Moses 8:17
“And the Lord said unto Noah: My Spirit shall not always strive with man, for he shall know that all flesh shall die; yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years; and if men to not repent, I will send in the floods upon them.“
Follow the Prophet, verse 3, Children’s Songbook page 110
Noah, the great-grandson of Enoch, was warned by the Lord that the people must repent or a great flood would cover the earth. The people had grown very wicked and violent. Noah taught the people for many years but they would not listen. Noah was told by the Lord to build an ark so his family would be safe from the flood. Noah was told to gather two of each kind of animal, seven of each clean animal, and enough food for them and his family. Noah did as the Lord commanded. It began to rain. It rained for 40 days and 40 nights and the earth was covered by the flood. After many months the floods subsided and Noah’s family left the ark.
In our day, our Prophet has encouraged us to build our testimony and faith. It’s important to listen to our Prophet and follow his guidance and heed his warnings. We will be prepared for the coming “storms of life” if we have faith in Jesus Christ and prepare ourselves by following the Prophet.
“The failure to take prophetic counsel lessens our power to take inspired counsel in the future. The best time to have decided to help Noah build the ark was the first time he asked. Each time he asked after that, each failure to respond would have lessened sensitivity to the Spirit. And so each time his request would have seemed more foolish, until the rain came. And then it was too late.” Henry B. Eyring
During this fun Noah’s Ark activity your family will work together, like Noah’s family, to build an ark and gather animals–while learning why we should always follow the prophet!
Your children will delight in helping to make home-made Animal Crackers using this simple Animal Crackers recipe and animal shaped cookie cutters. Be sure to make two of each animal! But, if you’re short on time use store-bought animal crackers and have children search the bag for animal “crackers” two by two.
These lessons are perfect for: Family Home Evening at the beginning of the week, to recap the following Sunday or to enhance your family scripture study.
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