The fourth fruit of the Holy Spirit is longsuffering. Nowadays we use the term patience. People have always been impatient and even more so today in our fast-paced world. Every day we have people killed over road rage and for cutting in line at a restaurant. People get into fistfights and shootings over trivial matters. But God is in no hurry. After all, time is immaterial to God. Ask God to pour His patience into your spirit and emotions for a more restful, peaceful state of mind.
2 Pet 3:9 – The Lord is … longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance..
The fifth fruit of the Holy Spirit is kindness. Kindness is a natural result of God’s love so these two divine attributes go hand in hand. Kindness also results in respect for others. Jesus was the perfect role model for kindness. If you follow the life of Jesus closely you’ll notice He was always showing love and kindness to the people He dealt with, no matter what the circumstances were. When I think of kindness the golden rule come to mind as the best way to be kind to others. Next to love, kindness is probably the most mentioned of all the divine attributes of God that are mentioned in the Bible. Ask the Holy Spirit to pour this fruit of the Spirit into your heart and mind.
Joel 2:13 – So rend your heart, and not your garments; return to the Lord your God, for He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness; and He relents from doing harm.
Psalm 31:21 – Blessed be the Lord, for He has shown me His marvelous kindness in a strong city.
Psalm 117:2 – For His merciful kindness is great toward us, and the truth of the Lord endures forever.