PRAYING IN THE SPIRIT
1 Corinthians 14:14-15 (KJV) For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful. What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also. Femi told his friend about how his spiritual life had grown since he got baptized in the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues. His friend was excited about his spiritual growth, but was skeptical about the ‘praying in tongues’ part. His friend said if he prayed in tongues, he needed an interpreter. Femi tried to explain to his friend that since he was praying to God and not giving people a message from God, he didn’t need an interpreter. But his friend partially convinced him that he wasn’t praying correctly by praying in tongues the way he did. Because of this conversation, Femi decided that he was going to try praying only in his understanding henceforth. The first day he tried praying this way, he ended up praying for only 15minutes instead of the one hour he normally spent. He felt so dry and empty in his spirit. After trying this method for three weeks, he faced a challenge that required him to walk in great faith, but he found that he was now afraid of things he didn’t fear before. This was an indicator to him that his spirit was lean and lacking power. It became clear to him that his decision to no more pray in tongues was a manipulation of darkness to keep him spiritually weak and ineffective. God delivered him from that delusion. Giving people a message in tongues is different from praying in tongues [to God]. The one needs an interpreter or it would be fruitless for the people, but the other does not need an interpreter because God understands what is being said. Go into today remembering that praying in tongues is praying in the spirit. This builds you up and fills you with spiritual might and power (1 Cor 14:4, Jude 1:20). -SD Abraham Not yet saved? Tap here☞ http://bit.ly/beSaved2 Yearly Bible Reading: Mark 7-8Streamglobe in non-denominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. StreamglobeDevotional.com Source: Devotional
THE HOLY GHOST AND POWER
Join our social groups to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio Daily Follow this link for WhatsApp ☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/7q2b6jvUYuhEHOtrAPhv4G Follow this link for Telegram☞ https://t.me/streamglobe1 Download Today’s Audio here☞ http://bit.ly/aud1604 Acts 1:8 (NKJV) But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” The day Femi got baptized in the Holy Ghost, he prayed in the Spirit for three hours straight. As a result, he felt so much power in his soul that there was no more fear in his heart. This power also made him free from every slavery to sin. As the days passed, it appeared as if this power within him was no more with the same intensity. He wondered why this was happening. The next time he went to fellowship, he prayed fervently for about 30 minutes, and he felt the boldness and power once again. This was how he knew that the way to stay in the Spirit and power of God is to be prayerful and holy. The power to become sons of God is supplied to us by the indwelling Holy Spirit (John 1:12). The Holy Spirit is only given to those who have received Christ Jesus as their Lord. In today’s Bible text, we can see that Jesus did not allow His disciples to be His witnesses until the Holy Ghost came upon them to empower them. When a person is baptized with the Holy Ghost, it is usually accompanied by praying in the Spirit and sometimes prophesying. People who intend to live Spirit-filled lives must be people who take their cue from that first day they were baptized. They must be people who continue to pray always in the Spirit. Go into today asking the Lord to fill you with the Holy Ghost and with power so that you will represent Him well today. -SD Abraham Yearly Bible Reading: Jeremiah 7-11 (In Devotional Audio)Streamglobe in non-denominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Whatsapp: +2348034420524 www.streamglobe.org Source: Devotional
THE NATURE OF FAITH 3
Join our social groups to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio Daily Follow this link for WhatsApp ☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/7q2b6jvUYuhEHOtrAPhv4G Follow this link for Telegram☞ https://t.me/streamglobe1 Download Today’s Audio here☞ http://bit.ly/aud1603 James 1:3-4 (NKJV) …Knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. During the 13 years Funke waited to have a child, her faith was tried and greatly strengthened. Because of this, she had become a person of great esteem in heaven. She had a robust relationship with the Lord and could stand in the gap for people as a territorial priest before God. After her trial was over, she always wondered if she would have been so close to the Lord is she didn’t face it. Father Abraham is known today as the father of faith because of his patience in waiting on God for Isaac, and his willingness to sacrifice Isaac because he trusted God that much. If Abraham did not patiently trust God for so long to receive Isaac, he most likely would not be known today as the father of faith. His seeming suffering was working for him an eternal weight of glory. In James 1:2-4, God says we should count it all joy when we face trials and temptations because they help to strengthen our faith and make us perfect (if we faint not). Do not let the devil deceive you to think that because of your trials you are under a curse and you need to start running from pillar to post. As long as you know you are with God and living under His authority in obedience, you have nothing to fear because, after your night of weeping, the daybreak of laughter and glory will come (Psalm 30:5). Go into today thanking God and remembering that in all things, God works for the good of those who love Him (Rom 8:28-NIV). -SD Abraham AUDIO SERMONS here☞ http://bit.ly/SERmons Yearly Bible Reading: Job 27-28Streamglobe in non-denominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Whatsapp: +2348034420524 www.streamglobe.org Source: Devotional
THE NATURE OF FAITH 2
Join our social groups to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio Daily Follow this link for WhatsApp ☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/7q2b6jvUYuhEHOtrAPhv4G Follow this link for Telegram☞ https://t.me/streamglobe1 Download Today’s Audio here☞ http://bit.ly/aud1602 Hebrews 10:38 (KJV) 38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. Fayemi was drowning spiritually and he knew it. He could no longer pray like before, and when he did, he wasn’t sure his prayers had power. It wasn’t always like this. There was a time in his life that he had great faith, but his faith eroded with time because he was living in disobedience. Abraham was a man of great faith. This faith made him obey the Lord every step of the way. That is what faith does. Faith and obedience are two sides of the same coin. No one can say he has faith in God (or he has the faith of God) without being obedient to God. Those who truly have faith in the Lord Jesus would obey His commandments (see Luke 6:46-49). Those who constantly walk in disobedience do this to the detriment of their faith. A good example of disobedience is being unequally yoked together with unbelievers (see 2 Cor 6:14). One of the ways you will know if your faith is dying is through your prayer life. It takes faith to pray in the spirit, but when this becomes increasingly difficult, it is an indication that you need [spiritual] healing. Go into today remembering that you cannot live by faith and live in disobedience to the word of the Lord. Ask the Lord to deliver you from every disobedience, and empower you to always live in obedience to His will. SD Abraham AUDIO SERMONS here☞ http://bit.ly/SERmons Yearly Bible Reading: Psalms 39-41Streamglobe in non-denominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Whatsapp: +2348034420524 www.streamglobe.org Source: Devotional
CANCELING OUT THE NOISE OF FEAR
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[Sermon] Iron Sharpens Iron
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[Sermon] The Nature of Faith
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IRON SHARPENS IRON
Join our social groups to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio Daily: Join our WhatsApp group here ☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/7q2b6jvUYuhEHOtrAPhv4G Download Today’s Audio☞ http://bit.ly/aud1600 Proverbs 27:17 (NKJV) As iron sharpens iron, So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend. Many things were happening in Felix’s life and he was beginning to feel overwhelmed. He couldn’t pray like before, and he could sense his spiritual strength waning. He decided to visit his friend Emmanuel. He spent two hours in Emmanuel’s house and they spent the time trying to catch up on current happenings. As their manner was, they also discussed the Word of God. As Felix left Emmanuel’s house, he felt strengthened in his spirit. He could now pray and enjoy the presence of God like he once did. This was because the time he spent with his friend was a time of spiritual sharpening. When iron knives or swords rub on each other, they sharpen each other in the process. But when Iron continually rubs on wood, it becomes blunt. When two believers mingle with each other, because they are of the same kind of spiritual material, they sharpen each other. But when a believer communes with an unbeliever for long, he will become spiritually blunt. Bluntness manifests as ineffectiveness in prayers, unnecessary fears, faithlessness and lowered spiritual strength, etc. In Isaiah 41:15, we see that God makes us into sharp threshing instruments having teeth. We stay sharp by keeping the right company. Go into today remembering that having fellowship with friends who fear the Lord strengthens and sharpens you. Ask the Lord to deliver you from unequal yokes with unbelievers. Prayer: If you don’t have friends who sharpen you, ask the Lord to send such friends your way. -SD Abraham Yearly Bible Reading: Exodus 1-4 (In Devotional Audio) Streamglobe in non-denominational. Kindly share this devotional with your friends & contacts and let’s touch lives together. Whatsapp: +2348034420524 Join our Telegram group here☞ https://t.me/streamglobe1 www.streamglobe.org Source: Devotional
THE NATURE OF FAITH
Join our social groups to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio Daily Follow this link for WhatsApp ☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/7q2b6jvUYuhEHOtrAPhv4G Follow this link for Telegram☞ https://t.me/streamglobe1 Download Today’s Audio here☞ http://bit.ly/aud1598 James 1:3-4 (NKJV) …Knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. Funke had prayed and trusted God for seven years to give her the fruit of the womb. But she was still expecting a miracle to happen. By this time, some of her ‘friends’ and family members were suggesting that she was not taking matters seriously enough. They told her about one ‘baba’ who solved several women’s problem. But Funke insisted that she was going to wait for the Lord and not turn to another god. (This ‘Baba’ was a sorcerer). Many times, it occurred to her that she was going to die childless, but she kept on encouraging herself in the Lord. The Lord kept showing her signs and tokens to remind her that He was with her. After being married for thirteen years, she and her husband welcomed their first child into this world. At the point she conceived, she was no more expecting to conceive because she had already reached the age of menopause and had concluded that ‘even if He slay me, I will still trust Him’. This was the threshold of faith that produced the miracle she had prayed for all her life. She didn’t quickly notice that all the time of waiting on the Lord and remaining steadfast had worked for her an eternal weight of glory. Even though she didn’t have biological children, she had many children in the Lord and had discipled tens of girls. Many of whom she brought out of the streets. Something about faith that we cannot afford to forget is that faith and patience usually work together. One of the biggest signs of true faith in the heart of a believer is the willingness to be patient. It is during the period of our patience that our faith is being purified and made strong. Go into today remembering that true faith is willing to wait on God and not turn to the left or the right. Ask the Lord to help you walk steadfastly in faith all the days of your life. -Chibo E.C Yearly Bible Reading: I Corinthians 11-12 (In Devotional Audio) Streamglobe in non-denominational. Kindly share this devotional with your friends & contacts and let’s touch lives together. Whatsapp: +2348034420524 www.streamglobe.org Source: Devotional http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201598.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 17:44 — 5.1MB)Subscribe: RSS
WHO IS A CHRISTIAN?
Join our social groups to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio Daily Follow this link for WhatsApp ☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/7q2b6jvUYuhEHOtrAPhv4G Follow this link for Telegram☞ https://t.me/streamglobe1 Download Today’s Audio Here☞ http://bit.ly/aud1598 Romans 10:9 (NIV) If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Being a Christian means you have accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. He is your savior because He saves you from the bondage of sin and death and the bondage of the devil. Jesus offers you total salvation. This means He saves you from spiritual, psychological, emotional and physical bondage. He does not only deliver you from unclean spirits but He delivers you from addictions and other such forms of bondage. He sets your body free from diseases and gives you a new life that strengthens your mortal body. When you say Jesus is your Lord, this means you are handing over the ownership and government of your life to Him. You no longer live to please yourself but now live to please Him. This also means that you accept that He is now responsible for you. When you believe and say those words(Rom 10:9: ‘Jesus is Lord’) and mean them, you are sealing a deal that includes the transfer of the ownership of your life to Christ Jesus. When you accept Christ’s Lordship over your life, you have also accepted His protection and provision. It is what you hand over to someone that he personally takes responsibility for. Many believers don’t grow and see Christ’s mighty power in their lives because they have not fully handed over the ownership and control of their lives to Him. They are still in charge and they wonder why they do not walk in the authority of Christ Jesus. Jesus is either Lord of all or He is not Lord at all. He is too big to share the ownership of your life. Give Him your all and see the incomparable benefits. Prayer: Dear Lord, I ask that you come and take full control of every aspect of my life from this moment. Amen. -SD Abraham Yearly Bible Reading: Mark 5-6 n(In Devotional Audio) Streamglobe in non-denominational. Kindly Share This Devotional with your Friends & Contacts and Let’s Touch Lives Together. Join our telegram group and never miss an audio devotional again. The join link is above. Whatsapp: +2348034420524 www.streamglobe.org Source: Devotional http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201598.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 17:44 — 5.1MB)Subscribe: RSS