Walking In the Kingdom Reality
1 Corinthians 15:50-51 (NET) Now this is what I am saying, brothers and sisters: Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. Listen, I will tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed While Jide was a freshman in college, he joined a frat group that had roots in occultism. He eventually got interested in Satanism and witchcraft. His study of sorcery quickly made him realize that there was no way a human being could overcome the powers of darkness with his willpower. This was only possible by a higher power than the power of darkness. So when he saw Brian delivered from the many demonic bondages that he was under before he believed, he knew that the power of Christ could do anything, including the resurrection of the dead into the kind of body that can inherit such a kingdom that can wield such power. This was what the preacher taught when Jide accepted the Lord Jesus. It is clear from today’s verses that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God. There is a resurrection body that believers would receive that would enable us to walk fully in the realities and power of the kingdom of God. But while we are still in this body of flesh, we can only walk in certain realities of the kingdom if we walk in the Spirit and not in the flesh. The more we walk in the Spirit, the more we would be able to walk in the reality and power of the kingdom. Walking in the flesh hinders this from happening. Go into today remembering that the way to walk in the reality and power of God’s kingdom is to humble yourself, walk in the Spirit and not gratify the lusts of the flesh. Prayer: Father, please help me from this day walk in a higher level of your kingdom power and glory. Deliver me from all hindrances, in Jesus’ name. Amen. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Yearly Bible Reading: Isaiah 51-55 If you wish to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join a Streamglobe WhatsApp Group through this link☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/FhB7m8GmsNzJhMfV42IcHx Or send a WhatsApp message to +2348021680251, +2348138224547(send Testimonies and Enquiries to these numbers too) Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202499.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Walk Carefully
Ephesians. 5:15 (NET) Therefore be very careful how you live – not as unwise but as wise To walk carefully is to live accurately, precisely, and strictly in conformity to the standards of the Lord. We are to live according to God’s will. Some Christians live loosely, doing questionable, controversial things. However, we should not live loosely or carelessly. We are to live conscientiously, being mindful of God’s standards. We are to live in a way that gives close attention to God’s instructions. Before you do anything, think first if it is according to God’s will. Ponder first if it is according to God’s will in God’s Word. Consider first God’s standards before you take a course of action. But the question is how do we walk carefully? According to the text, we are to walk ‘‘not unwisely but wisely’’. What does Paul mean by the word “wise” here? “In all wisdom and insight making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth” (See Eph. 1:8-10, emphases added) Here, the wisdom of God is his plan to unite all things in Christ. The things we pursue are the things that are important to us. The things God does are the things that are important to Him. God wants to bring all things to Christ. That is what God is doing. That is the wisdom of God. Now you walk wisely if you pursue the thing that God is doing. You are wise if you align yourself with this wise plan of God to bring all things to Christ. Wise people of God pursue the things that God is doing. Then Paul prayed that the God “may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him . . . that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe” (Read Eph.1:17-19, emphasis added). From the above scriptures, the wisdom of God is gained by knowing God. God’s wisdom will help you know what is the hope of your calling, what are the riches of his inheritance, and what is the greatness of his power toward you who believe. Thus, to live carefully is to be wise. To be wise is to know the hope of your calling. To be wise is to know the riches of God’s inheritance in us. To be wise is to know the greatness of God’s power for us. To be wise is to understand this plan of God to bring people to Christ. To be wise is to live your life according to the will of God. Prayer: Lord, help me live wisely and please you in all respects. Amen. —George Evuarherhe Djorhogba Yearly Bible Reading: Job 19-20 If you wish to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join a Streamglobe WhatsApp Group through this link☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/FhB7m8GmsNzJhMfV42IcHx Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202498.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Walking In Spiritual Liberty
John 8:31-32 (KJV) Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free What perplexed Laide was how some people who were believers and committed to the church were still under demonic yokes and ancestral bondages. For example, her uncle was a minister in a Pentecostal church, but he died mysteriously. It was later rumored in their village that he was killed by some witches who had a connection with his family. These kinds of things were happening. Laide herself believed in Jesus, but she was not truly free. Her life was a battle. Demons still had power over her. Jesus told certain Jews who believed in him that if they continued in His word, then they would be His disciples, and then they would know the truth, and the truth will make them free (see John 8:31-32). These Jews were people who believed in Jesus already, but like Laide, they were not yet free. They were not yet free from the power of sin [and death]; they were not yet free from bondages of the past. Jesus gave them the remedy; He told them to continue in His word. This was how they would become His disciples, and only His disciples can truly know Him (the Truth; the reality). Disciples are those who have been converted from goats to sheep; they are those transformed by the renewing of their mind through the word (Rom 12:2). They are those who obey their Lord in all things. 1 John 2:4 (KJV) He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. Go into today desiring to grow in your knowledge of the Lord (2 Peter 3:8). This is the key to true and lasting freedom. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Bible in one year: Job 19-20 If you wish to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join a Streamglobe WhatsApp Group through this link☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/IcAAaBaDbZCJ8rCJEfbOvh Or send a WhatsApp message to +2348021680251, +2348138224547(send Testimonies and Enquiries to these numbers too)Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202497.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
This Gospel of the Kingdom 4
Matthew 5:44 (KJV)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. Before Nneka became a believer in the Lord Jesus, she used to attend prayer vigils and was a faithful follower of a particular prophet with whom she eventually had an immoral relationship. She attended those prayer vigils because she was aware that she had enemies, especially when her business started to ‘prosper’. Her prayers were always that all her enemies would die a painful death. She would imagine them and insist that they die a painful death. She loved her friends and hated her enemies. But when she became a disciple of the Lord Jesus, she didn’t see the need to kill her human enemies but felt deep pity for them because she understood how elevated above them she was in Christ Jesus. She rather found that time and time again, she was compelled to pray for them, asking the Lord to have mercy on them and bring them to salvation. Because of this, some of them eventually became saved, but some of them who wouldn’t repent saw the severe vengeance judgment of the Lord. The true gospel of the kingdom teaches us to love our enemies and pray for them, not kill them with our prayers. We are to do this not because we are overmuch good but because we know how elevated above them we are in Christ, and we understand that God is a better judge of every matter than us. But today, there is a gospel that teaches believers to hate their enemies and kill them with the power of God at every opportunity. That gospel is not the true gospel of the kingdom, and it is incapable of raising disciples into maturity. If the Lord Jesus had subscribed to that ideology, He would have wiped out the entire human race because of the hatred and ungratefulness that culminated in His crucifixion. There never would have been an apostle Paul because rather than pray for them, Stephen would have used his great spiritual power to place a potent bitter curse on all those who hated him to the point of orchestrating his murder, and Paul was chief among them. Go into today examining the doctrines that guide your life and compare them with the truth of God’s Word. Prayer: Ask the Lord to deliver you from everything that may be keeping you from the reality and power of the true gospel of the kingdom. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Bible in one year: Psalms 27-29 If you wish to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join a Streamglobe WhatsApp Group through this link☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/IcAAaBaDbZCJ8rCJEfbOvh Or send a WhatsApp message to +2348021680251, +2348138224547(send Testimonies and Enquiries to these numbers too) Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Join the Livestream of Streamglobe Word Encounter Today by 11:30Am GMT +1 link: https://mixlr.com/streamglobeworld http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202496.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
This Gospel of the Kingdom 3
Matthew 24:14 (NET) And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the whole inhabited earth as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come. Because of Nneka’s faith in the Lord Jesus, she could not continue in some unrighteous business deals even though those were the deals that made her the most money. She made this bold decision because she understood that nothing was too big to sacrifice for God’s kingdom. She understood that the kingdom is real and eternally relevant and she didn’t want anything to hinder her from her inheritance in it. The true gospel of the kingdom teaches selflessness and sacrifice. Anyone who has truly accepted it would be willing to forsake certain things in order to follow Jesus fruitfully. But there is a gospel today that purports that there is no need to make any sacrifices and forsake anything because Jesus has already made the needed sacrifice. Even though what they say is true on a particular level, they are absolutely wrong on all other levels. Those who will follow Jesus must be ready to deny themselves, take up their cross, and follow Him (see Luke 9:23). They must be willing to sacrifice fleshly pleasures for kingdom participation and elevation (see Rom 12:1-2, 13:8). The kingdom of God is like a man who finds a great treasure in a field and goes to sell all he has to buy that field (see the Lord’s Parable of the hidden treasure in Matthew 13:44-46). Go into today remembering that any legitimate thing you forsake for the sake of the Kingdom is a small temporary investment you are converting into a great eternal investment that would bless you for the whole of eternity. Prayer: Heavenly Father, now that I am born again, help me see your kingdom the way I ought to, and walk in its reality [and power], in Jesus’ name. Amen. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Bible in one year: Ruth If you wish to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join a Streamglobe WhatsApp Group through this link☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/IcAAaBaDbZCJ8rCJEfbOvh Or send a WhatsApp message to +2348021680251, +2348138224547(send Testimonies and Enquiries to these numbers too) Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Download the Audio Version Here☞ http://bit.ly/aud2495 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202495.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
This Gospel of the Kingdom 2
Matthew 24:14 (NET)And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the whole inhabited earth as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come. When Nneka accepted the Lord Jesus, she was told that she needed to be baptized in water and in the Holy Spirit. She was taught the importance of water baptism and how it was her final burial and disconnection from the world. She died to the old life through faith in Christ but would be buried through baptism(see Romans 6:4). She was also taught that it was the empowerment of the Holy Spirit through His baptism that would make it possible for her to live a life of perpetual victory over sin and the devil(see Acts 1:8, Rom 8:13). These teachings and many others made it impossible for Nneka to continue to be unequally yoked together with her unbeliever friends because she was too conscious of the fact that she was now a new creation in Christ. Nneka received the gospel of the kingdom and the evidence of the exchanged life was there for all to see. The true gospel of the kingdom is powerful enough to turn a sinner into a Saint. But too many these days have received a gospel that is not the true gospel. Today there is a gospel that excludes the teachings about repentance and baptisms and only emphasizes material prosperity. People can attend church for years and never hear that they are to forsake a life of sin and fleshly lusts and walk in the holiness of God. Go into today remembering that any gospel that forgets to teach young believers to forsake fleshly lusts is not the gospel of the kingdom. Any gospel that teaches grace without emphasizing that grace is not a license for sinning but empowerment to walk above sin is another gospel and not the gospel of the kingdom(see Rom 6:1, Tit 2:11). Prayer: Ask the Lord to help you walk in the reality and power of the gospel of the kingdom. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Bible in one year: Genesis 36-39 If you wish to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join a Streamglobe WhatsApp Group through this link☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/IcAAaBaDbZCJ8rCJEfbOvh Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202494.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Sanctification: The way to lasting deliverance
Matthew 12:43-45 (NET) “When an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it passes through waterless places looking for rest but does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the home I left.’ When it returns, it finds the house empty, swept clean, and put in order. Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so the last state of that person is worse than the first. It will be that way for this evil generation as well!” Debo was a deliverance minister who had cast out several unclean spirits from many people over the years. But he always wondered why in most cases, people who were delivered went back to their bondage, and many of them had to keep coming back to solve bigger problems. Because of his experience, he almost got to the point where he was convinced that it is impossible to get a witch totally delivered and she would stay free. As Debo studied more of God’s word on this matter, he discovered where the problem was with his approach to deliverance. Many of the people in his country were not interested in the word of God. They only wanted prayers that would help them receive breakthrough, Deliverance, healing, etc. This was the reason why many could not sustain their freedom. The only way to sustain spiritual liberty is through the sanctification that comes from the revelation of truth– God’s word. We see in today’s Bible text that when a demon that leaves a person comes back and finds the person empty, it would return with more wicked spirits. What is it that can dwell in a man such that there would be no room for unclean spirits to come back? It is the word of God and the Spirit of God. Jesus says if we abide in Him and His word abides in us, then we will be fruitful. When the words of Christ dwell in us richly, we would be filled with the Spirit and it would be impossible for any unclean spirit to come back (see Colossians 3:16 and Ephesians 5:18-21).The word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword (Hebrews 4:12). No unclean spirit will want to stay where the living sharp word of God dwells richly. Such an environment is dangerous for it. Go into today remembering that God’s word is truth, and in the New Testament, we are sanctified by the [revelation of] truth (John 17:17). The revelation of truth will shape our lives accordingly. It is the knowledge of the truth that guarantees permanent freedom. “And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free”(John 8:32). Prayer Confession: the Word of Christ dwells in me richly. I walk in spiritual liberty and possess my possessions. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Yearly Bible Reading: I Corinthians 3-4 (In Devotional Audio) If you wish to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join a Streamglobe WhatsApp Group through this link☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/IcAAaBaDbZCJ8rCJEfbOvh Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Download the Audio Version Here☞ http://bit.ly/aud2492 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202493.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
You Can’t Earn God’s Favor
Hebrews11:6(KJV) But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. As a young believer, George had been raised on dos and don’ts. All his life he had tried to live by a strict religious code. At church camp that year the leader taught on the theme of our being complete in Christ. The more he talked on that subject and the more George listened, the more he became aware of the truth of that message. For the first time in his life, George began to realize he didn’t have to work for holiness (wholeness); he was already complete (whole) in his Savior. All he needed to do was to walk according to the nature that he has received. Finally, he broke down in tears, weeping with joy and relief. “I see it; it’s all God’s grace,” he sobbed. “I feel as if a ten-ton weight has been lifted off my back. I don’t have to try to please God anymore; He is already pleased with me. That puts a whole different light on it. Now I want to work for Him rather than have to work for Him.” The moment he understood grace, peace overwhelmed him. Oh, if only more people could come to that understanding. The faith life is not trying to please God by our action, even our great faith. It’s just living by the principles of the Word He has already provided. Salvation, peace, prosperity, success, health, joy, life in all its fullness and abundance, has already been provided for us by our loving heavenly Father. If that’s so, then we don’t need to try to obtain His blessings by winning His favor. We already have His favor, His grace (John 1:16). It was His grace that moved Him to do all this for us in the first place. We simply need to receive the blessings that accompany His favor. There is a simple principle involved here. You simply cannot please God by works. There is only one thing that pleases God. We find it spelled out for us in Hebrews 11:6: “But without faith it is impossible to please him.” It’s not difficult to please God by works, it’s impossible. Nothing pleases God but faith in Him. Am I saying then that works are wrong? No, not at all. Works are fine. We are supposed to work, just as our Lord worked: “But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me” (John 5:36). Later in John 14:10 Jesus explained how those works were done: “Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.” We remember our Lord told us he who believed in Him would do the same works He did and even greater works. (See John 14:12.) But how? He gave us that answer in John 15:5: “I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.” Fruit (good works) is produced through us not because of anything we are or do of ourselves, but because of the Word that abides in us. Works are produced by the same indwelling Spirit who did the works through Jesus. Works are evidence of God’s favor upon us, not a means to obtain God’s favor. We remain in God’s favor by remaining in fellowship with Him and His Word, not by works of might. Go into today with the understanding that as believers we do work, but not primarily to please God. We work for Him because we know that He is pleased with us. —George Evuarherhe Djorhogba Yearly Bible Reading: Matthew 23-25 (In Devotional Audio) If you wish to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join a Streamglobe WhatsApp Group through this link☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/IcAAaBaDbZCJ8rCJEfbOvh Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202492.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Serving In Love
Galatians 5:13(KJV) ‘’ For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another’’. “But by love serve one another”. Love seeks to fulfill first the desires of another. In fact, that is the definition of true love. Love is that force within a person causing him to desire someone else’s welfare more than his own. Unless we can honestly say we desire the other person’s happiness more than we desire our own, we shouldn’t flippantly tell that person, “I love you,” especially if that person is God. To love God is to desire His will be done more than we desire our own will. To love others is to desire to see them blessed. Nothing short of the Spirit of God Himself can empower us to truly love others, to desire their welfare more than our own: “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:13). We may not be called upon to give our lives for someone else, but we may well have opportunities to give part of our material possessions so someone else may be benefited. That’s when we must be led by the Spirit because our flesh will rebel. The flesh is not capable of such love because by its very nature it is self-centered. Scientists tell us the drive for self-preservation is one of the strongest of the inborn human traits. It goes against the grain of our human nature, our flesh, to put others first, especially when it means we may suffer loss. That’s why our natural human nature is never able to please God; it’s too centered on self. The only way anyone can be freed from the selfish human nature is by receiving within him a new nature, a new Spirit that is not self-centered but selfless. That Spirit, if heeded, will lead the person in paths of righteousness and truth and blessing. Learn to heed the Spirit within you. His counsel may not always seem logical, but that’s because it’s not based on human logic but on God’s will. When He says to give away what you desperately need for yourself, don’t be afraid to comply. It may not seem natural, but if it were the “natural thing to do,” it probably wouldn’t be the “God thing to do.” “Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over” (Read Luke 6:38). God rewards obedience to His Spirit. The Spirit of God is the nature of God. And what is God’s nature? John, the beloved apostle, told us “God is love” (1John 4:16). Therefore to be led by the Spirit of God is to be led by love, the force that puts the other person’s welfare ahead of our own. Christians are under law. We are not under the Mosaic Law, but the law of Christ(Galatians 6:2). There is a difference between being under the Mosaic Law, and being under the law of Christ(love). Law is imposed from the outside, love impresses from the inside. Law compels; love impels. Law is what we do because we have no choice; love is what we must do because we do have a choice. Law is what our bodies are forced to obey; love is what our hearts won’t allow us not to obey. Go into today knowing that Nothing short of the Spirit of God Himself can empower us to truly love others, to desire their welfare more than our own. Prayer: Lord, help me walk in your nature of love always. Help me to stay filled with the Spirit this week and beyond. Amen. —George Evuarherhe Djorhogba Yearly Bible Reading: Isaiah 45-50 (In Devotional Audio) If you wish to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join a Streamglobe WhatsApp Group through this link☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/IcAAaBaDbZCJ8rCJEfbOvh Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Send Testimonies, Enquiries, etc, to WhatsApp: +2348021680251, +2348138224547 Download the Audio Version Here☞ http://bit.ly/aud2491 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202491.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
By Faith
2 Corinthians 4:13 (KJV) We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak When Deji decided to stand up from the sickbed and begin to say that he was now healed, he didn’t feel healed. As a matter of fact, when he first stood up, he felt so weak that he almost fainted. But he insisted that he was now healed because he had received the word of God concerning his healing, and he believed it. This was how he received his healing in his body. One of the attributes of faith is that faith speaks (Mark 11:23). Faith also acts in accordance with what has been spoken. This is how to act in faith: When you receive the word of God concerning a situation, believe it totally and speak the word that you have received and now believe. Continue to say the word over your life until you see the manifestation of the things you have believed. Faith never gives up. One of the reasons I believe the power of life and death is in the tongue is because the tongue is the only part of the body that can declare and proclaim [the word of] faith. The tongue can also be used as an instrument to do the opposite of this. As you go into today, remember to speak the word of God over your life according to what you believe. Don’t just believe the word, speak the word over your life and expect to see the manifestation of the things you have spoken. Prayer: Father, help me to believe and speak your word over my life. Help me to see the manifestation of your promises in my life through faith. in Jesus’ name. Amen. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Yearly Bible Reading: Job 17-18 (In Devotional Audio) If you wish to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join a Streamglobe WhatsApp Group through this link☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/IcAAaBaDbZCJ8rCJEfbOvh Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Send Testimonies, Enquiries, etc, to WhatsApp: +2348021680251, +2348138224547 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202490.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS