Learning to Speak Life: Fruit of the Spirit by Michael and Carlie Kercheval is a wonderful new Kindle book for family Bible time.
At the beginning of the book, you will find an Introduction and a How To Use This Book. Take your time to read through this for ideas to get the most out of this study. There are nine chapters–each covering a characteristic of the fruit of the Spirit: Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, and Self-Control. The study is meant to last nine weeks by doing a chapter per week.
Each chapter contains 11 sections: Scripture (good for memory work), What Is…? (explains the characteristic you are learning about), Confessions (pertaining to that particular fruit and to be spoken out loud each day), Copywork (for older kids as well as a simplified format for younger ones), Role Play (a quick skit idea to demonstrate the fruit characteristic), Silly Sayings (spiritual tongue twisters), Short Story super short story (to again demonstrate that characteristic being studied), Family Discussion Time (a list of questions to foster discussions), Family Project (service opportunities), Prayer, and Digging Deeper (more scriptures to study).
A couple of sections are good to work on a little each day such as memorizing scriptures, doing the copywork, etc. Others would fall on individual days as you see fit. However, you need to do both the skit and the story before the discussion questions.
We already have family Bible time most evenings, and this will be a wonderful addition. I can’t wait to dive into this with my family. Plus, Michael and Carlie are planning more projects for this series. The next one up? Get Control of Your Mouth–a book for tweens. Oh yes.
Check out the Learning to Speak Life website for more information. The book is available on Amazon in Kindle format for only $5.99. You can even get a peek inside.
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Wren says
We generally do Bible chapter readings in the morning….however, thanks to TOS Crew we’re using “Because You Are Strong,” my son’s first inductive Bible study!
Thanks for sharing this!
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Audra Marie says
I’d like to get that one sometime, Wren. My daughter is doing the Beauty in the Lord study. I love Doorposts’ products. 🙂
Wren says
I bet they’re both wonderful. I’m looking forward to seeing how he grows….not only in his knowledge of the Word and his closeness to God but also in his inductive Bible study skills! 🙂
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Audra Marie says
I agree, Wren. I’m looking forward to all of the conversations my daughter and I will have as she goes through the study. 🙂
Mrs. Sarah Coller says
We have family Bible study time in the mornings on weekdays before we start our school day. We are going through the Bible verse by verse and I’m explaining it in detail. We try to get through a chapter a day but we usually get about half way through, realize it’s been almost 2 hours, and move on to something else. ha! 🙂 Jamie leads us in prayer time and Bible study on some evenings—but summer has gotten us out of a steady routine with that. He does lessons from the Family Night Tool Chest collection and they’re all really fun (and usually involve treats–ha!). Thanks for the opportunity to win!
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Audra Marie says
I know what you mean, Sarah. Summer can really throw the schedules out of whack. We read through the Bible chapter by chapter, and discuss it, too, in the evenings. This will be a fun variation for us before we go back to our own study. 🙂
Heather Vogler says
We are currently going through the Charecter Qualities and verses found on the Duggar website!
Audra Marie says
That’s a neat idea, Heather. I’ll have to check into that. 🙂
Renata says
We tend to read just from the Bible, and my hubby leads in a discussion. For schooltime devotions I use a mix of different things. This looks excellent!
Audra Marie says
Do you have any you recommend, Renata?
silver says
Beyond Bible Study in homeschool, we have “group time” where I read a chapter from the Gospels each day, we pray together with a different “theme” for the prayer each day, and then we worship.
Audra Marie says
I’ll have to check that out, silver. Your group time sounds wonderful. 🙂