What principles do you live by?Choose from the list below, or explain your own.

• Be loyal• Never lie• All people have equal rights• Try everything once• Don’t harm nature• Respect your parents• Do whatever feels good• Don’t use people as objects

for your own benefit

Why is it important to try and live well ?

• To identify some Christian values & where they come from

• To explain how the Holy Spirit helps us to live a good life

• To evaluate the virtues

Christian values

1. Write down the 3 sources of Christian values. Give examples of each.

2. Which of the sources of Christian values would you (or a Christian) take most notice of? Why?

3. How important is a. the teaching on being made in the image of God? How does

it affect how you treat others?b. Your conscience, in helping you act in God’s way

• Mindmap key Christian values – attitudes towards others, and towards themselves.

• In a different colour, next to each value, explain where these values come from 1. Bible

• image of God (Genesis)• 10 Commandments (OT)• Prophets (OT)• Jesus’ life & teachings (Gospels)• Apostles teaching (NT letters)

2. Church teachings – abortion/ sexual ethics3. Our Conscience – the law of God “speaking”

within us, giving us an instinctive idea of what is right and wrong

Sources of Christian Values: Where do they come from?

Christian Values: • Give an example of a value that comes from

each of these sources

The 4 Cardinal Virtues

A virtue is a skill, or habit, in doing good.

Virtues help us to live well. They build a good character. They keep us happy and safe. Virtues, like any skill, need to be practiced and encouraged. Anyone can practice virtues. There are 4 main virtues “cardinal virtues”. They lead to a good life for yourself and others.

Other virtues like honesty, generosity, patience, hard work, come from them.

Fortitude(sensible amount of courage in difficulty)

Justice(acting fairly to all)

Temperance(putting sensible limits on pleasures)

Prudence(wise decision making)

1. Why are virtues important? 2. Write out the 4 cardinal virtues and match them with their opposite. (greedy, foolish, reckless/ timid, selfish)3. Which of the 4 cardinal virtues do you think is the most important to have? Why?

What are the 4 cardinal virtues?What do they mean?

To understand how the Holy Spirit helps us to live a good life

To evaluate the gifts of the Spirit in helping us to live a good life

To reflect on the fruits of the Spirit in your own life.

God gives us the Holy Spirit to help us live in a virtuous way.

1. Explain what the 7 gifts of the Spirit are – how are they different/ similar to the 4 cardinal virtues?

2. How can you tell the Holy Spirit is at work in someone?

3. Is it easier for someone with the Holy Spirit to be a good person? Why?

**If someone claimed to be a good person because they won a million pounds in a lottery and gave it all to charity, would you agree that they are?

The Holy Spirit helps us and encourages us to live a good life, even when there is no obvious reward for doing so.

1. At baptism, Christians receive “7 gifts of the spirit” (like virtues for free) - wisdom, understanding, knowledge, fortitude, worship, respect of God. They become more developed as the person tries to live as a Christian.

2. You can tell that someone is living a virtuous life and that the Holy Spirit is in them, helping them, because they begin to have the character of God fruits of the spirit (love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness, self control).

7 Gifts of H.S

Fruits of H.S

Wisdom

Draw the diagram• Label the 4 cardinal virtues• Label the Holy Spirit and the 7 gifts

the Holy Spirit gives• Label the fruits of the Spirit seen

that show the person is being helped by the Spirit

**Which of the Fruits of the Spirit would you most like to see develop in your life? Why?

Cardinal virtue 3

Cardinal virtue 2

Cardinal virtue 4

Cardinal virtue 1

+ 7 gifts of the Holy Spirit

FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT

Wisdom

What fruit (of the Holy Spirit) am I?

Meditation on Fruits of the Spirit

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