Perfecting the Saints — One Lesson at a Time
Ezra 1-6The Persian King Cyrus released the Israelites from captivity in Babylon and allowed them to return to Jerusalem to re-build the Temple.They face many obstacles as they were re-building of the Temple, at one point, even stopping the process due…
2 Kings 4
Elisha multiplies the widow’s oil.
These bottles of water provided an effective visual for this lesson.
The small bottle represents the amount of oil the widow had when she met Elisha.
She was almost out of oil with no hope of having more.
She was in great debt and it appeared the only solution to pay her debts was to have her sons become enslaved to her creditors to work off the debt.
Elisha told her to borrow many vessels from her neighbors and bring them to her house.
She obeyed the Prophet Elisha, even though it did not seem to be a solution to her great debt.
I had multiple cups/vessels on the table and tried to fill them using the small water bottle.
Only 2 were filled. Then I brought out the large water bottle and every vessel was filled.
Elisha performed a miracle and multiplied the widow’s oil so every vessel could be filled and her sons could go sell the oil. They made enough money to pay the debts and be able to live comfortably without having to leave their mother.
We are all this widow, in need of the Lord’s blessings and miracles in our lives. He is ready to pour down blessings and bring miracles to our lives as we exercise faith and obedience.
This post is actually a re-posting of an article by Eldin Ricks found at LDS.ORG: A Short Glossary of Obsolete Words in the King James New Testament – New Era Apr. 1977 – new-era The reason that I am re-posting this is so that it can be formatted in a way that is more easily shareable on […]
I’m interested in trying to find ways to teach the children at church the books of scripture: I want them to know the names of all the books of scripture in order! My plan is to print a whole set of 18×24 mini posters (I think there will be 6 when I’m all finished) and […]
Scripture Mastery is probably my favorite part of Seminary. I still struggle with the idea that waking up at 5:00 is going to help me become a better person, but I endure it anyway. Scripture Mastery, though, is something special. I love how they all teach the basic principles of the gospel, and I’m always surprised by how frequently I use them in the weirdest situations!
I was sitting around one day and thought “Wouldn’t it be cool to make candy puns for Scripture Mastery?” and my head kept spinning for the rest of the day. I brainstormed with my older sister, and we ended up with a list of candies for all 25 Old Testament Scripture Mastery verses that I’m actually pretty proud of. My only rule was that it had to be a candy I could find walking through the grocery store, and I was successful! Of course it isn’t perfect, and some puns are better than others, but they’re still all pretty amusing. In fact, I’ve started coming up with more for the other standard works!
The fun part now is finding uses for these puns. My two main ideas were to have students try to match the candies with the verses, OR they could be used as incentives for memorization. Candy has a way of motivating even the least motivated students to do things. I’m sure there are DOZENS of ideas out there for memorizing, teaching, chasing, and more! (And feel free to share them!)
The list is below (along with a couple explanations). I considered making wrappers for all of them, but then there were too many different sizes of each candy, so instead I made nice, uniformly sized printables for each verse. These printables are available in my Etsy store. They can be used as cards for a game, attached to candy bars, turned into a bingo board, or anything else anyone can think of. .
THE LIST:
Moses 1:39 – Lifesaver Candy
Immortality and eternal LIFE come through being SAVED by Jesus Christ
Moses 7:18 – Good & Plenty
Zion was RIGHTEOUS and had PLENTY because there was no poor
Abraham 3:22-23 – King Size Milky Way (I figured Milky Way’s are pretty generic and well-liked)
Abraham saw many NOBLE & GREAT SIZED intelligences
Genesis 1:26-27 – Hershey’s Milk Chocolate
HE & SHE were created in the image of God (It’s does require a bit of a stretch, but one you see it it works–and it’s still grammatically correct!)
Genesis 2:24 – Hershey’s Kisses
HE & SHE CLEAVE to each other (since kiss & cleave are appropriate substitutes in this context)
Genesis 39:9 – Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
Joseph RESISTED (Reese’s-ted) Temptation
Joshua 24:15 – Charleston Chews
CHOOSE to serve the Lord
Exodus 19:5-6 – Chocolate Treasure Coins
God’s covenant people are a peculiar TREASURE
Exodus 20:3-17 – 100 Grand
Follow the 10 GRAND Commandments
1 Samuel 16:7 – Milky Way Fun Size (Again, because it’s generic and fairly popular)
The Lord looks not at your SIZE, but your heart
Psalm 24:3-4 – Orbit Gum (“A good CLEAN feeling”)
You need to be CLEAN to stand in holy places
Psalm 119:105 – Fruit by the Foot
God’s word is a lamp unto my FEET
Psalm 127:3 – Sour Patch Kids
CHILDREN are an heritage of the Lord
Proverbs 3:5-6 – Sweethearts
Trust in the Lord with all thine HEART
Isaiah 1:18 – Hostess’ Sno Balls
You sins may be white as SNOW
Isaiah 5:20 – Hershey’s Dark Chocolate
Woe unto them that call EVIL good & good EVIL, that put DARKNESS for light and light for DARKNESS
Isaiah 29:13-14 – S’Marshmallows
The restoration was S’MARVELOUS and S’WONDERFUL (This one is a stretch, because it relies on being familiar with the song S’Wonderful, but I couldn’t think of something better)
Isaiah 53:3-5 – Candy Cane
With His STRIPES we are healed (This is actually legitimately part of the story behind the candy cane)
Isaiah 58:6-7 – Reese’s Fast Break
Take a BREAK to FAST (You could even tie it back to RESISTing the temptation to eat)
Isaiah 58:13-14 – Hershey’s Air Delight
The Sabbath is a DELIGHT
Jeremiah 1:4-5 – Jelly Belly
God knew you before you were formed in the BELLY
Amos 3:7 – Nothing (Yes, it’s cheating, but…)
The Lord reveals NOTHING (except unto His servants)
Ezekiel 37:15-17 – Twix
TWO STIXS shall be joined together in the last days (Where else could the name come from?)
Malachi 3:8-10 – PayDay
PAYING tithing brings blessings
Malachi 4:5-6 – Sugar Baby & Sugar Daddy (It could be one or the other, but both would tie it together better)
The hearts of the CHILDREN turn to their FATHERS
The theme for Primary in 2016 is I Know the Scriptures are True. So I’ve been spending lots of time thinking about how we’ll be implementing that theme for our primary. I think we’ll do a reading program (I designed one that is available for purchase on the Sugardoodle store if you’re interested) to […]
Genesis 18My students enjoyed acting out (see photos below) the account of the 3 visitors to Abraham’s tent, Sarah learning that she would have a son named, Isaac, and Abraham pleading with the Lord to save any righteous people in Sodom.Props:We …
One of the (surprisingly) most popular things on this website is the Book of Mormon Goal Setting Chart I shared a long time ago. Because so many people seem to find it so valuable, I’ve decided to create them for the other Standard Works. To me the obv…
As a wrap up and review of Moses 7, we did an activity based on Moses 7:18(See photos below)”And the Lord called his people Zion, because they were of one heart and one mind, and dwelt in righteousness; and there was no poor among them.”…
I sat down to put together a worksheet for my Primary kids for General Conference and this is what came out. A bookmark! For teens or adults. Oh well! Sometimes you’ve just got to go with inspiration when it hits. The content for this bookmark came from an lds.org article titled Ideas for Personal Study. […]
As promised, I put together a couple of reading charts for the Old Testament seminary students. I dismissed this request at first, until I looked at the reading schedule itself. It’s complicated! They don’t read through the whole Old Testament, not even close. They skip through chapters in the Pearl of Great Price. They spend […]
I’ve had several requests for flashcards with the Old Testament graphics and summary on one side and the reference on the other! The requests were for varying sizes (some would prefer a half page size) but in the end I decided to format them at quarter page size. I think they are big enough that […]
THIS WEBSITE WILL CEASE OPERATIONS ON DEC 31, 2018.
We are moving to http://NoBoringLessons.com/ where you can find Come Follow Me Lesson ideas for the new 2019 curriculum Dismiss
