Before this Come Follow Me lesson, hide the pieces of the star puzzle around the room. Take turns finding the pieces and putting the star puzzle together. Talk about how a star was one of the signs of Christ’s birth.
We have included Circle Time Stories for each chapter of this week’s reading. Read together 3 Nephi 1 or use the Circle time story to summarize it. You could have and older child read the Circle Time Stories to younger siblings.
Discuss the signs shown to the Nephites before the birth of Christ and complete the Sign of Christ’s Birth Scene Activity.
Read 3 Nephi 1:20 and help the kids understand that if we follow the prophet we have no need to fear. Finish the lesson by coloring the Prophets’ Words are Always Fulfilled coloring page.
As a bonus activity talk about what it means to be a disciple of Christ. Complete the Are You A Disciple Search and the I Am A Disciple of Christ TP Kids.
There are many talks about being a disciple. Consider letting older children find a talk and letting them be the teacher and teaching the family what they learned.
Use the Stronger Together Object Lesson and discuss the importance of being united as a family.
Use the Scripture Marking Guides to to study 3 Nephi 7:15-26. Read your lesson summary page Day 5 bonus activity for ideas of things to discuss after studying these verses.
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Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt, but he found that once they were in the wilderness, it wasn’t so easy to take Egypt out of the Israelites. Even with the many miracles and signs the people had witnessed, they still wanted to return to a life of slavery with every hardship they encountered. If the Israelites were to be the Lord’s chosen people, this could not be.
How did Moses prepare the Israelites to make covenants with the Lord? We read in Exodus 25 that God gave commandments to His people to help them be ready for greater covenant blessings when He would “dwell among them” (Exodus 25:8). Even though the Israelites struggled to keep these commandments, they were eventually blessed as they remained true to the Lord. We will also receive all promised blessings as we live our lives in faithfulness.
Following the 10 Plagues and the crossing of the Red Sea, you would think that the Israelites were in a powerful place spiritually. They had seen incredible miracles and had sure witnesses that the Lord was with them. Yet, upon facing a shortage of food and water, the people were willing to abandon everything God had done for them and return to slavery: “Would to God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt… when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness” (Exodus 16:3).