For the STRENGTH OF YOUTH

OCTOBER – 1 Corinthians 6:18-20

“YOUR BODY IS SACRED“

CHURCH & HOME – LESSON PLAN

(In 20 minutes you can review the lesson (that YOUTH CAN TEACH). Then send youth home with a handout to place in their journal/notebook to reinforce gospel learning. Use one per week (printing all from the bundle or individually below).  

YOU’LL FIND:

#1 Activities BUNDLE For Lesson-Match Activities (shown right)

#2 “Strength of Youth” lesson (below or here) 

#3 Mutual Night ACTIVITIES (shown below)

BUNDLE Includes:

LESSON LIFESAVER Activities:

• 3 Color Quotes on Priesthood Keys, Sustaining Leaders, and Serving.
• Plus, Priesthood Keys doorknob reminder

LESSON LIFESAVER Lessons and Activities

Your body is sacred.

1 Corinthians 6:18–20

Your body is an amazing gift from your Heavenly Father. Having a body gives you increased power to exercise your freedom to choose between right and wrong. The restored gospel of Jesus Christ can help you see your body from God’s perspective. And this makes a big difference in your choices about what to do with your body and how to care for it.

Your body is in the image of God—the most glorious, majestic Being in the universe. The scriptures compare our bodies to a holy temple, a place where the Spirit can dwell. Of course, your body is not perfect now. But the experiences you’re having with your body can help you prepare to one day receive a perfect, resurrected, glorified body.

Your soul is made up of your body and your spirit. For this reason, physical health and spiritual health are closely connected. The Savior revealed the Word of Wisdom to teach principles of caring for your body and to promise physical and spiritual blessings.

Sexual feelings are an important part of God’s plan to create happy marriages and eternal families. These feelings are not sinful—they are sacred. Because sexual feelings are so sacred and so powerful, God has given you His law of chastity to prepare you to use these feelings as He intends. The law of chastity states that God approves of sexual activity only between a man and a woman who are married. Many people ignore or even mock God’s law, but the Lord invites us to be His disciples and live a higher standard.

Treat your body—and others’ bodies—with respect. As you make decisions about your clothing, hairstyle, and appearance, ask yourself, “Am I honoring my body as a sacred gift from God?” Heavenly Father wants us to see each other for who we really are: not just physical bodies but His beloved children with a divine destiny. Avoid styles that emphasize or bring inappropriate attention to your physical body instead of who you are as a child of God with an eternal future. Let moral cleanliness and love for God guide your choices. Seek counsel from your family.

Do things that will strengthen your body, not things that will hurt or damage it. Enjoy with gratitude the many good things God has provided. Remember that alcohol, tobacco, coffee, tea, and other harmful drugs and substances are not for your body or your spirit. Even helpful substances, like prescription drugs, can be destructive if not used correctly.

Keep sex and sexual feelings sacred. They should not be the subject of jokes or entertainment. Outside of marriage between a man and a woman, it is wrong to touch the private, sacred parts of another person’s body, even if clothed. In your choices about what you do, look at, read, listen to, think about, post, or text, avoid anything that purposely arouses lustful emotions in others or yourself. This includes pornography in any form. If you find that situations or activities make temptations stronger, avoid them. You know what these situations and activities are. And if you aren’t sure, the Spirit, your family, and your leaders can help you know. Show your Father in Heaven that you honor and respect the sacred power to create life.

ColorQuote “The obligation that we make when we raise our hands . . . is a most sacred one. It does not mean that we will go quietly on our way and be willing that the prophet of the Lord shall direct this work, but it means . . . that we stand behind him; we will pray for him; we will defend his good name, and we will strive to carry out his instructions as the Lord shall direct.”—President George Albert Smith, “Sustaining Those Whom the Lord Sustains”

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These Mutual Night Activities were written by Fern Law, a Young Women leader of six years – these are her experiences with the YOUTH. Collect them all; there are over 200 in this series.

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