Fruit of the Spirit Family Devotional: 24 Days to Christmas

Most families know the list. Few have a plan for Tuesday. This is the plan for Tuesday, and the other 23 days.

What are the nine fruit of the Spirit?

Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness and self-control, from Galatians 5:22-23. The World English Bible, which Ninefruit quotes word for word, reads: “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, and self-control.”

How do you do a fruit of the Spirit devotional with kids?

One fruit, one real situation, one small thing to try, two minutes. Not a lesson on all nine. The calendar below runs that shape for 24 days; the app runs it every day of the year with a Beginner, Teen or Adult reading style and family conversation cards.

Do we need the app for this?

No. Scratch the days on paper if you like; the practices are all on this page. The app adds the daily situation with choices, the plain-words verse explanations, nine practice tools, games, and a private journal, with Family Mode asking for a grown-up before purchases or links.

Is Ninefruit free?

Free, per the listing: today’s moment every day, Help Me Practise, a starter plan and its tool, daily rounds of every game, weekly challenges, the journal, the orchard and study cards, the 9 Fruit reflection and the widget. Premium adds all nine plans and tools, the full moment library, every Decision Story, unlimited games, the full family deck and insights, annual with a trial or a one-time Lifetime.

Which denominations is it for?

The listing says welcoming to Christians of every tradition; explanations are kept separate from the Bible text, which is the public-domain World English Bible.

What ages?

Rated 4+. Reading styles for Beginner, Teen and Adult; situations from the playground to the workplace. The Advent practices above are written for a mixed table, roughly six and up with a grown-up reading.

Three steps, every evening

Scratch the day
A child scratches the foil (below, or on paper under a sticker). One fruit, one practice. No reading ahead.
Do the two minutes
The practice is small on purpose: a note, a pause, a jar, a job. Do it at the table or right after. In the app, Today’s Moment gives a real situation with choices first.
Say what you saw
One sentence each: where did that fruit show up today, in someone else? Point to the person. That is the whole devotional.

What the app adds to the paper version

Ninefruit What would you do: someone cuts you off in traffic, with three honest choices — Today’s Moment: a real situation, honest choices.

Ninefruit Scripture made simple: Proverbs 19:11 quoted from the World English Bible with a plain-words explanation kept separate — The verse word for word, the explanation kept separate.

Ninefruit Your growth: nine trees, one per fruit, growing from practices, games and reflections, with study cards — Nine trees grow from what you actually do.

24 days. Scratch to reveal.

Drag a finger or the mouse across a day. The fruit and the practice are underneath. Nothing is saved; reload and the foil is back, which is handy for a second child.

LoveDay 1

JoyDay 2

PeaceDay 3

PatienceDay 4

KindnessDay 5

GoodnessDay 6

FaithDay 7

GentlenessDay 8

Self-controlDay 9

LoveDay 10

JoyDay 11

PeaceDay 12

PatienceDay 13

KindnessDay 14

GoodnessDay 15

FaithDay 16

GentlenessDay 17

Self-controlDay 18

LoveDay 19

JoyDay 20

PeaceDay 21

PatienceDay 22

KindnessDay 23

All nineDay 24

Scratch a day

The practice appears here when a day is mostly uncovered.

Day 24 is Christmas Eve, which is the 24 December; Advent itself begins on Sunday 29 November 2026. Start on 1 December, or start on the 29th and double up twice; nobody is checking.

Four ways to do Advent with kids

Chocolate calendar

Prep: Buy it
What the child does: Opens, eats
Scripture: None
Cost: A few dollars

Jesse Tree

Prep: Ornaments and readings for 24 or 25 days; many free printables
What the child does: Hangs an ornament, hears a story
Scripture: A passage a day through the Old Testament to Christmas
Cost: Craft supplies, or a kit

A reading plan

Prep: Pick one
What the child does: Listens; depends on the reader
Scripture: Yes, daily
Cost: Free

This calendar, with Ninefruit

Prep: None; the practices are above
What the child does: Scratches, does a two-minute practice, names the fruit they saw
Scripture: Galatians 5:22-23 and the verse behind each day’s moment in the app
Cost: Free on paper; app free tier; Premium optional

These stack. A Jesse Tree in the morning and a fruit at dinner is a fine Advent.

Honest limits

Premium exists.

All nine practice plans and tools, the full moment library and the full family deck are Premium: annual with a trial, or a one-time Lifetime. Continue Free is always available, per the release notes.

One translation.

The World English Bible, public domain, word for word. Your church’s translation will differ slightly.

A practice tool, not a test.

The listing says it: not a test of your faith, no score, no judgement, and not counselling. It never asks anyone to stay somewhere unsafe.

New, iPhone, iOS 18.

Version 2.0 is a rebuild from October 2026. Few reviews yet.

Day 4, made up but familiar

6:40 pmThe seven-year-old scratches the foil with a spoon handle and reads “Patience” with disgust. The practice is The Pause: count three before answering when someone interrupts.

6:41 pmShe is interrupted within the minute by her brother. She counts three, loudly, on her fingers, then answers. The brother is outraged that it worked.

7:15 pmAt “say what you saw”, the brother says he saw patience when Dad did not shout about the spilled juice. Dad had not noticed he was being patient. That is the devotional working.

LaterIn the app, the adult does Today’s Moment alone: a coworker takes credit; three choices; the verse; one thing to try tomorrow. Two minutes. The orchard’s patience tree moves to Sprout.

Open Ninefruit in the App Store

Ninefruit: Fruit of the Spirit. One real situation a day, the Bible in plain words, one thing to try. Beginner, Teen and Adult styles, Family Mode, a private journal. No account, no ads, offline.

Free to start · Premium optional

Sources

Galatians 5:22-23, World English Bible (public domain), as quoted in the Ninefruit listing, read 4 November 2026 (version 2.0): features, free tier, Premium, reading styles, Family Mode, privacy, the not-a-test statement.
Advent 2026 begins on Sunday 29 November (the fourth Sunday before Christmas Day).

The 24 practices are ours. Nothing on this page is doctrine; adapt freely for your tradition.