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Come Follow Me for Teens: "I Will Declare What He Hath Done for My Soul" (Psalms 49-86) Aug 23, 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.”

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.

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Come Follow Me for Teens: "The Lord is My Shepherd" (Psalms 1-46) Aug 16, 2026

This week’s episode begins our study of Psalms 1–46 and the theme: “The Lord Is My Shepherd.”

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

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Come Follow Me for Teens: "Yet Will I Trust in Him" (Job) Aug 09, 2026

This week’s episode focuses on the book of Job: “Yet Will I Trust in Him.”

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.

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Come Follow Me for Teens: "Thou Art Come…For Such a Time as This" (Esther) Aug 02, 2026

This week’s episode focuses on the book of Esther: “For Such a Time as This.”

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.

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Come Follow Me for Teens: "I am Doing a Great Work" (Ezra and Nehemiah) Jul 26, 2026

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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.

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Come Follow Me for Teens: "Our Eyes Are upon Thee" (2 Chronicles 14-30) Jul 20, 2026

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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.

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Come Follow Me for Teens: "He Trusted in the Lord God of Israel" (2 Kings 16-25) Jul 12, 2026

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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.

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Come Follow Me for Teens: "There is a Prophet in Israel" (2 Kings 2-7) Jul 05, 2026

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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.

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Come Follow Me for Teens: "If The Lord Be God, Follow Him" (1 Kings 12-22) Jun 28, 2026

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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.

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Come Follow Me for Teens: "Hear Thou in Heaven Their Prayer" (2Samuel 11-12, 1Kings 3-11) Jun 21, 2026

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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.

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Come Follow Me for Teens: "The Battle Is The Lord’s" (1Samuel 17-26, 1Samuel 5-7) Jun 14, 2026

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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.

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Come Follow Me for Teens: "The Lord Looketh on the Heart" (1Samuel 8-16) Jun 07, 2026

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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.

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Come Follow Me for Teens: "My Heart Rejoiceth in the Lord" (Ruth, 1 Samuel 1-7) Jun 01, 2026

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Come Follow Me for Teens: "The Lord Raised Up A Deliverer" (Judges 2–4; 6–8; 13–16) May 24, 2026

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Come Follow Me for Teens: "Be Strong and of a Good Courage" (Joshua 1-8,23-24) May 18, 2026

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Come Follow Me for Teens: "Beware Lest Thou Forget the Lord" (Deuteronomy 6-8,15,18,29-30,34) May 10, 2026

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Come Follow Me for Teens: “Rebel Not Ye against the Lord, Neither Fear” (Numbers 11–14; 20–24;27) May 03, 2026

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Come Follow Me for Teens: Holiness to the Lord (Exodus 35-40; Leviticus 1;4;16;19) Apr 26, 2026

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Come Follow Me for Teens: All That the Lord Hath Spoken We Will Do (Exodus 19–20; 24; 30–34) Apr 19, 2026

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Come Follow Me for Teens: Stand Still and See the Salvation of the Lord (Exodus 14–18) Apr 12, 2026

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Come Follow Me for Teens: Remember This Day (Exodus 7-13) Apr 04, 2026

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Come Follow Me for Teens: He Will Swallow Up Death in Victory (EASTER) Mar 29, 2026

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Come Follow Me for Teens: I Have Remembered My Covenant (Exodus 1-6) Mar 22, 2026

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Come Follow Me for Teens: The God Meant It Unto Good (Genesis 42-50) Mar 15, 2026

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Come Follow Me for Teens: The Lord Was With Joseph (Genesis 37–41) Mar 09, 2026

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Ep. 165 “Come Follow Me” for Teens - The Old Testament Genesis 24-33 “Let God Prevail” Mar 01, 2026

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Ep. 164 “Come Follow Me” for Teens - The Old Testament Genesis 18-23 “Is Anything Too Hard for the Lord” Feb 22, 2026

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Ep. 163 “Come Follow Me” for Teens - The Old Testament Genesis 12–17; Abraham 1–2 “To Be a Greater Follower of Righteousness” Feb 16, 2026

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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” Feb 08, 2026

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Ep. 161 “Come Follow Me” for Teens - The Old Testament Moses Ch. 7 “The Lord Called His People Zion” Feb 01, 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”

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