Fruit of the Spirit - September Come Follow Me

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Prayer:

Song: “The Holy Ghost” - Children’s Song Book page 105.

Opening Activity: Blindfolded Taste Tester

Preparation: Just prior to the lesson, cut up five different fruits into bit size pieces. Place each fruit in a separate bowl or cup. You’ll also need a blindfold.

Explain that you are going to play a game, called Blindfolded Taste Tester. One person will put on a blindfold. Without being able to see, this person will eat a piece of fruit and guess what fruit it is. While you play, have the person explain what each fruit feels like and tastes like. Ask them if the fruit all tastes the same or different. Optional: You could also play this game with multiple people blind folded. 


Scripture: Galatians 5:22-23 

Just as fruit has many different tastes, the Holy Ghost speaks to us in many different ways. In the scriptures it teaches us that: The fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, longsufferning, gentleness, faith, meekness, (and) temperance. Read through the verses again and have your children count the different ways the Holy Ghost speaks to us. 


Activity: Fruit of the Spirit 

Place the tree (page 6) and cut out fruit (page 7) on the table. Explain that each fruit teaches us a different way the Holy Ghost speaks to us. Have your children take turns drawing a fruit. Explain the word on the fruit (definitions included in PDF) and have your child place it (or glue it) onto the tree. Ask your children if they have felt any of these feelings before.

          Love: A feeling of deep devotion, concern, and affection.

          Joy: A feeling of great pleasure and happiness.

          Peace: A feeling of love, and safety, and quiet that come from the Lord.

          Long-suffering: Patient. Patience means active waiting and enduring.

          Gentleness: Kindness, meek or tender.

          Goodness: A desire to do good and be good. Righteousness.

          Faith: Believing in someone or something. Includes a hope for things which are not   
          seen, but are true.

          Meekness: Righteous, humble, teachable, and patient. The meed are willing to follow 
          gospel teachings. 

          Temperance: Use moderation in all things or to exercise self-control.


Activity Options:

1. Coloring Page (page 10).

2. Fruit Memory. Print out two fruit pages and play memory. Emphasize the "fruits of the spirit" as you play the game. Repetition of these words is especially helpful for little ones.


3. Make Applesauce. Have your children help you cut the apples and help with the process. Eat for your family lesson dessert! 

4. Fruit Painting. Print page 11 onto piece of card stock. Dip fruit in paint and stamp the fruit on a piece of paper. Hang this up on the fridge as a reminder of the lesson this week.


Testimony: Share an example of when the Holy Ghost helped you feel a fruit of the spirit.

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