Oct 12-18, Free Come Follow Me, Primary lesson helps
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Fasting blesses me and others in need.
Perhaps the best way to encourage your children to fast—when they are ready—is to help them understand the Lord’s purposes for this law. Consider reading together Isaiah 58:6–11 to find answers to these questions: Why do we fast? How do we fast? You could also look in “Fast, Fasting” in the Guide to the Scriptures.
If you have had a meaningful experience with fasting, share it with your children. You could also ask them how they would explain to a friend why the Lord gave us this law.
For younger children: Place the picture cards under chairs or hide them around the room for the children to find. Read Isaiah 58:7 together, then hold up each card and ask:
House: “How does a house help us?”
Clothing: “What would it be like if we didn’t have clothes to wear?”
Food: “What would happen if we didn’t have enough food to eat?”
Then ask: “How can we help people who need these things?”
(Explaining fasting in your own words)
For older children: Write Isaiah 58:7 with blanks for the words represented by the picture cards. Invite the children to place each picture in the correct blank. Then have them look up the verse to check their answers.
The pictures represent ideas in the verse rather than its exact words, so it’s important for the children to look up the scripture and read the wording.
Then explain fasting in your own words; the video might help.
The Sabbath can be a delight to me.
After reading Isaiah 58:13–14, you could point to the days of the week on a calendar and invite your children to say the days with you. When you get to the Sabbath, ask them to call that day “a delight.” Tell them why the Sabbath is a delight to you.
Share with each other ways you can “delight thyself in the Lord” on the Sabbath. Maybe your children could draw their ideas and put them in a “box of Sabbath delights.” Then, when they need ideas about things to do on the Sabbath, they could pull an idea from the box.
Here is a scripture puzzle you can pull apart as you memorize the scripture together. If you children can't read, the written words are still very good for them and their phonics awareness. There are also pictures to help(:
Dollar Tree has lots of craft ideas to help kids stay busy on the Sabbath. Here is a gift tag with a Sabbath Day poem.
This is beautiful for all ages.
The Savior is like a light for me.
You could invite your children to close their eyes as you read Isaiah 60:1–3. Ask them to open their eyes when they hear the word “light” and close them again when they hear the word “darkness.” Explain that Jesus Christ and His gospel are like a light that helps us see our way back to Heavenly Father.
When Jesus comes again, He will bring peace and joy.
Isaiah 65:17–25 describes what the earth will be like when the Savior comes again. As you read these verses with your children, help them look for how life will be different in the “new earth” Isaiah described. Why will this be a time to be “glad and rejoice for ever”? (verse 18).
You could also sing together a song about the Second Coming, such as “When the Savior Comes Again” (Hymns for Home and Church, Gospel Library). Share with each other what you are looking forward to about the Savior’s return. What can we do to prepare for that day?
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