Sometimes, things just don’t work out the way we had planned: dinner gets burnt, the car won’t start, or you unexpectedly get laid off from your job. You’ve been promised blessings for keeping the commandments. It might be tempting to wonder where those blessings are when ill fortune strikes.
Thankfully, we know the Lord’s plan of happiness takes into account both blessings and hardships. No matter what happens at home or out in the world, we can choose to “stand… in holy places” by offering a simple prayer (Doctrine and Covenants 87:8). We can reach out to the Lord in our moment of pain to ask Him to comfort us and to give us the strength to endure. No matter what life’s challenges bring, He will be there for us as we choose to remain unmoved in our faith.
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We have some great activities and resources to help assist you in celebrating a Christ-centered Easter this year! We recommend picking the activities that work best for you and your family. We think just a few activities will allow you to celebrate Easter, but also allow you time to focus on our Savior and what He has done for us. Our hope is that you will find something meaningful for your family to help celebrate this special holiday!
Scripture Study
It’s time to Break the Code! Complete the puzzle as you read D&C 87:8 as a family and discuss the importance of holy places. Make a list of places that are holy and how holy places can be wherever righteous saints gather. Place the completed puzzle next to a picture of the temple to remind you of holy places all week.
Go & Do Activity
Years before the American Civil War, Joseph Smith received a revelation of a drawn-out conflict between the U.S. northern and southern states. Section 87 in the Doctrine and Covenants is a testament that prophets receive divine revelation from God. This week’s Go & Do Activity teaches us that latter-day prophets receive similar revelations for our day.
Hands-On Activity
As you read D&C 86:1-7 as a family, use the Parable of the Sower Picture Key as a visual for children to understand the story. After you finish, discuss the symbolism of the wheat and tares. Gather cereal and glue to create your own wheat stalks on the wheat and light activity page. Discuss how you can share your light while completing the craft.
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For kids ages 1-4 at home and in nursery or sunbeams.
Go & Do Activity
Start by discussing why we exercise (to keep our bodies healthy and strong). Read D&C 86:4 and talk about the importance of strengthening our testimonies and making sure they are healthy and strong. Discuss some things you can do to strengthen your testimony. Write down your ideas and put them in a jar or bowl. Pick one out each day this week and do a body exercise and a testimony exercise to make sure that both your bodies and testimonies are getting strong! Play Simon Says (Exercise Version) by saying “Simon Says” and then an exercise move like jumping jacks.
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is organized according to the Lord’s instructions, as detailed in this week’s reading in the Doctrine and Covenants. One of the ways we can apply the Lord’s guidance in these sections to our families is to establish councils within our homes. We should, with our children, “sit in council with them, and to teach them their duty, edifying one another” (D&C 107:85).
Zion’s Camp was less of an army marching to liberate Missouri and more of a multi-week training in how to be a true saint. Those who showed they trusted in the Lord by following the Prophet Joseph received a massive boost to their faith, giving them strength for the road ahead: “That they themselves may be prepared, and that my people may be taught more perfectly, and have experience” (Doctrine and Covenants 105:10).
Doctrine and Covenants 97 was given to the saints as both a blessing of comfort and instruction. With persecution growing around them, the saints needed to know the will of the Lord to guide them. Jesus Christ spoke peace to the saints through the Prophet Joseph, encouraging them to wait “patiently on the Lord” and to do what He would do, even if it meant further persecution (D&C 97:2).