Little People Scripture Stories

Our kids' favorite way to learn scripture stories is acting them out with the Little People. Daddy may have had a little too much fun with our Sunday lesson today.

DANIEL AND THE LIONS' DEN

 Daniel was a good man and a prophet of God. When some conniving courtesans convinced the king to make a law against praying to God, Daniel refused to stop praying. The penalty was death. The king was forced to enforce the law, so he had to send Daniel to the lions' den.

 The king was very sad, because Daniel was his friend. The next morning, the king went to the lions' den to see if Daniel was still alive. Miraculously, the Lord caused the lions to be nice, and they didn't eat Daniel. He was alive! The king was so happy for Daniel. He was angry at those courtesans for changing the law, and he sent them to the lions' den instead.

THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT

 Jesus preached to many people and taught them all about his mission on the earth and the purpose of life. He taught the people that they should be nice and loving to all people, to be patient and meek, and to love God and their neighbors.

JESUS AND HIS APOSTLES AFTER HIS RESURRECTION

After Jesus was resurrected, he came to visit his apostles many times. He spent time on the shores of there Sea of Galilee with Peter, James, and John. There, he ate fish and bread with them, and he taught them how to be missionaries to all the world.

NOAH'S ARK

 Noah was a prophet of God. During his life, the people became very wicked, forgot the Lord, and stopped keeping the commandments. They were so bad that God commanded Noah to build a ship, called an "ark," to save his family and as many animals as possible. God would make it rain so much that it would flood the earth and wash away all of the wicked people so that Noah could start things over again.

 The Lord showed Noah exactly how to build the ark. Noah's wife, as well as his sons, helped to build it. It was very big.

 When they were done building the ark, the Lord commanded the animals to go into the ark, two by two, one male and one female of every kind of animal. Then it rained for 40 days and nights, and Noah and his family were protected.

MOSES AND HIS PEOPLE CROSS THE RED SEA

 When Moses led his people to the edge of the Red Sea, Pharaoh and his army were coming after them. Moses parted the waters of the Red Sea, and his people crossed through on dry ground to escape Pharaoh's army. It was a miracle.

 Pharaoh's army followed the people of Moses into the Red Sea, and the waters crashed down on them and drowned the army.

NEPHI AND THE BRASS PLATES

 While Lehi's family journeyed in the desert, the Lord commanded him in a dream to send his sons back to Jerusalem to get the brass plates - the record of the Jews - from Laban. When he awoke in the morning, Lehi told his sons to go back. Laman and Lemuel, the older brothers, thought this was too hard. Nephi was excited to do the Lord's will, because he knew that the Lord would provide a way.

 So, Lehi's sons journeyed through the desert back to Jerusalem.

The other brothers hid outside the city while Laman went to Laban's house and asked to have the brass plates. Laban was a ruler of Jerusalem, and he was not a good man.

 Laban was angry when Laman asked him for the brass plates.

 Laban chased Laman away and sent his guards to kill him. Laman escaped out of the city. He was not happy that Laban tried to kill him, and he didn't want to try and get the brass plates anymore.

 Nephi told his brothers that they shouldn't go back to the tent of their father without doing what the Lord commanded. He volunteered to go into Jerusalem at night. While he was walking in the city that night, he found Laban drunk and lying on the ground. The Lord told him to take Laban's sword and kill him. Nephi was afraid, but he did what the Lord told him to do. Then he dressed in Laban's clothes so no one would recognize him.

 Nephi went to Laban's house, and he asked Laban's servant to give him the brass plates. 

 The servant, whose name was Zoram, followed Nephi outside of the city. Nephi was still disguised as Laban, so the servant didn't know that Nephi was going to see his brothers. His brothers saw a man dressed as Laban, so they were scared and were about to run away.

 Nephi called to them so they would know it was him. Then Zoram became scared, but Nephi tackled him and invited him to come with them back to live in the desert. Zoram agreed to come with them.

When they arrived back at their home in the desert, Lehi and Sariah were so happy to see them. They had been scared that their sons had been gone so long. Now they were back together again, and they had the brass plates so that they and their children and grandchildren would have the gospel.