SIGNS Strengthen Testimony sign seeker show-and-tell

LESSON LIFESAVER Activity
Signs Can Strengthen My Testimony of Jesus
sign seeker show-and-tell

OBJECTIVE Teaches youth to have faith in prophecies and heavenly messengers and not to be seeking or asking for signs like Sherem, and Korihor in the Book of Mormon. The featured Laman and Lemuel did not ask for signs, but they ignored them. SEE DISCUSSION (below).

ACTIVITY—Sign Seeker Show-and-Tell

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Explain that a sign is an event that shows the power of God.

Ask the youth to name unfaithful people they learned about in previous lessons who asked for or saw signs and discuss the effect signs had on their testimonies. Use the following examples if the youth help to SHOW-AND-TELL reading the matching cue cards and the suggested scriptures (posted on the back):
1. Laman and Lemuel saw an angel yet would not believe (1 Nephi 3:28–31; 17:45)
2. Sherem demanded a sign and was smitten of God (Jacob 7:13–20)
3. Korihor demanded a sign and was struck dumb (Alma 30:43–56)
See the videos below to further illustrate the stories.

See Lesson 32 (Book of Mormon Primary 4) “Signs in America of Jesus Christ’s Birth” Enrichment Activity #1 (as suggested above).

TO MAKE Print in color or in black-and-white and color the sign seeker posters and cue cards for each youth or one set to present. Cut out and glue the matching cards to the back of the posters.

SCRIPTURE CHALLENGE CARD: Help youth Search and Ponder this scripture card by filling in the blanks. PRINT this 5 x 7 scripture card from the pdf included with the above activity. You can punch the two holes on the left and tie a ribbon to attach cards or use two metal rings to connect cards.

3 Nephi 1:20-21 “And it had come to pass, yea, all things, every whit, according to the words of the prophets. And it came to pass also that a new star did appear, according to the word.”

. . . DISCUSSION . . .