YOUTH’S LESSON ACTIVITY. ALMA THE YOUNGER Road to Repentance Maze. Youth can learn from Alma the Younger and the choices he made – which ones got him to TRUE REPENTANCE to the finish line to find happiness. Going through the maze they can learn the right actions: Repent, Change of Hearts, be Led by the Spirit, Love Others, and Convert many. Pass by the wrong actions: Persecutes Others, Does not obey, and Lies.
For: Children and Youth, Come Follow Me lessons for Primary and Home, Family Home Evening, Sunday School, Seminary, and Book of Mormon Study
LESSON LIFESAVER Activity:
Alma the Younger’s Road to Repentance MAZE
TO FIND LESSON online click HERE (or view below*).
OBJECTIVE: The lesson helps teach the youth that repentance is necessary for earthly happiness and eternal life.
SEE LISSON IDEAS (below*).
ACTIVITY: Alma the Younger’s Road to Repentance Maze
Help the youth get through the maze, reminding them that repentance is necessary for earthly happiness and eternal life. To complete the maze, tell them, “Alma the Younger chose the wrong path; help him get back on. Read the choice and choose for yourself the direction to go in order to repent and choose the righteous path.” They can use their finger to trace the path or pencil in the path’s direction on the maze.
TO MAKE Print, color, and cut out the Maze that follows for each youth.
THOUGHT TREAT: Smile Sandwich. Decorate a small sandwich with a cheese smile from a cheese-pressurized tube or can. Tell youth that when we repent we become happy.
ACTIVITY INCLUDES – SCRIPTURE CHALLENGE CARD: Help youth Search and Ponder this scripture card by filling in the blanks. PRINT this 5 x 7 scripture card from the pdf included with the above activity. You can punch the two holes on the left and tie a ribbon to attach cards or use two metal rings to connect cards.
Mosiah 27:23-24 “After they had fasted and prayed for the space of two days and two nights, the limbs of Alma received their strength, and he stood up and began to speak unto them, bidding them to be of good comfort:
24 For, said he, I have repented of my sins, and have been redeemed of the Lord; behold I am born of the Spirit.”
Alma the Younger Is Converted unto the Lord | Mosiah 27; Alma 36 | Book of Mormon
A Book of Mormon prophet named Alma the Elder worries about his son, who is rebelling against God and setting a bad example for the people. Alma the younger and the sons of Mosiah persecute the people and try to destroy God’s Church. Alma the Elder, his family, and others pray for his son. An angel of the Lord appears to Alma the younger and the sons of Mosiah. The angel commands them to repent and stop persecuting God’s people. Alma the younger is struck with fear and can no longer move or speak. The sons of Mosiah take Alma the younger to his father. Alma the Elder knows God has answered his prayers and that his son is experiencing the power of God. He and others fast and pray for his son to be healed. Alma the younger is troubled about his many sins. His soul suffers until he remembers what his father taught him about Jesus Christ, the Redeemer. He calls upon the Savior for forgiveness. Suddenly Alma the younger’s sorrow and suffering are replaced with joy and peace. Alma the younger wakes up and testifies to the people that the Savior Jesus Christ has taken away his sins and he is a new person. He says he has been born again. The sons of Mosiah repent and believe in God.
LESSON IDEAS (for the above activity):
Review Lesson 14: Alma the Younger and the Sons of Mosiah Repent
*Review the Scripture Account (p. 47–48) in the manual for which the above activity illustrates. This tells about the mighty change that took place in the lives of Alma the Younger and the sons of Mosiah as recorded in Mosiah 27 and 28:1-9. Then discuss the repentance process (see Alma 36:16-21).
*Scripture Account
Using the picture at an appropriate time, teach the story of the mighty change that took place in the lives of Alma the Younger and the sons of Mosiah as recorded in Mosiah 27 and Mosiah 28:1–9. (For suggested ways to teach the scripture account, see “Teaching from the Scriptures,” p. vii.) Help the children understand that this lesson is about Alma the Younger (his father, Alma the Elder, was the Alma who was converted through Abinadi’s preaching). Discuss the repentance process that Alma the Younger went through, which is the same process we must go through as we repent (see Alma 36:16–21):
STEPS: (1) Recognize sin. (2) Confess the sin and pray for forgiveness. (3) Do our best to make up for the wrong. (4) Forsake the sin. (5) Obey the commandments and live more like the Savior.
DOWNLOAD the “Eraser Promise (6 steps to repentance) as detailed above in this Post-and-Present Activity (HERE or below)
Discussion and Application Questions
Study the following questions and the scripture references as you prepare your lesson. Use the questions you feel will best help the children understand the scriptures and apply the principles in their lives. Reading the references with the children in class will help them gain insights into the scriptures.
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What were the unbelievers doing to the members of the Church? What does it mean to be persecuted? Why do you think these people persecuted members of the Church? (Mosiah 27:1, 8–10.) In what ways might members of the Church be persecuted today?
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Who prayed for Alma the Younger and the sons of Mosiah? For what did they pray? (Mosiah 27:14.) What do you think your parents pray about when they pray for you?
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How must we pray in order to receive answers? (Mosiah 27:14.) Invite class members to share experiences when they have received answers to their prayers. You may also want to share such an experience.
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How did Alma and his four friends experience Heavenly Father’s power? (Mosiah 27:11, 15, 18.)
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What happened to Alma because of this spiritual experience? (Mosiah 27:19.) How was this a great blessing in Alma’s life?
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What did Alma the Elder do when he heard what happened to his son? (Mosiah 27:20–23.) Why do our parents want us to obey Heavenly Father’s commandments?
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How did Alma feel after the angel spoke to him? (Alma 36:11–17.) Why is it important for us to feel sorry for our sins?
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How did Alma’s knowledge of Jesus Christ’s atonement help him repent? (Alma 36:17–18.) What did Alma do when he remembered the Savior? (Alma 36:18.) Why is it important to confess our sins and pray for forgiveness when we repent?
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How did Alma try to make up for the wrong he had done? (Alma 36:24.) As part of repentance, why is it important for us to change and try to make up for the wrong things we have done?
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When Alma the Younger and the sons of Mosiah had repented and changed from their evil ways, what did they want to do to help others? (Mosiah 27:32, 35; 28:1.) How can we be examples for good among our families and friends?
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