Part of the plan was to come to earth and receive physical bodies to be like Him and to be able to return to His presence.
In heaven, we were with Heavenly Father and Jesus. We chose to follow Jesus. With this body, we can learn to make the right choices so we can return to live with Heavenly Father and Jesus someday. When I came to earth, my spirit was placed in my body to bring it to life put a hand in glove. When I die, my spirit will leave my body remove the hand from the glove. When I am resurrected, my spirit will return to my body put the glove back on. Squirt a processed cheese smile on a slice of bread for each child.
Remind children that heaven is a happy place because Heavenly Father and Jesus are there. They want us to be happy while we live on earth too. Explain that a spirit looks like a physical body but does not have flesh and bones. Remind the children that God is another name for Heavenly Father. Have a child stand by you.
Do the same with each child. Explain that because Heavenly Father loves us, he has a plan for us. Before the earth was created, Heavenly Father called all his children together to explain his plan. All of us, our parents, and our brothers and sisters were there. Display picture , The World. We were sent to be born here and receive a physical body. Show picture , Family with a Baby.
Let the children talk about the picture. Tell them that we were excited to come to earth and to learn and grow. We came to earth as babies to families who could love us and care for us.
Tell the children that when we came to earth, we were given physical bodies with skin, muscles, blood, and bones. Have the children feel their own arms. Remind the children that our spirits inside our bodies give us life, but we cannot see or touch our spirits. Our physical bodies can be seen and touched. Tell the children it is a great blessing to have a physical body.
Recite the following verse with the children. Point to each body part as it is mentioned. Explain that while we are here on earth we grow and learn many things. As we learn to choose the right things to do, we can become more like Heavenly Father and Jesus.
Express your love for Heavenly Father. Tell the children that someday you want to return to Heavenly Father so you can see him and be with him again. He wants each of us to return to live with him when our earth life is finished.
He wants us, our parents, and all our families to be with him again. Explain that to live with Heavenly Father and Jesus again, we must be baptized and keep all the commandments.
Show the set of scriptures. Explain that the scriptures teach us about Heavenly Father and Jesus and what they want us to do. He wants us to love our families, be unselfish, go to church, take the sacrament, pray morning and night, have family prayer and family home evening, be baptized, be confirmed and receive the Holy Ghost, be married in the temple, learn about prophets, and become like Heavenly Father and Jesus.
Express your gratitude for Heavenly Father and for his plan for us. Encourage the children to always do what they know is right so they can someday return to live with Heavenly Father and Jesus. Give each child a piece of paper on which you have written I am a child of God, and have each child draw a picture of himself or herself. Let the children show their pictures to the rest of the class.
Encourage each child to say something good about himself or herself while showing the picture. Help the children say the following verse and do the actions indicated:.
Used by permission. Write the following questions on separate pieces of paper. Review the lesson by letting each child select a piece of paper. Read the question and let the child answer it. Repeat as necessary to give each child a turn. Where did we live before we were born on earth? In heaven with Heavenly Father and Jesus. Why did Heavenly Father ask Jesus to make the earth for us?
So we could have a physical body and learn what we need to do to live with Heavenly Father and Jesus again. What do we need to do to live again with Heavenly Father and Jesus? Obey the commandments, be unselfish, be baptized, go to the temple, and so on.
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