Fruit of the Spirit



Fruit of the Spirit

Lesson #1 Love

Story- The Israelites worship the Golden Calf

Main Character- Moses

How the Fruit of Love was shown- Moses asks God to blot out his name from his book rather than the Israelites.

Ice-breaker- (3-4 minutes) Have your kids repeat each fruit of the Sprit after you as loud as they can.

Tell them to do it so loud that it distracts the other groups.

1. Love

2. Joy

3. Peace

4. Patience

5. Kindness

6. Goodness

7. Faithfulness

8. Gentleness

9. Self Control

What did the Israelites do to make God angry?

They made a golden calf and worshipped it.

What did God say that he was going to do to the people who worshipped the idol?

Blot their names out of his book

Moses loved the people so much that he asked God to blot out his name instead of the Israelites.

How many of you like to get punished?

Nobody really likes to get punished, so why did Moses ask God to punish him instead of the people who disobeyed God?

Because Moses loved them

Can you think of anyone in the Bible who took someone else’s punishment?

Jesus

Jesus loves us so much that he was punished so that we could all spend eternity in heaven.

What are some ways that you can show love to other people?

Close your group in prayer.

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Lesson #2 Joy

Story- Paul and Silus in prison

Main Character- Paul and Silus

How the Fruit of Love was shown- Paul and Silus praise God even though they were in prison

Ice-breaker- (3-4 minutes) Have your kids repeat each fruit of the Sprit after you as loud as they can.

Tell them to do it so loud that it distracts the other groups.

10. Love

11. Joy

12. Peace

13. Patience

14. Kindness

15. Goodness

16. Faithfulness

17. Gentleness

18. Self Control

Why did Paul and Silus get in trouble?

They were doing miracles, and the people did not like what they were doing, so they told the judges that they were breaking the law.

How were Paul and Silus punished?

They were stripped of their clothes, beaten, and thrown in prison

What were the jail guards special orders to make sure that Paul and Silus did not get out of jail?

1. Guard Paul and Silus carefully

2. Put them deep in the prison

3. Chain their feet so they do not get away

After Paul and Silus had all this bad stuff happen to them, what were the first things that they did?

1. They prayed

2. They sand worship songs (maybe they sand “Jesus is my Superhero”)

What did the other prisoners do when Paul and Silus were singing worship songs?

They listened to them

While they were singing worship songs to God, what happened?

❖ Earthquake

❖ The whole prison shook

❖ The prisoners doors came open

❖ The prisoners chains came loose

What do you think would have happened to the jail guard if all the prisoners escaped?

He would get in a lot of trouble (if you have an older group, you can tell them that he would have gotten killed.)

What did the Jail guard almost do?

Fall on his sword or stab himself.

Paul stopped the jail guard, and told him that all of the prisoners were there, and he had nothing to worry about.

The jail guard was so amazed at everything that happened that he asked how he could become a Christian.

Why did Paul and Silus have so much joy after all the bad stuff happened to them?

Do you think that you would have sang worship songs if you got beat up and thrown in prison?

No matter what bad stuff happens to us, we can always have joy, because we know that God is always with us no matter what…… even if it seems like bad stuff is happening to us.

Close your group in prayer.

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Lesson #3 Peace

Story- Elijah and the prophets of Baal

Main Character- Elijah

How the Fruit of Love was shown- Elijah had peace that God would prove himself to the prophets of Baal

Ice-breaker- (3-4 minutes) Have your kids repeat each fruit of the Sprit after you as loud as they can.Tell them to do it so loud that it distracts the other groups.

19. Love

20. Joy

21. Peace

22. Patience

23. Kindness

24. Goodness

25. Faithfulness

26. Gentleness

27. Self Control

What is a prophet?

A prophet is a person who hears from God. Sometimes God reveals to prophets things that have not happened yet.

What did Elijah challenge the prophets of Baal to do?

Pray to Ball and ask him to light the fir on the altar.

Why did Elijah say that Baal was not answering the prophets?

1. He has too much to think about

2. He’s on the toilet

3. He is away on a trip

4. He is sleeping

What did the prophets of Baal do to try to Get Baal’s attention?

They cut themselves with swords and spears

What did Elijah do to the altar before he prayed that God would light it on fire?

Fill four large jugs with water and pour it on the altar.

How many times did they pour the four jugs of water on the altar?

3

Why do you think that Elijah poured 12 jugs of water on the altar?

To prove that his God can do miracles unlike Baal

When Elijah prayed for God to send fire, what happened?

Fire came down and burned the wood, stoned, dirt, and even evaporated all the water.

Elijah had peace that no matter how “impossible” it was to light the altar on fire with not matches and with water soaked into everything, God could do it.

When we have true peace, no matter what is going on, no matter how much bad stuff seems to be happening we know that God is always going to be with us and we do not need to worry.

Nothing is too big for God to do.

Take prayer requests and close in prayer.

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Lesson #4 Patience

Story- Isrealites complain about the food

Main Character- Moses

How the people did not show the fruit of the spirit- The Israelites complain about everything, rather than being patient until they got to the promiseland.

Ice-breaker- (3-4 minutes) Have your kids repeat each fruit of the Sprit after you as loud as they can.Tell them to do it so loud that it distracts the other groups.

28. Love

29. Joy

30. Peace

31. Patience

32. Kindness

33. Goodness

34. Faithfulness

35. Gentleness

36. Self Control

What was the biggest thing that the Israelites complained about?

They wanted better food to eat.

God provided food that was similar to bread for the Israelites to eat. What was it called?

Manna

What kind of food did the Israelites want?

Meat

What did God provide for the Israelites to eat?

Quail

Why were the Israelites not happy after God provided quail?

They got sick of it.

God promised to take the Israelites to a land “flowing with milk and honey.” That meant that the land was going to have all kinds of good food for them. It was like living in the best neighborhood, but it took the Israelites so long to get there, because they complained the whole time. They were not patient!

What are some things that you need to be patient with?

How can you get better at being patient?

Close your group in prayer.

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Lesson #5 Kindness

Story- Rebekah waters the camels

Main Character- Rebekah

How was kindness shown- Rebekah got water for the servant and all of his camels

Ice-breaker- (3-4 minutes) Have your kids repeat each fruit of the Sprit after you as loud as they can. Tell them to do it so loud that it distracts the other groups.

37. Love

38. Joy

39. Peace

40. Patience

41. Kindness

42. Goodness

43. Faithfulness

44. Gentleness

45. Self Control

What did Abraham ask his servant to do?

Find a wife for Isaac wanted better food to eat.

How many Camels did the servant take with him?

10

What was the sign that Abaraham’s servant ask asked fro so that he would know that the woman at the well was the right one for Isaac?

She would offer him water and offer to water all his camels

How much can camels drink at a time?

27 liters each

If she watered all 10 camels and they each drank 27 liters, how much water did she have to get?

270 liters.

Think about a 2 liter bottle of pop. It would be the same as her having to pull 135-2 liter bottles of pop out of a deep well.

Do you think that getting that much water was easy?

God wants each of us to be kind to other people, and a lot of times that means doing things for other people that are not easy.

What are some things that you will do this week to show kindness to other people?

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Lesson #6 Goodness

Story- Rahab protects spies Joshuah 1-2

Main Character- Rahab

How was kindness shown- Rahab protected the spies who were on god’s side even though she may get in trouble

Ice-breaker- (3-4 minutes) Have your kids repeat each fruit of the Sprit after you as loud as they can. Tell them to do it so loud that it distracts the other groups.

46. Love

47. Joy

48. Peace

49. Patience

50. Kindness

51. Goodness

52. Faithfulness

53. Gentleness

54. Self Control

Who sent the spies to check out Jericho?

Joshuah

Whose house did the spies stay at?

Rahab

What did Rahab do so that the king would not find them?

She hid them on her roof

Since the spies were checking out the land to see if it was worth taking over, Rahab was afraid that her and her family would be killed. What did she ask the spies to promise her?

Not to harm her or her family

How did the spies get out of the city?

Rahab’s house was part of the city wall and they climbed out the window down a rope

What did the spies tell Rahab and her family to do?

Stay in the house, nobody will come in this house to harm you. If you come into the streets you may be harmed

What report did the spies give Joshua?

The people are weak and they are afraid of us.

We may have to do things that are hard to stand up for what is right just like Rahab did.

What are some things that God may want you to do that may be hard?

Examples-

❖ Not cheating on a test when everyone else is

❖ Sticking up for a kid when everyone is making fun of him

❖ Telling other people about Jesus who do not go to church

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Lesson #7 Faithfulness

Story- Steven gets stoned- (and you know what I meant by that, so no jokes about it)

Main Character- Steven

How was faithfulness shown- Steven was so faithful to God that he was willing to die for Him.

Ice-breaker- (3-4 minutes) Have your kids repeat each fruit of the Sprit after you as loud as they can. Tell them to do it so loud that it distracts the other groups.

55. Love

56. Joy

57. Peace

58. Patience

59. Kindness

60. Goodness

61. Faithfulness

62. Gentleness

63. Self Control

Why did Steven get arrested?

People made up lies about him so that he would get in trouble.

What did Steven say that made the Sanhedrin mad?

Steven said that they were they were not obeying God.

What did the Sanhedrin do when they heard this?

Covered their ears and screamed at the top of their lungs.

What did they do to punish Steven?

Dragged him outside the city and threw stones at him to try and kill him.

The people who witnessed this happen took their coats off and put them a mans feet. Who was he?

Saul

What was the last thing that Steven said?

Lord, don’t hold this against them.

Steven as never going to stop living his life the way that God wanted him to, even if people were going to kill him for it.

Most of us will probably never be killed for living for God, but it is not always going to be easy.

How can being faithful to God be difficult?

Examples:

❖ You may feel like you are the only one at your school that is a Christian

❖ You may have to chose to not do something that is disobedience to God when everybody else is doing it

No matter what happens, or how hard it is to be faithful to God, it is worth it to always live the way that God’s wants us to.-------------------close in prayer.

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Lesson #8 Gentleness

Story- Good Samaritan

Main Character- Good Samaritan

How was gentleness shown- The Good Samaritan goes out of his way to help a man who was robbed

Ice-breaker- (3-4 minutes) Have your kids repeat each fruit of the Sprit after you as loud as they can. Tell them to do it so loud that it distracts the other groups.

64. Love

65. Joy

66. Peace

67. Patience

68. Kindness

69. Goodness

70. Faithfulness

71. Gentleness

72. Self Control

Who told the story of the Good Samaritan?

Jesus

What happened to the man when he was traveling to Jerusalem?

He was attacked by robbers, stripped of his clothes, and beat until he was almost dead.

When a priest came by and saw him, what did he do??

He walked around him and did not help him.

When a Levite came by and saw him, what did he do??

He walked around him and did not help him.

When a Samaritan man came by and saw him, what did he do?

❖ Felt sorry for him

❖ Poured olive oil on his cuts and bandaged his cuts

❖ Put the man on his donkey

❖ Took him to an inn

❖ Gave 2 silver coins to the owner of the inn and instructed him to take care of the injured man, and said that he would pay him any extra money that is needed when he returns

The Samaritan man showed gentleness by caring fro the man who was beaten up and robbed.

This story instructs us to “Love your neighbor as you love yourself.” Who is your neighbor?

Everyone

How can you show gentleness to other people?

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Lesson #9 self control

Story- David and Saul

Main Character- David

How was gentleness shown- David chose not to kill Saul

Ice-breaker- (3-4 minutes) Have your kids repeat each fruit of the Sprit after you as loud as they can. Tell them to do it so loud that it distracts the other groups.

73. Love

74. Joy

75. Peace

76. Patience

77. Kindness

78. Goodness

79. Faithfulness

80. Gentleness

81. Self Control

What was Saul trying to do to David?

Kill him

Why was Saul trying to kill David?

He was jealous

Where were David and his men staying?

In a cave

Why did Saul go into the cave?

“to go to the toilet”

What did David’s men tell him to do?

Kill Saul

David refused to kill Saul. What did he do to show Saul that he could have killed him?

Cut off a piece of his robe

David could have easily killed Saul and would not have to worry about Saul killing him anymore, but instead he had self control.

What are some things that we can do to show self control?

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