Scripture Power

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I am so excited for this week's Sharing Time!  The theme for this week is Scripture Power.

I want to rush into the Primary room with my son's cape on, that I will put a giant SP on the back.  I am debating the whole mask around the eyes but that might be a bit Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtley for me.

Good morning, boys and girls.  I am the new super hero in town!  My super power is the most powerful one of all, and with it, I am able to thwart the most evil of all evils.  My muscles are so big, my sleeves can scarce contain them (flex here).  What?  You don't believe me?  Gasp!  Well, I will just have to prove it to you!  My super power is Scripture Power!  With my scriptures, with just the words written inside this leather, I can change the very course of a man's life!  You don't believe me?  Let me tell you a story of a man.

A few years ago, I met a man named Tony.  He was a mess.  He smoked a lot, drank a lot, didn't ever have any money, and was living with his girlfriend.  He was miserable!  One day, he found a box outside of his apartment door.  The box was filled with books.  Books that the next door neighbor had accidentally left when he moved out and the landlord was getting ready to throw them away.  Tony glanced at the box of books, picked up the small blue book with the gold lettering on it, tucked it into his back pack and walked away.  He forgot about the book.

A few months went by, and Tony found the book in his backpack again.  He was selling doughnuts in the park and it was a slow day.  He was tired and bored, so he sat down in the shade of a tree and began reading.

He read, and read, and read that book.  While he was reading, he decided he probably shouldn't be smoking.  It didn't feel right to be smoking while reading that book.  So he quit.  Right then and there, Tony quit smoking, and he continued reading.  A few days later he decided he should't be drinking alcohol.  So he quit.  He went into his kitchen, took out all of his alcohol and dumped it down the drain.  A week or two later, he was nearly finished with the book and decided he needed to move out of his girlfriend's apartment and he needed to break up with her.  He felt like what he was doing was wrong, so he tried to change it.  He finished reading the book, and decided he liked it so much, he would start over.

One day, while he was reading, a man approached him and asked to buy 5 dozen doughnuts, but they needed to be delivered to his house the next day.  Tony was happy to comply, and the next day showed up at the address the man had given him with 5 dozen doughnuts.  The man opened the door, and took the doughnuts, and invited Tony inside.  On the wall was a picture of a man, the same picture that was inside his book.  Tony got really excited and asked the man who the picture was of.  The man smiled, and invited Tony to sit down.  He introduced him to two men who had the same first name, Elder, and told him the picture was of a man named Joseph Smith, and the two Elders could tell him all about it.

Tony was baptized shortly after that.  He still sells doughnuts, but now, he uses the superpower that he gained from that little blue book to try to help other's change their lives.

I am Scripture Power, and unlike other Super Heros, I share my power with all who want it.  Who wants scripture power (holds scriptures high in the air)? What do you have to do to get it?

Now, Scripture Power is incredible, because it can even fight off the evilest of the evil.  The Devil himself.  A long time ago, when Jesus was on the earth, he was communing with God, and the devil thought he would be able to trick Jesus into worshiping him.  But Jesus had Scripture Power.

Have Sr. Primary read Matthew 4:1-11.  Have leaders of Jr. Primary read the same.

Anytime the devil tried to tempt him, Jesus said "it is written..." and then quoted a scripture to him.  What gave Jesus strength?  How?  Jesus knew his scriptures very well, and so wasn't able to be tricked.

Discuss how first we must obtain the word.  Next we have to understand, believe and internalize it, and then, after we do those things, we will have the strength of Scripture Power, able to fight off all kinds of evil!

Share the Books of Mormon the Elders bring by.  We are going to share our Scripture Power so that more people can have the great spiritual strength to resist temptation, like Jesus did, like Tony did, and like we can do.  Ask the kids to write their testimonies in the scriptures, and we will give them back to the Elders.  We need to pray for the missionaries, that they will find people who will appreciate and be touched by the testimonies and want to learn more.  The Elders will come back in about a month to share with us what happened to all those scriptures.

Bear testimony on the power of the scriptures, and how they can help us in our lives. Pass out Scripture Power handout.

Reading chart found at ds4bs.blogspot.com 

*** When I went in to the primary room, wearing my SP cape, I had the pianist playing A Young Man Prepared from the Children's Songbook.  It is the most super hero-y song I know of in the church music.  It went really well, and the music gave the perfect touch! ***