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05/31/2026

Week 23 Come Follow Me Kickoff: (June 1–7)
"My Heart Rejoiceth in the Lord" — Ruth; 1 Samuel 1–7

A young boy wakes up in a pitch-black tabernacle. A voice calls his name. He has no idea who's speaking.

Samuel hears God calling — not once, not twice, but three times — and each time runs to Eli thinking it's the old priest. The irony? His name literally means "heard of God." But he
still couldn't recognize the voice.

It's like tuning an old analog radio. The signal was broadcasting loud and clear — Samuel just didn't know which frequency to turn the dial to yet.

"Speak, Lord; for thy servant heareth." — 1 Samuel 3:9

And that's just the beginning. This week you'll also discover:

🕊️ How a Moabite foreigner's fierce covenantal loyalty secured her a place in the direct genealogy of Jesus Christ
🙏 How Hannah responded to a priesthood leader's complete misunderstanding with a masterclass in grace under pressure
📦 Why the Israelites treated the Ark of the Covenant like a magical good luck charm — and how spectacularly it backfired
🐭 What golden mice have to do with the Philistines desperately trying to appease a foreign god

Before you dive in, consider this: if God was willing to patiently call Samuel four times before he finally understood the frequency, how might He be patiently speaking to you
today?

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05/23/2026

Week 22 Come Follow Me Kickoff: (May 25–31)
"The Lord Raised Up a Deliverer" — Judges 2–4; 6–8; 13–16

A tent peg. That's what saved Israel.

Not a sword. Not an army. A woman named Jael, a tent peg, and the fierce resolve to defend her people when no one else would. In a book full of warriors and strongmen, one of the
most decisive acts of deliverance comes from a woman using the most ordinary tool in her tent.

And she's not alone. Deborah — prophetess, judge, and "mother in Israel" — is the one who set the entire victory in motion.

This week you'll also discover:

📉 The one Hebrew word that reveals Samson's entire story is a deliberate downward spiral
🏺 Why Gideon's 300 soldiers carried torches inside clay pitchers instead of weapons
🔄 The repeating cycle that explains why Israel kept making the same mistakes for generations
💪 What Samson's story reveals about the difference between divine gifts and personal character

Before you dive in: the deliverers in Judges used whatever was already in their hands — torches, pitchers, tent pegs. What ordinary thing in your life might God be asking you to
pick up?

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05/16/2026

Week 21 Come Follow Me Kickoff: (May 18–24)
"Be Strong and of a Good Courage" — Joshua 1–8; 23–24

For 40 years, the Israelites thought crossing the Jordan was the finish line. Turns out it was the starting gun.

The moment they step out of the wilderness, they face fortified cities and massive armies. No more manna. No more wandering. The real test begins now — and it's terrifying.

So when God tells Joshua "be strong and of a good courage," He's not saying "try harder." The Hebrew word chazak literally means to grab hold of something immovable. It's not about
flexing your own muscles. It's about anchoring to God and refusing to let go.

This week you'll discover:

⚓ Why biblical courage has nothing to do with willpower — and everything to do with what you're holding onto
🔴 What Rahab's scarlet cord reveals about who God is willing to save
⛰️ Why 85-year-old Caleb chose the mountain instead of the valley after waiting 45 years
🌊 The moment the priests had to step into a flooding river with zero evidence it would part

Before you dive in: the wilderness was actually the easy part — at least God carried them through it. What "promised land" challenge are you facing where you need to grab hold of
something stronger than yourself?

Audio overviews, activity pages, and source links at https://sacred-symmetry-ai.com/pages/come-follow-me/lesson/?year=2026&lesson=21&audio=weekly-kickoff

05/10/2026

Week 20 Come Follow Me Kickoff: (May 11–17)
"Beware Lest Thou Forget the Lord" — Deuteronomy 6–8; 15; 18; 29–30; 34

When Satan attacked Jesus in the wilderness, the Savior didn't pull random scriptures out of the air. He reached
for Deuteronomy — three times. 🗡️

"Man doth not live by bread only" came from Deuteronomy 8:3. Every single counter-strike was drawn from this one
book. Not Psalms. Not Isaiah. Deuteronomy. The book most of us skim because it sounds like a dry legal recap.

Turns out it's less like a textbook and more like a combat manual — specific defensive moves designed to counter
specific spiritual attacks.

This week you'll discover:

⚔️ Why Jesus strategically chose Deuteronomy's theology as his active shield against Satan's temptations of ego and
self-reliance
🐄 What an ancient unsolved-murder ritual involving a heifer in a rough valley reveals about community
accountability
📜 Why Book of Mormon prophets pushed back hard against theological changes later reformers made to this very book
💔 What it actually means to "tempt the Lord" — and what went so wrong at Massa

Before you dive in: if Jesus used specific verses from Deuteronomy as his personal weapon against the adversary,
which verses from the "second law" might you need to write on your own heart to survive today's temptations?

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05/02/2026

Week 19 Come Follow Me Kickoff: (May 4–10)
"Rebel Not Ye against the Lord, Neither Fear" — Numbers 11–14; 20–24; 27

Twelve spies entered the Promised Land. All twelve saw the same giants. But only two wanted to move forward.

The difference? The ten fearful spies compared the giants to themselves — and felt like grasshoppers. Joshua and
Caleb compared the giants to God — and suddenly those giants were completely insignificant.

The obstacle didn't change. The perspective did.

That perspective shift is the core of this entire week's reading. How you respond to the giants in your own
personal wilderness shapes your spiritual character. Are you measuring your problems against your own strength — or
against God's?

This week you'll also discover:

🐍 Why some Israelites refused to even look at the brass serpent when the cure for a deadly snake bite was so
incredibly simple
🫓 Why daily heavenly manna — a literal miracle — started to feel like a curse
🐴 What Balaam and his talking donkey really teach about seeking spiritual loopholes when we already know the
answer
🏜️ Why the 40-year journey was really about getting the wilderness out of Israel, not just getting Israel out of the
wilderness

Before you dive in, consider this: if that 40-year detour was really about clearing out an inner wilderness, are
the giants in your life right now actually the exact tools God is using to clear out yours?

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04/25/2026

Week 18 Come Follow Me Kickoff: (Apr 27–May 3)
"Holiness to the Lord" — Exodus 35–40; Leviticus 1; 4; 16; 19

Imagine standing in blinding desert sun, watching a solitary goat being led into barren dunes — literally carrying every mistake you made that year. 🐐

That's the Day of Atonement from Leviticus 16. The high priest would place his hands on the goat's head, confess all of Israel's sins over it, then send it far away into the
wilderness. Not sacrificed. Sent away.

It's not just an ancient ritual. It's a vivid, physical object lesson of the Savior carrying your burdens completely away from the camp of your life.

And that's just the beginning. This week you'll discover:

🔥 What "strange fire" actually was — and why it tragically cost Aaron's sons their lives
⛺ Why God required such rigid, specific details to build the tabernacle — right down to the exact colors and loops
💎 Why the Israelites willingly melted down their own precious jewelry to build it
📖 How these ancient wilderness rituals give us a shortcut to understanding the Savior's grace today

Before you dive in, consider this: the Israelites consecrated their most precious possessions to make a holy place. What is God asking you to consecrate to make your own life one?

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04/18/2026

Week 17 Come Follow Me Kickoff: (Apr 20-26)
"All That the Lord Hath Spoken We Will Do" — Exodus 19–20; 24; 31–34

What if the Sabbath isn't a spiritual tax code — but a love letter?

In Exodus 31, God calls the Sabbath a "sign" between us and Him. President Nelson taught that instead of auditing behavior with a list of do's and don'ts, just ask one question:

"What sign do I want to give to God?"

That single question takes the Sabbath from a transaction to a relationship. From a burden to a delight.

And that's just the beginning. This week you'll discover:

🐄 Whether Aaron was creating a pagan god — or tragically trying to worship Jehovah the wrong way
📜 What the Joseph Smith Translation reveals Israel actually lost when Moses shattered those first tablets
👑 What it really means to become a "kingdom of priests and priestesses"
⛰️ Why the Sinai experience mirrors the temple in ways you might not expect

Before you dive in, consider this: if the Sabbath is a sign you're giving to God, what is your sign actually saying?

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04/11/2026

Week 16 Come Follow Me Kickoff: (Apr 13-19)
"Stand Still, and See the Salvation of the Lord" — Exodus 14–18

Moses tells the terrified Israelites: "Stand still." Then God says: "Why are you crying? Tell them to go forward."

Right into the water as it parts!

Here's what makes this wild — Doctrine and Covenants Section 8 doesn't use the Red Sea to showcase God's power. It uses it as the blueprint for how personal revelation actually
works. You don't get the answer standing on the shore. You get it knee-deep in the sea.

But the real test wasn't the Red Sea. It was what came after. The Israelites watched God split an ocean — then complained about bitter water three days later.

And that's just the beginning. This week you'll discover:

🌊 Why Elder Holland says revelation requires an urgent question — not just a casual prayer
🍞 What the one-day manna rule reveals about why God won't let you stockpile faith
💪 How Moses literally couldn't hold his own arms up — and what Aaron and Hur's teamwork teaches about our hidden battles
🔥 Why Jethro's advice to Moses might be the most practical leadership counsel in all of scripture

Before you dive in, consider this: after witnessing God split an ocean, how quickly do you — like the Israelites — forget His hand the moment you face a new wilderness?

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04/07/2026

Week 15 Come Follow Me Kickoff: (Apr 6-12)
"Remember This Day, in Which Ye Came Out from Egypt" — Exodus 7–13

Pharaoh's magicians might be the worst problem-solvers in all of scripture.

When Moses turned the river to blood, they used their magic to... make more blood. When he brought frogs, they summoned... more frogs. They never removed a single plague. They just
duplicated the mess.

Pharaoh wasn't looking for deliverance. He wanted a display of power. And his magicians could only add to the problem — never take it away. The adversary works the same way.

And that's just the beginning. This week you'll discover:

🐸 Why each of the 10 plagues was a targeted takedown of a specific Egyptian god
📖 What the Joseph Smith Translation reveals about who really hardened Pharaoh's heart
🍞 How the ancient Passover connects directly to the exact words we hear during the sacrament every Sunday
⚡ Why Moses never tried to outmagic the magicians — and what that teaches about defeating distractions

Before you dive in, consider this: sometimes the best way to defeat a counterfeit is to let it exhaust itself until you're ready to seek real deliverance.

Audio overviews, activity pages, and source links at https://sacred-symmetry-ai.com/pages/come-follow-me/lesson/?week=15

04/06/2026

Day 8: Easter Sunday

Sunday came.

The stone is rolled away. The tomb is empty. The linen is folded.

"He is not here: for he is risen." (Matthew 28:6)

This is the moment everything turns. Every promise kept. Every prophecy fulfilled. Every Friday redeemed.

Death had Him for three days. He has death for eternity.

And because He rose, so will you. So will everyone you've ever loved and lost. Spirit reunited with body, never to be separated again. That's not a metaphor. That's the promise.

"...The sting of death is swallowed up in Christ. He is the light and the life of the world. Yea, a light that is endless, that can never be darkened...." (Mosiah 16:8-9)

Happy Easter!

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