The Kingdom Is Coming
Revelation 2:26-29 (KJV) And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: 27 And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father. 28 And I will give him the morning star. 29 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. When Christ [physically] returns, He will come with great power and glory, and He will come with us His saints (the overcomers). He will come to take over the governments of this earth. And because the rulers will not be willing to peacefully hand over power to Him, He will take it by force. We all who are his saints will come with Christ in our glorified bodies; bodies just like that of Christ, and we shall rule and reign over the earth for 1000 years. The city in which you currently live will most likely still be called by its current name when these things happen. The people of the world will not be able to defeat us because we will have superior (glorified) bodies that cannot be hurt. We will have superior intelligence and superior power. The rulers of the earth will have to fall in line or be smashed (see Psa 2). When the kingdom physically comes to the earth, the wealthiest person on earth will be less than the least in our Kingdom. Our government will be so wealthy that we would be able to afford to pave our streets with gold. And all humankind (and angels) will be under our dominion (see 1 Cor 6:2-3). Go into today remembering that the Kingdom is coming. We have proof to show that these promises of the Lord are true: the Holy Spirit within us gives us a foretaste of the powers to come and assures us of these things. Confession: I am a citizen of God’s Kingdom. I will rule and reign with Christ. The Holy Spirit controls my life today. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Bible In One Year: Acts 27-28 (In Devotional Audio) Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Send inquiries, testimonies, and prayer requests here(WhatsApp): +2348138224547, +2348021680251 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202431.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Quickened Together with Christ
Ephesians2:5,6. (KJV) Even when we were dead in sins [God] hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. God loved us when there was nothing in us to love. His love not only found us; He cared enough for us not to leave us in the condition (dead sin) in which He found us. He gave us life and then raised us up out of the mess and gave us a seat with Himself in heaven. “He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory” (1 Samuel 2:8). I want you to notice all of the “together” in the text: “quickened us together,” “raised us up together,” “made us sit together.” God accomplished the work of redemption through His Son. In Jesus, God became a man and took our place. “The wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23), but God could not die to take our place. How would you kill God, if He could die? How would you drive a spear through God? How could you put nails through Him or hang Him on a cross? The only way God could take our place, our sin, and our sicknesses, etc, was to become a man. This also was part of the divine plan because God knew the work of the cross would have to be substitutional. God could not substitute for man. Man would have to substitute for man. Jesus became sin for us in God’s place. Jesus died and rose again for us in God’s place. Since Jesus had no sin of His own, God could raise Him from the dead. We became identified with the work of Jesus on the cross and in His death, burial, resurrection, and ascension. I want you to get the picture. When God found us, we were dead. He wanted us to be alive and to sit with Him in His home, heaven. Getting us from the point of death to a seat in heaven with Him took the work of our mediator, Jesus. Since God could raise Jesus from the dead, He could then bring us into heaven to be seated with Him. Jesus could take hold of us. When Jesus was raised from the dead, we were raised up also. When Jesus ascended to heaven, we ascended also. When Jesus was seated in heaven, we were seated there too. Jesus and all believers were made alive together, raised together, and made to sit in heavenly places together. “For in him we live and move and have our being” (Acts 17:28) Go into today knowing that as a member of His church, you are now seated with Christ in the heavenly places because of the substitutionary work of Jesus on the cross. Prayer: Lord, help me to live in the consciousness of who and where I am in Christ Jesus. —George Evuarherhe Djorhogba Bible In One Year: Revelation 18-22 (In Devotional Audio) Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Send inquiries, testimonies, and prayer requests here(WhatsApp): +2348138224547, +2348021680251 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202430.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
The Spirit [and character] of Christ 1
Romans 8:9 (NET) You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, this person does not belong to him. Tony accepted the Lord Jesus in a neighborhood house fellowship. Because the leader of the fellowship sensed that Tony needed to be ministered to for deliverance, he told Tony to wait behind and be ministered to. That day, Tony was delivered of demonic possession and was also baptized in the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking in tongues. His heart was so filled with joy that it was evident to his friends and neighbors that “something has changed about Tony”. Tony had received the baptism of the Holy Spirit but he needed to learn of Christ and become like Christ. This is what is called discipleship. The indwelling Holy Spirit within him changed his appetites and gave him a desire for the word and presence of God. Even though Tony received the baptism of the Holy Ghost, if he does not continue to abide in Christ and bring forth fruit, he would be as a branch cast out and trampled underfoot of men(John 15:6, Matthew 5:13). After believing in the Lord Jesus and receiving the Holy Spirit, it is important we grow and walk in the spirit(Character) of Christ because it is only those who have the spirit of Christ that belong to Him. Go into today remembering that it is not just those that say “Lord, Lord”, but those that do the will of God are those who will enter the kingdom of heaven(see Matthew 7:21). If Jesus is truly your Lord, then you will do His will. Prayer: Father, help me abide in Christ and be fruitful. Help me live a life that is ruled by Your will, In Jesus name. Amen. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Bible In One Year: Song of Solomon 7-8 (In Devotional Audio) Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Send inquiries, testimonies, and prayer requests here(WhatsApp): +2348138224547, +2348021680251 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202429.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
God is Rich in Mercy
Ephesians2:4 (TPT) But God still loved us with such great love. He is so rich in compassion and mercy. We were the subjects of the first three verses (see Eph.2:1-3) which describe how we were still a mess despite our good intentions and best efforts, “But God, who is so rich in compassion and mercy” came to our rescue. The Greek word here is plusios, and it means “filthy rich.” Pluto, whose name was derived from this word, was the god of wealth in Greek mythology. This is also where we get the English word plutocrat, which is defined as someone who is so rich he has influence over other people. “God, who is rich in compassion and mercy,” uses His wealth to influence us and win us over. God is rich in mercy, which is grace in action. When grace is displayed toward man, it is called mercy. Mercy brings God’s grace to lost man. This principle is also seen in man. God has given to each of His children the measure of faith. Faith is the means of receiving God’s grace, but it does no good until it is put into action. When faith is put into action, it is called believing. Believing is faith in action. Faith produces the ability within people to receive the grace of God. God’s grace always comes first so our faith has something to receive. Mercy is God reaching out to man, and believing is man reaching out to God. Maybe now you can begin to get a small picture of the greatness of God’s love to us. Think of what He had to love— nothing! That is why this verse says, “But God still loved us with such great love.” The love of God staggers the imagination. “For God so loved the world that he gave…” (John 3:16). Only God is capable of so much love. As Christians, God expects that we love others and be merciful and compassionate toward all men. We know that we are believers and that we have passed from death unto life because we love the brethren (1John 3:14). Go into today knowing that God’s mercy abounds towards you and He is ever merciful and compassionate towards you. Prayer: Lord, thank you for your undeserved mercies upon my life. Help me with grace to show unreserved mercy to all men. Amen —George Evuarherhe Djorhogba Bible In One Year: Psalms 149-150 (In Devotional Audio) Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Send inquiries, testimonies, and prayer requests here(WhatsApp): +2348138224547, +2348021680251 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202428.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Knowing the Providence of God
2 Corinthians 9:10 AMP: And [God] Who provides seed for the sower and bread for eating will also provide and multiply your [resources for] sowing and increase the fruits of your righteousness [which manifests itself in active goodness, kindness, and charity]. [Isa. 55:10; Hos. 10:12.] Kola attended his uncle’s baby dedication and in the course of listening to a sermon on thanksgiving, he lost his peace. The highly charismatic preacher ended the sermon with series of altar calls for giving. Kola searched himself but had nothing to give except his tuition fee. His emotions moved between the fear of lacking (as a result of not giving) and the greed of wanting more (as a result of the promised multiple effects of giving). In the preceding verses to our anchor scripture, Apostle Paul started with saying that giving is a ministry for the saints, then went on to describe the right attitude of heart while giving. The Amplified Translation gives a rendition that easily lends an understanding of what it means to give sparingly (grudgingly) and bountifully (generously). (See 2 Corinthians 9:6 AMP). As Christians, our giving should be born out of love for God, for his work, the saints, and those whom we draw into the kingdom by reflection of God’s love through giving. It shouldn’t be born out of need or material insecurity. The moment we fall for this we bring ourselves to a spirit that is not native to us; the spirit of fear (see 2 Timothy 1:7). The greed for more or covetousness, like fear, has the capacity to bring a believer into bondage. The Bible is filled with examples of victims of greed (covetousness). It is for postures like this that men like Balaam sought to go against God because of personal gain, Ghazi lost his first place, etc. Our giving must be inspired by love and not greed else we will be bowing to mammon in the Lord’s name, consequently bringing ourselves into financial bondage. Go into today knowing that our Lord has provided all that is needed for your livelihood and also given to us what is needed for the harvest of righteousness. We are already in the Lord’s pool of abundance, and his grace relieves us from the pressure of performance. Prayer: LORD, teach my heart. Help me discern between what should be eaten and what should be sown for a harvest of righteousness. —Titus Ojima Achema Bible In One Year: Esther 6-10 (In Devotional Audio) Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Send inquiries, testimonies, and prayer requests here(WhatsApp): +2348138224547, +2348021680251 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202427.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Knowing The Lord 11
Philippians 3:13 (NET) Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself to have attained this. Instead I am single-minded: Forgetting the things that are behind and reaching out for the things that are ahead One of the problems Uche had was that he was too obsessed with the past. He had excelled in the knowledge of the Lord in the past and he had done exploits, but he was fixated on the past and didn’t realize that he needed to continue to grow daily in the knowledge of the Lord. This was why his faith and power started winning. But the Lord could restore him when he saw his error. Every new day is a day that has never existed before in the history of the world. It comes with new possibilities and risks. Scripture says sufficient to the day is the evil thereof. Because of the uniqueness of each day, we need new and unique revelations of the Lord to carry us through each day. His mercies are new every morning. The manna of yesterday is not meant to carry today. We are expected each day to receive from God our daily bread (Matthew 6:11). Jesus who is the bread from heaven (John 6:51) reveals Himself to us in unique ways that will carry us through each season(day) of our lives. Go into today remembering to forget the things that are behind and reach out for the things that are ahead. Prayer: Father, please help me always dwell in your presence and grow in fruitfulness. Amen. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Bible In One Year: Deuteronomy 32-34 (In Devotional Audio) Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Send inquiries, testimonies, and prayer requests here(WhatsApp): +2348034420524, +2348138224547 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202426.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Messed Up in Sin
Ephesians 2:3 (TPT) The corruption that was in us from birth was expressed through the deeds and desires of our self-life. We lived by whatever natural cravings and thoughts our minds dictated living as rebellious children subject to God’s wrath like everyone else. Before you were born again, you were controlled by the flesh and the mind. Notice the spirit is left out. Unless the sinner is demon-possessed, he is not controlled by his spirit. He is under the control of the nature of the flesh and the unrenewed mind. This is the predesigned course of this world he is following. A believer who is out of fellowship imitates the unbeliever (Read Ephesians 5). A believer in this state cannot be led by his spirit or the Holy Spirit within him. Because he is not controlled by his spirit at the moment, he is under the control of his flesh and his mind. He is imitating the unbeliever. Even though he may still go to church, give alms, or act spiritual, his good deeds do not count with God. Sinners go to church, give alms, and act spiritual to impress God into giving them a place in heaven. The believer who is not controlled by the Holy Spirit at any moment in time is deceived and will act just like a worldly unbeliever. “To be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace” (Romans 8:6). When your mind is in line with your spirit, there is peace. When your mind is in line with your flesh, only things of death can be produced from your life. God calls the works resulting from these two conditions gold, silver, and precious stones (spiritual) or wood, hay, and stubble (carnal). The unbeliever cannot be led by the Spirit because he is spiritually dead— separated from the life of God—“and [are] by nature subject to God’s wrath” The unbeliever needs his nature changed first, before his deeds and bad habits can be truly changed. His problem is not just his outward actions, it is the nature of his heart. The sinner is not a sinner because he sins, he sins because he is a sinner. The believer is not righteous because he does righteous acts, he does righteous acts because he is righteous. This should help us straighten out our witnessing techniques. Sinners need their nature changed, and Jesus is the only One who can do this. Salvation is found in no other name than Jesus (Acts 4:12). Good works will not make us righteous, but righteousness will produce good works, which are acceptable unto God. (See Eph. 2:8-10.) We need to come right to the point with the sinner as Jesus did with Nicodemus: “Ye must be born again”. Go into today remembering that to be carnally minded is death but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Prayer: Father, help me to daily live out the nature of God in me. -George Evuarherhe Djorhogba Bible In One Year: Jude (In Devotional Audio) Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Send inquiries, testimonies, and prayer requests here(WhatsApp): +2348034420524, +2348138224547 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202425.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Power of Encounter in knowing the Lord
Acts 9:6 (KJV) And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do. There are living proofs we can see in the life of a man that has encountered the Lord. The proofs are not hidden. When Paul encountered Jesus on his way to Damascus, his eyes were opened to the Lordship of Jesus. The first question he asked was “who are thou, Lord?” That was his first meeting with Jesus but he recognized him as Lord. An encounter means when you are one on one with Jesus either by dream, vision, or open revelations, etc. When a believer encounters Jesus, the level of speed and results that would be a product of the encounter would be evident. A man of God once taught that when you encounter God, it would bring revelation, conviction, faith, action, and results in your life. It is very important that in our quest and desire to know God, one vital pursuit that should engage our minds is an Encounter with Jesus. It touches our desires and also kills our worldly passions. It is easy to submit to Jesus when there is an Encounter. In this year, we implore our readers to seek after God for a special encounter with Christ. Go into today believing God for a life-changing encounter. —Kenechkwu Ibekwe Bible In One Year: Acts 25-26 (In Devotional Audio) Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Send inquiries, testimonies, and prayer requests here(WhatsApp): +2348034420524, +2348138224547 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202424.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS