Printable Come, Follow Me Lesson Ideas and Activity Page for Exodus 14-18 {April 19}

 HAPPY EASTER!

Below you will find some teaching ideas and an original, completely free 1/2 page activity sheet that aligns with the Come Follow Me reading for Exodus 14-18.   The crossword and/or word searches are a great way to review or introduce the concepts from the reading for Primary, Sunday School, or families.   Our home ward hands them out along with the sacrament programs, so that people of all ages can enjoy them.   I hope you enjoy this fun way to learn the gospel together.  

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"Stand Still, and See the Salvation of the Lord" 

Guess the word game:   Using a hangman style game (I recommend drawing a snowman piece by piece, instead of drawing a hanging man), have your class guess the word,   DELIVERANCE.  (11 letters) 

Talk about the deliverance of the Children of Israel (after they experienced great fear) and relate it to ways that the Lord delivers us in modern times.   I love how the CFM manual talks about the Lord doing a "great work" in our lives.  What are some of those great works?     

Discuss some of the symbolism found in these chapters: 

Manna:   I think manna  symbolizes divine providence, daily dependence on God, and spiritual sustenance. It represents God’s grace in meeting immediate needs, a test of obedience, and a foreshadowing of Jesus Christ, the "Bread of Life".  Discuss some ideas of ways we can turn to God daily.  

Wilderness:  I think it's interesting that the Lord didn't lead the Children of Israel directly to the promised land, but had them wander in the wilderness first.  Ask your class for some other scripture stories where people end up in the wilderness  and discuss how God meets each of them where they are in each story.   What is the symbolism of the wilderness in our modern lives? A place where we must walk by faith rather than sight, relying on the Lord to "prepare the way"

The Israelites’ 40-Year Journey (Exodus/Numbers): After escaping Egypt, the Israelites wandered the wilderness of Sinai. It was a period of preparation, where they learned to trust God for daily survival (manna, water) rather than relying on human strength.
Jesus’ Temptation (Matthew 4:1-11): Following his baptism, Jesus was led by the Spirit into the Judean wilderness. There, he fasted for 40 days and overcame temptation by the devil, relying on scripture to remain obedient, serving as a direct contrast to Israel's disobedience in their own wilderness.
Moses at Mount Sinai/Horeb (Exodus 3): After fleeing Egypt, Moses tended sheep in the wilderness of Midian. God met him at the burning bush in this barren place, turning a moment of exile into his calling to liberate Israel.
Elijah’s Desert Journey (1 Kings 19): Exhausted and in despair after fleeing Queen Jezebel, Elijah traveled into the wilderness. God provided for him and met him in a "still small voice," strengthening him for continued prophetic work.
Hagar in the Wilderness (Genesis 16/21): After escaping abuse, Hagar found herself in the desert, where an angel met her at a well, providing hope and promising a blessing for her family.
John the Baptist (Matthew 3): John preached repentance in the wilderness of Judea before Jesus' ministry, symbolizing a place of preparation and return to God.
Lehi and Sariah’s Family (1 Nephi 2–18): Leaving Jerusalem, they face trials, find sustenance, and receive the Liahona, learning that God will light their path in the wilderness.
The Brother of Jared (Ether 2–3): The Lord directs them in a desert, commanding them to build barges and speaking to them in a cloud.
The Sons of Mosiah (Alma 17:9): They fast and pray for strength in the wilderness to prepare for their mission among the Lamanites.

Rock:   Helaman 5:12  would be a great scripture to use alongside Exodus 17 and your discussion about how Christ can be our rock.   Discuss what it looks like to have Christ as our foundation in modern times.    


Click here to access the printable activity sheet on Google Drive.

Original Come, Follow Me Activity Sheet and Teaching Ideas for Exodus 7-13 {Apr 12}

 Below you will find some teaching ideas and an original, completely free 1/2 page activity sheet that aligns with the Come Follow Me reading for Exodus 7-13.   The crossword and/or word searches are a great way to review or introduce the concepts from the reading for Primary, Sunday School, or families.   Our home ward hands them out along with the sacrament programs, so that people of all ages can enjoy them.   I hope you enjoy this fun way to learn the gospel together.  

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"Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt."  


SOME TEACHING IDEAS: 
Plague charades or pictionary:   have each of the plagues written on a piece of paper and have members of the class either act out or draw it, while class members guess

Hard/soft heart demonstration (from here):  

Latter-Day Kids:  Soft Heart Video 



Click here to access this printable activity page on Google Drive..

Come, Follow Me Printable Activity Sheet for Exodus 1-6 {March 29th}

   These original activity sheets that align with the Come, Follow Me lessons each week are totally free and easy to print from a Google Doc file.   They're designed to print double-sided 2-to-a-page and are perfect for introducing or reviewing the concepts from the Come, Follow Me lesson.  Our home ward hands them out along with the sacrament programs on Sundays, others use them in their family or Sunday School lessons.  I hope they add an element of fun to your gospel learning and help to engage even the most reluctant learners.  Make sure to come back each week for the latest!   

This activity sheet is based on the CFM lesson for March 29th and contains a coloring sheet, word search puzzle, and fill-in-the-blank scripture.   {These pages are 100% free and  totally original}

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I HAVE REMEMBERED MY COVENANT


TALKS TO REVIEW:  
"Reverence for Sacred Things"  by Elder Soares
"Be Still, And Know that I Am God" by Elder Bednar

Reverence FHE Lesson with visuals and stories

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Click here to access the printable activity sheet on Google Drive.  




Have fun learning the gospel together!  

Come, Follow Me Original Activity Sheet for Genesis 42-50 (March 22)

   These original activity sheets that align with the Come, Follow Me lessons each week are totally free and easy to print from a Google Doc file.   They're designed to print double-sided 2-to-a-page and are perfect for introducing or reviewing the concepts from the Come, Follow Me lesson.  Our home ward hands them out along with the sacrament programs on Sundays, others use them in their family or Sunday School lessons.  I hope they add an element of fun to your gospel learning and help to engage even the most reluctant learners.  Make sure to come back each week for the latest!   

This activity sheet is based on the CFM lesson for March 22nd and contains a coloring sheet, crossword puzzle, and fill-in-the-blank scripture.   

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For a lesson plan to go with the material this week, see last week's post.  

PRINTABLE ACTIVITY SHEET (AN ORIGINAL) 

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Have fun learning the gospel together!  

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Come, Follow Me Original Printable Activity Sheet for Genesis 24-33; The Story of Jacob with Lesson Ideas{Mar 8}

  These original activity sheets that align with the Come, Follow Me lessons each week are totally free and easy to print from a Google Doc file.   They're designed to print double-sided 2-to-a-page and are perfect for introducing or reviewing the concepts from the Come, Follow Me lesson.  Our home ward hands them out along with the sacrament programs on Sundays, others use them in their family or Sunday School lessons.  I hope they add an element of fun to your gospel learning and help to engage even the most reluctant learners.  Make sure to come back each week for the latest!   

This activity sheet is based on the CFM lesson for March 8th and contains a coloring sheet, crossword puzzle, and fill-in-the-blank scripture.   

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"Let God Prevail" I
I love President Nelson's talk, "Let God Prevail," and have found myself pondering over what that means in my life many times since he delivered it.  As with most concepts, it's easier said than done, but in retrospect I have to admit that God's plan is always better than my own.   

If you're looking for some ideas for teaching a lesson, here are the lesson notes I have from when we taught it to a youth Sunday School class back in 2022.   It's a very loose plan, so forgive any errors, but perhaps it can be helpful.  

LESSONS WE CAN LEARN FROM JACOB'S STORY:  

1.  God keeps his promises
2.  We are better with Christ than on our own

LESSONS WE CAN LEARN FROM JACOB'S LADDER: 

Lesson #1: GOD USES IMPERFECT PEOPLE TO ACCOMPLISH GREAT THINGS 
God sees us where we are, meets us there, and lifts us to be better 
1 Nephi 11:16-22 - Condescension of Christ

Lesson #2: God’s Purpose and Plan Is Always Better than Ours

Lesson #3: God Wants to Get Our Attention

Lesson #4: God Wants Trust and Obedience

QUESTIONS TO PONDER
1.  Why is it important that we are of the House of Israel?  (We are participants in the Abrahamic covenant, Our posterity will continue to be blessed, We are walking with Christ and can help others be blessed)
2.  What does it mean to let God prevail in your lives? Think of specific examples.

QUOTES FROM "LET GOD PREVAIL"                                                                                                

QUOTE #1–“If you have sincere questions about the gospel or the Church, as you choose to let God prevail, you will be led to find and understand the absolute, eternal truths that will guide your life and help you stay firmly on the covenant path.

When you are faced with temptation—even if the temptation comes when you are exhausted or feeling alone or misunderstood—imagine the courage you can muster as you choose to let God prevail in your life and as you plead with Him to strengthen you.

When your greatest desire is to let God prevail, to be part of Israel, so many decisions become easier. So many issues become nonissues! You know how best to groom yourself. You know what to watch and read, where to spend your time, and with whom to associate. You know what you want to accomplish. You know the kind of person you really want to become.” President Nelson

QUOTE #2–”Now, my dear brothers and sisters, it takes both faith and courage to let God prevail. It takes persistent, rigorous spiritual work to repent and to put off the natural man through the Atonement of Jesus Christ.19 It takes consistent, daily effort to develop personal habits to study the gospel, to learn more about Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ, and to seek and respond to personal revelation.” President Nelson

SCRIPTURE LIST:

Proverbs 3:5-6– Trust in the Lord

Genesis 27:41-43– How Esau felt about Jacob

Genesis 28:10-15 –all about Jacob’s dream with the ladder

Gen. 32:28-30–Jacob’s name is changed

Gen. 33:1-4, 8-10–Jacob and Esau are reunited!

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PRINTABLE ACTIVITY SHEET 

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Have fun learning the gospel together!  

Come, Follow Me Printable Activity Sheet for Genesis 12-17 (Feb 22)

 These original activity sheets that align with the Come, Follow Me lessons each week are totally free and easy to print from a Google Doc file.   They're designed to print 2-to-a-page and are perfect for introducing or reviewing the concepts from the Come, Follow Me lesson.  Our home ward hands them out along with the sacrament programs on Sundays, others use them in their family or Sunday School lessons.  I hope they add an element of fun to your gospel learning.  Make sure to come back each week for the latest!    

  This activity sheet is based on the CFM lesson for February 22 and contains a coloring sheet, crossword puzzle, and fill-in-the-blank scripture.   

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"TO BE A GREATER FOLLOWER OF RIGHTEOUSNESS"  

One of the resounding themes in this week's reading material is about how important God's covenants are and how the Lord's blessings come on His timeline, not our own.   I feel like there are a lot of opportunities to talk about prayer, the temple, and other covenants we make.      

Here are a few good talks and scriptures to add to your reading list in preparation for teaching this week.  

Live Up to Your Privileges by Sister Freeman (Oct 2024)

Put Ye On the Lord Jesus Christ by Sister Dennis (Apr 2024)
Abraham 2:6-11; Galatians 3:26-29; Doctrine and Covenants 78:11;

QUOTES
Here are a few quotes that stood out to me from the aforementioned talks that give insight to God's covenants: 

"We have the privilege and blessing of being invited into a covenant relationship with God, in which our own lives can become a symbol of that covenant. Covenants create the kind of relationship that allows God to mold and change us over time and lift us to become more like the Savior, drawing us closer and closer to Him and our Father and eventually preparing us to enter Their presence.

Each person on earth is a beloved son or daughter of God. When we choose to be part of a covenant, it enhances and deepens our relationship with Him."
Live Up to Your Privileges by Sister Freeman (Oct 2024)

"As we make covenants with God in the house of the Lord, we further deepen our relationship with Him. Everything we do in the temple points to our Father’s plan for us, at the heart of which is the Savior and His atoning sacrifice. The Lord will teach us line upon line through the symbolism of the ordinances and covenants as we open our hearts and prayerfully seek to understand the deeper meanings."  Put Ye On the Lord Jesus Christ by Sister Dennis (Apr 2024)

"...we don’t just make covenant promises—we must keep them. In many gospel ordinances, we make sacred covenants with God; He promises to bless us as we keep those covenants. Do we realize it is the combination of priesthood ordinances along with the keeping of covenant promises that allows us to draw upon God’s power?"  Live Up to Your Privileges by Sister Freeman (Oct 2024)

PRINTABLE ORIGINAL ACTIVITY PAGE

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Enjoy learning the gospel together!  

CFM Printable Activity Page for Moses 7 (Feb 8)

  This blogpost features a half-sheet activity page to complement the Come Follow Me (CFM) reading for February 2-8.    Click here for an index and links to my CFM blogposts for other weeks.
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I've always been fascinated with the concept of Zion.   Because of the weaknesses that so easily beset us as humans, I don't think we will ever attain it in our natural lifetimes, but it's something to look forward to someday.   I enjoyed reading through this chapter and imagining, through Enoch's people, what that might look like someday.  Perhaps having your class/family brainstorm some features that might be present in Zion could be a great way to launch this lesson.  And there are no wrong answers, so let them dream!   

PRINTABLE ACTIVITY PAGE FOR CFM

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Enjoy learning the gospel together!  

CFM Printable Activity Page for Genesis 5; Moses 6 (Feb 1)

  This blogpost features a half-sheet activity page to complement the Come Follow Me (CFM) reading for January 26 - February 1,  which includes more details about the story of Enoch mentioned in Genesis.    Click here for an index and links to my CFM blogposts for other weeks.
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I, like Enoch, often feel inadequate for the tasks I am called to do.  I feel like we have much to learn from his story and I enjoyed creating the activity sheet to reflect some of the lessons we can learn from him.

Here is the link for the PDF of the original  printable activity page, in case it's not showing below. 


Have fun learning the gospel together!  💗

CFM Printable Activity Page for Genesis 3-4; Moses 4-5 (January 25)

 I love the  chapters found in the Come, Follow Me outline for this week, because they remind me of the temple.   There's a lot of opportunity this week to talk about God's plan and how the Fall and Christ play a role in that plan.  I guess that sounds a little understand...it's more like how Christ is the plan and his sacrifice made it all possible.   I love the artwork and song suggestions that are found in this week's lesson.    

PRINTABLE ACTIVITY PAGE

These activity sheets align with the Come, Follow Me reading each week, and are great to introduce or review the material.  Our ward hands them out along with the sacrament programs on Sundays, but they're also perfect for classroom and home use.  They are best printed double-sided and cut in half.   

Here is the link for the PDF of the  printable activity sheet, in case it's not showing here:  



Enjoy learning the gospel together!  

CFM Printable Activity Sheet for Genesis 1-2; Moses 2-3; Abraham 4-5 (Jan 18)

HALF-SHEET PRINTABLE ACTIVITY PAGE

These activity sheets align with the Come, Follow Me reading each week, and are great to introduce or review the material.  Our ward hands them out along with the sacrament programs on Sundays, but they're also perfect for classroom and home use.  They are best printed double-sided and cut in half.   

Here is the link for the PDF of the  printable activity sheet, in case it's not showing here:  

Have fun learning the gospel together!   

CFM Activity Sheet for CHRISTMAS (Dec 28)

This blogpost features a half-sheet activity page to complement the Come Follow Me (CFM) reading for December 22-28,  which is all about Christmas.    Click here for an index and links to my CFM blogposts for other weeks.
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MERRY CHRISTMAS!  
 
PRINTABLE ACTIVITY PAGE 

THIS WEEK'S ACTIVITY SHEET LINK (in case it's not showing below)

And that's all I have.  I don't think I'll have the time to make and share these activity pages next year.  I'm sure you all don't mind though, since these do not seem to have garnered much interest this past year.  Have a wonderful new year! 
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CFM Activity Sheet for The Family a Proclamation to the World (Dec 21)

  This blogpost features a half-sheet activity page to complement the Come Follow Me (CFM) reading for December 15-21,  which includes The Family: A Proclamation to the World.    Click here for an index and links to my CFM blogposts for other weeks.
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PRINTABLE ACTIVITY PAGE FOR CFM

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CFM Activity Sheet for Articles of Faith and Official Declarations 1 and 2 (Dec 14)

This blogpost features a half-sheet activity page to complement the Come Follow Me (CFM) reading for December 8-14,  which includes the Articles of Faith and Official Declarations 1 and 2.    Click here for an index and links to my CFM blogposts for other weeks.
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PRINTABLE CFM ACTIVITY PAGE

These activity sheets are designed to print double-sided and cut in half.  They're perfect for reviewing or introducing the content found in the Come, Follow Me reading each week and would be great used in a classroom or home setting.   I have no children at home, nor do I have a calling working with youth, so I copy these to be handed out with the sacrament programs each week.  Kids, teens, and adults enjoy them. 

THIS WEEK'S ACTIVITY SHEET LINK (in case it's not showing below)

CFM Activity Sheet for D&C 137-138 (Dec 7)

     This blogpost features a half-sheet activity page to complement the Come Follow Me (CFM) reading for December 1-7,  which includes Doctrine and Covenants 137-138.    Click here for an index and links to my CFM blogposts for other weeks.
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 PRINTABLE CFM ACTIVITY SHEET

These activity sheets are designed to print double-sided and cut in half.  They're perfect for reviewing or introducing the content found in the Come, Follow Me reading each week and would be great used in a classroom or home setting.   I have no children at home, nor do I have a calling working with youth, so I copy these to be handed out with the sacrament programs each week.  Kids, teens, and adults enjoy them...especially when it's a word search! 

THIS WEEK'S ACTIVITY SHEET LINK (in case it's not showing below)

Come, Follow Me Activity Sheet for D&C 135-136 (Nov 30)

    This blogpost features a half-sheet activity page to complement the Come Follow Me (CFM) reading for  November 24-30,  which includes Doctrine and Covenants 135-136.    Click here for an index and links to my CFM blogposts for other weeks. 
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PRINTABLE CFM ACTIVITY SHEET 

THIS WEEK'S ACTIVITY SHEET LINK (in case it's not showing below)

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Be sure to check back every week for a new CFM activity page.  

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CFM Activity and Coloring Page for D&C 133-134 (Nov 23)

   This blogpost features a link to a lesson (with printable visuals) and a half-sheet activity page to complement the Come Follow Me (CFM) reading for  November 17-23,  which includes Doctrine and Covenants 133-134.    Click here for an index and links to my CFM blogposts for other weeks. 
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Here's a fun FHE lesson from back in the day that goes along well with this week's come follow me lesson.   It was a favorite of ours when the kids were younger and we used it in primary lessons, family home evenings, and adapted it for teens as well.  Hope you all have a great week studying the gospel together.  

PRINTABLE LESSON ON PREPARING FOR THE SECOND COMING

:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/14Kxl5ilGsbSFEWnor0pTzkdYy_P06d7z/view?usp=sharing


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PRINTABLE ACTIVITY SHEET


THIS WEEK'S ACTIVITY SHEET LINK (in case it's not showing below)

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Have fun learning the gospel together and be sure to come back each week for a new CFM activity page.  
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CFM Activity and Coloring Page for D&C 129-132 (Nov 16)

     This blogpost features a half-sheet activity page to complement the Come Follow Me (CFM) reading for  November 10-16,  which includes Doctrine and Covenants 129-132.    Click here for an index and links to my CFM blogposts for other weeks. 
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PRINTABLE ACTIVITY SHEET

These activity sheets are designed to print double-sided and cut in half.  They're perfect for reviewing or introducing the content found in the Come, Follow Me reading each week and would be great used in a classroom or home setting.  

THIS WEEK'S ACTIVITY SHEET LINK (in case it's not showing below)

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Have fun learning the gospel together and be sure to check back every week for a new CFM activity sheet.
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CFM Quotes and Activity Page for D&C 125-128 (Nov 9)

     This blogpost features a half-sheet activity page and some quotes to complement the Come Follow Me (CFM) reading for  November 3-9,  which includes Doctrine and Covenants 125-128.    Click here for an index and links to my CFM blogposts for other weeks. 
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Quotes to Ponder On About Temples and Family History 

1. "Each [temple] stands as a beacon to the world, an expression of our testimony that God, our Eternal Father, lives, that He desires to bless us and, indeed, to bless His sons and daughters of all generations."—President Thomas S. Monson (a modern prophet who passed away in 2018)

2. “When you were baptized, your ancestors looked down on you with hope. Perhaps after centuries, they rejoiced to see one of their descendants make a covenant to find them and to offer them freedom. In your reunion, you will see in their eyes either gratitude or terrible disappointment. Their hearts are bound to you. Their hope is in your hands. You will have more than your own strength as you choose to labor on to find them."--President Henry B. Eyring (a living apostle)

3. “The temple lies at the center of strengthening our faith and spiritual fortitude because the Savior and His doctrine are the very heart of the temple. Everything taught in the temple, through instruction and through the Spirit, increases our understanding of Jesus Christ. His essential ordinances bind us to Him through sacred priesthood covenants. Then, as we keep our covenants, He endows us with His healing, strengthening power”  President Russell M. Nelson (a modern prophet who just passed away in 2025)

4. "Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead? " —1 Corinthians 15:29

5. "The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord's throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men." —Psalms 11:4

6. "As we follow the guidance of the prophets and learn how to do our family history and perform the temple ordinances for our ancestors, we will experience great joy to the point that we will not want to stop doing it. The Spirit will flood our hearts, awaken our faculties to do it, and guide us as we search for the names of our ancestors. But let us remember that family history is more than just looking for names, dates, and places. It is uniting families and feeling the joy that comes from extending to them the ordinances of the gospel." Elder Benjamin de Hoyos (a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

7. "And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.” --Malachi 4:6

8. "I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually."—I Kings 9:3

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PRINTABLE ACTIVITY SHEET

These activity sheets are designed to print double-sided and cut in half.  They're perfect for reviewing or introducing the content found in the Come, Follow Me reading each week and would be great used in a classroom or home setting.  

THIS WEEK'S ACTIVITY SHEET LINK (in case it's not showing below)

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Have fun learning the gospel together and be sure to come back every week for a new activity sheet! 

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CFM Activity Sheet for D&C 121-123 (Oct 26)

   This blogpost features a half-sheet activity page to complement the Come Follow Me (CFM) reading for  October 20-26,  which includes Doctrine and Covenants 121-123.    Click here for an index and links to my CFM blogposts for other weeks. 
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QUOTES

"“The Lord proves us in much the same way to strengthen us. That proving does not come in moments of ease or comfort. It comes in moments when we feel stretched beyond what we thought we could bear.” Henry B. Eyring, October 2025


“I recognize that, on occasion, some of our most fervent prayers may seem to go unanswered. We wonder, ‘Why?’ I know that feeling! I know the fears and tears of such moments. But I also know that our prayers are never ignored. Our faith is never unappreciated. I know that an all-wise Heavenly Father’s perspective is much broader than is ours. While we know of our mortal problems and pain, He knows of our immortal progress and potential. If we pray to know His will and submit ourselves to it with patience and courage, heavenly healing can take place in His own way and time.”

—Russell M. Nelson, “Jesus Christ—the Master Healer,” Ensign, Nov. 2005, 86


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Have fun learning the gospel together and be sure to check in each week for a new activity sheet!  

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Come Follow Me Thoughts on "My Sacrifices are Sacred to the Lord" D&C 115-120 (Oct 19)

  This blogpost features some thoughts, quotes, and a half-sheet activity page to complement the Come Follow Me (CFM) reading for  October 13-19,  which includes Doctrine and Covenants 115-120.    Click here for an index and links to my CFM blogposts for other weeks. 

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MY SACRIFICES ARE SACRED TO THE LORD

By definition, sacrifice means to give up something of value for the sake of something else even more important or more worthy. Sometimes I think we think of sacrifice and we think of big things--like donating lots of money or spending hours and hours on a church calling, but I think that the sacrifices that really matter are the day-to-day ones. The little things we give up to bless our families and to keep Christ in our daily lives.

A perfect example of this is the sacrifice mothers and fathers make to raise their children in faith. That may mean waking up a little earlier than you want to say a prayer with the kids that leave the house first. That may mean not watching that show on Saturday night, so you can finish reading the Come, Follow Me reading for that week. Or it may mean sacrificing your free time, turning off all the screens, and spending quality time with your family on a daily basis.    

If you will sacrifice what the Lord has asked you to sacrifice, he will make more out of your life than you can on your own.

In researching on this topic I came across many examples of people all over the world that sacrifice huge things in the name of following Christ. One talk that really struck me was about members of the church in Sub-Saharan Africa not working their farms on Sunday and somehow finding that their fields are yielding more crops than neighboring farms that are much larger. 

In my own family, my parents gave up 2-years of their retirement to serve the people of Paris, France on a senior mission. It was a sacrifice not only of comfort, but also of money, and time away from family and friends. Us kids honestly wondered if they would even be able to get their house ready to rent out for two years, let alone have the stamina to do what needed to be done on a mission. Yet they thrived. They were stretched in ways that blessed their lives as much as the people they served. The blessings they gained far outweighed the sacrifices they made and when my Dad passed away a few years ago, I know he died happy that he'd been able to serve in that way with my Mom.   

This quote illustrates this point perfectly:
“The Lord’s ways are higher than our ways—and so is His arithmetic. It is different than ours.” (Chad Webb, S&I Broadcast, August 2015)

Yes, it’s true that 0 x 0 = 0 and that if we don’t put any effort to studying Come, Follow Me with our families, we’ll receive zero blessings for it. BUT 1 + 1 in the Lord’s arithmetic is much greater than 2. Christ takes us where we are and makes us more. Makes us enough. He blesses us in beautiful and multitudinous ways that we can barely fathom. CHRIST + ME = MORE

Elder Richard G Scott has said, “Are there so many fascinating, exciting things to do, or so many challenges pressing upon you, that it is hard to keep focused on that which is essential? Satan has a powerful tool to use against good people, those who are committed to a worthy, righteous life, who want to do good and intend to make the most of this life. His tool is distraction. He would have good people fill life with "good things" so there is no room for the "essential ones." Have you unconsciously been caught in that trap?” (Finding Peace, Happiness, and Joy [2007])

What is distracting us? For me it’s often my darn phone. It’s a blessing to be able to communicate so easily with my family that live scattered all over the world, but how often do I let myself get sucked into social media or games that have no lasting value? It’s all about balance. Let’s council together as families and discuss what we can put away to make way for Christ and his blessings in our lives? 
 
QUOTES AND SCRIPTURES ABOUT SACRIFICE 

 D&C 64:34, “Behold, the Lord requireth the heart and a willing mind.”

Elder Neal A. Maxwell said: “The submission of one’s will is really the only uniquely personal thing we have to place on God’s altar. The many other things we ‘give’…are actually the things He has already given or loaned to us.” We can surrender our will to His, and dedicate our lives to building up His kingdom and serving His children.”

 D&C 64:33, ‘Be not weary in well-doing, for ye are laying the foundation of a great work. And out of small things proceedeth that which is great.” 

D&C 117: 1-11 speaking of Newell K. Whitney and his wife leaving their prosperous circumstances and traveling to Adam-ondi-Ahman

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PRINTABLE ACTIVITY SHEET

These activity sheets are designed to print double-sided and cut in half.  They're perfect for reviewing or introducing the content found in the Come, Follow Me reading each week and would be great used in a classroom or home setting.   I have no children at home, nor do I have a calling working with youth, so I copy these to be handed out with the sacrament programs each week.  Kids, teens, and adults enjoy them! 

THIS WEEK'S ACTIVITY SHEET LINK (in case it's not showing below)



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Have fun learning the gospel together! 

Come back every week for a new printable activity sheet! 

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