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"Kind Actions"  Preparation:• Get a large piece of paper and a writing utensil • Make a list of household chores that can be done rather quickly. Make copies for each team. (See activity below) Hymn: “Have I Done Any Good?” (Hymns, 223) Scripture: Ephesians 4:32 “And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.” Lesson: Kind actions are anything we do to make a person’s life easier or happier without expecting a reward. When we show kindness in our family, we’re helping one another feel loved. Read: Mother Teresa said, “Spread love wherever you go: first of all in your own house. Give love to your children, to your wife or husband, to a next door neighbor. Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God’s kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile, kindness in your warm greeting.” What are some kind actions? (a smile, pat on the back, a hug, helping with a chore, listening, doing as we have been asked, etc.) What is the Golden Rule? The Savior said: “All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them” (Matt. 7:12). This means we should treat one another the way we like to be treated. Read the following story: Several years ago at the U.S.A. Special Olympics in Seattle, nine contestants assembled at the starting line for the 100 yard dash. Every runner was either physically or mentally disabled. At the sound of the gun they all started out, not exactly in a dash, but each with great excitement to run the race to the finish and win. Suddenly, one boy stumbled on the asphalt and fell. He lay on the ground and cried. When the other contestants heard the boy crying, they slowed down and stopped. Then all eight of those special young people turned around and went back. One girl with Down’s syndrome bent down and kissed him, saying, “This will make it better.” They picked up their fallen competitor, then all nine linked arms and they walked together to the finish line. Everyone in the stadium that day was touched by the compassionate act of kindness they had witnessed. The entire audience unanimously gave the runners a long, enthusiastic standing ovation. Do you think each person in that race wanted to win? What made them stop and help the boy who had fallen? Would you have stopped? Discuss how doing something kind often requires sacrifice, yet it will make us happier. Jesus performed a great act of kindness for his own Apostles and showed us a perfect example. Close to the end of his earthly ministry, Jesus met with his Apostles, giving them the sacrament and final instructions. Jesus took a towel, poured water in a basin, and began to wash and dry the feet of the disciples. Peter, one of the disciples, said, “Thou shalt never wash my feet.” (John 13:8.) Perhaps Peter resisted because he felt that Jesus should not stoop to perform an act of this nature. But Jesus insisted, washing the feet of all of the Apostles, even the feet of Judas, whom he knew would soon betray him. After the Savior had washed their feet, he said unto them, “Know ye what I have done to you? >> CLICK HERE for the Entire FHE Lesson Need a hymn book? >> Click here
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