FHE Prayer

Family Home Evening

Welcome: _____________

Opening Prayer: __________________

Opening Song: A Child's Prayer Primary Children's Songbook #12

Preparation: Print and color the flannel board pages Enos Repents
Print a copy of "What Should I Know About Prayer" Activity sheet
Objective: To understand that we can pray for forgiveness.

Gathering Activity:  Talk about what do we do when we hurt somebody. We say sorry.  What do we do when we sin? We also say sorry, but we do it through prayer. 

Lesson: Read most of Enos Repents by Diane L. Mangum (part to read is included) Use the Flannel board papers to tell the story. 

Enos Repents

One day Enos went into the forest to hunt. Walking alone through the trees, he started thinking about what his father had taught him.

All his life Enos had heard his father, Jacob, teach aboutJesus Christ. Jacob was a prophet to the Nephites. He had seen a vision of Jesus Christ, who would be born about 500 years later.

Enos had not always done what his father taught him. As he hunted, he thought about his sins. He began to feel hungry—not hungry for food, but hungry to be forgiven for his wrongdoings.

Enos stopped hunting. He knelt and began to pray. Hour after hour, all day long, he prayed for forgiveness. When the night came, he was still raising his voice to heaven in prayer.

At last, a voice came to him saying, “Enos, thy sins are forgiven thee, and thou shalt be blessed.” Enos knew that God could not lie. His guilty feelings were swept away, and he knew Heavenly Father had forgiven him. Heavenly Father said the reason Enos could be forgiven was that he had faith in Christ.

Enos spent the rest of his life teaching the people about faith in Jesus Christ.

Conclusion: We can pray to Heavenly Father to be forgiven when we do things that are wrong. 

Activity:  Color the spaces with dots on the activity sheet to reveal the hidden picture. 

Closing Prayer:_______________

Sources: 
The Friend April 2012 "Enos Repents" by Diane L. Mangum
The Friend March 2009 "What Should I Know About Prayer" by Russel M. Nelson