Transcript Lesson 18: Heavenly Father Helps us Obey His Commandments

“Lesson 18: Heavenly Father Helps Us Obey His Commandments,” Primary 3: Choose the Right B, (1994),84
To help the children understand
that Heavenly Father and Jesus
will help them obey the
commandments.
1. The Lord commanded Nephi to go and get the plates
From the wicked Laban inside the city gates.
Laman and Lemuel were both afraid to try.
Nephi was courageous. This was his reply:
2. The Lord commanded Nephi to go and build a boat.
Nephi’s older brothers believed it would not float.
Laughing and mocking, they said he should not try.
Nephi was courageous. This was his reply:
3. The Lord gives us commandments and asks us to obey.
Sometimes I am tempted to choose another way.
When I’m discouraged, and think I cannot try,
I will be courageous, and I will reply:
“I will go; I will do the thing the Lord commands.
I know the Lord provides a way; he wants me to obey.
I will go; I will do the thing the Lord commands.
I know the Lord provides a way; he wants me to obey.”
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(ENTER NAME HERE)
Would you please do what I
am doing.
Thank you for obeying
What does it mean to obey?
When we do as we are
asked, we are obeying or
being obedient.
I am thinking about a man
who was obedient.
He willingly obeyed the
Lord’s commandment to
leave Jerusalem with his
father.
He also willingly obeyed the
commandment to return to Jerusalem
to get the brass plates.
Who was this man?
I am thinking about a man
who was obedient.
He willingly obeyed the
Lord’s commandment to
leave Jerusalem with his
father.
He also willingly obeyed the
commandment to return to Jerusalem
to get the brass plates.
Who was this man?
Nephi
When Nephi was
commanded to return to
Jerusalem to obtain the
brass plates, he knew this
was a hard thing to do,
but he told his father that
he would obey.
When Nephi was commanded to
return to Jerusalem to obtain the
brass plates, he knew this was a hard
thing to do, but he told his father that
he would obey.
Remember last week, we
learned about Nephi and
his brother’s having to go
back to Jeruselem, to
retrieve the brass plates?
Laben didn’t want to let
the plates go, So Nephi
did what he had to do to
get the plates back.
The words that Nephi told his father
are written in this book.
Let’s read 1 Nephi 3:7
7 And it came to pass that I, Nephi,
said unto my father: I will go and do
the things which the Lord hath
commanded, for I know that the Lord
giveth no commandments unto the
children of men, save he shall
prepare a way for them that they may
accomplish the thing which he
commandeth them.
The last three
lines of the song
we started with
says the same
thing.
The Lord will help
you to obey his
commandments.
This is what our Lesson is about
today.
“Lesson 18: Heavenly Father Helps Us Obey His Commandments,” Primary 3: Choose the Right B, (1994),84
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After traveling in the wilderness
for eight years, Lehi’s family
arrived at the seashore.
There they
found fruit
and honey.
They called
the place
Bountiful.
After Lehi’s
family had
camped
by the sea
for many
days, the
Lord spoke
to Nephi.
He told Nephi to build a ship to
carry his family to the promised
land.
Nephi did not know how to
make a ship, but the Lord said
he would show him.
He told Nephi
where to find
metal to
make the
tools he
would need.
Laman and
Lemuel
made fun
of Nephi
for wanting
to build a
ship.
They did not believe that the
Lord had shown Nephi how to
do it. They refused to help.
Nephi told
Laman and
Lemuel to
repent and
not be
rebellious.
He reminded them that they
had seen an angel.
He also told them that God
has the power to do all things.
Laman and
Lemuel were
angry with
Nephi and
wanted to
throw him
into the sea.
As they came toward Nephi, he
commanded them not to touch
him because he was filled with
the power of God.
Laman and Lemuel were afraid
for many days.
Then the Lord
told Nephi to
touch Laman
and Lemuel.
When Nephi did, the Lord
shocked them.
Laman and Lemuel knew the
power of God was with Nephi.
Nephi told
Laman and
Lemuel to
obey their
parents
and obey
God.
Nephi said if they would do this,
they would be blessed.
Laman and
Lemuel repented
and helped Nephi
build the ship.
Nephi went to
the mountain
many times to
pray for help.
The Lord taught
him how to
build the ship.
When Nephi and his brothers
had finished building the
ship, they knew it was a
good ship.
They
thanked
God for
helping
them.
How do you think Laman and
Lemuel felt?
How did the Lord help Nephi?
He told him where
to get the ore to
make tools.
He taught him how
to build the ship.
He protected him
from his brothers.
Even though Nephi didn’t know
how to build a ship, he believed
that the Lord would help him if
he obeyed his commandments.
What makes this happy face
happy?
Understand that Heavenly
Father and Jesus Christ want
us to be happy.
This is why they have given us
commandments to obey.
How does obeying the
commandments bring us
happiness.
Which of these faces shows
how Nephi felt when he
obeyed the commandment to
build the boat
How does coming to church
help us feel happy?
How does loving and serving
our family members help us
be happy?
Just as the Lord
helped Nephi, he
will help each of us
if we have faith in
him and are willing
to obey his
commandments..
Listen to this story about how Heavenly
Father helped a young girl obey the
commandment to keep the Sabbath day
holy.
Ma-ling had a little food stand
on the street near the river.
Every day she would sell her
rice and fish to the people who
stopped at her shop.
Each night as she returned to her home on
the houseboat and counted the money
she had earned, she would sigh and
shake her head, for it was barely enough
to buy rice for her family and fish to sell
the next day.
One day Ma-ling met the missionaries,
and they taught her the gospel.
They taught her about Heavenly Father’s
commandments and about keeping the
Sabbath day holy.
Ma-ling talked to Heavenly Father
in prayer and promised him that
she would not open her stand on
Sunday anymore.
She wanted to keep the Sabbath day holy
and not work on Sunday.
From that time on, each night as Ma-ling
counted her money, she found she had
more money than ever before.
She wanted to keep the Sabbath day holy
and not work on Sunday.
She was able to buy more food to share
with her family, and she was able to buy
more fish to sell.
Heavenly Father blessed Ma-ling because
she kept the Sabbath day holy.
Ma-ling was happy because she obeyed
the commandments.
What commandment
did Ma-ling obey?
How did Heavenly
Father help her?
Just as Heavenly
Father helped Nephi
and Ma-ling, he will
help us obey his
commandments
I want to testify to
you that Heavenly
Father and Jesus
Christ love us and
will help us obey
the
commandments.
(ENTER NAME HERE)
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