I Will Pour Out My Spirit (Come Follow Me Lesson for Kids: Nov 16-22)
Feeling the Holy Ghost can be like tuning in to a radio. The radio waves are always there, but we must have a receiver to hear what is transmitted by radio waves. It can take practice to learn how the Lord speaks to us.
This week's lesson will help children learn how to receive and act on promptings from the Holy Ghost.
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➤ P R E P A R A T I O N
You will need a soft object to throw gently, like a stuffed animal or a soft ball.
➤ L E S S O N
Open the lesson with a song and a prayer.
🎶 O P E N I N G S O N G : “The Holy Ghost”
➤ I N T R O D U C T I O N
Ask for a volunteer. Hand the stuffed animal or soft ball to the volunteer, and then step back a short distance. Ask them to throw the object to you and hold out your hands as if you are going to catch it. When the object comes your direction, hold your arms perfectly still and let the object bounce off of you and land on the floor. When you have completed the activity, discuss the following questions:
1. Did you give the object to me when I asked you to? (Yes.)
2. But do I have it now? (No, it’s on the floor!)
3. Why don’t I have it? (You didn’t catch it!)
4. If you throw something to me, what do I need to do to receive it? (Catch it with your hands.)
Explain: “Heavenly Father sends us the Holy Ghost to give us a testimony, to teach us, and to comfort us! But, we must receive the Holy Ghost! We can’t hold the Holy Ghost with our arms. And we can’t see the Holy Ghost with our eyes. Instead, we receive the Holy Ghost in our mind (invite the children to point to their minds) and in our hearts (invite the children to point to their hearts).”
🎥 V I D E O : “Tuning in to the Holy Ghost | Animated Scripture Lesson for Kids”
Explain: “Now we are going to watch a video about radio waves. See if you can tell why radio waves are like the Holy Ghost.”
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Discuss the following questions after watching the video:
1. Why are radio waves like the Holy Ghost? (Because we can’t see the radio waves with our eyes and we can’t hear them with our ears.)
2. If we can’t see the radio waves and we can’t hear them, are they still there? (Yes.)
3. If we want to hear the radio waves, what do we need? (A receiver.)
4. If we want to feel the Holy Ghost, what is the receiver? (Our mind and our heart.)
5. What happens if the radio receiver is not tuned to the right channel? (You won’t be able to hear the music.)
6. How can we tune our hearts to the Holy Ghost? (By following Jesus Christ and trying to keep the commandments.)
➤ S C R I P T U R E
Read the following scriptures and discuss the questions that follow.
28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
1. Who is talking in this verse? (The Lord is talking about what He will do on the earth in the time before He comes again.)
2. What did the Lord say He will do? (He will pour out His spirit upon all people.)
16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever...
1. Who is speaking in this verse? (Jesus.)
2. What is the “Comforter?” (The Holy Ghost.)
3. Who sends the Comforter to us? (Heavenly Father.)
17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
1. Did the world receive the Holy Ghost? (No. Because they couldn’t see the Holy Ghost with their eyes and they didn’t know He was there.)
2. How can we receive the Holy Ghost? (In our minds and in our hearts, and by following Jesus Christ and trying to keep the commandments.)
3. Who will dwell with us? (The Holy Ghost will dwell with us.)
➤ A C T I V I T Y
[Pass out the Activity Pages]
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Invite the children to color the scene from the video. Use this time to talk about what we can do to tune our hearts to the Holy Ghost so that the Holy Ghost can dwell with us.
➤ T E S T I M O N Y
Bear testimony of the truths found in the scriptures.
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