YOUTH LESSON ACTIVITY. LEHI’S VISION – TREE OF LIFE 3-D vision box. Youth can share this vision box with their friends or family (1 Nephi 8, 11, and 15:21-36). Looking through the window they can share how the Prophet Lehi sees a vision and partakes of a special fruit and desires his family to partake. He sees a rod of iron and a narrow path that leads them through a mist of darkness where people are mocking the righteous. Nephi interprets the vision where God divides the wicked from the righteous.
FOR CHILDREN & YOUTH
Come Follow Me: Primary, Sunday School, Seminary, family home evening, and daily devotionals
LESSON LIFESAVER Activity
Lehi’s Vision – Tree of Life
3-D Vision Box
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OBJECTIVE: The lesson helps strengthen each youth’s/child’s desire to obey the word of God and be worthy of eternal life.
ACTIVITY: 3-D Box with Tree of Life Vision
Create a three-dimensional box with the Tree of Life vision figures inside. Look through the window to see the vision that father Lehi had. As youth view the contents, discuss how obeying the word of God will help us to be worthy of eternal life so we can live with Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ again (1 Nephi 8, 11, and 15:21-36).
TO MAKE: Using cardstock, print or copy, color, and cut out the Tree of Life vision box find for each youth.
THOUGHT TREAT: Tree of Life Apple Slices. Prepare apple slices before the lesson. Remind youth that the fruit of the tree of life is eternal life, which comes from living the gospel of Jesus Christ. Read 1 Nephi 8:11.
In the Church website under TREE OF LIFE find these references and definitions:
A tree in the Garden of Eden and the paradise of God (Gen. 2:9; Rev. 2:7). In Lehi’s dream the tree of life represents the love of God and is referred to as the greatest of all the gifts of God (1 Ne. 8; 11:21–22, 25; 15:36).
SCRIPTURE CHALLENGE CARD: Help children 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.
1 Nephi 15:23-24 “And they said unto me: What meaneth the rod of iron which our father saw, that led to the tree?
And I said unto them that it was the word of God; and whoso would hearken unto the word of God, and would hold fast unto it, they would never perish; neither could the temptations and the fiery darts of the adversary overpower them unto blindness, to lead them away to destruction.
LESSON IDEAS (for the above activity):
Present Book of Mormon – “Lesson 4: The Tree of Life,” Primary 4: Book of Mormon
Prayerfully study 1 Nephi 8, 1 Nephi 11, and 1 Nephi 15:21–36. 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.)
LESSON ACTIVITIES (to match the above activity)
From Come, Follow Me – New TESTAMENT “God Is Love”
. . . I WILL BE STRONG IN OPPOSITION . . .
I can be faithful even when others make fun of me.
Because we are disciples of Jesus Christ, others sometimes make fun of us for our beliefs or the way we live. These verses contain Jude’s counsel on how to remain faithful in such situations.
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Ask children to share times when others made fun of them or someone they know because they did what is right. Invite the children to read Jude 1:18–22 and look for how we can remain faithful when others mock or make fun of us. Write what they find on the board, and discuss ways they can follow this advice.
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Summarize Lehi’s dream (see 1 Nephi 8:1–35), asking a few children to read verses from 1 Nephi 8:26–28, 33. Discuss how the people in the great and spacious building were like the mockers Jude talked about. What can we do to not be influenced by those who make fun of us or don’t agree with what we believe? (see 1 Nephi 8:30, 33).
SONG VISUALS TO TEACH THIS LESSON
SEE “LEHI’S DREAM” in the Quiz-Bee card deck (below)
Description
Fly to Quiz Bee’s hive of 28 Book of Mormon stories and test your “sweet” knowledge of the scriptures. Quiz Bee will buzz questions at you, and you can zip the answers right back. You will be amazed at how much you know and how fast your testimony will grow!
To use this “honey” of a deck, first read the story, paying close attention to the details. Then buzz on to the question card that corresponds to test what you know. You can see your answers at the bottom of each question card. If you don’t do very well, stick to it! Reread the story and try it again!
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