A FRIENDLY CHASTISEMENT
To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio on your WhatsApp, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞https://chat.whatsapp.com/9nWog4Q5qfR30PDqNildWi Or Join Our Telegram Group☞ https://t.me/streamglobe1 Proverbs 27:5-6 (KJV) Open rebuke is better than secret love. [6] Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. It probably must have been hard and embarrassing for Peter who was handed over leadership of the early church by Christ, to see himself openly rebuked by Paul, who formerly persecuted Christians. However, because in humility he accepted and saw in the rebuke God’s truth, this same Peter would later affectionately refer to Paul as a beloved brother. Paul was truly a friend (Gal 2:11-14, 2 Pet 3:15). The word of God in Hebrews 12:7-12 talks about accepting correction from God and from earthly parents. It is quite understandable for one to accept chastisement when the chastiser is of higher authority, but what happens when it’s from a perceived peer or a friend? In truth, God is far higher than us in Authority and Might, but in an incredible act of love, He brought Himself down to our level and called us His brethren and friends (Heb 2:9-11, Jn 15:15). It may hurt us more when a friend points out to us our wrongs, but it pays in the end because we very often confide more about ourselves to them than we would to our rulers, parents, etc., so our friends know how to be of help to us more personally (Pro 18:24). We must reject pride and mustn’t be believers who only respond to correction if it comes from the top, but not from our own peers, otherwise, the enemy will capitalize on our ego to bring us down (Matt 23:12). From today, determine to be humble to not only accept rebuke from your believing peers but also be bold enough to confess your faults to them as well, for prayers from such meetings lead to deliverance (Jam 5:16, Job 42:8-10). —Chibo E.C Bible in 1 Year: Leviticus 16-18 (in today’s audio) Not yet saved? Tap here☞ streamglobe.org/33 Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. __ Inquiry | Prayer Request| Testimonies: WhatsApp: +2348079816967 Visit our website☞ www.streamglobe.org Source: Devotional http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201708.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY
To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio on your WhatsApp, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞https://chat.whatsapp.com/9nWog4Q5qfR30PDqNildWi Or Join Our Telegram Group☞ https://t.me/streamglobe1 Download Today’s Audio☞ http://bit.ly/aud1707 1 Corinthians 4:8 (NET) Already you are satisfied! Already you are rich! You have become kings without us! I wish you had become kings so that we could reign with you! Gbenga and his wife were fond of criticizing and judging servants of God. They were experts at searching out the faults of men of God online and criticizing them (many of their criticisms were based on false assumptions and partial truths). They felt they had the authority to do this because they believed they were spiritually gallant and were now great people in the kingdom of God who had the authority and the ability to judge. Their main reason for this feeling was because materially speaking, things were going well for them, so they felt this was a function of their spiritual might. But they were wrong. They were still spiritual babes who needed to be thought the rudiments of the faith. But with this mindset, they could not be taught and could not be fruitful. Like the church in Laodicea (Rev 3:17), the young church in Corinth began to have a false sense of security because of their worldly wealth. Physically speaking, they were doing well and had money. They thought because of how things were going well for them physically, it was an indication of their advancement and greatness in the kingdom of God. Many of them believed that they had become kings and rulers in the kingdom, and they felt they now had the authority to judge the servants of God and compare one to another(see 1 Cor 4:3-6). But they were wrong, they were still spiritual babes (see 1 Cor 3:1) and were heading for the rocks without the apostolic intervention of Paul. If criticizing ministers of God has become your ‘spiritual gift’, it is a sign of spiritual immaturity and retrogression. Go into today remembering that the real measure of spiritual might is faithfulness and humility. —Chibo E.C. Bible in 1 Year: Colossians 3-4 (in today’s audio) To get sermons, go here☞ streamglobe.org/34 Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. visit our websites☞ streamglobedevotional.com or streamglobe.org Follow our Podcast☞<a href="http://apple.co/2FtgaL6″>apple.co/2FtgaL6 Source: Devotional http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201707.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
IS HE ON YOUR SIDE?
Psalm 118:6 (KJV) The Lord is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me? Further Reading: Psa 124, Rom 8:31-33 A toddler who only began to walk recently was holding the hand of her mother in a mall. Each time she mistakenly stumbled, her mom held and propped her up to her feet so that she wouldn’t fall. But growing in excitement, against her mom’s wishes, the toddler wanted to walk on her own. Through persistence, she removed her tiny fingers from her mother’s hand but didn’t get really far, as only a few yards away, she tripped, fell and began to cry. The world today is full of evil and increased atrocities that make one want to hide in fear. But according to God’s word, it is clear that God is on the side of those who worship Him. He is on our side regardless of the magnitude of our opposition (2 Kings 6:16). Even when we stumble in ignorance, just like a mother, God is there to uphold us (Psa 145:14). We must believe it, know it and confess it. There are many instances in the Bible when God wasn’t on the side of the Israelites and as a result, they lost several battles. Same also can be said for the believer. God loves us and desires to always be on our side, but if we deliberately lose our hands from His and decide to go solo like that toddler, we would stumble and fall. The word of God in Amos 3:3 becomes very apt because it means that unless we remain in agreement with God (His Will), we cannot be guaranteed that He is on our side. Go into today in agreement and obedience to God’s word and be assured of a life in Christ without the fear of any present or future dangers because God will always be by your side (Rom 8:38-39). —Chibo E.C. Bible in 1 Year: Luke 19-20 (in today’s audio) To get sermons, go here☞ streamglobe.org/34 Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. For those who wish to partner with us, go here☞ streamglobe.org/donate http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201706.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
AN EARLY PRAYER LIFE
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THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE
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THE FOOLISHNESS OF PRIDE
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SPIRITUAL BALANCED DIET
To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio on your WhatsApp, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞https://chat.whatsapp.com/9nWog4Q5qfR30PDqNildWi Or Join Our Telegram Group☞ https://t.me/streamglobe1 Download Today’s Audio☞ http://bit.ly/aud1702 John 6:35 (NKJV) And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst. Further Reading: John 7:37 – 39 NKJV One famous kind of bread you’ll find in bakeries all over the world is the baguette. When stale, it can become very hard, and if eaten in this condition without any liquid, this French bread of high quality can be deadly to its eater by way of choking. Therefore, it is advised that a fluid which aids digestion accompany its consumption. Similarly, many believers are also choked and can’t seem to relate what they read in God’s word with their physical reality (Mk 4:18-19). The Word, though given to us as our spiritual bread, still has to be properly eaten and well digested in our inner man before its life-giving nutrients are beneficial to us. Using the Israelites or the prophet Elijah as examples, when God feeds people, He not only gives them food but gives them a diet that is so balanced and complete, to satisfy both their hunger and thirst (Exo 16:13-15; 17:6,1Kgs 19:5-8). One may survive for a time with only solids but would fare less without water. So it is with the one who gets by, using head knowledge or mental assent in a legalistic approach to the Word of God without the Spirit’s interpretation (2Cor 3:6). As you study God’s Word from today, ask the Holy Spirit to open your understanding. As you do so, you’ll be filled and well-nourished to grow and fulfill God’s will for your life (Col 1:9, 2Pet 1:2, 2Pet 3:18). —Chibo E.C Bible in 1 Year: II Kings 6-10 (in today’s audio) Not yet saved? Tap here☞ streamglobe.org/33 Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. __ Prayer Request&Testimonies: WhatsApp: +2348079816967 Source: Devotional
STAY WITHIN WHAT IS WRITTEN
To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio on your WhatsApp, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞https://chat.whatsapp.com/9nWog4Q5qfR30PDqNildWi Or Join Our Telegram Group☞ https://t.me/streamglobe1 1 Corinthians 4:6 (NET) I have applied these things to myself and Apollos because of you, brothers and sisters, so that through us you may learn “not to go beyond what is written,” so that none of you will be puffed up in favor of the one against the other. Some time ago, I was studying about how some of the biggest cults and sects in the world started and I learned that many of them were started by people who were once in the church, but who at some point started interpreting scripture beyond what was written, and ignoring portions of scripture that they did not like. As a result, many such sect leaders were exposed to evil spirits that facilitated the movements they spearheaded. One of the biggest mistakes a minister of God can make is to go beyond what is written in scripture. Any encounter, revelation or insight that cannot be backed by scripture, or is contradicted by scripture, is dangerous for the believer, even though it may make a lot of logical and common sense. In 2 Cor 12:2-4, Apostle Paul talked about encounters in Paradise and the third heaven, but he said the things heard there were unlawful to be uttered. What does this (unlawful to be uttered) mean? We know that the law of life is encoded in the scripture. Any truth, encounter or teaching that cannot be properly supported with existing scripture will be unlawful for a servant of God to teach. When things cannot be expressed within the ambit of scripture, they are not lawful to be uttered within the framework of ministry. Go into today remembering that God has graciously given us the Holy Spirit and the Holy Scriptures to keep us in His will and guide us through this dark, murky world where it is so easy for people to lose their way (Psalm 119:105). —SD Abraham Bible in 1 Year: Leviticus 13-15 (in today’s audio) Not yet saved? Tap here☞ streamglobe.org/34 Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. __ Prayer Request&Testimonies: WhatsApp: +2348079816967 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201701.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
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WAIT UNTIL THE LORD COMES
To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio on your WhatsApp, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞https://chat.whatsapp.com/8p9UtSMZImi6ywCwOFY7IZ Or Join Our Telegram Group☞ https://t.me/streamglobe1 Download Today’s Audio☞ http://bit.ly/aud1700 1 Corinthians 4:5 (NET) So then, do not judge anything before the time. Wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the motives of hearts. Then each will receive recognition from God. Chinonye received the Lord Jesus when she was a teenager and had grown to know the Lord. Because of this, she responded differently to situations she came across in life. Her colleagues in the office wondered why she was so calm and collected and so easily willing to forgive wicked offenders and overlook the most grievous trespasses against her. She tried to explain to them that even though people may escape human judgment on this earth, no one was going to escape God’s judgment on the Day of Judgment. Because of this understanding, she didn’t try revenge because she knew God was going to judge. Eternal judgment didn’t look like a time too long to wait for her because she knew she had eternal life and now had the proper perspective of time and space. We can see from scripture that there are times that the spirit of judgment could come upon believers, as willed by the Lord, and they would proclaim judgment against the Lord’s enemies (see Acts 13:11). But it has to be a result of the Lord’s leading, not a result of the fleshly desire to get vengeance. Sometimes, believers have used their spiritual power to destroy people that would have later being a blessing to them and to the world because they wanted their vengeance instantly. There probably would be no ‘Apostle Paul’ if Stephen had used his authority to pray down judgment on those responsible for his execution (see Acts 7:58-60). Go into today meditating on this: Romans 12:19: Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” says the Lord. —SD Abraham Bible in 1 Year: Colossians 1-2 (in today’s audio) Not yet saved? Tap here☞ streamglobe.org/being-saved/ Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. __ WhatsApp: +2348079816967 Visit our website☞ streamglobe.org Source: Devotional