Come Follow Me, April 28-May 4 Sunday school youth lesson helps

First, there is a lot of history behind this revelation. You might want to provide a background of church history. I like to listen to the Follow Him Podcast. It helps me understand how young the church is. Everyone is a new convert, Joseph Smith is a very young prophet, many mistakes are made, and a lot of revelation is given that we take for granted.

I have these free printables that will help you role-play the situations the early saints faced.

Find 3 confident youth to act out these people.

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Warning, I generally lean to the silly, funny side of things(: If you don't like my narrative, you are more than welcome to write your own factual narrative. The history is here: “All Things Must Be Done in Order,” in Revelations in Context, 50–53.

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After this fun narrative, you can explain that God never said he doesn't want us to receive revelation. He very much wants us to receive our own personal revelation for our lives. The scriptures we focus on today are how we can receive revelation.

Doctrine and Covenants 42:61, 65–68; 43:1–16

God gives revelation to guide His Church—and to guide me.

Imagine that you are having a conversation with a new member of the Church who is excited to know that the Church is guided by revelation. How could you use Doctrine and Covenants 43:1–16 to help him or her learn about the Lord’s pattern for guiding His Church through His prophet? How could you use Doctrine and Covenants 42:61, 65–68 to teach about receiving personal revelation?

What are some of the “peaceable things” and joyful things you have received from the Lord through His Spirit?

To learn about how leaders of the Church have heard the Lord’s voice, you could watch one of the videos in the “Hear Him” collection in the Gospel Library. Consider creating your own video, explaining how the Lord communicates with you.

See also Russell M. Nelson, “Revelation for the Church, Revelation for Our Lives,” Ensign or Liahona, May 2018, 93–96; “All Things Must Be Done in Order,” in Revelations in Context, 50–53.

Here are some free scripture cards covered in the lesson. Everything else is in my store, except the bottom quote.

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Start by handing out pictures like this:

It always helps to give the students a couple of minutes to read their scriptures and talk to you or each other about what they can say to the class when it is their turn.

Spread your students who you know will do well answering these questions into different groups, so they can help their peers. You can also walk around and help.

You can have more than two students if you have a large class.

Hint: In our baptismal covenants, if we keep God's commandments, God promises His Spirit (Holy Ghost) will be with us.

After they are done giving examples of their revelation, the board will look like this:

Then you will hand out cards like this:

There are additional cards that cover President Nelson's talk.

Written in red are the questions you can ask your youth about that person's testimony. You won't be writing these on the board; they are just for the teacher to see, to give you ideas of how to involve your youth.

We will use Sister Bonnie Cordon as an example. The things that would be good to write on the board are written in white, depending entirely on what your youth tells you.

There are 15 cards to choose from. I wanted you to be able to select what best suits the needs of your class, or if you have a large class, like mine, you can have one for each person.

Bear your testimony that we can hear him, or share President Nelson's testimony:

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This is already available in the lesson bundle, but you can purchase it separately here: