How to Ask God for Peace, Patience, Joy, and More

Let’s face it, it’s hard to have all nine of the fruits all of the time.

But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. | Galatians 5:22-23

Most of the time, I find myself focused in on one or two, and I don’t even have the others in my back pocket. God encouraged me with this thought – You should strive to be like Jesus, but He doesn’t expect us to be Him.

Be like Him, don’t be Him.

As Christians, we all strive to be like Jesus, but we might not realize when we start trying to be our own Savior. Instead of expecting ourselves to strive harder or do better, we should take our struggles and lay them at His feet while learning to receive the gifts of peace, patience, joy, etc. that he gives us access to through His Spirit.

If you struggle with this, let me be the first one to say… Please give yourself grace.

Jesus paid a price that we couldn’t pay. But if we let the Holy Spirit guide us in our daily walk, we’ll begin to notice a difference in our attitude, actions, and words.

Did you know that when you recognize something you’re lacking, you can ask God for help?! It seems obvious but sometimes we forget so here are some examples. If you’re stressed at work, you can pray for peace! Or if that one temptation just keeps popping up and you’re struggling, you can ask God to give you self-control.

If you already know what fruit of the Spirit you need more of in your life, find it below and use the prayer we’ve provided to help you start a conversation with God asking Him to help you in the unique situations you’re facing.

If you’re not sure what you need (been there), we’ve created a quiz you can take to help you recognize what fruits you need in this specific season of your life.

Remember, you can always be like Him, but you don’t have to be Him.

1.) Love

2.)Joy

3.)Peace

4.)Patience

5.)Kindness

6.)Goodness

7.) Gentleness

8.) Faithfulness

9.) Self Control

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Alaina Goode

Hey, I'm Alaina!

Or some would call me Laney. I'm from small town friendly Forest City, NC. I love spending time with my family, worship, film, theater, and basically all things music.

God is writing our stories so that every life has a testimony. I want to spend my life creating platforms with others to share these stories and glorify the kingdom of God!