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Old Testament LESSON 17
Here are Instant COME FOLLOW ME Activities for APRIL (week #4) Theme: “All That the Lord Hath Spoken We Will Do” Exodus 18-20
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OLD TESTAMENT Exodus 18-20
APRIL (week 4)
Lesson 17: April 18-24, 2022
“All That the Lord Hath Spoken We Will Do”
Discussion Topics (activities below) ⇓
PRIMARY – HOME
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• Sharing my testimony can bless others.
• God gives commandments because He wants me to be happy.
• I can honor my parents.
• I can help “bear the burden” of doing the Lord’s work.
• It is important to put the Lord first in my life.
INDIVIDUALS & FAMILIES
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• I can help “bear the burden” of doing the Lord’s work.
• The Lord’s covenant people are a treasure to Him
• Sacred experiences require preparation.
• God is merciful.
• It’s important to put the Lord first in my life.
SUNDAY SCHOOL / SEMINARY – TEENS
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• We can help “bear the burden” of doing the Lord’s work.
• We should put the Lord first in our lives.
• God is merciful.
• No other gods.
Lesson 17 Scripture Scholars
Week’s Scripture Scholars BOOKMARKS & scripture POP-UP Includes:
• BOOKMARKS with Come, Follow Me scriptures to read and discuss topics for Primary and Individuals and Families. Also, for Sunday School (teens).
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Lessons 14-17 Scripture Scholars
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. . . MY TESTIMONY HELPS OTHERS . . .
Sharing my testimony can bless others.
Jethro rejoiced when Moses shared what the Lord had done for the children of Israel. This story can inspire the children you teach to share with others what they know is true.
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Read to the children the following words from Exodus 18:8: “And Moses told his father in law all that the Lord had done.” Ask the children if they remember what the Lord did to help the children of Israel escape from Egypt. (To help them remember, show pictures or activity pages from previous lessons).
• DOWNLOAD Egyptian Plagues crossword puzzle (HERE, below)
• DOWNLOAD Faith Brings Miracle – Story Starters featuring MOSES & THE EGYPTIAN PLAGUES – FROGS (HERE or below)What things has the Lord done to help us? Help the children know that like Moses, we can tell other people about the great things the Lord has done for us.
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Primary class can be a great place for children to practice sharing a simple testimony. Share your testimony with them, and help them share with each other gospel truths that they believe.
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Moses & Plagues
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Baby Moses
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Moses & Plagues
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Moses
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. . . COMMANDMENTS BRING PEACE & JOY . . .
God gives commandments because He wants me to be happy.
Commandments are Heavenly Father’s instructions for finding peace in this life and joy in eternity. How can you encourage the children to obey God’s commandments?
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Show pictures from “Moses on Mount Sinai” (in Old Testament Stories), and invite the children to share what they know about the story. Help them understand any parts of the story they aren’t familiar with.
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As you read several of the commandments from Exodus 20:3–17 to the children (or paraphrase them in words they can understand), invite them to give you a thumbs up if the commandment is about something we should do and a thumbs down if it is about something we should not do.
For Teens DOWNLOAD Thumbs up or Thumbs Down Choices Game (HERE or below)Share your testimony about the happiness that comes from obeying God’s commandments (see Mosiah 2:41).
DOWNLOAD Color My Life with the Gospel – Happy Crayons Game (HERE or below) -
Sing with the children a song about how Heavenly Father blesses us when we obey the commandments, such as “Keep the Commandments” (Children’s Songbook, 146–47). Invite the children to listen to the words to find out what blessings we can receive when we obey.
DOWNLOAD Keep the Commandments song visuals (HERE or below)OLDER CHILDREN
The children will be more likely to keep the commandments if they see them as expressions of God’s love and as opportunities to express their love for Him.
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Prepare strips of paper with the commandments in Exodus 20:3–17 on them. Write the numbers one through ten on the board, and invite the children to put the strips in the correct order on the board.
DOWNLOAD The 10 Commandments light up my life! keyword cake (HERE or below)Talk about how we can follow these commandments. For ideas, they could look at the Gospel Topics article “Ten Commandments” (topics.ChurchofJesusChrist.org).
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Invite the children to draw pictures of keywords from the commandments to help them remember them. (See KEYWORD CAKE below)
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Tell the story about Chloe from Sister Carole M. Stephens’s message “If Ye Love Me, Keep My Commandments” (Ensign or Liahona, Nov. 2015, 118–20). How does the story help us understand why the Lord gives us commandments? How does being obedient show our love for God?
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. . . HONORING PARENTS . . .
I can honor my parents.
Honoring parents involves more than just obeying them. Help the children understand other ways they can honor their parents.
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Help the children learn the phrase “Honour thy father and thy mother” (Exodus 20:12). If needed, explain that to “honor” someone can mean to show respect for them or to bring them happiness. What did Jesus do to honor His Heavenly Father? How did He honor His mother? (see Luke 2:48–51; John 19:26–27). HELP THE CHILDREN THINK OF THINGS THEY CAN DO TO HONOR THEIR PARENTS, and invite them to act out their ideas.
DOWNLOAD Are You Honor Off? Honor Parents Vote Casting Post-and-Present activity (HERE or below) -
Invite the children to make a thank-you card for their parents. They could write or draw inside the card something they will do to honor their parents.
• DOWNLOAD Just a little note to say I Love You pop-up card (HERE or below)
• DOWNLOAD Honor My Parents card (HERE or below)
• DOWNLOAD Super Dad and Mom Spotlight (HERE or below)
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GROUP ACTIVITIES to spotlight Mom, Dad, and Grandparents
(you can request that invitation be changed to invite boys as these are designed for girls)
. . . SERVING GOD & OTHERS . . .
I can help “bear the burden” of doing the Lord’s work.
Moses learned that trying to lead the children of Israel all by himself was “not good” (Exodus 18:17). Loving and serving one another can help ease the burdens of our leaders.
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Invite the children to draw many circles on the board to represent members of the ward. Draw a circle labeled bishop. Why would it be a problem if the bishop were the only one helping everyone else? Read together Exodus 18:13–26 to find out what advice Jethro gave when Moses was trying to do everything himself. Ask the children to label other circles to represent other ward leaders and members who help the bishop serve others. How do these other leaders and members make the bishop’s burden lighter? How can we do the same for our ward leaders? for our parents at home?
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Help the children make a list of leaders in your ward. As a class, select one and discuss what this person does to accomplish the Lord’s work and what the children can do to help.
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. . . GOD TREASURES YOU AS YOU LIVE HIS TREASURED GOSPEL . . .
The Lord’s covenant people are a treasure to Him.
Consider what it means to you to be “a peculiar treasure” of the Lord (Exodus 19:5). President Russell M. Nelson offered one explanation of this phrase: “In the Old Testament, the Hebrew term from which peculiar was translated is segullah, which means ‘valued property,’ or ‘treasure.’ … For us to be identified by servants of the Lord as his peculiar people is a compliment of the highest order” (“Children of the Covenant,” Ensign, May 1995, 34). How does knowing that keeping your covenants makes you a “peculiar treasure” influence the way you live?
See also Gerrit W. Gong, “Covenant Belonging,” Ensign or Liahona, Nov. 2019, 80–83.
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. . . PUT THE LORD FIRST . . .
It is important to put the Lord first in my life.
We all have things that we might be tempted to put before God in our lives. How can you help the children understand what it means to put Heavenly Father first?
DOWNLOAD I’ll Honor His Name: Children Around the World Honor Jesus (HERE or below)
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Read together Exodus 20:1–7, and explain that anything we put before God in our lives can be like the “others gods” and “graven image[s]” mentioned in verses 3–4. Ask the children why Heavenly Father wants us to put Him first. What blessings does He promise us if we do? Ask the children how we can show Heavenly Father that He is more important than anything else in our lives.
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Think of a task that has an important first step, such as washing our hands before we eat or putting on socks before putting on shoes. What could happen if we didn’t do the important things first? How is this like putting Heavenly Father first in our lives? Share your testimony of how putting God first has blessed you, and invite the children to share their testimonies, too.
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Sing a song about Heavenly Father, such as “My Heavenly Father Loves Me” (Children’s Songbook, 228–29). What do we learn from the song about why it is important to put Heavenly Father first in our lives?
DOWNLOAD My Heavenly Father Loves Me song visuals (HERE or below)
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SUMMARY OF SUBJECTS FOR:
OLD TESTAMENT – Exodus 18-20
APRIL (week 4)
Lesson 17: April 18-22, 2022
“All That the Lord Hath Spoken We Will Do”
