about the Civil War that would come 30 years later. There will be many wars before Christ comes again.

Video – A Revelation About the Priesthood – Doctrine and Covenants Scripture Reader

Youth

Article – The Power of Godliness through Priesthood Ordinances and Blessings – Here are four priesthood ordinances and blessings that invite God’s power into your life.

Article – Young Women and the Priesthood – The priesthood of God is amazing. If you’re a young woman, it might be hard to understand how it relates to you. So where do you start? Here are some common questions you may have, and some answers.

Articles – Women of Covenant – Read more inspired words about the priesthood by the Relief Society, Young Women, and Primary presidencies.

Article – The Priesthood of God – What every youth should know about the priesthood and their connection to it.

Video – Doctrine Immunizes Us Against Sin – (D&C 84:43-53) Russell M. Nelson teaches that doctrine immunizes us against sin. (52 seconds)

Video – Sanctify Yourselves – When a little league football player is struck by lightning, his 18-year-old assistant coach must be prepared to use his newly conferred Melchizedek Priesthood.

Youth & Adults

Article – The Realities of Mortality – “It is interesting that in the oath and covenant of the priesthood, the Lord uses the verbs obtain and receive. He does not use the verb ordain. It is in the temple that men and women–together–obtain and receive the blessings and power of both the Aaronic and Melchizedek Priesthoods.” BYU-Idaho speech by Elder Paul B. Pieper

Article – The Priesthood is God’s Power – God blesses us through the power of the priesthood. Priesthood blessings are available to everyone.

Article – Men and Women and Priesthood Power – Let us never forget that we are the sons and daughters of God, equal in His sight with differing responsibilities and capabilities assigned by Him and given access to His priesthood power.

Article – Revealed Realities of Mortality – Let us avoid the illusions of the precepts of men and cling to the revealed realities given by God so that our journey through mortality may be rich, full, and real.

Article – Receiving Godly Power – Insights from the Doctrine and Covenants

Article – “I Quit Other Business”: Early Missionaries – Revelations in Context

Article – Restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood – Church History Topics Essay

Article – Restoration of the Melchizedek Priesthood – Church History Topics Essay

Video – Priesthood Lineage – Scripture Central (11:11 minutes)

Video – City of Peace? – Scripture Central (3:33 minutes)

Video – The Oath and Covenant of the Priesthood is Relevant to Women – President Russell M. Nelson and Jean B. Bingham, Relief Society General President, discuss the oath and covenant of the priesthood at the site in Pennsylvania where Joseph Smith lived. (3:31 minutes)

Adults

Article – Authority, Ordinances, and Preparation – The ordinances of salvation and exaltation are fundamental in God’s great plan for, and preparation of, His children.

Article – Section 84, The Oath and Covenant of the Priesthood – Doctrine and Covenants Institute Student Manual

Article – Chapter 31: Doctrine and Covenants 84 – Doctrine and Covenants Institute Student Manual

Article – Using Section 84 to Emphasize the Priesthood Power of Women –

Article – The Oath and Covenant of the Priesthood (D&C 84) – BYU Religious Studies Center

Podcast – Follow Him: D&C 84 Part 1 (video link) – Do you wonder how both women and men hold priesthood authority and priesthood power? Dr. Barbara Morgan Gardner returns to teach about how women and men have priesthood authority, responsibility, and duties. We learn how the early Saints were being prepared for temple covenants and learn the difference between how the priesthood operates within and without the family structure. To listen to the podcast instead of watch find the episode here. (1:04:00 minutes)

Podcast – Follow Him: D&C 84 Part 2 (video link) – Are both men and women instructed to study Doctrine and Covenants, Section 84? Dr. Gardner teaches how the Oath and Covenant of the Priesthood involves responsibilities and blessings that don’t vary for men and women and we are reminded, as the early Saints were that we are willing to take upon ourselves the name of Christ at baptism and we take upon ourselves His name in the temple and men and women both can receive all the blessings our Heavenly Parents have for their children. To listen to the podcast instead of watch find the episode here. (1:04:00 minutes)

Podcast – Saints, Volume 1: Holy Places – Joseph Smith and Brigham Young meet for the first time. Joseph prophecies of the Civil War. The School of the Prophets is organized. The revelation known as the Word of Wisdom is received. These and many other events are discussed in depth with Jed Woodworth, a Ph.D. Historian and writer with the Church History Department.

Video – Come Follow Me Insights: D&C 84 – This episode focuses on the basic truths of the Restoration. Scripture Central (1:13:27 minutes)

Video – Discussions on the Doctrine and Covenants: D&C 84-87: Oath and Covenant of the Priesthood – Religious scholars from BYU discuss these sections. BYUtv. (27:59 minutes)

Video – Hard Questions in Church History: D&C 84 – Church History Matters (45:12 minutes)

Video – Act In Doctrine: D&C 84 – We focus on three doctrinal takeaways: 1) Keep Covenants and they will keep you, 2) Heavenly Father makes His power available through the oath and covenant of the priesthood, and 3) Do not treat lightly the new covenant of the Book of Mormon. Scripture Central (33:23 minutes)