The Bible does love to talk about the Spirit of God and how He wants to bless us with the fruits of the Spirit. There are nine of them as detailed here.
This verse can very well make up a very interesting night of discussion at a weekly home and small fellowship of like-minded believers. The following work that was done to make a concise and accurate description of each one is taken directly from ChurchGrowth.org. Please give them credit, if you decide to use this for your personal reference.
The 9 Characteristics of the Fruit of the Spirit
Love: Love includes both affection for and devotion to God and authentic care for and commitment to others. Love is a cornerstone or "first fruit" of the Spirit as love produces patience, kindness, obedience (I Cor. 13:4-7, John 14:21) and forbearance (Romans 5:5, 1 Peter 1:22, Luke 10:27, Mark 12:33, Matt. 27:37, John 14:15).
Joy: Joy is a deep inner happiness that goes beyond emotion and exists within us in spite of circumstances. True joy comes from the Holy Spirit within us. It is deeper and more unswerving than happiness (Neh. 8:10, Psalm 94:19, Luke 10:21, John 16:20).
Peace: The peace God gives us cannot be fully understood because it protects us from internal trauma when our lives are in tumult. It is an inner rest and quiet confidence in the face of disturbing or threatening circumstances (Exod. 33:14, Col 3:15, Phil. 4:7).
Patience: Similar to longsuffering, patience is the capacity to bear with difficult people or to continue and persevere in spite of unresolved problems. It involves assurance that God is working even when we have done all we can and do not see the results of our labors (Col 1:11, Col 3:12, Heb. 6:12,1 Peter 2:20).
Kindness: Kindness is the capacity to be gentle and caring toward others. This spiritual quality is expressed primarily toward the poor, needy, and disadvantaged, but also toward all people. It involves actions as well as disposition (2 Cor 6:6, Col 3:12, Eph. 4:32, James 1:27).
Goodness: Goodness includes helpfulness, moral excellence, and consideration - in a word. virtuous. Goodness involves a deliberate preference for right over wrong. A person of goodness stands up for and lives out what is right, gracious and just. They will not take advantage of others, but will stand up for right and work to stop evil (Eph. 5:9. 2 Thess. 1:11, Gal 5:22).
Faithfulness: To be faithful is to be consistently devoted to following Christ and living for God. Faithfulness is produced by the Holy Spirit within us enabling us to be true, consistent, and to remain an authentic believer through trials and life's testing times (Num. 14:24, 1 Cor. 4:2, Rev 2:10c).
Gentleness: Being gentle is more than a tender attitude and personality. Gentleness is a spiritual quality of graceful and kind relationships with others. Gentleness is the byproduct of godly wisdom (James 3:17,1 Tim. 3:3, 2 Tim 2:24, Titus 3:17, Titus 3:17, Philip. 4:5).
Self-Control: Self-Control is the inner commitment to personal discipline end includes following, trusting, and obeying God and his Word, The Bible. A self-controlled person is constantly striving to master their desires and passions. They are committed to living out the instructions of God in The Bible for personal growth and maturity (Titus 1:8, 2 Peter 1:5-6, Gal 5:23).
---Sharing This for Fun
I've realized that I like to make fun of the same people and keep on doing it occasionally if they got me mad before and still want to bring it up because it keeps infuriating me.
It's my coping mechanism to laugh from cracking under pressure and to move on from my short temper and then put in some work to get along. This is a genuine part of my flawed personality and will always result in me doing it even if I try to delay it sometimes. The biggest thing though is that I want to laugh and feel good about myself and then from being content, work at getting along with others who are probably fuming from being sensitive about the things I keep bringing up with them. I recommend they should consider seeing a therapist to deal with a force of nature like me!
My fruits of the Spirit based on the above are somewhat love from caring and not doing enough (working on it); plenty of joy (it's called grace from the love of Christ), on and off with peace because some people from my past were also flamboyant and totally ticked me off; plenty of patience (this is why I don't care Crazy Lee lost with her restraining order case and I'll still go around talking to her and her stupid minions while holding back my anger); working on kindness but have quite a bit, goodness from wanting to be a self-righteous and pompous twerp sometimes but holding back on it; growing in faithfulness from literally listening to God's Word on audio regularly (it's amazing what naturally tuning in does to you with some great passages); getting better at gentleness since I'm making fun of people like Crazy Lee still to do this day and then want to work at getting along with them; and being a pretty consistent sinner for my lack of self-control which I do my best to hide in the closet whenever around others ( the Lord has been gracious and I confess to Him what I can't say to you directly).
