Exodus 7-13 – Remember This Day, In Which Ye Came Out From Egypt

Gathered in this post are resources to help you teach your family not only the stories of the people in the Old Testament but also the doctrine and principles found in the study block for the Come, Follow Me reading of Exodus 7-13. There are resources for children, youth, and adults. Every resource linked to is free! Most links are to church websites or websites approved for further gospel study. Choose on thing a day to do with your family or a couple to do for family home evening. Enjoy!

Everyone

Video – The Passover – (Exodus 12) A short video explaining the meaning of the Passover and its significance. (3:07 minutes)

Video – A Change of Heart – A young man in Honduras was drifting toward a life of apathy, selfishness, and trouble until a friend showed him he was born for so much more. (4:39 minutes)

Video – Reflections – When trials and tests come, how do you react? Do you become selfish and scared, or do you face the challenges with patience, faith, and love for others? How you react could change your life and the lives of those around you, for better or worse. (4:21 minutes)

Primary Children

Activity – Scripture Hero Cards: Miriam and Moses – Learn more about these heroes in the Bible!

Activity – The Plagues of Egypt – Match the Shapes

Lesson – Moses Delivers the Israelites from Bondage – Old Testament Primary Manual

Video – The Plagues of Egypt – Old Testament Stories

Video – The Passover – Old Testament Stories

The Lord has power over all things. Exodus 7-11

Activity – We Need Jesus Every Day – Coloring Page

Music – I Will Walk with Jesus – Sing along to this Primary song.

The Lord can help me have a soft heart. Exodus 8:28-32; 9:7

Activity – Gather a rock and a sponge and put them into a bowl. Invite the children to touch the objects and describe how the objects feel. Put a few drops of water on each object, and point out that more water soaks into the sponge than into the rock. Explain that our hearts need to be soft and not hard so we can accept Heavenly Father’s truths into our hearts.

The sacrament can help me remember Jesus. Exodus 12:1-13; 13:10

Activity – The Sacrament Helps Me Remember Jesus – Coloring page

Activity – The Sacrament Reminds Us of Jesus – Ideas for things to do before, during, and after the sacrament. Includes some illustrations to color.

Activity – Jesus Gave Us the Sacrament – Coloring page

Activity – Remembering Jesus Christ during the Sacrament – A wheel depicting various scenes which can help children remember Christ as they partake of the sacrament.

Activity – The Living Christ: Savior – Learn about the section of The Living Christ that speaks of the sacrament.

Lesson – For Parents of Little Ones: “Taking the Sacrament – Ideas for helping young children understand the meaning of the sacrament.

Story – The Most Important Part – Michelle learns that taking the sacrament is the most important part of sacrament meeting.

Youth and Adults

Video – Moses and Pharaoh – Book of Mormon Central (4:34 minutes)

Video – Ancient Meaning of Raising Hands – In Exodus 9 and 17, Moses performed a strange gesture by raising his hands above his head. While this gesture may seem strange to us, it’s a very ancient and sacred gesture for prayer and approaching the power of God. Today, most Latter-day Saints pray by folding their arms and bowing their heads in a show of reverence. But in ancient Israel, praying sometimes took the form of raising your hands towards heaven. When we pray to God with sacred gestures, we can signal to God our humility and worthiness before Him, we can praise Him, and we can rest assured that God is with us. Book of Mormon Central (4:30 minutes)

I can choose to soften my heart. Exodus 7-11

Article – How Does Developing a Soft Heart Help Us Gain Spiritual Knowledge? – You can choose to have a soft heart.

Article – Harden Not Your Hearts – Be Heart Smart – The Lord promises blessings of conversion and healing to those whose hearts are right

Video – Pharaoh Harden His Heart – Scripture Central (8:03 minutes)

Video – Sister Alynda Kusch: A soft and teachable heart – Prophets teach that we each need a new life, to be born again, to have a changed heart.  A devotional address by Sister Alynda Kusch, delivered January 8, 2019, in the Conference Center Theater on Temple Square in Salt Lake City.(11:17 minutes)

Video – What are Hard Hearts in the Scriptures? – Over and over again in the Book of Mormon, we read of those who have hardened their hearts. We also find the same concept in the Bible, but even though we hear this expression a lot, it can be beneficial to dig a little deeper and find out what all of this hardening and softening of hearts is all about. To do this, I will consider several passages of scripture that help us get an idea of what hard or soft hearts are all about. From The Interpreter Foundation (6:41 minutes)

Jesus Christ can save me because of His Atonement. Exodus 12:1-42

Article – How Does the Passover Symbolize Christ’s Atonement? – Come, Follow Me Insights

Article – The Atonement of Jesus Christ Provides the Ultimate Rescue – As we turn to Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world, He rescues us from the storms of life through His Atonement.

Article – The Joy of Our Redemption – Jesus Christ’s love and power can save each of us from our mistakes, weaknesses, and sins and help us to become something more.

Article – Passover: Was It Symbolic of His Coming? – Not only was Passover a prophetic symbol of the Lord’s sacrifice, its timing foreshadowed the coming of the Savior in the meridian of time.

Article – Moses and the Passover – The Lord gave the children of Israel an enduring symbol that pointed them to salvation through Jesus Christ.

Article – The Passover Supper – The first Passover prefigured Jesus Christ’s sacrifice and showed what it means to be God’s covenant people.

Video – The Passover in Exodus – Scripture Central (10:34 minutes)

Video – Jesus Is the Passover Lamb – Scripture Central (6:07 minutes)

The sacrament helps me remember my deliverance through Jesus Christ. Exodus 12:14-17, 24-27; 13:1-16

Article – Jesus Christ is Your Savior – The Atonement of Jesus Christ is for you.

Article – 7 Ways the Lord Can Deliver You – Learn about seven of the many ways the Lord can deliver us from our daily challenges.

Article – Humble Souls at Altars Kneel – As we make and honor our covenants, we bind ourselves to the Savior, gaining greater access to His mercy, protection, sanctification, healing, and rest.

Article – Live Up to Your Privileges – Learn how priesthood ordinances and covenant promises will allow God’s power to flow into your life.

Article – Always Remember Him – The more we remember the Lord, the more power we will have to stay on the path, doing what He expects from us.

Article – Standing as a Witness of His Deliverance – The Savior has shown His willingness to deliver His people in ways both great and simple.

Article – Prepare for the Sacrament All Week Long – Following Jesus Christ each day makes our lives a delight.

Adults

Article – The Atonement of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament – The Old Testament is a scriptural work that reveals the Lord as the Savior, Redeemer, and great Atoner.

Article – Passover Promises Fulfilled in the Last Supper – We can ponder the Last Supper, then, in light of this Passover tradition, keeping in mind that the Lord himself established the sacred observance, later to fulfill it and reestablish it as the sacrament.

Article – Preserving the Heart’s Mighty Change – To endure to the end, we need to be eager to please God and worship Him with fervor.

Article – Exodus 1 – 10: Let My People Go – Old Testament Institute Manual

Article – Exodus 11 – 19 – The Passover and the Exodus – Old Testament Institute Manual

Article – What Did the Lord Mean When He Said Moses Would Become “God to Pharaoh” During the Plagues of Egypt? – And how did the symbolism of the plagues undermine the worship of the Egyptian gods? from The Interpreter Foundation

Article – Trust in the Lord – BYU Religious Studies Center

Article – The Whole Meaning of the Law – BYU Religious Studies Center

Video – Come Follow Up: Exodus 7 – 13 – Come Follow Up host Ben Lomu meets with Old Testament scholar James Goldberg, as well as special guest Jo Ann Seely, to discuss lessons from the ten plagues, as well as how the Sacrament helps us remember our deliverance through Jesus Christ. Also discussed are the significance of the Passover, and the power of ordinances as rites of remembrance. BYUtv (55:24 minutes)