AGES 8-11. THINGS TO PRAYER FOR blessings prayer plaque. Children can seek blessings through prayer. They can read the instructions to place the prayer plaque by their bed to remind them there’s a prayer to be said. They can count your blessings and thank Heavenly Father and more.
Use for: Primary (ages 8-11), Sharing Time, Family Home Evening, Youth
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I can pray for blessings. prayer plaque
This PRAYER PLAQUE activity* matches the Primary 4 – Book of Mormon Lesson 9: Enos Prays
TO FIND LESSON online click HERE (this activity helps you apply enrichment activity #2 in the lesson).
OBJECTIVE: This lesson helps encourage the youth to seek the blessings that come through sincere prayer to Heavenly Father.
The bottom of the prayer plaque reads, “Place this prayer plaque by your bed, to remind you there’s a prayer to be said. Count your blessings one by one, thank Heavenly Father for all He’s done. Ask for blessings of your choice and listen to the still small voice.”
ACTIVITY: Prayer Plaque
To encourage youth to pray, create this tent-shaped prayer plaque to sit beside their bed. This reminder will motivate them to say their prayers.
TO MAKE: Using cardstock, print or copy, color, and cut out the Prayer Plaque for each youth. Fold into a diamond tent shape and insert tab where indicated.
THOUGHT TREAT: Cloud 9 Prayer Pudding. Serve pudding with whipped cream on top. Talk to the youth about that “cloud 9” feeling of joy they can feel whenever they pray. They will feel closer to Heavenly Father each time they pray.
SCRIPTURE CHALLENGE CARD: Help youth search and ponder this scripture card by filling in the blanks. Print this 5 x 7 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.
Enos 1:4-5
“And my soul hungered; and I kneeled down before my Maker, and I cried unto him in mighty prayer and supplication for mine own soul; and all the day long did I cry unto him; yea, and when the night came I did still raise my voice high that it reached the heavens.
And there came a voice unto me, saying: Enos, thy sins are forgiven thee, and thou shalt be blessed.”
Enos Prays Mightily | Enos 1 | Book of Mormon
LESSON 9
Enos Prays
“Lesson 9: Enos Prays,” Primary 4: Book of Mormon (1997), 28–31
Purpose
To encourage the children to seek the blessings that come through sincere prayer to Heavenly Father.
Preparation
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Prayerfully study the book of Enos. Then study the lesson and decide how you want to teach the children the scripture account. (See “Preparing Your Lessons,”> p. vi, and “Teaching from the Scriptures,” p. vii.)
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Additional reading: Gospel Principles, chapter 8.
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Select the discussion questions and enrichment activities that will involve the children and best help them achieve the purpose of the lesson.
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Materials needed: a Book of Mormon for each child.
Suggested Lesson Development
Invite a child to give the opening prayer.
Enrichment Activities
You may use one or more of the following activities any time during the lesson or as a review, summary, or challenge.
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Give each child a piece of paper and a pencil, and have them write the questions: When can we pray? Where can we pray? What can we pray about? Leave space between the questions to write their answers. Have them write the answers as you discuss the questions.
The above activity Prayer Plaque illustrates the following
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Review the pattern of prayer:
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Begin by addressing our Father in Heaven.
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Tell him what you are thankful for.
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Ask him for what you desire.
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Close by saying, “In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.”
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Review the language of prayer. Help the children understand that we are showing respect when we use the words thee, thy, thou, thine instead of you, your, yours (see Dallin H. Oaks, in Conference Report, Apr. 1993, pp. 16–20; or Ensign, May 1993, pp. 15–18).
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Copy the following statement by Elder Boyd K. Packer (in Conference Report, Oct. 1979, p. 30; or Ensign, Nov. 1979, p. 21) on the chalkboard, leaving the blanks empty. Tell the children they will learn some ways to receive answers as they fill in the blanks in Elder Packer’s statement.
“Some (b) will come from reading the (a), some from hearing (e). And, occasionally, when it is important, some will come by very direct and (d) (f). The promptings will be (c) and unmistakable.”
Use the following words to fill in the blanks:
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scriptures
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answers
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clear
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powerful
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speakers
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inspiration
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Explain how Enos’s prayer about preserving the records (Enos 1:14–16) was answered hundreds of years later with the coming forth of the Book of Mormon. Just as the Lord promised Enos, people today can gain a testimony of Jesus Christ through the Book of Mormon. You could invite a returned missionary to come to class and share an experience of a person’s gaining a testimony of Jesus Christ through prayer and the Book of Mormon. Or you could ask a parent or other ward member to share how prayer helped him or her gain a testimony of the Book of Mormon.
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Review Joseph Smith’s first vision, when he offered a sincere prayer of faith (Joseph Smith—History 1:14–16). You may want to use the picture of the First Vision (Gospel Art Picture Kit 403; 62470).
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Review the seventh and ninth articles of faith. Encourage the children to choose one to memorize in class or at home during the coming week.
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Sing or read the words to “A Child’s Prayer” (Children’s Songbook, p. 12), “Tell Me, Dear Lord” (Children’s Songbook, p. 176), “I Pray in Faith” (Children’s Songbook, p. 14), or “If with All Your Hearts” (Children’s Songbook, p. 15).