Let me shock you a little: Don't pray to God to give you love. Don't pray to God to give you joy, or peace, or patience, or kindness, or goodness. Don't pray to God to give you faith. The truth is you already have them. Just use them. Did I get your attention? Imagine you went to market and stocked up on food and provisions - beverage, bread, yam, rice, beans, wine, oil etc. And they are all sitting in your store, but you refuse to use them. Not only will you go hungry, you will miss also out on the pleasure of enjoying those provisions and their health benefits. See eh...you are well equipped. When you received Jesus into your heart, God gave you everything you need to live for His pleasure - the fruit of the Spirit: Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. This a fruit with nine parts (notice in the Bible verse it says 'fruit' not 'fruits'. Check it out in your Bible). That means you have all of them from