Prepare to Meet God

Preparation:

 Read Elder Quentin L. Cooks Talk from the April 2018 General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints entitled, Prepare to Meet God.

Materials:

Who Would You Invite                          How Would You Prepare 

Opening Song:

 I am a Child of God 

Opening Prayer:

Gain Attention:

Show the family the Who Would You Invite printout. Ask them if they could invite anyone to dinner tomorrow, who would they invite? Write the answers around the mystery head. Once they have each added a person or two to the page pull out the how would you prepare page and place it in front of everyone. Ask the family what preparations they would make for the visit and fill in their responses.

Instruction:

Read Alma 34:32 then explain that just as we would make preparations for a special visitor we should be spending our time here on earth preparing to meet our Heavenly Father again.

Ask your family, “How can we prepare to meet God?” Discuss your answers then read this quote from Elder Cook’s talk:

“Pursuing divinely appointed responsibilities in righteousness, unity, and equality will prepare us to meet God.”

Discuss one or all of these divinely appointed responsibilities with your family.

Righteousness:

This year in primary the theme is Choose the Right. Discuss with children what it means to choose the right.

Unity

Read Doctrine and Covenants 38:27 and then read and discuss this quote from Elder Cook:

“The unity we seek is to be unified with the Savior and His teachings.”

Equality:

Talk about how when we walk into the temple we are all dressed differently in our Sunday best but when then we all go and change into white clothes that look very similar and are all white. We all have different experiences in this life but we are equal in the Lords eyes.

To conclude read this quote from Elder Cook, share the challenge and close with your testimony:

Fulfilling divinely appointed responsibilities, based on righteousness, unity and equality before the Lord, brings personal happiness and peace in this world and prepares us for eternal life in the world to come. It prepares us to Meet God.

Challenge:

Have each family member think of something they can work on this week to prepare to meet God.

Activity Idea:

Spend some time learning and practicing etiquette rules as a family so you would be prepared if someone special ever came to dinner.

Treat Idea:

Orange Julius from Lil’ Luna