Perfecting the Saints — One Lesson at a Time
As you start out the lesson let the girls know that you prepared cookies for them and pass them out. Pass out the second batch of cookies, the ones in which you did not measure the ingredients. See if you get any reactions. If they are too polite to say anything you can let them know that there is something unusual about these cookies. After they point it out say…
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Explain that the jar of clean water is our mind. Begin by putting one rock in. This could represent seeing one inappropriate movie or TV show (watch the dirt you couldn’t see on the rock before float to the bottom). Add another rock, representing one pornographic image. More dirt floats to the bottom. Another rock: a inappropriate joke. Another rock: a cuss word or two. Another rock: one alcoholic drink…
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Prepare a lesson on temptation: 1st half of lesson set box of doughnuts on table {staying far away from temptation} 2nd half of lesson hand out doughnut’s on napkin’s Ask kids not to eat them until after class, almost every child at least tasted the powdered sugar and some will actually eat the doughnuts. {Closer to temptation} harder to resist. Teach children to resist temptation by avoiding it.
Show the wind chimes, make them sound, and ask the young men what purpose they have. Ask if they do anything else beside make sound. Then, read the scripture. 1 Corinthians 13:1-2 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 2. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries,…
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This is a simple and easy, yet thought provoking object lesson. It can also be applied in many different ways. Start by lighting one of the candles, ask for a volunteer and give them a candle. Then light the other candle from the candle already lit. What did they observe? Did the candle lose any of it’s momentum from sharing it’s flame. No, in fact it shines brighter. Hence, “a…
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After discussion on Repentance, have the students put a small pebble in their shoe and stand up until they feel it’s sharpness on their foot. Tell them that sins are like this pebble, it is constantly bringing us irritation and pain until we remove it. Tell them that if they have any unresolved sins, they should keep the pebble in their shoe until they have resolved the sin. Then they…
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Explain that sometimes bad thoughts enter our mind, (push 3-4 pices of crumpled up dark-colored paper balls into the toilet paper roll; they should fit snugly and 3-4 should fill the whole cardboard roll) then explain that we can replace these thought with good thoughts. (push the white crumpled up paper balls into the toilet paper roll. As you do so, it will force the dark paper to fall out…
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Display a certain stereo gram for the class to look at. Wait until the majority of the students are able to see the picture. Do several if time permits. Some may not see the picture at all, and some may only be able to see parts of it. Show that longer they concentrate, the greater the chance they will be able to see the complete and full picture. Liken this…
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Have someone try to crush the empty soda can with one hand–it’s easy. Now have someone try to crush the full can with one hand–you can’t. What is the difference? When you are full of the Spirit you are strong and Satan can’t crush you.
Ring the tuning fork, play the same note on the piano. Ask if the piano is in tune with the tuning fork. Ask why or why not? (piano hasn’t been tuned, humidity, time between tunings, etc.) Make the connection that we need to do certain things to keep ourselves in tune with the Holy Spirit, i.e. prayer, scripture study, church attendance, etc.
Soon after you begin teaching the class, ask for a volunteer to come up. When someone has come up, ask them to finish teaching the lesson and then sit down. After they have been trying to teach something for a short while, stand up and ask them how they felt. Ask if it would have been a little bit easier if you had given them some time to prepare their…
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Read Ether 12:6 or any faith related scripture. After reading hand a piece of paper to each of the students and say to the class that you now want to test their faith, then tell them that they have to make a hole with the piece of paper big enough to fit themselves through it! Some laugh or say its impossible. Let them have a go for a while. Sometimes…
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