Jesus Jesus

Christ Christ

Wants Wants

Us to Us to

Love Love EveryoneEveryone

Primary 3: Lesson 31Primary 3: Lesson 31

• How do you feel

when you are kind to

others?

Let’s take 1 minute each to share something you have done

recently to show kindness to someone else.

• How have Heavenly

Father & Jesus asked

us to treat others?

I’m going to I’m going to draw a large draw a large circle on the circle on the chalkboard like chalkboard like this one…this one…

What does love What does love mean to you?mean to you?

I’m going to I’m going to write your write your answers outside answers outside of the circle.of the circle.

Now, name Now, name people you love people you love and I’ll write and I’ll write these names these names inside the circle. inside the circle.

This is the Circle This is the Circle of Love.of Love.

As we become As we become more Christ-like, more Christ-like, we learn to love we learn to love and serve others and serve others better and better and include more include more people in our people in our circles of love.circles of love.

In this lesson we In this lesson we will learn how will learn how Jesus Christ Jesus Christ wants us to love wants us to love everyone.everyone.

Scripture Time!Scripture Time!

The scriptures teachus how we shouldtreat other people.

Let’s read John 13:34.

•What does this scripture tell us to do?

•LOVE ONE ANOTHER

It is so important that we learn to love each other that it is repeated many times in the scriptures.

Heavenly Father wants us to love every one of His children, just as He wants us to love each member of our own families.

Jesus Wants Us to Love EveryoneJesus Wants Us to Love Everyone

As I have loved you,As I have loved you,

Love one another.Love one another.

This new commandment:This new commandment:

Love one another.Love one another.

By this shall men knowBy this shall men know

Ye are my disciples,Ye are my disciples,

If ye have loveIf ye have love

One to another.One to another.

Let’s make a list on theLet’s make a list on the

chalkboard:chalkboard:

1. What did Jesus do to show His love for us?2. In what ways can we showlove for others by following

Jesus’example & doing what he

taughtus to do?

The Scriptures Help Us KnowThe Scriptures Help Us KnowHow Much We Mean to JesusHow Much We Mean to Jesus

When Jesus visited the Nephites in America, they were excited and honored to be in His presence.

They loved to be near Him and hear His teachings.

Let’s read the story when Christ blessed the Nephite children.

After much destruction in the land, many Nephites gathered at the temple in Bountiful.

While they were

talking, they heard

a quiet voice from

heaven. It made

their hearts burn.

It introduced Jesus Christ and told the people to listen to Him.

The voice they heard was Heavenly Father’s.

Jesus Christ came down from heaven and stood among the people.

They were afraid to speak because they did not understand what was happening. They thought Jesus was an angel. He told them he was Jesus Christ, the one the prophets had said would come.

Jesus Christ told the Nephites to bring their little children to him. The children sat on the ground near Jesus.

The Savior told the people to kneel down. Then He knelt and prayed to Heavenly Father.

After His prayer, Jesus said the Nephites would be blessed because of their faith.

He felt so much love and happiness that He wept.

Then He took the children and blessed each one. He prayed to Heavenly Father for them and wept again.

Jesus told the Nephites to look at their children.

As the people watched, angels came down from heaven and encircled the children. The children and the angels were surrounded by fire.

•How do you think the little girl in this picture felt?

•If you were in the group of children with Jesus, how would you feel if Jesus placed His hands on your head?

I think when I read that sweet story of old, I think when I read that sweet story of old,

When Jesus was here among men,When Jesus was here among men,

How He called little children like lambs to His How He called little children like lambs to His foldfold

I should like to have been with Him then. I should like to have been with Him then.

I wish that His hands had been placed on my I wish that His hands had been placed on my head,head,

That His arms had been thrown around me,That His arms had been thrown around me,

That I might have seen His kind look when He That I might have seen His kind look when He said,said,

““Let the little ones come unto me.”Let the little ones come unto me.”

We Can Help Others Feel Their We Can Help Others Feel Their Worth to Heavenly Father & JesusWorth to Heavenly Father & Jesus

Listen to thefollowingstory to seehow Lennyhelped Markfeel loved.

See lesson manual for the story

We Can Help Others Feel Their We Can Help Others Feel Their Worth to Heavenly Father & JesusWorth to Heavenly Father & Jesus

Listen to the following story to see how Karenhelped Eileen feel loved.

See lesson manual for the story

Do any of you have an experience you can share when you have been included in someone’s circle of love, or when you have included someone else in your circle of love?

I need 4 volunteers to I need 4 volunteers to tell / act out what they tell / act out what they

would do in the would do in the following scenarios. following scenarios.

Volunteer # 1.Volunteer # 1. You are You are building a birdhouse in your building a birdhouse in your back yard with your friends. back yard with your friends. Your little brother comes up Your little brother comes up and asks if he can help.and asks if he can help.

What could you do to make your brother feel good about himself?What could you do to make your brother feel good about himself?

How would you feel if you were the little brother and your big How would you feel if you were the little brother and your big

brother let you help?brother let you help?

Volunteer # 2.Volunteer # 2. Your Primary class is Your Primary class is planning a service project. Everyone is planning a service project. Everyone is giving his / her ideas except Heather. She giving his / her ideas except Heather. She is shy & doesn’t say much. Suddenly is shy & doesn’t say much. Suddenly Heather starts to speak, but she is Heather starts to speak, but she is interrupted by someone else and stops interrupted by someone else and stops talking.talking.

What could you do to show that you care about Heather What could you do to show that you care about Heather & want to make her feel important? & want to make her feel important? How would you feel if you were Heather & someone How would you feel if you were Heather & someone showed you that they cared?showed you that they cared?

Volunteer #Volunteer #3. You3. You are playing outside are playing outside at school, and you see some children at school, and you see some children telling another child not to play in their telling another child not to play in their game. They are mean to that child.game. They are mean to that child.

What would you do to show that child that he / she is What would you do to show that child that he / she is important? important? How would you feel if someone asked you to play when How would you feel if someone asked you to play when the other children hadn’t let you play?the other children hadn’t let you play?

Volunteer #4.Volunteer #4. There is a new boy in your Primary class, and some of the boys are teasing him because he acts differently than other members of the class.

What would you do to make the new boy feel accepted? What would you do to make the new boy feel accepted? How would you feel if you were new at church and How would you feel if you were new at church and someone someone took the time to talk to you and make you feel welcome?took the time to talk to you and make you feel welcome?

I want you to know that I want you to know that Heavenly Father Heavenly Father

& Jesus love each & Jesus love each

one of us; they one of us; they

want us to love & want us to love &

help others, too. help others, too.

Each of us is included Each of us is included

in Heavenly Father’s in Heavenly Father’s circle circle

of love.of love.

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•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.