Loving – Love is a virtue grounded in the nature of God; characterized by deep affection and adoration. It means serving God and others by unselfishly seeking what is best for them and to do things for their benefit.
Joyful – Joy is the ongoing happiness that flows from your heart and is not determined by ever- changing external circumstances.
Peaceful – Peace is freedom from internal and external distress (negative stress); anxiety, fear, doubt, pressure, for example.
Patient – Patience – Steadfast and calm despite opposition, difficulty, adversity or inconvenience; a good attitude when waiting.
Kind – Kindness– Friendly and forgiving toward your brothers and sisters in Christ.
Good – Goodness means being helpful, constructive and productive. It’s morally excellent. It’s positive and desirable in nature. Goodness is the nature of God. God is good all the time and through faith in Him we can also be good and good just doesn’t get any better than that. Bad is the opposite of good. Bad is never good. “Goodness is the energy which drives us forward.”
Faithful – Faithfulness is the act of being true to your word and commitments, as to what you have promised to be and do.
Gentle – Gentleness is a mild, kind, or tender temperament.
Self-Controlled – Self-Control means restraint which requires discipline, which is doing things the way they are supposed to be done; doing the rights things in the right way.
Godly – godliness simply put, it’s living a fruitful and obedient Christian life, devotion to God; a relationship to Him that drives a different behavior from the inside-out.
