THE MARRIAGE IMUNITY
1 Corinthians 7:12-14 (NET) To the rest I say – I, not the Lord – if a brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is happy to live with him, he should not divorce her. And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is happy to live with her, she should not divorce him. For the unbelieving husband is sanctified because of the wife, and the unbelieving wife because of her husband. Otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy. After Lamide accepted the Lord Jesus, she was deeply troubled because her husband refused to accept the Lord Jesus. But he still loved her and did not want to leave her. She realized that even though her husband remained an unbeliever, her faith was not affected by his unbelief. This was a mystery to her because she observed that her faith was affected by the unbelief of other people she acquainted herself with. Marriage is the first human institution ordained by God and it is very powerful. Marriage is so powerful that it defies many natural laws. For example, two plus two equals 4, but in marriage, two plus two equals one because’ the two shall become one flesh’(Mark 10:8, Eph 5:31). Normally speaking, clean things do not sanctify dirty things, but dirty things pollute clean things. If you mingle clean clothes and dirty clothes, the dirty clothes will pollute the clean ones and not the clean clothes purifying the dirty clothes. Normally speaking, having fellowship with unbelievers defiles believers(see 2 Cor 6:14-16), but in the case of marriage, we see from today’s verses that when a person married to an unbeliever becomes a believer, the unbelieving spouse will be sanctified because of him. This does not mean the unbelieving spouse is saved by the salvation of the believing spouse, but it means the unbelief of the unbelieving spouse would not be able to defile the believing spouse as it normally would if it were not a marriage relationship. Such immunity from defilement in the midst of fellowship with an unbeliever is only found in marriage. Go into today remembering that marriage is a very powerful institution created by God. Because marriage is God’s idea, it can only fulfill divine destiny if it is run according to God’s manual (Word). —SD Abraham Bible in 1 Year: Numbers 13-16 (in today’s audio) To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio on your WhatsApp, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/365I8efHrVmENrDLhZLCws Not yet saved? Click here☞ streamglobe.org/33 Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Whatsapp: +2348079816967 For Audio with Bible, Click here to Join our Telegram Group☞ streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional
MARRIAGE AND INTEGRITY
Get Today’s Audio☞ bit.ly/aud1757 1 Corinthians 7:1-2 (KJV) Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. Before the epistle of First Corinthians was written, some members of the church at Corinth wrote a letter to Apostle Paul asking certain questions. They wanted to know if they were permitted to get married as unmarried men and women who now believed in the Lord Jesus. They wanted also to know if those married to unbelievers could remain with their spouses even if their spouses did not believe. Today’s Bible verse addresses the first question the Corinthians raised. Apostle Paul makes it clear here that even though celibacy is a good thing, sexual immorality is a bad thing and marriage helps to avoid it. One of the strongest attributes of God His children inherit is His integrity (Psalm 15:4). God even exalts His word above His name (Psalm 138:2), that’s how much a person of integrity our God is. Marriage adds the layer of integrity into the reasons why a believer must flee all immorality. If a married person commits immorality, he not only sins against God and his body but sins against his wife and breaks his integrity. Some have taught that celibacy is a secret to spiritual power. That could be true for some inferior form of spiritual power, but God’s power doesn’t work that way. The only reason given in the word of God why unmarried people can serve God better is because a married man would have to be concerned about the things of this world—how to please his wife. But marriage becomes a big plus to ministry when one marries the right person who would help him/her fulfill his divine mandate. Prayer: Ask the Lord to help you marry the right person who would help you fulfill your divine destiny. If you are married, ask the Lord to help you and your spouse help each other fulfill destiny. —SD Abraham Bible in 1 Year: II Timothy 3-4 (in today’s audio) To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio on your WhatsApp, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/6hVjJRcL6Av9fQ0LrEv9XM Not yet saved? Click here☞ streamglobe.org/33 Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Whatsapp: +2348079816967 For Audio with Bible, Click here to Join our Telegram Group☞ streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional
JUDGED BY NO ONE
Get Today’s Audio☞ bit.ly/aud1756 1 Corinthians 2:15 (KJV) But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. This the word of the Lord for someone who is reading, “God has placed help next to you, if you will only ask” To understand today’s text, let us read verses 6-7. “Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought: But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory” When you come to God through Christ Jesus in surrender, you are made perfect by God in Jesus. God is now dwelling in you and because God cannot be judged, you cannot be judged when you are yielded to Him. The man who is yielded to God will produce the fruit of the Spirit and against such is no law. Galatians 5:22-23, “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.” If there is no law, there will be no sin and if there is no sin there will be no judgment. This is true for our spirit and will only become our experience when we yield completely to the Holy Spirit whom God has given us. Attaining this state in God where we can judge all things and are not judged by any man ourselves should be our everyday desire. 2 Corinthians 6:10, “being ready to punish every disobedience, when your obedience is complete”; this is dominion. Go into today knowing that perfection and dominion is possible when we look up to Jesus steadfastly. See 2 Corinthians 3:18 —Dr Emmanuel James Bible in 1 Year: John 10-12 (in today’s audio) To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio on your WhatsApp, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/6hVjJRcL6Av9fQ0LrEv9XM Not yet saved? Click here☞ streamglobe.org/33 Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Whatsapp: +2348079816967 For Audio with Bible, Click here to Join our Telegram Group☞ streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional
FAITHFUL IN THE UNRIGHTEOUS MAMMON?
Get Today’s Audio☞ bit.ly/aud1755 Luke 16:11 (KJV) If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? Ekene walked in his boss’s shop where he served as an apprentice. He often added to the price of the goods sold and stole from his boss so that he could make some extra money. He did this all through his years as an apprentice and was never caught. After he had finished his apprenticeship, he began his personal business, but he never prospered. He became so frustrated that he sought help from his pastor. By prophecy, his pastor told him about how he had been an unfaithful apprentice; and told him what to do if he wanted his lot to change. Luke 16:12 (KJV), “And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man’s, who shall give you that which is your own?” Before God commits true riches to your hands, he will first of all test your faithfulness with the unrighteous mammon (money). For Ekene, he had to work under a boss. For you, it may be managing the finance of a little group such as a church, family and even your personal earnings, for example, tithing, offering, giving to others and how you spend money etc. When you are unfaithful with the little at hand, you will not receive the much that is desired. Luke 16:10 (KJV), “He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.” If you desire the true riches of the kingdom, you must learn to be faithful in the unrighteous mammon (money), because, except you are found worthy of trust, God will not entrust you with the riches of His kingdom which includes earthly wealth. Go into today knowing that God is willing to give you true riches. However, you must forsake all your unrighteous ways of seeking money. —Dr Emmanuel James Bible in 1 Year: Psalms 102-104 (in today’s audio via Telegram) To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio on your WhatsApp, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/6hVjJRcL6Av9fQ0LrEv9XM Want to be saved? Go here☞ streamglobe.org/33 Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Whatsapp: +2348079816967 To get with Bible reading, Join our Telegram Group Here☞ streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional
MADE IN THE IMAGE AND LIKENESS OF GOD
Get Today’s Audio☞ bit.ly/aud1754 Genesis 1: 27 (KJV)So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. Man was originally made in the image and likeness of God. He lost that glory when he fell. It was at this point that man became rewired after the pattern of Satan and sin, and consequences such as curses, pain, hardship, poverty etc. became man’s reality. However, God in His love for mankind sent His son Jesus to become the price for our freedom. God literally exchanged Jesus for us (2 Corinthians 5:21), such that in Jesus, the penalty for our sins was paid. “For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit” 1 Peter 3:18 (ESV)“ Anyone who accepts the Lord Jesus will be reborn into the image and likeness of God in Christ Jesus, this is the born-again experience. Hence, anyone who believes in Jesus is saved from the power of sin. Although he may be tempted to sin, it is not because he is wired that way; he now has a new nature of righteousness. Note the use of the word ’tempt’. He is tempted because he is no longer wired to sin. If he were, the word ‘tempt’ will not be appropriate because you do not tempt a man to do what he is by nature. How then do we grow? We grow by loving the things that God who redeemed us loves, and hate the things God hates (Heb 1:9). When this happens, growth will come as a return for our love for God which is manifested in obedience, discipline, and responsibility. John 14:15, 21 (paraphrased) “If you love me, keep my commandments and I will manifest myself to you.” Go into today asking God that the eyes of your understanding be enlightened to behold wondrous things out of His word.—Dr Emmanuel James Bible in 1 Year: Proverbs 20-21(in today’s audio) To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio on your WhatsApp, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/6hVjJRcL6Av9fQ0LrEv9XM Not yet saved? Click here☞ streamglobe.org/33 Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Whatsapp: +2348079816967 For Audio with Bible, Click here to Join our Telegram Group☞ streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional
REDEEMED AT A PRICE
Download Audio Version☞ bit.ly/aud1753 1 Corinthians 6:20 (NET) For you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body. Dwight loved his dog so much and was deeply saddened when his dog was sick and would not recover. The dog eventually died and he buried it. Two months later, his daughter was sick, but his time, Dwight was willing to give his life in order to save his daughter’s life. Daniel loved his dog so much, but his daughter was much more valuable. He was not willing to give his life for his dog, but he was willing to give his life to save his daughter’s life. One of the biggest manipulations of the devil against human beings is to make us feel worthless. The devil knows that when people do not know how valuable they truly are, they would be subject to his manipulations. If you want to know how much God values you, look at how much He was willing to pay in order to redeem you from destruction. He didn’t make such a sacrifice to redeem fallen angels like Lucifer. Have you ever wondered why the Lord Jesus is called the only begotten of the Father? If God wants to come to this physical realm, He can only come as one man and only come once. Christ is not a copy of God; He is God come in the flesh. In Christ, all the fullness of the Godhead dwells bodily (see Col 2:9). If the Lord Jesus had failed on His mission, there could be no other Jesus. Jesus is God’s greatest investment. God sent Jesus because He wanted to redeem you from destruction and bring you into His glorious kingdom where you would become transformed into His image and likeness. When all this is done, redeemed man will be like God in image and glory. That was God’s original design. The next time the devil tries to make you feel worthless, remember that you are more valuable to His creator and your creator than him. In Christ, God gave His life to save you. Prayer: Lord, please help me know and understand what and who I am in Christ Jesus. Pray with Ephesians 1:18 Source: Devotional http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201752.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
GOD’S PROPERTY
Download Audio Version☞ bit.ly/aud1752 1 Corinthians 6:20 (NET) For you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body. Fatima’s stepmother hated her more when she heard Fatima had accepted the Lord Jesus. Fatima’s stepmother had always hated her because Fatima was more brilliant than her children and was her father’s favorite, but this time, the hatred had gone to another level. Fatima’s stepmother planned to put strong poison in Fatima’s food. After purchasing the poison and perfecting her plan, she had a scary dream in which a man appeared to her and warned her not to poison Fatima because Fatima was now his property. Because of this warning from the Lord, Fatima’s stepmother was now afraid of Fatima. She knew she was going to be in trouble in she did anything to hurt Fatima. One reason believers enjoy supernatural divine protection is because our bodies are not their own, we have been bought with a price, and God watches over us jealously. But when believers fail to honor God with their bodies by committing sexual immorality, they transgress the spiritual order and can be exposing themselves to demonic assaults. If a believer commits sexual immorality, he defiles his body which is God’s temple, and the Holy Spirit is not comfortable in a defiled temple. Go into today remembering that you have been bought with a price. Ask the Lord to empower you to walk always in this consciousness. —SD Abraham Bible in 1 Year: I Chronicles 15-19 (in today’s audio) To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio on your WhatsApp, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/6hVjJRcL6Av9fQ0LrEv9XM Want to be saved? Go here☞ streamglobe.org/33 Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. WhatsApp: +2348079816967 Join our Telegram Group Here☞ streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201752.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
ONE SPIRIT WITH THE LORD
Download Audio Version☞ bit.ly/aud1751 1 Corinthians 6:17 (NET) But the one united with the Lord is one spirit with him. One of the most profound privileges that can be found in the universe is the privilege to be filled with the Spirit of the living God and be of one Spirit with the Lord. Even angels do not have this privilege because they were not created in the image and likeness of God. We have the privilege of sharing in the Spirit and nature of God because we were created in God’s very image. Despite his vast experience and skill, the reason we overcome the devil in the battles of life is because of the Holy Spirit that dwells within us (see 1 John 4:4). The Holy Spirit within you is older, greater, wiser, and much more experienced than the devil. If we walk in phase with Him, we would walk in such wisdom that confounds the principalities and powers (see Ephesians 3:10). We would become canvases through which God displays dimensions of His glory that has never been known by even the fallen angels. If you follow the thought leading to today’s Bible verse in 1 Corinthians 6, you will see that one of the biggest hindrances to our oneness with the Holy Spirit is immorality. There is no sin that fights our sanctification like immorality (see 1 Thessalonians 4:3), and the devil understands that if he can constantly keep us from our communion with the Holy Spirit, he can win us. Go into today determining to abide in the Lord and let His spirit rule your life. There is no other way to be happy in Christ Jesus. Prayer: Dear Lord, thank you for the grace to become one Spirit with you. Help me to do all that you have ordained for me to do because of this privilege. Amen. —SD Abraham Bible in 1 Year: Numbers 9-12 (in today’s audio) To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio on your WhatsApp, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/6hVjJRcL6Av9fQ0LrEv9XMDevotional with audio Bible reading now only available on our Telegram groups Join Telegram Group Here☞ https://t.me/streamglobe1 Get sermons here☞ streamglobe.org/34 Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. WhatsApp: +2348079816967 www.streamglobe.org Source: Devotional
RAISED UP BY HIS POWER 2
Download Audio Version☞ bit.ly/aud1750 1 Corinthians 6:14-15 (KJV) And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power. Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid. Montgomery was going through a series of experiences that made it clear to him that he was under the influence of a curse. His great-grandparents and grandparents were missionaries. There was indeed a generational blessing in his family, and everyone knew it. But Montgomery’s case was different. He was walking under the influence of a curse. How did this come to be? After he became born again, he found out through prophecy that he contacted the flow of curses in his life through sexual immorality with prostitutes during a season of his life. Because he had joined himself to a cursed person through immorality, he started walking in her generational curses. Clean clothes do not purify dirty clothes, but dirty clothes can pollute clean clothes. We saw previously that everything that happened to the Lord Jesus will also happen to us believers because we are members of His body. It is because we are members of the body of Christ that we share in the blessings of Abraham, and will be resurrected into glory. Anyone who truly understands this will flee sexual immorality because immorality takes a member of the body of Christ and soils it with iniquity. Because your body is now the temple of God that lives within you, sexual immorality which is a sin against your body is a sin against God’s temple. Go into today remembering that because you are a member of Body of Christ, you should walk in the blessing of Christ. Confession: I am blessed with all spiritual blessing. I am blessed beyond every generational curse because I am a member of Christ’s body. Sin shall have no dominion over me. Amen. —SD Abraham Bible in 1 Year: II Timothy 1-2 (in today’s audio) To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio on your WhatsApp, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/6hVjJRcL6Av9fQ0LrEv9XMDevotional with audio Bible reading now only available on our Telegram groups Join Telegram Group Here☞ https://t.me/streamglobe1 Get sermons here☞ streamglobe.org/34 Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. WhatsApp: +2348079816967 www.streamglobe.org Source: Devotional http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201750.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
WHO IS THE FOOL?
Download Audio Version☞ bit.ly,div> Psalm 14:1 (KJV) The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. Joe had developed an attitude of not showing up for work because he felt activities at work weren’t important unless their boss was around. He was warned several times about this attitude but failed to listen until one day, a sudden roll call was carried out. It was later revealed that their boss had always been at work observing them even at times when they believed he was away because his car was not in the parking lot. Many were sacked as a result of their absence and negligence and Joe was one of them. Many have viewed today’s Bible verse only from the perspective of an atheist or agnostic’s refusal to accept the existence or knowledge of God, but truly, it means more for the believer.For instance, one reason many have the habit of going late to church is because they lack understanding of this scripture. If they truly believe that according to God’s word, The Lord will be present in their midst when they gather in His name, they would take an appointment with Him more seriously than they would take an appointment with their governor or president (Pr