For fun have some bottles of ketchup or mustard too. Talk about how the best life has a little of all the spirit fruits in it. Open the lids on the vegetables and act like you will add them to the fruit salad.
During your object lesson, add the good fruits to make a delicious fruit salad. Put some yucky ingredients in a few bowls like broccoli, cauliflower or anything that doesn’t belong in a fruit salad. Label each bowl lid with a label that names one of the fruits. Their lives may look good at first but people quickly realize that their fake fruit isn’t good for much of anything.īefore class starts you’ll need to chop up lots of fruits and vegetables. The fake fruit is people who don’t want to grow in the spirit.
Others have rotten fruit like hate and jealousy that makes them and others around them sick. Some people’s lives offer fresh fruit like love and joy to the people around them. Present the lesson to kids then use the plates to discuss how our lives like the three plates of fruit. Arrange three plates of fruits on a table. You’ll need a basket of fresh fruit, overripe fruit and fake fruit.
You might also enjoy our game idea and other Fruit of the Spirit resources.įor this fruits of the spirit object lesson you’ll need to make some comparison. In order to help you teach kids about the fruits of the spirit I’ve compiled a few ideas I’ve used in years past. Many teachers, myself included, like using object lessons or short visual demonstrations to supplement their lessons or present different aspects of a Bible truth. However, in our fast-paced world it is difficult to teach children a long monologue of ideas even if it is good stuff like the Corinthian books.
#Ls object lessons on the whisperings of the spirit series
In fifteen years of teaching I can honestly say that the fruits of the spirit series is one of the most rewarding lessons I can bring to my kids. One of the most exciting lessons to teach Christian children is on the subject of the fruits of the spirit.