Not all the Members Serve the Same Function
Beware of scammers! No one in Streamglobe would call you and request any WhatsApp Code or money. Romans 12:4-5 (NET) 4 For just as in one body we have many members, and not all the members serve the same function, so we who are many are one body in Christ, and individually we are members who belong to one another. Even though Devin was anointed and had the manifestation of spiritual gifts in his life, every attempt he made venturing into [the church] ministry failed woefully. He sought the Lord because it started appearing as if God was the one resisting him, and it was true. God anointed him but didn’t send him to be a minister to the church. He was to be a movie producer, producing movies that would influence a generation for righteousness. One of the more painful things happening in the body of Christ today is that when a young man or woman senses the presence of spiritual gifts and the Anointing in his life, he automatically assumes that that means he has been called into ministry to the Church. Every believer is a minister of God. This means we are all to be ministers/stewards of the reality, presence, nature, virtues, and knowledge of God. There are two categories of ministers in the body of Christ. There are those who are ministers to the Church and there are those who are ministers of God to the world. Those who are ministers to the church include the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers. They are ordained by God to edify the church and equip God’s people for the work of ministry(Ephesians 4:12). Every other believer who is not in this first category of ministers is in the second category. Most believers are in the second category. They are ministers of God to the world. This does not mean they are not to be a blessing to the church, but their assignment is to be ministers of God to the world–representing christ in the various spheres of human endeavors. Some believers in this second category are as anointed and gifted as those in the first, but they would know that their kingdom assignment is not to the church but to the outside world as light in a dark generation. They are those who would build institutions that, even though they may seem circular, would give expression to the reality and principles of God’s kingdom(principles of justice, mercy, and faithfulness). They are going to be business owners, media influencers, academicians and scientists, administrators, government officials, and leaders, etc. They are God’s plantings in the different spheres of the human experience. Their job is to represent Jesus in those spheres and bring the influence of God’s kingdom there. Righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost are attributes of God’s kingdom. This means ministers of God in the business world(for example) would uphold just and righteous principles and shun ungodly quick gain tactics. This means those in government would refuse to join in the corruption and greed but would be examples of godliness and contentment. There are some innovative businesses and science that God is releasing anointing upon His sons to introduce. All such anointing should not be channeled and squandered on ‘pulpit ministry’. God needs His sons in the ‘market place’ as well as on the pulpits. Go into today knowing that grace and divine help would be abundant when you are in the place God has planted you to represent Him. Prayer: Lord to help you focus on where He has sent you and be fruitful. Want to be saved? Go here: streamglobe.org/33 —Abraham Damilola Arigi Yearly Bible Reading: Deuteronomy 26-28 (In Devotional Audio) To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp Group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/Ffwxb12OyCAAv3zuG0doO3 Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together.
Spiritual Gifts 1A- Word Encounter Sermon
Understanding Spiritual gifts and how they operate is the key to walking in them. It is possible for a believer to have great authority and grace with God and yet have no spiritual gifts with which to express the grace he has received. This sermon series will help you better understand Spiritual Gifts and How to walk in your God-given Spiritual gifts. http://listen.streamglobe.org/Word%20Encounter-%20Spiritual%20Gifts%201A.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Spiritual Gifts 1B- Word Encounter Sermon
Understanding Spiritual gifts and how they operate is the key to walking in them. It is possible for a believer to have great authority and grace with God and yet have no spiritual gifts with which to express the grace he has received. This sermon series will help you better understand Spiritual Gifts and How to walk in your God-given Spiritual gifts. http://listen.streamglobe.org/Word%20Encounter-%20Spiritual%20Gifts%201B.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Children of Your Father
Job 31:29-30 (GNB) I have never been glad when my enemies suffered, or pleased when they met with disaster; I have never sinned by praying for their death Don’t you find it interesting that long before Matthew 5:43-44, Job had this same understanding that it doesn’t please God when we rejoice at the downfall of others, even those we consider our enemies? Perhaps, this was why David would mourn Saul the way he did (2 Samuel 1:1-27). God has said, ‘Vengeance is mine; I will repay’ (Romans 12:9), and this is because God alone has the moral authority to carry out judgment. It is a well-known legal maxim that he who comes into equity must come with clean hands, and then you hear Jesus say, ‘he that hath no sin, let him cast the first stone’. When we repay evil for evil, we are appealing to judgment over mercy and submitting ourselves to be judged with the same standard and consideration with which we judged; suffice it to say that no man would live if God were to treat us in that way. Now, beyond just allowing God exact judgment, we are not to gloat. Granted that your enemies might be reaping their just recompense of reward, yet, it should never serve as an occasion to gloat. This is because God delights in mercy and forgiveness, and He wills that all will access His grace and mercy. So when next you are tempted to gloat, remind yourself the words of Matthew 5:43-45: ‘Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.’ Go into today meditating on these words of Jesus. Make this confession: I am of God, I walk in love, I walk in forgiveness, I do not repay evil for evil and do not rejoice in evil but take delight in all that is good. Amen. Want to be saved? Go here: streamglobe.org/33 —Ikechukwu Mpama Yearly Bible Reading: II John (In Devotional Audio) Get free sermons here: www.streamglobe.org/34 To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp Group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/Ffwxb12OyCAAv3zuG0doO3 Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202162.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Spiritual Gifts- Prophecy
1 Corinthians 12:10 (NKJV) to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. Prophecy is one of the most coveted spiritual gifts. It is indeed one of the most powerful. Through it, you can predict the future, shape the future, create miracles, probe into the past, wrought deliverance, etc. Word of wisdom gives direction concerning what to do in the future while word of knowledge reveals what has happened in the past or what is currently happening. Prophecy reveals what will happen in the future. Some prophecies are revelatory while some others are creative. The fig tree dried up because Jesus spoke to it, Jesus did not say it would dry up as a prediction (see Mark 11:12-25). The famine that ended in Samaria ended because of the prophecy of Elisha, Elisha’s prophecy didn’t predict the famine’s end, it created it (see 2 Kings 7:1-18). Elijah did not predict the end of the drought in Israel; the rain that ended the drought was created because of his prophetic grace (see 1 Kings 18). There are things that when God wants to do, He would first inspire His children/prophets to prophesy them into existence, and then those things would be established on the earth. From Genesis, we can learn that everything God created in this realm was first spoken into existence. That principle has not changed even today. God creates things in our world today through His sons that prophesy. It wasn’t because of Paul’s personal bias that he asked the believers to especially desire the gift of prophecy (see 1 Cor 14:1), it was because of his understanding of the power this spiritual gift can wield. This spiritual gift can bring about swift execution of judgment against God’s adversaries, it can create miracles, signs, and wonders, etc–it is creative. Go into today desiring and asking to walk in the prophetic gift. All believers do not occupy the office of the prophet, but all believers can operate the prophetic gift. Prayer: Heavenly Father, Please help me properly walk in my prophetic heritage as your son, in Jesus’ name. Amen. Want to be saved? Go here: streamglobe.org/33 —Abraham Damilola Arigi Yearly Bible Reading: Acts 21-22 (In Devotional Audio) Get free sermons here: www.streamglobe.org/34 To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp Group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/Ffwxb12OyCAAv3zuG0doO3 Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201855.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Spiritual Gifts- Working of Miracles
Beware of scammers! No one in Streamglobe would call you and request any WhatsApp Code or money. 1 Corinthians 12:10 (NKJV) To another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. A man and his colleagues were driving in his car back to the office when suddenly one of his tires burst and everyone in the car could hear the sound. Because this man was a believer who had the spiritual gift of ‘working of miracles’, he didn’t stop but became charged in his spirit and commanded the tire that burst to “rise back up in the name of Jesus”. Instantly, the car stabilized back and they continued on their journey till they got back to the office. There was silence in the car from that point. An unusual miracle had happened. They all just saw their colleague in the office command his deflated car tire to inflate back and it obeyed. That was the day the man’s secretary accepted the Lord Jesus. (This happened in a Nigerian city). Working of miracles is a spiritual gift that causes believers to have supernatural control over matter. This is the gift that can make a man pray for a malfunctioning car and it would start working properly because he prayed. It is the spiritual gift that makes physically impossible things to become possible. Supernatural healing is a miracle, but this spiritual gift does not just bring about healing to the human body, it causes inanimate things to respond to your words. Go into today remembering that the ability to perform miracles is a spiritual gift that is available to you. Matthew 7:7-8 says: Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye. shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh. findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. Prayer: Ask the Lord to help you receive and walk in all your spiritual gifts. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Yearly Bible Reading: Revelation 1-6 (In Devotional Audio) To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp Group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/Jy2wGgR0FZ54A0SPfOA00S Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201854.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Operating Spiritual Gifts 2
Philippians 4:6 (NET) Do not be anxious about anything. Instead, in every situation, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, tell your requests to God. While Ranjit was a little boy living with his wealthy parents, he never heard his parents argue or worry about money. But when he was ten, his parents let him go live with his cousins in Germany. They didn’t want him to become spoilt like all the other rich ‘trust-fund babies’ they saw around. When Ranjit started living with his cousins, for the first time in his life, he saw people talking, worrying and planning about money. Before this time, he didn’t know money was something to ever worry about or talk about because his parents were very rich. When people know that there is an abundance of something, you rarely hear them talking about it. As important as the oxygen we breathe is to our physical existence, because here on earth we have an abundance of it, you don’t hear people talking about air or worrying if there would be enough air for them to breathe till the end of the year. In the kingdom of God, there is a superabundance of everything. So it is very out of place when believers become anxious about anything. The fact that you can’t see the air does not mean it does not exist. The fact that you can’t see a thing you want does not mean God has not provided it. You connect with the reality of God’s abundance by expelling anxiety and walking in faith. Anxiety is an inhibitor of grace. Whenever a believer is anxious about walking in any spiritual gift he has received, that anxiety would only help to hinder the manifestation of that gift. When you speak in tongues, do you worry and think about the words you would say? Do you listen to every word you say to see whether it sounds right? The truth is that you don’t even think about tongues when you speak in tongues. Maybe that’s why you walk in that gift so effortlessly. The same principle applies to other spiritual gifts. Go into today remembering that a spiritual gift will flow when there is no pressure or anxiety in your heart concerning it, but only faith and assurance that you would walk effortlessly in that gift because God has given it to you. Remember, if you have ever walked in a spiritual gift even once, it is because that gift has been given to you. Don’t neglect it (see 1 Timothy 4:14). Prayer: Lord, deliver me from all forms of anxiety so I can walk in the fullness of Your grace. Amen. Want to be saved? Go here: streamglobe.org/33 —Abraham Damilola Arigi Yearly Bible Reading: Song of Solomon 1-2 (In Devotional Audio) Get audio sermons here: streamglobe.org/34 Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp Group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/Jy2wGgR0FZ54A0SPfOA00S Beware of scammers! No one in Streamglobe would call you and request any WhatsApp Code. Visit our website: www.streamglobe.org http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202161.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Operating Spiritual Gifts 1
Romans 12:6 (NKJV) Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them… Do you remember when you first started to write? It probably seemed like the most difficult thing in the world, but today, you can write without thinking about how to keep your letters within the margin. You can write effortlessly. There are many believers who have spiritual gifts that they hardly use. They know they have certain spiritual gifts because they have seen them manifest once or twice, but they don’t use these gifts. Just like with most things, with spiritual gifts, practice makes perfect. If you have ever walked in any spiritual gift, it is because the gift has been given to you. How painful it would be when believers get to heaven and realize that their kingdom work would have been more fruitful if only they learned to use the spiritual gifts that God had allotted to them. Think about the most common gift believers operate today–tongues. Many believers walk easily in this gift because they believe they can walk in it since they see many of their brethren walking in it. Before you speak in tongues, do you have any doubt that the tongues would come? That is how all other spiritual gifts that you have received operate. You know for sure that you have received it and you don’t doubt that it would become operational when you need it to. If a believer has prophetic gifts, and he is in the company of people who Prophesy easily, just like it is with tongues, he would discover that his company would boost his faith and he would find it very easy to Prophesy. Go into today remembering that spiritual gifts operate by faith. If you find that you have received a spiritual gift, use it, don’t ignore it. Just the way you believe you can and would definitely speak in tongues when you want to, believe you would walk in those other gifts that you have received when the need arises. Prayer: Lord, teach me to walk in my gifts and prosper. Amen. Want to be saved? Go here: streamglobe.org/33 —Abraham Damilola Arigi Yearly Bible Reading: Psalms 140-142 (In Devotional Audio) Get audio sermons here: streamglobe.org/34 Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp Group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/Jy2wGgR0FZ54A0SPfOA00S Beware of scammers! No one in Streamglobe would call you and request any WhatsApp Code. our website: www.streamglobe.org http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202160.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Spiritual Gifts and Powering Grace
Romans 12:6 (NKJV) Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us prophesy in proportion to our faith We have seen here that grace is not just ‘unmerited favor’ but also the power of God at work in those who believe. We have also seen that grace can be multiplied through the knowledge of God(2 Peter 1:2); we can grow in grace(2 Peter 3:18). It is through the spiritual substance called grace that a believer casts out demons and walks in the miraculous. When we say someone is an apostle or a prophet, for example, that person has the Apostolic grace or the Prophetic grace. We have gifts differing according to the grace of Christ that we have received(see Ephesians 4:6). Grace can be likened to electricity. It is like the spiritual electricity that powers things. Spiritual gifts can be likened to appliances and electronics that are powered with electricity(grace). Because these appliances are gifts it means they are received freely. A person can believe in Jesus today and receive a spiritual gift today, depending on the circumstances and who ministered the gospel to him(see Acts 10:44-46). Spiritual gifts are usually received through impartation (2 Timothy 1:6, Romans 1:11). This happens when one comes in contact with a minister who operates those gifts. Spiritual gifts are also received when believers desire and ask the Lord for them (see 1 Corinthians 13:31). Grace, on the other hand, is multiplied through our knowledge of God. The more we know God, the more His grace would be multiplied in our lives. The more sanctified we are, the closer to God we would become, and the more His grace would be present in our lives. The interesting fact is that it is possible for a believer to have great grace, and have no spiritual gifts that give expression to the grace upon his life. It doesn’t mean the believer is not a ranking person in heaven(and this has its indisputable merits), it just means that the believer may not be as profitable as he would have been if he had spiritual gifts that were giving expression to the great grace he has received because of his robust relationship with the Lord. The ability to cast out demons is not a spiritual gift, it is a function of this grace we talk about. It is also possible for a believer to have an abundance of spiritual gifts, but not so much grace because he is not so close to God. This kind of Closeness to God is only possible with those who allow the word of God to sanctify them. I must point out that the spiritual electricity(grace) required to forgive sins and power a holy life is much greater than is required to walk in spiritual gifts. The missing link for many believers is usually a knowledge gap. Spiritual Gifts operate in the domain of faith- childlike faith. They are mostly imparted to believers through the Apostolic office, or through the right proximity with believers who walk in them. Go into today remembering that the power of God empowering you to live a holy life can power any spiritual gift. Desire to walk in spiritual gifts and prayerfully seek impartation of such. Prayer: Lord, help me grow in grace and walk mightily in your gifts. Amen. Want to be saved? Go here: streamglobe.org/33 —Abraham Damilola Arigi Yearly Bible Reading: Nehemiah 5-9 (In Devotional Audio) Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp Group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/Jy2wGgR0FZ54A0SPfOA00S Beware of scammers! No one in Streamglobe would call you and request any WhatsApp Code. http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202159.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Spiritual Gifts- Word of Wisdom
1 Corinthians 12:8 (KJV) For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit Chiamaka was really confused concerning who to marry. There were two eligible brothers who wanted her hand in marriage. She met the first brother during her youth service. She and the second brother were members of the same subgroup in church. As she continued praying and asking the Lord for wisdom concerning who to accept, she felt led to discuss the matter with her pastor’s wife. Before she and her pastor’s wife started the discussion, her pastor’s wife prayed to commit their discussion to the Lord, but as she prayed, a word of wisdom for Chiamaka came. It was a reminder to Chiamaka of some prayers she had prayed during her youth service year. The word made it clear to Chiamaka that her husband was the first brother; the one she met during her youth service year. Her pastor’s wife didn’t even know what Chiamaka wanted to discuss when the word of wisdom came. It made things very clear to Amaka and she now knew what to do. ‘Word of Wisdom’ is a word from the Lord that gives people wisdom concerning what to do. There are believers who have been given the ability to frequently receive such words from the Lord. They are those said to have the gift called ‘word of wisdom’. We find a good example of this gift at work in Isaiah 38:21 and 2 Kings 20:7. Here, prophet Isaiah said what was to be done in order for King Hezekiah’s fatal boil to be healed and his life spared. Note that the spiritual gift called ‘word of wisdom’ is called so because it is an inspired utterance by the Holy Spirit to give wisdom and direction to people. It is not a product of learning or human understanding. It is prophetic in nature– directly inspired by the Holy Spirit. Go into today remembering that God has given us spiritual gifts in order to help us in different areas of our lives. Prayer: Ask the Lord to help you receive and walk in the spiritual gifts He has purposed for you. Want to be saved? Go here: streamglobe.org/33 —Abraham Damilola Arigi Yearly Bible Reading: Deuteronomy 23-25 (In Devotional Audio) Get sermons here: streamglobe.og/34 Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp Group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/DKqaVkJMgP82sme4rew7VB Beware of scammers! No one in Streamglobe would call you and request any WhatsApp Code. http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201850.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS