Alle afleveringen
200 afleveringen, van nieuw naar oud
-
Come Follow Me for Teens: "A New Spirit Will I Put within You" (Ezekiel)
1 november 2026
This week on Come Follow Me for Teens, we study Ezekiel 1–47 with the theme “A New Spirit Will I Put within You.” Throughout Ezekiel, the Lord repeatedly declares, “And ye shall know that I am the Lord.” We'll explore three remarkable gifts Heavenly Father has given us to help us know Him better: living prophets, the Bible and Book of Mormon, and His holy temple. Lees meer
HELP TEENS GET MORE OUT OF COME, FOLLOW ME
Get weekly Study & Teaching Guides, Teach This in 25 Minutes lessons, teen devotionals, and ready-to-use resources for meaningful gospel conversations at home or in class.
Join the membership:
https://joshdowns.com/cfm-membership
Get this week's Study & Teaching Guide:
https://joshdowns.com/cfm-resources/p/ezekiel-1-47-study-teaching-guide
IN THIS WEEK'S EPISODE
I Have Set Thee a Watchman — Ezekiel 33–34 teaches why God calls living prophets and seers to guide His children and lead us toward Jesus Christ, the Good Shepherd.
And They Shall Be One in Mine Hand — Ezekiel 37 reveals how the Bible and Book of Mormon work together as powerful witnesses of Jesus Christ, helping us recognize His voice, understand His character, and experience the transforming power of His word.
Every Thing Shall Live Whither the River Cometh — Ezekiel 47 reveals the healing waters flowing from the temple and the remarkable blessings of strength, healing, and spiritual renewal available through Jesus Christ.
Three principles. One beautiful invitation:
God wants us to know Him. He gives us prophets to guide us, scriptures to reveal His Son, and temples where we can experience His healing and strengthening power.
And as we come to know Him, He can fulfill His promise to give us a new heart and a new spirit.
The more we come to know God, the more He can help us become like Him.
-
Come Follow Me for Teens: "I Will Turn Their Mourning into Joy" (Jeremiah 31-39 and Lamentations)
25 oktober 2026
This week on Come Follow Me for Teens, we study Jeremiah 31–39 and Lamentations with the theme “I Will Turn Their Mourning into Joy.” We'll explore how Jesus Christ can change our hearts, give us courage to do what's right, and renew our hope when life doesn't go as planned. Lees meer
HELP TEENS GET MORE OUT OF COME, FOLLOW ME
Get weekly Study & Teaching Guides, Teach This in 25 Minutes lessons, teen devotionals, and ready-to-use resources for meaningful gospel conversations at home or in class.
Join the membership:
https://joshdowns.com/cfm-membership
Get this week's Study & Teaching Guide:
https://joshdowns.com/cfm-resources/p/jeremiah-31-39-lamentations-study-teaching-guide
IN THIS WEEK'S EPISODE
Written in Our Hearts — Jeremiah 31 teaches why knowing the gospel isn't the same as allowing it to change us.
Courage to Do What's Right — The contrasting examples of Zedekiah and Ebed-melech show why knowing what's right and having the courage to do it aren't always the same thing.
New Every Morning — Lamentations 3 reminds us that God's compassion never fails, and through Jesus Christ, every day offers the opportunity to begin again.
Three principles. One powerful invitation:
Let Christ change your heart. Trust Him enough to act with courage. And never lose hope in what He can help you become.
His mercies are new every morning.
-
Come Follow Me for Teens: "Before I Formed Thee In the Belly I Knew Thee" (Jeremiah 1-20)
18 oktober 2026
Jeremiah 1–20 | “Before I Formed Thee in the Belly I Knew Thee” Lees meer
This week on Come Follow Me for Teens, we study Jeremiah 1–20 and three connected truths about who we are and who God is helping us become.
Teaching Jeremiah 1–20 this week?
Get the complete Study & Teaching Guide, including discussion questions, object lessons, application ideas, and Teach This in 25 Minutes:Jeremiah 1–20 Study & Teaching Guide:
https://joshdowns.com/cfm-resources/p/jeremiah-1-20-study-teaching-guide“I Knew Thee”
Jeremiah feels young and unprepared, but God reminds him that He knew him before birth and had already been preparing him for a purpose.
Sometimes God sees capacities in us that we cannot yet see in ourselves.
“I Formed Thee”
We slow down over a part of Jeremiah 1:5 that is often overlooked and talk honestly about body image, comparison, and learning to see our bodies through God’s eyes.
Your body does not have to be perfect to be sacred.
Physical perfection is a resurrection promise—not a mortal requirement.
“As the Clay Is in the Potter’s Hand”
In Jeremiah 18, God compares His people to clay in the hands of a potter.
We’ll talk about why a life that needs reshaping is not a ruined life, and how staying close to Jesus Christ—the Living Water—can help keep our hearts soft enough for God to continue shaping us.
Through all three principles runs one central truth:
God knew you. He formed you. And He is still forming you.
This week’s For the Strength of Youth Discussion Guide:
https://joshdowns.com/fsy-discussion-guides/p/october-week-4-covenant-daughter-or-son-of-godJoin Come Follow Me for Teens for full access to weekly Study & Teaching Guides, Teaching Tips, FSY Discussion Guides, devotionals, and more:
https://joshdowns.com/cfm-membership -
Come Follow Me for Teens: "He Hath Borne Our Griefs, and Carried Our Sorrows" (Isaiah 58-66)
11 oktober 2026
This week on Come Follow Me for Teens, we study Isaiah 58–66 and the theme “The Redeemer Shall Come to Zion.” Lees meer
Isaiah gives us one of the clearest descriptions anywhere in scripture of what the Savior came to do: bind up the brokenhearted, free captives, comfort those who mourn, and give “beauty for ashes.”
Teaching Isaiah 58–66 this week?
The complete Study & Teaching Guide gives you three ready-to-use teaching paths, scripture discovery questions, meaningful discussion and application ideas, and a Teach This in 25 Minutes option—so you can spend less time building the lesson and more time helping teens actually engage with it.
Get this week’s Isaiah 58–66 Study & Teaching Guide:
https://joshdowns.com/cfm-resources/p/isaiah-58-66-study-teaching-guideBeauty for Ashes
Centuries after Isaiah wrote his prophecy, Christ stood in the synagogue at Nazareth, read those very words, and declared:
“This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.”
We’ll explore what it means for the Redeemer to create beauty from experiences that feel broken, painful, or beyond repair.
The fire may be part of your history, but it doesn’t get to write the ending.
“Is Not This the Fast That I Have Chosen?”
Isaiah connects fasting with remarkable promises of light, healing, guidance, answered prayer, and the breaking of spiritual yokes.
We’ll look at how fasting teaches self-mastery, how Satan often tempts us with shortcuts to legitimate desires, and why the Savior taught that some difficult battles require “prayer and fasting.”
Self-mastery teaches us that we don’t have to obey every appetite. The Savior teaches us that we don’t have to fight every appetite alone.
“Call the Sabbath a Delight”
The Savior taught that “the sabbath was made for man.”
Instead of asking only, “What am I allowed to do on Sunday?” we’ll ask a better question:
“What did God design the Sabbath to do for me?”
The Sabbath can become a weekly opportunity to reconnect with God, partake of the sacrament, …
-
Come Follow Me for Teens: "He Hath Borne Our Griefs, and Carried Our Sorrows" (Isaiah 50-57)
4 oktober 2026
This week’s episode studies Isaiah 50–57 and the theme “He Hath Borne Our Griefs, and Carried Our Sorrows.” Lees meer
We begin with one of the clearest prophecies of Jesus Christ’s Atonement in the Old Testament:
“Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows.”
Isaiah shows us that the Savior carries more than the burden of sin. He also understands grief, sorrow, pain, weakness, fear, and the heavy things that simply come with mortality.
We’ll talk about why some burdens become almost unbearable—not because they were enormous when we first picked them up, but because we have been trying to carry them alone for too long.
We’ll also look at Adam and Eve hiding from God after their transgression and what the Lord’s question “Adam, where art thou?” can teach us about repentance.
Sometimes repentance is an invitation to stop hiding and let Jesus Christ carry what we cannot.
Next, Isaiah gives another powerful promise:
“With everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee.”
We’ll talk about what happens when we sincerely repent, try again, and still find ourselves struggling with weakness.
The Lord promises:
“As often as my people repent will I forgive them.”
That does not mean sin does not matter. It means our repeated need for repentance does not exhaust the Savior’s mercy.
Through Alma the Younger’s story and Isaiah’s words “I have seen his ways, and will heal him,” we’ll explore why God may be far more patient with us than we are with ourselves.
Finally, Isaiah asks:
“Wherefore do ye spend … for that which satisfieth not?”
We’ll talk about the things we genuinely thirst for—love, belonging, peace, relief, identity, forgiveness, and purpose—and the many imitations the world offers to satisfy those needs.
Using Moses’ experience with God, the Savior’s conversation with the woman at the well, and a familiar Captain Crunch story, we’ll explore why the best defense against spiritual counterfeits is becoming deeply familiar with what is real.
This week’s …
-
Come Follow Me for Teens: "Comfort Ye My People" (Isaiah 40-49)
27 september 2026
This week’s episode studies Isaiah 40–49 and the theme “Comfort Ye My People.” Lees meer
We begin with one of the Lord’s most repeated promises in these chapters:
“Fear thou not; for I am with thee.”
Isaiah does not promise that we will avoid every difficult circumstance. Instead, the Lord says, “When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee.” We’ll talk about why fear can make us forget what we already know about God and why faith sometimes means rehearsing His promises instead of continually rehearsing the problem.
Next, Isaiah describes being “chosen… in the furnace of affliction.”
We’ll explore the difference between simply going through something difficult and allowing Jesus Christ to refine us through it. Not every painful experience is caused by God, but through Christ, adversity can still develop courage, patience, compassion, humility, and trust.
Drawing on Elder Neal A. Maxwell’s teachings about “soul-stretching experiences” and the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, we’ll talk about why sometimes Christ delivers us from the furnace—and sometimes He meets us in it.
Finally, Isaiah gives one of scripture’s most personal assurances:
“Yet will I not forget thee.”
“Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands.”
We’ll talk about what it means to feel forgotten by God and why that feeling is not the same as actually being forgotten.
When circumstances make us wonder whether heaven still sees us, Isaiah gives us somewhere to look:
His hands.
This week’s message:
When I’m afraid, He is with me.
When I’m in the furnace, He can refine me.
When I feel forgotten, He remembers me.
• Get this week’s Isaiah 40-49 Study & Teaching Guide: https://joshdowns.com/cfm-resources/p/isaiah-40-49-comfort-ye-my-people
• Join the Come Follow Me for Teens membership for full access to weekly lessons, early episodes, Teaching Tips, FSY Discussion Guides, devotionals, and more:
https://joshdowns.com/cfm-membership -
Come Follow Me for Teens: "A Marvellous Work and a Wonder" (Isaiah 13-35)
21 september 2026
This week’s episode studies Isaiah 13–35 and the theme “A Marvellous Work and a Wonder.” Lees meer
We begin with Isaiah’s warning about Babylon, which he describes as “the glory of kingdoms.” Babylon looked powerful, beautiful, and secure, but Isaiah makes one thing clear: anything built on pride and worldliness will eventually fall.
We’ll talk about why that matters for teenagers living in a world that constantly invites them to measure their worth by appearance, possessions, popularity, success, and the opinions of other people. There is nothing wrong with enjoying nice things, but the danger begins when those things start answering the question:
Who am I, and how much am I worth?
The world keeps moving the measuring stick.
God does not.
Next, we turn to Isaiah 29 and his prophecy of “the words of a book.” Isaiah says that through those words, the deaf will hear, the blind will see out of darkness, and “the meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord.”
We’ll explore how these verses point toward the coming forth of the Book of Mormon and, even more importantly, what the Book of Mormon is meant to do in our lives.
It is meant to help us see more clearly, hear God more fully, come out of confusion, and draw our hearts closer to Jesus Christ.
The Book of Mormon has already come forth into the world.
The question is:
Will we allow its words to come forth in us?
Finally, Isaiah declares:
“I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder.”
In Isaiah 35, that marvelous work reaches people with weak hands, feeble knees, and fearful hearts with this promise:
“Be strong, fear not … your God will come … he will come and save you.”
Drawing on Elder Brook P. Hales’s message “Mortality Works!”, Elder Patrick Kearon’s teaching that God’s plan is designed to bring His children home, and Elder J. Devn Cornish’s message “Am I Good Enough? Will I Make It?”, we’ll talk about why struggle does not mean God has stopped working.
Be…
-
Come Follow Me for Teens: "God is My Salvation" (Isaiah 1-12)
13 september 2026
This week’s episode studies Isaiah 1–12 and the theme “God is My Salvation.” Lees meer
We begin with one of Isaiah’s most hopeful promises:
“Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow.”
We’ll explore what this teaches about repentance, grace, and the power of Jesus Christ to help us begin again. Through Corianton’s story, teachings from President Jeffrey R. Holland and Elder Patrick Kearon, and a personal experience with repentance, we’ll talk about why our mistakes do not have to become our identity.
The Savior’s invitation is not, “Come after you have fixed everything.”
It is:
“Come now.”
Next, we look at some of Isaiah’s powerful names for Jesus Christ:
Immanuel. Counsellor. The Mighty God. The Everlasting Father. The Prince of Peace.
Each name teaches us something about who He is and what He can personally become in our lives.
We’ll also consider what it means to take His name upon ourselves and ask:
If I carry the name of Jesus Christ, what should that begin to change about the way I live?
Finally, Isaiah looks forward to a day when:
“They shall not hurt nor destroy … for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord.”
We’ll explore why knowing Jesus Christ more deeply should lead to greater peace in the way we treat others—and even in the way we treat ourselves after making mistakes.
Drawing on President Russell M. Nelson’s invitation to become peacemakers, the story of Chris Williams choosing forgiveness, and Brad Wilcox’s teaching from “Worthiness Is Not Flawlessness,” we’ll consider how the knowledge of the Prince of Peace can begin changing our hearts now.
Isaiah begins with scarlet.
But scarlet is not the end of the sentence.
Snow is.
And because of Jesus Christ, our worst chapter does not have to be the end of our story.
• Get this week’s Isaiah 1–12 Study & Teaching Guide:
https://joshdowns.com/cfm-resources/p/isaiah-1-12-study-teaching-guide• Join the Come Follow Me for Teens membership for full access to weekly …
-
Come Follow Me for Teens: "He Shall Direct Thy Paths" (Proverbs and Ecclesiastes)
7 september 2026
This week’s episode studies Proverbs and Ecclesiastes and the theme “He Shall Direct Thy Paths.” Lees meer
We begin with Proverbs 3:5–6:
“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.”
We’ll explore the difference between using our understanding and relying on it so completely that we stop seeking God’s direction. Through the Holland “wrong road” story and Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf’s teaching that “the dots will connect,” we’ll talk about why God’s path may not always make sense while we are walking it.
Next, we look at the repeated scriptural invitation to “fear the Lord.”
Godly fear is not being terrified of God. It means trusting and reverencing Him enough that His voice matters more than the pressures, opinions, and fears around us.
Drawing on Alma’s people, who “hushed their fears” by remembering the Lord, and Joseph Smith’s experience with the lost 116 pages, we’ll consider:
What do I sometimes fear more than I trust God?
Finally, Ecclesiastes teaches:
“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.”
We’ll explore why trusting God also means trusting His timing and His will—doing the things that lie within our power while learning to place the rest into His hands.
The episode closes with Moroni’s declaration:
“I, Moroni, will not deny the Christ.”
Sometimes we won’t understand the path. Sometimes we’ll be afraid. Sometimes we’ll have to wait.
But Jesus Christ remains worthy of our trust.
• Get this week’s Proverbs and Ecclesiastes Study & Teaching Guide:
https://joshdowns.com/cfm-resources/p/proverbs-ecclesiastes-come-follow-me-teens-study-teaching-guide• Join the Come Follow Me for Teens membership for full access to weekly lessons, early episodes, Teaching Tips, FSY Discussion Guides, devotionals, and more:
https://joshdowns.com/cfm-membership -
Come Follow Me for Teens: "Let Everything That Hath Breath Praise the Lord" (Psalms 102-150)
30 augustus 2026
This week’s episode finishes our study of Psalms 102–150 and the theme: “Let Every Thing That Hath Breath Praise the Lord.” Lees meer
We begin in Psalms 110 and 118 by looking at passages written centuries before the Savior’s mortal ministry that Jesus Christ and His Apostles later connected directly to Him.
Psalm 118 declares: “The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.”
We’ll explore how the Old Testament continually points toward Jesus Christ through prophecy, symbolism, ordinances, deliverance, and the experiences of God’s people—and why one of the most important questions we can ask while studying scripture is:
What does this teach me about Jesus Christ?
The more we learn to look for Him, the more we begin to recognize that He has been at the center of God’s plan all along.
Next, we’ll return to one of the most familiar verses in Psalms:
“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.”
—Psalm 119:105We studied this verse earlier while learning how to find the Psalm we need, but this time we’ll go deeper into what the image of a lamp can teach us when life itself becomes difficult.
Sometimes what we want from God is a map. We want Him to show us where the road is going, why something is happening, and how everything will eventually work out.
But a lamp may only give enough light to take the next step.
We’ll talk about how God’s word can provide direction, comfort, hope, reassurance, and truth during grief, illness, unanswered prayers, uncertainty, and other experiences that may not come with immediate explanations.
Sometimes faith is not seeing the whole road.
It is trusting the light God has already given us enough to take the next faithful step.
Finally, we’ll come to the closing chapters of Psalms.
After 150 Psalms filled with fear, repentance, grief, questions, deliverance, gratitude, joy, worship, and hope, the final five repeatedly declare:
“Praise ye the Lord.”
We’ll explore why praise is deeper than …
-
Come Follow Me for Teens: "I Will Declare What He Hath Done for My Soul" (Psalms 49-86)
23 augustus 2026
This week’s episode continues our study of Psalms 49–86 and the theme: “I Will Declare What He Hath Done for My Soul.” Lees meer
We begin in Psalm 49 by looking at the things we often trust to give us happiness, security, and a sense of worth—money, friendships, accomplishments, popularity, possessions, work, and other people. Many of those things can be good, but every mortal support eventually reaches the limit of what it can do.
We’ll explore why Jesus Christ is not simply one foundation among many, but the only sure foundation and the only One who can ultimately redeem us. We’ll also connect this principle with President Boyd K. Packer’s parable of the mediator and the need for Someone who is both willing and able to do what we cannot do for ourselves.
Next, we’ll turn to Psalm 51 and David’s plea: “Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.” We’ll talk about repentance as more than simply wanting guilt or consequences to go away. Through Jesus Christ, we can be forgiven, cleansed, healed, and changed. Our past does not have to determine who we become next.
Finally, we’ll study Psalm 77 and what to do when God feels distant, answers seem delayed, or faith feels harder than it once did. The psalmist asks honest questions, then makes a deliberate choice: “I will remember the works of the Lord.”
We’ll discuss the importance of remembering previous answers to prayer, spiritual experiences, and truths we already know about Jesus Christ when our current circumstances make Him harder to see.
Sometimes faith is simply being able to say:
I may not understand what God is doing right now, but I remember enough about Him to keep trusting Him.
This week’s episode helps teens see that when everything else changes, Jesus Christ remains; when we need cleansing, He can change us; and when God feels far away, remembering what He has already done can give us enough faith to keep moving forward.
https://joshdowns.com/cfm-resources/p//come-follow-me-for-t…
-
Come Follow Me for Teens: "The Lord is My Shepherd" (Psalms 1-46)
16 augustus 2026
This week’s episode begins our study of Psalms 1–46 and the theme: “The Lord Is My Shepherd.” Lees meer
We’ll talk about how to read Psalms in a way that helps teens discover meaning for themselves, beginning with Psalm 1 and the image of a person who delights in the law of the Lord becoming like “a tree planted by the rivers of water.” We’ll explore why God’s laws can bring stability, protection, peace, and lasting happiness, and how noticing contrasts, images, and repeated ideas can help us better understand what a psalm is teaching.
Next, we’ll turn to Psalm 23 and the declaration, “The Lord is my shepherd.” We’ll discuss what it means to make Jesus Christ our personal Shepherd, how to recognize His voice among all the other voices competing for our attention, and why following Him can bring peace, restoration, direction, and strength even when the path leads through difficult valleys.
Finally, we’ll study Psalm 119:105: “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” We’ll talk about how scripture and the words of living prophets can provide enough light to help us take the next faithful step, even when we cannot see the entire road ahead.
This episode also introduces a special “Find the Psalm You Need” resource that helps teens search Psalms for themselves when they feel afraid, alone, in need of direction, in need of forgiveness, grateful, surrounded by opposition, unsure whether God hears them, or simply want to praise Him.
This week’s lesson helps teens do more than understand a few familiar psalms. It helps them learn how to open the scriptures, discover truth for themselves, and find words from God that can speak directly to what they are experiencing. https://joshdowns.com/cfm-resources/p/psalms-1-46-the-lord-is-my-shepherd
• Join the Come Follow Me for Teens membership for full access to weekly lessons, early episodes, teaching guides, devotionals, and resources:
https://joshdowns.com/cfm-membership -
Come Follow Me for Teens: "Yet Will I Trust in Him" (Job)
9 augustus 2026
This week’s episode focuses on the book of Job: “Yet Will I Trust in Him.” Lees meer
We’ll talk about why bad things can still happen to good and faithful people, what Job’s story teaches about mortality as a test, and how Jesus Christ can strengthen us when we face things we cannot immediately solve. We’ll also study Job’s powerful declaration, “For I know that my redeemer liveth,” and connect it with Peter walking on the water to see how focusing on Christ can bring peace and strength even while the wind and waves are still present.
Finally, we’ll explore Job’s testimony, “When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold,” and what trials can teach us about refinement, growth, compassion, and becoming more like the Savior. Along the way, we’ll connect Job’s experience with Joseph Smith in Liberty Jail, Francis Webster and the Martin Handcart Company, and personal experiences that show how Jesus Christ can help us survive what we cannot yet solve and redeem even the hardest parts of our story.
The book of Job helps teens understand that suffering is not always punishment, unanswered questions do not have to destroy faith, and even when we cannot see what God is doing, He still knows the way we take.
• Get this week’s Study & Teaching Guide:
https://joshdowns.com/cfm-resources/p/come-follow-me-job-for-teens-yet-will-i-trust-in-him• Join the Come Follow Me for Teens membership for full access to weekly lessons, early episodes, teaching guides, devotionals, and resources:
https://joshdowns.com/cfm-membership -
Come Follow Me for Teens: "Thou Art Come…For Such a Time as This" (Esther)
2 augustus 2026
This week’s episode focuses on the book of Esther: “For Such a Time as This.” Lees meer
We’ll talk about how the many seemingly ordinary events in Esther’s life reveal the quiet work of an all-knowing God; how fasting helped Esther place faith above fear and receive spiritual strength to do something difficult; and how the Lord completely reversed Haman’s plan so that what was intended for destruction was “turned to the contrary.” We’ll also connect Esther’s story with Joseph of Egypt, Bart Millard and the story behind “I Can Only Imagine,” and other examples of how Jesus Christ can take painful experiences and turn them toward growth, compassion, service, and eventual good. The book of Esther helps teens see that God may be preparing them long before they understand why, that prayer and fasting can strengthen them when the next step feels frightening, and that in the hands of Jesus Christ, their worst days do not have to become wasted days.
• Get this week’s Study & Teaching Guide: https://joshdowns.com/cfm-resources/p/come-follow-me-esther-for-teens-study-teaching-guide
• Join the Come Follow Me for Teens membership for full access to weekly lessons, early episodes, teaching guides, devotionals, and resources:
https://joshdowns.com/cfm-membership -
Come Follow Me for Teens: "I am Doing a Great Work" (Ezra and Nehemiah)
26 juli 2026
Study & Teaching Resources Lees meer
This week’s episode focuses on Ezra 1–7 and Nehemiah 1–8: “I Am Doing a Great Work.”
We’ll talk about how God worked through Cyrus, a Persian king outside the covenant faith, to help His people return to Jerusalem and rebuild the temple; how Jesus Christ can rebuild testimony, hope, trust, worthiness, and other holy things that may feel weakened or broken; and how Nehemiah protected the work when opposition, fear, distraction, and pressure came. We’ll also compare Nehemiah’s declaration, “I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down,” with Lahonti being drawn away from safety and poisoned “by degrees.” These chapters help teens see that God is working through more people than we may realize, that no life is too damaged for Christ to restore, and that when He helps us rebuild something holy, we must be prepared to protect it and remain faithful.
• Get this week’s Study & Teaching Guide: https://joshdowns.com/cfm-resources/p/come-follow-me-for-teens-ezra-nehemiah-study-teaching-guide
• Join the Come Follow Me for Teens membership for full access to weekly lessons, early episodes, teaching guides, devotionals, and resources:
https://joshdowns.com/cfm-membership -
Come Follow Me for Teens: "Our Eyes Are upon Thee" (2 Chronicles 14-30)
20 juli 2026
Study & Teaching Resources Lees meer
This week’s episode focuses on 2 Chronicles 14–30: “Our Eyes Are upon Thee.”
We’ll talk about Asa trusting the Lord when Judah faced an overwhelming army and how we must keep relying on God even when pressure increases; Micaiah standing for truth when 400 other voices told the king what he wanted to hear; and Jehoshaphat’s powerful prayer, “Neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.” These chapters help teens see that faith does not always mean having every answer. Sometimes faith means turning our fear toward God, trusting His prophets, standing for truth with courage and compassion, and keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus Christ when the battles of life feel bigger than we are.
• Get this week’s Study & Teaching Guide: https://joshdowns.com/cfm-resources/p/2-chronicles-14-20-26-30-our-eyes-are-upon-thee
• Join the Come Follow Me for Teens membership for full access to weekly lessons, early episodes, teaching guides, devotionals, and resources:
https://joshdowns.com/cfm-membership -
Come Follow Me for Teens: "He Trusted in the Lord God of Israel" (2 Kings 16-25)
13 juli 2026
Study & Teaching Resources Lees meer
This week’s episode focuses on 2 Kings 16–25: “He Trusted in the Lord God of Israel.”
We’ll talk about Israel being carried away captive and how ignoring the Lord’s voice and breaking covenants can lead us away from true freedom; how God’s commandments are not meant to control us, but to protect us; King Josiah’s rediscovery of the book of the law and how each of us must discover the scriptures for ourselves; and Josiah’s reforms as a powerful pattern for repentance and change. As we increase the light of Jesus Christ through scripture, prayer, worship, covenant connection, and the Holy Ghost, the things that once pulled us away from God can begin to lose their power.
• Get this week’s Study & Teaching Guide: https://joshdowns.com/cfm-resources/p/come-follow-me-for-teens-2-kings-16-25-study-teaching-guide
• Join the Come Follow Me for Teens membership for full access to weekly lessons, early episodes, teaching guides, devotionals, and resources:
https://joshdowns.com/cfm-membership -
Come Follow Me for Teens: "There is a Prophet in Israel" (2 Kings 2-7)
5 juli 2026
Study & Teaching Resources Lees meer
This week’s episode focuses on 2 Kings 2–7: “There Is a Prophet in Israel.”
We’ll talk about the ministry and miracles of Elisha and how prophets point us to Jesus Christ; the widow’s oil and how the Savior can pay the debts we cannot pay and provide what we cannot provide on our own; Naaman’s healing and how simple prophetic counsel can lead to miracles when we are humble enough to trust and obey; and Elisha’s servant seeing the mountain full of horses and chariots of fire as a powerful reminder that when we stand with the Lord and His prophets, we are never as alone or outnumbered as we may feel.
• Get this week’s Study & Teaching Guide: https://joshdowns.com/cfm-resources/p/come-follow-me-for-teens-2-kings-2-7-there-is-a-prophet-in-israel
• Join the Come Follow Me for Teens membership for full access to weekly lessons, early episodes, teaching guides, devotionals, and resources:
https://joshdowns.com/cfm-membership -
Come Follow Me for Teens: "If The Lord Be God, Follow Him" (1 Kings 12-22)
29 juni 2026
Study & Teaching Resources Lees meer
This week’s episode focuses on 1 Kings 12–22: “If the Lord Be God, Follow Him.”
We’ll talk about Rehoboam and Jeroboam and how wrong voices, pride, fear, convenience, and counterfeit worship can pull our hearts away from God; Elijah and the widow of Zarephath and how choosing faith over fear can invite the Lord to bless, preserve, heal, strengthen, and restore us; and Elijah’s powerful question on Mount Carmel — “How long halt ye between two opinions?” — as an invitation for teens to examine what they are really following and choose Jesus Christ with an undivided heart.
• Get this week’s Study & Teaching Guide: https://joshdowns.com/cfm-resources/p/come-follow-me-for-teens-1-kings-12-22-if-the-lord-be-god-follow-him
• Join the Come Follow Me for Teens membership for full access to weekly lessons, early episodes, teaching guides, devotionals, and resources:
https://joshdowns.com/cfm-membership -
Come Follow Me for Teens: "Hear Thou in Heaven Their Prayer" (2Samuel 11-12, 1Kings 3-11)
21 juni 2026
Study & Teaching Resources Lees meer
This week’s episode focuses on 2 Samuel 11–12 and 1 Kings 3–11: “Hear Thou in Heaven Their Prayer.”
We’ll talk about the fall of King David and how small choices can lead the heart away from the Lord, Solomon’s request for “an understanding heart” and why teens need wisdom and discernment, and the blessings of the temple taught in Solomon’s dedicatory prayer — including forgiveness, direction, healing, protection, restoration, compassion, and hearts turned more fully toward God.
• Get this week’s Study & Teaching Guide: https://joshdowns.com/cfm-resources/p/come-follow-me-teens-2-samuel-11-12-1-kings-3-11-hear-thou-in-heaven-their-prayer
• Join the Come Follow Me for Teens membership for full access to weekly lessons, early episodes, teaching guides, devotionals, and resources:
https://joshdowns.com/cfm-membership -
Come Follow Me for Teens: "The Battle Is The Lord’s" (1Samuel 17-26, 1Samuel 5-7)
15 juni 2026
Study & Teaching Resources Lees meer
This week’s episode focuses on 1 Samuel 17–26 and 2 Samuel 5–7: “The Battle Is the Lord’s.”
We’ll talk about David facing Goliath with faith in the living God, Jonathan and David’s friendship and the marks of a true friend, and what the story of Uzzah and the ark teaches about sacred things, priesthood order, stewardship, and trusting the Lord to direct His own work.
• Get this week’s Study & Teaching Guide: https://joshdowns.com/cfm-resources/p/come-follow-me-teens-11-samuel-17-26-2-samuel-5-7-teen-lesson
• Join the Come Follow Me for Teens membership for full access to weekly lessons, early episodes, teaching guides, devotionals, and resources:
https://joshdowns.com/cfm-membership -
Come Follow Me for Teens: "The Lord Looketh on the Heart" (1Samuel 8-16)
7 juni 2026
Study & Teaching Resources Lees meer
This week’s episode focuses on 1 Samuel 8–16: “The Lord Looketh on the Heart.”
We’ll talk about Israel wanting to be “like all the nations,” what it means to judge righteously and see others the way the Lord sees them, and the powerful influence music can have on our hearts and ability to feel the Spirit.
• Get this week’s Study & Teaching Guide: https://joshdowns.com/cfm-resources/p/come-follow-me-teens-1-samuel-8-16-the-lord-looketh-on-the-heart
• Join the Come Follow Me for Teens membership for full access to weekly lessons, early episodes, teaching guides, devotionals, and resources:
https://joshdowns.com/cfm-membership -
Come Follow Me for Teens: "My Heart Rejoiceth in the Lord" (Ruth, 1 Samuel 1-7)
1 juni 2026
Study & Teaching Resources Lees meer
• Get this week’s Study & Teaching Guide: https://joshdowns.com/cfm-resources/p/come-follow-me-teens-ruth-1-samuel-1-7-study-teaching-guide-teens
• Join the Come Follow Me for Teens membership for full access to weekly lessons, early episodes, and teaching resources:
https://joshdowns.com/cfm-membership -
Come Follow Me for Teens: "The Lord Raised Up A Deliverer" (Judges 2–4; 6–8; 13–16)
24 mei 2026
Study & Teaching Resources Lees meer
• Get this week’s Study & Teaching Guide: https://joshdowns.com/cfm-resources/p/come-follow-me-teens-judges-study-teaching-guide
• Join the Come Follow Me for Teens membership for full access to weekly lessons, early episodes, and teaching resources:
https://joshdowns.com/cfm-membership -
Come Follow Me for Teens: "Be Strong and of a Good Courage" (Joshua 1-8,23-24)
18 mei 2026
Study & Teaching Resources Lees meer
• Get this week’s Study & Teaching Guide: https://joshdowns.com/cfm-resources/p/joshua-1-8-23-24-study-teaching-guide
• Join the Come Follow Me for Teens membership for full access to weekly lessons, early episodes, and teaching resources:
https://joshdowns.com/cfm-membership -
Come Follow Me for Teens: "Beware Lest Thou Forget the Lord" (Deuteronomy 6-8,15,18,29-30,34)
10 mei 2026
Study & Teaching Resources Lees meer
• Get this week’s Study & Teaching Guide: https://joshdowns.com/cfm-resources/p/deuteronomy-study-teaching-guide-for-teens-beware-lest-thou-forget-the-lord
• Join the Come Follow Me for Teens membership for full access to weekly lessons, early episodes, and teaching resources:
https://joshdowns.com/cfm-membership -
Come Follow Me for Teens: “Rebel Not Ye against the Lord, Neither Fear” (Numbers 11–14; 20–24;27)
3 mei 2026
Study & Teaching Resources Lees meer
• Get this week’s Study & Teaching Guide: https://joshdowns.com/cfm-resources/p/come-follow-me-teens-numbers-rebel-not-ye-neither-fear
• Join the Come Follow Me for Teens membership for full access to weekly lessons, early episodes, and teaching resources:
https://joshdowns.com/cfm-membership -
Come Follow Me for Teens: Holiness to the Lord (Exodus 35-40; Leviticus 1;4;16;19)
26 april 2026
Study & Teaching Resources Lees meer
• Get this week’s Study & Teaching Guide: https://joshdowns.com/cfm-resources/p/come-follow-me-teens-exodus-35-40-leviticus-holiness-to-the-lord
• Join the Come Follow Me for Teens membership for full access to weekly lessons, early episodes, and teaching resources:
https://joshdowns.com/cfm-membership -
Come Follow Me for Teens: All That the Lord Hath Spoken We Will Do (Exodus 19–20; 24; 30–34)
19 april 2026
Study & Teaching Resources Lees meer
• Get this week’s Study & Teaching Guide:
https://joshdowns.com/cfm-resources/p/come-follow-me-exodus-19-20-24-30-34-study-teaching-guide-for-teens-all-that-the-lord-hath-spoken-we-will-do• Join the Come Follow Me for Teens membership for full access to weekly lessons, early episodes, and teaching resources:
https://joshdowns.com/cfm-membership -
Come Follow Me for Teens: Stand Still and See the Salvation of the Lord (Exodus 14–18)
12 april 2026
Study & Teaching Resources Lees meer
• Get this week’s Study & Teaching Guide:
https://joshdowns.com/cfm-resources/p/come-follow-me-for-teens-study-teaching-guide-exodus-14-18-stand-still-and-see-the-salvation-of-the-lord• Join the Come Follow Me for Teens membership for full access to weekly lessons, early episodes, and teaching resources:
https://joshdowns.com/cfm-membership -
Come Follow Me for Teens: Remember This Day (Exodus 7-13)
4 april 2026
Study & Teaching Resources Lees meer
•This Weeks Study and Teaching Guide https://joshdowns.com/cfm-resources/p/come-follow-me-exodus-7-13-teens-study-guide
• Or join the Come Follow Me for Teens membership for full access to weekly lessons, early episodes, and teaching resources here https://joshdowns.com/cfm-membership
-
Come Follow Me for Teens: He Will Swallow Up Death in Victory (EASTER)
30 maart 2026
Study & Teaching Resources Lees meer
•FREE EASTER LESSON https://joshdowns.com/free-easter-lesson
• Or join the Come Follow Me for Teens membership for full access to weekly lessons, early episodes, and teaching resources here https://joshdowns.com/cfm-membership
-
Come Follow Me for Teens: I Have Remembered My Covenant (Exodus 1-6)
22 maart 2026
Study & Teaching Resources Lees meer
•This Weeks Study and Teaching Guide https://joshdowns.com/cfm-resources/p/come-follow-me-exodus-1-6-teens-study-guide
• Or join the Come Follow Me for Teens membership for full access to weekly lessons, early episodes, and teaching resources here https://joshdowns.com/cfm-membership
-
Come Follow Me for Teens: The God Meant It Unto Good (Genesis 42-50)
15 maart 2026
Study & Teaching Resources Lees meer
•This Weeks Study and Teaching Guide https://joshdowns.com/cfm-resources/p/come-follow-me-genesis-42-50-study-guide-teens
• Or join the Come Follow Me for Teens membership for full access to weekly lessons, early episodes, and teaching resources here https://joshdowns.com/cfm-membership
-
Come Follow Me for Teens: The Lord Was With Joseph (Genesis 37–41)
9 maart 2026
Study & Teaching Resources Lees meer
•This Weeks Study and Teaching Guide https://joshdowns.com/cfm-resources/p/come-follow-me-genesis-37-41-study-guide-teens
• Or join the Come Follow Me for Teens membership for full access to weekly lessons, early episodes, and teaching resources here https://joshdowns.com/cfm-membership
-
Ep. 165 “Come Follow Me” for Teens - The Old Testament Genesis 24-33 “Let God Prevail”
1 maart 2026
Study & Teaching Resources Lees meer
•This Weeks Study and Teaching Guide https://joshdowns.com/cfm-resources/p/come-follow-me-genesis-24-33-study-guide-teens
• Or join the Come Follow Me for Teens membership for full access to weekly lessons, early episodes, and teaching resources here https://joshdowns.com/cfm-membership
-
Ep. 164 “Come Follow Me” for Teens - The Old Testament Genesis 18-23 “Is Anything Too Hard for the Lord”
22 februari 2026
Study & Teaching Resources Lees meer
•This Weeks Study and Teaching Guide https://joshdowns.com/cfm-resources/p/come-follow-me-genesis-18-23-study-guide-teens
• Or join the Come Follow Me for Teens membership for full access to weekly lessons, early episodes, and teaching resources here https://joshdowns.com/cfm-membership
-
Ep. 163 “Come Follow Me” for Teens - The Old Testament Genesis 12–17; Abraham 1–2 “To Be a Greater Follower of Righteousness”
16 februari 2026
Study & Teaching Resources Lees meer
•This Weeks Study and Teaching Guide https://joshdowns.com/cfm-resources/p/come-follow-me-abraham-study-guide-teens
• Or join the Come Follow Me for Teens membership for full access to weekly lessons, early episodes, and teaching resources here https://joshdowns.com/cfm-membership
-
Ep. 162 “Come Follow Me” for Teens - The Old Testament Gen. 6-11, Moses Ch. 8 “Noah Found Grace in the Eyes of the Lord”
8 februari 2026
Study & Teaching Resources Lees meer
•This Weeks Study and Teaching Guide https://joshdowns.com/cfm-resources/p/come-follow-me-for-teens-genesis-6-11-moses-8
• Or join the Come Follow Me for Teens membership for full access to weekly lessons, early episodes, and teaching resources here https://joshdowns.com/cfm-membership
-
Ep. 161 “Come Follow Me” for Teens - The Old Testament Moses Ch. 7 “The Lord Called His People Zion”
2 februari 2026
Listen to this “Come Follow Me” for teens episode for insights and principles from The Introduction to the Old Testament “The First Testament of Christ” Lees meer
Purchase and download the Study and Teaching Guide HERE https://joshdowns.com/cfm-resources/p/come-follow-me-moses-7-zion-study-guide-teens
Sign up for HERE for monthly or yearly access to all Study and Teaching Guides, episode transcripts, bonus episodes, including instructional teaching trainings and early access to future episodes and more!
-
Ep. 160 “Come Follow Me” for Teens - The Old Testament Gen 5, Moses 6 “Teach These Things Freely to Your Children”
26 januari 2026
Listen to this “Come Follow Me” for teens episode for insights and principles from The Introduction to the Old Testament “The First Testament of Christ” Lees meer
Purchase and download the Study and Teaching Guide HERE https://joshdowns.com/cfm-resources/p/come-follow-me-for-teens-ot-moses-6
Sign up for HERE for monthly or yearly access to all Study and Teaching Guides, episode transcripts, bonus episodes, including instructional teaching trainings and early access to future episodes and more!
-
Ep. 159 “Come Follow Me” for Teens - The Old Testament Gen 3-4, Moses 4-5 “The Fall of Adam and Eve”
18 januari 2026
Listen to this “Come Follow Me” for teens episode for insights and principles from The Introduction to the Old Testament “The First Testament of Christ” Lees meer
Purchase and download the Study and Teaching Guide HERE https://joshdowns.com/cfm-resources/p/come-follow-me-for-teens-ot-moses-4-5
Sign up for HERE for monthly or yearly access to all Study and Teaching Guides, episode transcripts, bonus episodes, including instructional teaching trainings and early access to future episodes and more!
-
Ep. 158 “Come Follow Me” for Teens - The Old Testament Gen 1-2; Moses 2-3; Abraham 4-5 “In the Beginning God Created the Heaven and the Earth”
11 januari 2026
Listen to this “Come Follow Me” for teens episode for insights and principles from The Introduction to the Old Testament “The First Testament of Christ” Lees meer
Purchase and download the Study and Teaching Guide HERE https://joshdowns.com/cfm-resources/p/come-follow-me-for-teens-ot-moses-2-3
Sign up for HERE for monthly or yearly access to all Study and Teaching Guides, episode transcripts, bonus episodes, including instructional teaching trainings and early access to future episodes and more!
-
Ep. 157 “Come Follow Me” for Teens - The Old Testament Moses 1; Abraham 3 “This is My Work and My Glory”
4 januari 2026
Listen to this “Come Follow Me” for teens episode for insights and principles from The Introduction to the Old Testament “The First Testament of Christ” Lees meer
Purchase and download the Study and Teaching Guide HERE https://joshdowns.com/cfm-resources/p/come-follow-me-for-teens-ot-moses1-abraham3
Sign up for HERE for monthly or yearly access to all Study and Teaching Guides, episode transcripts, bonus episodes, including instructional teaching trainings and early access to future episodes and more!
-
Ep. 156 “Come Follow Me” for Teens - Introduction to the Old Testament “The First Testament of Christ”
31 december 2025
Listen to this “Come Follow Me” for teens episode for insights and principles from The Introduction to the Old Testament “The First Testament of Christ” Lees meer
Purchase and download the Study and Teaching Guide HERE https://joshdowns.com/cfm-resources/p/come-follow-me-for-teens-ot-introduction
Sign up for HERE for monthly or yearly access to all Study and Teaching Guides, episode transcripts, bonus episodes, including instructional teaching trainings and early access to future episodes and more!
-
Ep. 155 “Come Follow Me” for Teens - D&C The Family: A Proclamation to the World “The Family is Central to the Creators Plan”
15 december 2025
Listen to this “Come Follow Me” for teens episode for insights and principles from Doctrine and Covenants: The Family: A Proclamation to the World. “the Family is Central to the Creators Plan” Lees meer
Purchase and download the Study and Teaching Guide HERE https://joshdowns.com/cfm-resources/p/come-follow-me-for-teens-dc-family
Sign up for HERE for monthly or yearly access to all Study and Teaching Guides, episode transcripts, bonus episodes, including instructional teaching trainings and early access to future episodes and more!
-
Ep. 154 “Come Follow Me” for Teens - D&C The Articles of Faith and OD 1&2 “We Believe”
7 december 2025
Listen to this “Come Follow Me” for teens episode for insights and principles from Doctrine and Covenants: The Articles of Faith and Official Declarations 1 and 2 “We Believe” Lees meer
Purchase and download the Study and Teaching Guide HERE https://joshdowns.com/cfm-resources/p/come-follow-me-for-teens-dc-af
Sign up for HERE for monthly or yearly access to all Study and Teaching Guides, episode transcripts, bonus episodes, including instructional teaching trainings and early access to future episodes and more!
-
Ep. 153 “Come Follow Me” for Teens - D&C Sections 137-138 “The Vision for the Redemption of the Dead”
1 december 2025
Listen to this “Come Follow Me” for teens episode for insights and principles from Doctrine and Covenants Sections 137-138 “The Vision of the Redemption of the Dead” Lees meer
Purchase and download the Study and Teaching Guide HERE https://joshdowns.com/cfm-resources/p/come-follow-me-for-teens-dc-137-138
Sign up for HERE for monthly or yearly access to all Study and Teaching Guides, episode transcripts, bonus episodes, including instructional teaching trainings and early access to future episodes and more!
-
Ep. 152 “Come Follow Me” for Teens - D&C Sections 135-136 “He Has Sealed His Mission and His Works with His Own Blood.”
23 november 2025
Listen to this “Come Follow Me” for teens episode for insights and principles from Doctrine and Covenants Sections 135-136 “He Has Sealed His Mission and His Works with His Own Blood” Lees meer
Purchase and download the Study and Teaching Guide HERE https://joshdowns.com/cfm-resources/p/come-follow-me-for-teens-dc-135-136
Sign up for HERE for monthly or yearly access to all Study and Teaching Guides, episode transcripts, bonus episodes, including instructional teaching trainings and early access to future episodes and more!
-
Ep. 151 “Come Follow Me” for Teens - D&C Sections 133-134 “Prepare Ye, for the Coming of the Bridegroom”
16 november 2025
Listen to this “Come Follow Me” for teens episode for insights and principles from Doctrine and Covenants Sections 133-134 “Prepare Ye, for the Coming of the Bridegroom” Lees meer
Purchase and download the Study and Teaching Guide HERE https://joshdowns.com/cfm-resources/p/come-follow-me-for-teens-dc-133-134
Sign up for HERE for monthly or yearly access to all Study and Teaching Guides, episode transcripts, bonus episodes, including instructional teaching trainings and early access to future episodes and more!