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Come, Follow Me is a resource offered by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is designed to be used in the home to support personal and family scripture study to build faith in Heavenly Father and His plan of salvation and in the Savior Jesus Christ and His Atonement. Come, Follow Me is self-contained and adequate, when used properly. Products and materials designed to supplement this resource, though they may be helpful in some instances, are not necessary for a successful home study program.
Week 14: March 27–April 2
Matthew 14:15–21; Mark 6:33–44; John 6:5–14
The Savior can magnify my humble offerings to accomplish His purposes.
From Come, Follow Me:
Jesus’s disciples must have felt inadequate when He asked them to feed over five thousand hungry people when there were only five loaves of bread and two fish available. As you read about the miracle that happened next, ponder how God might use your humble offerings of service to bless those around you. How has He magnified your efforts as you have served Him?
"Spend more time—much more time—in places where the Spirit is present. That means more time with friends who are seeking to have the Spirit with them. Spend more time on your knees in prayer, more time in the scriptures, more time in family history work, more time in the temple. I promise you that as you consistently give the Lord a generous portion of your time, He will multiply the remainder." Russell M. Nelson, Becoming True Millennials. See a summary here.
"I invite you prayerfully to consider what kind of sacrifice, and preferably a sacrifice of time, you can make to do more family history and temple work ..." Read or watch the full talk "A Sacrifice of Time" here, and a video clip below:
What will you do to receive the promised blessings for doing more temple and family history work? Study the following resources and come up with a plan that will help you include family history more in your life, and in the lives of your family members.
“It is significant that the Savior chose to appear to the people at the temple. It is His house. It is filled with His power. Let us never lose sight of what the Lord is doing for us now. He is making His temples more accessible. He is accelerating the pace at which we are building temples. He is increasing our ability to help gather Israel. He is also making it easier for each of us to become spiritually refined. I promise that increased time in the temple will bless your life in ways nothing else can.” President Russell M. Nelson, Focus on the Temple
In The Family History Guide, see Temple Opportunities for help with every aspect of finding and taking names to the temple. Learn how to use the FamilySearch fan chart to discover and research those in need of ordinances.
Learn more about Temple Baptism and Confirmation for the Dead, Temple Endowment, and Temple Sealings. Check out Ordinances Ready and Ordinances Ready on the FamilySearch App.
See also Descendancy Research and Creating Family Groups to collaborate, and this blog post—Youth in Action: Finding Family Names:
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Make a plan! See also Latter-day Saint Youth: Take Ancestors To The Temple in The Family History Guide, and In-Home Activities to Help You Prepare for the Temple in FamilySearch.
See My Ancestors' Temples. You will need to have a free FamilySearch account and four generations entered into the family tree.
As a disciple of Jesus Christ, I must be willing to believe and accept the truth, even when it is hard to do.
From Come, Follow Me:
What are some “words of eternal life” (John 6:68) that help you stay committed to following the Savior?
Elder Christofferson states, "And we write according to our prophecies' suggests the wisdom of making a permanent record of our testimony of Christ. We understand that the testimonies we bear are 'recorded in heaven for the angels to look upon; and they rejoice over [us]' (D&C 62:3). Our own descendants and others may look upon and rejoice over our witness of Christ written or recorded for their benefit." Becoming a Witness of Christ
Write your testimony down. You may want to help young children write what they feel. Consider scanning or taking a photo of hand-written testimonies to preserve in Memories on FamilySearch. You can also type directly into a document in Memories. See instructions in The Family History Guide here.
You may want to read A Mother's Love–Blessing Lives through the Generations, and ponder how your recorded experiences can build a legacy that can last through the generations yet to come. Not only that, but think about how your written testimony can be shared in many ways to influence your living family members.The author gives the following ideas to consider including as you share your testimony in your writings:
See also: O Remember, Remember, Henry B. Eyring
You may want to audio record your testimony. Read your testimony as an audio message on FamilySearch using the FamilySearch Memories Audio App, or the "Record My Story" feature on FamilySearch Discovery, or from FamilySearch memories on your computer (see this link). You could also record it without writing it first. Sharing will leave no question about what you know and love. What a blessing for generations to come to hear your voice sharing the message you want them to remember!
Involve family members in the experience. As children and grandchildren record your words, they are hearing you share what means the most to you. Read more here. Help them record their own testimonies.
"As you prepare for General Conference, I invite you to ponder questions you need to have answered. ... There are messages in each general conference given as a gift and a blessing from heaven specifically for our personal life situations." Dieter F. Uchtdorf, General Conference—No Ordinary Blessing
Look over this list of ideas - you might want to sign in to your FamilySearch account to record personal questions you would like to receive guidance on during the upcoming General Conference, or record them another way.
Here are some more Ideas to Prepare for General Conference,
Encourage your children to take conference notes using the printable General Conference notebook, or another way. To print a general conference notebook for teens, click here. As you record your thoughts and feelings, they become part of your personal history.