church when we lose control. The fruit of the Spirit is the outworking of the Spirit-controlled life. “Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.” When you walk under the control of the Spirit, the quality of longsuffering develops within you. A longsuffering person is a person under control. A person whose temper is on a hair trigger constantly destroys friendship and fellowship, but a person who has a temper under control cements fellowship and refuses to allow strife