Sharing

Tonight Mike helped Caleb write a Family Home Evening Lesson. It was on sharing. It was so sweet to hear Caleb read his "lines" on the script they wrote together. I just sit with a dopey smile on my face. "He's really reading all of it! Wow...he's five. This is so great. If only he knew how much he brings the Spirit into our home." It was these thoughts that put that smile there.



Here is a copy of their lesson. Feel free to use it.

Sharing Family Home Evening
Supplies:
· A treat, such as popcorn or candy
· Scriptures
Lesson:
[Daddy enters with a bag of popcorn. Someone in the rooms says, "Oh, I want some!"]
DADDY: NO! I THIS IS ALL FOR ME
CALEB: BUT DADDY THAT'S NOT VERY NICE
DADDY: BUT I WANT TO EAT IT ALL
CALEB: BUT YOU SHOULD SHARE DADDY
DADDY: WHY?
CALEB: BECAUSE JESUS WANTS US TO SHARE DID YOU KNOW THAT THE SCRIPTURES TELLS US TO SHARE. IN THE BIBLE TO SHARE MEANS TO HAVE CHARITY. WHO KNOWS WHAT CHARITY MEANS?
THE BIBLE DICTIONARY TELLS US WHAT CHARITY IS.
ASK SOMEONE TO READ THE BIBLE DICTIONARY (pg 632)
WHAT DOES THIS TELL US ABOUT CHARITY?
CHARITY IS THE STRONGEST FORM OF LOVE. THIS MEANS THAT WHEN WE SHARE WE ARE SHOWING LOVE TO SOMEONE ELSE.
JAKE DO YOU THINK JESUS TAUGHT US SHARE?
LETS READ ABOUT A TIME WHEN JESUS TAUGHT ABOUT SHARING. (JOHN 6:9 pg 1335)
HERE JESUS IS TEACHING LOTS OF PEOPLE ABOUT HOW TO BE GOOD. THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME AND ARE GETTING HUNGRY. THERE ARE ABOUT 5,000 PEOPLE THERE. ONE LITTLE BOY HAD 5 LOAVES OF BREAD AND 2 SMALL FISH.
DO YOU THINK THIS COULD FEED 5,000 PEOPLE?
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE LITTLE BOY DID WITH HIS FOOD? DID HE SHARE IT?
read JOHN 6:9-13
ALL THE PEOPLE WERE FED BY THIS SMALL AMOUNT OF FOOD. BECAUSE THE LITTLE BOY SHARED HIS FOOD MANY PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO EAT.
SHARING IS SOMETHING THAT GOD AND JESUS WANT US TO DO. IT IS A WAY TO SHOW WE LOVE EACH OTHER.
I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT WHEN I SHARE I FEEL GOOD AND HAPPY. I KNOW THIS IS THE HOLY GHOST TELLING ME I AM DOING THE RIGHT THING. AND IF YOU SHARE YOU WILL FEEL IT TOO! AND THIS I SAY IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST AMEN.