A podcast based on the “Come, Follow Me” Curriculum but geared towards teenagers.
“The greatest yardstick of success is to see how much your daily walk can be like Christ’s—how closely you can walk each moment in His steps.”
Ezra T. Benson
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Sign up today for additional weekly resources to assist both your personal study and your teaching of the "Come Follow Me" Curriculum. Resources especially tailored for teenagers.
Ep. 99 “Come Follow Me” for Teens - Ether Ch. 6-11
(November 18th - November 24th) Listen to this “Come Follow Me” for teens episode for insights and principles from Ether Ch. 6-11. Principles and insights to help us better understand some of the reasons for the adversity we face in life and how to practice gratitude and learn to see the good even while going through it. Principles about how to change the focus of our lives from the circumstances of our lives. And finally how remembering our blessings and experiences with and from the Lord can help each of us walk more uprightly before the lord, even when living in a fallen world.
Ep. 98 “Come Follow Me” for Teens - Ether Ch. 1-5
(November 11th - November 17th) Listen to this “Come Follow Me” for teens episode for insights and principles from Ether Ch. 1-5. Principles and insights to help us better understand how the Lord prepares us for the difficulties we face and how to better see him when he is there! Principle to help us better understand how to solve the problems we encounter in life. How to understand what is our part and what is the Lord’s part in their solutions. And lastly what we can use as a filter to make sure the right things and people are in our lives and how by following Christ he will lead us to “all” that is good!
Ep. 97 “Come Follow Me” for Teens - Mormon Ch. 7-9
(November 4th - November 10th) Listen to this “Come Follow Me” for teens episode for insights and principles from Mormon Ch. 7-9. Principles and insights to help us better understand how we can face the trials of mortality, especially when life seems unfair. How even in the most difficult of times we can still believe that God is a God of miracles and how we can begin to see those miracles more in our lives. And finally how much of a miracle the Book of Mormon really is and how it can help us through our challenges by anchoring us to Christ, to Prophets and to His Church! We have been shown by God to Moroni and he knows our doing and these are the answers he gives us to face the world we live in today!
Ep. 96 “Come Follow Me” for Teens - Mormon Ch. 1-6
(October 28th - November 3rd) Listen to this “Come Follow Me” for teens episode for insights and principles from Mormon Ch. 1-6. Principles and insights to help us better understand how we can, like Mormon, survive spiritually in world where a “continual scene of wickedness” is before our eyes. Principles about how to become more “quick to observe” the most important parts of the gospel and of life. And finally we’ll take a look at what it was that completely destroyed the Nephite Civilization, which led Mormon to exclaim, “Oh ye fair ones! How is it that ye are fallen!”
Ep. 95 “Come Follow Me” for Teens - 3rd Nephi Ch. 26-4th Nephi
(October 21st - October 27th) Listen to this “Come Follow Me” for teens episode for insights and principles from 3rd Nephi Ch. 27 - 4th Nephi. Principles and insights to help us better understand what it means to take upon us the name of Christ and how this can help us find direction, purpose, self worth, and strength in navigating life’s challenges. Principles centered around those things that will be of “most worth” to us in mortality and how to cultivate a desire for those things in our hearts. And finally principles and truths about the differences that exist and will be experienced in the lives of those who allow the Savior in and those who keep him out. We don’t have to wait to experience Satan being bound in the Millennium and the joy that will follow having Christ to rule and reign…we can begin to experience the millennium today!
Ep. 94 “Come Follow Me” for Teens - 3rd Nephi Ch. 20-26
(October 14th - October 20th) Listen to this “Come Follow Me” for teens episode for insights and principles from 3rd Nephi Ch. 20-26. Principles and insights to help us better stand out from the world, to make a difference in the world by being different and to understand what it really means to be “The Children of the Covenant.” Principles and truths to help us have greater faith in God’s plan, to find purpose in our trials and have faith that “mortality works.” And finally we’ll look as some of the key principles centered around the Law of Tithing and what it means to be blessed with “roots” and “branches” because of following it!
Ep. 93 “Come Follow Me” for Teens - 3rd Nephi Ch. 17-19
(October 7th - October 13th) Listen to this “Come Follow Me” for teens episode for insights and principles from 3rd Nephi Ch. 17-19. Principles and insights to help us better understand the Savior’s love for each and everyone of us, as well as his power to heal us regardless of what we might be going through. Principles and truths centered around little powerful example to us of little children. As well as principles and truths about the power of prayer and the relationship between prayer and receiving the spirit. We’ll also explore a connection between the spirit and motivation! By learning these truths they can help each of us to “be filled with desire” to be better and no how to experience a fullness of joy like the Savior!
Ep. 92 “Come Follow Me” for Teens - 3rd Nephi Ch. 12-16
(September 30th - October 6th) Listen to this “Come Follow Me” for teens episode for insights and principles from 3rd Nephi Ch. 12-16. Principles and insights to help us better understand how to live a Christlike like life while letting go of the need to be perfect. Principles to help you to let go of the world and experience an inward change that will take you to a better place and a better life. Principles to help you learn to judge others better, to be more patient and forgiving of both others and yourself. Principles and truths to help fill your heart and mind with hope and to recognize that through Christ, every mistake, every sin and every weakness can be forgiven and overcome. He provides the Law and the Light that can do all of it because he is the Law and the Light!
Ep. 91 “Come Follow Me” for Teens - 3rd Nephi Ch. 8-11
(September 23rd - September 29th) Listen to this “Come Follow Me” for teens episode for insights and principles from 3rd Nephi Ch. 8-11. Principles and insights to help us better understand how to have faith and find peace in turbulent times. Principles to help us understand just how much God is still in control when it feels like we are experiencing chaos. Principles and truths to help us understand how to best invite his power, protection and his peace into our lives. We’ll look at the significance of Heavenly Father’s invitation to “Hear” Christ as well as learning about the very personal way in which we are invited to come unto Him and gain a witness of who he is for ourselves. We’ll also take a look at the seriousness of contention and how to best follow the Savior’s example in being a peacemaker!
Ep. 90 “Come Follow Me” for Teens - 3rd Nephi Ch. 1-7
(September 16th - September 22nd) Listen to this “Come Follow Me” for teens episode for insights and principles from 3rd Nephi Ch. 1-7. Principles and insights to help us better understand the Savior’s mission and have faith in Him as our personal Savior and in His ability to save! While also understanding what it means to exercise faith in him and why our faith at times will be pushed to it’s breaking point. We’ll also take a look at the final story before the coming of Christ to the Nephites and what this story is meant to teach us leading up to the 2nd coming of Christ in our day! We will especially see how it relates to the gathering of Israel today!
Ep. 89 “Come Follow Me” for Teens - Helaman Ch. 13-16
(September 9th - September 15th) Listen to this “Come Follow Me” for teens episode for insights and principles from Helaman Ch. 13-16. Principles and insights to help us better see through the empty promises from the world and from sin and to better see the “evil behind the smiling eyes”. Principles and insights related to the Signs given of the Savior’s birth and death and how they can apply to our own lives. As well as principles and insights about how to keep the light of Christ always with us and how to chase darkness away. We will also look at how we all will have opportunities to be a Samuel the Lamanite and deliver difficult messages to those we know and love and how we will also have opportunities to receive difficult messages as well. In these chapters we’ll learn how to effectively do both!
Ep. 88 “Come Follow Me” for Teens - Helaman Ch. 7-12
(September 2nd - September 8th) Listen to this “Come Follow Me” for teens episode for insights and principles from Helaman Ch. 7-12. Principles and insights to help us better understand why remembering God is so important! While also recognizing how easy it is, if we are not careful to forget Him! Ironically being blessed by Him also seems to be one of the surest ways to forget about Him. We’ll also look at principles and truths to help us navigate the uncertainties of our day and recognize why we never need to fear the unknown and the deceptive practices of secret combinations! It is getting harder and harder to know what is truth and what isn’t…and with the rise in Ai it will only get worse. However in this lesson we are clearly taught the answer for all of it!
Ep. 87 “Come Follow Me” for Teens - Helaman Ch. 1-6
(August 26th - September 1st) Listen to this “Come Follow Me” for teens episode for insights and principles from Helaman Ch. 1-6. Principles and insights mean to help us with many of the unique challenges of our day. In the Book of Helaman which comprises the final time period just prior to the Saviors coming to the Nephites we will find many parallels to our day and time as we prepare for and approach Christ’s second coming. We’ll see principles about how to overcome contention and pride. Principles about the value of name and how to ensure that our name means something and helps lead others to God instead of away from him. Principles and truths about the Role of Prophets and how they help us to look up to God. And finally how to ensure that we build our lives on the only sure foundation their is, the foundation of the Rock of Our Redeemer, who is Christ!
Ep. 86 “Come Follow Me” for Teens - Alma Ch. 53-63
(August 19th - August 25th) Listen to this “Come Follow Me” for teens episode for insights and principles from Alma Ch. 53-63 The second half of the war chapters of the Book of Mormon! Principles and insights to help us fight the spiritual battles we face. We’ll look at the similarities between the youth of the church and the 2000 stripling warriors. We’ll identify characteristics, attributes, principles and truths from them and their battles to help our youth today better see how to become like them. Most importantly you will be better able to help them see that this story is their story and that they have the power to stand just as strong, just as firm and just as powerfully against the forces of evil as the 2000 stripling warriors did against the forces of the Lamanites!
Ep. 85 “Come Follow Me” for Teens - Alma Ch. 43-52
(August 11th - August 18th) Listen to this “Come Follow Me” for teens episode for insights and principles from Alma Ch. 43-52 the war chapters of the Book of Mormon! Principles and insights to help us fight the spiritual battles we face. We’ll look at the similarities between the war between the Nephites and Lamanites and the war we are fighting today. We’ll look at some of Satan’s greatest tactics that he uses every day against us and how to combat them. We’ll also look at some of the greatest warriors to ever walk the earth and find inspiration in their examples to fight like them by being like them. Most importantly we’ll look at how each of their lives can point us to their source of strength and victories which is Christ!
Ep. 84 “Come Follow Me” for Teens - Alma Ch. 39-42
(August 5th - August 11th) Listen to this “Come Follow Me” for teens episode for insights and principles from Alma Ch. 39-42. Principles and insights taught from Alma to his son Corianton. Principles and insights meant to address the sexual sin his son had been caught up in. Principles and truths to help better understand the seriousness of sexual sin, understand why it is so serious in God’s eyes and how it affects His plan for his children. We’ll also cover the principles and truths taught by Alma to help him and all of us better understand how to overcome these kinds of temptations and that can give us hope that through Christ we can all become clean again!
Ep. 83 “Come Follow Me” for Teens - Alma Ch. 36-38
(July 29th - August 4th) Listen to this “Come Follow Me” for Teens episode for insights and principles from Alma Ch. 36-38. Principles and insights from Alma given directly to his son’s in the form of fatherly advice containing those truths he wants his sons to know most! Principles about how to find success and prosperity in life. Truths about how to overcome the pains and guilt from sin. As well as principles and truths about how the small and simple things of the gospel lead to great things and finally how to best look to God and live!
Ep. 82 “Come Follow Me” for Teens - Alma Ch. 32-35
(July 22nd - July 28th) Listen to this “Come Follow Me” for Teens episode for insights and principles from Alma Ch. 32-35. Principles and insights about the value of the word “believe” and how a true testimony of the gospel does not begin with the words “I know." Principles about how to plant the seed of faith and nurture it so it will become a tree of faith and one day nurture you! Principles and truths about the two most important things you can do to grow your faith. Two things that are as important to your faith growing as sunlight and water are to a growing tree!
Ep. 81 “Come Follow Me” for Teens - Alma Ch. 30-31
(July 15th - July 21st) Listen to this “Come Follow Me” for Teens episode for insights and principles from Alma Ch. 30-31. Principles and insights about the lies and deceptions that Satan tries to use against us today and how to recognize them for what they are. Principles about how to find evidence in the world around us to support our faith and belief in God and how to better recognize how close he is to each of us. Principles and truths about the power of words and especially God’s word to promote change in our hearts and minds. And how we all can learn to have our afflictions and sufferings swallowed up in the “Joy of Christ!”
Ep. 80 “Come Follow Me” for Teens - Alma Ch. 23-29
(July 7th - July 14th) Listen to this “Come Follow Me” for Teens episode for insights and principles from Alma Ch. 23-29. Principles and insights about how to become so converted to Christ, His Gospel and His Church that we too “Never will Fall Away.” Principles and insights about what this kind of conversion looks like. How to lay down and “bury deep” those things that are keeping us from Christ and true conversion. Also principles about how we can better face the storms of life with strength, confidence, hope and faith that we can get through them knowing that everything will be ok…And how we can come to believe, that like Ammon, we too can do “ALL things in His strength!”