POST-AND-PRESENT ACTIVITY. MY BODY IS A TEMPLE – Healthy Mind and Body match game. Youth can learn what they should and should not put into their body by matching up these cue cards. God’s law of health is the Word of Wisdom found in Doctrine and Covenants 89. Since we are all created in God’s image we know that our body is a temple and “no unclean thing” should enter our body as it is sacred or God-like (1 Corinthians 3:16-17; Genesis 1:27; 3 Nephi 27:19).
Use for COME FOLLOW ME Young Women, Young Men, or Youth, Family Home Evening, Primary Sharing Time
POST-AND-PRESENT Activity
My Body Is a Temple – Healthy Mind and Body (Match Game)
OBJECTIVE: With this SHOULD dos and SHOULD NOT dos Concentration Game, you can help youth know that they are created in the image of God and that their body is like a temple. References: Genesis 1:27; 1 Corinthians 3:16–17; D&C 89; David A. Bednar, “Ye Are the Temple of God,” Ensign, Sept. 2001.
TO MAKE Print, color, and cut out the images, shown, that follow, making two sets of the game cards. Then laminate and cut out. Place double-stick tape on the back of the cards.
ACTIVITY:
To Set Up: You will need two sets of cards. Mix up cards, and place them facedown on the board or table.
1. Tell the youth that their body is like a temple because they were made in God’s holy image. We are sons and daughters of Heavenly Father, and our brother is Jesus Christ. Heavenly Father and Jesus have told us that no unclean thing should enter the temple, meaning our bodies are sacred (1 Corinthians 3:16–17; Genesis 1:27).
2. Have youth take turns turning two cards over to make a match, returning them to their original spots.
3. Mount matches on the board faceup, placing the SHOULD NOT dos on the left and the SHOULD dos on the right.
4. Talk about each set of choices and why they think Heavenly Father does not or does want them to partake of these things.
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