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 CHURCH & HOME Primary, Sunday School, scripture study, and COME FOLLOW ME
LESSON LIFESAVER Activity:
Alma the Younger’s Road to Repentance MAZE
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
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Alma the Younger Is Changed by God
Alma the Younger was the son of a prophet named Alma. Alma the Younger did not follow God. He and the sons of Mosiah tried to stop people from following God and His Church.
Alma the Elder and many others prayed for Alma the Younger because they wanted him to change. One day, an angel from the Lord appeared to Alma the Younger and the sons of Mosiah. The angel told them to repent and stop hurting God’s people.
Alma the Younger became so afraid that he could not move or speak. The sons of Mosiah carried him to his father. Alma the Elder knew that God had answered his prayers. He and others fasted and prayed for Alma the Younger.
Alma the Younger felt very sad because he remembered the wrong things he had done. Then he remembered what his father taught him about Jesus Christ. He prayed to the Savior and asked for forgiveness.
Jesus Christ forgave Alma the Younger, and his sadness was replaced with happiness and peace. When he woke up, Alma told the people that Jesus Christ had taken away his sins. He said he had become a new person.
The sons of Mosiah also repented and chose to follow God.
*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, teach the story of how Alma the Younger and the sons of Mosiah changed their lives (see Mosiah 27; Mosiah 28:1–9). Explain that thislesson is about Alma the Younger, not his father, Alma the Elder.
Help the children learn the steps of repentance by using Alma’s experience (see Alma 36:16–21):
- Recognize the sin.
- Confess the sin and pray for forgiveness.
- Make things right as much as possible.
- Stop doing the sin.
- Obey the commandments and follow the Savior.
Discussion Questions
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- What were the unbelievers doing to members of the Church? What does it mean tobe persecuted? Why did they do this? How might people be persecuted today? (Mosiah 27:1, 8–10)
- Who prayed for Alma the Younger and the sons of Mosiah? What did they pray for? (Mosiah 27:14) What do you think your parents pray for when they pray for you?
- How should we pray to receive answers? (Mosiah 27:14) Share or invite the children to share experiences when prayers were answered.
- How did Alma and his friends experience God’s power? (Mosiah 27:11, 15, 18)
- What happened to Alma after this experience? (Mosiah 27:19) Why was this a blessing?
- What did Alma the Elder do when he heard about his son? (Mosiah 27:20–23) Why do parents want their children to obey Heavenly Father’s commandments?
- How did Alma feel after the angel spoke to him? (Alma 36:11–17) Why is it importantto feel sorry for our sins?
- How did remembering Jesus Christ help Alma repent? (Alma 36:17–18) What did Alma do? Why is it important to confess our sins and pray for forgiveness?
- How did Alma try to make up for the wrong he had done? (Alma 36:24) Why is itimportant to change and make things right?
- After Alma the Younger and the sons of Mosiah repented, what did they want to do? (Mosiah 27:32, 35; 28:1) How can we be good examples to our family and friends?
YOUTH CAN TEACH
So, please let them teach as it helps them learn the gospel and grow their testimony as they share it.
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