Between activities like school, work, and even church callings, we can easily get caught up in being so busy that we forget what it’s all for. No matter what we do for our family, what matters most is “why” we have our family: to live together forever in love and joy. Our Heavenly Father’s plan of salvation is how we can make that happen.
When the path toward that reward becomes daunting, or even seems impossible to continue, remember that it is through keeping His commandments that we can receive spiritual strength. He promises that “my commandments are spiritual” (D&C 29:35), and that we will be blessed with all that we need to feel His love and endure to the end.
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The lesson for this week is simplified but intentional to focus your thoughts and efforts on the Savior and His birth. We hope you take the time to use the activities provided to incorporate the light of Christ into your lives and into this special season
Scripture Study
Heavenly Father loves all His children and will never leave or forget them! Hide plastic eggs around your house with the following keywords from the verse and then let your children gather them to keep them safe. Keywords: gather, hearken, voice, humble, mighty and prayer. After your children have gathered the eggs, place them under the hen as they read D&C 29:2 and discuss a chicken guarding her chicks.
Go & Do Activity
Prepare for General Conference by discussing why the words of our latter-day prophets and apostles are important. Discuss and plan goals of how to prepare and be ready to hear the words and counsel from church leaders. Read D&C 29:10 and think back on past Conferences and if the counsel has come to pass.
Surprise Activity
Learn about the atonement of Jesus Christ through this fun visual object lesson. During your Atonement Balloon Object Lesson, allow your children to take turns popping and attempting to pop the balloon while you discuss scriptures in D&C 29:36-50. End the lesson by reminding your children that through the atonement, we can always repent and be forgiven.
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For kids ages 1-4 at home and in nursery or sunbeams.
Hands-On Activity
Explain that we are all children of God and He wants all of us to live with Him again someday. We do that by following Jesus Christ. Read D&C 29:2. Invite your child to make chicken wings with their arms when they hear the word “gather.” Teach that to “gather” means to bring together. You could solidify this concept by having some toys strewn across the floor and invite your child to “gather” them. Show a picture of Jesus Christ. Teach that Jesus wants to gather us back to Heavenly Father. He wants all of us to live with Heavenly Father and our families forever. The way to do that is to follow Jesus and get baptized in His church. Following Jesus keeps us safe and will help us be happy. Explain that a mother chicken, or hen, gathers her chicks to help keep them safe. That’s what Jesus does with us! Teach that we need to help Jesus gather Heavenly Father’s children by sharing the gospel. Share your testimony about ways we can help gather Christ’s people, and about the safety and peace that comes from following Jesus. Then play the Gather the Chicks game together.
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Joseph’s forgiveness of his brothers did not come after they had paid restitution or offered an apology. He forgave them the moment he realized they had changed from their jealous ways when they offered themselves in place of Benjamin for punishment. How overwhelming it must have been for Joseph to see such love amongst his brothers. His forgiveness came with no strings attached: “be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves” (Genesis 45:5).
In every moment of Joseph’s story, God was with him. From his brothers’ betrayal and serving Potiphar, to a friend of Pharaoh and the savior of his family, at no time was Joseph forgotten by God. Through the good and the bad, he trusted that God knew who he was and had faith that everything would be all right.
Abraham’s posterity was promised many blessings of eternal significance, but that didn’t mean everything would be perfect. His grandsons, Jacob and Esau, fought over who should inherit their father’s birthright. Relatives lied to and tricked each other. The prophet’s very own family was dysfunctional, yet that didn’t stop those who were righteous from striving to follow Jesus Christ.