Lessons From Shunem: Honor
Matthew 10:41a (NET): Whoever receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. (Read 2 Kings 4:8-17). Honour is a key virtue in God’s kingdom. It comes from discerning the grace of God and placing the right value on it. Jesus spoke often about it and the apostles did too in the epistles. Honour, as the Bible teaches it, is not just about the person, it is about the authority and grace of God on that person. Again, Bible honor is not just respect; it also manifests in acts of service. In Matthew 15 verses 4 to 6, Jesus referencing honor for parents illustrated it with giving. Apostle Paul did the same in 1 Timothy 5:17&18. The woman in Shunem (2 Kings 4:8-10) provides us a great lesson in honor. Firstly, she insisted and persuaded Elisha to have a meal in her house every time he passed by. Secondly, she made renovations in her house and bought extra furniture so as to accommodate Elisha. She said: Why don’t we add on a small room upstairs and furnish it with a bed and desk, chair and lamp, so that when he comes by he can stay with us (vs 10 MSG). Note that she didn’t do this because Elisha was a hungry homeless man. Rather read verse 9: “I’m certain,” said the woman to her husband, “that this man who stops with us all the time is a holy man of God” (MSG). She did it simply because he was a man of God. Not as charity, not for a blessing, not for her needs or selfish ends but for honor sake. Honour allows for the power of God to flow effectively in our lives. In Mark 6:1-6, you see Jesus could do no mighty works in his own hometown. They failed to discern him as the Son of God but as the son of the carpenter. Their lack of honor festered and fostered unbelief. In contrast, in the story of the centurion (Matt 8:1-13), he rightly discerned the authority and the grace of Jesus and Jesus commended his great faith and his servant was healed. Go into today determined to make honor your lifestyle, always being ready to give honor where it is due, not for eye-service, but for honor’s sake. This is one of the keys to unleashing the power of the divine life. Prayer: Heavenly Father, please help me give honor to whom it is due and help me receive the reward thereof. In Jesus’ name. Amen. —Ikechukwu Mpama Want to be born again? Go here☞ streamglobe.org/33 Download Sermons here☞ streamglobe.org/34 Yearly Plan: II Chronicles 16-20 (In Devotional Audio) To start getting Devotional Text & Audio every day, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/DOMda0qphvpLaaKSuN4XgG http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202114.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Understanding The Lord’s Will 5
Proverbs 4:7-8 (KJV) Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her. Aarav became five times more successful in his business when he started running it according to the principles of God’s kingdom. At first, it was looking as if he would not make as much profit because he reduced his interest rates and improved his quality of service. It looked as if he was committing business suicide, but with time, he established himself as the most trusted name in that business in his city. No one had the volume of turn over that he had, and he started making more profit than those with ungodly interest rates. Yesterday we saw that the true definition of walking in wisdom is walking in the will of God (see Ephesians 5:17). Those who seek the will of God in all things are those who seek to walk wisely in all things. Every foolish decision I have ever made in my life was made because I did not consider the will of God as the top priority in that decision-making process. If you truly seek the will of God as the top priority of your life, you will find it, if you seek it with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:13 says (KJV) And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. It takes faith to connect with the will of God and see the wisdom therein. Faith provides a better sight than natural sight, that is why we should walk by faith and not by sight (see 2 Corinthians 5:7). When walking in faith, patience is required. Hebrews 6:12 (KJV) That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises. Go into today determined to walk in the will of God as your top priority. Remember that wisdom is the principal thing, and walking in the will of God is the way to walk wisely. Prayer: Dear Lord, please help me to exalt your will and walk wisely all the days of my life. Amen. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Want to be born again? Go here☞ streamglobe.org/33 Download Sermons here☞ streamglobe.org/34 Yearly Plan: Numbers 33-36 (In Devotional Audio) To start getting Devotional Text & Audio every day, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/DOMda0qphvpLaaKSuN4XgG http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202113.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Understanding The Lord’s Will 4
Ephesians 5:17 (NET) For this reason do not be foolish, but be wise by understanding what the Lord’s will is. Aarav read all the psychology books about marriage he could find because he wanted to have a successful marriage. But he found that all his knowledge (and the application thereof) was not strong enough to save his marriage. Things became too mechanical and the marriage was heading for a crash. When he accepted Christ, he sought for and discovered the will of God concerning marriage. He realized and understood true love. He found that by simply loving his wife, being the head (through sacrifice and not by manipulation or coercion), his marriage became much better and sweeter. He came to discover that walking in God’s will is wiser than the best of human wisdom. Wisdom can be defined as the right application of knowledge to achieve set goals. But the best of human knowledge sometimes prove not sufficient to solve the real issues of life (because many have spiritual roots). The wisest thing for a person is to understand the will of God concerning things and walk in it (walking in the will of God produces great spiritual power). Understanding is a function of the human spirit (see Job 32:8). It takes a regenerated human spirit to understand the will of God. When a person accepts [the Lordship of] Christ Jesus, his spirit is born again{after God’s nature] and now has the ability to understand the will of God. God has His will concerning every area of life. With the help of the Word and the Holy Spirit, we can understand God’s will, and walking in God’s will is the true definition of wisdom. We are eternal beings; we would all be alive and conscious in the next millions and billions of years. Many decisions made outside of the [consideration of the] will of God may look wise within the context of time [under the sun], but would end up being revealed to be very foolish decisions when seen from an eternal perspective. The only way we can truly walk wisely is to seek to understand the will of the Lord and walk in it. Go into today with a renewed desire to understand God’s will concerning every area of your life. This is the key to walking in [eternal] wisdom. Proverbs 4:7 (KJV) Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. Prayer: Lord, help me walk wisely in life by understanding your will in all areas of life. Amen. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Want to be born again? Go here☞ streamglobe.org/33 Download Sermons here☞ streamglobe.org/34 Yearly Plan: Hebrews 8-10 (In Devotional Audio) To start getting Devotional Text & Audio every day, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/DOMda0qphvpLaaKSuN4XgG http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202112.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Walking In God’s Will 2
Hebrews 10:23 – 25 (NLT) Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise. Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works. And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near. love and good works. After Sharon graduated from the university and got a very good job, she became so busy that she no longer had much time for her fellowship with the Lord and with brethren. She didn’t know that this was draining her spiritually until she traveled with her family to the village for Christmas and found that she was now being afflicted in her dreams. Something that used to happen to her when she was a little girl before she accepted the Lordship of Christ Jesus. When she got back to the city, she determined that she was not going to continue to run after everything else but God. She started waiting on the Lord in prayer and fasting. She started having long prayers with her friends over the phone daily, she now became more serious about finding a church that upholds the truth of God’s Word because the church she was attending in the city was just a ‘feel-good’ church with very little spiritual substance of life. Most of her colleagues who were workers in that church were fornicators and she knew this. Many believers backside when they change environment because they are not diligent to maintain their spiritual disciplines that may now not fit into their new environment. Believers who would continue to grow are those who value their Christian fellowship and fight to maintain it. Today, we are in an age of information technology–let’s take advantage of it. Because of conference calls, it is easy to maintain fellowship and prayer meetings with your brethren (of the same spirit) even if you are now far away from each other. Go into today remembering that your company matters a lot. That’s why God has commanded us not to neglect the fellowship of our brethren. Much life and power, is generated when believers who love the Lord and each other gather together under His authority. Prayer: Father Lord, please help me not to neglect the fellowship of my brethren. Strengthen me with might in the inner man by your spirit, in Jesus’ name. Amen. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Want to be born again? Go here☞ streamglobe.org/33 Yearly Plan: Acts 3-4 To start getting Devotional Text & Audio every day, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/DOMda0qphvpLaaKSuN4XgG Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. www.streamglobe.org Get today’s audio Bible on Our Telegram Group: streamglogbe.org/join http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202111.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Walking In God’s Will
Romans 8:28 (KJV) And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. Sharon was 16 years old when it became clear to her that her life was not ordinary but God had a plan for her. She did not know many doctrines, all she knew was that God loved righteousness and hated iniquity, so she avoided all appearances of iniquity. When she got to the university, she maintained her lifestyle of purity and discipline. Because of this, some of her classmates did not like her. Because she did not have many friends, she developed friendship with the Lord and became very excellent in everything she did as a result. What the enemy meant for evil became the reason she graduated at the top of her class. A believer who loves God demonstrates his love by obedience. Jesus says if you love me you will keep my commandments (John 14:15). We saw some of the Lord’s commandments yesterday. We are to rejoice evermore, pray without ceasing and be thankful in everything. Those who live in the sovereign will of God, those for whom all circumstances end up working for their good, are those who love God. Remember Joseph, all the enemy did to put him down ended up being what the Lord used to propel him to his glorious destiny. We also see that Joseph loved God. This was demonstrated in his refusal to violate the standards of God’s righteousness that he knew. He refused to sleep with Potiphar’s wife because he said God wouldn’t approve. Do you want to walk in the will of God and fulfill your glorious destiny? Then walk in the love of God. May we find grace to do just this in Jesus’ name. Amen. Prayer: Father, help me love you in truth and walk in the reality of your will. Deliver from the love of this world. In Jesus’ name. Amen. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Want to be born again? Go here☞ streamglobe.org/33 Yearly Plan: Jonah (In Devotional Audio) To start getting Devotional Text & Audio every day, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/Ft1CKV4czI327VBC10KONQ Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202110.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Understanding The Lord’s Will 3
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (KJV) Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. I remember spending some time with a servant of God who walks in great power and who I truly admire. I couldn’t help but observe how light and joyful the atmosphere around him was. I never saw him complaining or being heavy. He was so full of joy, peace, and thanksgiving. No wonder the Lord could use him so mightily. What we have in today’s Bible verses are instructions not suggestions or counsel. Any believer who wants to understand and walk in the will of God must learn to be full of joy, thanksgiving: and prayers. People who are negative and full of complaints cannot rejoice evermore. An atmosphere of complaining and heaviness does not engender prayer and fellowship with the Lord. It engenders weakness because the joy of the Lord is our strength. We see in today’s scripture that we are to give thanks in everything. For the believer in Christ Jesus, there is always a reason to give thanks. That we have been blessed with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places, and we are heirs of God’s eternal kingdom through grace, are everlasting thanksgiving inspiring truths we must never forget. The more we focus on the good and are full of thanksgiving and joy, we would be full of strength and testimonies. A believer who is always thankful is a believer who prays without ceasing because thanksgiving in itself is a kind of prayer and a catalyst for other kinds of prayers. Go into today determined to be more joyful, more sober and prayerful, and full of thanksgiving because this is the will of God for you. Prayer: Lord, give me the grace to pray without ceasing by being ever thankful and full of Joy. Help me realize that my fellowship with you is the best thing in this world. Amen. want to be born again? Go here☞ streamglobe.org/33 -Abraham Damilola Arigi GET AUDIO SERMONS HERE: streamglobe.org/34 Yearly Plan: Proverbs 28 (In Devotional Audio) To start getting Devotional Text & Audio every day, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/Ft1CKV4czI327VBC10KONQ Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. www.streamglobe.org http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202109.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Growing In the Knowledge of God
Colossians 1:9-10 (NET) For this reason we also, from the day we heard about you, have not ceased praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that you may live worthily of the Lord and please him in all respects – bearing fruit in every good deed, growing in the knowledge of God Mitch observed that whenever his roommate slept in the room, he did not have the terrible nightmares and demonic attacks that had now become part of his adult life. Even though he was now a believer, he knew that his roommate walked in greater spiritual authority. He found out that this was because his roommate had a more robust relationship with the Lord. The last part of today’s Bible text makes it clear that it is possible for a believer to grow in the knowledge of God. This growth is the secret of manifesting great spiritual power. This is the secret of multiplied grace that makes us manifest the divine life in this present world (2 Pet 1:2-3). We also see that it is possible for us to be fruitful in every good work. God wants you to be fruitful in every good area of your life. Living worthily of the Lord is the most important fruitfulness that makes it possible for you to have a robust relationship with God and grow in His grace and mighty power. Remember that the fruit of the Spirit affects the way you live. Being fruitful in every area is only possible when you are filled with the knowledge of God’s will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding. Go into today remembering that the knowledge of God’s will is received when you pay attention to His word. Prayer: Ask the Lord to help you apply your heart to His word. want to be born again? Go here☞ streamglobe.org/33 -Abraham Damilola Arigi GET AUDIO SERMONS HERE: streamglobe.org/34 Yearly Plan: Psalms 117-118 (In Devotional Audio) To start getting Devotional Text & Audio every day, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/Ft1CKV4czI327VBC10KONQ http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201420.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
The Hope Of The Believer
Colossians 1:5 (NET) Your faith and love have arisen from the hope laid up for you in heaven, which you have heard about in the message of truth, the gospel When the gospel was first preached to the people in Colossi, they were told about the hope of their calling. They understood that they were now part of an eternal kingdom that will soon be made visible to every eye. They understood that they were going to be resurrected with the kind of Body that Christ possesses right now (Phil 3:21). A body that makes it possible for Him to partake in the realms of heaven and earth (spiritual and physical realms), for Jesus ascended bodily into heaven. A body that could never be destroyed- one that would reveal our true unlimited nature as sons of God (see Romans 8:23 in AMP version). In this body, we would have the power to easily and naturally speak to literal mountains and command them to move into the ocean. We would not need to study books in order to have the deepest knowledge of things, for we would know all things, including the secrets of the universe. When Jesus physically returns to this world with His saints (Jude 1:14), we would literally take over the governments of this world and rule over the world and judge both people and angels (see 1 Cor 6:2-3). We would be irresistible because we would come with glorified indestructible bodies with unlimited power. This is a brief summary of the hope laid up for you as a believer. Anyone that has this hope purifies himself (read 1 John 3:2-3). Many believers do not understand the hope that they have been called into, and their faith wanes because they limit their hope to earthly expectations. Go into today remembering that you are part of God’s eternal kingdom if you believe in Christ Jesus. -Abraham Damilola Arigi Yearly Plan: II Chronicles 11-15 (In Devotional Audio) Want to be saved? Read this☞streamglobe.org/33 Get sermons here☞ streamglobe.org/34 Yearly Bible: Numbers 29-32 To start getting Devotional Text & Audio every day, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/Ft1CKV4czI327VBC10KONQ
Maturity and The Blessing
Ephesians 4:14 (NET) So we are no longer to be children, tossed back and forth by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching by the trickery of people who craftily carry out their deceitful schemes. Sandra had a challenge that really troubled her. She was a believer and had certain spiritual gifts, but this challenge proved stubborn. After praying and fasting for months over the issue, she decided to meet her discipler concerning it. He got a prophetic insight into the problem and prayed for her from that standpoint, and the problem was solved. Sandra’s discipler could pray once and solve a problem she had battled for months because through spiritual maturity, he walked in more spiritual might and authority than her. Sandra knew it was time for her to become spiritually mature and stable. One attribute of spiritually mature believers is the willingness to give. Babies don’t give anything or contribute anything to the family, but only know how to take. But when babies grow to become responsible adults, they begin to give to their parents and not just take. There are believers who give to the work of God, but only because they believe that is a way to get more out of God. This is the same ‘take-take’ mentality of spiritual babes. The spiritually mature gives because of love. They give because they know they are blessed [with all blessings in heavenly places], not primarily because they want to be blessed. Spiritually mature believers are stable and are not blown about by every wind of doctrine. They don’t give impulsively because someone promised a breakthrough in return. They give purposedly and cheerfully (2 Cor 9:7) because they see a need and desire to meet it, honor God by giving to His ministers and ministries; and honor God by giving to their parents (both physical and spiritual). Go into today knowing that your spiritual maturity is determined by your actions. Renounce every way and conduct of spiritual infancy, and you will begin to see the fruits of maturity in your life. The fruits of maturity include spiritual stability, walking in spiritual might and authority, etc. Prayer: Lord, help me renounce childish ways and grow into the fullness of your will. Amen. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Get sermons here☞ streamglobe.org/34 Want to be saved? Read this☞streamglobe.org/33 Yearly Bible: Numbers 29-32 To start getting Devotional Text & Audio every day, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/GCE4hTRdX9tH5dv0bUfYNa http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201786.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Put On The New Nature
Ephesians 4:24 [AMP] And put on the new nature (the regenerate self) created in God’s image, in true righteousness and holiness. Bankole did not just stop being bad, he started being good. He could now put off his old bad nature and put on his new good nature because he now had the power to do so. Many Christians don’t realize that they have the power to put on their new righteous nature. Many fail because they try to do this without first putting off the old nature of unrighteousness. They try to be good without calling sin what it is (confessing their sins and renouncing them). They try to justify what they know is a sin. You cannot be a person of integrity if you still tell lies. You have to first decide to stop telling lies (putting off the old nature), and now decide to start walking in your new nature of integrity which you have received as a gift from God. You cannot truly start walking in mountain-moving faith if you don’t first put off the old nature of fear and unbelief. Go into today knowing that you now have the power to put off the sinful, disobedient nature and put on the nature of righteousness and Holiness that you have received as a gift from God. Ask the Lord to help you do this. Not yet saved? Click ☞ http://bit.ly/1iTOmol Want to be saved? Click here: streamglobe.org/33 —Abraham Damilola Arigi Bible in 1 Year: Hebrews 5-7 (in Devotional Audio) Download Sermons here: streamglobe.org/34 To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio every day, join our WhatsApp Group Here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GCE4hTRdX9tH5dv0bUfYNa Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201053.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS