Walk in the Spirit – Galatians

Free resources from church websites to help you teach the doctrine and principles found in this week’s Come, Follow Me New Testament reading for Galatians. Find helps for children, youth, and adults!

Everyone

Activity – Nations Blessing Bonanza – Use this activity from the new Ensign series “Family Study Fun” to talk about how all nations are blessed through the Abrahamic covenant.

Activity – Family Fun Night – Includes a lesson about the fruits of the Spirit

Video – Gethsemane – Your family could sing along with this video and talk about what Jesus did for us.

Children

Article – Paul’s Letters – Help children understand why Paul wrote so many letters.

The Holy Ghost helps me feel love, joy, and peace. If I “walk in the Spirit,” I will receive the “fruit of the Spirit.”

Activity – The Holy Ghost Helps Me Feel Love, Joy, and Peace – Maze

Activity – The Gifts and Fruits of the Spirit – word search

Activity – Plan Your Harvest – This garden shows some good “fruit” you may want in your life. On the lines below, write some things you can do this month to help you receive these blessings. Goes along with the article in the adult section “God’s Harvest”.

Activity – Inviting the Spirit – coloring page

Activity/Article – One of God’s Greatest Gifts – Includes a treasure chest to fill with scripture treasures.

Story – “Faith, Hope, and Grace: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.” –This Friend series tells the remarkable story of a Dutch family who found peace, love, and forgiveness during World War II.

Jesus Christ wants me to help those in need.

Activity – My Family and I Can Serve Others – coloring page (Gal. 5:13)

Activity/Article – When We’re Helping We’re Happy – A sharing time with ideas on teaching children to serve with love.

Our actions, both good and bad, have consequences.

Activity – Choose the Right Way – A maze-like game that uses pictures of right and wrong choices. Includes ideas for parents to teach about how good choices make us happy.

Activity/Article – Decide Right Now – President Thomas S. Monson shares a story about choosing the right. Includes a short activity about choices.

Article – Crossroads – President Thomas S. Monson teaches that our decisions lead to our destiny.

Article – How Can We Stay Free? – Elder Quentin L. Cook teaches about how good choices will help us stay free.

Being baptized makes us “one in Christ.”

Activity – Jesus Loves Me – Share this fun action rhyme from the Friend with your children to teach them about the Savior’s love.

Activity – The Baptism Covenant – This matching game helps children learn about the promises involved in the baptismal covenant.

Youth and Adults

Teaching Resources – Come Follow Up: Galatians – Artwork, quotes, and video clips to aid teachers in leading the discussion for this lesson.

The law of Christ makes me free.

Article – The Gospel: An Eternal Life Hack – Learn from this Ensign article how obeying the commandments can free us from self-inflicted wounds.

Article – 8 Ways Meekness is Not Weakness – Meekness is an attribute of the Savior that’s desperately needed today. Here are eight ways meekness is a strength, not a weakness.

I am an heir to the blessings promised to Abraham. Abraham had the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Article – The Gathering of Scattered Israel – We help to gather the elect of the Lord on both sides of the veil.

Article – Unlocking the Doors to the Blessings of Abraham – These blessings of greater happiness, peace, and rest are the blessings each of us receive as we make covenants in holy temples and form eternal families. Your patriarchal blessings help you understand your personal lineage to Abraham.

If I “walk in the Spirit,” I will receive the “fruit of the Spirit.”

Article – The Miracle of Medium Heat – A New Era article that teaches patience and temperance, or self-control, are both part of the “fruit of the Spirit”

Article – Baskets and Bottles – In the sisterhood of Relief Society, in the brotherhood of priesthood quorums, in the reverent coming together to partake of the sacrament, the fruit of the Spirit unites us in love, joy, and peace.

Article – God’s Harvest – Just as earthly seeds require effort and patience, so do many of the blessings of heaven. We cannot put our religion on a shelf and expect to harvest spiritual blessings.

Article – Three Lessons on Love, Joy, and Peace – Following these three steps can make a big difference in your life and help you feel the fruits of the Spirit.

Adults

Article – New Testament Backgrounds: Galatians Through Colossians –

Article – Law and Liberty in Galatians 5–6 – BYU Religious Studies Center

Article – Adoption and Atonement: Becoming Sons and Daughters of Christ – BYU Religious Studies Center

Article – Peter and Paul in Antioch – BYU Religious Studies Center

Chart – Overview of the Epistles: Galatians – BYU Studies

Chart – Gifts of the Spirit – BYU Studies

Chart – Chiasmus in Galatians – BYU Studies

Video – Come Follow Up: Galatians – Come Follow Up host Ben Lomu leads the discussion with gospel scholar Gaye Strathearn and special guest Thom Wayment on the following topics: If I “Walk in the Spirit,” I Will Receive the “Fruit of the Spirit” and Learning from Paul’s Path to Discipleship. BYUtv

Video – Acts to Revelation: Galatians 1-2 – But By the Revelation of Jesus Christ – Religious scholars discuss Galatians chapters 1 and 2 which detail Paul’s teaching among the Gentiles about the true gospel and his condemnation of false gospels. BYUtv

Video – The Acts to Revelation: Galatians 3-6 – Ye are All One in Christ Jesus – Religious scholars discuss Paul’s teachings about Christ’s law and covenants superseding the law of Moses as described in Galatians chapters 3 through 6. BYUtv