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Take My Yoke upon You

A stack of heavy books, a yoke built for two, a Sabbath showdown in a grainfield, and a hunt where you must seek and knock

  • ⭐ Valiant 9–11
  • Week 11
  • 📅 Sunday, March 14, 2027
🤔 Forehead Guess🏆 Showdown
💡 The big idea

When I yoke myself to Jesus Christ through my covenants, He pulls with me, gives me rest, and teaches me to do good, especially on His holy day.

I can come unto Jesus Christ with my burdens, keep my covenants, pray to Heavenly Father, and do good on the Sabbath.

Study it yourself firstRead Matthew 11–12; Luke 11 in Gospel LibraryCome, Follow Me manualOpen this week (Matthew 11–12; Luke 11)
Know the chapters

Matthew 11:28–30 is one of the Savior’s most tender invitations: come to Him when you labor and are heavy laden, take His yoke, learn of Him, and find rest. A yoke is a wooden beam that joins two oxen so they pull a load together. Farmers sometimes trained a young ox by yoking it beside a strong, experienced one, so the young one learned by walking with it. The manual connects the yoke to our covenants: when we make and keep covenants, we are bound to Jesus Christ, and He pulls with us. He doesn’t always remove the burden, but He makes it lighter. The Book of Mormon shows the same thing when the Lord eased the burdens of Alma’s people so they could hardly feel them on their backs (Mosiah 24:14–15).

Matthew 12 shows what His rest is not. Religious leaders had piled so many extra rules on the Sabbath that it had become a burden. When hungry disciples plucked grain (the King James Version says “corn”), the Pharisees called it breaking the Sabbath. Jesus answered with scripture: David once ate the holy shewbread when he was hungry (1 Samuel 21:1–6), and God said, “I will have mercy, and not sacrifice” (Matthew 12:7; Hosea 6:6). Then He declared Himself “Lord even of the sabbath day.” In the synagogue they pointed to a man with a withered hand, hoping to trap Him. He asked who wouldn’t lift a sheep out of a pit on the Sabbath, concluded “it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days,” and healed the man. The leaders went out and plotted against Him.

Jesus also taught that our words and actions come from what is in our hearts: “out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh” (Matthew 12:34–35). And in Luke 11 He taught His disciples to pray, told of a friend who kept knocking at midnight, and promised, “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.” If earthly parents don’t hand a hungry child a stone or a scorpion, how much more will Heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask (Luke 11:9–13)?

For nine- to eleven-year-olds, burdens are real: pressure at school, friendship drama, family changes, mistakes they carry around. They are also old enough to think about why the Sabbath matters rather than just listing rules. Help them ask, “Does this help me come to Jesus and do good?” Boys can be ordained deacons in January of the year they turn 12 and begin passing the sacrament, so the Sabbath and the sacrament are about to become their service, not just their seat.

Only have 5 minutes?

Read Matthew 11:28–30 and Matthew 12:1–14. Do the Heavy Laden hook with a few books, let Teach Mode run the Lord of the Sabbath drama, teach the Matthew 11:28–30 motions with two kids linked as a yoke, and play Forehead Guess. No cards? Tap “I brought nothing” and the hunt becomes Knock to Answer.

What to bring5 items

Tick what you have. Forgot something? Every step that needs a supply has a no-supplies version in the plan below.

Before class

  1. Make 6 hunt cards. Each has a reference and a question: Matthew 11:28 (What does Jesus promise the heavy laden?) · Matthew 11:29 (What two things does He ask us to do?) · Matthew 12:12 (What is lawful on the Sabbath?) · Matthew 12:34 (Where do our words come from?) · Luke 11:9 (What are the three action words?) · Luke 11:13 (What gift will Heavenly Father give those who ask?).
  2. Hide the 6 cards around the room before class: under a chair, behind a door, in a hymnbook, on a windowsill.
  3. Set the heavy books by your chair for the hook, and lean the broom handle or pool noodle nearby.
  4. Add your kids’ names in the My Class tab so you can hand out story parts with one tap. Give the Pharisees and David to confident readers.
  5. Read Matthew 12:1–14 and 1 Samuel 21:1–6 so you can tell the David flashback in your own words.

If your class is wild

  • Make “Come unto me!” your calm-down call: everyone walks to you, sits and takes one slow breath.
  • Give your most energetic kids the Grainfield and the Sheep in the drama. Swaying and tumbling into a pit, on cue, burns energy.
  • In the Seek & Knock Hunt, cards stay where they are hidden until a team claims one; no hoarding, no running.
  • The yoke demo is walking only. Two kids, one pole, slow steps.
  • Give a quiet or older kid the job of Scorekeeper for the whole lesson. Responsibility calms a lot of wiggles.

The 25-minute plan25 min + bonus

Bonus steps are for when you have extra time. Steps that mention Teach Mode, the Sound Board or other class games refer to the Gospel Sparks app; on the web you can play Forehead Guess and Scripture Showdown from this page.

1. Hook

Heavy Laden

2 min

Feeling a load get heavier, then shared, sets up the Savior’s invitation to take His yoke.

  1. Invite a volunteer to stand and hold both arms straight out, palms up. Stack books on their hands one at a time. Say: “Tell us when it gets heavy.”
  2. Name each book as you add it: “A hard test… a friend who was mean… missing Grandpa… a mistake you can’t stop thinking about.”
  3. When their arms start to shake, ask a second volunteer to stand beside them and hold up the bottom of the stack. Ask: “Better?”
  4. SAY“Jesus said, ‘Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden.’ Today we’ll find out how He helps carry the load.” Take the books back.
🌪️ Stop before anyone strains. The point is the relief of the helper, not a strength contest.

Class screen: 📚 How long can you hold the load alone?

No supplies? Do this instead

Instead of: 4–6 heavy books (hymnbooks, scriptures or dictionaries)

  1. Invite everyone to stand and hold both arms straight out at shoulder height. Say: “I’m going to add invisible bricks. Keep your arms up.”
  2. Name each brick as you add it: “A hard test… a friend who was mean… missing Grandpa… a mistake you can’t stop thinking about.” Keep going for about 45 seconds; arms really do get tired.
  3. Have partners step in and hold up each other’s elbows. Ask: “Better?”
  4. SAY“Jesus said, ‘Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden.’ Today we’ll find out how He helps carry the load.”

Class screen: 🧱 Arms out! How long can you hold the invisible bricks?

2. Story

Story Drama: Lord of the Sabbath

6 min

Acting out Matthew 12 shows that the Sabbath is for mercy and doing good, not piling on rules.

  1. Hand out roles (tap Roles in Teach Mode). Everyone without a part is the Grainfield & Sound Crew.
  2. Read each scene aloud and pause for the action cue. The Pharisees read their verses from the scriptures; you read Jesus’s words.
  3. At scene 3, explain that Jesus is quoting scripture back to people who thought they knew it best (1 Samuel 21).
  4. After scene 8, ask: “Who really kept the Sabbath that day: the Pharisees who kept every rule, or the Savior who healed a man?” Then ask: “What’s the difference between rules that bring us to God and rules that just make us look good?”
🌪️ “Come unto me!” brings everyone back to their spots at any point.

Class screen: 🎭 Story Drama: Lord of the Sabbath · Matthew 12:1–14 · Everyone else: Grainfield & Sound Crew

3. Wiggle break

Ask, Seek, Knock

2 min

Luke 11:9 turns into a fast action game that burns energy before the key verse.

  1. Teach the moves: “Ask!” = hand raised high · “Seek!” = hand over eyes, look around, turn in a circle · “Knock!” = knock three times in the air · “Heavy laden!” = hunch and trudge in place · “Rest!” = freeze with hands by your cheek.
  2. Call them slowly, then faster and mixed up. Chain them: “Ask, seek, knock, rest!”
  3. No one is out; the goal is for the whole class to move in perfect sync.
  4. Let a kid lead the last round.
🌪️ End on “Rest!” and hold the freeze for five silent seconds before sitting down.

Class screen: 🚪 Ask! Seek! Knock! Rest! · Luke 11:9

4. Scripture

Scripture Spotlight: Take My Yoke

3 min

A two-person yoke shows how covenants bind us to the Savior so He pulls with us.

  1. Have two kids stand side by side and rest the broom handle across both of their shoulders (hands holding it in place). Say: “This is a yoke. It joins two oxen so they pull together.”
  2. Walk them slowly across the room. Ask: “What happens if one of them tries to go a different way?” (It doesn’t work. They have to walk together.)
  3. SAY“Farmers sometimes yoked a young ox to a strong, experienced one. Who’s the strong one in our yoke with Jesus? When we make and keep covenants, like at baptism, we’re yoked to Him.”
  4. Show the key verse and teach the motions phrase by phrase. Say it together twice.

Class screen: 🐂 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me · Matthew 11:28–30

No supplies? Do this instead

Instead of: A broom handle, mop handle or pool noodle (the yoke)

  1. Have two kids stand side by side, link their inside arms, and each lay a hand on the other’s shoulder. Say: “You are yoked. A yoke joins two oxen so they pull together.”
  2. Walk them slowly across the room. Ask: “What happens if one of them tries to go a different way?”
  3. SAY“Farmers sometimes yoked a young ox to a strong, experienced one. Who’s the strong one in our yoke with Jesus? When we make and keep covenants, like at baptism, we’re yoked to Him.”
  4. Show the key verse and teach the motions phrase by phrase. Say it together twice.
5. Game

Seek & Knock Hunt

4 min

Teams literally seek, find and knock, reviewing six key verses from this week’s chapters.

  1. Split into two teams with scriptures. Say: “Six cards are hidden in this room. Seek them!”
  2. When a team finds a card, they look up the verse together and answer the question on it.
  3. To turn it in, a runner knocks three times on your chair or table and gives the answer. A right answer scores 2 points; a wrong one goes back to be read again.
  4. When all six are in, ask: “Which of these verses do you need most this week?”
🌪️ Hunters walk. Anyone who runs freezes for five seconds while their team keeps seeking.

Class screen: 🔎 Seek the cards! Find the verses! Knock to answer! · Luke 11:9

No supplies? Do this instead

Instead of: Scriptures for each team (their own, a classroom set from the library, or Gospel Library on a parent-approved device), 6 index cards or half sheets of paper and a marker for the Seek & Knock Hunt (see prep)

Knock to Answer

  1. Split into two teams sitting on the floor. Say: “I’ll read a verse and a question. First team to knock three times on the floor gets to answer.”
  2. Read each verse from your scriptures with its question: Matthew 11:28 (What does He promise?) · 11:29 (What two things does He ask?) · 12:12 (What is lawful on the Sabbath?) · 12:34 (Where do our words come from?) · Luke 11:9 (What are the three action words?) · 11:13 (What gift does Heavenly Father give?).
  3. A right answer scores 2 points; a wrong answer lets the other team knock and try.
  4. Ask: “Which of these verses do you need most this week?”

Class screen: 🚪 Listen to the verse. Knock three times to answer!

6. Game

Forehead Guess: Yoke & Sabbath Edition

3 min

A Heads Up–style guessing game with harder words reviews the people, places and ideas.

  1. Keep the same teams. Tap Forehead Guess. One kid holds your phone or tablet on their forehead, screen facing their team.
  2. Teammates give clues without saying the word. Tilt down for “got it,” up to pass. 45-second turns.
  3. Add the scores to your hunt points to crown today’s champions.
🌪️ Pick guessers with the Name Spinner. Clue-givers stay seated.
▶ Play Forehead Guess on the web

Class screen: 🤔 Forehead Guess: Yoke & Sabbath Edition · No saying the word!

7. Game

Scripture Showdown

5 minBONUS

A fast team quiz reviews the whole lesson.

  1. Split into two teams and pick a captain for each. Tap Scripture Showdown.
  2. Read each question aloud. Teams huddle for 10 seconds; only the captain may answer.
  3. Bonus point if the team can name the chapter where the answer is found.
▶ Play Scripture Showdown on the web

Class screen: 🏆 Scripture Showdown!

8. Talk it over

Rest for Your Souls

3 min

Deeper questions connect the yoke, the Sabbath, prayer and the heart to kids’ real lives.

  1. Sit in a circle. Toss the soft ball to whoever answers next.
  2. Ask one question at a time. Pick the two or three that fit your class best, and share your own answer too.
💬 Ask the class
  • Jesus doesn’t always take our burdens away. What does it mean that He makes them light instead? When have you felt that?
  • How is keeping your baptismal covenant like being yoked to Jesus? What would it look like to pull in a different direction?
  • The Pharisees kept every Sabbath rule and missed the point. What question could you ask yourself to decide what fits the Sabbath?
  • Jesus said our words show what’s in our hearts (Matthew 12:34). What could you fill your heart with so better words come out?
  • The friend in Luke 11 kept knocking at midnight. Why do you think Jesus wants us to keep asking in prayer?

Class screen: 💬 Rest for your souls: let’s talk

No supplies? Do this instead

Instead of: A soft ball or a rolled-up pair of socks

  1. Sit in a circle. Whoever answers next gets a gentle knock-knock-knock in the air from you, then answers.
  2. Ask one question at a time. Pick the two or three that fit your class best, and share your own answer too.
9. Testimony

Testimony: My Do-Well Sabbath

2 min

End reverently with the Savior’s rest and a plan to do good next Sunday.

  1. Lower your voice. Say: “Close your eyes and think of one burden you’re carrying. You don’t have to say it.” Pause.
  2. Share one or two sentences about how Jesus Christ has made a burden lighter for you, or how the Sabbath and the sacrament help you feel His rest.
  3. Ask each kid to decide silently on one way to “do well” next Sunday: visit someone, write a note, help at home, call a grandparent.
  4. Introduce the challenge on the screen and ask a child to say the closing prayer.

Class screen: 🕊️ Come unto Him. Do well on His day. · Matthew 11:28 · Matthew 12:12

Story drama

Lord of the Sabbath

Matthew 12:1–14 ↗

Parts to hand out

  • DisciplesHungry followers who pluck grain, rub it in their hands and munch.
  • PhariseesCarry a pretend rulebook, read Matthew 12:2 and 12:10, and plot at the end.
  • DavidIn a flashback, hungry and on the run, receives the holy bread.
  • The PriestIn the flashback, hands David the shewbread from the house of God.
  • Man with the Withered HandHides a curled-up hand, then stretches it out healed.
  • The SheepTumbles into a pit and bleats until the class lifts it out.
  • Grainfield & Sound CrewEveryone else: sway like ripe grain, gasp, grumble and cheer.

Scenes

  1. 🌾🚶 A Sabbath walk through the grainfields

    One Sabbath, Jesus and His disciples walked through fields of ripe grain. The disciples were hungry, so they picked a few heads of grain, rubbed them in their hands and ate.

    🎬 The Grainfield sways. The Disciples walk through, pluck, rub their palms together and munch happily.

  2. 📜😠 The Pharisees say it’s not lawful!

    Some Pharisees were watching. They had added so many rules to the Sabbath that picking a snack counted as harvesting, and rubbing grain counted as threshing. They pounced.

    🎬 The Pharisees point and read Matthew 12:2. The Disciples freeze mid-chew.

  3. 👑🍞 Flashback: hungry David and the holy bread

    Jesus answered with a story from their own scriptures. Long ago, David and his men were hungry and on the run. A priest gave them the holy bread from the house of God, bread only priests were supposed to eat.

    🎬 The teacher reads Matthew 12:3–4. David stumbles in, tired; the Priest hands him the bread; David bows in thanks.

  4. 🏛️💛 “I will have mercy, and not sacrifice”

    Jesus said someone greater than the temple was standing right there. God cares more about mercy than about rules for their own sake. And the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.

    🎬 The teacher reads Matthew 12:7–8. The Pharisees slowly lower their rulebook.

  5. 🕍✋ A trap in the synagogue

    Later, in the synagogue, there was a man whose hand was withered. The Pharisees didn’t care about the man. They wanted to catch Jesus breaking a rule, so they asked Him a trick question.

    🎬 The Man hides a curled hand. The Pharisees whisper, then read Matthew 12:10 with sly smiles.

  6. 🐑🕳️ Who wouldn’t rescue a sheep?

    Jesus asked: if your one sheep fell into a pit on the Sabbath, wouldn’t you pull it out? Then how much more is a person worth than a sheep! So it is right to do good on the Sabbath.

    🎬 The Sheep tumbles into a “pit” and bleats. Everyone pretends to haul on a rope and lift it out. The teacher reads Matthew 12:11–12.

  7. ✋✨ “Stretch forth thine hand”

    Jesus told the man to stretch out his hand. As he did, it was restored, whole, just like the other one.

    🎬 The teacher reads Matthew 12:13. The Man slowly uncurls his hand, stretches it high and wiggles his fingers. Everyone gasps, then cheers.

  8. 🤫😠 Doing good made them angry

    You’d think everyone would celebrate. Instead the Pharisees walked out and began plotting against Jesus. They had kept every rule and missed the whole point of the Sabbath.

    🎬 The Pharisees stomp out the door, whispering. The Man holds up both hands to the class. Quiet.

Key verse

Matthew 11:28–30 ↗
“Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
In kid words: Come to Me, everyone who is tired and carrying heavy things, and I will give you rest. Be yoked with Me and learn from Me; I am gentle and humble. My yoke is easy and My load is light.
🙌 “Come unto me” = wave someone toward you · “labour and are heavy laden” = hunch over carrying a heavy sack · “I will give you rest” = hands together by your cheek like a pillow · “Take my yoke upon you” = lay a pretend beam across your shoulders · “learn of me” = open hands like a book · “meek and lowly in heart” = bow your head, hand on heart · “rest unto your souls” = deep breath out · “my yoke is easy” = shrug the beam easily · “my burden is light” = toss a pretend feather in the air

More verses

Matthew 12:12 ↗
“How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.”
In kid words: A person is worth so much more than a sheep. So it is right to do good on the Sabbath.
Matthew 12:34–35 ↗
“out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things”
In kid words: What fills your heart comes out of your mouth. A good person brings good things out of the good treasure in their heart.
Luke 11:9 ↗
“Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.”
In kid words: Ask and you will receive. Seek and you will find. Knock and the door will open.
Luke 11:13 ↗
“If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?”
In kid words: If imperfect parents know how to give good gifts, Heavenly Father will surely give the Holy Ghost to those who ask.

Forehead Guess words20 words

  • 🪵 Yoke
  • 🐂 Oxen
  • 🎒 Heavy Laden
  • 😌 Rest
  • 🙇 Meek and Lowly
  • 📅 Sabbath
  • 🌾 Grainfield
  • 📜 Pharisees
  • 🍞 Shewbread
  • 👑 Lord of the Sabbath
  • ✋ Withered Hand
  • 🐑 Sheep in a Pit
  • 💛 Mercy
  • ❤️ Abundance of the Heart
  • 💎 Good Treasure
  • 🙏 The Lord’s Prayer
  • 🌙 Midnight Friend
  • 🚪 Ask, Seek, Knock
  • 🦂 Scorpion
  • 🕊️ Holy Spirit
Clues for each word
  • Yoke: Wooden beam that joins two animals to pull together
  • Oxen: Strong animals that pull a plow in a yoke
  • Heavy Laden: Carrying a huge load; Jesus invites these to come
  • Rest: What Jesus promises to those who come to Him
  • Meek and Lowly: How Jesus described His own heart
  • Sabbath: The Lord’s holy day; it’s lawful to do well on it
  • Grainfield: Where hungry disciples plucked ears of “corn”
  • Pharisees: Rule-keepers who tried to trap Jesus
  • Shewbread: Holy bread David ate when he was hungry
  • Lord of the Sabbath: Title Jesus gave Himself in Matthew 12:8
  • Withered Hand: Healed when the man stretched it forth
  • Sheep in a Pit: Anyone would rescue it, even on the Sabbath
  • Mercy: God wants this more than sacrifice
  • Abundance of the Heart: Where the mouth’s words come from
  • Good Treasure: What a good person keeps in their heart
  • The Lord’s Prayer: Jesus taught it when asked, “Teach us to pray”
  • Midnight Friend: Kept knocking until he got three loaves
  • Ask, Seek, Knock: Three action words in Luke 11:9
  • Scorpion: No father gives this when his child asks for an egg
  • Holy Spirit: Heavenly Father’s gift to those who ask
▶ Play Forehead GuessFull screen, 60-second timer, works on any phone.

Scripture Showdown10 questions

  1. In Matthew 11:28, whom does Jesus invite to come unto Him?
    • A. Only the righteous
    • B. All that labour and are heavy laden
    • C. Only His Apostles
    Show answer

    ✅ B. All that labour and are heavy laden Everyone carrying something heavy is invited, which is all of us.

  2. What is a yoke?
    • A. A beam joining two animals to pull together
    • B. A heavy stone
    • C. A kind of bread
    Show answer

    ✅ A. A beam joining two animals to pull together Being yoked to Jesus means He pulls with us.

  3. Jesus said His yoke is easy and His burden is…
    • A. gold
    • B. heavy
    • C. light
    Show answer

    ✅ C. light Matthew 11:30. With Him pulling, the load gets lighter.

  4. What did the disciples do that upset the Pharisees?
    • A. Went fishing on the Sabbath
    • B. Plucked and ate grain on the Sabbath
    • C. Built a fire
    Show answer

    ✅ B. Plucked and ate grain on the Sabbath Matthew 12:1–2. The Pharisees counted picking a snack as harvesting.

  5. Which Old Testament hero ate the holy shewbread when he was hungry?
    • A. Moses
    • B. Samuel
    • C. David
    Show answer

    ✅ C. David Matthew 12:3–4 and 1 Samuel 21:1–6.

  6. Jesus quoted: “I will have mercy, and not…”
    • A. sacrifice
    • B. judgment
    • C. silence
    Show answer

    ✅ A. sacrifice Matthew 12:7, quoting Hosea 6:6. Mercy matters more than showing off.

  7. What animal did Jesus say you’d lift out of a pit on the Sabbath?
    • A. A camel
    • B. A sheep
    • C. A donkey
    Show answer

    ✅ B. A sheep Matthew 12:11–12. And a person is worth much more than a sheep.

  8. What did the Pharisees do after Jesus healed the withered hand?
    • A. Held a council against Him
    • B. Thanked Him
    • C. Asked to be baptized
    Show answer

    ✅ A. Held a council against Him Matthew 12:14. Doing good made them angry.

  9. Out of the abundance of the heart, what speaketh?
    • A. The hand
    • B. The eye
    • C. The mouth
    Show answer

    ✅ C. The mouth Matthew 12:34. What fills our hearts shows up in our words.

  10. In Luke 11:13, what will Heavenly Father give those who ask?
    • A. Riches
    • B. The Holy Spirit
    • C. A long life
    Show answer

    ✅ B. The Holy Spirit His best gift: the Holy Ghost to guide and comfort us.

▶ Play Scripture ShowdownTeams take turns on one screen.

Songs

  • I Feel My Savior’s Love Children’s Songbook, p. 74

    A gentle song for the Savior’s invitation to come unto Him. Find it ↗

  • Did You Think to Pray? Hymns, no. 140

    Luke 11 is Jesus teaching His disciples to pray and keep asking. Find it ↗

  • I Need Thee Every Hour Hymns, no. 98

    A heavy-laden heart’s prayer, perfect before the testimony. Find it ↗

This week’s challenge

Yoked and Doing Well

Each night this week, tell Heavenly Father in prayer about one thing that feels heavy and ask for help carrying it. Then plan one “do well” act for next Sunday and do it: visit, write, call, help or serve someone. Bonus: memorize Matthew 11:28–30.

Text the parents

Today in Primary we learned about the Savior’s yoke (Matthew 11:28–30), acted out Jesus healing a withered hand on the Sabbath (Matthew 12:1–14), and hunted verses about asking, seeking and knocking (Luke 11:9–13). Ask your child: what is a yoke, and how is keeping our covenants like being yoked to Jesus? Then plan one way your family can “do well” next Sunday.

📝 After class

What worked? Who needs a check-in this week? Jot it here on a printed copy, or in the app’s private class notes.

Got extra time?

🥖 Stone or Bread? · 4 min

  1. Read Luke 11:11–13. Put a rock in one paper bag and a slice of bread in another (or just describe them). The bread is just for show.
  2. Ask: “If you asked your parent for bread, which bag would they give you? Why?”
  3. Ask: “Why might Heavenly Father sometimes answer a prayer differently than we expected? How is His answer still a good gift?”

🎒 Mosiah 24 Cross-Reference · 5 min

  1. Summarize Mosiah 24:10–15: Alma’s people were forced to carry heavy burdens, and they prayed in their hearts.
  2. Explain that the Lord didn’t remove the burdens right away, but made them so light the people could hardly feel them, and later He freed them.
  3. Ask: “How is that like Matthew 11:28–30? Which one helps you more today?”

🧽 Clean Inside and Out · 4 min

  1. Read Luke 11:39–41. Show a cup that’s clean on the outside but imagine it’s dirty inside.
  2. Ask: “Would you drink from it? Why does Jesus care more about the inside of our hearts than how we look?”
  3. Ask each kid to think of one way to clean up the “inside” this week: thoughts, words or motives.

Sources

Scripture quotations are from the King James Version, the Bible used by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Tap or click a reference to open it in Gospel Library. Start with the official Come, Follow Me manual; these ideas are here to help it come alive.

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