D&C 93

 Activity

Print the following chart. Cut on all of the lines. Depending on the size of your family, you could play this game a few different ways.

1-8 Players- Put the column headings next to each other on the table. Turn the remaining pieces over and place them facedown on the table. Take turns turning over the pieces. Have children decide if the truth is about Christ or about us. Have children place them under the correct column.

1-4 players- Play a matching game where family members match the truth about Christ to the truth about us (not currently in the right order, in case you can't print).

4-8 players- Give each family member a truth. See if they can find their "buddy" by pairing up the family members with the truth about Christ that corresponds to the truth about us.

Truths About Christ	Truths About Us
26 The Spirit of truth is of God. I am the Spirit of truth, and John bore record of me, saying: He received a fulness of truth, yea, even of all truth;	20 For if you keep my commandments you shall receive of his fulness, and be glorified in me as I am in the Father; therefore, I say unto you, you shall receive grace for grace.
3 And that I am in the Father, and the Father in me, and the Father and I are one	29 Man was also in the beginning with God. Intelligence, or the light of truth, was not created or made, neither indeed can be.
21 And now, verily I say unto you, I was in the beginning with the Father, and am the Firstborn	28 He that keepeth his commandments receiveth truth and light, until he is glorified in truth and knoweth all things.
12 And I, John, saw that he received not of the fulness at the first, but received grace for grace;	23 Ye were also in the beginning with the Father; that which is Spirit, even the Spirit of truth

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FHE for D&C 89-92

Read or Summarize D&C 89

1 A Word of Wisdom, for the benefit of the council of high priests, assembled in Kirtland, and the church, and also the saints in Zion—

2 To be sent greeting; not by commandment or constraint, but by revelation and the word of wisdom, showing forth the order and will of God in the temporal salvation of all saints in the last days—

3 Given for a principle with promise, adapted to the capacity of the weak and the weakest of all saints, who are or can be called saints.

4 Behold, verily, thus saith the Lord unto you: In consequence of evils and designs which do and will exist in the hearts of conspiring men in the last days, I have warned you, and forewarn you, by giving unto you this word of wisdom by revelation—

5 That inasmuch as any man drinketh wine or strong drink among you, behold it is not good, neither meet in the sight of your Father, only in assembling yourselves together to offer up your sacraments before him.

6 And, behold, this should be wine, yea, pure wine of the grape of the vine, of your own make.

7 And, again, strong drinks are not for the belly, but for the washing of your bodies.

8 And again, tobacco is not for the body, neither for the belly, and is not good for man, but is an herb for bruises and all sick cattle, to be used with judgment and skill.

9 And again, hot drinks are not for the body or belly.

10 And again, verily I say unto you, all wholesome herbs God hath ordained for the constitution, nature, and use of man—

11 Every herb in the season thereof, and every fruit in the season thereof; all these to be used with prudence and thanksgiving.

12 Yea, flesh also of beasts and of the fowls of the air, I, the Lord, have ordained for the use of man with thanksgiving; nevertheless they are to be used sparingly;

13 And it is pleasing unto me that they should not be used, only in times of winter, or of cold, or famine.

14 All grain is ordained for the use of man and of beasts, to be the staff of life, not only for man but for the beasts of the field, and the fowls of heaven, and all wild animals that run or creep on the earth;

15 And these hath God made for the use of man only in times of famine and excess of hunger.

16 All grain is good for the food of man; as also the fruit of the vine; that which yieldeth fruit, whether in the ground or above the ground—

17 Nevertheless, wheat for man, and corn for the ox, and oats for the horse, and rye for the fowls and for swine, and for all beasts of the field, and barley for all useful animals, and for mild drinks, as also other grain.

18 And all saints who remember to keep and do these sayings, walking in obedience to the commandments, shall receive health in their navel and marrow to their bones;

19 And shall find wisdom and great treasures of knowledge, even hidden treasures;

20 And shall run and not be weary, and shall walk and not faint.

21 And I, the Lord, give unto them a promise, that the destroying angel shall pass by them, as the children of Israel, and not slay them. Amen.

Activity

You will need: The pictures below (printed and cut out) and a dinner plate. 

Look at the pictures below. If it is something that the word of wisdom says is good for you, put it on the dinner plate. If it is bad for you, crumple it up and throw it on the floor.

Alcoholic (Strong) Drinks	Wine	Cigarette  (Rolled Tabacco)
Chewing Tabacco	Steak	Vegetables
Fruit	Chicken	Barley
Wheat	Coffee	Oats
Bacon and Eggs	Herbs	Root Vegetables

Discuss

How have the promises in verses 18–21 been fulfilled in our lives?

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D&C 88

 Read D&C 88:63 and 68

63 Draw near unto me and I will draw near unto you; seek me diligently and ye shall find me; ask, and ye shall receive; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

68 Therefore, sanctify yourselves that your minds become single to God, and the days will come that you shall see him; for he will unveil his face unto you, and it shall be in his own time, and in his own way, and according to his own will.

Activity

Look for the action words in these verses. Find some fun ways to help children understand what they mean. For example, play Hide and Seek to teach them how to “seek diligently and find.” Click the picture below to see how we did it.

 

Lesson for D&C 85-87

 Read D&C 86:1-7

1 Verily, thus saith the Lord unto you my servants, concerning the parable of the wheat and of the tares:

2 Behold, verily I say, the field was the world, and the apostles were the sowers of the seed;

3 And after they have fallen asleep the great persecutor of the church, the apostate, the whore, even Babylon, that maketh all nations to drink of her cup, in whose hearts the enemy, even Satan, sitteth to reign—behold he soweth the tares; wherefore, the tares choke the wheat and drive the church into the wilderness.

4 But behold, in the last days, even now while the Lord is beginning to bring forth the word, and the blade is springing up and is yet tender—

5 Behold, verily I say unto you, the angels are crying unto the Lord day and night, who are ready and waiting to be sent forth to reap down the fields;

6 But the Lord saith unto them, pluck not up the tares while the blade is yet tender (for verily your faith is weak), lest you destroy the wheat also.

7 Therefore, let the wheat and the tares grow together until the harvest is fully ripe; then ye shall first gather out the wheat from among the tares, and after the gathering of the wheat, behold and lo, the tares are bound in bundles, and the field remaineth to be burned.

 

Activity

Show your children the picture below. Notice how they look identical. Like all young plants, if you try to pull out the tares, you might uproot both plants. Also, you may make the mistake of pulling wheat instead of tares.

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At harvest time, the wheat and tares look a little different.

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Especially in the field. Can you spot which are the wheat and which are the tares? Hint: Wheat bows their heads when they are ripe, just like we bow our heads when we pray.

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