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What Would You Do if… Heavenly Father

1. Your family is about to leave on a trip. Your parents Watches Over Me
are concerned about the safety of the family while
traveling._____________________________________ Lesson 8
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Primary 2 CTR A
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2. Your little sister is sick and in the hospital. You are Use this as a review of the lesson
worried about her. _____________________________
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3. You become lost while hiking with your family._____ Family Home Evening
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4. You have a broken leg and you are tired of the pain
and the uncomfortable cast. You feel very frustrated.
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Child’s picture goes here
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5. This is your first day to go to Primary in a new ward
or branch and you are afraid.
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I Know that My Savior Loves Me Heavenly Father will Protect You
Now I am here in a beautiful place, Just as Heavenly Father loved and watched over Jesus
Learning the teachings of Jesus.
Christ when he was on the earth, Heavenly Father also
Parents and teachers will help guide the way,
Lighting my path ev’ry day. loves and watches over each of us.
Wrapped in the arms of my Savior’s love,
I feel His gentle touch. Always pray to Heavenly Father and ask for his protecting
Living each day, I will follow His way, care and he will protect you.
Home to my Father above.

I know He lives!
I will follow faithfully.
My heart I give to Him.
I know that my Savior loves me.

Tami Jeppson Creamer and Derena Bell, “I Know That My Savior Loves Me,” Friend, Oct 2002, 46–47

1. A long time ago in a beautiful place,

Children were gathered ’round Jesus.
He blessed and taught as they felt of His love.
Each saw the tears on His face.
The love that He felt for His little ones
I know He feels for me.
I did not touch Him or sit on His knee,
Yet, Jesus is real to me.

Chorus
I know He lives!
I will follow faithfully.
My heart I give to Him.
I know that my Savior loves me.

2. Now I am here in a beautiful place,

Learning the teachings of Jesus.
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Hugh B. Brown as a Boy
“If I had a bad dream in the night when I was young, I would
awaken and call out, ‘Mother, are you there?’ Since mother’s
room was next to mine, she would hear me and answer quickly,
‘Yes, Son, I’m here.’
“Years later when I left for a mission to England, my mother
reminded me that she wouldn’t be there to answer when I called
but that our Heavenly Father would always be there.
“Many times on my mission and throughout my life I have called
out: ‘Father, are you there?’ … Always, I have received an
answer” (in Joleen Meredith, “Friend to Friend,” Friend, Aug. 1975, p. 7).
Heavenly Father may not talk to us out loud, but he is always
watching over us. Sometimes he helps us by giving us peaceful
feelings or by putting ideas into our minds.
Matthew 2: 1-20
1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of
Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to
Jerusalem,
2 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen
his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
3 When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled…
8 And he sent [the wise men] to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search
diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me
word again, that I may come and worship him also.
9 When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which
they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over
where the young child was.
10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
11 ¶ And when they were come into the house, they saw the young
child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and
when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts;
gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
12 And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to
Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
13 And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord
appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child
and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee
word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
14 When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night,
and departed into Egypt:
15 And was there until the death of Herod…
19 ¶ But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth
in a adream to Joseph in Egypt,
20 Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into
the aland of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child’s life.
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Heavenly Father Watches Over Us David O’McKay as a Boy

King Herod told the Wise Men that he wanted to

worship, or show love for, the Christ child (Jesus). But
King Herod really meant to harm Jesus. Heavenly Father
protected Jesus by telling the Wise Men not to go back to
King Herod.

Each of us is a child of Heavenly Father. He watches over

us just as he watched over Jesus. When we obey his
commandments and ask for his help, Heavenly Father will
help us.

“One night while his father was gone, David … heard noises
around the house and felt sure there were burglars. He knew his
mother would be frightened too if she heard [the noises], and he
hoped that she would not. As he lay there wide awake, … he
decided to do what his parents had taught him to do—pray. He
had always said his prayers kneeling at his bedside, so he felt that
now too he must get out of bed and kneel down to pray. Climbing
out of bed was a terrible test; it took all his strength and willpower
because he was so frightened. But he did it!
“As he knelt down by the side of the bed, he prayed earnestly and
with real faith. Then, just as clearly as one person speaks aloud to
another, he heard a voice say to him, ‘Don’t be afraid. Nothing will
hurt you.’ David then climbed back into bed and fell fast asleep”
(Marie F. Felt, “David: A Boy of Promise,” Instructor, Sept. 1969, p.
330).