Right Focus; Great Faith
šAudio Version Here ā bit.ly/audio1891 Luke 7:4-5 (NET)And when they came to Jesus, they urged him earnestly, āHe is worthy to have you do this for him, because he loves our nation and even built our synagogue.ā (Read Luke 7:1-10) What is your attitude when you come to the Lord with a request? Some come with an entitlement mentality, believing that they deserve every good that can ever come to them as a result of their good works. In our text today, the centurion was seeking healing for his servant. The elders of the Jews came asking Jesus to intervene sighting the good works of this man. However, when the centurion sent words to Jesus through his friends, they had a completely different emphasis, they said, āLord, do not trouble yourself, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof. That is why I did not presume to come to you. Instead, say the word and my servant must be healedā¦ā (Luke 7:6, 7) He focused not on his goodness but on the power and authority of Jesus. Good works are good and have their place. Bible says every believer must be careful to maintain good works (Titus 3:8). We are created unto good works (Ephesians 2:10). Our good works give glory to our Father in heaven (Matthew 5:16). However, when you come before the Lord, lay your good works aside and stand only on the good work of Jesus Christ. Focus on his goodness, power, and might. Come boldly because of Him, not because of you. Go into today with a full assurance of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. He is able, He is willing, He will do it. āIkechukwu Mpama Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Matthew 3-4 Free Sermons? Go here: streamglobe.org/34 To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/K7ktuODFSJDDEf6qcbmQdb Contact us: +2348079816967 (Phone, WhatsApp, Telegram) streamglobedevotional.com Join us on Telegram: streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional
The Superiority of Love
šAudio Version Here ā bit.ly/audio1890 1 Corinthians 13:8-9 (NIV)Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears.Read 1 Cor 13:8-13 Of the three powerful spiritual virtues (faith, hope, and love), love is the greatest (see 1 Cor 13:13). It is the only reality in this side of eternity that did not come in part but came in full. All the knowledge you can have now is in part. All the [prophetic] gifts you can have now is in part. But love is the only virtue that is not in part. When completeness comes through the resurrection, what is in part disappears, only what is whole will remain- love. After the resurrection and we have been ushered into the fullness of our glory as sons of God, we would not need spiritual gifts because we would have unlimited spiritual bodies like that of Christ (Philippians 3:21, 1 Corinthians 16:44), and all acquired knowledge would be useless because we would share in Godās divine nature of omniscience (1 Cor 13:12). But we would still love each other and love our eternal Father. Of all the powerful virtues we can have today, love is the only one that will endure for all eternity. Prophecies will cease, faith and hope would have been actualized, but love will remain. Do you see how powerful love is? It is the only attribute we have that Satan cannot counterfeit. He doesnāt have the ability and power to love. Only those who are born of God have this ability (1 John 4:7). Go into today thanking God for the privilege to walk in His divine nature of love. Thank Him for the power that walking in this nature releases into your life. Ask the lord to help you walk in love more than ever before. āAbraham Damilola Arigi Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Isaiah 7-11 Not saved? Go here: streamglobe.org/33 To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/K7ktuODFSJDDEf6qcbmQdb Contact us: +2348079816967 (Phone, WhatsApp, Telegram) streamglobedevotional.com Join us on Telegram: streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional
The True Kind of Love
šAudio Version Here ā bit.ly/audio1889 1 Corinthians 13:4 (NET) Love is patient, love is kind, it is not envious. Love does not brag, it is not puffed up. When Gerald was wooing Bridge, he was very patient and kind to her. He didn’t seem to notice all her faults and was ready to overlook many things. But Bridget observed that Gerald was very boastful and arrogant. He would brag and sometimes add lies to his bragging. This should have been a pointer to her that he didn’t truly love even though he appeared patient and kind on the onset. After they got married, Bridget realized that she was married to a very unloving man who was not kind and patient at all. He was mean and selfish. She would have known this from the beginning if she understood the meaning of love in its full context. Notice that all the attributes of love mentioned in today’s verses are attributes that go together. They are all attributes of love. If any of them is missing in something paraded as love, that thing is not the kind of love that never fails. It is the inferior kind of love [of convenience] that would crack and fail in the face of the pressure. This pure true kind of love defined in today’s verses can only be given by those who are born of God. It is manifested through the grace of the Lord poured out upon us and facilitated by sound minds refined through the understanding of God’s Word. Anyone who walks in this kind of love walks in the greatest and most powerful spiritual virtue. This virtue is superior to mountain moving faith. It can move the heart of God. The goal of every believer should be to walk in this kind of love that is defined in today’s verses. We are the only ones with the ability to walk in this kind of love. And we do so through faith and diligence. Go into today remembering that when you start walking in true love towards people, the kind of power released by your spirit would solve many problems and drive away spiritual adversaries. āPst. Abraham Damilola Arigi Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Job 3-4 Not saved? Go here: streamglobe.org/33 To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/BL1ZNxuhlWV0lVQ6f7FUoF Contact us: +2348079816967 (Phone, WhatsApp, Telegram) streamglobedevotional.com Join us on Telegram: streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional
Dealing with Temptation
šAudio Version Here ā bit.ly/audio1888 Matthew 4:1-2 (KJV) Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. When Seyi got into the university, he didn’t resume on time because he found out about his admission late. Because of this, he didn’t make the best arrangements for his accommodation and had to end up in the same hostel with some really bad boys. Before Seyi accepted the Lord Jesus, he used to be addicted to drugs and alcohol. Because he understood the temptation he would have to face every day with these new roommates who were drug and alcohol addicts, he determined that the way he would survive spiritually was to rev up his prayer [and fasting] life. He started praying and fasting four times more than he normally did before he moved to that hostel. During this period, he so grew spiritually that he started walking very easily in the prophetic. He never fell for the temptations he so feared because through devotional to prayer and ministry of the word, he was spiritually strong to withstand the temptations. Two of those his roommates became his converts during that period. We see in today’s Bible verses that Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. It doesn’t sound right. How would the Holy Spirit lead Jesus to be tempted? Why and for what purpose? It was necessary for Jesus to be tempted and be without sin so that He can be a qualified high priest who understands what it means for us to be tempted(see Heb 4:15). But the tempter wouldn’t have been able to tempt Jesus if the Holy Spirit did not permit it. I believe it is on the strength of today’s verse that we can pray God to ‘lead us not into temptation’. Jesus our master has already been led into temptation. When Jesus was entering a season of temptation, he responded by entering a season of fasting [and prayer]. I believed he did this because he wanted to gather sufficient spiritual might to withstand the temptations. It was after this episode that his ministry began. Go into today remembering that if there appear to be temptations coming so great that you fear you might fall, the best response is to fire up your prayer life. āPst. Abraham Damilola Arigi Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Psalms 3-5 Not saved? Go here: streamglobe.org/33 To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/BL1ZNxuhlWV0lVQ6f7FUoF Contact us: +2348079816967 (Phone, WhatsApp, Telegram) streamglobedevotional.com Join us on Telegram: streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional
How People Lose Their Reward 2
šAudio Version Here ā bit.ly/audio1887 1 Corinthians 13:3 (NET) If I give away everything I own, and if I give over my body in order to boast, but do not have love, I receive no benefit. It is difficult to imagine that one can give away everything they own and yet not be motivated by love but by something else. While Enyo was giving away many things to the needy in the front of cameras, she thought she was giving out of love, but the kind of love that does not care about the feelings and dignity of the other person receiving is not the kind that counts before God. How many people announce to the public when they give to their children or family members? They don’t announce because they gave in love to their children. But the kind of love that includes telling the whole world how you are helping is not the kind that heaven acknowledges. The kind of love that heaven acknowledges seeks to bring glory to God and not to oneself, thus the person doing the charity understands that God doesnāt need social media to inform Him about the things done. Go into today remembering that the kind of love that heaven rewards can only be manifested by those who are born of God. See 1 John 4:7. Prayer: Heavenly Father, please help me from today to manifest your nature of love and bring glory to your name. āPst. Abraham Damilola Arigi Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Joshua 6-10 Not saved? Go here: streamglobe.org/33 To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/BL1ZNxuhlWV0lVQ6f7FUoF Contact us: +2348079816967 (Phone, WhatsApp, Telegram) streamglobedevotional.com Join us on Telegram: streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional
How People Lose Their Reward
šAudio Version Here ā bit.ly/audio1886 Matthew 6:1 (KJV) Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. With the way Enyo and members of her family gave to the poor and needy, she knew they were not to be suffering the lack they were experiencing. She knew this because she understood the promises of God to those who give to the poor. She had spent her life helping the poor, but it appeared that there was no reward from the Lord for her. As she meditated on this, she realized that even though she was truly helping the poor, she always went with cameras and shared it on social media. People would share her posts and she would get many likes. But she had lost her reward in the process. She traded her reward from God for Facebook likes. In the world, when people do charitable works and give to the needy, they blow their trumpet and ensure that people see what they are doing. But in the kingdom of God, it is not so. We do not do good works for the public to applaud us, we do good works from a heart of love that seeks to please God and help the people He loves. A heart of love cares about the dignity of those being helped. Many have squandered their heavenly reward for earthly praise. Many have traded their reward from God for Facebook likes and shares. Go into today remembering that when we do things to receive the praise of people, we are forfeiting the reward of God. Prayer: Lord, please help me to never again trade my heavenly reward for earthly praise. āPst. Abraham Damilola Arigi Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Genesis 4-7 Not saved? Go here: streamglobe.org/33 To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/BL1ZNxuhlWV0lVQ6f7FUoF Contact us: +2348079816967 (Phone, WhatsApp, Telegram) streamglobedevotional.com Join us on Telegram: streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional
Walk As Children of Light
šAudio Version Here ā bit.ly/audio1885 Ephesians 5:8-9 (KJV)For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) Before Shonda believed in the Lord Jesus, she was a gang member who later became a call girl. Even though Shonda was now a believer translated from the kingdom of darkness and made the light of the world, she still remembered how to walk as a child of darkness. She had to now learn how to walk as a child of light so that her light would shine. She understood that if she did not let her light shine, she could go back to becoming darkness all over again. This was why she did not play with Bible study and Christian fellowship. Jesus says we are the salt of the earth and the light of the world. He also says we should let our light shine. If we do not let our light shine, it can become darkness all over again, and how great the darkness will be. If the salt refuses salt, it can lose its savor and become entirely useless (see Matt 5:13, Matt 6:23). Go into today remembering that living as light is not an option, it is the only way to continue to be light and salt. Prayer: Lord, help me to shine the light today and every day of my life.Lord, please deliver me from every influence that seeks to hinder my light from shinning. āPst. Abraham Damilola Arigi Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Romans 3-4 Not saved? Go here: streamglobe.org/33 To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/BL1ZNxuhlWV0lVQ6f7FUoF Contact us: +2348079816967 (Phone, WhatsApp, Telegram) Web: streamglobedevotional.com Join us on Telegram: streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional
The Way To Kingdom Greatness 3
šAudio Version Here ā bit.ly/audio1884 Luke 12:30-31 (KJV) For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you. I was recently in a church camp in Nigeria where I saw a number of people coming to pray in the day and at night. As I rejoiced before the Lord for such a place and the people who came seeking the Lord in prayer and fasting, the Lord pointed to me that many of them really didn’t come to seek Him but to seek things through Him. The summary of most prayers was āmore money Lordā while it should have been āmore of you Lordā. If half of the people praying and fasting in Nigeria are actually seeking the Lord and His kingdom, the nation would have been much better and the people much more prosperous. Those who seek the kingdom of God seek to please Him in all things; they bring their weaknesses before the Lord until they receive strength to be overcomers. They seek to always be filled with the Holy Spirit who administers the realities of Godās kingdom within us. I have come to realize that God wants us to love Him. The first commandment is that we love the Lord our God with all our hearts (see Mat 23:37). Paul had very strong words for believers who do not love the Lord (see 1 Cor 16:22). He understood that believers who do not love the Lord can be Satan’s biggest tools against the church. God is our father and every father wants His children to love him. How would you feel if your children only made time to talk to you when they needed you to do something for them? Those who walk in the Lord’s great power and glory are those who seek the Lord and make time to commune with Him. They are those who are great in the kingdom of God. Go into today remembering that those who truly seek the kingdom of God cannot lack any good thing. All the things they need will be added unto them (Luke 12:32).Prayer: Lord, please help me seek your kingdom above all else. āPst. Abraham Damilola Arigi Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Matthew 1-2 Get free sermons here: streamglobe.org/34 To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/BL1ZNxuhlWV0lVQ6f7FUoF Contact us: +2348079816967 (Phone, WhatsApp, Telegram) Web: streamglobedevotional.com Join us on Telegram: streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional
The Way To Kingdom Greatness 2
šAudio Version Here ā bit.ly/audio1883 1 Corinthians 13:2 (NKJV) And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. When Eze traveled to the village for the Christmas celebrations, he came in contact with some challenges that were orchestrated by demons. He tried to cast out the demons, but they seemed too strong for him to handle, and he started wondering why. When he reported the matter to his sister who was a more recent believer, she laughed over the problem and assured him that the matter was resolved. She simply prayed a simple prayer and commanded the demons to leave. The level of calmness and authority with which she commanded those demons to leave showed that she knew what she was doing and already had great power with God. The matter was resolved instantly after Ezeās sister prayed with authority. This was how Eze knew that he did not have sufficient spiritual authority to handle certain matters because he was still a spiritual babe, even though he walked in spiritual gifts and had been a believer longer than his sister. One thing Eze could say about his sister was that she was a very selfless believer whose love for the Lord [and His brethren] couldnāt be hidden. There was a time she turned down a very high paying job because she was convinced it would hinder her from serving the Lord the way she should. Eze knew he couldnāt do things like that that she did, but he also knew that was why she had more esteem and authority in heaven than him. The path of spiritual maturity and authority is the path of love and selflessness. Just like physically speaking, a young child in the family does not have as much authority over the family estate like when he becomes mature, a spiritual babe does not walk in the level of authority he would walk in when he becomes spiritually mature. Love is the fruit that God expects to see us produce because of His divine life within us. It is abnormal for those who have been born of God to not be fruitful, but it can happen if they allow themselves to be conformed to the standards of this loveless world. Go into today remembering that a man who allows himself to be transformed by the renewing of his mind through the understanding of God’s Word is a man who would walk in the divine nature of love and wield great spiritual authority. Prayer: ask the Lord to help you walk in the fullness of your authority in Him. Partner with us to print & distribute free devotional booklets here ā www.streamglobe.org/partner āPst. Abraham Damilola Arigi Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Isaiah 1-6 Get free sermons here: streamglobe.org/34 To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/HEZtl6w11q63QFZAPQNQLm Contact us: +2348079816967 (Phone, WhatsApp, Telegram) Web: streamglobedevotional.com Join us on Telegram: streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional
The Way to Kingdom Greatness
šAudio Version Here ā bit.ly/audio1882 1 Corinthians 13:2 (NKJV) And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. Even though Eze had great spiritual gifts and could prophesy very accurately, certain events unfolded that revealed to Him that he was not yet a man of great esteem in heaven. It became clear to him that as far as heaven was concerned, he was nothing- still a spiritual babe with little authority. This troubled him greatly because he had been a believer for many years. In the kingdom of God, it is possible for someone to be great and highly esteemed, and it is possible for someone to be nothing(still of little esteem), as apostle Paul points out in today’s Bible verse. Daniel was a man of great esteem in heaven. An angel appeared to Him and told Him so: Daniel 10:11(NIV)He said, “Daniel, you who are highly esteemed, consider carefully the words I am about to speak to youā¦ A man who is something in the kingdom of Heaven is a prince who has great authority. He is a man who can move the hand of heaven and speak to the ear of God. That is God’s will for all His children, but the way to this level of eternal kingdom greatness and relevance is the way of love. Daniel prayed and fasted for many days because of His love for God’s people, not because of a personal need. No matter the spiritual gifts a person walks in, if he doesn’t walk in love, he is nothing in the kingdom of God. Go into today determined to be a person of great value in God’s kingdom. Remember that the key to this is walking in love. Prayer: Ask the Lord to deliver you from all worldliness that makes it difficult for you to walk in Love. Kindly partner with us to print & distribute free devotional booklets this year. Click here ā www.streamglobe.org/partner āPst. Abraham Damilola Arigi Kindly partner with us to distribute free devotional booklets this year. Click here ā www.streamglobe.org/partner Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Psalms 1-2 Get free sermons here: streamglobe.org/34 To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/HEZtl6w11q63QFZAPQNQLm Contact us: +2348079816967 (Phone, WhatsApp, Telegram) Web: streamglobedevotional.com Join us on Telegram: streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional