The Power of Doctrine
2 Peter 2:1-2 (NASB)But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves. 2 Many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of the truth will be maligned. When Bidemi and her fiance traveled home to see her parents, her stepmother found a way of letting him know that Bidemi was not a legitimate child. She also told him that Bidemi was pregnant when she was 16 and aborted it. Unknown to her stepmother, Bidemi and her fiance had no secrets between them, so her wicked plot did not work. Bidemi’s stepmother was a leader in their church. She was very committed to the church, but she was not truly a Christian. This was not entirely her fault, it was the fault of the false teachers that they had in their church. Because of her stepmother, it was initially very difficult for Bidemi to accept the Lord Jesus. She thought Christians were like her stepmother. But thank God she had the opportunity of meeting real Christians later in her life. False doctrines usually have many followers because they are usually more appealing to the flesh and to the carnal believer. Go into today remembering that the easiest way to identify false prophets and false teachers is by their fruits (see Matthew 7:15). The fruit of a person’s life is his character and his integrity. The fruit of a ministry is the quality of disciples produced through that ministry. If you observe that most of the members of a particular ministry you know are bankrupt in morality and integrity, please stay away from that ministry. Use this link to join the Streamglobe Interactive Bible Study Via ZOOM: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83849747426?pwd=ODU1ZUM0OEJNR2xCU3M0dzRTN2xZQT09 Or use Zoom Meeting ID: 838 4974 7426 Passcode: Jesus TIME: 2:00pm(Nigeria WAT- GMT +1) —Abraham Damilola Arigi Bible In One Year: Zechariah 1-7 Credits: Bible(Bible Experience, Zondervan) Streamglobe is nondenominational and interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. If you wish to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, Send us a message or Click here to join a Streamglobe WhatsApp Group☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/E7naBSkTmmdE5ywKwVONOC Contact us (WhatsApp): +1 (515) 519-5600, +2348138224547 www.streamglobe.org
The Coming Glory
Rom 8:18-19 [NLT]18 Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will reveal to us later. 19 For all creation is waiting eagerly for that future day when God will reveal who his children really are. Theo’s boss was to make recommendations for someone in the department to be promoted, and Theo was the most qualified, but his boss refused to recommend him. Theo had prayed and prayed, but it appeared the Lord was doing nothing about the persecution he faced at work because he was a Christian. Theo eventually stopped complaining and started thanking God daily when he realized that a time will come(after the resurrection) when he would be exalted above all earthly rulers and be glorified as ruler and judge of this earth with Christ Jesus (see 1 Cor 6:2-3). As thanksgiving filled his heart, he was more fruitful and the Lord blessed him above those that sought to frustrate him. Child of God, there is no suffering you can face here on earth that is compared to the glory that the Lord will bring to you if you continue to follow Him. The devil understands this and he knows that if you lose hope and start complaining and grumbling, you will end up like the Israelites who didn’t make it to the Promised Land( see 1 Cor 10:10). There are demons specially commissioned to constantly send thoughts of depression and despondency to Christians so that they would lose hope and begin to grumble against God in their hearts because of the [temporary] hard situations and trials they may be facing. As you go into today, ask the Lord to open your eyes to see the riches of His inheritance for you [who believe in Him]. When this happens, you will have nothing but thanksgiving in your heart, no matter what trials you face in this time where everything is temporary. Don’t forget that God is able and willing to bring us the first fruits of this glory, even in this time and age. Prayer: Heavenly Father, please open my eyes to see the riches of your Inheritance for me. Help me by your spirit to partake in the first fruits of this glorious inheritance. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Yearly Bible Plan: Ecclesiastes 7-8 (In Devotional Audio) Credits: Bible(Bible Experience, Zondervan) Streamglobe is nondenominational and interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. If you wish to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, Send us a message or Click here to join a Streamglobe WhatsApp Group☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/E7naBSkTmmdE5ywKwVONOC Contact us (WhatsApp): +1 (515) 519-5600, +2348138224547 www.streamglobe.org Download Today’s Audio Here ☞ https://bit.ly/aud2730 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202730.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Love Also Receives 1
Hebrews 6:7 (NET), “For the ground that has soaked up the rain that frequently falls on it and yields useful vegetation for those who tend it receives a blessing from God”. “Sweetheart, you complain too much, didn’t you say you love me? If you truly love me, you will overlook my faults and mistakes because love always forgives. When God wanted to show his love for the world, he gave his son and remember too, that love covers a multitude of sins. Babe, if you truly love me, you’ll stop complaining about my faults”. This was Mrs. Rachel Raymond’s response when her husband told her he did not like the attitude she has been putting up lately. Just like Mrs. Rachel Raymond said, what is commonly heard is, “if you love, you will give” and nearly nothing is said about the other side of love, “love receives”. While it is true that God proved his love to the world by giving us his son Jesus Christ who died for our sins, it is also true that he did that expecting something in return; he wants you back on his side, he wants your affection, loyalty, and dedication, he wants your life. You see, love is double-sided, having two ends; the giver on one end and the receiver on the other end. The giver gives and the receiver receives, then the receiver also proves their love for the giver by giving back to the giver. Jesus emphasize this when he said “If ye love me, keep my commandments” (John 14:15 KJV), then in John 15:10 (KJV) He said, “If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love”. The statement, “if you love, you will give”, becomes a statement of truth when it applies to both parties, the giver and the receiver alike. Go into today knowing that love also receives and that God is expecting a harvest of love from you. Prayer: Father, help me to love you the way you love me. Amen! —Dr. Emmanuel James Yearly Bible Plan: Psalms 131-133 (In Devotional Audio) Credits: Bible(Bible Experience, Zondervan) Streamglobe is nondenominational and interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. If you wish to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, Send us a message or Click here to join a Streamglobe WhatsApp Group☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/E7naBSkTmmdE5ywKwVONOC Contact us (WhatsApp): +1 (515) 519-5600, +2348138224547 www.streamglobe.org http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202729.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Greater Riches – Choices
Hebrews 11:24-26 (MSG) “By faith, Moses, when grown, refused the privileges of the Egyptian royal house. He chose a hard life with God’s people rather than an opportunistic soft life with the oppressors. He valued suffering in the Messiah’s camp far greater than Egyptian wealth because he was looking ahead, anticipating the payoff” A complete consecration to God (and His divine cause) will spur the believer to do some things which a non-consecrated believer will not do. We will observe them in the life of Moses (and even other servants of God). Moses did three things: He refused: The bible says when Moses came of age, he refused the privileges of the Egyptian royal house (Heb 11:24 MSG). When you are totally committed to God (and his cause), it will show in the things you refuse. The things you refuse might not necessarily be unlawful, but for the sake of Christ, you are willing to let go of them (1Cor 10:23; Phil 3: 7, 8) He chose: Moses chose a hard life as opposed to a soft life. Choosing between two good things is an easy choice compared to choosing between suffering and enjoyment. The world has pleasures to offer, even sin has its pleasures, but the consecrated believer has turned his back on all that. By choosing God, he has chosen whatever comes with his commitment to God. So be it pleasure, comfort, hardship, shame, or ridicule, it makes no difference to him. He has made his choice: God. He valued: Moses valued suffering FAR GREATER than Egyptian wealth, why? Christ. He didn’t just value suffering, no, he valued suffering in God’s camp FAR GREATER than the best the world had to offer. This is how to value in consecration; make up your mind to do God’s will, and that whatever comes as a result of obeying God and doing his will is FAR GREATER than whatever pleasure or good that can come from not obeying His will. Go into today remembering that there’s no middle ground, you cannot serve two masters at the same time. Serve the Lord. —Ikechukwu Mpama BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Acts 15-16 Credits: Bible(Bible Experience, Zondervan), Music(Jaci Velasquez – I Will Call) Streamglobe is nondenominational and interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. If you wish to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, Send us a message or Click here to join a Streamglobe WhatsApp Group☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/E7naBSkTmmdE5ywKwVONOCContact us (WhatsApp): +1 (515) 519-5600, +2348138224547 www.streamglobe.org http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202728.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Live Ready
2 Peter 3:14 (NET) Therefore, dear friends, since you are waiting for these things, strive to be found at peace, without spot or blemish, when you come into his presence. Derek had a dream in which he saw the Lord Jesus return, but he was not prepared and was not raptured. It was not a good experience. He woke up with so much fear and terror that he could not eat. He thus went into a fast and started examining his ways and making the appropriate adjustments. There were relationships he knew he had to sever, inordinate affections he had to terminate, unjust business dealings he had to forsake, and laziness towards the things of God he had to repent of. His neighbors and friends called him pastor, but he knew that he was not truly ready for the Lord’s return. But after he made the right adjustments and began to live in the expectation of the Lord’s return (which motivates holiness), his friends and neighbors did not merely call him pastor, many of them were now convicted and brought to the point of repentance because of the Lord’s glory that was now radiating through Derek’s life Unfortunately, many believers are like Derek who needed a wake-up call to be alert and live ready for the Lord’s return. Living ready does not mean living in fear and uncertainty, it means you’re living in faith and having a clear conscience before God and before man. It means you’re living in obedience to the Lord and there is no known sin staining your spiritual garment. Go into today remembering that God has supplied all the grace you need to keep your garment spotless and free from every blemish. A blemish is an imperfection you were born with, but a spot is an imperfection you adopt along the way. The blood of Jesus is strong enough to deal with both spots and blemishes. The key is remaining in Christ. Prayer: Lord Jesus, please help me always live ready for your coming. Deliver me from every manipulation of the devil. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Yearly Bible Plan: Deuteronomy 13-15 (In Devotional Audio) Credits: Bible(Bible Experience, Zondervan), Music(Maranatha Praise Band – I Will Trust In You) Streamglobe is nondenominational and interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. If you wish to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, Send us a message or Click here to join a Streamglobe WhatsApp Group☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/E7naBSkTmmdE5ywKwVONOC Contact us (WhatsApp): +1 (515) 519-5600, +2348138224547 www.streamglobe.org Download Today’s Audio Here ☞ https://bit.ly/aud2727
Grounded In His Love
Ephesians 1:5-6 (KJV) Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. Bidemi grew up with a feeling of worthlessness and insecurity because she was an “illegitimate” child, and her stepmother made sure she understood that. Because of this, she would react harshly to situations and would be very rude and difficult to communicate with. She always felt like she was in a deep dark pit, and could amount to nothing in life. But this all changed when she accepted Christ as her Lord and Savior. For the first time in her life, she knew she was accepted. She no longer felt like her life was a mistake, she knew God had a purpose for creating her, and she was happy to be alive. One thing we must never forget as believers is that God accepted us before we accepted Him, that is why we could accept Him. Your salvation was not your own idea; it was God’s idea before you were born. This knowledge will help you rest in God’s love. It is very important that believers are grounded in the love of God. Many times, before the devil can get a believer to fall, he will first get him to doubt the love that God has for him. This he does because he knows the power the knowledge of God’s love produces in the life of the believer. See what Ephesians 3:19 (NLT) says: May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God. Go into today remembering that you are beloved of God. You are accepted in His beloved family. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Yearly Bible Plan: I Peter 4-5 (In Devotional Audio) Download Today’s Audio Here ☞ https://bit.ly/aud2382 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202726.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
What do you seek 2?
Matthew 7:7-8 (NET) “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you.For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. Rodney had received and understood the message of the kingdom, so when he found that there was unrighteousness in his life, he gave himself to spiritual disciplines till the unrighteousness was rooted out. Rodney discovered that even though he was now a believer baptized in the Holy Spirit, he had a tendency to be angry, bitter, and unforgiving. This was even now affecting his marriage, so he decided to go on a fast to seek the Lord and find deliverance from these weaknesses. During his fast and retreat, he spent a lot of the time praying, reading, and listening to teachings that the Lord used to deliver him from the power of those weaknesses which he also observed in the life of his father. As children of God, we have the power to fruitfully seek what we set our hearts upon. We can use this power to either seek the kingdom of God and His righteousness or to seek what the world seeks. The degree to which you would partake and participate in the kingdom of God is the degree to which you have been conformed to the nature of the king in righteousness and holiness. One of the signs that the kingdom of God is in a life or in a place is that there would be righteousness (see Romans 14:17). Go into today remembering that the most important thing God is doing in your life today is to change you from the Adamic nature into the nature of Christ. The degree to which this change is allowed to happen is the degree to which you will be close to Christ the king and be great in His eternal kingdom. Prayer: Lord, please help me always seek you and be transformed into your image and nature. Deliver me from deceptions and distractions. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Yearly Bible Plan: Acts 13-14 (In Devotional Audio) Credits: Bible(Bible Experience, Zondervan), Music(Maranatha Praise Band – I Will Trust In You) Streamglobe is nondenominational and interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. If you wish to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, Send us a message or Click here to join a Streamglobe WhatsApp Group☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/E7naBSkTmmdE5ywKwVONOC http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202725.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
What do you seek?
Matthew 7:7-8 (NET) “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you.For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. I was in a campground where many people go to pray. I saw old, young, and middle-aged men and women praying everywhere in that campground. I was getting excited about what I saw when I sensed the mood of the Lord. It was as though the Lord was saying: “I wish they were truly seeking me”. Indeed, many of the people were seeking things(breakthroughs, open doors, healing, prosperity) in the name of the Lord, but pleasing the Lord was scarcely the object of their quest. Many people understand the principle of seeking. They apply themselves to serious spiritual disciplines and stay consistent until what they seek materializes. The question today is “what do you seek?” Time on earth presents us with the opportunity to seek the kingdom of God and lay hold on eternal life. But we can use that same time to seek the things of this world and lay hold on material things that perish. The fact that you’re using prayer and fasting to seek it does not mean that what you seek is accurate. We don’t only have the ability to ask and receive, we have the ability to seek and find. But unlike asking, what we seek has a way of dominating our hearts and minds. That’s why the Lord tells us what to seek. We are advised to seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness. See Colossians 3:1 also. Go into today remembering that you have the ability to seek and find. God is a rewarder of those that diligently seek Him. Don’t waste this precious time you have to seek mundane things. Seek to please God always, and He will ensure that you don’t need to seek any other thing. Prayer: Heavenly Father, please help me always remember to seek Your kingdom and Your righteousness above all else. Thank you, In Jesus’ name. Amen. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Yearly Bible Plan: Haggai (In Devotional Audio) Credits: Bible(Bible Experience, Zondervan), Music(Maranatha Praise Band – I Will Trust In You) Streamglobe is nondenominational and interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. If you wish to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, Send us a message or Click here to join a Streamglobe WhatsApp Group☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/E7naBSkTmmdE5ywKwVONOC Download Today’s Audio ☞ https://bit.ly/aud2724 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202724.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Are You Tired?
Judges 16:16 (Recovery Version), “And after she pressed him with her words every day and urged him, his soul was tired to death.” Samson was unique and had a very special assignment, but he died cheaply in the hands of his enemies. The tricks played on him failed and no battle could bring him down, even the lion’s claws and jaw could not conquer him because the spirit of God enabled him in peculiar ways; he was the great deliverer who would have delivered Israel from their enemy the Philistines. This great man was However brought to his knees and cut short by Delilah. She accomplished this by getting him tired to death. By becoming tired to death or tired of life, he became a cheap catch to his enemies (see Judges 16:4-31). It was Delilah in Samson’s case, but it can be something else in someone else’s case; delay in getting a job, getting married, or having children, it could be a nagging spouse, a troubling in-law or boss. It might even be frustrations in ministry, etcetera. Whatever it is, it has the same aim of bringing you to the point where you are tired of life. Jesus was not excluded, he had his own share of this experience. In Matthew 26:38 (KJV) he said, “My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me”. But unlike Samson, he did not give up; he prayed and also asked his disciples to pray along with him. James also echoed this when he wrote, “Is any among you afflicted? let him pray” (James 5:13 KJV). Whenever you are tired, do what Jesus did and heed James’ admonition: Pray. If praying alone is not getting you the desired results, ask your brethren to join you, but by no means must you give in to tiredness. Go into today knowing that whenever you are tired to death, it is Satan that is working on your case and God is the one who can help you. So, pray! Prayer: Father, help me to pray whenever I am tired, afflicted, or in trouble instead of worrying, in Jesus’ name. Amen! —Dr. Emmanuel James Yearly Bible Plan: Ecclesiastes 5-6 (In Devotional Audio) Credits: Bible (Bible Experience, Zondervan), Music(Maranatha Praise Band – No Higher Calling) Streamglobe is nondenominational and interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. If you wish to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, Send us a message or Click here to join a Streamglobe WhatsApp Group☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/E7naBSkTmmdE5ywKwVONOC http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202723.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
The Purpose of Trials
Romans 5:3-5 (NLT)We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love. Lamide understood that all the trials and temptations she faced were working something eternally powerful in her life, therefore she rejoiced and did not draw back in faith. During this period, she developed great strength of character and became a person of great integrity and true love. As a result of this, she now always maintained a clear conscience before the Lord. This made it much easier for her to receive from the Lord and Great miracles started happening when she prayed. Lamide got to this point of causing miracles to happen because the trials she went through developed endurance in her, and this endurance helped her develop strength of character which facilitated a constantly clear conscience before God and all men. 1 John 3:21-22 (GW) says: Dear friends, if our conscience doesn’t condemn us, we can boldly look to God and receive from Him anything we ask. We receive it because we obey His commandments and do what pleases him. Strength of character is possible when a believer develops endurance and temperance. One effective way a believer develops endurance is through trials. That’s why God says we should rejoice when we face them (see James 1:2-3). Go into today knowing that trials and persecutions will only help you grow stronger and better. Remember that because you are in Christ, you will always overcome(see Romans 8:37, 1 John 5:4). Prayer: Father, please help me always maintain a clear conscience before you and before all men (see Acts 24:16). Deliver me from an evil conscience In Jesus’ name. Amen. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Yearly Bible Plan: Psalms 128-130 (In Devotional Audio) Credits: Bible(Bible Experience, Zondervan) Streamglobe is nondenominational and interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. If you wish to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, Send us a message or Click here to join a Streamglobe WhatsApp Group☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/E7naBSkTmmdE5ywKwVONOC Download Today’s Audio ☞ bit.ly/aud2722 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202722.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS