The Fruit of the Spirit

When I was in the Czech Republic recently, I woke up early one morning and was reading a prayer of Paul. On this particular day, I came across the prayer he prayed in Galatians 4. In this prayer, Paul compares his desire for Christ to be formed in the church of Galatia to be similar to the anguish felt by a mother in childbirth. Paul later goes on to list that fruits as evidence of this shaping into Christs' image that are commonly known as fruits of the Spirit today: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, etc. These fruits can work a tremendous transformation on a believer's life so as to alter them permanently in His image.