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Learning Theme: The Holy Spirit Makes You Smile
Inside!
PARENT PITCH: Having learned about God, our Creator, and Jesus,
our Loving Savior, it’s time to teach your child about the Holy Spirit,
our Helper/Comforter. The Holy
Spirit is dynamic and divine and he is your “Helper” as a parent too!
1. Assure your child that the Holy Spirit is our
“Helper.”
MEMORY VERSE: “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit,
whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach
you all things...” John 14:26.
2. Teach the
maxim; “Your heart
is God’s Home.”
MEMORY VERSE: “Do you not know that your body is
a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from
God? You are not your own; you were
bought at a price. Therefore honor God with
your body.” 1 Corinthians 6:19-20.
3. God’s Holy Spirit
overflows our hearts with hope (teach what ‘hope‘ means).
MEMORY VERSE: “May the God of hope
fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow
with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” Romans 15:13.
4. Teach your child that joy can make them
strong (and make them smile).
MEMORY VERSE: “The joy of the Lord
is your strength.” Nehemiah
8:10.
5. God is
working on you. His goodness grows on you like fruit on a tree.
MEMORY VERSE: “But the fruit of the
Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.”
Galatians 5:22-23 (see also verse 25)
6. Introduce the idea of eternity, trusting that
it is in their heart already.
MEMORY VERSE: “He has also set eternity
in the hearts of men.” Ecclesiastes 3:11
SUGGESTED
SONGS:
Ho Ho Ho Hosanna
Ho Ho
Ho Hosanna,
Ha Ha
Hallelujah,
He He
He He saved me,
I’ve got the joy of the
Lord!
Philippians 4:4 (round)
Rejoice in the Lord always
and again I say, rejoice!
Rejoice in the Lord always
and again I say, rejoice!
Rejoice! Rejoice! And again I say rejoice!
Rejoice! Rejoice! And again I say rejoice!
The Joy of the Lord (pg #580 in hymn
book):
The joy of the Lord is my strength...
(4 times)
He heals the
broken-hearted and they cry no more (repeat 3X then
sing;
“The
joy of the Lord is my strength”).
He
gives me living water and I thirst no more... (repeat
3X then sing;
“The
joy of the Lord is my strength”).
He
fills my heart with laughter, ha ha ha ha ha... (repeat 3X then
sing;
“The
joy of the Lord is my strength”).
PARENT POSTSCRIPT: If
you wish to shorten a verse to enhance learning, feel free (or see text for the
larger context). Post a list of the Fruit
of the Spirit on the refrigerator in our homes! Cut signs out in the shape of fruit, and
write a fruit of the Spirit on each one.
Be creative.
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