Come Follow Me, Aug 18-24, D&C 89-92, Free LDS Primary lesson helps.
- redwallace
- Aug 13
- 4 min read
Updated: Aug 18
The Word of Wisdom helps me be healthy in body and spirit.
To introduce section 89, perhaps you and your children could look at a picture of a temple or sing a song about physical health, such as “The Lord Gave Me a Temple” (Children’s Songbook, 153), to teach that our bodies are like temples for our spirits. Help your children explore ways to care for their bodies.
This can be your picture of the temple, sing the song, then follow with this activity:
Print on cardstock. If you don't want to laminate the under sheet, just place a piece of clear tape flat on the paper, then place a curled piece of tape on top and attach the strip.
Here is an interactive song that will involve those little hands:
Older students might like this:
Retro gift tag, not a spinner(:
To learn about the Lord’s commandments in Doctrine and Covenants 89:10–17, you and your children could draw or look at pictures of good things we can eat or do to keep our bodies healthy (see the picture and activity page at the end of this outline). What has the Lord warned us not to use? Why does He want us to care for our bodies?
For younger students:
This is my favorite activity for teaching the word of Wisdom, but be prepared for giggles.
Assemble the puppet (with a paper bag), have small children feed the puppet, if it’s a good thing the puppet will “eat it up”...even if it’s exercise..that’s what makes it funny. If it is bad for the body, then the puppet will spit it out.
My puppets get a bit wild and have some pretty crazy eating habits, but you can keep things more reverent if you wish(:
This is in my store.
For older students:
Play Pictionary. Put these cards in a bowl for the drawer to pull out. Have everyone else open their scriptures (D&C 89: 5-20) to see if they can figure out what they are drawing. If they students guessing say "Coffee" say "Nice try, but you don't get the point till you say what the scriptures calls it." Or "Nice guess, but what verse?"
Invite the children to choose something they can do this week to keep their bodies healthy.
Here is a healthy body, goal keeping chart for Older Students.
Here is one for younger students:
For more movement:
Use the following example, or others you think of, to show how we are blessed by obeying the Word of Wisdom (see Doctrine and Covenants 89:18–21). Do a simple exercise together, such as walking or running in place, and then pretend to “be weary” or “faint” (verse 20). Testify of the Lord’s promises.
This can be printed in black and white as a coloring page.
Elder Gary E. Stevenson counseled young people to plan in advance what they will do when tempted with alcohol or drugs. He taught: “You will find that temptation has less control over you. You will have already made the decision of how you will react and what you will do. You won’t need to decide every time” (“Your Priesthood Playbook,” Ensign or Liahona, May 2019, 48). After reading together Doctrine and Covenants 89:4 and Elder Stevenson’s statement, counsel with your children about how they can decide now—for the rest of their lives—to live the Word of Wisdom. You could even role-play how they might respond if someone, even a friend, offers them something that is against the Word of Wisdom. How does the Lord bless us as we obey the Word of Wisdom? (see verses 18–21).
God gives me prophets to guide and protect me.
You could look at pictures of ancient prophets or sing a song like “Follow the Prophet” (Children’s Songbook, 110–11). How has God blessed His children through His prophets? Why should we listen to God’s prophets? (see Doctrine and Covenants 90:5). Then you and your children could look at a picture of the living prophet and share some things the Lord has taught or warned us about through him. How can we follow the prophet?
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Why should we listen to God’s prophets? Show a picture of the current prophet, and share some things he has taught or warned us about recently. Help the children think of ways we can follow the prophet. Share your testimony of the truths taught in Doctrine and Covenants 90:5. (Note that “oracles” means revelations or the prophets who receive them.)
The Spirit can help me know what is true.
You could summarize the section heading for Doctrine and Covenants 91 to help your children understand why this revelation was given. They could then think of places, such as in the media, where we find “many things … that are true” and “many things … that are not true” (verses 1–2). What do verses 4–6 teach us about the Holy Ghost? How does the Holy Ghost help us know what is right?
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