Word of Wisdom

Stories

“A True Friend” (June 2012 Liahona and Friend)
Melanie helps her friend decide not to smoke.
“Spring Cleaning” (March 2004 Liahona and Friend)
President Gordon B. Hinckley (1910-2008) teaches that our bodies are sacred.
“He Told Me, ‘No Way’” (July 2010 Liahona and Friend) 
Chase refuses to try beer at a friend’s house.

“An Operation on Joseph’s Leg” (February 2008 Friend)
An illustrated telling of how Joseph Smith refused alcohol before surgery as a child.
“Honoring His Name” (May 2008 Friend)
Elder Shayne M. Bowen of the Seventy made a promise with his brother when they were children to never break the Word of Wisdom.
“Addiction or Freedom” (May 2002 Friend)
Elder Russell M. Nelson testifies of the Word of Wisdom.
“The Strength to Choose” (April 2010 Friend)
Chris’s friend pressures him to smoke, but he chooses the right.
“Trying to Be Like Jesus: I’ll Have Juice” (December 2009 Friend)
A girl and her mother drink juice instead of tea at a party.

Coloring page: “Living the Word of Wisdom Shows Respect for My Body.” (August 2011 Liahona and Friend)
“My Body Is a Temple of God” (August 2011 Liahona and Friend)
Find your way through the maze by choosing the paths that help you treat your body like a temple of God.
“Sharing Time: I Will Always Choose the Right” (October 2005 Liahona and Friend)
Choose pictures that represent good decisions to move toward Christ.

“A Healthy Body” (August 2011 Friend)
Match the distorted photos with things that can keep us healthy.
Coloring Page: “Exercise Is Fun” (August 2009 Friend)
Includes instructions for an outside game.
Coloring Page: “Good Choices” (October 2005 Friend)
“Healthy and Happy” (January 2012 Friend)
Draw your favorite meal to find out if you are making healthy food choices.
“Healthy and Happy” (March 2012 Friend)
An invitation to track your exercise for a week.
“Sharing Time: Warning!” (November 1993 Friend)
A short lesson and coloring pages about the Word of Wisdom.
“Test Your Health IQ” (April 2012 Friend)
Take a quiz to see how well you are caring for your body.
“Word of Wisdom Picture Puzzler” (May 2006 Friend)
Identify these close-up photos of food to solve the puzzle.
“Word of Wisdom Promise” (November 2006 Friend)
A coded-message activity.

Music: “Choose the Right Way” (Children’s Songbook, 160)
Music: “The Word of Wisdom” (Children’s Songbook, 154)
Video: “Doctrine and Covenants Stories: Chapter 31: The Word of Wisdom (February 1833)”
Video: Our Faith, “Word of Wisdom”
A man describes his commitment to follow God’s commandments to care for the body He has given us.
Video: “Old Testament Visual Resources: Daniel”
Daniel and his friends partake of grains and water in place of meat and wine.