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Go & Do — A Come, Follow Me Podcast for the Youth

Author: Candis Shupe

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Discover Come, Follow Me insights designed specifically for Latter-day Saint youth! This isn’t your typical Sunday School Come, Follow Me lesson. Each week, we explore gospel doctrines and principles that matter most to today’s young disciples of Christ. Learn how to apply the Savior’s teachings in your daily life, deepen your connection with Him, and gain practical tools to navigate life’s challenges with faith. Every episode wraps up with a powerful “Go & Do Challenge” to help you take meaningful steps toward becoming more like Christ. 


Hosted by Candis Shupe. Candis taught seminary and institute for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for 13 years, online religion at BYU-Idaho for 7 years, and countless sessions of Especially For Youth. 

Follow along with us on Instagram @goanddopodcast

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Welcome back friends! This week on Go & Do, Candis Shupe walks through the powerful story of Joseph and reminds us that being of Israel isn’t just about lineage, it’s about letting God prevail and becoming a blessing to His children. In this episode, you’ll explore: 🌿 What “Israel” truly means to persevere with God and let Him be the most powerful influence in your life 👑 Joseph’s journey from favored son to slave to prisoner to Pharaoh’s right-hand man and how God was with him thr...
Bless God’s Children

Bless God’s Children

2026-03-0927:18

What does it really mean to be part of the House of Israel and are you living like it? This week on Go & Do, Candis Shupe walks through the powerful story of Joseph and reminds us that being of Israel isn’t just about lineage it’s about letting God prevail and becoming a blessing to His children. In this episode, you’ll explore: 🌿 What “Israel” truly means - to persevere with God and let Him be the most powerful influence in your life 👑 Joseph’s journey from favored son to slave to...
This week on Go & Do, Candis Shupe unpacks one of the most dramatic family sagas in the Old Testament birthrights, deception, covenant marriage, Jacob’s ladder, and more. In this episode, you’ll explore: 💍 Why covenant marriage matters and how Abraham, Isaac, and Rebekah understood that eternal promises shape eternal outcomes 🥣 Esau’s choice to sell his birthright and what it teaches about not trading what we want most for what we want right now 🪜 Jacob’s ladder and renewed covena...
This week on Go & Do, Candis Shupe walks through a powerful and complex stretch of Genesis that places two lives side by side: Sarah, who trusted God for a miracle, and Lot, whose choices tied his heart to Sodom. In this episode, you’ll explore: ✨ Sarah’s miracle what her promised son teaches us about faith, patience, and trusting God with what feels impossible 🏃 Lot’s escape from Sodom and what his family’s fate reveals about influence, hesitation, and the danger of looking b...
Camping OT Style

Camping OT Style

2026-02-1632:59

What does camping have to do with covenants and why does the direction your tent faces actually matter? ⛺👀 This week on Go & Do, Candis Shupe sets up camp with Abraham to help us understand one of the most important foundations of the Old Testament: covenants what they really are, why they matter, and how they shape our relationship with God and each other. In this episode, you’ll discover: 🏕️ What a covenant truly is not a checklist, but a two-way relationship where God sets the te...
Intentional Obedience

Intentional Obedience

2026-02-0927:51

This week on Go & Do, Candis Shupe dives into the story of Noah and the Flood to explore what intentional obedience really looks like and why God never forces it. In this episode, you’ll consider: 🌧️ Why the people in Noah’s day “hearkened not”—again and again—and how that mirrors modern choices 🚜 A personal (and painful) lesson on delayed obedience, complete with a lawn mower and real consequences 📜 How God’s laws always come with blessings but also consequences, because He honor...
Pure Weak Enoch

Pure Weak Enoch

2026-02-0229:48

Can weakness really become strength? And can ordinary, imperfect people actually become Zion? 🤍 This week on Go & Do, Candis Shupe takes us deep into Moses 7 the powerful, emotional story of Enoch and the City of Zion and reframes it through one surprising lens: pure weakness. Enoch didn’t start strong. He didn’t feel capable. He didn’t believe he was enough. And yet, through Christ, his weaknesses became the very tools God used to build a city so righteous it was taken into heaven. In t...
Walk With Me

Walk With Me

2026-01-2633:081

What does it really mean to walk with God? 🚶‍♀️✨ This week on Go & Do, Candis Shupe invites us to stroll through scripture, family history, and the powerful story of Enoch a prophet remembered for one simple but life-changing description: he walked with God. Genesis 5 gives us a fascinating family record long lives, faithful generations, and one standout figure who didn’t just live a long time, but lived close to God. Moses 6 then pulls back the curtain and shows us how Enoch learned to ...
The Devil Made Me Do It

The Devil Made Me Do It

2026-01-1930:321

This week on Go & Do, Candis Shupe walks us through the Fall of Adam and Eve and the tragic story of Cain and Abel to answer a question we’ve all wrestled with: How much power does Satan actually have over our choices? Using insights from Moses, Genesis, and the Book of Mormon, this episode clarifies Satan’s role and our responsibility. In this episode, you’ll explore: ⚖️ Why opposition is essential to God’s plan, and how Satan fits into that eternal law (2 Nephi 2) 🔥 How Lucifer b...
But I Am Not Creative

But I Am Not Creative

2026-01-1233:34

“I’m just not creative.” 🎨🚫 Have you ever said that about yourself? This week on Go & Do, Candis Shupe invites you to rethink what creation really means and what it reveals about you. As we study the Creation accounts in Genesis, Moses, and Abraham, we discover that creation isn’t just about art or talent it’s about vision, obedience, responsibility, and divine identity. In this episode, you’ll learn: 🌍 What the Creation teaches us about God’s pattern that all things are created spi...
What's Your Work?

What's Your Work?

2026-01-0534:14

What are you really doing with your time and how does it line up with God’s work? This week on Go & Do, Candis Shupe reflects on purpose, perspective, and eternal priorities through the powerful lenses of Moses 1 and Abraham 3. As we remember the life and example of Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, this episode invites a deeply personal question: What does my work look like in the grand scope of God’s plan? In this episode, you’ll explore: 🌌 What it means to “hie to Kolob” and how Abraham’...
Look for Christ

Look for Christ

2025-12-2926:43

Welcome to Season 4 of Go & Do! This year, Candis Shupe invites you into an ancient book with a powerful, modern focus: finding Christ page by page, story by story. The Old Testament can feel overwhelming at times, filled with unfamiliar names, cultures, and stories. But when we know what to look for, it becomes one of the clearest witnesses of Jesus Christ and His gospel. In this episode, you’ll learn: ✝️ Why the Old Testament is all about Christ, even when His name isn’t obvious a...
I Testify of Christ

I Testify of Christ

2025-12-2230:31

What has Jesus Christ changed in your life this year? ✨ As we close out the year on Go & Do, Candis Shupe invites you to pause, reflect, and do the most important thing we can ever do testify of Jesus Christ. This episode centers on The Living Christ, the powerful declaration issued by modern prophets and apostles, and why their witness matters just as much today as it did 25 years ago. In this episode, you’ll learn: ✝️ Why The Living Christ matters now and how internaliz...
What really makes a family happy—and what happens when key ingredients are missing or out of balance? In this thoughtful episode of Go & Do, Candis Shupe reflects on everyday experiences to explore The Family: A Proclamation to the World and why it remains a foundational guide for building strong, eternal families—imperfect, learning, and growing as they are. In this episode, you’ll learn: The Core Ingredients: What the Family Proclamation teaches about identity, purpose, and love—and why...
What Do You Believe?

What Do You Believe?

2025-12-0829:17

On this milestone episode of Go & Do, host Candis Shupe zooms through Declaration 1 & 2 and the Articles of Faith to help you build (or rebuild) a rock-solid faith foundation—one you can explain at school, on your team, or around the kitchen table. Change is part of a living church (hello, Article of Faith 9!), so let’s anchor to truth that doesn’t wobble. You’ll walk away with: Your Faith Framework: How the Articles of Faith give simple, shareable answers for big questions—plus a qui...
What really happens when we die? 💭☁️ This week on Go & Do, Candis Shupe takes us beyond the veil as two prophets—Joseph Smith and Joseph F. Smith—share what they saw and learned about the Spirit World, the Celestial Kingdom, and the powerful truth that death isn’t the end. In this episode, you’ll learn: ✨ What Joseph Smith’s vision of the Celestial Kingdom teaches about God’s mercy, especially for those who never had the chance to make covenants in this life (D&C 137) 👼 What J...
It's a Journey

It's a Journey

2025-11-2431:02

What if the most important part of your story isn’t the destination—but how you travel the road to get there? 🚶‍♀️✨ This week on Go & Do, Candis Shupe reflects on Doctrine and Covenants 135–136 and the lasting legacy of the Prophet Joseph Smith, the faith of Hyrum, and the inspired organization that carried the Saints west—and closer to Christ. In this episode, you’ll learn: 🌟 Why taking time to remember Joseph and Hyrum can deepen your gratitude for the Restoration (D&C 135) 📖 How ...
If the Lord told you to “come out of Babylon,” would you know what to pack or what to leave behind? 🧳🔥 This week on Go & Do, Candis Shupe explores Doctrine and Covenants 133–134. A powerful farewell message from the Lord to His Saints, filled with second coming prep, practical obedience, and a reminder to live “in the world, but not of it.” In this episode, you’ll learn: 🚨 What it really means to “come out of Babylon” and stay spiritually clean in a noisy world (D&C 133:4–16) 🕊️ How...
If heaven’s a destination, what are you packing for the trip? 🧳✨ This week on Go & Do, Candis Shupe takes a lighthearted—but deeply meaningful—look at Doctrine and Covenants 129–132 to explore what really comes with us beyond this life. Spoiler: it’s not your suitcase, but it might be your relationships. In this episode, you’ll learn: 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Why sociality—your family, friendships, and eternal relationships—matter most (D&C 130:1–2) 🧠 How intelligence and spiritual learning are the ...
God's Family Record

God's Family Record

2025-11-0327:13

What story is your life writing in heaven’s record books? 📖✨ This week on Go & Do, Candis Shupe dives into Doctrine and Covenants 125–128 where baptisms for the dead reveal not just eternal truths about the temple, but also the importance of keeping records that matter to God. In this episode, you’ll learn: 🕊️ Why your personal and family records written, lived, and temple are sacred to heaven (D&C 127–128) 💛 What it means to take “especial care” of your family past, present, a...
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