Are You Faithful?
1 Corinthians 4:5 (NLT) “So be careful not to jump to conclusions before the Lord returns as to whether or not someone is faithful. When the Lord comes, He will bring our deepest secrets to light and will reveal our private motives. And then God will give to everyone whatever praise is due.” Faithfulness is one of God’s chief characteristics. It refers primarily to His reliability in keeping His promises. Faithfulness also stands as the hallmark of the life of the Christian, as we imitate the faithfulness of Christ. God wants us to be people who are dependable and capable of being trusted. God is faithful and rewards faithfulness. But, you see, faithfulness is becoming a rare commodity in our generation. Many pulpits are manned by men who are unfaithful to their wives; many civil servants are unfaithful to their employer-the government; many politicians are unfaithful to the people who voted them to power. If you are not faithful to your wife, husband, employer, employee, neighbor or even the government, you can’t be faithful to your God. From today’s passage, we see that faithfulness is contingent on what we do when nobody is around. This is what God looks at in rewarding faithfulness. My question for you today is: do you have deep secrets which when brought to light would make you bow your head in shame? Or do you have private motives which if revealed would make people run away from you? If you do, then you are not a faithful person in the eye of God. Deal with those secret sins or they will deal with you later on. Remember that the Lord Jesus will return one day to reward those who will remain faithful to the end (see 1 Corinthians 4:5). Prayer: Pray that the Lord will help you to remain faithful to Him and to everyone around you. —Otuokon, Ubokudom Want to be born again? Click here ☞ streamglobe.org/33 Yearly Plan: Numbers 17-20 (In Devotional Audio) To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio every day, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/HX6dBB2w0uA59dJRUiURdW Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Visit our website: www.streamglobe.org
God Confirms His Word 2
Hebrews 2:3-4 (KJV) 3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him; 4 God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will? From when he was a child, Julius knew that there was the call of God upon his life for him to become a minister of the gospel. After receiving the baptism of the Holy Spirit, there were certain remarkable spiritual gifts in his life, and as he gave himself steadfastly to prayer and fasting, these spiritual gifts became heightened. Unfortunately, Julius didn’t give himself much to the ministry of the word. When he felt the time had come for him to launch into the ministry, he started prayer meetings and gathered large crowds because of the spectacular spiritual gifts in his life. The ministry was built on his spiritual gifts and not the Word. Because there was no word for him to teach the people, he was always under pressure to move in spiritual gifts even when the Spirit was not moving. Because of this, he eventually had to resort to gimmicks and tricks in order to meet the expectation of the insatiable crowd. Julius missed it in ministry because he failed to realize that signs and wonders, miracles, and gifts of the spirit are given by God as a confirmation of our witnesses for Christ. Witnesses for Christ do so by bearing the message of the gospel accurately. Signs and wonders are a confirmation by God of the message of the gospel. The message is the priority, not signs and wonders. Ministers who change this order will inevitably find themselves in the kind of mess that Julius found himself. Go into today remembering that God gives the manifestation of the supernatural to confirm your witness of Christ. Spiritual gifts are given to confirm the message of the gospel that your life and doctrine preaches. Every minister should “[s]tudy to shew [himself] approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” 2 Timothy 2:15. Prayer: Ask the Lord to help you to serve Him accurately. Ask the Lord to help you build on the foundation of Christ and built accurately so that your work will not be burnt away on judgment day(See 1 Corinthians 3:13-15). “Lord, Help me that on that day, I will receive your commendation, not your rebuke. Amen.” Not yet saved? Click☞ streamglobe.org/33 —Abraham Damilola Arigi Yearly Plan: John 13-15 (In Devotional Audio)
The Rest
Hebrews 4:10-11 (KJV) For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. Let us LABOUR therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. Question: pastor, I read yesterday’s Devotional and I totally agree that repentance is a work of faith. What if after repenting you find that there are still some stubborn habits and sins that refuse to leave you. What do you do? Thank you for this very practical question. When a person repents of his sins, it means he determines not to go back to them again. But if it happens that there is a besetting sin that easily entangles, the believer needs to wait on the Lord and receive strength to overcome it consistently. The way to this is looking unto Jesus (see Heb 12:1-2). The psalmist puts it this way: I have set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken (Psalm 16:8). What weights (and the sin that easily entangles) try to do is to shake you, but walking in the Spirit is the way to put to death the works of the flesh (Roms 8:13, Gal 5:16). Walk daily in the consciousness of the Lord’s presence within you. People pray and fast and apply much force when they perceive that there is a demonic assault against them, but they should devote much more spiritual energy to overcome sin. They should labor to enter into God’s rest, a place where they no longer struggle with the flesh. (Read Matt 6:33, Matt 11:12). Go into today remembering that Seeking the kingdom of God and His righteousness (not yours) means seeking to enter the place of rest where you no longer struggle with the flesh because grace has taken over your life. Here it becomes easier for you to walk in the spirit than to walk in the flesh. Not yet saved? Click☞ streamglobe.org/33 —Abraham Damilola Arigi Today’s Streamglobe Word Encounter is a Miracle and Deliverance HolyGhost Service. Come expecting a miracle. Come with the sick. 11am @ Children Hall 1, Bethel Covenant Family Church, Adjacent The Bells Junction, Ota-Lagos. Ministering: Pst. Abraham Damilola Arigi Yearly Plan: Joel 1-3 (In Devotional Audio) Download Sermons Here: streamglobe.org/34
God Confirms His Word
Hebrews 2:3-4 (NKJV) 3 how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him, 4 God also bearing witness both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to His own will? Shade had a hard time discerning false prophets from true ones. She observed that some of the false prophets had become very smart by embracing ‘holiness’ doctrines. But she had a personal encounter with one of such holiness preachers and realized he was as greedy and filthy as the rest. She also realized that most of the false prophets were not interested in winning souls for the Lord, they were only interested in the money. We can see from today’s Bible verses that salvation was first preached by the Lord Jesus Himself, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him (His disciples who echoed His gospel). In Matthew 9:35 and Luke 8:1, we see that the Lord Jesus went to different towns and villages teaching and preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom. We also see that His disciples did the same. Many wonder what gospel message Jesus and the Apostles preached since Jesus was not yet crucified? Well, Jesus preached the message of salvation. What makes a person receive eternal salvation is believing that Jesus is Lord(the Christ of God, the messiah). Even before Jesus died on the cross, people were being saved through believing in Him. We see in Luke 9:19 that Jesus said salvation had come to the house of Zacchaeus [because he believed in Him] (see Luke 19:9). Before or after His death and resurrection, believing that Jesus is Lord was the key to salvation. The resurrection was God’s token proof that He is Lord. The Jews crucified Him because He said He was the Christ (the Son of God, the King of the Jews). But God raised Him up on the third day as proof that He is indeed the Christ (Lord, Anointed One, the Messiah). The gospel we preach today now includes this vital truth that God raised Jesus from the dead (see Romans 10:9). In John 4, we are given a rear peek into the content of the gospel message that Jesus preached while He walked the streets of Israel. We see Jesus preaching to the Samaritan woman, and their conversation headed up to Him revealing to her that He is the Messiah(see John 4:25-26). The woman believed in Him and even invited others to come and see the Christ (see John 4:29). Whether then, or when the Apostles preached, or today, the gospel message has been about bringing people to receive the Lordship of Christ Jesus. People who receive the gospel live under the Lordship of Christ. That’s why they repent of their old ways that do not align with life under Christ’s government. Go into today remembering that God confirms His gospel with signs and wonders, miracles and gifts of The Spirit. The next time you want to discern whether a prophet is false or not, look at the fruits of his ministry (Matthew 7:16). Is he raising people whose allegiance is to Christ (this shows by their lives of submission to the Lordship of Christ) or is he raising people whose true allegiance is to him and to mammon? Prayer: Heavenly Father, please help me be a true minister of your salvation. Stretch out your hand to confirm your word in life with signs and wonders, miracles and gifts of the Spirit, In Jesus’ name. Amen. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Bible in 1 Year: Proverbs 22 (in today’s audio) Get Sermons Here: streamglobe.org/34 You are invited to ‘Streamglobe Word and Power Encounter’. Sat 19th Oct. 11am @Bethel Convenat Family Church, Adjacent The Bell Junction, Ota. Ministering: Pst. Abraham Damilola Arigi
Joseph’s Bones
Genesis 50:24-25(NET): Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die. But God will surely come to you and lead you up from this land to the land he swore on oath to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” Joseph made the sons of Israel swear an oath. He said, “God will surely come to you. Then you must carry my bones up from this place.” There is an assurance that God’s word must birth in you. Such assurance that makes the reality of what it says so real that everything else in comparison pales. This is God’s desire for every believer. Joseph had attained royalty in Egypt but yet, he never lost sight of the promise of God. He said to his brethren, SURELY God will come, God will lead you out of this land, and God will lead you into the land He promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Anyone can follow when physical evidences abound – The Israelites who perished in the wilderness are proof of that. They ate manna, ate quails, saw the Red sea part, walked on dry land in the middle of the sea, yet, they never truly believed God. Not so Joseph. He basically said to them, “God will do what he said he will do, to show how much I believe that, take my body with you when you leave here” Make the meditation of God’s word of utmost importance. Have a posture of mind that receives God’s word as an immutable revelation and not some divine opinion. Build yourself on your most holy faith. Then you will take God’s word as truth. A man who sees God’s word as truth will order his life according to God’s word. The voice of God, as spoken by the word, will be sharp and clear in his heart even in the midst of the deafening din of this world’s counsel. Are you ordering your life according to God’s word or are your cowering to this world’s counsel? Abide in God and let the word of Christ dwell in you richly. Prayer: Heavenly Father, Help me order my life according to your truth and be fruitful in all things. Amen. Want to be born again? Go here ☞ streamglobe.org/33 —Ikechukwu Mpama Bible in 1 Year: Psalms 105-107 (in today’s audio) Get Sermons Here: streamglobe.org/34
The Glorious New Covenant
Hebrews 2:2-4(NET) For if the message spoken through angels proved to be so firm that every violation or disobedience received its just penalty, how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first communicated through the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard him Mr. Ade had many safes in his house where he kept a lot of money and treasure. Some of the head servants in the house had the password to access them. But there was this one safe in his bedroom that no servant in the house but only he and his children had the access to. He would come and open it himself because of how important that safe was. It contained great treasures and the documents that controlled his entire estate. Cornelius was a good and God-fearing man. Because of this, God wanted him to be a partaker of His new [and most powerful] covenant, so God sent an angel to him. But the angel did not have the security clearance to preach the gospel to him, so the angel gave him directions on how to reach Peter and invite him to share the gospel with his household (see Acts 10). Everyone who is involved in the propagation of the gospel is a minister of the New Covenant(see 2 Corinthians 3:6). This is the most awesome privilege it the entire universe. Even the angels long to look into the things pertaining to the new covenant (see 1 Peter 1:12). While angels were qualified to be ministers of the old covenant, they are not qualified to be ministers of the new covenant. That’s how much greater the new covenant is compared to the old. One reason The book of Hebrews was written was to show the Hebrew believer how superior the new covenant is to the old (since they were people used to the old covenant). It shows how Jesus the mediator of the new covenant is superior, how the priesthood of the new covenant is superior, how the articles of the new covenant is superior, how the scale of the new covenant is eternal, and how the old was actually a shadow of the new, etc. (see Hebrews 8:6, 13, etc) No matter how wonderful a thing is, if the people that have it do not appreciate its value, they would not maximize its benefits. I have seen believers act in ways that show that they somehow believe that the old covenant of the Jews is superior to the new covenant of the believer in Christ. What a tragedy! Indeed, the old covenant is powerful and glorious. Because of it, the Jewish race is one of the most materially prosperous on the earth today. But the new covenant is a great great upgrade of the old. All the great promises and blessings in the old covenant can be appropriated in the new, and much more(see 2 Corinthians 1:20). In the new covenant, we don’t just get to inherit earthly benefits, we inherit and partake of eternal riches in the eternal kingdom. Our current minds are too small to grasp the scale of our eternal riches and greatness in Christ through the new covenant. And the good news is that the new covenant is received by grace through faith in Christ Jesus. It is not received as a resut of works so that no one can boast. It is the gift of God (See Ephesians 2:8-9). Go into today celebrating and giving thanks for the privilege to be a partaker of the new covenant. If you are not yet saved, you can click here to accept the Lord Jesus and become a partaker of the glorious new covenant☞ streamglobe.org/33 Prayer: Ask the Lord to open the eyes of your understanding so that you may know the riches of your inheritance in Him and walk accordingly (Ephesians 1:18). —Abraham Damilola Arigi Bible in 1 Year: I Chronicles 20-24 (in today’s audio)
Sermon- Streamglobe Word Encounter- The Blessed Hope 2b
‘The Blessed Hope’ as revealed by Titus 2:14 is the ultimate hope of the Believer. Believers should know this hope and make it the basis of their faith because faith is the substance of things hoped for. Download this Sermon By Pastor Abraham Damilola Arigi. You can share it with friends.
Sermon- Streamglobe Word Encounter- The Blessed Hope 2a
‘The Blessed Hope’ as revealed by Titus 2:14 is the ultimate hope of the Believer. Believers should know this hope and make it the basis of their faith because faith is the substance of things hoped for. Download this Sermon By Pastor Abraham Damilola Arigi. You can share with friends. http://listen.streamglobe.org/Word%20Encounter-%20The%20Blessed%20Hope%202a-%20Pst%20Abraham%20Damilola%20Arigi.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Lay Hold on Eternal Life
Hebrews 2:1 (NET) Therefore we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. Nonye had believed in the Lord since when she was on campus, but it now appeared that her faith in the Lord was waning. Years ago, she believed in divine healing, enjoyed it and even ministered it to others, but she was now doubting if she could be healed supernaturally. She decided that she was no longer just going to let her life go by, but was going to “[f]ight the good fight of faith and lay hold on eternal life” (1 Timothy 6:2). She determined to be more deliberate about her spiritual growth. She took a break and went on a three-day retreat in which she basically prayed and read faith-building books- the ones she used to read ten years ago when she was spiritually on fire. During the retreat, her fire was rekindled and she started walking at a higher level of faith. She was so engrossed in God’s word that she did not remember to worry about the disease that was troubling her. Many days passed and she found that she was now totally healed. The kingdom of God allows violence, and the violent take it by force(see Matthew 11:12). Many times, if believers are not deliberate and violently intentional about their spiritual growth, they may just find that their faith is waning, and they are being cheated by the devil daily. Naturally speaking, after we have learned and understood something, we tend to keep it aside and go for the next new thing. That is not the way the word of faith should be handled. We must pay closer attention to what we have heard before so that it does not slip away(Hebrews 2:1). Every word that has ever become Rhema to you should become your daily bread. Not an occasional menu. Go into today remembering to fight the good fight of faith and lay hold on the realities of your divine(eternal) life daily. Remember that our weapon is the word of God (see Ephesians 6:17). Prayer: Dear Lord, please help me walk in an increasing measure of your grace daily. Amen. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Want to be saved? Go here☞ streamglobe.org/33 Bible in 1 Year: Numbers 13-16 (in today’s audio)
Marriage and Integrity
1 Corinthians 7:1-2 (KJV) Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. Before the epistle of First Corinthians was written, some members of the church at Corinth wrote a letter to Apostle Paul asking certain questions. They wanted to know if they were permitted to get married as unmarried men and women who now believed in the Lord Jesus. They wanted also to know if those married to unbelievers could remain with their spouses even if their spouses did not believe. Today’s Bible verses address the first question the Corinthians raised. Apostle Paul makes it clear here that even though celibacy is a good thing, sexual immorality is a bad thing and marriage helps to avoid it. One of the strongest attributes of God that His children inherit is His integrity (Psalm 15:4). God even exalts His word above His name (Psalm 138:2), that’s how much a Person of integrity our God is. Marriage adds the layer of integrity into the reasons why a believer must flee all sexual immorality. If a married person commits immorality, he not only sins against God and his body but sins against his wife and breaks his integrity. Some have taught that celibacy is a secret to spiritual power. That could be true for some inferior form of spiritual power, but God’s power doesn’t work that way. The only reason in the word of God why unmarried people can serve God better is because a married man would have to be concerned about the things of this world—how to please his wife. But marriage becomes a big plus to ministry when one marries the right person who would help him/her fulfill his divine mandate. Prayer: Ask the Lord to help you marry the right person who would help you fulfill your divine destiny. If you are married, ask the Lord to help you and your spouse help each other fulfill destiny. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Want to be saved? Go here☞ streamglobe.org/33 Bible in 1 Year: II Timothy 3-4 (in today’s audio) http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201757.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS