YOU WILL FIND:
• SCRIPTURE SCHOLARS to get them reading.
• Then scroll down to find Lesson-Match Interactive Activities to match the CFM curriculum
SCRIPTURE SCHOLARS is not only for SUNDAY SCHOOL youth but also for Primary, and for Individuals and Families.
Lesson 49 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).
• POP-UP to glue in scripture binding next to scripture you underline.
EXTRA ITEMS (not included) … THERE’S MORE:
• STAMP. Award readers with a STAMP for the week’s scripture reading. See below to find matching STAMPS.
• STAMP KEEPER. These can be placed on the STAMP KEEPER (see below) where you can collect 50 stamps for the year
Lessons 49-52 Scripture Scholars
December’s BUNDLE of BOOKMARKS, POP-UPs, and STAMPS. Glue STAMPS onto the STAMP KEEPER (to download separately, below).
Click on the weekly lesson posters (below) to find interactive activities:
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. . . TRUST IN GOD’S LOVE . . .
The Lord is both powerful and merciful.
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This week’s outline in Come, Follow Me—For Individuals and Families suggests searching Nahum 1 for verses that describe the Lord’s attributes. You might ask class members what they learned about the Lord from their personal study. For example, what do we learn about Him from verses 1–9? vs. 7 “The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.”
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You might point out that Nahum prophesied of the Lord’s judgments against Nineveh, the capital of Assyria, and that Assyria had oppressed the Israelites for many years. Why was it important for the Israelites to hear Nahum’s message about God? Why is it important for us today?
YOUTH GOAL ACTIVITY. HOLD FAST TO THE LORD’S STANDARDS word find. Youth can realize the Lord’s ways will keep them from the fierce winds of change and keep them safe. Fill in missing statements, e.g., “I listen for and act on the impressions that the Holy Ghost gives me.” READ MORE
POST-AND-PRESENT ACTIVITY. MY BODY IS A TEMPLE Happy Head brainstorm. Children and youth can’t be happy if they dot let bad thoughts inside their heads. This exercise will help them make better choices, replacing bad with the good, saying “I will fill my head with good instead.” READ MORE
. . . TRUST IN GOD’S WILL . . .
We can trust the Lord’s will and His timing.
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It might be helpful for class members to know that, like many of us, Habakkuk was troubled by what he saw in the world around him. Perhaps class members could read Habakkuk 1:1–4 and summarize Habakkuk’s concerns. They could also compare his questions with others in the scriptures, such as those found in Mark 4:37–38 and Doctrine and Covenants 121:1–6. What similar questions do people ask about God today? What counsel did the Lord give in Habakkuk 2:1–4 that helps you trust His will and timing? (see also Mark 4:39–40; Doctrine and Covenants 121:7–8). Class members could find other helpful insights in “Additional Resources.” They could also share how the Savior has helped them “live by [their] faith” even when they have unanswered questions.
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To begin a discussion of Habakkuk 3, you could invite class members to review the chapter and share expressions of praise and faith they find. To help them apply these words to themselves, you might invite each class member to write a list of blessings God has given him or her. Invite them to ponder what would happen if they lost some of their temporal blessings. Read together Habakkuk 3:17–19, and discuss why it might be hard to “rejoice in the Lord” (verse 18) during hardships like those described in verse 17. How can we develop faith like Habakkuk’s?
SCRIPTURE ACTIVITY. HEAVENLY FATHER WILL GUIDE ME – Nephi’s message poster 2 Nephi 4:15-24. “I know in whom I have trusted.” Like Nephi, I know that Heavenly Father will guide me if I trust Him. READ MORE
TEMPORAL BLESSINGS
POST-AND-PRESENT ACTIVITY. BLESSING, BLESSING, WHO’S GOT A BLESSING? GAME. Youth can guess temporal blessings given to us by Heavenly Father. These are blessings we can see, touch, hear taste, or smell, and are different from our spiritual blessings. Blessings come from keeping God’s commandments, e.g., Keeping the Sabbath day holy. READ MORE
. . . GOD’S PROMISES BRING US PEACE . . .
The Lord will rejoice with His people in Zion.
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To help class members find hope for the future in Zephaniah 3:14–20, you could write on the board “Be glad and rejoice with all the heart” because … Then class members could search these verses for blessings promised for the future that can help them rejoice today. How do these promises help us during difficult times?
YOUTH GOAL ACTIVITY. PATRIARCHAL BLESSING memo and checklist. Youth can record parts of blessing on Messages Memo, e.g. “I was blessed with.” “I was promised.” “What I must do.” Plus, things to do on the Preparation Checklist. Place a flower sticker by each item accomplished, e.g. “Be mature enough to appreciate the blessing.” READ MORE
YOUTH GOAL ACTIVITY. HAPPINESS mirror motivator and JOY goal list. Youth can memorize the Prophet Harold B. Lee’s quote “Happiness does not depend on what happens outside of you but what happens inside of you.” Then, in the journal “What I can do to find joy now …” write their goals to obtain that inner happiness. READ MORE
. . . WAITING FOR GOD’S WILL . . .
Faith means trusting God’s wisdom, compassion, and timing.
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland said:
“How long do we wait for relief from hardships that come upon us? What about enduring personal trials while we wait and wait, and help seems so slow in coming? Why the delay when burdens seem more than we can bear? …
“… There will be times in our lives when even our best spiritual effort and earnest, pleading prayers do not yield the victories for which we have yearned, whether that be regarding the large global matters or the small personal ones. So while we work and wait together for the answers to some of our prayers, I offer you my apostolic promise that they are heard and they are answered, though perhaps not at the time or in the way we wanted. But they are always answered at the time and in the way an omniscient and eternally compassionate parent should answer them. …
“… Faith means trusting God in good times and bad, even if that includes some suffering until we see His arm revealed in our behalf” (“Waiting on the Lord,” Ensign or Liahona, Nov. 2020, 115–16).
YOUTH LESSON ACTIVITY. KEEP MY SPIRITUAL BOAT AFLOAT game. Youth can learn these ways by reading scriptures and traveling around the game board (time after time) with the goal to get through troubled waters. Landing on SUNKEN SHIP, LIFESAVER, or ANCHOR they draw a matching scripture card to learn how to sail safely. The first team to find the scripture (reading it) earns 30 points 100-200 to win and say “I’m Sailing!” READ MORE
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.” READ MORE
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