Fruits of the Holy Spirit
The Fruits of the Spirit are:
Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, and Self-control.
Love is building relationships with the Father, with Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. Love is building relationships with others, and spreading the Word of God with Love. What was the greatest gift of love that God gave us, do you remember? John 3:16: God so loved the world that he gave us His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
1 John 3:16 says: This is how we know what love is: “hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.”
Love 
The Bible tells us how to love and whom to love.
1 John 3:11 says: For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
1 John 4:7 says: Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and everyone that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
Love is forgiving, compelling, resilient and it understands. The Holy Spirit gives us the tools to use these in our daily lives in our relationships with others.
JOY 
Joy is that ever-deepening awareness that our lives are hidden in Christ and that we can be led by the Spirit through anything. Afflictions, trials, pressures, or frustrations, may come, but they cannot destroy us; so we experience joy. We may genuinely hurt as in 2 Corinthians 1:8; we may weep as in John 11:33-35, we may be tempted as in Hebrews 2:18; we may not understand what God is allowing to come our way as in James 1:2-5; but none of this causes us to lose God's focus in our difficulties or hampers our ministry to the needs of others. “We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” Romans 8:28 This is Biblical Joy.
Only those who have been born again in the Spirit fully understand this unique kind of joy, because it is heavenly, not earthly. It comes from the one who created you as your heart seeks ways to worship him.
You can do two things regarding this joy:
Increase Your Joy by Leading Others to Jesus Christ.
Increase Your Joy by Being Filled with the Holy Spirit.
Incredible satisfaction and joy come from personally explaining the gospel to someone and seeing that person give his or her life to Christ. The early church became “very glad” when they heard that the Gentiles had been converted.
People who have been filled with the Holy Spirit can have such joy that someone could come to the conclusion that they are intoxicated, Acts 2:13: Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.
The filling of the Spirit provides a cleansing accompanied by boldness and power to be more effective in witnessing. This experience in turns brings a deep sense of happiness to those who have received it.
Peace 
Peace is the third portion of the fruit of the Spirit listed in Galatians 5:22,23. Every human heart yearns for it. Jesus promised his disciples, in John 14:27: Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
This kind of peace means having tranquility in your heart that originates from the understanding that your life is truly in the hands of a loving God. It means experiencing quiet in your inner self.
Do not misunderstand. Having peace does not mean that you will not have conflict, stress, or difficult times. For some, becoming Christians and living godly lives has brought more difficultly (persecution) than they would have experienced as non-Christians. While in prison Paul wrote, “I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances” Philippians 4:11. When the fruit of peace is produced within us by the Holy Spirit, we can live life to the fullest in harmony and tranquility in spite of our circumstances. As we learn to depend on the Holy Spirit and understand that he will be with us in every situation, we will be more at rest and anxiety will be the further away.
Peace Can Replace Worry and Anxiety in Your Life.
On of the most common uncomfortable emotions with which we struggle is anxiety. Anxiety and worry are twins. Some people worry more than others, but we all have had times when we worried too much. We may wake up in the middle of the night with thoughts of what might happen tomorrow. Jesus said, “Do not worry about your life. . . Who of you worrying can add a single hour to his life? Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.” Matthew 6:25
Peace can do the following when we walk hand in hand with the Spirit:
Peace Can Replace Hostility and Anger in Your Life.
Peace Will Enable You to Resolve Stress.
God's Peace Encourages Us to Be Peacemakers.
Patience 
Macrothumia (Greek “macro” for long and “thumia” for temper) is always used in contexts involving one's forbearance toward others. . . Thus “longsuffering” has to do with one's long forbearance toward those who oppose or distress one in some way. Nowhere else does Paul attribute such forbearance to the direct working of the Spirit; but its appearance here shows that Spirit empowering is not simply for joy and miracles but for this much-needed quality of “putting up with” those who need long and patient love and kindness.
I believe God had a purpose in directing Paul to list the fruit of the Spirit in a certain order in Galatians 5:22,23. If we have love, joy and peace in our lives, patience will be present also. The fruit all develop from one another, all begin with love.
Love is the Christ like reaction to people's malice.
Joy is the Christ like reaction to depressing circumstances.
Peace is the Christ like reaction to troubles, threats and invitations to anxiety.
Patience is the Christ like reaction to all that is maddening.
Kindness is the Christ like reaction to all that are unkind.
Goodness is the Christ like reaction to bad people and bad behavior.
Faithfulness and gentleness is the Christ like reaction to lies and fury.
Self-control is the Christ like reaction to every situation that goads you to lose your cool and lash out.
Kindness 
Jesus said, Luke 6:35 But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
God is kind. He said through Jeremiah 9:24 But let him that glorieth, glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.
What does it mean to be kind and what is Kindness?
Kindness Is Full of Compassion.
Kindness Takes Action.
Kindness Is Powerful.
How do we respond when we see people in need? As Christians we are to be full of kind compassion, an emotion that will move us to the very depths of our being. Simply put, a kind person cares about people. Hence the term “random acts of kindness.”
Seeking the needs of others will often give us ideas about something kind we can do. The Good Samaritan not only had compassion for the injured traveler, but he acted on that compassion and decided to help the man.
In our competitive world many people view kindness as a weakness. Those who demonstrate kindness swim against the stream of callousness and insensitivity. They stop to investigate when they see a need, even though others would walk on by.
God is keeping score.
Kind people care enough to confront and rebuke a brother or sister in Christ when necessary, but they do it with love. Kindness is not always giving people what they want, because what they want may bring them harm.
Although the Good Samaritan probably had a schedule and plans like those of the priest and the Levite, he did not do what they did. He interrupted his schedule to help someone in need. This act of kindness was probably not the exception, but the rule. The Holy Spirit wants each of us to make it a habit of being kind.
Goodness 
Good is the absence of defect or flaw and the presence of complete wholesomeness. Jesus said that only God is good. When Jesus was called “good teacher,” he responded by saying, “Why callest thou me good? There is none good but one, that is, God” Mark 10:18
The word “good” in the language of Scripture literally means, “to be like God.”
Goodness is love in action.
It carries with it not only the idea of righteousness imputed, but righteousness demonstrated in everyday living by the Holy Spirit. It is doing good out of a good heart, to please God, without expecting medals, or rewards. Christ wants this kind of goodness to be the way of life for every Christian.
“Goodness,” a word used twenty times in the Bible, describes moral or ethical character.
Romans 15:14 And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.
Goodness is not just what you say but what you do. Those who possess this quality are generous by nature. We can choose to act in good ways as the Holy Spirit continually prompts us to treat people as Jesus would.
Ephesians 5:8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
Ephesians 5:9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
Faithfulness 
God is our best example of faithfulness, He will never break His promises to you. Paul reminded his friend Timothy that even “if we are faithless, [God] will remain faithful” 2 Timothy 2:13, for it is his very nature.
You can absolutely trust Him and His Word. Not doing what He said He would do is out of the realm of possibility. God wants us to be faithful like him, and as with the producing of all fruit, this is possible only as we stay connected to Jesus, the Vine.
The Story of Faithfulness
In the parable of the talents (Matthew 25:14-30), Jesus gave us two examples of people who were faithful and one who was not. The two who were faithful took what their master gave them and invested it wisely. The third man either was afraid of his master (“you are a hard man”, verse 24) or was lazy and did not take advantage of the opportunity that was given him. Possible he was both.
We can learn at least four truths from this parable:
God gives everyone different gifts.
More responsibility is good.
People who are lazy with God's talents are punished.
And only people who invest get a return.
God Gives Everyone Different Gifts
Some have the idea that God will give greater rewards to those who have incredible gifts and abilities. This is a wrong assumption. God rewards us according to how we use our gifts. He is watching our stewardship as we develop and invest our gifts. He does not compare us to anyone else.
He will reward us according to how we used what we have. We do not have the same talents, abilities, or gifts as others; however, we do possess the same ability to be faithful with what we have.
So the question is, how faithful are we with what God gives us?
Gentleness 
Gentleness is a fruit of the Spirit that is fundamental to our relationships, especially those that can keep us on edge- those with people who are pushy or offensive, who live in so much private pain that they reject our attempts to get close, or who have caused us to lose patience either because of our own weariness or their lack of self-control.
Gentleness is a disposition that is even-tempered, tranquil, unpretentious, and has its passions under control.
Gentleness Can Help Us Form Better Relationships
You may feel that you simply cannot develop a relationship with certain people. Let us examine how the fruit of gentleness will help you even with difficult people. Possibly the three most challenging groups are those who do not agree with us, those who correct us, and those who let us down.
People Who Always Have a Better Idea or Challenge Our Opinion
When we are around people who seem to constantly disagree with us, we may become defensive, we may turn quiet and unresponsive, or we may give a controlled response. A controlled response is not defensive, nor is it passive. It is a thought out, rational reply to opposition. There are times when we simply give a calm verbal reply to someone's challenge. Other times the situation lends itself to a very strong but controlled response because it is the only thing that will be effective.
When Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all who were buying and selling there, His statement to the merchants was, it is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of thieves. Because of the serious nature of the situation, strong action was required. Jesus did not react impulsively; He knew exactly what He was doing. Matthew 21:12,13.
People Who Correct Us.
How do you respond to people who advise you, correct you, or criticize something you have said or done? Next time it happens, listen to yourself and try to evaluate your feelings. To see if you have grown in the area of gentleness, watch your response. Those who are strong in gentleness are not defensive, nor do they become angry. Rather, the opposite happens; they are grateful for the word of correction.
Even when we receive unjustified criticism our response must be guided by gentleness-strength under control. You may feel like snapping back at the one who criticizes you, but instead you must control your feelings and words.
People Who Let Us Down
When someone has disappointed or failed you, have you been tempted to give that person a piece of your mind? Probably all of us have been there. Paul, however, writes in Galatians 6:1 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
(People will disappoint us from time to time, they are only human, and remember too you will sometimes disappoint others. However, God never disappoints us.)
Self-Control 
The question we must ask ourselves is “Who rules our lives?” Who decides what we are going to do and why we will make a decision? Self-control is one of the greatest abilities we can have. However, we must not misunderstand and think that it is of our own accord or ability that gives us inner strength. This fruit develops in our lives as we stay close to Jesus and mature in our Christian walk. Multitudes of people have self-control in one area of their lives but are falling apart in another.
Self-control is the answer to the question “How do we keep from yielding to the acts of the sinful nature?” Galatians 5:19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Paul comments that the actions of the sinful nature are clear: Galatians 5:20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, sedition's, heresies,
Galatians 5:21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings (disorder), and such like” of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
The list of behaviors may seem extreme, but they certainly are not uncommon in the stories we can read about in today's newspaper. People—yes, even Christian people—can do the things that Paul mentioned. This is one of the reasons he wanted us to understand the difference between yielding to a natural desire and walking in the Spirit. The sinful nature is part of all our lives, and the only way to control it is to live by the Spirit.
Permit the Holy Spirit to Direct Your Life.
The Holy Spirit has everything in control. He has perfect balance and will never operate outside of his boundaries of truth. He knows when anger has gone too far and fear is not healthy. He knows how much self-discipline we can handle and when we need to relax. With our permission he will grow the fruit of self-control in our lives.
Self-control is not just something we determine to do on our own, it is the fruit of God's presence in our lives. Paul wrote, Galatians 5:16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
Living by the Spirit means that we obey the Holy Spirit's instructions on how to live.
When we love, we are more joyful. When we have love and joy, we have peace. When we have love, joy and peace, patience is their companion. Kindness will naturally emanate from a disposition of love, joy, peace, patience, and goodness and gentleness. Faithfulness will draw us closer to God. With these portions of the fruit functioning, a foundation is laid for self-control, which allows us to live a life of balance and gives us the strength to stand against excess.
When we live by the Spirit we obey God's Word. We avoid situations and things about which we feel conviction. The Holy Spirit helps us to feel sensitive when we get out of balance; then we make the decision to get back into balance. We are careful about what we say, following the instruction of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit who lives in us helps us when we fight battles of temptation, sin, gossip, overeating, discouragement, or anything else. It is not our own effort that allows us to overcome, rather, the Spirit of God helps us get under control and live by the Spirit. Paul wrote to the Philippian believers in Philippians 2:13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
Who Has Control of Your Life?
Producing the fruit of self-control is not something that comes naturally; it is supernatural. Therefore, you need God's help.
Permit God to show you His love and mercy. Let Him fill you up with Himself. Surrender your life completely to Christ and determine that you are going to love Him with all our heart, soul, and mind. As you do this, let Him express His attributes through your behavior and in the way you treat people. Focus on Christ and let Him fill you so that when others see you, they see Him.