SINGING TIME “I WILL FOLLOW GOD’S PLAN” song visuals. Learning this song will help youth know where they came from (heaven), why they are here (on earth), and how they can return to their happy home. Write the words on the cue cards (in your language) to place on the back, e.g., “Holding fast to his word and his love. I will work, and I will pray…”
SONG VISUALS:
“I Will Follow God’s Plan”
(Children’s Songbook, pp. 164-65)
DOWNLOAD INCLUDES:
. 20 visuals (color/black-and-white/cue cards) pdf
. Fun Ways to Use Song Visuals pdf
USE SONG VISUALS FOR ANY LANGUAGE – Just add the words on the cue cards provided.
LYRICS & MUSIC FOR SONG
“I WILL FOLLOW GOD’S PLAN”
TO MAKE AND USE: Mount cue cards on the back of each poster that matches with the song verse.
FOUR WAYS TO GRAB SONG VISUALS AND SINGING
IDEAS TO PRESENT THIS SONG:
1. Tell children that this song tells us that our life is a gift and that our life has a plan (illustrated by #2 and 3 below).
2. Show show children a map or draw one on the board. Tell them that a map or plan tells us how we can get from place to place. Heavenly Father did not send us to earth without a map of how we would get back. Post the words “Heaven” at the top and “Earth” at the bottom.
3. Show a gift box wrapped with a bow on top. (Have the box large enough to enclose the visuals for this song – downloaded above). Then have children one at a time pull out visuals to hold them up to learn the song (possibly pulling out a verse at a time).
Lyrics
My life is a gift; my life has a plan.
My life has a purpose; in heav’n it began.
My choice was to come to this lovely home on earth
And seek for God’s light to direct me from birth.
I will follow God’s plan for me,
Holding fast to his word and his love.
I will work, and I will pray;
I will always walk in his way.
Then I will be happy on earth
And in my home above.
Words and music: Vanja Y. Watkins, b. 1938. © 1981 IRI
