COME FOLLOW ME Old Testament – JANUARY (week 1) Lesson 1 “This Is My Work and My Glory” (December 27 – January 2, 2022) – Activities and Song Visuals for Primary and Home, family home evening (individual families), Sunday School, Seminary

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OLD TESTAMENT (Moses 1; Abraham 3 in Pearl of Great Price)
JANUARY (week 1)
Lesson 1: Dec. 27 – January 2, 2022
“This Is My Work and My Glory”

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PRIMARY – HOME
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• I am a child of God, and He wants to help me return to Him.
• I lived with Heavenly Father before I was born.
• Heavenly Father wants me to live with Him again.
• I can resist Satan’s temptations.

INDIVIDUALS & FAMILIES
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• As a child of God, I have a divine destiny.
• I can resist Satan’s influence.
• God’s work and glory is to help me gain eternal life.
• Were others besides Abraham “chosen before [they were] born”?
• How did we get the books of Moses and Abraham?

SUNDAY SCHOOL / SEMINARY – TEENS
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• As children of God, we have a divine destiny.
• We can resist Satan’s influence.
• This life is our opportunity to show that we will do what God commands.

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. . . AS A CHILD OF GOD I CAN RETURN . . .

Moses 1:1–4, 6

I am a child of God.

What do you learn from Moses 1:1–4, 6 about your relationship with Heavenly Father? How can you help the children learn what it means to be a child of God?

• Read to the children what God said to Moses: “Thou art my son” (Moses 1:4). Invite a child to the front of the room, and ask the children to repeat with you, “[Child’s name], you are a child of God.” Repeat the phrase for each child in the class.

• Show several pictures of children, and ask the class if these children are all children of God. Emphasize that everyone is a child of God. Let the children take turns looking in a mirror, and testify that they are children of God too.

• Sing “I Am a Child of God” (Children’s Songbook, 2–3) with the children. Let them color this week’s activity page, and use it to review the truths this song teaches.
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Moses 1:4, 30, 37–39; Abraham 3:22–28

I am a child of God, and He wants to help me return to Him.

Moses 1:4, 37–39 and Abraham 3:22–28 teach precious truths about our relationship with God and His purpose for sending us to earth. Ponder how you will help the children learn these truths.
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• Read with the children Moses 1:4, 37–39 and Abraham 3:24–25. Give them opportunities to ask questions and share favorite words or phrases from these verses. What do we learn from these verses about Heavenly Father? about ourselves?

• Show the children pictures of some of Heavenly Father’s many creations. Read Moses 1:30, and explain that Moses asked God about the purpose of these creations. Help the children search in verse 39 to find God’s answer. Testify that God’s purpose is to help each child gain eternal life.

• Help the children think of situations in which they have to choose whether or not to “do all things whatsoever the Lord their God shall command” (Abraham 3:25). Let them practice or discuss possible responses to those situations. How can the Savior help us when we make a wrong choice?
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. . . I LIVED IN HEAVEN & CAN RETURN . . .

Abraham 3:22–28

I lived with Heavenly Father before I was born.

Knowing about our premortal life can inspire us to make choices based on eternal truths. As you study Abraham 3:22–28, consider how you will teach the children about their eternal identity.

• Use “About the Old Testament” (in Old Testament Stories) to teach the children about our premortal life. Afterward, invite the children to tell the story back to you. Why did Heavenly Father send us here to earth? Help the children discover an answer as you read to them Abraham 3:25.
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• Sing with the children a song about God’s plan for us (such as “I Will Follow God’s Plan” [Children’s Songbook, 164–65]). Help them understand eternal truths taught in the lyrics.
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  Moses 1:39

  Heavenly Father wants me to live with Him again.

  How have the truths in Moses 1:39 blessed your life? What can you do to help the children experience those blessings too?

  • Point out the phrases “this is my work” and “eternal life” in Moses 1:39, and help the children repeat the phrases. Tell the children about the work you do each day. Teach them that Heavenly Father’s work is to help us gain eternal life, which means becoming like Him and living with Him again.

  • Invite a parent to come to class and talk about how he or she feels when a child returns home after being away (for example, at school or on a mission), or share feelings you’ve had during these experiences. Use this example to teach the children how much Heavenly Father wants us to return to Him.

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. . . I AM DIVINE & CAN RESIST TEMPTATION . . .

Moses 1

As a child of God, I have a divine destiny.

President Dieter F. Uchtdorf taught, “Much of the confusion we experience in this life comes from simply not understanding who we are” (“The Reflection in the Water” [Church Educational System fireside for young adults, Nov. 1, 2009], ChurchofJesusChrist.org). SEE VIDEO (below). Heavenly Father knows this, and so does Satan. God’s first message to Moses included the truths “thou art my son” and “thou art in the similitude of mine Only Begotten” (Moses 1:4, 6). In contrast, Satan addressed Moses as just a “son of man” (Moses 1:12). How would your life and decisions be different if you thought of yourself like Satan wants you to, as a “son [or daughter] of man”? How does knowing and remembering that you are a child of God bless your life?

What verses or phrases in Moses 1 give you a sense of your divine worth?

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Moses 1:12–26

I can resist Satan’s influence.

As Moses 1 clearly shows, powerful spiritual experiences do not exempt us from temptation. In fact, one of Satan’s tactics is to tempt us to doubt those experiences or what we learned from them. As you read about Moses’s response to Satan in verses 12–26, what do you learn that can help you stay true to the testimony you have received? What helps you resist Satan’s other temptations? (see, for example, verses 15 and 18).

Based on what you learn, you could make a plan for resisting temptation. For example, you could complete the statement “When I am tempted to , I will .”

See also Matthew 4:1–11; Helaman 5:12; Gary E. Stevenson, “Deceive Me Not,” Ensign or Liahona, Nov. 2019, 93–96; “I Am a Son of God” (video), ChurchofJesusChrist.org.

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