Grow Up
Ephesians 4:14(KJV) That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive. The Greek word for “children” here is nopios. It means “one who cannot speak.” This is a very young believer who is incapable of communicating or giving out the gospel. He is likened to a ship on the ocean without a rudder or a sail. Without a rudder, a ship will be tossed to and fro by the waves. The waves are a picture of the circumstances of life. Without stability in life you are at the mercy of circumstances. This is a sure way to have an up-and-down Christian life. The Word of God produces stability in life. So despite the circumstances, you can maintain your course. “And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation” (Isaiah 33:6). Because this ship has no means of navigation, it can also be blown about by “every wind of doctrine.” Baby believers are the most likely to fall for false doctrine because they tend to be gullible and, like most babies, put everything they find into their mouths. It is important for us not only to lead a person to the Lord but also to see to it that he becomes faithful in attending a church where he can be fed solid food to grow into maturity (See Hebrews 5:12-14). All this deceit comes through the “sleight of men, and cunning craftiness.” The Greek word for “sleight of men” is kubeia. This word is where we eventually got our word “cube.” It was the ancient word for “dice.” They had crap games in the ancient world, and many crafty people would cheat. The analogy is this: When a baby Christian refuses to submit to the authority of a pastor or other minister, he may think he is mature, but he is really stupid and immature. He is in a crap game with the devil, and the dice are loaded against him. He cannot win. Those who control the game are cheating. Many people today want to float from church to church and never become settled. This is unscriptural and unhealthy. They often believe they are more mature than the pastors, so they think they have a right to float anywhere they want. By floating, they are admitting they are babies. These people will be at the mercy of the circumstances of life and the false doctrines of men. When they get into trouble, that is when they complain about the local churches not standing beside them. It is not up to a church to join you but up to you to join a church. Commitment begins with individuals. Go into today knowing that as believers mature in God they become stable and unmovable Prayer: Father, create a sincere hunger in my heart for you daily. Want to be saved? Click here: www.streamglobe.org/33 -George Evuarherhe Djorhogba Yearly Bible Plan: Psalms 42-44 (In Devotional Audio) Join Our Interactive Online Bible Study Today by 2pm(GMT +1). ZOOM Meeting ID: 536206651 Streamglobe is Nondenominational. Kindly share this devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. WhatsApp: +2348034420524, +2349055565838 visit: www.streamglobe.org
Quickened to Pray
Psalm 80:18 (KJV) So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name. After realizing that his flesh would always fight against his prayer life, Uchenna decided that regardless of the way he felt each night when it was time to pray, he was going to pray for at least one hour each day. He noticed that if he tried to pray in his room, his bed was a real distraction, and he would be tempted to lie down, and eventually sleep off, so he decided he would leave the comfort of his room and go to a place where it would be difficult for him to sleep. The first day Uchenna left his room to pray at night, he started by asking the Lord to quicken him to pray. He did this because he had come to discover that the Holy Spirit is the one who quickens us to call upon His name. That day, he prayed for one and a half hours because he really enjoyed the presence of the Lord and the quickening of the Holy Spirit. One of the reasons some people find it difficult to pray is because they do not enjoy the presence of God in their prayer life. Prayer is meant to be the high point of our daily communion with the Lord. There is a sweetness of the communion of the Holy Spirit that is intensified when we truly pray in the spirit, it is called the sweet communion of the Holy Spirit (see 2 Cor 13:14). If for any reason, this communion is affected, prayer becomes a dry and unpleasant chore. It is because of the quickening of the Holy Spirit that we would be able to pray without ceasing. Go into today asking the Lord to quicken you to pray. -Abraham Damilola Arigi Yearly Bible Reading: I Samuel 21-25 (In Devotional Audio) Join Our Interactive Online Bible Study Today by 2pm(GMT +1). ZOOM Meeting ID: 536206651 Streamglobe is Nondenominational. Kindly share this devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. WhatsApp: +2348034420524, +2349055565838 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201608.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Grace: God Abounding Toward Man
Ephesians 1:8 (KJV) Wherein [in grace] he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence. I have heard and used the standard definitions such as “unmerited favor” and “God’s riches at Christ’s expense,” but this verse really reveals to us God’s definition of grace. Grace at its simplest is God abounding toward man. Man simply receives. Everything you need for your natural and spiritual existence in this life and throughout eternity is being delivered to you by God the Father(2 Peter 1:3). Not only does The Father give us natural and spiritual blessings, but He also gives us the ability to flow supernaturally in our everyday situations. He gives us wisdom and prudence (good sense). Both of these attributes are products of the Spirit-filled and Word-filled life. Wisdom is the correct application of knowledge. Knowledge is an input, and wisdom is an output. Knowledge is being a hearer of the Word, and wisdom is being a doer. Knowledge is gained through our being diligent. We must study to show ourselves approved unto God (2 Tim. 2:15). God will not do this for us. Once we have done our part and studied, God will help us put what we have learned to work in the form of wisdom. The Word does not say, “If any man lack knowledge, let him ask of God.” It does say, “If any man lack wisdom, let him ask of God” (James 1:5). Not only does God give us wisdom, but He also gives us good sense or prudence. Christians should walk in more wisdom than anyone in the world. Believers full of the Word should come up with such wisdom that the world would stand in awe and wonder why they could not see the simplicity of the answer. This should be a daily confession of every believer: “My God is abounding toward me today with wisdom and good sense for every circumstance”. There is not a weapon formed against you that can prosper when you are armed with the simplicity of the Word of God (Isa. 54:17). Go into today knowing that, there is not a weapon formed against you that can prosper when you are armed with the simplicity of the Word of God. Prayer: Father, thank you for abounding toward us in all wisdom and prudence. Help us make the most of this privilege in Jesus’ name. Amen. -George Evuarherhe Djorhogba Want to be saved? Click here: streamglobe.org/33 Yearly Bible Plan: Exodus 5-8 (In Devotional Audio) Join Our Interactive Online Bible Study Today by 2pm(GMT +1). ZOOM Meeting ID: 536206651 Streamglobe is Nondenominational. Kindly share this devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. WhatsApp: +2348034420524, +2349055565838 visit: www.streamglobe.org http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202228.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
STREAMGLOBE BIBLE STUDY MANUAL 11
TOPIC: Spiritual Gifts Text: 1 Corinthians 12 INTRODUCTION Spiritual Gifts are given to believers to help us be more fruitful. They are received by faith and not by works, thus they are gifts, not rewards. Many believers do not receive and manifest spiritual gifts because they consider them as rewards. Many do not believe that they can walk in them, and this mindset is a major hindrance. This study is to further help us understand spiritual gifts and how to receive and maximize them. DISCUSSIONS What are spiritual gifts? 1 Corinthians 12:8-11 How are spiritual gifts received? 1 Corinthians 14:1, Romans 1:11, 1 Timothy 4:14, 2 Timothy 1:6 Are people born with spiritual gifts? How about people who are not born again that manifest certain gifts? Acts 16:16-18, Acts 8:9-13 Explain the different spiritual gifts Word of wisdom (1 Corinthians 12:8) Word of knowledge ( 1 Corinthians 12:8) Faith (1 Corinthians 12:9) Gifts of healing (1 Corinthians 12:9) Working of Miracles (1 Corinthians 12:10) Prophecy (1 Corinthians 12:10) Discerning of spirits. (1 Corinthians 12:10) Diverse kinds of tongues (1 Corinthians 12:10) Interpretation of tongues (1 Corinthians 12:10) Who distributes spiritual gifts, how and why does He do so? (1 Corinthians 12:11) The question of tongues. Unknown tongues (1 Corinthians 14:2,4, Mark 16:17) Sign to unbelievers (1 Corinthians 14:22, Mark 16:17) Messages in tongues should be interpreted(1 Corinthians 14: 27-28) Prayer in tongues is different (1 Corinthians 14:14) 7) Discuss: *Maximizing your spiritual gift(s). Romans 12:6-8. *Use gifts to edify, to the glory of God( 1Peter 4:10:11) *The Kingdom principle of faithfulness (Luke 16:10) *Relationship between Gift(s) and Grace (Romans 12:6, Ephesians 4:7) *God gives more grace to the humble(James 4:6, 1 Peter 5:5) 8) What is the difference between spiritual gifts(1 Corinthians 12:8-11) and [Ministry] Gifts to the body of Christ (Ephesians 4:8,11)? CONCLUSION Gifts are given and multiplied when one has favor before the gift giver. God resists the proud but gives more grace to the humble. — — Bible Study holds every day except Sundays. TIME: 2:00pm(Lagos GMT +1), 1pm(Accra), 2pm(London), 4pm(Nairobi), 3pm(Johannesburg), 6:30pm(Mumbai), 9am(New York) ZOOM Meeting ID: 536206651 or open this link with ZOOM: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/536206651
God Wants All People Saved
1 Timothy 2:4 (NET) … [God] wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. Emeka had prayed for the salvation of his brothers for years, but it appeared that things were getting worse and not better. A time came that he started to entertain the false thought that maybe his brothers were not saved because they were never selected by God for salvation. This thought in his heart weakened his faith and made his prayer for his brothers less powerful. When he knew that it was God’s will for them to be saved, his supplications for them became more powerful and regular, and he started seeing the result. All his brothers eventually became saved. I have come to learn that the most powerful kind of prayer regarding the salvation of others is the prayer of supplication. Another word for supplication is begging. When it comes to the will and choice of other people, your declarations and demands may not be very effective, but your plea before the throne of God for them is very effective. Only God has the authority to influence the will of people, and we have to make sufficient supplications before His throne to make this happen. If we begin to entertain the false thought that maybe God has not selected a person to be saved, it weakens our faith in prayer for that person’s salvation. Go into today knowing that one of the reasons God placed you in your family is because He wants you to pray and generate sufficient spiritual license for Him to invade the other members of your family with His salvation. Prayer: Lord, please help me do my part in facilitating the salvation of my loved ones. Amen. —Pst. Abraham Damilola Arigi Want to be saved? Click here: streamglobe.org/33 Yearly Bible Plan: I Corinthians 13-14 Join Our Interactive Online Bible Study Today by 2pm(GMT +1). ZOOM Meeting ID: 536206651 Streamglobe is Nondenominational. Kindly share this devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. WhatsApp: +2348034420524, +2349055565838 visit: www.streamglobe.org http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201242.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Chosen Before Time
Ephesians 1:4 (NET) For he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world that we may be holy and unblemished in his sight in love. We were chosen—“before the foundation of the world.” This shows us once again the immensity of God, who has always existed. There never was a time nor ever will be a time when He will not exist. Time is no problem with Him because He lives in a realm that is beyond time. We are bound by time, but God is not. He sees tomorrow, next year, and eternity to come as clearly as we see this moment. He knows the problems you will face tomorrow and has already planned every answer for you. God planned answers before problems existed hence nothing can ever take Him by surprise or unawares. It is wrong to think you are going to face a problem tomorrow or next week for which God has not already made a way of escape (1Corin. 10:13). Problems may catch you off-guard, but they never surprise God. If He planned for the biggest problem in your life through the new birth, don’t you think He can handle the smaller ones on the job, in the home, or at school? Somehow we get the idea God saved us, filled us with the Holy Spirit, and left us to fend for ourselves. God not only planned for us to enter this new life but also to be overcomers every day (Romans 8:37, 1 John 4:4). God knows the future and has made plans for you to succeed. Don’t try to help God by worrying. Sit back and enjoy the ride. This is the life of faith that pleases God. (See Heb. 11:6.) The word “hath chosen” means “to call out”. Before the foundation of the world, God called you out to be holy and without blame”. From the foundation of the world, He has seen you through His eyes and predestined you as righteous and holy. We need to see ourselves as God sees us. While we look not at the things which are seen [our mistakes and failures], but at the things which are not seen [our heavenly position]: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal (2 Corin 4:18). Even if you miss it, God still considers you holy and without blame before Him, because that is your destination and destiny. This in no way advocates my sinning or living an unholy life, what it does is to remove the attitude of defeat if you do sin or miss the mark. Just understand that God hates sin and ask Him to forgive you (1John 1:9), then see yourself as He does—forgiven, holy, and without blame. And make every effort never to go back to sinning again. Remember, anyone who practices sin is of the devil (Read 1John 3:8). Go into today with the understanding that we are seated with Jesus in heaven, you are seen as “holy and without blame” because you are in Christ. Prayer: ask the Lord to help you to live holy, justly, and without blame. Want to be saved? Click here: www.streamglobe.org/33 -George Evuarherhe Djorhogba Yearly Bible Reading: Mark 7-8 (In Devotional Audio) Join Our Interactive Online Bible Study Today by 2pm(GMT +1). ZOOM Meeting ID: 536206651 Streamglobe is Nondenominational. Kindly share this devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. WhatsApp: +2348034420524, +2349055565838 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202227.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
STREAMGLOBE BIBLE STUDY 10
TOPIC: Spiritual Warfare BIBLE TEXT: Ephesians 6:10-12 (KJV) 10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. 11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. INTRODUCTION When a person receives Christ’s salvation and abides in Him, he is delivered from the kingdom of darkness and brought into the kingdom of Light. Because of this, he is now an enemy of the kingdom of darkness, but a member of God’s kingdom. Naturally, the kingdom of darkness would seek to fight such a believer to the point of frustration, but our good God has not left us without weapons and spiritual resources that would ensure our perpetual victory against the kingdom of darkness. The study would help us properly understand the dynamics of spiritual Warfare and understand how to use our weapons and live in perpetual victory. DISCUSSIONS 1) Define spiritual Warfare? 2) What is really the devil’s goal in waging war against the believer? 1 Timothy 6:13, 1 Thessalonians 2:18, Luke 22:31-32 3) Who can victoriously engage in spiritual Warfare? Ephesians 6:10 4) What/who is used by the devil for spiritual Warfare? 5) How do we handle them? Ephesians 6:12, Acts 13:6-9? 6) What is the difference between demons and principalities? 7) How do we handle them? Mark 16:17, Ephesians 6:12 8) How do we handle human agents of darkness? Luke 6:27, Romans 12:19-20, Acts 13:6-7 9) How do we take our stand against principalities, etc? Ephesians 6:10-11,18 10) What are the devil’s weapons? Ephesians 6:11, Revelation 10:12 11) What are our weapons? Ephesians 6:14-17 12) What is our attack weapon and how do we use it? Ephesians 6:17, Psalm 119:105, 130 13) We fight as victors because Jesus has won the victory. Romans 8:37 14) We are Overcomers. 1 John 4:4 15) How do we appropriate our victory in Christ? 1 John 5:4, 1 Corinthians 15:57 CONCLUSION Spiritual Warfare is not just about the devil hindering the physical progress of the believer, his bigger goal is to destroy the believer’s faith. God has given us resources and backup resources to ensure that we are perpetually victorious. — Bible Study holds every day except Sundays. TIME: 2:00pm(WAT- GMT +1), 1pm(Accra), 2pm(London), 4pm(Nairobi), 3pm(Johannesburg), 6:30pm(Mumbai), 9am(New York)
The Holy Ghost and Power
Acts 1:8 (NKJV) But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” The day Femi got baptized in the Holy Ghost, he prayed in the Spirit for three hours straight. As a result, he felt so much power in his soul that there was no more fear in his heart. This power also made him free from slavery to sin. As the days passed, it appeared as if this power within him was no more with the same intensity. He wondered why this was happening. The next time he went to fellowship, he prayed fervently for about 30 minutes, and he felt the boldness and power once again. This was how he knew that the way to stay in the Spirit and power of God is to be prayerful and holy. The power to become sons of God is supplied to us by the indwelling Holy Spirit (John 1:12). The Holy Spirit is only given to those who have received Christ Jesus as their Lord. In today’s Bible text, we can see that Jesus did not allow His disciples to be His witnesses until the Holy Ghost came upon them to empower them. When a person is baptized with the Holy Ghost, it is usually accompanied by praying in the Spirit and sometimes by prophesying. People who intend to live Spirit-filled lives must be people who take their cue from that first day they were baptized. They must be people who continue to pray always in the Spirit (see Ephesians 6:18). Go into today asking the Lord to fill you with the Holy Ghost and with power so that you will represent Him well. -Abraham Damilola Arigi Yearly Bible Reading: Jeremiah 7-11 (In Devotional Audio) Join Our Interactive Online Bible Study Today by 2pm(GMT +1). ZOOM Meeting ID: 536206651 Streamglobe is Nondenominational. Kindly share this devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. WhatsApp: +2348034420524, +2349055565838 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201604.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Be Fruitful
John 15:16 (NET) You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that remains, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you. Moyin noticed that the rate at which Kemi received answers to her prayers was really remarkable. There was a day they were traveling together, and it was about to rain and disrupt the meeting they were going for. Moyin had prayed and prayed in her heart concerning the rain, but nothing happened and the rain started. As soon as she called Kemi to pray, while Kemi was still praying, the heavy rainfall reduced and eventually stopped miraculously. There were many other examples of how Kemi received from the Lord more, and Moyin became concerned. ‘Does it mean that God loves Kemi more than me?’ Moyin would ask herself. She went into days of prayer to seek God’s face concerning why He didn’t answer her prayers the way He answered Kemi’s prayers. This was when the Lord showed her that Kemi was a much more fruitful Christian than her, that this was why Kemi had God’s ear. We can see from today’s Bible text that when we are fruitful, we can ask and receive more expressly from the Father. Many Christians have fruitless prayer lives because other areas of their lives are fruitless before God. A fruitful Christian is one whose life and character manifests the fruit of the Spirit. He is also one who wins souls to the kingdom of God. He is a profitable servant of the Lord who uses his resources [talents and gifts] for the advancement of God’s kingdom in this world. Go into today remembering that when all is said and done, we will be rewarded according to our fruitfulness (see Rev 22:12, Matt 16:27, Rom 2:6). Prayer: Ask the Lord to help you become more fruitful. Not saved? Click here ☞ streamglobe.org/33 -Abraham Damilola Arigi Yearly Bible Plan: I Samuel 11-15 Get sermons here: www.streamglobe.org/34 Join Our Interactive Online Bible Study Today by 2pm(WAT). ZOOM Meeting ID: 536206651 Streamglobe is Nondenominational. Kindly share this devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. www.streamglobe.org http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201230.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Interactive Bible Study Manual 9
Theme: Marriage, Divorce, Remarriage and Forgiveness. Topic: Divorce, Remarriage, Marital Infedility and Forgiveness Text: Matthew 5:32 “But I tell you not to divorce your wife unless she has committed some terrible sexual sin. If you divorce her, you will cause her to be unfaithful, just as any man who marries her is guilty of taking another man’s wife.” CEV INTRODUCTION Regarding the Scriptures on divorce, remarriage, infidelity and forgiveness, there are such wide differences of opinion, interpretation, and application between leading Christian theologians and denominations today. Some churches believe that the new testament forbids divorce and remarriage in any form. Others feel that the passages in question are to be applied as guidelines tempered with love, mercy, understanding and judicial allowances. In this study, we will closely consider what the scriptures say on these issues and align ourselves with the position of the scriptures. DISCUSSIONS 1) What is Divorce? Deut. 24:1 2) Why does God hate divorce? Malachi 2:14-16 3) Is there any scriptural grounds for divorce? Matt 5:31-32, 19:8-12, 1 Cor. 7:10-13, 4) What about pre-conversion divorce? 1 Cor. 7:20-27 5) What is marital infidelity? 6) Does God require forgiveness in the case of marital infidelity? Matt. 6:14-15 7) Does divorce imply unforgiveness? 8) Is there any scriptural grounds for remarriage after divorce? 1 Cor.7:15,39 Rom. 7:1-3 9) What is the role of the church in divorce and remarriage? Matt 18:15-17 For now, Bible Study holds every day except Sundays. TIME: 2:00pm(WAT- GMT +1), 1pm(Accra), 2pm(London), 4pm(Nairobi), 3pm(Johannesburg), 6:30pm(Mumbai), 9am(New York) Join via ZOOM. Zoom Meeting Link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/536206651 OR Meeting ID: 536 206 651