Matthew 19-20; Mark 10; Luke 18
"What Lack I Yet?"
Materials: "The Family: A Proclamation to the World", picture of Adam and Eve (link below), temple marriage photograph, coloring page (link below)
Opening Song: "Families Can Be Together Forever" verse 2 (Hymnal, 300)
Opening Prayer:
Scripture: Matthew 19:5-6
Attention Activity: Show a picture of Adam and Eve like the one here. Who is this? Who created Adam and Eve? Adam was created by Heavenly Father on the sixth day, but Heavenly Father said it was not good for man to be alone, so he created Eve as "an help meet" for him. Eve was Adam's wife.
Lesson:
Adam and Eve were the first people on the earth, and they were married. Marriage has been on the earth since the creation of the world. Jesus also taught about the importance of marriage.
Jesus was preaching in Judea when the Pharisees asked him a question about marriage. Read Mark 10: 6. God created both sexes male and female. Show "The Family: A Proclamation to the World." Explain that our modern day prophets and apostles have given us this proclamation as a way to teach the world about the sanctity of the family. Read paragraph two. In the pre-mortal existence we were there and we had the same genders as we do now.
Read Mark 10: 7-8. Marriage is an important part of Heavenly Father's plan for us. When the time is right, we should seek out a suitable, righteous person to marry. Once we are married, Jesus said we should "cleave" together. That means that a married couple should be a team, love each other , and be one in purpose.
(Please adapt the following depending on your family situation and children's ages.) Marriage is sacred and is "ordained of God." One of the ten commandments is "thou shalt not commit adultery." Jesus also clarified, "But I say unto you, that whosever looketh on a woman [or man] to lust after her hath committed adultery already in his heart" (Matt 5:28) Our latter day prophets also have taught us to keep the law of chastity. In the Family Proclamation it states, "We further declare that God has commanded that the sacred powers of procreation are to be employed only between man and woman, lawfully wedded as husband and wife."
There are people in the world who disagree or oppose the Lord's standard's regarding marriage and chastity. We must always remember to treat everyone with kindness, respect, and love, even if they do not believe in the same things we do.
Show a picture of a couple in wedding attire outside the temple. You can use the one at lds.org here or your own if applicable.
My husband and I on our wedding day at the Mount Timpanogos Temple
Read Mark 10:9. God wants our marriages to last forever. In "The Proclamation" it states, "THE FAMILY is ordained of God. Marriage between man and woman is essential to His eternal plan." In order to receive all of the blessings Heavenly Father wants to give us, a couple must be sealed in the temple for time and all eternity.
Show the video "Rennaissance of Marriage" Ask your family to pay attention to the tender way President Eyring talks about his wife and their marriage.
Bear your testimony on how you know "marriage is ordained of God."
Activity: Temple Marriage Coloring Page
Closing Song: "I Love to See the Temple" verse 2 (Children's Songbook, 95)
Closing Prayer:
Refreshment:
Mexican Wedding Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons water
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup chopped almonds
- 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
Directions
- In a medium bowl, cream the butter and sugar. Stir in vanilla and water. Add the flour and almonds, mix until blended. Cover and chill for 3 hours.
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Shape dough into balls or crescents. Place on an unprepared cookie sheet and bake for 15 to 20 minutes in the preheated oven. Remove from pan to cool on wire racks. When cookies are cool, roll in confectioners' sugar. Store at room temperature in an airtight container.
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