"Ye must be born again."
The concept that stood out to me in this week's CFM reading was that Christ is the "Living Water". It's a powerful concept to realize that we can spend our whole lives trying to meet our physical needs and yet we will still be empty if we neglect to nourish our spirits. Our spirits crave and need Christ and it is up to us to find that source of the "Living Water". We can't just sit back and expect to have it handed to us at church; it has to be an active process of finding, seeking, AND partaking of it. This week's activity sheet is meant to reinforce those concepts and to provide a jumping off point for talking about it in more depth. See below for a teaching idea and a relevant quote.
John 2-4
These pages are created to be printed double-sided, so that each activity page is 1/2 of an 8-1/2x11" piece of paper.
ANOTHER TEACHING IDEA: (adapted from LDSLiving)
Have a pitcher filled with water and empty glasses for each person. In one of the cups, put a slip of paper with the scripture John 4:13-14 written on it. Have each person share a time when they were especially thirsty and ask how they felt. Go on to discuss how important water is to our bodies and how quickly we would die if we didn't have access to water. Then pour everyone a glass of water...EXCEPT for the one person who has the scripture in their cup. Use this as a launching point to discuss how Christ is every bit as important to our spirits as water is to our physical bodies.
A GREAT QUOTE: I found in a BYU Speech about how the Living Water of Christ can change our lives and about how it is our responsibility to share it:
"It is this living water, freely offered by Jesus Christ, that we all
seek to quench our own spiritual thirst and that is critically needed to
end the gospel drought that continues to plague mankind. As His
disciples, we are the primary distribution system for delivering the
living water from its everlasting source to His cherished children in
need. We largely determine who will receive the water as we, by our
service, control the irrigation system headgates. We preserve the
purity of the water as we reflect to the world the value of the living
water in our own lives. If we irrigate when the living water is
required, rather than when it is convenient for us, we determine its
vitality. It is only the living water of Jesus Christ that can and will
bring a happy, successful, and everlasting life to the children of men." {The Living Water of Jesus Christ, H. David Burton, BYU Speeches, January 2000}
LET ME KNOW
If you end up using these activities to reinforce the CFM reading in
your homes or in your classroom, I'd love to hear how it goes. Did it
spark a great conversation? Did your kids show interest in a gospel
concept? Does it make learning a little more fun? I hope these are
meaningful for you!
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