Heavenly Father and Jesus love me “with an everlasting love.”
Come, Follow Me—For Home and Church: Old Testament 2026 & Come, Follow Me—For Primary: Old Testament 2022
- Show the children some objects (or pictures of objects) and have them find items that last a long time, such as a metal coin, and some that do not, such as a piece of fruit. You could talk about what “everlasting” means. Read Jeremiah 31:3 and help the children understand that the love Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ have for them is “everlasting. Share with each other how you have felt Heavenly Father’s “everlasting love.”
- Ask the children to share how Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ show Their “loving kindness” for them (Jeremiah 31:3). To give the children ideas, sing a song about Their love for us, such as “I Feel My Savior’s Love” or “My Heavenly Father Loves Me” (Children’s Songbook, 74–75, 228–29). If possible, show pictures of things mentioned in the song. How do we feel when we think about the love of Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ?
For additional resources see Love of God.
God will help me keep my covenants.
Come, Follow Me—For Home and Church: Old Testament 2026 & Come, Follow Me—For Primary: Old Testament 2022
- Draw a heart on the board, and invite half of the children to read Jeremiah 31:31–34 and the other half to read Jeremiah 32:38–41. Invite the groups to write in the heart things they learn from their verses about our covenants with God. How is having God’s law written in our hearts (see Jeremiah 31:33) different from just reading it in the scriptures? Why do we want to make covenants with the Lord? Why does He want to make covenants with us?
Come Follow Me Kid Cut apart the strips. Take turns choosing one out of a pile and discussing what it means
- To review the covenants we make when we are baptized, invite the children to make a two-column chart on a piece of paper with the headings My Promises and God’s Promises. Ask them to fill in the chart by using Mosiah 18:10, 13. Invite the children to display the paper at home to help them remember to keep their covenants.
Friend March 2023 “Baptismal Covenants”
The scriptures are the word of God.
Come, Follow Me—For Home and Church: Old Testament 2026 & Come, Follow Me—For Primary: Old Testament 2022.
Invite one child to pretend to be Jeremiah, and invite the other children to be Baruch. Help the child acting as Jeremiah say some words from Jeremiah 36:3 while the other children pretend to write them down, like Baruch did. Testify that the scriptures today are “the words of the Lord” (Jeremiah 36:4) that He asked prophets to write down.
- Display a children’s book and a copy of the scriptures, and ask the children to talk about the differences they notice between the books. What makes the scriptures special? Help the children understand that the scriptures are God’s word written by prophets, just like the book of Jeremiah is what God told Jeremiah to write.
Friend October 2022 “Come, Follow Me Activities”
Story: The Lord told Jeremiah to write down His words (see Jeremiah 36:1–4). We can read them today in the book of Jeremiah. The scriptures help us know the words of Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ.
Song: “Search, Ponder, and Pray” (Children’s Songbook, 109)
Activity: Play a scripture guessing game! Take turns acting out your favorite scripture story. Have everyone guess what story is being acted out. What does your favorite story teach you?
I can share what I’m learning from the scriptures.
Children can have a great influence on those around them. Like Baruch, they can share what they are learning in the scriptures with others.
- Invite the children to do actions that go along with the words as you read (or summarize) Jeremiah 36:4–10, such as pretending to write in a book (see verse 4), holding the bars of a jail (see verse 5), and reading the scriptures to the people (see verses 8, 10). Emphasize that Baruch had the courage to read the words of Jeremiah to the people even though the leaders in Jerusalem didn’t want him to. Help the children to remember something they have learned from the Old Testament and to think of ways they can share it with others.
Friend May 2024 “Scripture Story Time” At reading time at school, the teacher asked if anyone had a book they would like read. Nyameye raised his hand. He had brought the Book of Mormon Scripture Stories. The teacher read Nyameye’s favorite story of Lehi’s vision. After school his friend wanted to read another of the stories with him. Other classmates came to listen and some asked questions. Nyameye was glad his friends liked his favorite stories as much as he did.
- Sing a song about the scriptures, such as “Search, Ponder, and Pray” (Children’s Songbook, 109). Share your testimony of the scriptures, and invite the children to share their testimonies too.
I can stand up for what is right.
Come, Follow Me—For Home and Church: Old Testament 2026
- You could use the picture at the end of the outline to help your children visualize the story of Ebed-melech in Jeremiah 38:6–13. Maybe you could help them find a verse where Ebed-melech did something brave to help the Lord’s prophet. What can we do to show that we know our prophet today is called of God?
, by Eva Timothy
The Savior made it possible for me to be forgiven of my sins.
Lamentations 1:1–2, 16; 3:22–26
Come, Follow Me—For Home and Church: Old Testament 2026 & Come, Follow Me—For Primary: Old Testament 2022
- To introduce Lamentations, explain to the children that because the Israelites had not repented, Jerusalem and the temple there had been destroyed. Ask the children to talk about how they might have felt if they had been living in Jerusalem at that time. Read together Lamentations 1:1–2, 16. What words and phrases in these verses help us understand how the Israelites might have felt? How might the message in Lamentations 3:22–26 have given them hope?
- You could also tell each other about times you felt sad about a bad choice you made. What do we find in Lamentations 3:22–26 that helps us understand the forgiveness Jesus Christ offers?
As the book of Lamentations poetically describes, we often feel sorrowful when we sin. These feelings can inspire us to change and ask Heavenly Father for forgiveness. (The book of Lamentations is a collection of poems written after the destruction of Jerusalem and its temple.)
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