Cast Not Your Pearls before Swine 2
đDownload Audio Here â bit.ly/aud1919 Matthew 7:5-6 (KJV) Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. Mr. and Mrs. Akowe were Marriage ministers who had a very great track record of success. They had seen the Lord use them to restore many wounded and broken marriages in the church. But they recently discovered that they were no longer fruitful in their ministry. As they waited on the Lord to know why they were no longer succeeding in healing marriages through their ministry, they discovered that it was because they were now hypocrites who refused to remove the beam in their own eyes. There was now deep-rooted recentness they had towards each other, but they both covered it up and continued with the ministry. This was the reason they were no longer fruitful. In today’s verses, the Lord says we should first cast out the beam from our own eyes before we can see clearly to cast out the mote in our brother’s eyes. He then goes on to say that we should not give that which is holy to dogs and our pearls to swine. There are a number of lessons here: One is that it is impossible for a hypocritical believer to successfully remove the impurities and specs in the life of another believer. Itâs a spiritual principle. See 2 Corinthians 10:6. Before you begin to attempt to help remove the mote in your Christian Brother or sisterâs eyeâs, you must be sure that the one in your eye has been removed or you would never succeed in helping. Another lesson is that the person whose eye you are to remove the spec from should be your [Christian] brother, not an outsider- for outside are the dogs (Rev 22:15). In removing the mote from your brotherâs eyes, you are giving that which is Holy and precious. This kind of painstaking task is only reserved for your [Christian] brother and not for the metaphorical swine and pigs: those who do not care about God. Prayer: Lord, show me the log in my eyes and help me be fruitful in ministry. âPst. Abraham Damilola Arigi Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Matthew 11-13 (audio in our Telegram group) Not yet 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/C2TMeQsNPgbCtCxMhrAlHe Contact us: +2348079816967 (Phone, WhatsApp, Telegram Website: www.streamglobe.org Join our Telegram group: streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional
Cast Not Your Pearls before Swine
đDownload Audio Here â bit.ly/aud1918 Matthew 7:6 (KJV) Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. After Henry believed in the Lord and was delivered from many dangerous habits like smoking and gambling, he now saw more clearly how those habits were destroying his life before he believed. Because of this, he tried persuading his old friends from such habits, trying to show them how bad these habits are for their health and even their finances, but they laughed at him and hated him even more. All he tried to do was to help them, but it was working the other way round. We can see from scripture (see 1 Pet 2:22) that the metaphor of dogs and swine are used for rebellious ‘believers’ (who would not be corrected because they have turned from the way and are not deceived or ignorant) or unbelievers. We are not to expend our teaching, counseling, prayers and time on such believers who have denied the faith (see 1 John 5:16). There is no need wasting your time to convince an unbeliever about the dangers of his habits (he most likely already knows), what he needs is the gospel. It is when you see a spec in the eye of your [Christian] brother or sister that you can expend your resources and time in removing it through prayer, teaching, and loving counsel. But you can only be effective in this when you have already removed the log in your own eyes (see Matt 7:5). Go into today remembering that you have limited time in this side of eternity. Make the most of it for Godâs kingdom profit (see Eph 5:15-16). âPst. Abraham Damilola Arigi Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Isaiah 23-28 (audio in our Telegram group) Not yet 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/C2TMeQsNPgbCtCxMhrAlHe Contact us: +2348079816967 (Phone, WhatsApp, Telegram Website: www.streamglobe.org Join our Telegram group: streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional
The Gospel of God
đDownload Audio Here â bit.ly/aud1917 1 Corinthians 15:1-2 (NET) Now I want to make clear for you, brothers and sisters, the gospel that I preached to you, that you received and on which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message I preached to you â unless you believed in vain. I had a conversation with a colleague who kept telling me how he admired my lifestyle and devotion to God. He wasn’t a believer in the Lord Jesus but said he was a believer in God. We discussed how Jesus Christ is what makes the difference. You cannot preach the gospel without talking about Christ. The gospel is the message about Christ. If Christ is not in the Center of the message, it is not the gospel of God. It became necessary for Apostle Paul to make clear to the Corinthians the gospel they received so that they would know what it was and what it was not. He went on to talk about Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection. He further went on to lay emphasis on the resurrection of the dead (read 1 Cor 15). The resurrection of the dead is an important aspect of our gospel message. Take it out of the gospel message and you’ve taken away hope from it. Take away hope and youâll deaden faith. Today, there is a gospel message that only seeks to focus on hope and prosperity in this life, but fails to emphasize the coming of the Lord and the resurrection of the dead. It fails to emphasize to believers that the best they can have in this life of the flesh is less than the least they would have in the life of the resurrected body. The problem with this kind of gospel is that even though it may be celebrated among none critical thinkers, it would be redundant among critical thinkers and those who are not driven by the need to alienate poverty. Thatâs why it appears that the gospel [popularly preached today] is losing traction in the most affluent nations of the world today. Go into today remembering that the true gospel of God focuses on Christ and brings people eternal hope (whether they are rich or poor, young or old) not just for this life but for the life to come.âPst. Abraham Damilola Arigi Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Job 9-10 (audio in our Telegram group) Not yet 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/Lbo0lec9Dbc9gxeBidvLNF Contact us: +2348079816967 (Phone, WhatsApp, Telegram Website: www.streamglobe.org Join our Telegram group: streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional
Why Self-control?
đDownload Audio Here â bit.ly/aud1916 Galatians 5:22-23 (KJV)But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, [23] Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. The same Judith who attempted taking her own life because of depression and rejection from friends later became a successful teacher, motivator and a co-owner of a Foundation for the depressed, where she taught by the power of the Holy Spirit. One very important evidence that shows that a child of God is now mature and ready to be entrusted with the true riches of the Kingdom is self-control. When you canât control yourself, you cannot lead others. In Luke 16:10, Jesus says you must be faithful in little for you to be entrusted with more. Your ability to control yourself is the first little test that you must pass before God can entrust the lives of others to you. âWhen you are converted, strengthen your brethrenâ was Jesus’ counsel to Peter in Luke 22:32 and in Galatians 4:1-2 we see that as long as the heir remains a child although the rightful owner of all, there is no difference between him and the servants. He is put under governors who will help him govern his life until he reaches maturity and can govern is own life by himself. You see, ownership and leadership is given to those who have learned to govern themselves. You may never be able to possess your possession unless you are self-controlled. That unpleasant experience, that irritating neighbor, that nagging spouse, and those other things that get you so easily offended may be your own test. You can be free from being controlled by things and happenings around if you will let the Holy Spirit help you control yourself. Go into today knowing that you will not lead others well unless youâve learned to lead yourself well. Lord, help me walk in self-control and possess my possessions fully.âDr. Emmanuel James Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Psalms 12-14 (audio available in our Telegram group) Not yet 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/Lbo0lec9Dbc9gxeBidvLNF Contact us: +2348079816967 (Phone, WhatsApp, Telegram Website: www.streamglobe.org Join our Telegram group: streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional
The Holy Spirit
đDownload Audio Here â bit.ly/aud1915 John 14:17 (NET) The Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot accept, because it does not see him or know him. But you know him, because he resides with you and will be in you. Until after Jessica accepted the Lord Jesus, she didn’t understand what people talked about when they talked about the Holy Spirit. But when she accepted the Lord Jesus, the Holy Spirit became real to her. Before she accepted the Lord Jesus, she was a drug addict, and had gone to rehab three times but always relapsed. But when she knew the Holy Spirit, she found the power to overcome her drug addiction. The devil knows that with the Holy Spirit in our lives he cannot overcome us so he will do everything he can to deceive believers from knowing the person and ministry of the Holy Ghost. Go into today remembering that the power to live a victorious life is supplied by the Holy Ghost you have received if you are a believer. For it is not by power nor by might, but by the spirit of God that we fulfill our eternal destinies on this side of eternity (see Zech 4:6). Prayer: Lord please fill me with the Holy Spirit and help me walk in His power. Amen. âPst. Abraham Damilola Arigi Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Joshua 21-24 (audio available in our Telegram group) Not yet 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/Lbo0lec9Dbc9gxeBidvLNF Contact us: +2348079816967 (Phone, WhatsApp, Telegram Website: www.streamglobe.org Join our Telegram group: streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional
Self Control
đDownload Audio Here â bit.ly/aud1914 Galatians 5:22-24 (KJV)But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. Judith got angry at the slightest provocation and was known for this by all her friends because once she gets angry theyâll all have to leave her alone. Even though Judith was a believer, she had no control of herself. Her friends left her and anyone who wanted to marry her ran away. She suffered dejection and even considered suicide so many times until she was taught self-control. Iâll define self-control or temperance as your ability to control yourself. Many believers today have lost control or never even gained control of themselves. They are controlled from without by external influences. Insult them and theyâll get angry, give them money and theyâll be happy, but theyâll be sad when they lose money. They really are not the ones controlling themselves but are controlled by external influences. In Genesis 1:28-30 God gave us dominion, in 1 Corinthians 3:21-23 He gave us all things, and in Luke 9:1 God gave us power and authority. Use your dominion and authority to bring all that is within you under the control of the indwelling Holy Spirit. Go into today depending on the Holy Spirit to be self-controlled. âDr. Emmanuel James Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Genesis 16-19 (audio available in our Telegram group) Not yet 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/Lbo0lec9Dbc9gxeBidvLNF Contact us: +2348079816967 (Phone, WhatsApp, Telegram Website: www.streamglobe.org Join our Telegram group: streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional
False Prophets- The Way of Balaam
đDownload Audio Here â bit.ly/aud1913 2 Peter 2:15 (NET) By forsaking the right path they have gone astray, because they followed the way of Balaam son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness Now there is another category of prophets who started as true servants of the Lord, but along the way, because of mammon, they have ended as enemies of the cross (see Phil 3:18). They can also be classified as false prophets. The first known prophet who entered this kind of error is Balaam. He was a prophet of Almighty God but an enemy of Godâs people brought him money to help place a curse on God’s people. Balaam initially refrained because he understood that it was wrong for him to do such a thing. But because the people who came brought money, Balaam kept asking the Lord to let him go and place a curse on His people, people who like Jethro, Balaam was supposed to be on their side. After trying several times to no avail in cursing God’s people, he gave their enemy a strategy that ultimately worked in getting God’s people to walk in iniquity so that they would be destroyed. Even though he was supposed to be a prophet of God, Balaam worked against God’s kingdom agenda because of money. There are many prophets today who are walking in the same error as Balaam. They have used their spiritual skill and anointing to help the kingdom of darkness (some without knowing it) rather than edify God’s people because they want more money. Many of them have twisted the word of God knowingly just because they want to extract more money from the people. Instead of feeding God’s children with the sincere milk of Godâs word that would help them grow into the stature of Christ, they have fed them with the milk adulterated with worldliness that would keep them as babes who would continue to depend on them and fill their pockets with money. Go into today remembering that you cannot serve God and serve mammon (see Matt 6:24). Any attempt to do the two as a servant of Jesus would lead you into the way of Balaam. Prayer: Lord, please deliver me from walking this evil path and help me depend on you alone. Amen. âAbraham Damilola Arigi Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Romans 9-10 (audio available in our Telegram group) not yet 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/Lbo0lec9Dbc9gxeBidvLNF Contact us: +2348079816967 (Phone, WhatsApp, Telegram Website: www.streamglobe.org Join our Telegram group: streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional
False Prophets
đDownload Audio Here â bit.ly/aud1912 Matthew 24:11-12 (KJV)And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. After suffering greatly in the hand of a particular false prophet, Bimbo was now generally cold towards ministers of the gospel and believers. She fell prey to that false prophet because he was claiming to be a genuine man of God who preaches holiness and righteousness, but ultimately was a charlatan used witchcraft to turn people like her into his personal ATM. Because of the things she had experienced, her love for the body of Christ had grown cold. She didn’t trust anybody again and was now closed hearted and tight-fisted towards the work of God. I believe it is no coincidence that after the Lord Jesus talks about many false prophets rising that He informs us that iniquity shall abound. Every church assembly is meant to be the light of its territory(see Rev 1:20, Matt 5:14), but through the invasion of false prophets claiming to be men of God, what is meant to bring territorial light becomes darkness, and if the light [of a territory] becomes darkness, how great is that darkness! (Matt 6:23). One of the most effective ways to identify false prophets is by their fruits in relation to money. They serve mammon and not God. Money is more important to them than the souls of men. What then is the solution?Believers must beware of false prophets (Matt 7:15). Do not follow people because of signs and wonders, but follow them because the words they speak impart life to your righteous spirit (see John 6:63, 68). False prophets can perform lying wonders and magic, but cannot impart the life of the Holy Spirit into their words. Go into today remembering that it is not a light thing before the Lord for the love of a believer to wax cold. The Lordâs first letter to the Churches makes this clear (see Rev 2:4-5). Prayer focus:Revelation 2:5 (KJV) Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent. âAbraham Damilola Arigi Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Matthew 8-10 (audio available in our Telegram group) not yet 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/GqYtK0MiO5AI86z4NbCDyS Contact us: +2348079816967 (Phone, WhatsApp, Telegram) Join our Telegram group: streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional
Edification of the Church
đDownload Audio Here â bit.ly/aud1911 1 Corinthians 14:26 (NET) What should you do then, brothers and sisters? When you come together, each one has a song, has a lesson, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. Let all these things be done for the strengthening of the church. One of the biggest hindrances to the edification of the church by people with [spiritual] gifts has been the quest for self-glorification rather than the edification of the church. You cannot do both. Many church assemblies today have structures that make it impossible for those who are not ‘ordained ministers’ to minister to God’s people (this is not God’s ideal). One of the reasons for this is because the only people they are sure might be truly born again and qualified to minister to God’s people are the ordained ministers. This in itself is an indictment on the quality of work done to raise true disciples in such assemblies. We can see from today’s Bible verse that it is expected for believers to be a blessing to each other when they come to church gatherings. They are not only expected to minister their material resources but are expected to minister spiritual substance to each other. This is one way believers grow. But this is only possible when the focus of churches go from raising children who believe their main contribution to the work of God is financial to raising sons who know that it is an aberration for them to remain spiritual babies. Doctrine makes disciples. The teaching people receive would go a long way in determining the quality of believers they would be– whether they would remain spiritual babies or grow into maturity. Go into today remembering that God expects you to be a blessing to His people through your gifts rightly dispensed in maturity. Remember that spiritual maturity is a function of the doctrines you continually receive. It is time to stop feeding on baby food(doctrines) and become the great spiritual giant God has destined you to be. Prayer: Lord, please help me continually grow into the fullness of your stature(Ephesians 4:13-14) âAbraham Damilola Arigi Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Isaiah 18-22 (audio available in our Telegram group) 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/GqYtK0MiO5AI86z4NbCDyS Contact us: +2348079816967 (Phone, WhatsApp, Telegram) streamglobedevotional.com Join our Telegram group: streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional
Manner of Thinking
đDownload Audio Here â bit.ly/aud1910 1 Corinthians 14:20 (NET) Brothers and sisters, do not be children in your thinking. Instead, be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature. Aku grew up among some of the most cunning and dishonest people, so this made him very suspicious and untrusting. This affected his relationships with his friends even after he became a believer, and this even affected his relationship with his wife because he was too suspicious and untrusting. As he became more spiritually mature, he understood that because he was in Christ, he was not the one taking care of himself but the Lord. He stopped being suspicious and untrusting. He realized that being that way had not really helped him in life. It alienated his friends and made it impossible for him to enjoy the peace of God. Even though he remained wise and observant, he stopped being a suspicious untrusting person because he now understood that his life was God’s idea and his security God’s responsibility. In today’s Bible verse, we see a very important guiding principle of thinking that every Christian should imbibe. We are not to be children in our thinking, but when it comes to evil and malice, we are to be children. We can afford this because we are children of Almighty God. There are revelations that God cannot reveal to believers who are too simple and childish in their thinking and reasoning. But there are depths of peace that cannot be reached by those who are too suspicious and untrusting. God wants us to be advanced and critical in our reasoning because He wants to reason with us(see Isaiah 1:8). He doesn’t want us to be simple thinkers who can be swayed by winds of highfalutin doctrines. One way to ensure we are not simpletons and childish in our reasoning is for us to have hearts that seek knowledge and understanding. ââŚwith all thy getting get understandingâ–Proverbs 4:7. Read, ask questions, seek to know. The internet is not only meant for social media but can be used for wisdom and understanding imparting research. Prayer: Lord, give me a heart that seeks wisdom and understanding. Amen. âAbraham Damilola Arigi Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Job 7-8 (audio available in our Telegram group) 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/GqYtK0MiO5AI86z4NbCDyS Contact us: +2348079816967 (Phone, WhatsApp, Telegram) streamglobedevotional.com Join our Telegram group: streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional