The Story of Job (Come Follow Me Lesson for Kids: Aug 10-16)
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Like Job, we will experience many trials. The scriptures teach us that trials can soften our hearts, strengthen us, and increase our faith in the Lord.
This lesson can help kids learn that if we trust the Lord in our trials, He will bless us.
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➤ P R E P A R A T I O N
Make sure each child will have enough space around them to jump up and down!
➤ 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 : “A Child’s Prayer”
➤ I N T R O D U C T I O N
Invite the children to stand and jump as high as they can without bending their knees! (Not even a
little bit.) They will find that if they keep their knees perfectly straight, jumping becomes very
difficult! Now tell them to try again, but this time they can bend their knees as much as they want!
They will find that the lower they bend their knees, the higher they can jump! After you have
completed the activity, have the children sit down again and explain the following:
“We just saw that the only way to jump high was to bend low first! When we are brought low with
trials or difficulties, those trials can actually help lift us higher if we have faith in the Lord! In the
scriptures, we learn that trials can soften our hearts, make us stronger, and increase our faith in the
Lord!”
🎥 V I D E O : “The Story of Job - Animated Scripture Lesson for Kids”
Explain: “Now we are going to watch a video about Job! Job experienced many trials. Let’s watch
and see if Job’s trials lifted him higher.”
Click HERE to download this video to your device.
Click the image below to watch for free on YouTube:
Discuss the following questions after watching the video:
1. What were some of Job’s trials? (Discuss some of the trials that the children remember from the
story.)
2. What did Job do when he was tested? (He was humble and he trusted in the Lord.)
3. What lesson did Job learn? (He learned to be humble and to trust the Lord.)
➤ S C R I P T U R E
Read the scriptures below and discuss the questions that follow.
25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth...
1. Who is speaking in this verse? (Job is speaking when he is in the middle of his trials.)
2. Who did Job rely on during his trials? (He trusted in the Lord!)
27 And I have been supported under trials and troubles of every kind, yea, and in all manner of afflictions;
yea, God has delivered me from prison, and from bonds, and from death; yea, and I do put my trust in him,
and he will still deliver me.
1. Do you know who is speaking in this verse? (Alma is teaching his son Helaman about the Lord.)
2. Who did Alma rely on during his trials? (He relied on the Lord.)
3. When we are facing a trial or difficulty, what can we do to turn our hearts to the Lord? (We can
pray, we can read scriptures, we can sing songs that invite the Holy Ghost, we can share stories about
Jesus Christ, etc.)
7 My son, peace be unto thy soul; thine adversity and thine afflictions shall be but a small moment;
8 And then, if thou endure it well, God shall exalt thee on high; thou shalt triumph over all thy foes.
1. What is happening in this verse? (The Lord is speaking to Joseph Smith when he was in the middle of
some trials and adversity.)
2. What did the Lord say will happen if we are faithful in our trials? (He will lift us up higher!)
3. What are some things we can do to help others in their trials? (We can comfort them, pray for
them, serve them, etc.)
➤ A C T I V I T Y
[Pass out the Coloring Pages]
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Invite the children to color the image of Job praying to the Lord. Use this time to talk about how
trials that bring us low can lift us higher, and what we can do to rely on the Lord during our trials.
➤ T E S T I M O N Y
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