"But the Fruit of the Spirit is,... Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, and Self-Control." Indeed it is!!! ***You have two different styles to choose from with this painting*** Option 1 : Cooler shades and defined fonts with a rustic brown background, soft reds, cool blues, and crisp violets fill this pear ! Option 2 : Warmer shades with subtle hints of coral, sage and mustard yellow, with a fun, handwritten font. This fun painting can be the perfect addition for spring, summer or fall! Such a fun addition to anyone's home for a bit of encouragement throughout their day! Painted with the finest of acrylic paints, on 1/2" depth stretch cotton canvas, this crisp pear painting will come ready to hang with a wire backing and always wrapped carefully for safe travels to it's new home! Colors can always be changed upon request, and if you have any questions, please ask. Personalization, wording, monogramming, etc. can be added without any additional charge! Thank you for looking! And please specify during check out which pear and style, you prefer. Sincerely, Sheila A. Smith (Shop Owner & Local Artist,..here for YOU!)
As a stay-at-home mom I often wonder how to live out my faith, especially within the walls of my apartment. When away from the workplace and church, what makes me a Christian? How do I follow Jesus and glorify God? In addition to discipling my daughter and son, I can walk by the Spirit (Galatians
As a stay-at-home mom I often wonder how to live out my faith, especially within the walls of my apartment. When away from the workplace and church, what makes me a Christian? How do I follow Jesus and glorify God? In addition to discipling my daughter and son, I can walk by the Spirit (Galatians
How do you bring to life the Fruit of the Spirit for kids? Use this lesson outline for ideas when teaching elementary students.
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Buy fake fruit and label all of them a fruit of the spirit as followed. Play a hot potato with the fruit. The children have to call out the fruit before they pass it. Start out with a few fruit and add more as you play. Love-Strawberry (fruit of love) Joy-Pineapple (think of the happy smell) Peace-Watermelon (piece of...play on the words) Longsuffereing (patience)-Lemon (you have to eat it slowly) Gentleness-Peach (soft) Goodness-Banana (child's favorite fruit) Faith-Cherry (two together on the stem) Meekness (kindness)-Grapes (good to share) Temperance (self-control)-Apple (Garden of Eden) Note: If you have a Hobby Lobby near you they get their VBS crafts in around this time. Check it out because they always have things you can use all year round for various stories and subjects.
Dig deeper into what the Fruit of the Spirit is and the meaning of each Fruit. Find out what Fruit is your natural gifting and which one you need have God grow more. A Bible study post on the Fruit of the Spirit that also comes with a free coloring book!
The session was for a range of primary ages and supported by teenagers, the notes on here are the notes discussed prior to the session to support in ways to support the children exploring, and leading to further exploration of the verse. The examples I used to explain the characteristics/ memorise the fruits of the spirit Play Fruit and Vegetables Play with modelling the fruits of the spirit, saying things like “It would be kind to give some fruit to … that was a good thing to do.” “Oh be gentle with the peaches!” Fruit (fruit and nut and knickerbocker Glory) and Gentleness Games (jenga) Play games modelling: Patience Kindness Gentleness Self Control Notice andPraise when children do too e.g. “Oh you arebeing gentle” Garden Area Small World Garden What is being grown? Playalongside Handa's Surprise Story Simple storyabout a girls kindness to her friend… Tell storyusing fruit and cards, be dramatic ohhh what willhappen next? Emphasise Handa’s kindness Painting Tree A “dead”tree! Doesn’t look so good Lets make itbeautiful! Who makestrees beautiful in the garden? Do you thinkours will look as good? What could grow on our tree? Didn't get a fantastic picture but here it is painted!! Children LOVED this activity! Compost - Messy Play I wonder what we could grow in here? I wonder how things would grow? Have you ever grown any fruit or vegetables? Making fruit stress balls (Out of Balloons filled with flour) Talk abouthow you could squeeze these if you were a bit cross, what else could we do? Sometimesit’s difficult to control being mad!!! (You defiantly need a funnel/ drink bottle end and a pencil to push the flour down and plenty of patience) Banana Muffins Bananas are good for you!! What other fruits do you know? Praise and notice kindness, patience, etc. Marzipan Fruits What is your favourite fruit? Why do you like that fruit? Praise examples of the fruits of the spirit e.g. patience, gentleness. Encourage making the fruit for someone else, kindness!! Fruit Kebabs All fruits mentioned to memorise and explain the verse available to make fruit of the spirit kebabs. Support children to remember what each fruit corresponds to in the verse. Children can either make the kebabs in order of the verse, or choose any fruits to go onto the kebabs. The one below is a "Love Peace Kebab"
To listen to the blog post "Works Of The Flesh Explained & Broken Down In Plain English" over reading it just click the play button down below. Works of the flesh as explained in the Bible in great detail and it is something that we as people are not supposed to do. Although, in my
Hands-on learning is arguably one of the best methods for teaching kids new concepts. American founding father, Benjamin Franklin, put it this way, “Tell me...
Number four in the Fruit of the Spirit series is one that we work on constantly. Patience is not a strong point for anyone in our family. Do any of you know The Music Machine album from, oh, 20 or …
Fruits of the Spirit: LESSON 1 PART 2 – Love (Matthew 22:37-39) Memory Verse: “Jesus replied: “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ Thi…
*** Fruit of the Spirit*** ♥ ♥ ♥ Poem Walking in the Spirit means living every day Looking up to Jesus and following His way. And when I give Him all of me Just like a mighty tree– My actio…
In this lesson, we will learn about the Fruit of the Spirit from Galatians 5:22-26. This lesson relates to pre-teens and teens
Name the Fruits of the Spirit
Holistic thinkers focus on the big picture. Education, however, often focuses on the details of subject matter and how well a child has learned a specific skill. Because Christian education often p…
What if I told you that the most extraordinary story wouldn’t transport you to another place but instead provide clarity, meaning, and hope to the very real and non-fictitious life you live right now? This is what we find when we read the story of the Bible.
The kids and I have our Bible Time in the morning at the kitchen table while they eat breakfast. It’s the way we begin our homeschool day. We continued our discussion on Gentleness througho…
This past week was the first Sunday of the month, which gives us a shorter time with the kids than usual at our church. Kids worship and observe communion with their parents, then come downstairs, …
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Download this children's coloring sheet that illustrates the character of gentleness in a child's life. The printable is ideal for church, home, or school.
Fruit of the Spirit with visuals and printables. T teach this lesson, I have a basket, and add the visuals as we discuss each fruit quality. And please note, this lesson needs to be a discussion type lesson. I do not have all the things we talk about listed here, just enough to give you the start. You know what your students' needs are. If I offered you this piece of fruit (holding up a rotten banana), would you like to eat it? Let the children answer. Of course, you wouldn't. This banana is yucky and rotten. We want to throw that banana away. (This is another idea I have used for years and do not remember where I found it.) What if I offered you this banana (holding up the ripe banana)? Would you like to eat this one? Let the children answer. I bet you would like to eat this banana. It is yellow and ripe, and probably tastes really yummy. Our life is like these two fruits. Today's scripture is Galatians 5:19-26. On one hand, we have people who do bad things and make us feel sad. While on the other hand, we have people who like to do good things, like help others and be nice to others. Which fruit do you think God wants us to be, the rotten banana or the ripe banana? Let the children answer. God wants us to be good fruit. Paul writes to us in the Bible about the Fruit of the Spirit. He talks about the way Christians should treat others and how we should do things that make God happy with us! Paul tells us the good Christian qualities God expects us to be. This is what our Bible lesson is about today. Here are the good qualities that God wants us to have: 1. Love is unselfish and loyal. Christians show love by doing things for others and being nice to family, friends and pets. Remember, God says to love your enemies. That’s hard to do sometimes, but it’s what God expects! 2. Joy means being happy and not grouchy. It means don’t be grouchy when your parents tell you to something you don’t like to do. The Bible says to obey your parents! 3. Peace is being content with what God has given us. Be happy with what you have. 4. Longsuffering is patient, not whining or complaining. Remember, patience with your brothers or sisters, no matter how hard that is. 5. Kindness is giving and helpful. How about saying something nice to someone that you see is feeling down? 6. Goodness means caring and understanding. Do a little something extra to help out at home. 7. Faithfulness means to be true to God. You all know right from wrong. You all know what God expects. You all know what He says not to do. So, try real hard not to! 8. Gentleness is being tender and calm. Again, being kind to your family, friends and your pets. 9. Self-control is managing your wants and emotions. Oh, this is a hard one! Don’t do things that you know you shouldn’t be doing. If you have to hide it or lie about it, don’t do it. Be careful how you act. Be careful what you say. Be careful of the friends you pick. I finished the lesson with these thoughts. I passed around the above basket with the packages of fruit snacks. I said that we have talked about fruit and how God wants us to be as Christians. Here is a package of fruit snacks. It says fruit on the package. Does God want us to be fake, like this is? And, just because it looks like fruit on the outside, does that mean it is good fruit on the inside? Does He want us to worship on Sunday morning, then leave the building and then do whatever we want and not what He wants? Then, kids being kids, one said... Well, it says made from real fruit... I replied that it is made by a little bit of real fruit, that is not all fruit. Does God want us to be a little bit Christian, or partially a Christian? Or, does He want us to be 100% pure as a Christian? They all knew that answer! And, as was mentioned by Renee Hunter, fake fruit does not reproduce! If you think about fruit: It’s good for you, it keeps you healthy, and it reproduces more fruit. If you do things that are good for you, do things to be healthy and bring people to Bible study with you, then you are being what God expects. To set up my room for this lesson, I put away the tables and chairs, put down a blanket and we had a 'picnic' on the floor. I put the basket of real fruit in the center so everyone could snack while we talked and have bottled water for them to drink. These are the teacher's visuals for this lesson. I cut the fruit out, attached each part of the lesson on the back of each piece, and laminated them. I will have a basket and add the visuals as we discuss each fruit quality. Click here to print the above visuals. This is the students basket and fruit. The kids cut out the fruit and added it as we discussed the different fruits. You can print it here. I added an updated version of the above. The basket is the same, but the fruit is smaller and on one page only, instead of 3! Click here to download the new version. The above download has a basket for you to print and put together. I have baskets that I use, so I will not need to print them. Also, you can use a paper/plastic bowl if you would rather save the time and printing. If I were using it for one or two students, then I would print it (it's really cute), but for a class, I would rather purchase the baskets, since I can get them at a very good price. For directions on putting the basket together, please look here. Bible Verse: But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness. Galatians 5:22 (NKJV) Here is a worksheet if you would like to purchase the Fruit of the Spirit stickers. They can usually be found at your local Bible book stores and teacher stores, or you can purchase them here. I usually have the kids write in the words to help with memory, but a lot of first graders have a hard time with the bigger words, so you can print the sticker worksheet with the words already there, or with a blank line for them to write it in. You can print them here: With words Without Words (See matching visuals below) And there is also a picture to color, and you can print it here. I have used these in the past and they coordinate with the stickers & sticker sheet above: Carson-Dellosa Fruit of the Spirit (CD-3291) set for my visual aid. They are bigger and colorful. I print my lesson and attach to the back of each picture. Click here to download. This is the bulletin board I use with this Bible lesson. Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission.
So what exactly is Self-Control according to Galatians 5:22-23? How is it different than will power or the brute inner strength to resist something?
This is a fun activity to get to know your sisters in your ward better, eat a yummy treat, and share a short spiritual message with the theme “The fruit of the Spirit”.
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Pentecost is coming up soon, which is a great time to learn about the Holy Spirit! You might also want to teach your kids about the holy spirit around a baptism, confirmation, or when studying
The greatest demonstration of the fact that we are Christians is that we love one another.
What are the 12 Fruits of the Holy Spirit? Kindness, Modesty, Generouisty, joy, Charitiy, self-control, faithfulness, gentleness,
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