![]() (If students are not confident readers, read for them.) Have students read his/her apple and tape it on the corresponding tree. ![]() Distribute apple patterns to each student with examples of good and bad fruit written on them. Place a sign on each human tree reading “Good Fruit” on one and “Not So Good Fruit” on the other. “Which Fruit Game”: Have two volunteers or leaders spread out their arms like branches. So let’s try to figure out what fruit is good and what is not so good. The Bible says that bad fruit looks like these things: paying more attention to everything else but God (that’s idolatry), hating people, not getting along, being dishonest, wanting what others have (jealousy), being angry, being selfish (only thinking of you!), fighting, complaining, arguing, and using your tongue for evil, just to name a few. If that describes us, we’re going to produce bad fruit. Or maybe He does, but we are not following Him like we should. Maybe the Holy Spirit does not live in our hearts. These are examples of good fruit in our lives. And, if the Holy Spirit lives in your heart, I should see these fruits in you. Now I’m not going to be perfect because I still have a sin nature, but every day you should see more of these fruits in me. ![]() Hmmm… We might not see any oranges or bananas hanging from these branches (and if we did, it would be really cool and handy to grow fruit on your arms, but I think there would be a problem.)īut, we should see the fruit of love, joy, peace, forbearance (that means patience), kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Hold up your arms as if they are branches and look at them. As we grow in Him, we are like a tree that keeps growing and producing fruit. When we do, the Holy Spirit makes His home in our hearts. Let’s say that we have accepted Jesus as our Savior. “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Read the verse collectively out loud as a group. I know I have! But let’s figure out what it really means today. You may have heard this verse a million times. Please turn with me to Galatians 5:22-23. Today we’re going to learn a little bit more about What He does. So far in our lessons on the Holy Spirit, we’ve learned Who He is, Where He can be found, and How He works in our lives. That might seem obvious to us, but God has a lot to say about bad fruit and good fruit in the Bible. We can learn from these pieces of fruit that some fruit is bad and some is good. Say: If you had the choice, which piece of fruit would you eat: The nasty, disgusting, rotting, smelly fruit or the perfectly ripe, delicious, sweet smelling fruit? Why? Hold up two examples of fruit to your students (a piece of rotted fruit and a piece of good fruit). Supplies needed: 2 pieces of fruit (one rotted, one perfectly ripe), Bibles or references listed as a visual, apple patterns written out ahead of time with scenarios written on each (see below for suggestions), tape Learning Activity #1: “Good Fruit, Bad Fruit” (Bible Lesson/Game) ![]() Optional: Try our Fruit of the Spirit game idea. Through a Bible lesson, corresponding games, and an art project, students will learn to identify the fruits of the Spirit and reflect on their own standing with God.īible Story: “Good Fruit, Bad Fruit: Which Tree Are We?” This lesson plan was first prepared for a Children’s Church setting, but would work well as a Sunday School lesson also. It challenges children to examine the outcome of their lives. The particular lesson focuses on the “Fruit of the Spirit” that God produces in believers. Don’t miss our many other Fruit of the Spirit resources. This is the fourth in a series of four Bible lessons for children teaching them about the Holy Spirit.
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