Getting to Know Our Heavenly Father

We have a father in heaven that loves and takes care of us like our father’s on Earth. We all have the same dad in heaven which makes us all spirit brothers and sisters. He looks like a person like you and I do.

Genesis 1:27 — So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

God gave us our spirits and raised us before we came to Earth, like how our parents helped us have bodies in this life and help raise us here.

Moses 6: 51 — And he called upon our father Adam by his own voice, saying: I am God; I made the world, and men before they were in the flesh.

Malachi 2: 10 — Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us?

God knows our hearts and can hear our prayers. He does not answer very often by talking to us, but often helps us feel things and sends us signs to help answer our prayers.

Luke 16:15 — …God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.

He loves us and wants us to return to live with him after living a good life and learning a lot of things.

ACTIVITY

We can be like Heavenly Father

What is a baby dog called?

What will that puppy grow up to be?

What is a baby chicken called?

What will that chick grow up to be?

Explain that just as animals grow up to be like their parents, we will grow up to be like our parents. Heavenly Father is the father of our spirits, so we can grow to be like him. Heavenly Father is loving, good, and kind, and he wants to help us. When we are loving, good, and kind, we are being like Heavenly Father. Explain that we should try to become more like Heavenly Father every day.