Are You Properly Dressed?
John 17:12 (KJV), “While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled” Jesus told a story in Matthew 22 about a king who organized a wedding party for his son and invited some special guests. He had spent a fortune on assorted meals and drinks and had decorated the venue gorgeously to fit his class. Sadly though, the invited guests all turned down his invitation as though planned, and some even beat and killed his messengers. The king’s meal and effort however must not be wasted, he thus asked that any and everyone that can be found be invited for the party until the hall is full. But as the party began, the king saw a man without the wedding costume and asked, “Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?” The man, glued to his seat couldn’t mutter a word. He was thrown out of the wedding to the place of pain and weeping because he was not dressed for the wedding. From today’s text, we see that Judas Iscariot, one of Jesus’ disciples, became the son of perdition. Like that man without the wedding costume, he was numbered with the twelve disciples of the Lamb but lost his place because he insisted on remaining the old man he was before he met Jesus; all the time he spent with Jesus did not kill greed and lust in him. The man in today’s story found his way into the wedding venue, got a seat, and was waiting for the king to begin the party, but was later thrown out because he was not properly dressed. You are permitted to come the way you are to Jesus and He will welcome you, but if you must remain in Him and enjoy the benefits, you will have to let Him change and conform you to His nature. If you refuse to be changed by him, you will be thrown out eventually like the man in our story. Unfortunately, this happens when there’s no longer a chance to repent. Go into today checking yourself to know if you’re dressed ready for the return of the Lord Jesus Christ. If you’re not, make amends before the King comes, else, you will be thrown into outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Prayer: Father, I submit myself to your disciplines and corrections. Sanctify me and make me ready for Christ’s return. Amen. —Dr. Emmanuel James Yearly Bible Plan: II Chronicles 33-36 (In Devotional Audio) 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/aud2721 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202721.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Are You Properly Dressed?
John 17:12 (KJV), “While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled” Jesus told a story in Matthew 22 about a king who organized a wedding party for his son and invited some special guests. He had spent a fortune on assorted meals and drinks and had decorated the venue gorgeously to fit his class. Sadly though, the invited guests all turned down his invitation as though planned, and some even beat and killed his messengers. The king’s meal and effort however must not be wasted, he thus asked that any and everyone that can be found be invited for the party until the hall is full. But as the party began, the king saw a man without the wedding costume and asked, “Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?” The man, glued to his seat couldn’t mutter a word. He was thrown out of the wedding to the place of pain and weeping because he was not dressed for the wedding. From today’s text, we see that Judas Iscariot, one of Jesus’ disciples, became the son of perdition. Like that man without the wedding costume, he was numbered with the twelve disciples of the Lamb but lost his place because he insisted on remaining the old man he was before he met Jesus; all the time he spent with Jesus did not kill greed and lust in him. The man in today’s story found his way into the wedding venue, got a seat, and was waiting for the king to begin the party, but was later thrown out because he was not properly dressed. You are permitted to come the way you are to Jesus and He will welcome you, but if you must remain in Him and enjoy the benefits, you will have to let Him change and conform you to His nature. If you refuse to be changed by him, you will be thrown out eventually like the man in our story. Unfortunately, this happens when there’s no longer a chance to repent. Go into today checking yourself to know if you’re dressed ready for the return of the Lord Jesus Christ. If you’re not, make amends before the King comes, else, you will be thrown into outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Prayer: Father, I submit myself to your disciplines and corrections. Sanctify me and make me ready for Christ’s return. Amen. —Dr. Emmanuel James Yearly Bible Plan: II Chronicles 33-36 (In Devotional Audio) 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/aud2376 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202376.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
See Jesus
Hebrews 2:8-9 (BBE) You put all things under his feet. For in making man ruler over all things, God did not put anything outside his authority; though we do not see everything under him now. But we see him who was made a little lower than the angels, even Jesus, crowned with glory and honour, because he let himself be put to death so that by the grace of God he might undergo death for all men. God had a grand plan for man. We get a glimpse of this in Genesis where after making man, God gave him dominion over all things. Understand this, the supposed king of the jungle is the one endowed with one of the most imposing physical structures. In the sea, the greater in structure also rules over the lesser. But over all these, man was put in charge. He had neither the imposing physique nor the menacing features one would expect, but he was made in God’s image and likeness and given dominion. So great was the throne God had prepared for man and so inexplicable was it that it was echoed in the prophetic words of David in Psalms 8 from verses 3 through 9. The Psalmist in amazement expressed his bewilderment with the words, “What is man that thou art mindful of him?”. Notice however in verse 6 he says, “Thou hast made him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet”. The Psalmist was speaking prophetically having a glimpse into the divine design for man. It is no news that man lost his place to the devil and hence the plans of God for man was distorted. This is why we do not see all things under his feet as Hebrews 2 verse 8 also pointed out. However, God, through Jesus, brought man back into His divine plan. Jesus became flesh and reconciled man to God, bringing back man to the place where God originally designed for him. Now no man can attain the place of dominion and glory by and of himself, only in Christ can this be done. He is exalted above every throne and name that is named and is crowned with glory and honor. Everyone who believes in Him will share in that glory as the scriptures have said, “Christ in me the hope of glory” (Col 1:27). Look to Jesus. Go into today Giving thanks to Jesus for His sacrifice. Prayer: Ask for grace to keep beholding Him and never take your eyes off Him. Want to be saved? Click here: streamglobe.org/33 — Ikechukwu Mpama Yearly Bible Plan: Deuteronomy 10-12 (In Devotional Audio) Bible(Bible Experience, Zondervan), Music(Casting Crowns – Voice of Truth) 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%202138.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Beware of Covetousness
Matthew 6:24 (NET) “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money. It wasn’t long after Gerald rededicated his life to Christ that he was faced with the temptation to make some quick money [in an unrighteous way] . Because he was now born again and his conscience now alive, he felt a check in his spirit concerning that “opportunity” to make quick money. He wanted to be sure that he was not doing anything that didn’t please the Lord. Unfortunately, when he discussed his concerns with one of his Christian brothers in the church, he could see that the brother was not truly interested in knowing whether it was the will of God for one to make money that way, the brother was only interested in making more money. Gerald almost got led astray by that brother, but his discipler came along and showed him why making money that way was unrighteous. When it comes to matters of money, more believers stumble there than matters of demonic attacks or most other kinds of temptation. The biggest contender with God for your love is mammon. If a believer is not intentional and deliberate about overcoming the love of mammon, he would be cut in it without knowing how much his heart has been consumed by it. Remember, you cannot love God and mammon. When a believer is not willing to know [and submit to] God’s opinion and will when it comes to matters of getting money, it is a sign that he is now enslaved by mammon. On the resurrection morning, many will realize how much ground they lost because their hearts were enslaved by the love of money. May we not be found weeping and gnashing our teeth on that day. Go into today remembering that one of the biggest threats to your spiritual life is the love of money. There is more warning about this in the Bible by the Lord and His apostles than there is warning about most other tricks of the devil. (see Luke 12:15, Luke 8:14, Hebrews 13:5, 1 Timothy 6:6-10, Ephesians 5:3-5). Pray: Lord, deliver me from the love of money and help me love you in truth. Help me know that it pays much more to love you than to love mammon. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Bible in 1 Year: I Peter 1-3 Want to be saved? Click here: streamglobe.org/33 Yearly Bible Plan: Acts 11-12 (In Devotional Audio)Credits: Audio Bible(Bible Experience, Zondervan), Music(Casting Crowns – Voice of Truth) 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 (send Testimonies and Inquiries here too) www.streamglobe.org http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202375.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
John 3:3 (KJV) Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. I remember something that happened when I was an undergraduate student. One of my Christian classmates was in a difficult situation, and doing certain things that would compromise his faith would have easily helped him out of that situation, but he refused to compromise. A second classmate who attended the same Christian fellowship with him kept advising him to compromise and make life easy for himself. When the second classmate didn’t stop his persuasions, my Christian classmate became tired and told him to his face: “you are not born again”. This became an issue because the second classmate who was a leader on campus fellowship didn’t hide the fact that he was deeply offended by what my Christian classmate said to him.My Christian classmate refused to compromise because the kingdom of God was real to him and it regulated his everyday life–he could see the kingdom of God. My second classmate simply couldn’t understand why the first brother wouldn’t compromise, he apparently wasn’t conscious of the kingdom and wasn’t seeing life from a kingdom perspective. Being born again brought us into the kingdom of light. We were once in darkness and could not see the kingdom of God. But being born again gives us the ability to perceive and be ruled by the kingdom of God. We begin to understand the purpose of life and how we are part of God’s eternal kingdom (A kingdom that will indeed rule over all). We begin to see life from that perspective and make our choices from there. Go into today remembering that those saved into God’s kingdom should live under the authority of Christ. Anyone who has no Lord over him is not saved. Prayer: Heavenly Father, help me see your kingdom and walk in the reality of your kingdom and power. In Jesus’ name. Amen. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Want to be saved? Click here: streamglobe.org/33 Yearly Bible Plan: Acts 11-12 (In Devotional Audio) Credits: Audio Bible(Bible Experience, Zondervan), Music(Casting Crowns – Voice of Truth) 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 (send Testimonies and Inquiries here too) www.streamglobe.org Click Here to Get Today’s Audio☞ http://bit.ly/aud2720 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202720.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Test all spirits
1 John 4:1 (NET) Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to determine if they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. When Lara was an unbeliever on campus, it was quite easy for her to identify false prophets from real servants of God. She knew them because they were the same men she saw patronizing certain red districts where her friends worked. Her best friend was the girlfriend of one of such prophets in town, and she also knew his friends who were prophets like him. Lara knew that those false prophets were liars and their main goal was to raise money, but she didn’t care because they had some results to present and results were what she was after. So she was a parishioner in a church pastored by one of such prophets until she had an encounter with the Lord and got saved. After she got saved, she found it difficult to continue to attend that church. But she did not know how dangerous it was for her to remain in that church until she read a book about the power of seduction and how evil spirits are transmitted in such places. Our Lord Jesus warns us to steer clear of false Prophets(Matthew 7:15-20). He reveals to us that their fruits are what will ultimately give them away. The fruit of a man’s life is his character; the fruit of a man’s ministry is the quality of people produced by that ministry. If for example, all the followers of a prophet you know are only Christians by words, but not in character, steer clear of such a minister. If a person claims to speak for God but does not acknowledge the authority of Christ Jesus by living visibly under it, he is a false prophet. A person who says “lord lord” to Jesus, but does not do His will is not living under His authority. The proof that you’ve truly confessed [to] the Lord Jesus is that you’ll live under His authority. Go into today knowing that false prophets are out there, and their assignment from hell is to devour the sheep of God. If a true believer exposes himself to false prophets for long, he would be impoverished and afflicted and may not know why. Prayer: Lord Jesus, please help me steer clear of false prophets and teachers. Help me fulfill my glorious destiny in you. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Bible In 1 Year: Zephaniah (In Devotional Audio) Credits: Audio Bible(Bible Experience, Zondervan), Music(CeCe Winans – Jesus, Youre Beautiful) 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 (send Testimonies and Inquiries here too) Click Here to Get Today’s Audio☞ http://bit.ly/aud2719 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202719.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Entering Into Your Calling
Luke 9:23 (KJV), “And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.” Peter, James, and John met Jesus in a very peculiar way. Being professional fishermen, they’d tried the best skill in their repertoires and having caught nothing all night retired to the shore to wash their nets. Something extraordinary however happened: Jesus was in one of their boats because he needed it as a stage for his sermon. But that wasn’t all, because of Jesus’s command, the professional fishermen who couldn’t catch a single fish all night now caught so many fishes that they required an extra boat to ferry them to shore. This was the encounter that led to the call of these men. They had the most amazing response; they left all and followed Jesus (see Luke 5:1-11). Just like it happened with these men, discovering one’s call could follow a dramatic encounter; a vision, prophecy, miraculous healing or provision, etc. God does this so men may know that the one who is calling them is the All-Powerful One. But encounters alone, however breath-taking they may be, are not all that is needed. The Lord Jesus in Luke 9:23 said, “ If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me”. Denying yourself, taking up your cross, and following the Lord daily are the actions that set the stage for a great destiny. Peter, James, and John did these when they abandoned what should have been called “breakthrough” and followed Jesus; they chose not to be fixed on the encounter while neglecting the giver of the encounter. Go into today knowing that entering into your calling will require you to look beyond the encounters and start listening, obeying, and following God. Prayer: Lord Jesus, please grant me the grace to forsake all and carry my cross daily and follow you. Amen! —Dr. Emmanuel James Yearly Bible Plan: Ecclesiastes 3-4(In Devotional Audio) Credits: Audio 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 (send Testimonies and Inquiries here too) Click Here to Get Today’s Audio☞ http://bit.ly/aud2718 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202718.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Hidden with Christ
Colossians 3:3 (NET) For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. Uche observed that he was still very much bound by the powers that bound him before he came out for alter call to become born again. He could not understand why the promises the evangelist gave were not being fulfilled in his life. The evangelist promised that anyone who came out to accept Christ would be free from the bondage of darkness. But this was not the case with Uche. He started going from church to church, from vigil to prayer meetings, seeking spiritual liberty because he knew for sure that Jesus gives liberty. He ended up in one church where the pastor asked to see him. This pastor knew by prophecy that Uche needed to see him in order for him to be free. After Uche had enumerated his ordeal, the pastor told him that he was still bound because he had not yet died to the old life. The only thing that changed in his life was that he was now going to church. He was still a liar, a cheat, a thief, and a fornicator. Many believers claim the second part of today’s Bible verse while ignoring the first part. The reason why your life can be hidden in Christ is because you have died to the old life, and have awakened to the new life of Christ within you. The new life that now controls you can never be bound, but the old life controlled by the flesh ushers in demonic bondage. Go into today remembering that you have new life in Christ Jesus if you have accepted Him as your Lord and Savior, abide in Him and let His word abide in you. Confession: I am dead to the old life of sin. The life that I now live is hidden in Christ in God. Jesus rules my life. — Abraham Damilola Arigi Yearly Bible Plan: Psalms 125-127 (In Devotional Audio) Credits: Audio 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 (send Testimonies and Inquiries here too) Click Here to Get Today’s Audio☞ http://bit.ly/aud2717 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202717.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Living as Sons of Light
Ephesians 5:8-10 (NET) for you were at one time darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of the light – for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth – trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord. When Gerald was a child, he used to be very naughty. But when his parents were expecting visitors and they wanted all their children to be very well behaved especially him, his mother would call him aside and promise to give him some money for being good when the visitors are around. This always worked like a charm. Because of the financial incentive, even as a little boy, Gerald knew how to be good. As an adult, whenever he wanted something from someone or to impress them, he knew how to act and sound good and kind, but being good and kind was not truly his nature even though he knew the expectations of that nature. So when after accepting the Lord Jesus, he was taught by his discipler that as a child of light, one of the fruits of his life should be goodness, he knew exactly what it meant. He understood that for him now, being good and kind was not to be a guest attitude when he wanted to impress someone or get something out of them, it was now to be his way of life because he had received the divine nature that makes bad people good. As Gerald started walking every day with this consciousness of being good, he realized that even though many times, being good was not convenient for the flesh, it was always refreshing to the spirit, and the more he acted in the divine nature of goodness and kindness, the more pleased the Holy Spirit within him was, and this translated to more inner joy and strength in his spirit. After receiving the new life and the indwelling Holy Spirit, if we walk in our old sinful bad nature, the Holy Spirit [within us] is not pleased but grieved, and this would affect our inner joy and deplete our inner strength. But the more we consciously walk in the divine nature of goodness, righteousness, and truth, the Holy Spirit within us is pleased and He rejoices. This joy of the Lord within us will fill our hearts with joy and strengthen us. Go into today remembering that the joy of the Lord is your strength. Let the words you say and the things you do be pleasing to the Lord. This is the source of your inner joy and peace. Prayer Confession: As a child of God I walk in the divine nature. I am pleasing the Lord in all things, and fruitful in every good work. — Abraham Damilola Arigi Bible In 1 Year: II Chronicles 29-32 Credits: Audio 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 (send Testimonies and Inquiries here too) http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202370.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Pride sabotages
James 4:6 (NET) But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud, but he gives grace to the humble.” Many of the workers in Mrs. Anderson’s organization were very proud and it was now affecting the organization’s reputation. The customer service left much to be desired, and the General attitude of her employees was an arrogant disposition. This happened because of certain human resource trainers that had taught them to “esteem yourself if you want others to esteem you”, and many other such things that translated into a proud demeanor in unregenerate hearts. Mrs. Anderson noticed this problem and tried to fix it by hiring another HR trainer but it didn’t work. One morning after receiving yet another serious complaint because of the arrogant disposition of her staff, she was asking the Lord how to fix this problem when the Lord quietly reminded her of how He teaches His church humility – He teaches us by example. She decided to start showing up in that particular office early every morning and work with the customer relations officers. She would attend to customers, help them carry their bags if necessary, be so polite and greet them with a bow, etc. When her arrogant staff saw how humble their CEO was, most of them adjusted immediately and became really humble in their demeanor and in the way they related with customers. But Mrs. Anderson had no choice but to fire the staff who did not change despite her example. The Lord Jesus taught us that the way of greatness in His kingdom is through service and humility, and He exemplifies it. The easiest and fastest way for a believer to receive the virtue of humility is by looking at the humility of the Lord Jesus: how despite his greatness, he humbled himself, became a man, and was even persecuted and killed by the very men he created. How he is so accessible to the lowliest of men. Go into today remembering that pride is one of the few things in a person that can cause God to oppose him(see James 4:6, 1 Peter 5:5-6). Many people’s problem is not their enemies attacking them, it is their pride sabotaging them and causing them to receive opposition from God instead of help. Ask the Lord to help you fix your gaze on Him and inherit His virtues of humility and Gentleness(Matthew 11:29). — Abraham Damilola Arigi Bible In 1 Year: Deuteronomy 7-9 Credits: Audio 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/E7naBSkTmmdE5ywKwVONOCContact us (WhatsApp): +1 (515) 519-5600, +2348138224547 (send Testimonies and Inquiries here too) Click Here to Get Today’s Audio☞ http://bit.ly/aud2715 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202716.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS