PAGE 1: Overview OVERVIEW ======== The fruit of the Holy Spirit is the good character the Holy Spirit grows in a Christian. In this sub-strand you will list that fruit from Galatians 5:22-23, describe how to live it at home and at school, and desire to be led by the Holy Spirit every day. ## Strand 5.0: The Church Sub-strand 5.5: Fruit of the Holy Spirit Suggested lessons: 3 ## Source • KICD Grade 4 Christian Religious Education Curriculum Design (Revised 2024) — Strand 5.0 The Church, Sub-strand 5.5 Fruit of the Holy Spirit • Galatians 5:22-23 ## Learning outcomes By the end of the sub-strand, the learner should be able to: a) list the fruit of the Holy Spirit; Galatians 5:22-23 b) describe how they apply the fruit of the Holy Spirit in their lives c) desire to be led by the Holy Spirit in their daily activities ## Key inquiry questions 1. Why should you have the fruit of the Holy Spirit? PAGE 2: How we will learn ## Learning experiences • in pairs, read Galatians 5:22-23 • list the fruit of the Holy Spirit • write the fruit of the Holy Spirit on flash cards and display it in class • in groups, list good things they should do to others as Christians • discuss how they apply the fruit of the Holy Spirit in their daily lives • compose and sing a song on the fruit of the Holy Spirit ## Core competencies • Creativity and imagination: the skill of originality is nurtured as learners compose a song on the fruit of the Holy Spirit. ## Values • Peace is exhibited as learners practise the fruit of the Holy Spirit such as peace and live peacefully with others. ## Pertinent and contemporary issues • Peace Education is enhanced as learners list good things they should do to others as Christians. ## Links to other learning areas • English: reading skills are enhanced as learners read the Holy Bible. • Creative Arts: creative skills are applied as learners compose and sing a song. PAGE 3: Lesson 1: The fruit listed in Galatians 5:22-23 LESSON 1: THE FRUIT LISTED IN GALATIANS 5:22-23 =============================================== ## What you will learn • Read Galatians 5:22-23. • List the fruit of the Holy Spirit. Curriculum outcomes: a) list the fruit of the Holy Spirit; Galatians 5:22-23 ## Introduction A healthy tree is known by its fruit. Galatians 5:22-23 uses that picture for the Christian life. The Holy Spirit produces one fruit, and the verse lists what that fruit is like. PAGE 4: Lesson 1: The fruit listed in Galatians 5:22-23 — The verse ## Notes ### The verse Read Galatians 5:22-23 in pairs. In the King James Bible the fruit of the Spirit is: love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance. The verse adds: against such there is no law. No command of God forbids these things. They are always good. The Bible says "fruit", one word, not a pile of different fruits with no link. The nine words are parts of that one fruit. Some Bibles use everyday words for the same list: patience, kindness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. When your Bible uses those words, it is still Galatians 5:22-23. Learn both the Bible words and their meanings so that you are not confused. PAGE 5: Lesson 1: The fruit listed in Galatians 5:22-23 — The nine parts ### The nine parts - Love: wanting and doing what is good for God and for other people. - Joy: gladness that comes from God, not only from getting your own way. - Peace: quietness with God and with people; refusing fights. - Longsuffering: patience; waiting and bearing with others without exploding. - Gentleness: kindness in the way you treat people. - Goodness: doing what is right and helpful. - Faith: faithfulness; being someone God and people can rely on. - Meekness: gentleness and humility; strength that is not harsh. - Temperance: self-control; stopping yourself from doing wrong. PAGE 6: Lesson 1: The fruit listed in Galatians 5:22-23 — How to remember them ### How to remember them Write each word on a flash card. Display the cards in class. Say the list in order until you can write all nine without looking. A song can carry the list, but you should also be able to say it in a quiet voice. This fruit is called the fruit of the Holy Spirit because the Spirit grows it. It is not a badge we pin on. It shows in a person who is led by the Spirit. [DIAGRAM] TYPE: svg ALT: The nine parts of the fruit of the Holy Spirit PAYLOAD: CAPTION: The nine parts of the fruit of the Holy Spirit [/DIAGRAM] PAGE 7: Lesson 1: The fruit listed in Galatians 5:22-23 — Flash cards of the fruit ## Key words • fruit of the Holy Spirit — the good character listed in Galatians 5:22-23 • longsuffering — patience • temperance — self-control • meekness — gentleness and humility ## Activity: Flash cards of the fruit You will need: Bible, Nine flash cards, Pins or tape for a display 1. In pairs, read Galatians 5:22-23. 2. List the fruit of the Holy Spirit. 3. Write each part on a flash card and display the cards in class. 4. Point to a card and let a classmate say the meaning. PAGE 8: Lesson 1: The fruit listed in Galatians 5:22-23 — Answers to practice ## Practice 1. Where is the fruit of the Holy Spirit listed? 2. List the fruit of the Holy Spirit. 3. What does "against such there is no law" mean? 4. Give the everyday meaning of longsuffering, faith and temperance. ## Answers to practice 1. Galatians 5:22-23. 2. Love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness and temperance. 3. No law forbids this fruit. Love, joy, peace and the rest are always good. 4. Longsuffering means patience. Faith here means faithfulness. Temperance means self-control. ## Summary • Galatians 5:22-23 lists the fruit of the Holy Spirit. • The parts are love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness and temperance. • No law forbids this fruit. PAGE 9: Lesson 2: Living the fruit each day LESSON 2: LIVING THE FRUIT EACH DAY =================================== ## What you will learn • Describe how to apply the fruit of the Holy Spirit at home and at school. • List good things Christians should do to others. Curriculum outcomes: b) describe how they apply the fruit of the Holy Spirit in their lives ## Introduction A list on the wall does not change a class until someone acts on it. The fruit of the Holy Spirit is applied when a learner chooses love instead of cruelty, peace instead of a fight, and self-control instead of a dare. ## Notes ### Applying each part To apply the fruit means to use it in a real moment. PAGE 10: Lesson 2: Living the fruit each day — Notes 2 - Love: share, help with work, and refuse to leave a classmate out. - Joy: thank God, and do your work with a cheerful heart instead of grumbling. - Peace: stop a quarrel. Speak calmly. Do not pay back an insult. - Longsuffering: wait for your turn. Bear with a slow classmate. Do not shout because you are delayed. - Gentleness: speak kindly to a younger child or to someone who made a mistake. - Goodness: tell the truth, return a lost item, and do the chore you were given. - Faith: keep a promise. Finish the group work you said you would do. - Meekness: do not boast when you win, and do not crush someone who is weak. - Temperance: close a bad video, stop yourself from hitting, and put the ball down when the teacher calls. PAGE 11: Lesson 2: Living the fruit each day — Good things Christians do to others ### Good things Christians do to others Peace with other people grows when these good things are practised: - Helping a person who is hurt or confused - Sharing food or learning materials - Forgiving - Welcoming a new learner - Telling the truth about them, not spreading lies - Praying for them - Refusing to join a plan that will harm them In groups, list more good things that fit your own class. Then choose one part of the fruit you most need this week and say how you will apply it. A song about the fruit can remind the class of the list after the books are closed. The Holy Spirit grows the fruit. We also practise it. Both are true: we ask the Spirit to lead us, and we do the kind action in front of us. PAGE 12: Lesson 2: Living the fruit each day — Good things we do as Christians ## Key words • apply — to use a teaching in real life • faithfulness — being reliable and keeping your word • self-control — stopping yourself from doing what is wrong ## Activity: Good things we do as Christians You will need: Flash cards from the last lesson, Exercise book 1. In groups, list good things you should do to others as Christians. 2. Discuss how you apply the fruit of the Holy Spirit in daily life. Give one example for at least three parts of the fruit. 3. Compose and sing a short song on the fruit of the Holy Spirit. 4. Each learner writes: "This week I will show _____ by _____." PAGE 13: Lesson 2: Living the fruit each day — Practice ## Practice 1. How can a learner apply peace at school? 2. What does faithfulness look like in group work? 3. Give three good things Christians should do to others. 4. Choose one part of the fruit and say how you will apply it at home. PAGE 14: Lesson 2: Living the fruit each day — Answers to practice ## Answers to practice 1. By refusing fights, speaking calmly, and settling quarrels instead of paying back insults. 2. Doing the part you promised to do and not leaving the work to others. 3. Any three: help, share, forgive, welcome a new learner, tell the truth, pray for them, or refuse a plan that would harm them. 4. Any one part with a real action, for example patience while waiting, kindness in speech, or self-control when angry. ## Summary • Each part of the fruit has a daily action at home and at school. • Christians help, share, forgive, welcome others and pray for them. • We ask the Holy Spirit to grow the fruit, and we practise it. PAGE 15: Lesson 3: Led by the Holy Spirit LESSON 3: LED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT ================================ ## What you will learn • Explain what it means to be led by the Holy Spirit. • Show a desire to let the Holy Spirit guide daily activities. Curriculum outcomes: c) desire to be led by the Holy Spirit in their daily activities ## Introduction The fruit in Galatians 5 does not grow from pride. It grows where the Holy Spirit leads. A Christian desires that leading in ordinary activities: lessons, games, chores and speech. PAGE 16: Lesson 3: Led by the Holy Spirit — What it means to be led ## Notes ### What it means to be led To be led by the Holy Spirit means you let God's Spirit guide your choices. You do not decide only by what feels nice or by what the crowd is doing. You ask, "Does this fit the fruit? Is this what God wants?" The Spirit is not a stranger in this lesson. Galatians 5:22 calls the fruit his fruit. First Corinthians 6:19, which you have read, says the Holy Spirit lives in the believer. Being led is listening to the One who lives in you, through prayer and through the Bible. PAGE 17: Lesson 3: Led by the Holy Spirit — In daily activities ### In daily activities - Before a test: ask for help to tell the truth and not to cheat. That is faithfulness and goodness. - In a quarrel: stop and choose peace. - When you want to shout at home: choose meekness and self-control. - When you are left out or you see someone left out: choose love. - When work is hard: ask for patience and do the work with joy instead of giving up in anger. - When friends plan wrong: let the Spirit's leading be a no. PAGE 18: Lesson 3: Led by the Holy Spirit — A desire ### A desire Desire means you want this leading, even on days when nobody checks you. You can say, "Holy Spirit, lead me today. Grow your fruit in me." Then you take the next right action. You will still fail sometimes. Being led includes coming back: admit the wrong, ask for forgiveness, and start the day again under the same Spirit. The desire is not a claim that you are already perfect. It is a choice to keep following. A class that wants to be led by the Holy Spirit becomes a more peaceful class, because love, peace, patience and self-control push out bullying and lies. PAGE 19: Lesson 3: Led by the Holy Spirit — A prayer to be led ## Key words • led — guided in choices by the Holy Spirit • daily activities — ordinary things such as lessons, games, chores and speech • desire — a true want that shows itself in choices ## Activity: A prayer to be led You will need: Bible, Exercise book 1. Read Galatians 5:22-23 once more and name the fruit. 2. Discuss one daily activity in which you need the Holy Spirit to lead you. 3. Compose one more verse of your song on the fruit, about being led. 4. Pray quietly: "Holy Spirit, lead me today." ## Practice 1. What does it mean to be led by the Holy Spirit? 2. Give two daily activities in which a learner can ask the Holy Spirit for help. 3. Why is the fruit called the fruit of the Holy Spirit? 4. What should you do when you fail to show the fruit? PAGE 20: Lesson 3: Led by the Holy Spirit — Answers to practice ## Answers to practice 1. To let the Holy Spirit guide your choices so that they fit God's will and his fruit. 2. Any two, for example a test, a quarrel, chores at home, games, or a moment when friends plan wrong. 3. Because the Holy Spirit grows it in the Christian. Galatians 5:22 names it as his fruit. 4. Admit the wrong, ask God to forgive you, and start again, still asking the Holy Spirit to lead you. ## Summary • Being led by the Holy Spirit means letting him guide daily choices. • The fruit in Galatians 5:22-23 shows what that leading looks like. • Christians desire this leading and return to it when they fail. PAGE 21: Revision quiz REVISION QUIZ ============= Answer all the questions, then mark yourself on the Answers tab. 1. The fruit of the Holy Spirit is listed in: A. Matthew 21:12-14 B. Galatians 5:22-23 C. Acts 2:38 D. Exodus 20:12 2. How many parts of the fruit are named in Galatians 5:22-23? A. 3 B. 7 C. 9 D. 12 3. Temperance means: A. Shouting loudly B. Self-control C. Selling in the temple D. Refusing to forgive 4. Longsuffering means: A. Patience B. Stealing C. Fear D. Silence in every class 5. "Against such there is no law" means: A. These good qualities are forbidden B. No law forbids the fruit of the Spirit C. Christians need no Bible D. Only adults may show the fruit 6. Which action applies peace? A. Starting a fight B. Speaking calmly and refusing to pay back an insult C. Spreading a lie D. Hiding a classmate's book 7. Faithfulness in group work means: A. Letting others do your part B. Doing the work you promised C. Copying during a test D. Boasting about the marks 8. Give two good things a Christian should do to others. 9. What does it mean to desire to be led by the Holy Spirit? A. To want his guidance in daily activities B. To ignore the Bible C. To follow every crowd D. To show the fruit only in church 10. Name one daily activity and the part of the fruit you need in it. PAGE 22: Quiz answers ANSWERS ======= 1. B. Galatians 5:22-23 Galatians 5:22-23 names the fruit. 2. C. 9 Love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness and temperance. 3. B. Self-control Temperance is self-control, one part of the fruit. 4. A. Patience Longsuffering is patience. 5. B. No law forbids the fruit of the Spirit Galatians 5:23 says there is no law against this fruit. 6. B. Speaking calmly and refusing to pay back an insult Peace is lived by calming quarrels, not by starting them. 7. B. Doing the work you promised Faith in this list means being reliable. 8. Any two: help, share, forgive, welcome, tell the truth, or pray for them. These actions apply the fruit of the Spirit. 9. A. To want his guidance in daily activities The desire is to let the Spirit guide ordinary choices. 10. Any fitting pair, for example a quarrel and peace, a test and faithfulness, or anger and self-control. Application joins a real activity to the fruit.