Perfecting the Saints — One Lesson at a Time
The scriptures have many stories of Jesus Christ. I can learn about Jesus Christ when my parents and teachers read me scripture stories. I will read the lyrics of a song called Tell me the Stories of Jesus that talks about how children may feel when they hear scripture stories about Jesus: Tell me the stories of Jesus I love to hear; things I would ask him to tell me…
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[child holds up picture of Jesus Christ] When I pray I can thank Heavenly Father for my blessings. Jesus Christ is my Savior. His Atonement is one of my greatest blessings. I am grateful for the plan of salvation. I could not live with Heavenly Father or my family again without Jesus Christ. When I thank Heavenly Father for Jesus, my love for Jesus grows. [child bears testimony] Talk Source:
[excerpt from a talk by President Hinckley] Jesus came to earth, the Son of God, with power over life and death. He healed the sick, opened the eyes of the blind, caused the lame to walk, and the dead to rise. He was the man of miracles who “went about doing good.” (Acts 10:38.) “So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee. … And there was a certain nobleman, whose…
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One night, a man named Nicodemus came to Jesus and said “Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him” (John 3:2) Jesus performed many miracles. The first miracle we know of was when he turned water to wine at the wedding. He healed many sick people. He cast out devils. He healed…
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One day a lawyer asked Jesus Christ, “What shall I do to inherit eternal life?” The Savior asked what the lawyer thought that the law said he needed to do, and the lawyer replied, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.” “Thou hast answered right: this…
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This weeks’ Primary theme is Jesus went about doing good. Our former prophet, President Gordon B. Hinckely, talked about a missionary who followed Jesus and “went about doing good”: It was said by the Apostle Peter long ago that Jesus went about doing good. As His ambassadors, missionaries in our generation have gone and continue to go throughout the world doing good in the true spirit of the Master. Let…
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[child holds up picture of the Savior] This is a picture of what Jesus Christ might look like. He is the Son of God. Hebrews chapter 5 verse 8 reads: “Though [Jesus Christ] were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;” Jesus came to Earth to help us. He showed us how to be obedient by his example. Jesus never told a lie. Jesus was…
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[Bring to class] an interesting object (if possible, something relating to the lesson), with a piece of cloth to hide it. (You could use a picture of the Savior. ~Jenny) Show the children the object covered by a piece of cloth. Do you believe there is something under here? Why? Let the children guess what they think the object might be. Then uncover the object. Point out that even though…
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Here’s a demonstration of the salt/pepper/static electricity object lesson used to visually emphasize the power of the Atonement in making us clean again:
Karen Ashton, “Sharing Time: The Prophets Testify of Jesus Christ’s Birth,” Friend, Dec 1997, 14 Behold, I am Jesus Christ, whom the prophets testified shall come into the world (3 Ne. 11:10). From the time of Adam, righteous men looked forward to the birth of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. The prophets taught that Jesus Christ would come to save all of Heavenly Father’s children from death. They also…
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Read the “poem” or text of the verses of Hymn 136: I Know That My Redeemer Lives: 1. I know that my Redeemer lives. What comfort this sweet sentence gives! He lives, he lives, who once was dead. He lives, my ever-living Head. He lives to bless me with his love. He lives to plead for me above. He lives my hungry soul to feed. He lives to bless in…
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“The Greatest Gift,” Friend, Dec 1977, 38 We believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost. (A of F 1:1) Lorenzo Snow was baptized and confirmed in Kirtland, Ohio, when he was twenty-two years old. But he was disappointed that no miraculous manifestation (happening) took place after these ordinances were performed. Two or three weeks later, however, the young man, who…
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