+ All Categories
Home > Documents > LESSON 41: FASTING BRINGS US CLOSER TO …c586449.r49.cf2.rackcdn.com/p3-41 Fasting Brings us Closer...

LESSON 41: FASTING BRINGS US CLOSER TO …c586449.r49.cf2.rackcdn.com/p3-41 Fasting Brings us Closer...

Date post: 05-May-2018
Category:
Upload: truongkhuong
View: 215 times
Download: 3 times
Share this document with a friend
49
“Lesson 41: Fasting Brings Us Closer to Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ,” Primary 3: Choose the Right B, (1994),203 LESSON 41: FASTING BRINGS US CLOSER TO HEAVENLY FATHER AND JESUS CHRIST
Transcript

“ L e s s o n 4 1 : F a s t i n g B r i n g s U s C l o s e r t o H e a v e n l y F a t h e r a n d J e s u s C h r i s t , ” P r i m a r y 3 : C h o o s e t h e R i g h t B , ( 1 9 9 4 ) , 2 0 3

LESSON 41:

FASTING

BRINGS US

CLOSER TO

HEAVENLY

FATHER AND

JESUS

CHRIST

To help the children understand that

fasting can bring them closer to

Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ

and that they can fast and pray for

special blessings.

PURPOSE

(Enter name here)

OUR OPENING PRAYER WILL BE GIVEN BY

ATTENTION ACTIVITY

Listen to this story about Philip and his

family.

ATTENTION ACTIVITY

On one Sunday morning

Phillip hurried into the

kitchen where his mother

was busy studying the

scriptures.

“What’s for breakfast?” he

asked. “I’m hungry.”

Phillip’s mother looked at

him sadly and said, “Your

father is not doing very

well.”

ATTENTION ACTIVITY

Phillip’s father had been

injured in an accident, and

he lay sick in the hospital,

unable to move.

“I thought he was getting

better,” Phillip answered as

his eyes filled with tears.

“Your father needs our faith

and prayers today, Phillip,”

his mother spoke softly.

ATTENTION ACTIVITY

“We need to become close

to Heavenly Father and

Jesus Christ now as we pray

for your father to get well.”

“To do this,” Phillip’s

mother continued, “we will

not eat some of our meals

today.

We will go without food and

drink.

ATTENTION ACTIVITY

Would you be willing to do

that for your father?”

“Yes, I would,” Phillip

answered.

What do we call going without food and

drink for a righteous purpose?

Fasting.

By fasting, we show Heavenly Father and

Jesus Christ that we love them and trust

them to help us and to answer our prayers.

Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ know it is

hard for us to fast.

They know that when we fast, our prayers

are sincere and we really need their help.

Because this is a requirement for those

who are baptized, they should start to

consider fasting about the time that they

are old enough to be baptized.

Little children and people who are sick are

not expected to fast.

We begin to fast after we are baptized.

We call this special day each month fast

Sunday.

On at least one Sunday each month the

members of the Church are asked to fast

for two meals.

During this time, we do not eat or drink.

The money that we give is called a fast

offering, and it is used to help buy food and

clothing for the poor and needy.

Our latter-day prophets have also asked us

to give to those in need.

They have asked us to give to the Church at

least the amount of money that we save by

not eating or drinking while we fast.

What are fast offerings?

Money donated to the Church to help the

poor.

What is this money used for?

To buy food, clothing, and other necessities

for the poor and needy

That is when we fast other than on fast

Sunday.

We can fast and pray for help anytime, just

as Phillip and his family did for Phillip’s

father.

We and those we love need Heavenly

Father’s help all the time, but there are

times when we have a particularly difficult

problem to solve or when someone in our

family is very ill.

Jesus Christ knew how helpful prayer and

fasting can be.

Listen to the following story from Mark

9:17–29 .

Go to the Video

Go to the Slides

Continue

• One day a man asked

the Savior to help his

son.

• The disciples had already tried to heal his

son, but they could not.

• The boy had an evil

spirit in him.

• Jesus had the man bring his son to Him.

• When the boy came,

the evil spirit made

him fall to the ground.

• The father said that it had been in him

since he was a child.

• The Savior asked how

long the evil spirit had

been in the boy.

• Jesus said that He could heal the son if the father had faith.

• He said that he had faith.

• The father began

to cry.

• But he asked Jesus to help him have even

more faith.

• Jesus commanded

the evil spirit to

come out of the boy

and never go into

him again.

• The evil spirit was angry. It hurt the

boy again.

• Then it obeyed Jesus and left.

• The boy was so

quiet that many

people said he was

dead.

• But Jesus took his hand and helped him

stand up.

• The boy was healed.

• The evil spirit was gone.

• Later the disciples asked Jesus why they had not been able to make the evil spirit leave the boy.

• Jesus told them that sometimes they

needed to fast and pray in order for a

person to be healed.

Heavenly Father always hears our prayers, but

when we are willing to fast, we show Heavenly

Father and Jesus Christ that we truly have faith

in them.

When we are willing to pray and fast, we show

Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ that we love

them and that we are trying to be close to

them so that we can receive their help.

Listen to the following

story.

See if you can see how

fasting and prayer

helped bring people

closer to Heavenly

Father and Jesus Christ.

It was spring and the farmers in the valley

were worried.

It had been a dry winter, and they needed rain

so they could plant their crops.

The stake

president decided

to hold a special

fast, and he asked

each bishop to

announce it to

the members in

his ward.

He knew the people needed to draw closer to

Heavenly Father and Jesus before they could

receive the special help they needed.

People from everywhere in the stake came to a

meeting to join in praying and fasting.

They prayed for rain or snow so they could

plant their crops and they would grow.

They waited and waited, but the moisture they

needed did not come.

Months went by

The people

continued to fast

and pray.

Finally, the stake

president called

another meeting.

“Plant your crops,” he told the people.

“Heavenly Father has heard your prayers.”

Even though the farmers had not seen any

signs of rain, they did as they were directed.

Within a few weeks, Heavenly Father’s answer

came.

Day after day the rain fell, giving the crops the

moisture they needed to grow.

That year the farmers had one of the best

crops they had ever seen.

(See David Carl Danielson, “Rain in Due

Season,” Ensign, July 1978, pp. 68–69.)

Here is another

story about how

fasting can help

bring you closer to

Heavenly Father

and Jesus Christ.

Rhonda, a young girl, was injured in an

automobile accident.

When her family heard the bad news, they

rushed to her side at the hospital.

She was in a coma, which means that she was

unable to speak or move.

Day after day her

family waited at the

hospital, hoping and

praying that she would

be well again.

But somehow, their

prayers didn’t seem

to be enough.

They wanted to feel

closer to Heavenly

Father and Jesus

Christ, to show them

their love and ask

them to heal their

daughter.

The family decided to

fast and pray.

All of their relatives,

neighbors, and

friends wanted to join

them in the fast.

The bishop

announced the fast at

church, and many in

the ward fasted with

them.

They felt close to

Heavenly Father and

Jesus Christ and knew

that Heavenly Father

would help them if it

was best for Rhonda.

Later, while kneeling

in prayer, Rhonda’s

parents had a feeling

that their daughter

would recover.

As they entered her

hospital room that

morning, she looked

up and spoke to

them.

Later she was able to

sit up in bed and eat.

Rhonda was going to

recover.

The bishop also told

the family that

because of that fast,

the people of the

ward had grown

closer together and

had shown more love

for each other than

ever before.

I want to bear my testimony of the

importance of fasting.

I would encourage the you to want to fast.

TESTIMONY

To fast and pray willingly is one of the

most important ways to show Heavenly

Father and Jesus Christ that we want to

feel closer to them and receive their

help.

Do any of you have an experience you

know about fasting?

TESTIMONY

(Enter Name Here)

OUR CLOSING PRAYER WILL BE GIVEN BY

THE END

IMAGES AND CLIPART ARE FROM LDS.ORG, MICROSOFT OFFICE,

AND OTHER WEBSITES INDICATING THE IMAGES WERE IN THE

PUBLIC DOMAIN OR PERMITTED FOR CHURCH AND HOME USE.

THE LESSON AND SCRIPTURE STORY ARE FROM LDS.ORG. THE

NARRATIONS USED CAME FROM LDS.ORG AND FROM THE

AUTHOR OF THIS PRESENTATION. MUSIC USED WERE ORIGINAL

COMPOSITIONS.

PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS PRESENTATION FOR COMMERCIAL USE.

FEEL FREE TO ALTER THE PRESENTATION FOR USE IN CHURCH OR

HOME TO SUIT PERSONAL PREFERENCE.

THIS PRESENTATION IS INTENDED TO SUPPLEMENT, NOT

REPLACE, THE LESSON MANUAL AND SCRIPTURES.

TEACHERS SHOULD REFER TO THE MANUAL, SCRIPTURES AND

OTHER RESOURCES WHEN PREPARING AND CONDUCTING THE

LESSON.

17 And one of the multitude answered and said,

Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which

hath a dumb spirit;

18 And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth

him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth,

and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that

they should cast him out; and they could not.

19 He answereth him, and saith, O faithless

generation, how long shall I be with you? how

long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.

MARK 9:17–29

20 And they brought him unto him: and when he

saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he

fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming.

21 And he asked his father, How long is it ago

since this came unto him? And he said, Of a

child.

22 And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire,

and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou

canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and

help us.

MARK 9:17–29

23 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all

things are possible to him that believeth.

24 And straightway the father of the child cried

out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help

thou mine unbelief.

25 When Jesus saw that the people came running

together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto

him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee,

come out of him, and enter no more into him.

MARK 9:17–29

26 And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and

came out of him: and he was as one dead;

insomuch that many said, He is dead.

27 But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted

him up; and he arose.

28 And when he was come into the house, his

disciples asked him privately, Why could not we

cast him out?

29 And he said unto them, This kind can come

forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.

MARK 9:17–29


Recommended