COME FOLLOW ME Old Testament – Hosea; Joel NOVEMBER (week 2) Lesson 46 “I Will Love Them Freely” (November 7-13, 2022) – Activities and Song Visuals for Primary and Home, family home evening (Individuals & Families), Sunday School, Seminary

It is always time to SEEK THE LORD (Hosea 10:12).

POST-AND-PRESENT ACTIVITY. ANYTIME, ANYWHERE PRAYER true stories board. Youth can post these images as they tell the stories of a horse, ducks, car, fire, mosquito, train, and a boy’s shoe caught in the track. So many reminders that God is near and will give us aid if we but ask. His ways are higher than our ways and His vision of our situation is greater (Isaiah 5:8-9).   READ MORE

God can “RAIN RIGHTEOUSNESS UPON YOU” (Hosea 10:12) as you follow His prophets.

POST-AND-PRESENT ACTIVITY. SHOWERED WITH BLESSINGS! Follow the Prophet Guessing Game Youth can see from these falling raindrops things the prophets have told us to do, e.g., “When I follow the Prophet Spencer W. Kimball and listen for the Spirit after my prayers … how is my family blessed?” the youth can answer ways they are SHOWERED WITH BLESSINGS. READ MORE

AGES 1-5. WE LOVE TO HAVE FAMILY PRAYERS! poster or coloring page.  Children feel close to their earthly and heavenly families when they pray together. Here they can express their thanks (for the 12 things listed) and more, ask for what they need, and show love for each other. The HOME ACTIVITY encourages parents to talk to children about family prayer and what to pray for and to pray often.  READ MORE

AGES 4-7 SATURDAY – SUNDAY prayer elevator. Children can move this boy or girl arrow up and down on their own prayer chart to remind them to pray every morning and night. The elevator door wordstrip moves with them as they think and say “I grow every day when I pray to Heavenly Father.”  READ MORE

AGES 8-11 PUZZLED ABOUT PRAYER crossword puzzle. Youth can be less “puzzled” about prayer with this crossword full of words about prayer: Heavenly Father, ask, morning, listen, thank, still small voice, help, Holy Ghost, prayer, Jesus Christ, yes, guidance, knees, night, blessings, no, peace. Wow! Now you know the answers; now add them across and down. For example, “spirit friend” who would that be?  READ MORE

TEENS “COUNSEL WITH THE LORD IN ALL THY DOINGS” tent card. Youth can list on one side HOW TO PRAY and WHAT TO PRAY FOR. Then on the back, there’s a reminder “Don’t forget to pray!” For the next 30 days, record each time you say your morning and nightly prayers by filling in a box.”  READ MORE

POST-AND-PRESENT ACTIVITY. LETTERS TO HEAVEN prayer mail. This PRAYER MAIL box can be placed in the youth’s room or in a classroom to send out prayer mail (on postcards with a LOVE stamp). They don’t need to sign their name as Heavenly Father knows what is in our hearts. Start by reviewing the four parts of prayer (open thank, ask, close). “Prayers are letters to heaven” written on the mailbox, they reach heaven every hour.  READ MORE

CHARACTER BEE. BE PRAYERFUL doorknob hanger, poster, or card. “Get on your knees and thank Him for His goodness to you and express to Him the righteous desires of your hearts. The miracle of it all is that He hears.” – Gordon B. Hinckley   READ MORE

MEMORIZE SCRIPTURE. MEMORIZE SCRIPTURE. MEMORIZE SCRIPTURE. PRAYER Psalm 8:7 scripture poster/card set. Help youth memorize Psalm 86:7 “In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me.” Help youth memorize Psalm 86:7 “In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me.” Help youth memorize Psalm 86:7 “In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me.” READ MORE

SINGING TIME. “I PRAY IN FAITH” song visuals. Youth can learn this song about: HOW we pray: “kneel to pray” “pray in faith” WHEN to pray: “ev’ry day.” WHOM do we pray to: “Heav’nly Father.” WHAT does God do? “He hears and answers me.” WHAT do we say and do during prayer? “Thank him for blessings he sends; Then humbly I ask him for things that I need.” HOW do we end the prayer? “In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.”  READ MORE

GAME & SING ALONG. EASTER HOSANNA mini memorize song graphic cards and game. Youth can use cards to play a memory game or learn the song “Easter Hosanna.” Write lyrics on the back of the cards. Make it a challenge by writing half the verse on one card and the rest on the other matching card. For example, on the Hosanna card(s) #5 write the chorus “Hosanna! Blessed be the name … (on the first card) “of the Most High God!” (on the second card).  READ MORE

POST-AND-PRESENT ACTIVITY. RESURRECTION MIRACLES Easter match game. Jesus volunteered to be our Savior, to die for us so that everyone will live again. Learn resurrection miracle stories by matching body-part cards. For example, “Marsha was blind and wanted to read books in Braille. Because Jesus was resurrected, Marsha can read all books someday.”  READ MORE

AGES 1-5  JESUS LIVES AGAIN! poster or coloring page. Bear your testimony of Jesus and His power to bring life to the earth. Say that we can trust and believe in Him. Read John 11:25: “Jesus said . . . I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.” HOME ACTIVITY: Help children understand that because Jesus was resurrected we will be able to live again someday. Children can tell why they are grateful for Jesus.  READ MORE

AGES 4-7 EASTER JESUS HAS RISEN! Resurrection match game. Children will learn about the story of why we will be resurrected after we die because of Jesus. With this matching game, they will learn of Jesus, Tomb, a Stone, Soldiers, an Angel, Woman, Disciples, a Cross, and EASTER Jesus is risen! They all have something to do with the reason we are all going to live again. Enjoy matching up these cards as you tell the story.  READ MORE

AGES 8-11 JESUS DIED FOR ME Atonement ponder wheel. Turning the wheel, youth can learn of His great love for us. The scripture in the window references the action above it. As they study these they can learn that Jesus: Knew the future, was concerned for His mother, needed His Father, did His Father’s will, and was merciful and forgiving. READ MORE

TEENS GIFTS OF RESURRECTION & ETERNAL LIFE gift package. Prophets foretold of Jesus Christ coming to bring these gifts. Create these gift packages to hold treats: #1 Gift of Resurrection (a free gift given to all men). #2 Gift of Eternal Life to live with God again (a gift we must earn through living God’s commandments). READ MORE

SCRIPTURE ACTIVITY. JESUS VOLUNTEERED TO BE MY SAVIOR John 15:13 bite-size memorize. Remind youth that in premortal life Jesus volunteered to be our Savior as they memorize: “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”  READ MORE

SCRIPTURE MEMORIZATION. JESUS SENT TO BE THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD 1 John 4:14 rebus bite-size memorize. Youth can picture the words as they picture the Savior who gave His life for us so that we might live again. “And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.”  READ MORE

SINGING ACTIVITY.  “EASTER HOSANNA” song visuals. Youth can use these large song visuals to teach children the words of how Jesus died and was resurrected for us so that we all might live again. It also tells of how “Jesus Christ appeared to Nephites in the promised land.” See the mini-version of this as a memory match game (HERE).  READ MORE

SINGING TIME. “DID JESUS REALLY LIVE AGAIN?” song visuals. Youth should know there were prophets of old who told of this moment when Jesus would live again and make it possible for all to live again. Write the words on the cue cards (in your language) to place on the back of the song visuals, e.g., “Yes, when the third day came, He wakened and he left the tomb.”  READ MORE

POST-AND-PRESENT ACTIVITY. THE HOLY GHOST HELPS ME concentration game. As the youth play this large poster match, they learn ways the Spirit helps us (found in the Book of Mormon scriptures): Change hearts, guides, comforts, testifies of Christ, teaches, protects us from sin, warns of danger, inspires, and fills us with hope and love.  READ MORE

POST-AND-PRESENT GAME. TRAIL TO HOLY GHOST TOWN. Youth learn how not to end up in DEATH VALLEY by choosing the right. This helps them go to HOLY GHOST TOWN filled with good people who listen to the promptings of the Spirit which makes this TOWN a happy place. Players use boot markers to place in the dynamite START position. If players land on a Trail Mix they read a situation card and move forward or backward. The first to get to Holy Ghost Town wins!  READ MORE

AGES 1-5 THE GIFT OF THE HOLY GHOST gift package. Children can show and tell about this gift they can receive after they are baptized. They can place the images in the pocket and a “comfort” cloth. On the back they learn: The Holy Ghost will: 1. Help me know what is right. 2. Help me know that Jesus and Heavenly Father are real. 3. Give me comfort and help.  READ MORE

AGES 4-7 THE HOLY GHOST HELPS ME headband and medallion. Children can place the big ear hand-band that reads “The Holy Ghost speaks to my mind and. I will listen and obey.” The medallion: “The Holy Ghost speaks to my heart. I have a ward feeling when He is near.” The Spirit speaks to children with a still small voice that they can feel and know they are loved and guided. This special gift is given to them after they are baptized. Eight-year-olds can have this gift with them as they choose the right.  READ MORE

AGES 8-11 LET THE HOLY GHOST GUIDE game and scripture underlining. This can become a YOUTH GOAL to Invite the Spirit or create a special Activity Day to learn about this light with scripture underlining, flashlight tag, and block toss to learn the following. The Holy Ghost will help me throughout my life! (bookmark with room for a scripture underlining pencil and scriptures to underline). On the flip side: Testifies of Truth – Guides – Comforts. Then, the other matching activities coordinate the above concepts. READ MORE

TEENS. LIGHT OF THE HOLY GHOST mobile. Youth can learn how the Spirit is their light by learning from these scriptures to fill in the blanks on both sides of the mobile. Examples: (one side) Be Worthy of to Receive the Holy Ghost #1 “REPENT of my sins” found in Mosiah 4:10. (flip-side) Blessings of the Holy Ghost #1 in “He shall TEACH you all things” found in John 14:26. Youth can compete to find, then share answers.  READ MORE

POST-AND-PRESENT ACTIVITY. LIAHONA LEADS THE WAY inspiration dial. Youth learn that the Holy Ghost is like the Liahona a compass that led Lehi and his family to the promised land. Alma 37:44 tells them that “it is easy to give heed to the word of Christ, which will point you a straight course” and more. Following that inspiration, making good choices will help them keep the Holy Ghost (our own personal Liahona) guiding them.  READ MORE

QUOTE MEMORIZATION. OBEDIENCE – HOLY GHOST ColorQuote poster or notecard.  “Obedience opens the door to the constant companionship of the Holy Ghost. And the spiritual gifts and abilities activated by the power of the Holy Ghost enable us to avoid deception – and to see, to feel, to know, to understand, and to remember things as they really are.” David A. Bednar, Apostle, “Things as They Really Are”  READ MORE

SCRIPTURE MEMORIZATION. HOLY GHOST The Comforter Can Guide & Teach Me JOHN 14:26 rebus. Youth can guess the picture prompts to help them memorize this scripture about the Spirit of God. “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.”   READ MORE

MUSIC ACTIVITY. “THE STILL SMALL VOICE” song visuals. Youth will know from this song that Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ speak to us through the third member of the Godhead, The Holy Ghost. The Spirit guides us from evil if they try to do what is right they can be led “thru the night” to “direct” and “protect” and give their “soul his light.” If they “Listen, listen” “The Holy Ghost will whisper” with the “still small voice.”  READ MORE

SCRIPTURE MEMORIZATION. “The Family: A Proclamation to the World” paragraph 1: This bride and groom have found happiness in the thought that they have prepared by keeping their covenants, now ready to be sealed in the temple of our God. The temple is His house where sacred covenants are made and where we learn of His plan of salvation or plan of happiness. Card Reads: “Marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God and . . . the family is central to the Creator’s plan for the eternal destiny of His children.”  READ MORE

YOUTH ACTIVITY. MARRIAGE Is Ordained of God scripture pop-up. Use this pop-up to mount in youth’s scriptures as a reminder of God’s higher law of marriage (Mark 10:1-12; Matthew 19:1-9) which reads, “Marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God.” Talk about the covenants of everlasting marriage performed in the temple to last for eternity; beyond the grave. Talk about the covenants that start with baptism and how living these covenants prepare us for this sacred marriage ordinance. Scripture Scholars bookmarks are included.  READ MORE

How can we keep this covenant we have made with the Lord?

AGES 1-5. I CAN BE AN EXAMPLE (Like Jesus) poster or coloring page. Children can learn how Jesus treated others and know they can follow His example. The poster reads “I want to be like Jesus.” “I will follow Him.” The Home Activity has parents let children know when they are being: kind, loving, and choosing the right like Jesus. READ MORE

What do we covenant to do when we are baptized?

LESSON ACTIVITY. I PROMISE … HEAVENLY FATHER PROMISES … two-sided puzzle. This puzzle can be folded and glued back to back or left to display open to mix up and match wordstrips as you teach, putting them in place. For example, I PROMISE to keep the commandments; HEAVENLY FATHER PROMISES to give me the gift of the Holy Ghost. These can seem like instant rewards for keeping their baptismal covenants.  READ MORE

What do we covenant to do when we are baptized?

AGES 8-11. STRONG SPIRIT I can say “no” to temptation! poster. Youth can be reminded to: DECIDE to choose the right! PRAY to avoid temptation. LISTEN to the Holy Ghost. KNOW that Heavenly Father loves me and will help me. Inspired by 1 Corinthians 10:13 “There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.”  READ MORE

How can we keep this covenant we have made with the Lord?

YOUTH GOAL PLANNER. TAKE UPON THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST planner. Youth can listen carefully during the sacrament to the songs, and prayers, and think about Jesus. What it Means to Take upon the Name of Jesus Christ. This planner helps youth ponder these things and how doing this pondering affects their actions and decisions. They can set goals to do something each day marking this two-week chart to remember Jesus. They can then name things they did to follow Jesus. READ MORE

What do we covenant to do when we are baptized?

POST-AND-PRESENT ACTIVITY. BAPTISM PROMISES TO SERVE match game. Youth can renew covenants when they are baptized. They promise to: Bear one another’s burdens, Mourn with those who mourn; Comfort those that need comfort; Stand as a witness, and Keep the commandments (Mosiah 18:8-10).  READ MORE

How can we keep this covenant we have made with the Lord?

MEMORIZE SCRIPTURE. ALMA 37:35 scripture poster/card set. Help youth memorize Alma 37:35 “O, remember, my son, and learn wisdom in thy youth; yea, learn in thy youth to keep the commandments of God.” The prophet Alma also told his son Helaman to “cry unto God for all” his support and “let all” his doings “be unto the Lord” (verse 36). READ MORE

How can we keep this covenant we have made with the Lord?

POST-AND-PRESENT ACTIVITY. I’LL HONOR HIS NAME Children Around the World Honor Jesus. Children will love learning how children from other countries far across the world follow Jesus. As children read the stories they can tell what each child did in the stories to honor Jesus. For example, Dimitri, from Russia, felt pressured to use bad words as some of the other boys did. What did he do to honor Jesus?  READ MORE

How can we keep this covenant we have made with the Lord?

SINGING TIME. “I WANT TO LIVE THE GOSPEL” song visuals. Youth can increase their desire to keep the commandments, follow the plan of the Savior, and do what He wants them to do as they sing this song. Write the words on the cue cards to place on the back of the song visuals, e.g., “I know that its teachings are true … I have learned to obey.” READ MORE