AGES 8-11 LESSON ACTIVITY. HONEST IN THOUGHT, WORD, AND DEED Drawing Hones and Dishonest Faces story poster. Youth can listen to or read the stories of Barnabas, Ananias, and Sapphira as they draw their honest or dishonest faces. As you read Acts 4:36-37 and Acts 5:1-11 think about and say, “I will be honest in THOUGHT, WORD, & DEED.” As they read Acts 4 and 5, tell who they followed when they were dishonest. What do you think the results would be if they were honest?
USE FOR: COME FOLLOW ME, Primary and Home (family home evening), Activity Days, Sunday School, Seminary, Bible Study
Little LESSON LIFESAVER Activity
I will be honest in thought, word, and deed.
Drawing Honest and Dishonest Faces (story/poster)
OBJECTIVE: Help youth learn about honesty and how being honest can bring happiness as they keep this commandment.
ACTIVITY: Tell youth the story of Barnabas, Ananias, and Sapphira found in Acts 4:36-37; 5:1-2, 7-11 (see scriptures* below). While they are listening to the story a second time have them draw Barnabas with his HONEST face and Ananias and Sapphira with their DISHONEST faces.
TO MAKE Print and color the poster for each youth.
THOUGHT TREAT Honest face pancake. These pancakes are served cold, but they leave children with a warm feeling.
TO MAKE BATTER: After making the batter put aside 2/3rds of the batter. Then divide the remaining 1/3 of the batter into two parts: 1) Drop 2 drops of blue food coloring into the first half and stir. 2) Drop 2 drops of red food coloring in the second half and stir.
TO FRY CAKES with the 2/3rds part batter making oval (face-shaped) cakes. After turning the pancake, drop two dollops of blue pancake batter on the top of the cakes to make two eyes (1 teaspoon of batter for each eye). Then two teaspoons full of the red pancake batter create a smiling mouth. Then turn the pancake over for 30 seconds to cook facial features.
As youth eat, smiling, honest-face pancakes, talk can talk about how happy they feel when they are honest like Barnabas.
SCRIPTURE CARDS: Help youth 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.
Acts 4:32 “And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.”
LESSON IDEAS (for the above activity):
Present the New Testament Primary 7 Lesson 38 “Barnabas, Ananias, and Sapphira.” Review the Scripture Account – Discussion and Application Questions.
Also, See Enrichment Activities, e.g., #1 suggests “Review the thirteenth article of faith and help children understand and memorize it.” DOWNLOAD the Scripture Poster/Card (set) below. ⇓
SCRIPTURE STORY
*Tell youth the story of Barnabas, Ananias, and Sapphira found in Acts 4:36-37; 5:1-2, 7-11
CHAPTER 4
36 And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,
37 Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
CHAPTER 5
Ananias and Sapphira lie to the Lord and lose their lives …
1 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,
2 And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
4 Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
5 And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things.
6 And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried himout, and buried him.
7 And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in.
8 And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much.
9 Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.
10 Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband.
11 And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things.
