Guided By Love 2
Download Today’s Audio☞ bit.ly/aud2052 Romans 8:15 (KJV) For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. Many of the children in the neighborhood called Mr. Akande their father because Mr. Akande was truly a father to many of them who had lost their dad’s in the war. He provided for them and paid their bills even though they were not his biological children. But Mr. Akande and his biological children were really close. When every other child would say Mr. AKande is our father, Henry his son would say Mr. Akande is my dad. Mr. Akande didn’t necessarily know the voice of all his children in the neighborhood, but he knew the voice of his son and would respond quicker if he heard that voice. ‘Abba’ is one of the first words a Jewish child utters. It’s very much like the word ‘Dadda’ English speaking families hear their children say as first words when the child tries to say ‘daddy’. Before Jesus, no Jew dared to call God Abba. It was too personal a term with which to refer to God. But Jesus was the first to call God ‘Abba’ because God was His dad (see Mark14:36). Today, through faith in Christ Jesus, and by the indwelling Holy Spirit, we have that kind of personal relationship with God such that we can call Him Abba or dad. Those who are led by the Spirit are those who walk in this realm of relationship with their heavenly father. The thought of today’s verse started in Romans 8:1 and down to verse 13, we see that the topic of discussion was walking in the Spirit as opposed to walking in the flesh. We see that those who have the Spirit of God dwelling in them (not just a one-time filling) are those who walk in the Spirit(see Romans 8:9). And now we are seeing that it is those same people(who walk in the Spirit) that have this personal relationship with God as Father. Go into today remembering that because of the indwelling Holy Spirit, God is your Dad and the relationship you have with God is the most intimate that there is. Prayer: Holy Father, please fill me with Your Spirit and help me walk in the Spirit and stay filled so that I can walk in the reality of sonship. -Abraham Damilola Arigi Want to be born again? Go here☞ streamglobe.org/33 Download sermons here: streamglobe.org/34 Bible in 1 Year: Luke 15-16 (in today’s audio) Streamglobe is interdenominational and nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio on your WhatsApp, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/DCLsLjMMtpD7pRiVMjkC7k Visit our website: www.streamglobe.org http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202052.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Guided By Love
Download Today’s Audio☞ bit.ly/aud2051 Romans 8:15 (NET) For you did not receive the spirit of slavery leading again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba, Father.” A child that is not sure of his father’s love can never be as close to his loving father as the child that is sure of his father’s love. The Spirit of God who we have received endears us to God. He is the one who bears witness with our spirits that we are children of God (Romans 8:16). There is a tendency by the flesh to bring back the old principle of fear in our dealing with God. This is the only principle the flesh understands, one that obeys only because of fear of the consequences. But in the new creation, we obey our Father because we love Him. Operating in God’s kingdom by the old principle of fear limits us greatly in our relationship with our heavenly father. But if a believer walks in the flesh, his relationship with God will have to be governed by fear because that is the only language the flesh understands. Not obeying God still has fearful eternal consequences that should be dreaded, but a man who walks in the Spirit has gone beyond that level of fear and entered into the realm of love that facilitates a growing relationship leading to transformation into God’s divine nature and eternal kingdom might and greatness, not merely an escape from eternal damnation. God wants us to have a growing relationship with Him, one where we continue to know Him more and more until the perfect day. This is only possible when we are rested in the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the Love of God. All of this is facilitated by the communion of the Holy Spirit who sheds the love of God abroad in our hearts and administers the grace we need for life and godliness. Go into today remembering that grace and peace are multiplied in your life through the growing knowledge of God and of our Lord Jesus Christ (See 2 Peter 1:2). This knowledge is fostered by a loving fellowship with God our Father. Confession: God loves and there’s nothing the devil can do about it. I walk in this love and grow daily. Amen. Prayer: Lord, help me walk above the dominion of the flesh and fear, and enter into the realm of your love through the dominion of your Spirit. -Abraham Damilola Arigi Want to be born again? Go here☞ streamglobe.org/33 Download sermons here: streamglobe.org/34 Bible in 1 Year: Ezekiel 13-18 (in today’s audio) Streamglobe is interdenominational and nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio on your WhatsApp, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/DCLsLjMMtpD7pRiVMjkC7k Visit our website: www.streamglobe.org
Led By The Spirit
Download Today’s Audio☞ bit.ly/aud2050 Romans 8:14 (NET) For all who are led by the Spirit of God are the sons of God. Demian cried: “but I’m a child of God, how could this be happening to me Lord?” immediately he got a response in his spirit that said: “if you had allowed the Spirit of God to lead you, this wouldn’t have happened”. Many believers do not walk in the reality of their sonship in God because they are not led by the Spirit of God. A man whose choices and decisions in life are determined by what other people will say and how he would be perceived by the world cannot say he is being led by the Spirit of God. A believer is either led by the Spirit or is led by the flesh. A person led by the flesh would find that he is ultimately led by the god of this world. He would find that he does things to either satisfy his greed, his lust or his pride (see 1 John 2:16). A man led by the Spirit of God would find that the only person he wants to please is God. He would rather be displeased and God pleased. Having a daily discipline of exposure to the ministry of the word and prayer would help sharpen your discernment of the Spirit’s leading, especially in complicated situations. Knowledge of God’s Word would help you know the ways the Holy Spirit leads and ways he would never lead you. We can be sure of these: the Holy Spirit would never lead you to commit sin. The Holy Spirit would never lead you to disobey the written word and counsel of God. We can also be sure of these: the devil [and the flesh] would never lead you to pray. The devil would never lead you to love your enemies. Go into today remembering that those who are led by the Spirit are those who walk in the reality of their sonship in God. They are not just those who can perceive the Spirit’s leading, they are those who follow the Spirit’s leading. Prayer: Lord Jesus. please help me live a life that is led by your Spirit. Amen. -Abraham Damilola Arigi Want to be born again? Go here☞ streamglobe.org/33 Get sermons here: streamglobe.org/34 Bible in 1 Year: Proverbs 7 (in today’s audio) Streamglobe is interdenominational and nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio on your WhatsApp, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/DCLsLjMMtpD7pRiVMjkC7k Visit our website: www.streamglobe.org http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202050.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Spiritual Enlightenment
Download Today’s Audio☞ bit.ly/aud2049 Ephesians 1:18-19 (KJV) The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty powerAfter innocent accepted the Lord Jesus, there were many things about the kingdom of God he did not understand, but unlike so many believers today, he sought to understand them. Innocent wanted to walk in the reality of God’s power since he once read in his Bible that the kingdom of God is not in word but in power(1 Corinthians 4:20). Because of this desire to understand the mysteries of the kingdom of God, innocent had a great hunger for the word of God. Anywhere he heard that the word of God was taught with sincerely, he would listen. He bought many books and spent money to attend many conferences. He downloaded hundreds of sermons and listened to them. He read the Bible daily and sought to pray more and more. As time passed, even innocent did not realize how much he had grown until he met the person that led him to Lord when they were on campus. This person had to confess that innocent now knew so many things that even he did not know, and as a result, walked more in the reality of God [and His Power] than most believers he knew. Those who seek the kingdom of God as their first priority cannot be at the same level as those who do not(see Matthew 11:12). Today’s Bible verses capture part of Paul’s prayer for the saints everywhere. It is the desire of God that the eyes of our understanding be enlightened. This is when we can know the riches of our inheritance and the exceeding greatness of Gods power made available for us. Note that today’s verses didn’t say “that we may know about the riches of our inheritance”, it says “that we may know the riches of our inheritance”. There is a difference between knowing about me and knowing me. Knowing me involves dealing with me personally, but one can know about me by merely reading about me or studying me from afar. When the eyes of our understanding are truly enlightened, we will not just know about the riches of our inheritance and the power thereof, we would start experiencing the foretaste of these things, and as a result, would groan in expectant hope as we await the resurrection, which would usher us into the fullness of these things(see Romans 8:23, Philippians 3:20-21). Go into today knowing that any believer who still has a worldly outlook to life; and still lives for this world(rather than for God’s kingdom) is walking in terrible spiritual ignorance and has shortchanged himself. Such an outlook to life limits our ability to know the riches of our inheritance and the power thereof. Prayer: Lord, please enlighten the eyes of understanding and help me know the riches of my inheritance in you. Deliver me from every spirit of distraction, in Jesus name. Amen. -Abraham Damilola Arigi Want to be born again? Go here☞ streamglobe.org/33 Get sermons here: streamglobe.org/34 Bible in 1 Year: Psalms 75-77 (in today’s audio) Streamglobe is interdenominational and nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio on your WhatsApp, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/DCLsLjMMtpD7pRiVMjkC7k Visit our website: www.streamglobe.org http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202049.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
You Are Saved to Serve God
Download Today’s Audio☞ bit.ly/aud2048 1 Corinthians 6:20 KJV For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s. There are those who believe that the reason for their salvation is so they could be free from their problems: poverty, oppression, sicknesses, etc. Others believe that it is so they could have power, dominate and rule. But what do you think is the reason for your salvation? In Luke 1:71,74, we see that Jesus came so that we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us; [74] That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear. The above passage shows that salvation itself is freedom from our enemies, but many saved children of God today have spent a lot of their time in fighting enemies. Meanwhile, what we should be doing is to serve God without fear, in holiness and righteousness all the days of our lives (Luke 1:75 KJV). The reason you are saved is so that you would glorify God. Because many have not lived by this truth, they fight battles that are already won in Christ. If you want to live a life free from the fear of enemies, you will have to begin to live your life solely to glorify God. This way, God Himself will become the enemy of your enemies. Pray this way: Father, I give myself to you– spirit, soul and body. Let my life always give you glory. -Dr. Emmanuel James. Want to be born again? Go here☞ streamglobe.org/33 Get sermons here: streamglobe.org/34 Bible in 1 Year: I Kings 19-22 (in today’s audio) Streamglobe is interdenominational and nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio on your WhatsApp, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/DCLsLjMMtpD7pRiVMjkC7k Or Join Our Telegram Group☞ t.me/streamglobe1 visit our website: www.streamglobe.org http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202048.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Commit Your Future to the Lord
Download Today’s Audio☞ bit.ly/aud2047 Psalms 37:5 (NET) Commit your future to the Lord! Trust in him, and he will act on your behalf. Eliezer of Damascus was tasked with the responsibility to find a wife for Isaac. He didn’t want to fail in this responsibility, so when he got to the land where he was to find the wife, he committed his mission to the Lord, and we saw that it was the Lord that acted on his behalf to find the right wife for Isaac(see Genesis 24). When people commit their ways to the Lord and truly ask that God’s will be done, God would intervene. But the key to this is walking under the dominion of God in our day to day lives. One of the wisest things a believer can do is to commit his future to the Lord. But why does God need us to commit our future to Him? Because prayer is the way we give God access into our lives to help us. Many times, because of the sinful nature we are growing out of through transformation(see Romans 12:2, we restrict God’s access into our lives because every sin is an act of rebellion to the authority of God. God, therefore, needs us to consciously ask and commit things into His hands in order for Him to act on our behalf. There is someone reading this Devotional who is about to make a very important business decision. The Lord is telling you today to pause for some time and take your time to commit your future into His hands. He wants to act on your behalf, but He needs you to consciously commit things to His hands and ask that His will takes preeminence. Go into today remembering to commit your future to God’s hand. God is set to intervene in your life and act on your behalf in every area. Prayer: Heavenly Father, I commit my future into your hand. Please come and take absolute control, in Jesus name. Amen. -Abraham Damilola Arigi Want to be born again? Go here☞ streamglobe.org/33 Get sermons here: streamglobe.org/34 Bible in 1 Year: Leviticus 7-9 (in today’s audio) Streamglobe is interdenominational and nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio on your WhatsApp, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/Flxw5n3DCJLAqXD3JfoQA6 Or Join Our Telegram Group☞ t.me/streamglobe1 visit our website: www.streamglobe.org http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202047.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Avoid Walking in the Flesh
Download Today’s Audio☞ bit.ly/aud2046 Romans 8:12-13 (NET) So then, brothers and sisters, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh (for if you live according to the flesh, you will die), but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body you will live. There is the sad but true story of a pastor’s wife who became adulterous and rebellious. With time she denied the faith and became an atheist. This happened because as she continued to unrepentantly walk in the flesh, she died spiritually. When a believer continuously walks in the flesh (by committing sinful acts) in open rebellion, that believer is committing sin leading unto [spiritual] death. We are instructed in 1John 5:16 not to even waste our prayers on such believers. Some argue that those who have denied the faith did so because they were never really truly saved in the first place, but there is no scripture to back that assertion, only sentiments. But there are scriptures that clearly say people fall away(Hebrews 10:39, 6:4-6), deny the faith(1 Timothy 5:8), have a shipwreck of the faith(1 Timothy 1:19), die spiritually (Romans 8:13, Revelation 3:1-2), etc. We can learn from today’s Bible verse that the reason for this is continuing to walk in the flesh. Walking in the flesh leads to spiritual death. Faith in God is a most precious treasure(see 1Peter 1:7), one that we should fight to keep (see 1 Timothy 6:12). But one can lose this priceless treasure if by walking unrepentantly in the flesh, he continues to violate his conscience. Faith is spiritual and the sensor of the human spirit is the conscience. A ship with damaged sensors would have a shipwreck. When you see someone who was once a believer getting to a point where he denies the faith, it usually is because he died spiritually due to walking in the flesh and continuous violation of his conscience (see 1 Timothy 1:19). One of the biggest dangers of doctrines that make believers comfortable in their sins (while invoking ‘grace’ and refusing to repent) is that some of such believers can come to a point of denying the faith because they have walked in the flesh unrepentantly for so long to the point of spiritual death. Sin is antithetical to faith, and the devil understands this too well. He understands that if he can get believers to walk in the flesh long enough without repenting, Sin will gradually erode their faith until a time comes when they no longer have the ability to believe in God. This is one of the scariest things that can ever happen but it is happening all the time, and the scriptures predict that it will happen in a large scale as a sign leading to the revelation of the antichrist (see 2 Thessalonians 2:3). Go into today remembering that willful and unrepentant sinning is an act of unbelief towards God. Continuing in such a circle can bring a believer to the point where he no longer has the ability to believe in God. Prayer: Lord, help me to maintain a clear conscience before you and before all men. Deliver me from every sin, in Jesus name. Amen. -Abraham Damilola Arigi Want to be born again? Go here☞ streamglobe.org/33 Get sermons here: streamglobe.org/34 Bible in 1 Year: Philippians 1-2 (in today’s audio) Streamglobe is interdenominational and nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio on your WhatsApp, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/Flxw5n3DCJLAqXD3JfoQA6 Or Join Our Telegram Group☞ t.me/streamglobe1 www.streamglobe.org http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202046.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
He Also Wants My Body
STREAMGLOBE DEVOTIONAL Monday, August 4, Download Today’s Audio☞ bit.ly/aud2045 1 Corinthians 6:20 (KJV) For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s. After attending an evangelistic crusade, Dapo accepted the Lord Jesus into his life and soon joined a denomination. He found himself among friends who believed that what they do with their bodies did not matter since their spirits have been saved and it is their spirits that will go to heaven and not their bodies. Dapo continued this way and soon discovered that he couldn’t live the victorious life promised in the Bible. He met another brother in his workplace who was respected by everyone, including their boss. Dapo saw that there was a higher life this brother had, and he sincerely coveted this kind of life because he knew he did not walk in it. After many years of trying, Dapo eventually consulted this other brother who simply told him that “God wants to dwell in your body also”. After hearing this, Dapo exclaimed, “so He also wants my body!”. He cut off from those friends and started following the doctrine of Christ (which establishes the dominion of God over people). That was when his progress started. Like Dapo, you may not know that God also wants control of your body. He really wants to possess your body too, just the way He has possession of your spirit. If what you do with your body does not glorify God, it is impossible for the world to know that you are a child of God. This is why Paul wrote to us in our text that we must glorify God not only in our spirit but also in our body. Go into today knowing that if God must reach out to the unbelieving world through you, what your spirit has received from His Spirit must be displayed in your bodily actions and conduct. Pray this way: Father, I give myself to you– spirit, soul and body. Be glorified in my body. Amen. -Dr. Emmanuel James Want to be born again? Go here☞ streamglobe.org/33 Get sermons here: streamglobe.org/34 Bible in 1 Year: Luke 13-14 (in today’s audio) Streamglobe is interdenominational and nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio on your WhatsApp, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞https://chat.whatsapp.com/Flxw5n3DCJLAqXD3JfoQA6 www.streamglobe.org http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202045.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Life In The spirit 9
Download Today’s Audio☞ bit.ly/aud2044 Romans 8:11 (KJV) But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. After Dayo was delivered and could now resist the temptation to indulge in certain sinful habits, he realized that even though his soul was delivered, his flesh was now used to committing those sins and his flesh still had a craving for them. Even though the demons that made those habits compulsive and impossible for him to resist were expelled, Dayo found that his flesh was now his biggest problem, and he could not cast out his flesh. Dayo had made some new friends who were in the habit of praying in the Spirit every night on campus. He discovered that each time he joined them to pray, his flesh was put in check and the craving for sin vanished. Dayo now learned from experience that the way to keep the flesh from pulling him into sin [and death] is by the quickening of the Holy Spirit. Temptations have two main sources: the flesh and demons. When a temptation has become so impulsive that a believer does not have the ability to resist it, it usually is because a demon is now involved. Demons are invited when people continue in sinful acts long enough. After the demons responsible for impulsive sins have been expelled, it is important for the believer to realize that the flesh loves to sin, and it would seek to bring him back into bondage all over again. The Power of the Holy Spirit is the only remedy to the weakness of the flesh. The Holy Spirit quickens our mortal bodies, and by doing this, the weakness and craving for sin are suspended. Fellowship with the Holy Spirit is a necessity for the believer. One way we allow the Holy Spirit to quicken us is by praying in the Spirit and being filled with the Spirit. (Being filled with the Spirit has a lot to do with our daily habits and disciplines. See the dynamics of this in Ephesians 5:19-21). That’s why the Lord instructs us to pray always. When we pray in the Spirit long enough, the power of the Spirit is multiplied within us. Pray: Lord, please help me to be filled with the Spirit at all times. Amen -Abraham Damilola Arigi Want to be born again? Go here☞ streamglobe.org/33 Bible in 1 Year: Ezekiel 7-12 (in today’s audio) Streamglobe is interdenominational and nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio on your WhatsApp, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/Flxw5n3DCJLAqXD3JfoQA6 Or Join Our Telegram Group☞ t.me/streamglobe1 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202044.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Life in the Spirit 8
Download Today’s Audio☞ bit.ly/aud2043 Romans 8:9-10 (NET) You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, this person does not belong to him. But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is your life because of righteousness. Dayo found it impossible to resist the urge to indulge in certain sinful harmful habits to his body. But after he was delivered from the four Spirits responsible for those habits, he now had the ability to resist. People would always behave according to the nature of the spirit that is in them. This is also true for those filled with the Holy Spirit. What it means to be in the flesh is to be dominated and controlled by the fleshly sinful nature, but what it means to be in the spirit is to be controlled by the spiritual nature of righteousness that only those who have accepted Christ as Lord can receive through the indwelling Holy Spirit. If the Holy Spirit dwells in a person, it means that that person truly belongs to Christ. The Holy Spirit can only dwell within a person by that person’s permission. Those who belong to Christ are those who have willfully submitted to Christ’s Lordship, and the Holy Spirit is given to them to administer the Lordship of Christ in their lives. That’s why He convicts us whenever we do things contrary to the lordship of Christ, and those who desire to continue to fellowship with Him would repent and forsake their sins. Anyone who is not willing to be ruled by the lordship of Christ cannot be filled with the Holy Spirit. Everyone who belongs to Christ(who Christ is their Lord and owner) has the spirit of God dwelling within them. You may be wondering about believers today who live contrary to the will of the Holy Spirit but still speak in tongues ‘by the Holy Spirit’? But the truth about this is in the last verse of today’s scripture. If the spirit of Christ is in anyone, he will be dead to sin and alive to righteousness by the Spirit. The proof that a person is filled with the Holy Spirit is in their fruits, not their gifts( see Matthew 7:15-20) Go into today remembering that a person cannot be truly filled with the Holy Spirit and continue to be unholy. A person takes on the nature of the spirit that possesses him. And by a person’s habits and disciplines, he can inadvertently invite spirits into his life. Those who by obedience to the word of God seek to live holy lives would be filled with the Holy Spirit who would come to assist them to be holy. Prayer: Lord, help me live a spirit-filled life. Amen. -Abraham Damilola Arigi Want to be born again? Go here☞ streamglobe.org/33 Bible in 1 Year: Proverbs 5-6 (in today’s audio) Streamglobe is interdenominational and nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio on your WhatsApp, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/Flxw5n3DCJLAqXD3JfoQA6 Or Join Our Telegram Group☞ t.me/streamglobe1 Visit our website: www.streamglobe.org