Old Testament LESSON 50
Teaching Sunday School – Come Follow Me just got easier with our activities for DECEMBER (week #2)
Theme: “Holiness unto the Lord”
Haggai; Zechariah
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 50 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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. . . CHOOSE ACTIONS TO EARN ETERNAL LIFE . . .
“Consider your ways.”
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The counsel in Haggai 1 can help class members think about their priorities. You could invite them to read Haggai 1:1–7 and identify how the people in Jerusalem were failing to prioritize what the Lord wanted them to do. What are some things the Lord has asked us to make high priorities in our lives? What can distract us from focusing on Heavenly Father and the Savior and Their priorities? Perhaps class members could share experiences that have helped them “consider [their] ways” and their priorities.
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To help class members think about how they can focus more completely on the Lord’s priorities, you could ask them to review Haggai 2:1–9. What counsel did the Lord give that can help us do His work? Class members could share how they are able to put the Lord’s priorities first in their lives as they deal with their many other important responsibilities. What does Haggai 2:1–9 teach about how the Lord blesses us when we put Him first in our lives? (see also
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After quoting Haggai 1:4–7, Elder Terence M. Vinson taught:
“We can feel enduring joy when our Savior and His gospel become the framework around which we build our lives. However, it’s so easy for that framework to become, instead, the things of the world, where the gospel sits as an optional extra or as simply attending church for two hours on Sundays. When this is the case, it is tantamount to putting our wages into ‘a bag with holes.’
“Haggai is telling us to be committed. …
“There is no treasure, nor any hobby, nor any status, nor any social media, nor any video games, nor any sport, nor any association with a celebrity, nor anything on earth that is more precious than eternal life. So the Lord’s counsel to every person is ‘consider your ways’” (“True Disciples of the Savior,” Ensign or Liahona, Nov. 2019, 9, 11).
FOCUS ON ETERNAL CONSEQUENCES
YOUTH LESSON ACTIVITY. CHOOSE THE RIGHT Consequences Spin-the-Bottle & CTR song visuals. Youth can learn the responsibilities for making good choices: Immediate Consequences, Future Consequences, and Eternal Consequences. Also, focus on the words in the song “Choose the Right” using the song visuals to teach this song to children. READ MORE
YOUTH GOAL ACTIVITY. PICK THE (COVENANT) PATH TO ETERNAL LIFE! decision-maker mobile. Youth can decide which path they want to follow ahead of time, so choices can be made at crossroads. READ MORE
. . . FOLLOW JESUS TO BE LIKE HIM . . .
The Lord can make us holy.
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To begin a discussion about holiness, you could read together Zechariah 14:20–21. Class members could share what the phrase “Holiness unto the Lord” means to them. What influence might it have on people if they saw the phrase “Holiness unto the Lord” inscribed on everyday objects? How does this phrase affect us when we see it on temples today? Class members could then read Zechariah 1:1–6; 3:1–7; 7:8–10; 8:16–17 and discuss what they learn about what it means to be holy. Why is our personal holiness important to the Lord? How does He help us become holy?
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Class members could review Zechariah 2:10–11; 8:1–8; 14:9–11, 20–21 and share their impressions about what it would be like to live with the Savior in a state of holiness. How does the Lord prepare us to live in the conditions Zechariah described? How can we access His power to help us become more holy?
YOUTH LESSON ACTIVITY. “HEN GATHERETH HER CHICKENS” tent-card. Youth can learn this scripture and list ways to follow the Savior. 3 Nephi 10:6 “How oft will I gather you as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, if ye will repent and return unto me with full purpose of heart.” READ MORE
YOUTH GOAL ACTIVITY. IN HIS FOOTSTEPS mirror motivators. Youth can follow these feet to see the path that Jesus Walked: Resist temptation, Be obedient, Love and serve others, and Be meek and humble. As they visualize Christ beside them they will make better choices. READ MORE
. . . JESUS PROMISED HE WOULD SAVE US . . .
Zechariah 9:9–11; 11:12–13; 12:10; 13:6–7
Jesus Christ is the promised Messiah.
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To help class members see connections between Zechariah’s words and the Savior’s life, as the people in Jesus’s time did, you might divide the class into two groups. Give class members in the first group one of these passages: Zechariah 9:9–11; 11:12–13; 12:10; 13:6–7. Give class members in the other group one of these passages: Matthew 21:1–11; 26:14–16; 26:31; John 19:37. Each class member could try to find someone from the other group who has a scripture passage that matches theirs. What do we learn about the Savior from these verses?
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To help class members ponder Zechariah 9:9–11, you might show a picture of the Savior’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem (see this week’s outline in Come, Follow Me—For Individuals and Families). Or show the video “The Lord’s Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem” (ChurchofJesusChrist.org). Class members could discuss what it might have felt like to be among the people welcoming Jesus into the city. How do we welcome Him into our lives, our homes, and our communities?
YOUTH GOAL ACTIVITY. JESUS IS MY LIFE SAVIOR Life-preserver Promises planner. This reminds youth that Jesus suffered for our sins (so we can repent) and gave His life for us (so that we might live again); He is our Savior. Write on planner ways to draw close to Him through Prayer, Scriptures, and Actions (life preserver promises that will help you earn eternal life). READ MORE
YOUTH ACTIVITY. JESUS IS THE LAMB OF GOD little lamb block. Youth can read John 1:29 to learn that Jesus Christ is the lamb to take away “the sins of the world.” Several blocks can be made to push around pretending to herd sheep (and more). READ MORE
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INDEX FOR THIS MONTH’S ACTIVITIES
