Close your eyes and try to picture yourself in Jesus time. What would it be like to meet Jesus? How would you feel? How would you act? What would Jesus teach you?

Discussion:

How would it be to have Jesus by your side every day? Would it be easier to live the gospel?

Song: If the Savior Stood Beside Me (click on the link and choose the mp3 version you like and play it for your family during FHE)

Lyrics:

If the Savior stood beside me, would I do the things I do?

Would I think of His commandments and try harder to be true?

Would I follow His example? Would I live more righteously,

If I could see the Savior standing nigh, watching over me?

If the Savior stood beside me, would I say the things I say?

Would my words be true and kind if He were never far away?

Would I try to share the gospel? Would I speak more reverently

If I could see the Savior standing nigh, watching over me?

If the Savior stood beside me, would my thoughts be clean and pure?

Would His presence give me strength and hope, and courage to endure?

Would His counsel guide my actions? Would I choose more worthily

If I could see the Savior standing nigh, watching over me?

He is always near me, though I do not see Him there

And because He loves me dearly, I am in His watchful care

So I'll be the kind of person that I know I'd like to be

if I could see the Savior standing nigh, watching over me.

Jesus is always near us and can be in our hearts every day. As we think about
him, it will be easier to act, speak and think like he would have us do.

Activity:

The Friend magazine has a section called “Trying to be Like Jesus”
Find a friend and read the articles in that section. Then talk about how the individual tried to be like Jesus.

*If you don't receive The Friend Magazine, you can go to this link to look at past issues or use the quick links below to read the “Trying to be like Jesus” sections in a few different issues: