Fruit of the Spirit - Self Control
Video Workshop Sketch
Week 10
Summary: All families in one workshop. Play game – Honey, If you love me, read the story of the Fiery Furnace from "The Family Storybible", then watch video “Rack, Shack & Benny”.
Supplies: The Family Story Bible, VeggieTales DVD “Rack, Shack & Benny”, popcorn and juice boxes.
Lesson
ASK: What is self control?
Turn to your family members and tell about a time recently (last week, yesterday, today?) that you “lost” your self-control. As you tell your stories, take time to say “I’m sorry” if it needs to be said.
Game: Honey, if you love me …
The oldest person in your family goes first. No matter what happens that person can’t smile. The others each take turns and say: Honey, if you love me, won’t you please, please smile?” to the ‘self controlled’ one. No matter how they say it or how they do it, try your best not to smile. Keep going until everyone has had a turn.
Talk about how smiling or not smiling is like or unlike the times you lose your self-control in real life.
Have everyone not smile. There! You all just controlled yourselves! What did you do/think about/not do in order not to smile? How can you use those ideas in real life to maintain self control?
The Bible tells us that the Holy Spirit working in us CAN help us overcome selfishness, temper, anger and other things we lose self control with.
What do we need to do to allow the Holy Spirit to do this?
Self control is all about RESISTING something that you’re drawn to that isn’t good for you for some reason. Sometimes the pressure comes from inside us and sometimes it comes from outside us. Self control is a gift from the Holy Spirit to resist something that God wants you to resist.
Read a story from The Family Story Bible: Pages 143-144 - A King Learns About God (the story of Shadrach, Meshack and Abednego)
STOP BEFORE THE END OF THE STORY. Leave them hanging before they're rescued from the furnace.
Watch "VeggieTales Rack, Shack & Benny"
Tell them that they’ll be watching a video that will show the storm via Veggie Tales. Show Veggie Tales “Rack, Shack & Benny”. Distribute popcorn and juice boxes.
After the movie ask:
- Did Shadrach, Meshack and Abednego show self control?
- To what?
- They RESISTED what everyone else was doing, they resisted what the King told them to do because they knew it was wrong in God’s eyes. Did they still have to “go through the fire”?
- But how did it turn out?
- Why do you think that was?
God was faithful to them and they were faithful to God.
Control Journal
Distribute Self Control Journal pages. Pages include pictures of apples, and the words:
- Each family member should choose an apple on this page and draw a face on it. Write your name next to it.
- Write across your apple's "forehead" something that you need help in the area of self control.
- Keep this paper handy all week where family members can see it. When you see this paper, pray for the others in your family in the area of self control they're working on.
- Share an apple snack together this week.
Closing
Hand out a Kindness Sticker to each family, if they have not received one yet, to go on their cover page.
Notice to go home with Parents: Ask everyone to bring next week a blender and one type of fruit and one type of juice. Families can double up to work with the blenders.
Jan @ First Presbyterian Church, Napa CA
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