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Week 37 Come Follow Me Kickoff: (September 7–13)"He Shall Direct Thy Paths" — Proverbs 1–4; 15–16; 22; 31; Ecclesiastes ...
09/04/2026

Week 37 Come Follow Me Kickoff: (September 7–13)
"He Shall Direct Thy Paths" — Proverbs 1–4; 15–16; 22; 31; Ecclesiastes 1–3; 11–12

Ecclesiastes uses one phrase over and over: "under the sun." It's the author's way of saying, "Here's how life looks if you view it strictly from a limited, earthly perspective." And from that vantage point? Everything really does feel fleeting, chaotic, and meaningless.

That's the whole point. The book deliberately drags us through mortal cynicism so that the invitation of Proverbs — "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart... and he shall direct thy paths" — lands with full force. Wisdom isn't pretending life is easy. It's choosing to trust the God who sees above the sun.

This week you'll discover:

🌞 Why "under the sun" is the key that unlocks the entire book of Ecclesiastes
🕰️ How "a time to every purpose" moves us from cynicism to divine trust
⚔️ Why Proverbs 31's "virtuous woman" is a battle cry, not a checklist
📜 How to answer critics who quote "the dead know not any thing"

Before you dive in: where in your life have you been living "under the sun" — and what path might God direct if you trusted Him above it?

Audio overviews, activity pages, and source links at https://sacred-symmetry-ai.com/pages/come-follow-me/lesson/?year=2026&lesson=37&audio=weekly-kickoff

Week 36 Come Follow Me Kickoff: (Aug 31–Sep 6)"Let Every Thing That Hath Breath Praise the Lord" — Psalms 102–3; 110; 11...
08/29/2026

Week 36 Come Follow Me Kickoff: (Aug 31–Sep 6)
"Let Every Thing That Hath Breath Praise the Lord" — Psalms 102–3; 110; 116–19; 127–28; 135–39; 146–50

The book of Psalms ends not with a rule, a warning, or a genealogy — but with an invitation for every living, breathing thing to praise. Harps, trumpets, cymbals, dancing, and the simple in-and-out of your own breath.

It's a fitting finale, because these chapters are the rawest, most emotional texts in scripture — sorrow and celebration, lament and hallelujah, all held together by one Hebrew word: chesed, God's covenant love that never runs out.

This week you'll discover:

🎺 Why the Psalms close with a full orchestra calling everything that breathes to praise
🔁 The 26-fold "his mercy endureth forever" chorus that ancient Israel chanted through its darkest days
👑 How Psalm 110 quietly points past King David to the Messiah he called "Lord"
🕯️ Psalm 119's picture of God's word as a lamp for your feet and a light for your path

Before you dive in: if praise is as natural as breathing, what's been holding your breath lately — and what would it take to let it out?

Audio overviews, activity pages, and source links at https://sacred-symmetry-ai.com/pages/come-follow-me/lesson/?year=2026&lesson=36&audio=weekly-kickoff

Week 35 Come Follow Me Kickoff: (August 24–30)"I Will Declare What He Hath Done for My Soul" — Psalms 49–51; 61–66; 69–7...
08/21/2026

Week 35 Come Follow Me Kickoff: (August 24–30)
"I Will Declare What He Hath Done for My Soul" — Psalms 49–51; 61–66; 69–72; 77–78; 85–86

Psalm 51 isn't a polite prayer. It's a man who destroyed everything good in his life — begging God to literally unmake his heart and build a new one from scratch.

"Create in me a clean heart, O God." That word "create" is the same Hebrew word used in Genesis 1. David isn't asking for a tune-up. He's asking for a Genesis-level miracle — something made from nothing that only God can do.

And buried in that same desperate plea is an ancient ritual detail: "Purge me with hyssop." The same plant used to paint lamb's blood on doorposts at the first Passover. David instinctively reaches for the Atonement centuries before Calvary.

This week you'll also discover:

🏜️ The "Valley of Baca" — an actual barren pass that pilgrims turned into a well, and what that means for your hardest seasons
🪜 How Hebrew poetry "rhymes ideas" in escalating staircases of meaning instead of matching sounds
📖 Why 20% of Nephi's most vulnerable chapter comes directly from these Psalms
💰 What "no man can ransom his brother" really means — and why the price of a soul is infinite

Before you dive in, consider this: David didn't ask God to repair his heart. He asked God to create a new one. What would you ask God to create from scratch in your life?

Audio overviews, activity pages, and source links at https://sacred-symmetry-ai.com/pages/come-follow-me/lesson/?year=2026&lesson=35&audio=weekly-kickoff

Week 34 Come Follow Me Kickoff: (Aug 17–23)"The Lord Is My Shepherd" — Psalms 1–2; 8; 19–33; 40; 46When Jesus cried "My ...
08/16/2026

Week 34 Come Follow Me Kickoff: (Aug 17–23)
"The Lord Is My Shepherd" — Psalms 1–2; 8; 19–33; 40; 46

When Jesus cried "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" from the cross — he wasn't just screaming in pain. He was naming a song.

In ancient Jewish tradition, quoting the first line of a psalm was like naming a song title today. The onlookers would have known the rest by heart. And Psalm 22? It starts in absolute agony — even prophesying pierced hands and feet — but it ends in total triumph and deliverance.

Jesus was directing them to the conclusion. He was signaling exactly who he was and what prophecy he was fulfilling in that very moment.

And here's the thing — right after the agonizing atonement of Psalm 22 comes the ultimate peace of Psalm 23: "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want." That progression from lamentation to deliverance isn't accidental. It's built into the ancient poetic structure.

This week you'll also discover:

🎶 Why the Psalms were the Savior's most-quoted book of scripture — and how he used them as a literal soundtrack through his darkest hours
🙌 The real difference between "clean hands" and "a pure heart" in Psalm 24 (Elder Bednar's talk unpacks this beautifully)
⛪ What massive future event the Joseph Smith Translation reveals is hidden inside Psalm 46
📜 How the early Christian apostles used Psalm 2 to survive terrifying Roman persecution

If the Savior built his personal playlist from these ancient hymns to carry him through his darkest valley — what soundtrack are you building in your heart to carry you through yours?

Audio overviews, activity pages, and source links at https://sacred-symmetry-ai.com/pages/come-follow-me/lesson/?year=2026&lesson=34&audio=weekly-kickoff (https://sacred-symmetry-ai.com/pages/come-follow-me/lesson/?year=2026&lesson=34&audio=weekly-kickoff)

Week 33 Come Follow Me Kickoff: (August 10–16)"Yet Will I Trust in Him" — Job 1–3; 12–14; 19; 21–24; 38–40; 42In the abs...
08/08/2026

Week 33 Come Follow Me Kickoff: (August 10–16)
"Yet Will I Trust in Him" — Job 1–3; 12–14; 19; 21–24; 38–40; 42

In the absolute lowest moment of his life — covered in boils, sitting in ashes, abandoned by everyone he loves — Job makes one of the most stunning declarations in all of scripture:

"I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: and though worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God."

This isn't a man parroting theology. This is a man who has lost literally everything declaring — against all evidence — that he will physically see God again. That death is not the end. That his Redeemer is real and alive.

This week you'll discover:

🪨 Why Job begged for his words to be carved in permanent rock — and how that wish was literally fulfilled
🌪️ What it means that God answered from a whirlwind instead of a still, small voice
🐑 Why Job received exactly double of everything he lost — except his children (and why that's actually the most beautiful detail)
🤐 Why the best thing Job's friends did was sit in silence for seven days — and the worst thing they did was open their mouths

Before you dive in: Job didn't need an explanation for his suffering. He needed a Redeemer. When life breaks you, which are you looking for?

Audio overviews, activity pages, and source links at https://sacred-symmetry-ai.com/pages/come-follow-me/lesson/?year=2026&lesson=33&audio=weekly-kickoff

Week 32 Come Follow Me Kickoff: (August 3–9)"Thou Art Come … for Such a Time as This" — EstherAn orphan girl. Raised by ...
08/01/2026

Week 32 Come Follow Me Kickoff: (August 3–9)
"Thou Art Come … for Such a Time as This" — Esther

An orphan girl. Raised by her cousin. No family connections, no political power, no obvious path forward. And somehow she ends up on the throne of the largest empire on earth — at the exact moment her people need saving.

Coincidence? The book of Esther doesn't think so. In fact, the entire book is structured to make you question every "random" event in your own life. That job you didn't get. The person you sat next to. The door that closed and rerouted you somewhere you never planned.

Here's what makes it even more fascinating: God's name never appears in Esther. Not once. The author hides Him on purpose — because that's exactly how divine design works in real life. You usually can't see it until you look backward.

This week you'll discover:

🔎 How the author deliberately conceals God's name to teach you to recognize His hidden fingerprints
🎭 Why Jewish people wear costumes and masks at Purim — and what that has to do with seeing through disguises
⚖️ What happens when Haman's obsessive pride builds the exact instrument of his own destruction
🙏 How Esther's three-day fast transformed a terrified girl into a covenant leader who reversed a death decree for an entire nation

Think about the last "coincidence" that rerouted your life. What if it wasn't random at all — what if you were being positioned for such a time as this?

Audio overviews, activity pages, and source links at https://sacred-symmetry-ai.com/pages/come-follow-me/lesson/?year=2026&lesson=32&audio=weekly-kickoff

Week 31 Come Follow Me Kickoff: (July 27–Aug 2)"I Am Doing a Great Work" — Ezra 1; 3–7; Nehemiah 2; 4–6; 8Nehemiah's ene...
07/25/2026

Week 31 Come Follow Me Kickoff: (July 27–Aug 2)
"I Am Doing a Great Work" — Ezra 1; 3–7; Nehemiah 2; 4–6; 8

Nehemiah's enemies couldn't stop him by force — so they tried something sneakier. They invited him to "come down" and meet in a place literally called Ono. Four separate times.

His answer never wavered: "I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down." He didn't argue. He didn't negotiate. He simply refused to let anything pull him off the wall.

It's a masterclass in spiritual focus. Nehemiah knew that the most dangerous threats aren't always the obvious ones — sometimes they come disguised as reasonable invitations to just step away for a minute.

This week you'll also discover:

🏛️ Why tears and cheers happened simultaneously when the temple foundation was laid — and what the generation gap reveals about grief and hope
👩‍🔧 The daughters of Shallum who shattered cultural expectations to physically rebuild Jerusalem's walls
📜 How one public scripture reading sparked an entire nation's spiritual rebirth
✈️ What a crashed jumbo jet and a 20-cent light bulb teach about the cost of distraction

Before you dive in: what "reasonable invitation" in your life right now is actually pulling you away from the great work God has given you?

Audio overviews, activity pages, and source links at https://sacred-symmetry-ai.com/pages/come-follow-me/lesson/?year=2026&lesson=31&audio=weekly-kickoff

Week 30 Come Follow Me Kickoff: (July 20–26)"Our Eyes Are upon Thee" — 2 Chronicles 14–20; 26; 30Three enemy armies were...
07/18/2026

Week 30 Come Follow Me Kickoff: (July 20–26)
"Our Eyes Are upon Thee" — 2 Chronicles 14–20; 26; 30

Three enemy armies were advancing. King Jehoshaphat had no military solution. So he did something that sounds like absolute tactical su***de — he sent a choir to the front lines of the battle.

Not armed soldiers. Not shield walls. Just singers, marching straight toward the enemy, praising God before a single arrow had been fired. And the invading armies? They panicked so completely that they turned on each other and destroyed themselves. Judah never had to swing a sword.

It's one of the most absurd military strategies in scripture — and one of the most powerful spiritual lessons about what happens when you stop trying to fight every battle alone.

This week you'll also discover:

🎵 Why sending praise before the victory might be the most counterintuitive — and effective — spiritual weapon you have
👑 How a single woman named Jehosheba saved the entire Messianic line from extinction by hiding one baby in the temple for six years
🏗️ Why Hezekiah deliberately delayed the Passover — and what his radical "just start" approach teaches about fixing broken family traditions
🙈 What happened to a righteous king who let success go to his head and walked into the temple thinking the rules didn't apply to him

Before you dive in, consider this: Jehoshaphat's prayer wasn't "give me a plan." It was "we don't know what to do — but our eyes are upon thee." What if that's the only prayer some battles require?

Audio overviews, activity pages, and source links at https://sacred-symmetry-ai.com/pages/come-follow-me/lesson/?year=2026&lesson=30&audio=weekly-kickoff

Week 29 Come Follow Me Kickoff: (July 13–19)"He Trusted in the Lord God of Israel" — 2 Kings 16–25Two generations of wic...
07/12/2026

Week 29 Come Follow Me Kickoff: (July 13–19)
"He Trusted in the Lord God of Israel" — 2 Kings 16–25

Two generations of wicked kings didn't just ignore God's law — they buried it. Literally.

When construction workers found the Book of the Law hidden in temple rubble, King Josiah realized his entire nation had been building on a foundation of lies. Not a small course correction. A complete demolition. He was standing in a house built on a sinkhole.

Most people would have covered it back up. Josiah tore his clothes, wept, and started over from scratch.

This week you'll also discover:

👩 The prophetess who outranked every male prophet in Jerusalem — and why a king specifically chose her
⚔️ How a single prayer on an altar neutralized 185,000 enemy soldiers overnight
🐍 Why Hezekiah destroyed the very serpent Moses had used to save Israel
🏛️ What the tragic scattering of the northern tribes reveals about the cost of spiritual neglect

Before you dive in, consider this: Josiah could have ignored what was found in that rubble. What truth have you been stepping over?

Audio overviews, activity pages, and source links at https://sacred-symmetry-ai.com/pages/come-follow-me/lesson/?year=2026&lesson=29&audio=weekly-kickoff

Week 28 Come Follow Me Kickoff: (July 6–12)"There Is a Prophet in Israel" — 2 Kings 2–7He commanded armies. He conquered...
07/07/2026

Week 28 Come Follow Me Kickoff: (July 6–12)
"There Is a Prophet in Israel" — 2 Kings 2–7

He commanded armies. He conquered nations. But when the prophet said "go wash in that muddy river" — he almost walked
away.

Naaman was Syria's greatest military hero. Leprosy was destroying him, and a young Israelite slave girl whispered that
there was a prophet in Israel who could help. He traveled with a royal entourage, gold, silver, fine clothing —
expecting a grand ceremony. Instead, Elisha didn't even come to the door. Just sent a servant: "Go dip seven times in
the Jordan."

Naaman was furious. The Jordan? That dirty little stream? His servants had to talk him into it. Seven dips later —
completely healed.

This week you'll also discover:

🫙 Why a widow's miracle was limited solely by how many empty jars she bothered to gather
🔥 What Elisha meant when he said "those who are with us are more than those who are with them"
⚡ How Elisha's miracles are deliberate foreshadowings of Christ's ministry
💰 The cautionary tale of a servant who tried to secretly profit from someone else's healing

Before you dive in, consider this: what simple instruction have you been resisting because it doesn't match the grand
solution you were expecting?

Audio overviews, activity pages, and source links at https://sacred-symmetry-ai.com/pages/come-follow-me/lesson/?year=
2026&lesson=28&audio=weekly-kickoff

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