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Lesson 19 Heavenly Father Helps Us When We Pray

• Lesson 19 Heavenly Father Helps Us When We
  Pray, Primary 3 Choose the Right B, (1994),89

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Purpose

• To help the children realize that they can
  receive help from Heavenly Father when they pray.

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OUR OPENING PRAYER WILL BE GIVEN BY

• (Enter Name Here)

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A father his married daughter lived on opposite
sides of a very large mountain.
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How could this father daughter communicate
without going to the other side of the mountain?
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What about a telephone?
                                                                                                      

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What about a radio?
                                                                                                      

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What about a carrier pigeon?
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What about mail (regular or email)?
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Why is it important for the father daughter to
communicate with each other?
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Why is it important for the father daughter to
communicate with each other?
To keep from being lonely To show love To receive
and give help To share ideas
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What would happened if they did not communicate
with each other?
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What would happened if they did not communicate
with each other?
They would not feel as close to each other Their
love might decrease. They could not help each
other
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Why is it important to communicate with our
Heavenly Father?

• To thank him for our blessings.
• To show our faith in him.
• To ask for and receive his help and blessings.
• To increase our love for him.

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• Remember last week we learned about Nephi
  building a boat?
• He did not know how to build a boat.

• He prayed to Heavenly Father to give him the help
  that he needed to be successful.

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• The Lord told Lehi to take his family onto the
  ship they had built.

They loaded it with fruit, meat, and honey and
with seeds to plant in the promised land.
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• Strong winds blew the ship toward the promised
  land.

Laman, Lemuel, and some of the others began being
wicked.
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• When Nephi told them to stop, they got angry and
  tied him up with ropes.

Because of their wickedness, the Liahona stopped
working.
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• They did not know which way to steer the ship.

A terrible storm blew the ship backward for three
days.
Lehi told Laman and Lemuel to untie Nephi, but
they would not listen.
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• Lehi and Sariah were so upset that they became
  ill.

Nephis wife and children cried.
They begged Laman and Lemuel to untie Nephi, but
they refused.
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• On the fourth day the storm got worse. The ship
  was about to sink.

Laman and Lemuel knew that God had sent the
storm.
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They were afraid they would drown.

• Finally Laman and Lemuel repented and untied
  Nephi.

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Even though his wrists and ankles had become
swollen and sore from the ropes, Nephi had not
complained.

• Nephi then picked up the Liahona, and it worked
  again.

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Nephi prayed, and the wind stopped. The sea
became calm.

• Nephi steered the ship, and it sailed again
  toward the promised land.

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Question Time!
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• What can we learn from Nephis example?
• Why do you think Nephi did not complain to
  Heavenly Father while he was tied up?

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• Why wouldnt the Liahona work while Nephi was
  tied up?

• What did Nephi do to save the ship from sinking
  in the storm?

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• What did Heavenly Father do to help Nephi?

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Our Loving Heavenly Father Helps Us When We Pray
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• What is Jesus doing in this picture?

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• What is Jesus doing in this picture?
• Praying to Heavenly Father

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• What is Jesus doing in this picture?
• Praying to Heavenly Father
• Why did Jesus pray?

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• What is Jesus doing in this picture?
• Praying to Heavenly Father
• Why did Jesus pray?
• He needed heavenly fathers help to guide him

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• When Jesus was on Earth, he prayed often to
  Heavenly Father.
• We can also pray to Heavenly Father when we need
  help, too.

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Listen to Marys Story

• Mary was in bed asleep one night when she was
  awakened by a noise.
• As she listened, she discovered that it was her
  four-year-old brother crying and complaining that
  his stomach hurt.
• She could hear her mother tenderly comforting
  him, trying to help him feel better but her
  brother kept crying.

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Listen to Marys Story

• She lay there feeling sorry for him.
• She knew her mother was doing all she could for
  him, but still it troubled her to know that her
  brother was so sick.
• Finally she decided there was something she could
  do.
• What do you think she did

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Listen to Marys Story

• She quietly slipped out of bed and knelt to pray.
  
• She asked Heavenly Father to please make her
  little brother well so he could go back to sleep.
  
• In just a short time, her brother had fallen
  asleep.

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Listen to Marys Story

• The next morning she asked her mother how he was,
  and she replied, Just fine. He fell asleep last
  night and seems to be well now.
• Does anyone here want to share an experience when
  you or a family member prayed for help.
• How did Heavenly Father answered your prayers?

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Listen to Jamies Story

• One summer Jamie was given a baby lamb. He named
  the lamb Boots and fed and cared for him
  lovingly.
• Jamie and Boots often played together in the
  fenced-in field where Jamies father kept his
  horse.
• Jamie and Boots were playing in this field late
  one afternoon, when Jamies mother called him to
  supper.
• Jamie ran to the gate and quickly slammed it
  behind him.
• After dinner Jamie went out to play with Boots
  again.

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Listen to Jamies Story

• But when he reached the gate, he found it
  swinging open.
• Boots and the horse were gone.
• Jamie had shut the gate so quickly that it had
  not latched.
• Jamie didnt know where to start looking.
• He remembered his father telling him that when he
  was a little boy, he had been lost on a
  mountainside.
• His father got down on his knees and asked
  Heavenly Father to help him.

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Listen to Jamies Story

• Soon a sheepherder on his way back to camp found
  him and helped him get home.
• Jamie knelt down in the grass, closed his eyes,
  and prayed Heavenly Father, I need your help.
• Ive lost Dads horse and Boots because I didnt
  shut the gate.
• Please help me find them.
• Jamie found animal tracks on the road.
• He started to follow the tracks uphill, holding
  on to bushes to keep his footing.
• At last he heard Boots cry.

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Listen to Jamies Story

• Jamie scrambled up the hill and soon found the
  little lamb caught in a bush.
• The horse stood nearby.
• Jamie untangled Bootss legs from the thicket.
• When Boots tried to stand, he toppled over.
• Jamie could see that one of Bootss legs was
  broken.
• Again Jamie asked Heavenly Father to help him.
• He used his jacket to make a sling to carry Boots
  and started back down the mountain.

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Listen to Jamies Story

• The horse followed, carefully picking his way
  down the steep trail.
• Boots was heavy, and Jamie stumbled all the way
  down the trail.
• As the three neared home, Jamies parents ran out
  to help. As Jamies dad cared for the injured
  lamb, he said, Good thing you got him here
  before he lost much more blood.
• He might have died from shock.
• Jamies mother asked, How did you know where to
  find them?

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Listen to Jamies Story

• I did just what Dad would have done, Jamie
  answered.
• Whats that, son? Dad asked.
• Remember when you were lost?
• You prayed to Heavenly Father for help, and
  thats just what I did. I prayed, and Heavenly
  Father helped me

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Discussion Time!
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• Where were Lehi and his family going?

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• Where were Lehi and his family going?

To the promised land
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• Did the Liahona work all the time?

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• Did the Liahona work all the time?

No. It worked only when the people were righteous
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• What did the Liahona show Nephi?

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• What did the Liahona show Nephi?

Which direction to steer the ship
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What happened after Nephi was tied up?
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What happened after Nephi was tied up?

• A terrible storm arose.
• The Liahona stopped working

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• What happened after Nephi was untied?

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• What happened after Nephi was untied?

The storm ceased. The Liahona worked again
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• Why did Nephi pray for Heavenly Fathers help?

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• Why did Nephi pray for Heavenly Fathers help?

• Pray with faith that he will help us

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Testimony

• I want to bear my testimony thatHeavenly Father
  loves us.
• I testify that Heavenly Father wants to help us
  if we will pray for His help.

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OUR OPENING PRAYER WILL BE GIVEN BY

• (Enter Name Here)

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THE END
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