Story
Say: What did you talk about
during today children’s moment? (Growing up in our relationship with God) Just like we grow up in our physical bodies,
we also need to continue to grow in our relationship with God. Today’s story tells us about some of the ways
we can do that.
Read “Fruit of the Spirit” in the Spark Story Bible
(Page 550).
Lesson
Say: In our story who did Paul
write a letter too? (The church in Galatia) What did this church need? (Help) What was one of their problems? (They were
always arguing) What were they arguing
about? (lots of things, what it meant to
be a church and what rules to follow) Why
was it so bad that they were always arguing? (They had a hard time getting
along, and it was getting in the way of them being a good church) Why did Paul write a letter to the Galatians?
(To tell them to stop fighting) How did Paul suggest that they stop fighting?
(By living with the fruit of the Spirit in mind, and by letting God’s love fill
them)
We need to get along and live by the Fruit of the Spirit
too (love, joy,
peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control) Let’s take some time to learn what the fruit
of the spirit is (go over the memory
verse multiple times with the children)
Memory Verse
The
fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,
faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. –Galatians 5:22 & 23
Big Idea:
We need to get along with one another and live out the fruit
of the spirit (love,
joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control).
Prayer
See if children have prayer requests. Say a short prayer thanking God loving us and
asking Him to help us to get along with each other and live out the fruit of
the spirit.
Song
Fruit of the Spirit Song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFumjSll68s
Craft
Have the Children color the
fruit and basket, cut out the fruit and glue them to their basket. Keep
reviewing the fruit of the spirit with them during the craft time.
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