POST-AND-PRESENT ACTIVITY. I WILL REMEMBER JESUS’ LOVE heart connection puzzle. Youth can find the wordstrips to learn and tell these stories of Jesus to know that He can raise us from the dead, bless us, heal the sick and blind, serve others as he washed the feet of His apostles, died for us, suffered for our sins, and prayed for us. The puzzle can be put together to picture His great love for us.
USE FOR: COME FOLLOW ME, Primary and Home lessons, Family Home Evening, Activity Days, Sunday School, Bible Study
POST-AND-PRESENT Activity
I Will Remember Jesus’ Love – Finding the Stories of Jesus puzzle
OBJECTIVE: Help youth learn the stories of Jesus where He showed His love for others. Encourage them to think of these stories during the sacrament and know that Jesus has the same love for us today.
TO MAKE Print and cut out the puzzle pieces and stories. Using double-stick tape, tape the puzzle pieces together to create a picture to tell the stories. You can use the stories. You can use the stories as a reference or read directly from the scriptures for each story.
STORIES:
• JESUS RAISED LAZARUS FROM THE DEAD (John 11:11-46)
• JESUS LOVES THE CHILDREN (Mark 10:13-16)
• JESUS HEALS A BLIND MAN (John 9:1-7)
• JESUS HEALS TEN LEPERS (Luke 17:11-19)
• JESUS WASHED THE FEET OF THE APOSTLES (John 13:3-17)
• JESUS DIED FOR US (Matthew 27:29-54)
• JESUS SUFFERED FOR OUR SINS (Luke 22:39-46)
• JESUS PRAYED FOR US (3 Nephi 17:14-21)
TO PRESENT:
1. Place the “I Will Remember Jesus’ Love” sign in the center, then tell the seven stories, placing the picture puzzle pieces on the board to complete the puzzle.
2. Then take pictures apart, leaving the sign in the center, and placing picture puzzle pieces around the room or on the far left or right of the board randomly.
3. Tell each story, asking one class at a time to help you find the puzzle pieces and place them back on the board.
4. Then point to one story at a time and ask for children to raise their hands if they think they can tell the story.
5. Select a child for each story and have them come up and tell the story in their own words.
MORE LESSON IDEAS:
• COME FOLLOW ME New Testament Lesson 15 “EASTER: “O Grave, Where Is Thy Victory?” (Matthew 21-28 Jesus Christ has the power to help me overcome sin, death, trials, and weaknesses. Jesus suffered for me in Gethsemane and on the cross.) ⇒
• The bread and water represent Jesus’ body and blood, given for us (Matthew 26:26; 3 Nephi 18:1-12; Primary 1, lesson 40; Primary 3, lesson 32; Primary 7, lesson 29).
• We can be prayerful and reverent when we partake of the sacrament and think of the love Jesus Christ feels for us (Luke 22:19-20; Primary 2, lesson 38).
• Let’s review the sacrament prayers and choose something specific that we will do in the coming week to show that we remember Jesus Christ (D&C 20:77, 79; Hymns, no 173; Primary 4, lesson 36, enrich activity 3; Primary 7, lesson 29, enrichment activities; Gospel Principles, chapter 23).
