New Testament LESSON 20
Teaching Primary & Home – Come Follow Me just got easier with our activities for MAY (week #2)
Theme: “What Lack I Yet?”
Matthew 19-20; Mark 10; Luke 18
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• SCRIPTURE SCHOLARS to get them reading.
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Lesson 20 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 19-22 Scripture Scholars
May’s BUNDLE of BOOKMARKS, POP-UPs, and STAMPS. Glue STAMPS onto the STAMP KEEPER (to download separately, below).
MAY STAMPS $1.50
Stamps for weeks 1-4 Scripture Scholars Lessons 19-22 – New Testament – Included in the BUNDLE
STAMP KEEPER (1-53 stamps) $3.00
This is included in the January BUNDLE (or, download it below)
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. . . MAKE FAMILIES FOREVER . . .
Heavenly Father wants us to marry in the temple and have eternal families.
How can the children you teach benefit from learning about the doctrine of eternal marriage? It may be helpful for you to review truths about marriage in “The Family: A Proclamation to the World” (ChurchofJesusChrist.org).
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Read Mark 10:6–8 to the children, and display a picture of a married couple. Ask the children to point to the man and the woman when they hear you read the words male and female. Explain that Heavenly Father wants a man and woman to marry each other (see Genesis 1:27–28).
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Display pictures of a family and a temple. Invite the children to talk about what they see in the pictures. Explain that Heavenly Father wants us to be sealed to our families in the temple so we can be with them forever. Be sensitive to children whose parents are not yet sealed.
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Sing a song about families, such as “A Happy Family” SEE SONG VISUALS HERE (Children’s Songbook, 198). Consider singing the song several times. Invite the children to share fun things they have done with their families. Why are they thankful for their families?
- Sing a song about the temple, such as “I Love to See the Temple” SEE SONG VISUALS HERE or “Families Can Be Together Forever” SEE SONG VISUAL HERE OR BELOW (Children’s Songbook, 95, 188). Let the children hold pictures of temples or families, and invite them to hold up their pictures when they sing “temple” or “family.” Help the children think of reasons why is it important to get married in the temple.
OLDER CHILDRENThe things Jesus taught about marriage can help the children look forward to marrying in the temple and raising an eternal family.
- Ask one of the children to read Mark 10:6–8 out loud. Explain that cleave means to “stick to” or “hold tight to” something. Why is it important that husbands and wives join together, love each other, and work as partners?
- Ask the children to help you think of answers to questions like “Why are families important in the Church?” or “Why is it important for you to get married in the temple?” Help them find answers in resources like Mark 10:6–8; 1 Corinthians 11:11; Doctrine and Covenants 42:22; 131:1–4; Moses 3:18, 21–24; and “The Family: A Proclamation to the World.”
- Sing together a song about families, such as “Families Can Be Together Forever” (Children’s Songbook, 188). Share your testimony of eternal marriage and family with the children. Invite them to share their testimonies as well.
ACTIVITIES FOR:
Heavenly Father wants us to marry in the temple and have eternal families.
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
AGES 1-5. FAMILIES CAN BE TOGETHER FOREVER poster or coloring page. Children can find comfort in knowing that families can be sealed in the temple in this sacred place, God’s temple. The HOME ACTIVITY helps children talk to their parents about temples and forever families. READ MORE
AGES 4-7 LET’S BE TOGETHER FOREVER! temple eternity wheel. Children can prepare to enter God’s temple where families can be sealed together forever. TURN THE WHEEL: Obey the commandments, Love one another, Obey the Word of Wisdom, Pay their tithing, Attend church, and Be honest. READ MORE
COLORQUOTE. CELESTIAL MARRIAGE poster. Youth can memorize this quote to know that a temple marriage will prepare us for eternal life to live in the Celestial Kingdom (where God lives). “Celestial marriage is a pivotal part of preparation for eternal life. It requires one to be married to the right person, in the right place, by the right authority, and to obey that sacred covenant faithfully.”– Bruce R. McConkie READ MORE
SCRIPTURE ACTIVITY. “THE FAMILY: A PROCLAMATION TO THE WORLD” paragraph 3 scripture poster/card set. Youth can learn “Sacred ordinances and covenants available in holy temples make it possible for individuals to return to the presence of God and for families to be united eternally.” READ MORE
SONG VISUALS “FAMILIES CAN BE TOGETHER FOREVER” song visuals. Youth learn that, yes, their families can be sealed in the temple through priesthood power; so after they die they can be with their families again. Write the words on the cue cards to place on the back. For example, CHORUS “Fam’lies can be together forever Through Heav’nly Father’s plan.” READ MORE
. . . JESUS LOVES US & HELPS US . . .
Jesus wants little children to come to Him so He can bless them.
This account provides an opportunity to help children feel how much Jesus loves them.
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In your own words, share the account in Mark 10:13–16. You might also show the video “Suffer the Little Children to Come unto Me” (ChurchofJesusChrist.org). Help the children think of times when they have felt Jesus’s love for them. Bear your testimony to the children that Jesus loves them and wants to bless them.
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Display the picture Christ and the Children (Gospel Art Book, no. 47). Help the children imagine what it might be like to be one of the children sitting next to Jesus in the picture. Invite the children to share how they feel about Jesus.
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Let the children draw pictures of themselves being blessed by Jesus (see Mark 10:16 and this week’s activity page).
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Tell one or more stories about children who ask for advice or direction from their parents but don’t follow or obey. What are some things Heavenly Father asks us to do? How do we feel when we obey His commandments?
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Share experiences when you received personal promptings to do something to be better.
ACTIVITIES FOR:
Jesus wants little children to come to Him so He can bless them.
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
AGES 1-5 CRAFT. GUESS WHO HEAVENLY FATHER AND JESUS LOVE? ME! mirror and frame. Children can learn that God the Father and the Son love each of us perfectly before we came to earth and now and forever! They can place their picture in the frame or a mirror (to peer into) to see themselves as our creators see us. READ MORE
AGES 4-5 ACTIVITY. HEAVENLY FATHER WILL WATCH OVER ME! medallion. Wearing this comforting medallion will make children proud they are a child of God, our Heavenly Father who loves us and watches over us. They can place their picture on the back. READ MORE
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
LET JESUS GUIDE YOU
SCRIPTURE MEMORIZATION. “BE HUMBLE” D&C 112:10 poster/card set. “Be thou humble; and the Lord thy God shall lead thee by the hand, and give thee answer to thy prayers.” Youth can know from this that God can guide us as we show humility and pray for guidance (Alma 5:27-28). READ MORE
LET JESUS GUIDE YOU
SINGING TIME ACTIVITY. “TEACH ME TO WALK IN THE LIGHT” song visuals. Youth can be inspired by these words: Learn to walk in the light of God’s love, Pray, and Know what is right so they can return to living with God again. Write the words on the cue cards to mount on the back of visuals and learn more ways to present the song. READ MORE
. . . OBEY COMMANDMENTS TO GAIN ETERNAL LIFE . . .
Jesus can help me know what I need to do to progress.
The rich young man sought Jesus and received specific instruction that was meant especially for him. How can you inspire the children to seek similar guidance in their own lives?
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Ask the children to find a verse in Mark 10:17–22 that describes the picture in this week’s outline in Come, Follow Me—For Individuals and Families. Explain that the counsel Jesus gave to the young man was personal, and we can all receive personal direction from the Lord through the Spirit.
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Read together Mark 10:17–22. Invite the children to write on the board the commandments that the Savior told the rich young man to obey (see verse 19). What else did Jesus ask him to do? (see verse 21). Encourage the children to think about things they might need to begin doing or stop doing to better follow Jesus. What are some ways we can find out what Jesus wants us to do?
If I obey the commandments, I can receive eternal life.
Jesus taught the rich young man that to gain eternal life—a life like Heavenly Father has—he should obey the commandments.
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Tell the story of the rich young man in Mark 10:17–22 to the children. (See also “Chapter 42: The Rich Young Man,” in New Testament Stories, 105–6, or the corresponding video on ChurchofJesusChrist.org.) Ask them to listen for what Jesus told the young man to do and how the young man responded.
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Tell one or more stories about children who ask for advice or direction from their parents but don’t follow or obey. What are some things Heavenly Father asks us to do? How do we feel when we obey His commandments?
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Share experiences when you received personal promptings to do something to be better.
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ACTIVITIES FOR:
Jesus can help me know what I need to do to progress.
If I obey the commandments, I can receive eternal life.
POST-AND-PRESENT ACTIVITY. CHOOSE THE RIGHT CONSEQUENCES: Build a True Prince and Princess puzzle. Youth can build the big puzzle step by step, by placing the feet at the bottom, Then, reading the feet cards, then hand and arm cards, and working up until the puzzle is built. Tell them that Heavenly Father wishes to crown us with glory for our royal actions. READ MORE
AGES 1-5 ACTIVITY. PLAN OF HAPPINESS poster or coloring page. Children can learn they lived with Heavenly Father as spirits before birth. Heavenly Father has a plan for them to come to earth to gain a body and learn to be like God. Jesus will come to show them the way to be obedient and how to return to heaven. Jesus came to save. READ MORE
AGES 4-7. RIGHT ROAD TO HEAVEN map and “Trusty Truck.” Talk about gaining Heavenly Father’s trust as they drive their “Trusty Truck” through life making the right choices to find the Right Road to Heaven. They can stop and have family lessons at home, visit the church to learn to CTR (Choose the Right), at school to learn how to be kind, bypass the dead end and go to a grove of trees to pray then reach HEAVEN! READ MORE
AGES 8-11 ACTIVITY. TRIALS STRENGTHEN FAITH: Premortal Life/Earth Life quiz. Here youth learn about PREMORTAL LIFE (their first estate) and how they passed the first test by choosing to follow Jesus. EARTH LIFE (their second estate) gives them the opportunity to pass the test again – to follow Jesus (to reach their glory – Abraham 3:26). READ MORE
SCRIPTURE MEMORIZATION. Abraham 3:24 CREATION poster/card set. Youth can learn this verse to remind them that this earth was created so that we might have a place to come to learn and grow to become like our creator, Jesus Christ, and one day return to Him. Abraham 3:24-25: “We will make an earth whereon these may dwell; and we will prove them herewith, to see if they will do all things whatsoever the Lord their God shall command them.” READ MORE
SINGING TIME “I WILL FOLLOW GOD’S PLAN” song visuals. Learning this song will help youth know where they came from (heaven), why they are here (on earth), and how they can return to their happy home. Write the words on the cue cards (in your language) to place on the back, e.g., “Holding fast to his word and his love. I will work, and I will pray…” READ MORE
SUMMARY OF SUBJECTS FOR:
NEW TESTAMENT
Matthew 19-20; Mark 10; Luke 18
MAY (week 2)
Lesson 20: May 8-14, 2023
“What Lack I Yet?”
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