YOUTH LESSON ACTIVITY. INVITES THE SPIRIT – TURNS THE SPIRIT AWAY game. Youth will increase their desire to have the right spirit influencing them as they draw from wordstrips to find actions and vote: which actions INVITE THE SPIRIT and which actions TURN THE SPIRIT AWAY. One brings happiness and the other sadness. This same Spirit can help you discern false prophets and teachings.
For CHURCH & HOME Primary, Sunday School, scripture study, and COME FOLLOW ME
Little LESSON LIFESAVER Activity
Invite the Spirit GAME
OBJECTIVE: To help youth understand and recognize the influence of the Holy Ghost and desire to be worthy of his companionship.
ACTIVITY: Invite the Spirit Game
Learn about choices that invite the Holy Ghost and choices that turn the Spirit away. Remind youth that as we pray, we can ask for the Spirit to guide us to make the right choices.
TO PLAY: Youth take turns drawing a word-strip and reading it aloud. The player makes a choice by saying, “Invites the Spirit,” or “Turns the Spirit Away.” If competing in teams, award a point for each correct choice. When time is up, the team with the most points wins.
TO MAKE: Print or copy, color, and cut out the Invites the Spirit label and word-strips for each youth. Place them in a clear bag.
THOUGHT TREAT: Smile-Frown Cookie. Frost a smile on top and a frown on the bottom of the cookie. Tell youth, “When our choices invite the Spirit, we turn our frown upside down.”
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. . . James 1:5 . . . Read More
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• The Holy Ghost (song visuals). . . Read More (CS, 105)
. . . Review the enrichment activity 5, for which the above activity illustrates.
SCRIPTURE CARDS: 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.
D&C 8:2-3 “Yea, behold, I will tell you in your mind and in your heart, by the Holy Ghost, which shall come upon you and which shall dwell in your heart. Now, behold, this is the spirit of revelation; behold, this is the spirit by which Moses brought the children of Israel through the Red Sea on dry ground.”
YOUTH CAN TEACH
So, please let them teach as it helps them learn the gospel and grow their testimony as they share it.
Use this BRIGHT IDEAS LESSON Planner to plan lesson objectives, activities, and discussions (included with each activity).
