The Lesson:
This week, the Come, Follow me for Individuals and Families manual asks us to read Acts 1-5. In the Latter Day Parables, Auggie and May lie about eating the cookies and blame it on June. Mom tells them the story of Ananias and Sapphira. They lied to Peter and they fell dead. Heavenly Father is not happy when we lie. Auggie and May chose to tell the truth and went to bake more cookies.
Part of me wanted to title this story “Lie and Die,” as that’s exactly what happened to Ananias and Sapphira, but I assumed that would be too morbid of a title. Haha! As a family, read the story of Ananias and Sapphira in Acts 5: 1-11. Explain to your children that they will not die if they choose to tell a lie, but Heavenly Father will be unhappy with their choice. Tell them why it’s important to be honest.
What You Need:
- Cut-outs of Mom, Auggie, May, June, Plate of Lots of Cookies, and Plate of Two Cookies. If you haven’t yet, download the free Original Latter Day Parables Family cut-outs for this week’s story. You can download the Plate of Lots of Cookies and Plate of Two Cookies in the Quick Clicks section below. Print, cut out, and laminate the cut-outs then store them in your Come, Follow Me 2019 Binder for future use.
- “Honesty” story. Provided in the Quick Clicks section below is a PDF document of the story that you can download for free. Print out the story and store it in your Come, Follow Me 2019 Binder.
Quick Clicks
For the Original Latter Day Parable Family, click here.
For more lesson ideas, click here to see The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints’ thoughts on the subject.