The big ideaJesus said to stay joined to him like a branch, and good fruit grows.
How it works
This story has a made-up girl named Noa and her grandpa in an orchard. Grandpa tells how Jesus once said he is the vine and his friends are the branches.
A branch cannot make grapes alone, so it must stay joined to the vine. Jesus said the gardener trims the branches so they grow more fruit.
Grandpa said that Paul wrote that the Spirit grows fruit in people too. It is not fruit you eat, but nine good ways of living: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.
In the story each one shows up in a small moment of Noa's day, such as a cup of water or a plum that takes time to ripen.
❤️love: water for Grandpa🎶joy: the first ripe fig😌peace: calm in a storm⏳patience: a plum🍑kindness: a peach
Noa's day, part one.
🐑goodness: a lamb in thorns🤞faithfulness: seedlings🐥gentleness: a chick🍯self-control: honey cakes
Noa's day, part two.
Example 1: Say the nine
Say them slowly: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.
There are nine in all.
Count them on your fingers to check.
Example 2: A plum takes time
The green plum was hard, and Noa wanted it now.
Grandpa said to wait, because good fruit takes time.
Day by day it turned yellow, then red, then deep purple. Waiting calmly is patience.
Example 3: Pick one fruit
Choose one of the nine fruits.
Look for one chance to show it today.
Tell a grown-up how it went.
Words to know
branch
An arm of a plant that grows out of the vine.
patience
Waiting calmly for good things that take time.
vine
A climbing plant. A branch grows out of it.
Watch out
The fruit of the Spirit is not fruit you eat. It is nine good ways of living.
Noa is a made-up girl. Matching each fruit to a moment in her day is one example.
The branch that stays joined to the vine bears grapes. The cut branch is dry, with no grapes.
Good fruit and kind habits take time. They do not grow in one day.
Try it
What must a branch do to bear fruit?
Noa waited for the plum to ripen. Which fruit was that?
Is the fruit of the Spirit fruit you can eat?
How many fruits are in the list?
Answers: 1. Stay joined to the vine · 2. Patience · 3. No · 4. Nine
Try at homeWith a grown-up, pick one of the nine fruits: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness or self-control. Look for one chance to show it today.
For grown-upsFor a faith reviewer and for you: the list of nine is the one the episode gives, and the pairing of each with a moment of Noa's day is only an illustration, not the Bible's own. Pick one fruit for the week and look for one chance to show it.
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