With the new year often comes a desire to grow in various areas our lives - personal, professional, emotional - along with goals to hit in order to do so. Ideally, for followers of Jesus, the same should be true in our walks with God - but in order to know what the target is, we need to understand what we are aiming for. The Scripture provides nine characteristics, known as the Fruit of the Spirit, that signify spiritual growth. This fruit cannot be cultivated by our own strength or sheer willpower, but with help of the Holy Spirit in us. In this series we will discover that in order to see fruit produced in our lives, we will need to begin to believe that the Holy Spirit of God dwells in us and that He can lead us to a lifestyle characterized by love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness. gentleness, and self-control.