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More Discipline

Those who set goals but keep falling short. Those who start strong but lose momentum. Those who feel like quitting because everything seems stacked against them.

First, hear me: you are not a failure.

Second, discipline is hard—but you are capable of doing hard things.

Discipline requires sacrifice, endurance, and commitment to seeing things through.

The shift begins with a simple mindset change:
“I am able to do this.”
“I will not quit until I accomplish this.”

To become more disciplined, become the kind of person who is obedient and can endure. It’s not about forcing yourself through a to-do list—it’s about aligning your daily actions with the person you want to become and then showing up every day.

And in the daily when it gets hard, remember why you started.

 

What I want to do

What I want to do

-Write Books

-Run Marathons

-Share the gospel

-Create Stories

-Encourage People 

-Disciple & be discipled  

-Journey with God through the nations

The thing stopping me:

My own limiting beliefs

The Good News:

His Grace is sufficient & His Mercies are new every morning 

-AGOKOGA

 

Scars of Scars

I can’t help but think of these scars,
Always inflicted on my heart,
By sin so deep and pain so sharp,
Scars that remind me I can’t depart.

I can’t help but think of these scars,
Formed from life’s darkest parts.
How I can hide or rid them now,
When I look at you and see your vow.

Scars of pain,
Scars of suffering,
Scars that mark the hands I was formed in.

Scars that speak of sacrifice,
Scars that bring healing and advice.
Scars of evidence,
Scars of assurance,
Scars that make me relate to you in.

Scars of a Savior,
Scars of a King,
Scars that welcome my brokenness in.

Scars that echo through silent nights,
Tell of battles and whispered plights.
They speak of love and grace profound,
And hope that lifts me from the ground.

In every scar, a story lies,
Moments where my spirit cries.
Yet in your scars, I find my peace,
A healing that will never cease.

You bore your scars to set me free,
In your wounds, my heart finds rest,
With every scar, I am blessed.

So I embrace these marks of pain,
For through them, I find my gain.
In your scars, my faith is sealed,
By your wounds, I am healed.

-AGOKOGA

From Seed to Fruit: Insights from Galatians

From Seed to Fruit: Insights from Galatians

God has been teaching me a lot from Galatians over the last couple of weeks, and I wanted to share some insights with you. Specifically, I have been reflecting on Galatians 5:22-23, which says:

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.”

As I was reading these verses, the LORD led me to focus on just the first four words: “THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT.”

He highlighted this to me: “Fruit is cultivated in seeded seasons.”

Every good fruit comes from a good seed. You can’t produce the fruit of the Spirit without the planted seed of God’s word. Many people desire fruitfulness but don’t want the planting and growing seasons of the seed. They want good fruit but do not have a desire to abide in the LORD. They desire the highest quality but are unwilling to pay the costly price it takes to obtain it.

The reality is: in order for any seed to grow fruit, it has to go through seeded seasons where it is buried, watered, stretched, heated, crushed, and pruned. The same process happens to us believers as the fruit of the Spirit is being cultivated in us.

When we consume God’s word, we are burying the seed of His word in our hearts and waiting for Him as He cultivates the fruit of His Spirit. Often, cultivating spiritual fruit requires tearing away fleshly weeds. This means we have to give up sins that are detrimental to our spiritual growth. We have to go through those painful and weary growing seasons, but with this understanding: God is working everything for our good!

I love what Philippians 1:6 says: “For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.”

You can’t have joy if all you do is complain. You can’t cultivate peace if you are constantly in turmoil. We have to be steadfast and know that in the midst of seeded seasons, God is working for our good in growing, pruning, and tending to what He has placed in us.

Fruitfulness is the result of seeded seasons, and seeded seasons come from abiding in the Word and the Word abiding in us.

In this instant gratification culture we are in, it’s easy to forget that true growth takes time and effort. But remember, fruitfulness is the result of those seeded seasons. Let us embrace them, knowing that God is at work, cultivating His Spirit within us.

Fear Must Leave

No longer will I question

the love He has bestowed,

For in His eyes, I am cherished,

I am worth more than I know.

In his eyes

I am Daughter,

I am Son,

I get to behold

the one who has won.

Doubt Must Go,

Fear Must Leave,

because I stand in authority

and I choose to believe in the one who is Holy.

I trust in His promises,

In His plans untold,

I choose faith

in this season

to trust in the

God who has control.

-AGOKOGA