Spiritual Gifts- Gifts of Healings
Get Audio Version Here: bit.ly/aud1853 1 Corinthians 12:9 (NKJV) To another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit When Derek first saw a sick person miraculously healed, he was still an atheist. He had reluctantly attended a gospel campaign his classmate invited him to because he wanted to date her. That night, he was sitting next to another classmate who was crippled. In that meeting, this classmate was miraculously healed and started walking for the first time in many years. That was the day Derek believed in the Lord Jesus. All his doubts about the existence of God vanished. He now wanted to know the God that healed his crippled classmate. The gift of healing is a spiritual gift that brings supernatural healing to the sick. It usually operates when the believer having this gift lays his/her hand on the sick or simply prays for them in faith, etc. The power of God can be likened to electricity. Spiritual gifts can be likened to electrical appliances like light bulbs, fans, air conditioners, sound systems, etc. If a house is properly wired with sufficient electricity flowing in its wires, but there is no single appliance in the house, it would be difficult to convince someone who has never known about electricity that electricity is real and in that house. But when there are appliances like light bulbs and fans, it would be easy to convince such a person. When there are spiritual gifts in manifestation, it is easier to get people to believe in God and in His power. This was one reason Apostle Paul was such an effective fisher of men. The display of the power of God was his priority in preaching the gospel (see 1 Cor 2:4). Go into today remembering that one of the easiest ways the power of God is displayed is through spiritual gifts. Prayer: Ask the Lord to activate your spiritual gifts. Ask Him to cause that wherever His gospel is preached in your nation, signs and wonders, miracles, and gifts of the spirit will accompany it (Heb 2:4). —Pst. Abraham Damilola Arigi BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Song of Solomon 1-2 Not yet saved? Go here: www.streamglobe.og/33 Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp Group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/JI1wsrI5qQIIR6cL6DhJYj Contact us: +2348079816967 (Phone, WhatsApp, Telegram) www.streamglobedevotional.com Join our Telegram Group: www.streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional
Spiritual Gifts- Faith
Get Audio Version Here: bit.ly/aud1852 1 Corinthians 12:9 (NKJV) to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit. Of all the spiritual gifts mentioned in 1 Corinthians 12, the gift of faith is usually the most misunderstood because everyone who is a believer became a believer because of faith, so what then again is the gift of faith? The gift of faith is not exactly the same as the faith every believer has. It is a special kind of miracle-working faith that causes people to do things (in faith) that look extreme. But the result of their action will prove that they were not acting in the flesh. The gift of faith is a spiritual gift that comes upon people, and make them do things that may not make sense to others (even believers) around them, but the things they do would make perfect sense to them, and would ultimately produce miraculous results. It is this gift that would make a person begin to serve five loaves of bread to over five thousand people, and there would be more than enough bread at the end of the day. Normal faith comes by hearing [and hearing] the Word of God (see Rom 10:17). Through the ministry of the word and prayer, this faith can grow over time and increase to levels of faith similar to the one produced by the gift of faith. But the gift of faith can cause a person who is yet of little faith to instantly walk in an unusual level of great faith that would cause miracles to happen. Peter didn’t have great faith before he walked on water, but that great faith came instantly, and he walked on water. Go into today remembering that spiritual gifts are given and powered by the Holy Spirit (see 1 Cor 12:11). Being baptized in the Holy Spirit is key to receiving and walking in your God-ordained spiritual gifts. Prayer: Ask the Lord to deliver you from every hindrance to your walking in spiritual gifts. Amen. —Pst. Abraham Damilola Arigi BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Psalms 140-142 Not yet saved? Go here: www.streamglobe.og/33 Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp Group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/JI1wsrI5qQIIR6cL6DhJYj Contact us: +2348079816967 (Phone, WhatsApp, Telegram) www.streamglobedevotional.com Join our Telegram Group: www.streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional
Spiritual Gifts- Word of Knowledge
Get Audio Version Here: bit.ly/aud1851 1 Corinthians 12:8 (KJV) For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit. After that time I preached the gospel to a young man who wasn’t interested in what I had to say until a word of knowledge came through me and he became interested and accepted the Lord, I have trusted in the Holy Spirit to give me words of knowledge when sharing the gospel with people. People usually open their hearts when they see someone lovingly telling them things that they know the person couldn’t have known except it was revealed by the Lord. It is a demonstration of power that is a good advertisement for the gospel. The Samaritan woman opened her heart to the gospel because Jesus gave her a word of knowledge concerning her life(see John 4:4-30). The same thing happened with Nathaniel who eventually became a disciple of the Lord Jesus (see John 1:47-49). The gift of ‘word of knowledge’ is very similar to ‘word of wisdom’, but unlike word of wisdom, it doesn’t tell people what to do or give them direction, it simply reveals things them. Word of wisdom usually tells people what to do in the future, while word of knowledge usually tells people what has happened in the past or what is currently happening. I believe that many times, the two spiritual gifts of ‘word of wisdom’ and ‘word of knowledge’ can come together. The same way the gifts of ‘tongues’ and ‘interpretation of tongues’ can come together. Go into today remembering that spiritual gifts are very useful tools that help our fruitfulness in God’s kingdom. Those who do not desire and value them would hardly walk in them. Prayer: Ask the Lord to give you the spiritual gifts that you desire, especially the ones that are prophetic in nature (prophecy, word of wisdom, word of knowledge, discerning of spirits). —Abraham Damilola Arigi BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Nehemiah 5-9 Not yet saved? Go here: streamglobe.og/33 Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp Group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/JI1wsrI5qQIIR6cL6DhJYj Contact us: +2348079816967 (Phone, WhatsApp, Telegram) streamglobedevotional.com Join our Telegram Group: streamglobe.org/join http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201851.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Spiritual Gifts- Word of Wisdom
Get Audio Version Here: bit.ly/aud1849 1 Corinthians 12:8 (KJV) For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit Chiamaka was really confused concerning who to marry. There were two eligible brothers who wanted her hand in marriage. She met the first brother during her youth service. She and the second brother were members of the same subgroup in church. As she continued praying and asking the Lord for wisdom concerning who to accept, she felt led to discuss the matter with her pastor’s wife. Before she and her pastor’s wife started the discussion, her pastor’s wife prayed to commit their discussion to the Lord, but as she prayed, a word of wisdom for Chiamaka came. It was a reminder to Chiamaka of some prayers she had prayed during her youth service year. The word made it clear to Chiamaka that her husband was the first brother; the one she met during her youth service year. Her pastor’s wife didn’t even know what Chiamaka wanted to discuss when the word of wisdom came. It made things very clear to Amaka and she now knew what to do. ‘Word of Wisdom’ is a word from the Lord that gives people wisdom concerning what to do. There are believers who have been given the ability to frequently receive such words from the Lord. They are those said to have the gift called ‘word of wisdom’. We find a good example of this gift at work in Isaiah 38:21 and 2 Kings 20:7. Here prophet Isaiah said what was to be done in order for King Hezekiah’s fatal boil to be healed and his life spared. Note that the spiritual gift called ‘word of wisdom’ is called so because it is an inspired utterance by the Holy Spirit to give wisdom and direction to people. It is not a product of learning or human understanding. It is prophetic in nature– directly inspired by the Holy Spirit. Go into today remembering that God has given us spiritual gifts in order to help us in different areas of our lives. Prayer: Ask the Lord to help you receive and walk in the spiritual gifts He has purposed for you. —Abraham Damilola Arigi BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Deuteronomy 23-25 Get sermons here: streamglobe.og/34 Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp Group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GRmCw9wguCiL5lOOZ6jWNd Contact us: +2348079816967 (Phone, WhatsApp, Telegram) streamglobedevotional.com Join our Telegram Group: streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201850.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Dealing With Enemies
Get Audio Version Here: bit.ly/aud1849 Psalms 27:6 (KJV) And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD. Remi was very aware and conscious of the fact that she had enemies who were against her. She grew up in a polygamous home, and by the time she was a teenager, it became clear to her that her stepmother was her enemy. Apart from her stepmother, she knew she had other enemies who were wicked and envious. She had spent a lot of her time in her life praying against her enemies, and she was always having reasons to pray against them because they always had a way of showing up again and again. But as Remi grew in the Lord, she became more preoccupied with pleasing the Lord than anything else. Because of this, she found that she was no longer obsessed with the fact that she had enemies and was no longer afraid of them. She knew that she was now exalted above her enemies and there was nothing they could do about it. God is very aware that we have enemies, and He has made elaborate arrangement for dealing with them. When we focus on our enemies, we may or may not overcome them, but when we focus on the Lord and live for Him, He would exalt us far above our enemies. They would no longer be the issue of our lives. The only thing that would be strong enough to be our preoccupation would now be matters of God’s Kingdom and no more mundane matters of enemy hostility. Go into today remembering that when we become God’s property and live for Him, our enemies will become God’s enemies, and we wouldn’t need to worry much about them anymore because they would now have the entire host of heaven to contend with. Read Gen 12:3, Exo 23:22, Acts 9:4-5. —Abraham Damilola Arigi BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: I John 4-5 Not saved? Go here: streamglobe.og/33 Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp Group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GRmCw9wguCiL5lOOZ6jWNd Contact us: +2348079816967 (Phone, WhatsApp, Telegram) streamglobedevotional.com Join our Telegram Group: streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional
Given for Kingdom Profit
Get Audio Version Here: bit.ly/aud1848 1 Corinthians 12:7 (YLT) And to each hath been given the manifestation of the Spirit for profit; I was once sharing the gospel with a stranger and I sensed he was unusually resistant to the word of God. I knew in my spirit that the Lord wanted to save him that day, but I also sensed in my spirit that he was not open to what I was saying. As I kept waiting on the Lord and asking Him for help while engaging this young man with the gospel, the Lord gave me a word of Knowledge concerning him. As soon as I told him the word, he became open to what I had to say because the word revealed exactly what was going on in his life. He accepted the Lord Jesus that day because he saw the power of God manifested through a spiritual gift. The gift of ‘word of knowledge’ made a profit for God’s kingdom that day. That is what spiritual gifts are given us for. They are given for Kingdom profit. Every spiritual gift you have received is an investment of heaven in your life for which you are to make kingdom profit. Stir up the gift by not neglecting it. Remember that you would give account for how profitable you were with your gifts. Many do not walk in their spiritual gifts because they do not yet have a heart for God’s kingdom advancement. One very great hindrance to the manifestation or receiving of spiritual gifts is self-centeredness. Go into today remembering that Believers who have a heart for the advancement of God’s kingdom will more easily walk in their spiritual gifts. Prayer: Ask the Lord to give you a heart for his kingdom. Ask the Lord to help you walk in your spiritual gifts and be fruitful in the kingdom. —Abraham Damilola Arigi BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Acts 19-20 Not saved? Go here: streamglobe.og/33 Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp Group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/JVzzcpuk4pmBohONYhbW6w Contact us: +2348079816967 (Phone, WhatsApp, Telegram) streamglobedevotional.com Join our Telegram Group: streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional
True Spiritual Enlightenment 3
Get Audio Version Here: bit.ly/aud1847 1 Corinthians 12:3-6 (NKJV) …no one can say that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit. There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all. Terkimbi attended a conference where many people received miracles and were imparted with various spiritual gifts, but he could not receive anything from that conference because he was not comfortable with the way the ministers ministered. He wasn’t comfortable with the way people were falling under the anointing, and laughing under the anointing. This closed heartedness was the reason Terkimbi did not receive some much needed spiritual gifts. It is ignorance concerning spiritual things that would make a believer expect all ministries and ministers to have the same manifestation when the Bible clearly says there are diversities of results/operations, but it is the same Lord. Many people have deprived themselves of the blessing that would have been manifested in their lives because they are closed hearted to other ministers with manifestations of the Spirit that they are not used to. There are things we are to look out for in every ministry and minister in order to know if they are of God. But these things mostly bother on fruits rather than [manifestations or diversities of] gifts. Every true minister will acknowledge and exalt the Lordship of Christ. Professing the Lordship of Christ goes much beyond merely saying the words. It is a confession that controls the way we live and things we do. Any man who has confessed Christ as Lord cannot brazenly continue in iniquity. He would be submitted to the authority of Christ and this submission can be discerned by the discerning believer. Go into today remembering that there are diversities of ministries in the kingdom. Do not be closed hearted to a ministry because you see unfamiliar results. But test all spirits to be sure you are not snared. —Abraham Damilola Arigi BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Malachi Not saved? Go here: streamglobe.og/33 Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp Group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/JVzzcpuk4pmBohONYhbW6w Contact us: +2348079816967 (Phone, WhatsApp, Telegram) streamglobedevotional.com Join our Telegram Group: streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional
True Spiritual Enlightenment 2
Get Audio Version Here: bit.ly/aud1846 1 Corinthians 12:1 (YLT) And concerning the spiritual things, brethren, I do not wish you to be ignorant Ikenna wanted to walk in the supernatural ‘glory realm’. He was told that the way to go about this was by continuing in dry fasting until he sees angels ascending and descending. He continued in dry fasting for days without end, until he started seeing ‘visions’, but his mind was now unbalanced and people close to him were really disturbed by this because he was gradually losing his mind. Ikenna got into the mess he found himself because of ignorance concerning spiritual things. In his quest to seek the supernatural power of God, he was not guided by the Spirit of Truth, so he came in contact with familiar spirits disguising themselves as angels of light. His motive was not purified. He wanted the power for the power’s sake. He was not seeking the kingdom of God and His righteousness but was merely seeking the power of God and its glory for fleshly reasons. No one can truly seek the kingdom of God without seeking the righteousness of God. God is a person, and anyone that would walk in His mighty power must be close to Him. Those who walk in close fellowship with God must walk in His righteousness. Spiritual gifts are not a product of your fastings, they would not be gifts if they were. It is ignorance concerning spiritual things that would make a believer seek gifts by exerting strenuous fasts and disciplines on himself. Fasting is good and it helps to condition us to be filled with might and power, but fasting must be about seeking the face of God and not seeking gifts or even power. Go into today remembering that God wants you to walk in His mighty power more than you want to. As you seek to walk in the kingdom and power of God, do not forget to also seek to walk in the righteousness of God. Prayer: Lord, deliver me from all ignorance concerning spiritual things and help me to walk in your mighty power. Amen. -Abraham Damilola Arigi BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Ecclesiastes 11-12 Get sermons here: streamglobe.og/34 Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp Group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/JVzzcpuk4pmBohONYhbW6w Contact us: +2348079816967 (Phone, WhatsApp, Telegram) streamglobedevotional.com Join our Telegram Group: streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional
True spiritual enlightenment
Get Audio Version Here: bit.ly/aud1845 1 Corinthians 12:1 (YLT) And concerning the spiritual things, brethren, I do not wish you to be ignorant Ikenna got himself into a lot of trouble because in trying to seek the Lord and walk in His great power, unknown to him, he was using methods born out of spiritual knowledge that is not from the kingdom of God. This exposed him to wicked spirits that invaded his mind beyond his control. Through the help of more mature believers, he was delivered and restored. If a person’s spiritual adventure is guided by the confession of a former witch or sorcerer, he may come in contact with darkness when seeking light because he is using methods that dark spirits know how to exploit. Knowledge concerning spiritual things is very common in our world today. There are many books and materials out there that claim to enlighten one concerning spiritual things, but most of them don’t give enlightenment at all. They are manipulations by the Prince of this world to keep people under spiritual bondage, but fill their heads with powerless knowledge. Anyone who is truly spiritually enlightened will seek to be saved. There are some that seek to use spiritual principles obtained from darkness to navigate in the kingdom of light. The ways of the kingdom of God are very different from the ways of any other kingdom. The Corinthians that Paul was writing to were very vast in spiritual understanding because they used to be very experienced ‘spiritually enlightened’ Idol worshipers to the core (see 1 Corinthians 12:2), but apostle Paul referred to them as being spiritually ignorant. The spiritual knowledge they had in darkness was not an advantage for them in their new spiritual adventure in the kingdom of light. They needed to unlearn many things to learn the right things. Go into today knowing that the Bible is our spiritual manual. The Easiest way to be guided by the leading of the Holy Spirit is to understand the book He inspired from start to finish- The Bible. -SD Abraham BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Psalms 137-139 not saved? Go here: streamglobe.og/33 Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp Group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/JVzzcpuk4pmBohONYhbW6w Contact us: +2348079816967 (Phone, WhatsApp, Telegram) streamglobedevotional.com Join Telegram Group: streamglobede.org/join Source: Devotional
In Whom Is Your Confidence?
Get Audio Version Here: bit.ly/aud1844 Psalm 27:3-4 (KJV)Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident. George awoke from his dream afraid and trembling, “thank God it was a dream he exclaimed”!. In his dream, he saw one of his very respected relatives and wanted to show her courtesy when this woman suddenly turned into a dog, chased after him vehemently and gave him multiple bites. George woke up and started praying in the spirit. Someone might ask: is George not a child of God, why then did God not stop the dog from biting him? You see, even as a Christian, a host may surround you and war may rise against you, but the state of your heart is what is most important. In whom is your confidence? One of the strongest whiles of the devil is fear, he knows that as long as a child of God is confident in God and fearless, he will have no place in him not matter what machinations he tries. He hence seeks every means to introduce fear. One of the easiest ways he can do this is through dreams. But if he doesn’t succeed in doing this through your dreams, he would give up. David in Psalm 27:13 said, “I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.” Go into today putting all your confidence in Jesus, believing that you will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Trust in what God says concerning you more than what any dream says concerning you. -Dr. Emmanuel James BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Nehemiah 1-4 click here to get audio sermons: streamglobe.org/34 Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp Group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/IaWsioIN6A18wvl7CoJ0e6 Contact us: +2348079816967 (Phone, WhatsApp, Telegram) streamglobedevotional.com Join Telegram Group: streamglobede.org/join Source: Devotional