Lesson 19:
Heavenly Father Helps Us
When We Pray
“Lesson 19: Heavenly Father Helps Us When We Pray,” Primary 3: Choose the Right B, (1994),89
Purpose
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To help the children realize that they can
receive help from Heavenly Father when
they pray.
OUR OPENING
PRAYER WILL BE
GIVEN BY
(Enter Name Here)
A father & his married daughter lived on
opposite sides of a very large mountain.
How could this father & daughter
communicate without going to the other
side of the mountain?
What about a telephone?
What about a radio?
What about a carrier pigeon?
What about mail (regular or email)?
Why is it important for the father &
daughter to communicate with
each other?
Why is it important for the father &
daughter to communicate with
each other?
To
To
To
To
keep from being lonely
show love
receive and give help
share ideas
What would happened
if they did not
communicate with
each other?
What would happened
if they did not
communicate with
each other?
They would not feel as close to each
other
Their love might decrease.
They could not help each other
Why is it important to communicate
with our Heavenly Father?
• To thank him
for our
blessings.
• To show our
faith in him.
• To ask for and
receive his help
and blessings.
• To increase our
love for him.
 Remember
last week we learned
about Nephi building a boat?
 He did not know how to build a
boat.
 He prayed to Heavenly
Father to give him the
help that he needed to
be successful.
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The Lord told
Lehi to take his
family onto the
ship they had
built.
They loaded it with fruit, meat,
and honey and with seeds to
plant in the promised land.
Strong
winds blew
the ship
toward the
promised
land.
Laman, Lemuel, and
some of the others
began being wicked.
When Nephi told
them to stop,
they got angry
and tied him up
with ropes.
Because of their wickedness,
the Liahona stopped working.
They did not know which way to
steer the ship.
A terrible
storm blew the
ship backward
for three days.
Lehi told Laman and
Lemuel to untie Nephi,
but they would not listen.
Lehi and Sariah were
so upset that they
became ill.
Nephi’s wife and children cried.
They begged
Laman and
Lemuel to untie
Nephi, but they
refused.
On the fourth day
the storm got
worse. The ship
was about to sink.
Laman and
Lemuel knew
that God had
sent the storm.
They were afraid
they would drown.
Finally Laman
and Lemuel
repented and
untied Nephi.
Even though his wrists and
ankles had become swollen
and sore from the ropes,
Nephi had not complained.
Nephi then picked
up the Liahona, and
it worked again.
Nephi prayed,
and the wind
stopped. The
sea became
calm.
Nephi steered the ship, and it sailed
again toward the promised land.
 What
can we learn from
Nephi’s example?
 Why
do you think Nephi
did not complain to
Heavenly Father while
he was tied up?
 Why
wouldn’t the
Liahona work while
Nephi was tied up?
 What
did Nephi do to save the ship
from sinking in the storm?
 What
did Heavenly
Father do to help
Nephi?
Our Loving
Heavenly
Father
Helps Us
When We
Pray
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What is Jesus doing in
this picture?
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What is Jesus doing in
this picture?
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Praying to Heavenly
Father
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What is Jesus doing in
this picture?
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Praying to Heavenly
Father
Why did Jesus pray?
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What is Jesus doing in
this picture?
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Praying to Heavenly
Father
Why did Jesus pray?
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He needed heavenly
father’s help to guide him
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When Jesus was on
Earth, he prayed often to
Heavenly Father.
We can also pray to
Heavenly Father when
we need help, too.
Listen to Mary’s Story
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Mary was in bed asleep one
night when she was awakened
by a noise.
As she listened, she
discovered that it was her
four-year-old brother crying
and complaining that his
stomach hurt.
She could hear her mother
tenderly comforting him,
trying to help him feel better;
but her brother kept crying.
Listen to Mary’s Story
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She lay there feeling sorry for
him.
She knew her mother was
doing all she could for him,
but still it troubled her to
know that her brother was so
sick.
Finally she decided there was
something she could do.
What do you think she did
Listen to Mary’s Story
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She quietly slipped out of bed
and knelt to pray.
She asked Heavenly Father to
please make her little brother
well so he could go back to
sleep.
In just a short time, her
brother had fallen asleep.
Listen to Mary’s Story
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The next morning she asked
her mother how he was, and
she replied, “Just fine. He fell
asleep last night and seems to
be well now.”
Does anyone here want to
share an experience when you
or a family member prayed for
help.
How did Heavenly Father
answered your prayers?
Listen to Jamie’s Story
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One summer Jamie was given a baby lamb. He
named the lamb Boots and fed and cared for him
lovingly.
Jamie and Boots often played together in the
fenced-in field where Jamie’s father kept his horse.
Jamie and Boots were playing in this field late one
afternoon, when Jamie’s mother called him to
supper.
Jamie ran to the gate and quickly slammed it
behind him.
After dinner Jamie went out to play with Boots
again.
Listen to Jamie’s Story
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But when he reached the gate, he found it swinging
open.
Boots and the horse were gone.
Jamie had shut the gate so quickly that it had not
latched.
Jamie didn’t know where to start looking.
He remembered his father telling him that when he
was a little boy, he had been lost on a
mountainside.
His father got down on his knees and asked
Heavenly Father to help him.
Listen to Jamie’s Story
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Soon a sheepherder on his way back to camp found
him and helped him get home.
Jamie knelt down in the grass, closed his eyes, and
prayed: “Heavenly Father, I need your help.
I’ve lost Dad’s horse and Boots because I didn’t
shut the gate.
Please help me find them.”
Jamie found animal tracks on the road.
He started to follow the tracks uphill, holding on to
bushes to keep his footing.
At last he heard Boots cry.
Listen to Jamie’s Story
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Jamie scrambled up the hill and soon found the
little lamb caught in a bush.
The horse stood nearby.
Jamie untangled Boots’s legs from the thicket.
When Boots tried to stand, he toppled over.
Jamie could see that one of Boots’s legs was
broken.
Again Jamie asked Heavenly Father to help him.
He used his jacket to make a sling to carry Boots
and started back down the mountain.
Listen to Jamie’s Story
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The horse followed, carefully picking his way down
the steep trail.
Boots was heavy, and Jamie stumbled all the way
down the trail.
As the three neared home, Jamie’s parents ran out
to help. As Jamie’s dad cared for the injured lamb,
he said, “Good thing you got him here before he
lost much more blood.
He might have died from shock.”
Jamie’s mother asked, “How did you know where to
find them?”
Listen to Jamie’s Story
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“I did just what Dad would have done,” Jamie
answered.
“What’s that, son?” Dad asked.
“Remember when you were lost?
You prayed to Heavenly Father for help, and that’s
just what I did. I prayed, and Heavenly Father
helped me”
Where were Lehi and his family
going?
Where were Lehi and his family
going?
To the promised land
Did the Liahona work all the time?
Did the Liahona work all the time?
No. It worked only when the people
were righteous
What did the Liahona show Nephi?
What did the Liahona show Nephi?
Which direction to steer the ship
What happened after Nephi was tied
up?
What happened after Nephi was tied
up?
A terrible storm arose.
The Liahona stopped working
What happened after Nephi was
untied?
What happened after Nephi was
untied?
The storm ceased.
The Liahona worked again
 Why
did Nephi pray for Heavenly
Father’s help?
 Why
did Nephi pray for Heavenly
Father’s help?
 Pray
with faith that he will help us
Testimony
I
want to bear my
testimony that
Heavenly Father loves
us.
 I testify that Heavenly
Father wants to help us
if we will pray
for His help.
OUR OPENING
PRAYER WILL BE
GIVEN BY
(Enter Name Here)
THE END
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