Fruits of the Spirit: Gentleness |week 5|

Sabbath question of the day

What does it mean to be Kind?

(Allow child time to respond)

Topic: Fruits of the spirit: GENTLENESS

Today we will discuss GENTLENESS and how we are to apply this fruit in our everyday life.

❓What is GENTLENESS?

🔎 GENTLENESS is the quality of being kind; showing care and respect for others in the way that you act and speak.

(Read explain and discuss each scripture)

📌Titus 3:2

Gentleness

📌Matthew 22:37-40

The most high said that the second greatest commandment is to love your neighbor as yourself

Your neighbor = your people

📌Leviticus 19:17

Don’t have hatred for your brother or sister, but if your brother or sister is in sin we must let them know.

rebuke =Correction

🔴Activity 1

Weekly Fruits booklet:

Each week as your child learns about a new fruit of the Spirit they will complete a page in the booklet.

Directions:

Have your child draw & color a picture of one fruit🫐 to Represent

This week your child can complete the page 3: GENTLENESS

Save & Print

Page1

Page2

Page3

Page4

Page5

🔴Activity 2

How do you show Gentleness/ kindness

Follow directions on worksheet

(Click here)

Read and discuss each scripture

📌Ecclesiasticus 28:17

📌Proverbs 16:24

🌟Being kind to your brother or sister is not just doing kind things for them , it’s also Speaking kind words to them

🌟words are powerful.

🌟Do you think you are Loving Your neighbor as yourself if you tease them and say mean things? (Allow child time to respond)

🔴Activity 3

Wrinkled heart

(click here

1️⃣Allow your child to color and cut out the heart

2️⃣Ask your child what someone could say to hurt their hearts.

💥Possible answers: Tease them, call them names, gossip about them behind their back, tell secrets about them

3️⃣For Every Example they give Crinkle or ball up the heart.

4️⃣Ask: What have the hurtful words done to your  heart?”

5️⃣Now ask: Is there anything we can say to fix this heart?”

💥Possible answers: Apologize, say something nice, give a compliment

6️⃣With every example they give unfold the heart

7️⃣Ask: How did we do? Did we fix this heart?”💥 NO.! although we have repaired the heart, the scars are still there. Even when we say we’re sorry,

8️⃣What can we do to try to prevent from saying something hurtful to someone else?” (Allow child time to respond)

If it’s not nice , DONT SAY IT.

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Say: We can THINK before we speak and be smart

it’s hard to fix a wrinkled Heart!

Think poster

(click here)

(Go over each word and give an example)

T= True- Is what you are saying a Fact

H= Helpful- is what your are say going to hurt feeling or help them

I=Inspiring- Will your words be Encouraging

N=Necessary-Does it need to be said right here , right now

K=kind- Are your words friendly and loving

Spiritual Vocabulary Word wall 🎈

Start your Bible word wall using index cards.

Review the card  with your child every day.

🟢 GENTLENESS

| Noun |

📌Titus 3:2- To speak no evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.

🔴Activity 4

Kind or Trash 🗑️

⭐️Cut out 10 rectangles (feel free to do more)

⭐️On 5 rectangles write things we do or say that are kind.

⭐️On the other 5 rectangles write things that we do or  say that are NOT kind.

⭐️Mix the rectangles together

⭐️All the rectangles that are unkind, mean-spirited, unfriendly, or rude ... let your child ball it up and shoot it in the trashcan.

Kindness chart

(click here)

print and hang up the chart. Allow your child to color in the hearts when they do something kind especially when at home or in the congregation.

End of lesson question:

Tell me a time when you did something kind.

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✌🏽Remember if you are teaching young children repetition is key.

🖍Make up your own activities to keep this lesson going.!

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Happy Happy Sabbath ✌🏽❤️

-Auntie B.