FAITH Book of Mormon activity "Faithful Saints Guessing Game"

USE FOR Primary and Sunday School, Come Follow Me, and family scripture study

 

LESSON LIFESAVER Activity
Be Strong in Faith: Faithful Saints Guessing Game


OBJECTIVE: Encourage youth to exercise their faith in Jesus Christ by learning about these 12 Book of Mormon prophets and missionaries. Tell them that because of their faith, BLESSINGS came to them. Guess who they were?

You’ll find 12 sets of picture and word cards to match up these names (see clue cards that match each name):

Cue Cards #1-12
#1 Enos  #2 Alma   #3 Captain Moroni
#4 Ishmael  #5 Nephi   #6 Brother of Jared
#7 2,000 Stripling Warriors   #8 Ammon
#9 Alma & Amulek   #10 Abinadi
#11 3 Nephites   #12 Lehi

     See (below*) the matching lesson 43 in the Book of Mormon Manual enrichment activities 1 and 2 (for which this activity was created).

PREPARATION: Review the Book of Mormon manual 4 Lesson 43 (below*) and the enrichment activities 1 and 2 (for which this Guessing Game activity was created).

FAITH Book of Mormon activity "Faithful Saints Guessing Game"
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ACTIVITY: Faithful Saints Guessing Game

To Play:
1. Divide into two teams and take turns drawing a clue card.
2. Lay picture cards on the floor or table faceup and the clue cards in a pile facedown.
3. Read the description card (of the faithful saint) and guess which picture card it matches. If the guess is wrong, the other team has a chance to guess. When the guess is right, that team collects the matching picture and cue card. The team with the most cards wins.

Answers to Clues 1–12: (1) Enos (2) Alma (3) Captain Moroni (4) Ishmael (5) Nephi (6) Brother of Jared (7) 2,000 stripling warriors (8) Ammon (9) Alma and Amulek (10) Abinadi (11) Three Nephites (12) Lehi
See detailed descriptions in the lesson enrichment activity (below*).  

TO MAKE Print and cut out the picture and cue cards on cardstock paper. 

THOUGHT TREAT Testimony Popcorn Balls. 
. POP 4-5 CUPS OF POPPED POPCORN and place it on a metal cookie sheet (rather than a bowl as it will help you pour the hot syrup onto the popcorn more evenly).  
. TO MAKE POPCORN SYRUP. Cook 2 tablespoons butter, 1½ cups brown sugar, and 5–6 tablespoons water (boiling the mixture for 3–6 minutes to softball stage). To test, drop ¼ teaspoon of boiling syrup into a cup of cold water; if it forms a soft ball, the mixture is ready.
     Then, pour hot syrup over the popcorn and form the balls.
     Tell the youth that corn is the seed for popcorn. Warm the corn and the popcorn pops. Warm your faith and a testimony ‘pops’ into your heart/life.

ACTIVITY INCLUDES – 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.

Ether 12:12-13 “If there be no faith among the children of men God can do no miracle among them; wherefore, he showed not himself until after their faith. Behold, it was the faith of Alma and Amulek that caused the prison to tumble to the earth.”

Ether 12:12-13 Scripture Challenge Card to download on GospelGrabBag.com
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*LESSON 43

Moroni Teaches Faith in Jesus Christ

“Lesson 43: Moroni Teaches Faith in Jesus Christ,” Primary 4: Book of Mormon (1997), 152–55

Purpose

To encourage each child to exercise faith in Jesus Christ.

Preparation

  1. Prayerfully study Ether 12:6–41 and Moroni 7:21–28, 33–34. Then study the lesson and decide how you want to teach the children the scripture account. (See “Preparing Your Lessons,” p. vi, and “Teaching from the Scriptures,” p. vii.)

  2. Select the discussion questions and enrichment activities that will involve the children and best help them achieve the purpose of the lesson.

  3. Prepare the following nine wordstrips (from Ether 12:6) for the attention activity:

    • Faith is

    • things

    • which

    • are

    • hoped

    • for

    • and

    • not

    • seen

  4. Materials needed:

    1. A Book of Mormon for each child.

    2. Picture 4-9, Jesus the Christ (Gospel Art Picture Kit 240; 62572.)

Suggested Lesson Development

Invite a child to give the opening prayer.

Attention Activity

Before class, place the wordstrip “Faith is” and the picture of Jesus Christ on the chalkboard or wall. Place each of the other eight wordstrips for the definition of faith under several of the children’s chairs.

Have the children find the wordstrips and bring them to the front of class and put them in order.

Read and discuss the completed scripture (Ether 12:6).

  • What things that you have not seen would you like to see? How do you know that they exist?

  • Even though we have not seen Jesus Christ with our own eyes, how do we know that he lives?

  • What does it mean to have faith in Jesus Christ? (To have a strong enough belief in Jesus Christ that we obey him and seek to become like him.)

  • What are some ways Jesus Christ can help you if you have faith in him? (He can give you comfort, direction, peace, strength, healing.)

Explain that the Book of Mormon teaches about many people who received great blessings and performed miracles because of their faith in Jesus Christ.

Scripture Account

Teach the children about Mormon’s and Moroni’s teachings on faith from Moroni 7:21–28, 33–34 and Ether 12:6–41. (For suggested ways to teach the scripture account, see “Teaching from the Scriptures,” p. vii.) Explain that Mormon and Moroni wrote about many people who had been blessed through their faith (see enrichment activity 2).

Discussion and Application Questions

Study the following questions and the scripture references as you prepare your lesson. Use the questions you feel will best help the children understand the scriptures and apply the principles in their lives. Reading the references with the children in class will help them gain insights into the scriptures.

  • What did Jesus Christ say we will receive if we have faith in him? (Moroni 7:33.) (See enrichment activity 1.)

  • What did Moroni teach about how to receive a witness, or testimony, of the gospel? (Ether 12:6.) What does it mean to have a “trial of your faith”? (To have your faith tested in some way.)

  • Explain that everyone has weaknesses. In what ways can having faith in Jesus Christ help us overcome our weaknesses? (Ether 12:27.)

  • What are some things that faith in Jesus Christ will help us do? (Pray, receive answers to prayers, repent, be baptized, follow the promptings of the Holy Ghost, serve others, resist temptation, pay tithing, meet challenges, say “I’m sorry,” attend church, obey the Word of Wisdom, and so on.)

  • What promise about prayer does Heavenly Father give people who have faith? (Moroni 7:26.) How have your prayers been answered?

Allow time for the children to express their feelings about Jesus Christ. Explain that these feelings show that they have faith in him.

Enrichment Activities

#1 and 2 Enrichment Activities are illustrated in the above: Faithful Saints Guessing Game to DOWNLOAD above.

You may use one or more of the following activities anytime during the lesson or as a review, summary, or challenge.

  1. CREATED IN THE “Faithful Saints” Guessing Game ACTIVITY ABOVE: Put the names of each of the following people on separate pieces of paper in a container. Have the children take turns choosing a piece of paper and, using the appropriate picture, briefly recount the story of how the people named on the paper were blessed with power because of their faith in Jesus Christ.

  2. Play the Who Am I? game with the children. Give them the following clues, and have them guess the person you are talking about.

    • CLUE #1 I prayed all day and all night, using my faith in Jesus Christ. (Enos.)

    • CLUE #2 Because of faith, an angel appeared to my son and the four sons of Mosiah to call them to repentance. (Alma.)

    • CLUE #3 I used a special flag to encourage my people to have faith in Jesus Christ and to fight for their liberty and their families. (Captain Moroni.)

    • CLUE #4 Because of my faith, I chose to take my family and go with Lehi and his family into the wilderness. (Ishmael.)

    • CLUE #5 I had the faith to return to Jerusalem to get the brass plates. (Nephi.)

    • CLUE #6 My faith in Jesus Christ let me see his finger and then his whole being. (Brother of Jared.)

    • CLUE #7 Our faith in Jesus Christ, taught by our mothers, saved our lives in battle. (2,000 stripling warriors.)

    • CLUE #8 My faith in Jesus Christ and my desire to preach his gospel helped me fight off a band of robbers who wanted to kill King Lamoni’s sheep. (Ammon.)

    • CLUE #9 Our faith caused the prison to tumble. (Alma and Amulek.)

    • While imprisoned, we were encircled with fire because of our faith. (Nephi and Lehi.)

    • CLUE #11 Because of our faith in Jesus Christ, we will not taste of death. (Three Nephites.)

    • CLUE #12 We were guided by the Liahona to the promised land according to our faith in Jesus Christ. (Lehi and his family.)

  3. Discuss how the following activities can help us strengthen our faith in Jesus Christ:

    • Studying the scriptures: As you learn about Jesus Christ and what he did, you will develop greater love and faith in him.

    • Praying: We can ask Heavenly Father to help strengthen our faith in Jesus Christ.

    • Obeying Jesus Christ’s teachings: Obedience to his commandments brings happiness and peace.

  4. Discuss and memorize the fourth article of faith, emphasizing faith in Jesus Christ as the first principle of the gospel.
    DOWNLOAD Articles of Faith 1:4 scripture poster/card set (HERE or below)

  5. Explain that faith comes from knowing and trusting. To develop faith in Jesus Christ we must come to know him. Have the children tell you things they know about Jesus Christ and how knowing each one helps them have faith in him. Write them on the chalkboard. Some possible answers might be that he is the Son of God, he lives, he loves us, he died for us, he is our Savior, he is forgiving, he has power over the elements of the earth, he knows what is best for us, he wants to help us return to his presence, he and Heavenly Father appeared to Joseph Smith.

  6. Prepare the wordstrip “We build our faith by obeying the Lord’s commandments” and put it on the chalkboard or wall.
    DOWNLOAD Choose the Right (CTR TOOLS) Match Game (HERE or below)

    Invite the children to tell about times when they have obeyed the commandments. Help them understand that such choices show faith in Jesus Christ. Put pieces of blank paper on the chalkboard or wall on top of each other as if you were building a wall (or draw them on the chalkboard). Have the children label each piece with something they do that builds their faith in Jesus Christ, such as praying, reading the scriptures, paying tithing, being an example of righteous choices, obeying their parents, taking the sacrament, obeying Heavenly Father’s commandments, and so on.

  7. Sing or read the words to “Faith” (Children’s Songbook, p. 96), “The Church of Jesus Christ” (Children’s Songbook, p. 77), “The Fourth Article of Faith” (Children’s Songbook, p. 124), or “I Know That My Redeemer Lives” (Hymns, no. 136).
    See the matching SONG VISUALS below ⇓ to teach the above songs

Conclusion

Testimony

Bear testimony of the reality of Jesus Christ and that through faith in him we gain the power to become like him. As we study, pray, and obey his commandments, our faith will be strengthened.
TESTIMONY More Activities Index


Suggested Family Sharing

Encourage the children to share with their families a specific part of the lesson, such as a story, question, or activity, or to read with their families the “Suggested Home Reading.”


Suggested Home Reading

Suggest that the children study Ether 12:6–22, 41 at home as a review of this lesson.
Included in the above “Faithful Saints” Guessing Game (HERE or above) you will find the Ether 12:12-13 Scripture Challenge Card to help youth memorize these verses telling of Alma and Amulek’s faith.

Article of Faith 1:4 scripture poster/card set - first principles ordinances of gospel

CTR Tools Post-and-Present (to help us Choose The Righ

SUPER SONG VISUALS "Faith"

MUSIC song visuals "The Church of Jesus Christ"

I Know That My Redeemer Lives song visuals

I Know That My Redeemer Lives SONG VISUALS

FAITH: Faith in Jesus Christ – Book of Mormon Activity: Faithful Saints Guessing Game – Use For Primary, Sunday School, and home scripture study (Book of Mormon stories)
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