God is the Judge
Psalms 75:6-7 (NKJV)For exaltation comes neither from the east Nor from the west nor from the south. But God is the Judge: He puts down one, And exalts another. It is great wisdom to pray for those in exalted positions of authority (see 1 Tim 2:2). God is the one responsible for their exaltation (see Rom 13:1). Being rebellious to constituted authority is an act of rebellion against the judgment of God (see Rom 13:2). This does not mean we turn a blind eye to the evil they do, or we cannot support opposing parties. But it means we are never rebellious to constituted authority because we don’t like the persons in government. It means we continue to pray for them and not against them. Our prayers for them keep them from being controlled by the will of the devil. Nations suffer when their leaders are fully given to the manipulation of the evil one. Our prayers prevent this from happening. Exaltation comes from God because He is Judge. He exalts one and brings down another. Acknowledging this truth is great wisdom. It saves God’s people from fruitless motions. The reason why true promotion on the earth comes only from God is that He is Judge. He determines who is exalted based on the balances of divine justice. These things are hard for the human mind to fully comprehend, but never forget that God’s judgments are trustworthy and absolutely just (see Psalm 19:9). Go into today asking the Lord to exalt you and use you for His glory on the earth. Pray for those in authority, that they may do the will of God and execute justice and equity. Yearly Bible Plan: Mark 15-16 Streamglobe is Interdenominational and nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Contact us here:WhatsApp: +15155195600, +2348138224547 Listen to our free 24/7 Online Radio: www.streamglobe.radio
Strength To Stand
Luke 21:36 (AMP) “ Keep awake then and watch at all times [be discreet, attentive, and ready], praying that you may have the full strength and ability and be accounted worthy to escape all these things [taken together] that will take place, and to stand in the presence of the Son of Man.” It is important for us to pay more attention to what the Lord is saying in today’s Bible passage. As believers, we need to wake up, wake up in the place of prayer; wake up in the place of meditative study of the word of God. Those who will survive the tough times as believers are those who meditate on God’s word; watching and praying. Our Lord did not just caution us to keep awake and be prayerful to survive the tough times, you see, we need strength to stand before the Son of Man. Friend, as for me, I want to see His face. I want to trust Him to take me through all these things and give me strength to stand before Him when He returns. I don’t want to be ashamed at His appearance, because many will be. I want to resemble Him, He is coming for those that look like Him. So what must I do? I must not give up on Him now. He hasn’t given up on me. What if I fall? I must stand up, and get back into the race. Micah 7:8 says ” Rejoice not against me, O my enemy! When I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light to me.” Dear friend, keep awake and be watchful at all times, pray for strength to escape all these things and to stand before the Son of Man. Prayer: Father please grant me the grace to keep awake and to be alert at all times. Help me to run this race till I reach the finish line, in Jesus’ name I pray, Amen. Not yet truly born again? Click here: streamglobe.org/33 -Otuokon, Ubokudom. Yearly Bible Reading: Job 35-36 (Available in Today’s Audio) Streamglobe is Interdenominational and nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Contact us here:WhatsApp: +15155195600, +2348138224547 Listen to our free 24/7 Online Radio: www.streamglobe.radio Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Filled with Praise 2
Psalms 33:1 (KJV) Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright. After Angie observed the secret of Mathta’s victorious life, she was now determined to live a life filled with gratitude and thanksgiving. Before this time, each morning she woke up, it would take her at least 30 mins to get out of bed because she would spend the first moments of her day in bed analyzing and agonizing about how difficult her life is. Now that she understood that murmuring and complaining were counterproductive and demonic, she understood that she had to replace that bad habit with a good one. She set her phone to remind her every morning to give thanks and praise God when she wakes up.Each morning when she woke up, she remembered to start the day with thanksgiving, praises, and songs of victory. After practicing this for one week, she saw that she was visibly a happier person. She felt whole in her inner man and she knew that she was now stronger spiritually. Self-pity, sadness, depression, and sorrow are not just emotions of the mind, they are weapons against the spirit. The joy of the Lord is your strength, and the devil understands that if he can get you out of this joy, he can put you in a corner of weakness and defeat. Go into today determined to be intentional about putting off the Garment of heaviness and putting on the Garment of praise. Praise is comely and appropriate for the righteous. It is a spiritual discipline that engenders the flow of grace and power. Prayer: Lord, help me wake up every morning to proclaim your love, and go to bed every night singing of your faithfulness(Psalm 92:2). Help me replace every heaviness and sorrow with your outrageous joy. Amen. Want to be saved? Click here: www.streamglobe.org/33 —Abraham Damilola Arigi Yearly Bible Reading:Psalms 51-53 (Available in Today’s Audio) Streamglobe is Interdenominational and nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Contact us here:WhatsApp: +15155195600, +2348138224547 Listen to our free 24/7 Online Radio: www.streamglobe.radio http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202238.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Filled with Praise
Psalms 150:1, 6 (KJV) Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD. Angie and Martha were both friends who accepted the Lord Jesus the same day and attended the same church. Angie lived a defeated life filled with depression while Martha lived a joyful victorious life in Christ. Even though they were both born again and had been believers for years, it was clear that there was something missing in Angie’s life. Angie always assumed that Martha didn’t have life rough like her because Martha didn’t have a wicked family background like her. Angie was from a family of warlocks and idol worshipers and she believed her problems stemmed from her family background and foundations. She was wrong. A time came when Angie had to follow Martha to her village for her younger sister’s wedding. While they spent some days together, Angie observed that Martha never once complained about anything but always looked for an opportunity to give thanks and praise to the Lord. Angie observed that unlike her, Martha was very cheerful and had a light and happy countenance. What surprised Angie most was the discovery that Martha’s parents were idol worshipers. It now became clear to her that Martha had a more wicked background, but this did not stop her or affect her destiny because she lived a life that was filled with the presence of God. Angie understood that weekend that Martha’s life was filled with the presence of God and victory because instead of always complaining like her, Martha’s heart [and countenance] was always filled with praise and thanksgiving to God. As believers, we understand that we are the temple of God. Our bodies are the sanctuary of the living God (see 1 Corinthians 3:16, 6:19). As we see in today’s Bible verses, we are expected to praise God in His sanctuary. This does not just mean praising God in the church gathering, it means praising God in the sanctuary of your body. One of the easiest ways to be always filled with the presence of God is to be a person of praise and thanksgiving(Ephesians 5:18-20). The Lord inhabits the praises of His people(Psalm 22:3), and His presence fills the lives of believers who are filled with praise and thanksgiving. We are also expected to praise God in the firmament of His power. As long as we breathe the free air of God’s firmament, we are expected to be praising Him and giving Him thanks. This means we are not only expected to be thankful and praise God in the sanctuary of our bodies, but we are also to raise our voices to praise the Lord and give Him thanks at every opportunity we find. Let the high praises of God resound from your vessels from time to time. This is the recipe for perpetual victory (see Psalm 149:6) Go into today remembering that living a life of thanksgiving and praise is the secret to living a victorious life in Christ. It is practically impossible to complain and give thanks at the same time. Get rid of complaining and let your life be filled with praise and thanksgiving, for praise is comely for the upright(see Palm 33:1). Prayer: Lord, please help me that from this moment, I will always be thankful and full of praise for you. Amen. Want to be saved? Click here: www.streamglobe.org/33 —Abraham Damilola Arigi Yearly Bible Reading: II Samuel 5-9 (Available in Today’s Audio) Streamglobe is Interdenominational and nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Contact us here:WhatsApp: +15155195600, +2348138224547 Listen to our free 24/7 Online Radio: www.streamglobe.radio http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202238.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Protect What You Have
1 Timothy 6:20-21 (NET) O Timothy, protect what has been entrusted to you. Avoid the profane chatter and absurdities of so-called “knowledge.” By professing it, some have strayed from the faith. Grace be with you all. Ikenna joined a Facebook group where all they did was to try to poke holes in the Bible and argue over useless and vain topics bothering on spirituality, spiritism, the divinity of Jesus, and the likes. He noticed that the group was filled with godless people who had no respect or regard for the Lord God. After reading some of the posts on that group for some time, even though he brought potent arguments against their flagrant attacks on the faith, he observed that his faith at some point started to waver because of some of the arguments and assertions brought up by certain godless and blasphemous members of the group. He decided to leave the group. He observed that after leaving, his faith started to grow again. He no longer felt suffocated spiritually. As believers today, we need to realize that there are those whose mission from the devil is to deceive God’s people and cause them to stray away from the faith through high falutin arguments that sway people who do not have a sound understanding of scriptures and the power of God. Apart from the words that these people spread, there are evil spirits of unbelief and profanity that they spread through their materials and arguments. As a believer in Christ who is purpose-driven, it is important that you be particular about avoiding profane chatter and absurdities of so-called ‘knowledge’. We are to guard our hearts with all diligence because out of it proceeds the issues of life(see Proverbs 4:23). Materials we read, watch or listen to get into our hearts. We have to be careful not to allow materials that defile our hearts and engender unbelief. Many believers have found themselves spiritually weak and unable to walk in God’s power because of this. Go into today remembering to be [sober and] vigilant. Watch and pray. Don’t let your heart be inundated with materials that seek to undermine your faith. Prayer: Lord, help me guard my heart with all diligence. Give me the wisdom to discern materials designed to flood my heart with profanity. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Yearly Bible Reading: Exodus 17-20 (Available in Today’s Audio) Streamglobe is Interdenominational and nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Contact us here:WhatsApp: +15155195600, +2348138224547 Listen to our free 24/7 Online Radio: www.streamglobe.radio http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202237.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Caesar And The Christian
Matthew 22:21b (KJV) Then he said to them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s.” Ebere had thought long and hard about this, and she saw no other way out. So, she had decided to go ahead with the wishes of her uncles. She planned to make the move over the weekend which was just two days away. The next day she made a quick dash to the market to get a few groceries in preparation for her trip. While still shopping, she ran into Comfort, her friend from an inter-denominational fellowship. They talked for a while until she got to the part about why she was traveling, namely to provide some items for the performance of some rites in her hometown, which must be performed for every woman from their kindred who is marrying outside their tribe. Failure to do so, it was said, would come with dire and unpleasant consequences including, difficulty in conception, childbirth complications, and even death of babies, or even in some instances, death of mother and child. It was difficult to talk Ebere out of it because she knew of some relatives who had defied the practice and had suffered for it, plus, she was anchoring on the principle of giving unto Caesar what was his. There is such as thing as rightly dividing the word of truth, it includes understanding the context of instructions/statements made, understanding the limits of their applications, and their proper use. For example, when Jesus made the statement of giving to Caesar, what did he mean? How do you think he intended for that to be applied? Did he mean by that that it is okay to do any and everything that some other persons demand under the ‘giving to Caesar’ proviso? Would it be okay, under ‘Giving to Caesar’ for a young Christian lady to give in to the practice of getting pregnant before getting married if a particular culture demands it? Where do we draw the line for Caesar? Caesar was then the recognized constituted civil authority, and we have clear and manifold injunctions in scriptures to obey such authority. Within the ambit of that injunction, we can begin to arrogate to Caesar that which is his (and these things that are usually enshrined in the constitution and laws of the land, except they directly oppose the word of God). Not every demand made by every being, person, or institution counts as ‘Caesar’. Note also that not every demand of Caesar is to be met. Caesar indeed demanded worship at some point and a denial of the Christian faith. The apostles vehemently refused for they understood that even in the face of death, that worship was not something they could offer to Caesar. Giving in to ungodly demands of society, tradition, or popular culture is not the same as giving to Caesar what belongs to him. Go into today knowing that God’s image and inscription are on you and that you belong to God. —Ikechukwu MpamaYearly Bible Reading: II Corinthians 4-5 (Available in Today’s Audio) Streamglobe is Interdenominational and nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Contact us here:WhatsApp: +15155195600, +2348138224547 Listen to our free 24/7 Online Radio: www.streamglobe.radio 🎧Download Today’s Audio Devotional & Bible Reading Here☞ http://bit.ly/aud2796 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202796.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Caesar And The Christian
Matthew 22:21b (KJV) Then he said to them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s.” Ebere had thought long and hard about this, and she saw no other way out. So, she had decided to go ahead with the wishes of her uncles. She planned to make the move over the weekend which was just two days away. The next day she made a quick dash to the market to get a few groceries in preparation for her trip. While still shopping, she ran into Comfort, her friend from an inter-denominational fellowship. They talked for a while until she got to the part about why she was traveling, namely to provide some items for the performance of some rites in her hometown, which must be performed for every woman from their kindred who is marrying outside their tribe. Failure to do so, it was said, would come with dire and unpleasant consequences including, difficulty in conception, childbirth complications, and even death of babies, or even in some instances, death of mother and child. It was difficult to talk Ebere out of it because she knew of some relatives who had defied the practice and had suffered for it, plus, she was anchoring on the principle of giving unto Caesar what was his. There is such as thing as rightly dividing the word of truth, it includes understanding the context of instructions/statements made, understanding the limits of their applications, and their proper use. For example, when Jesus made the statement of giving to Caesar, what did he mean? How do you think he intended for that to be applied? Did he mean by that that it is okay to do any and everything that some other persons demand under the ‘giving to Caesar’ proviso? Would it be okay, under ‘Giving to Caesar’ for a young Christian lady to give in to the practice of getting pregnant before getting married if a particular culture demands it? Where do we draw the line for Caesar? Caesar was then the recognized constituted civil authority, and we have clear and manifold injunctions in scriptures to obey such authority. Within the ambit of that injunction, we can begin to arrogate to Caesar that which is his (and these things that are usually enshrined in the constitution and laws of the land, except they directly oppose the word of God). Not every demand made by every being, person, or institution counts as ‘Caesar’. Note also that not every demand of Caesar is to be met. Caesar indeed demanded worship at some point and a denial of the Christian faith. The apostles vehemently refused for they understood that even in the face of death, that worship was not something they could offer to Caesar. Giving in to ungodly demands of society, tradition, or popular culture is not the same as giving to Caesar what belongs to him. Go into today knowing that God’s image and inscription are on you and that you belong to God. —Ikechukwu MpamaYearly Bible Reading: II Corinthians 4-5 (Available in Today’s Audio) Streamglobe is Interdenominational and nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Contact us here:WhatsApp: +15155195600, +2348138224547 Listen to our free 24/7 Online Radio: www.streamglobe.radio http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202795.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
By Their Fruits
Matthew 7:15-16 (NET) You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? When Gbenga accepted Christ, there were many things in his life that were not right. But as he grew in the knowledge of the Lord, he knew that many things that were in his life had to leave. He just knew he had to change his friends because they were all ungodly people. The Corinthian Christians were babes in the faith (lambs and not yet sheep-see John 21:15-16). Many of them were still living like unbelievers (see 1 Cor 3:1-3). But they did not know any better. That was one reason the book of 1Corinthians was written to them. When they read it, they repented in sorrow because it made them realize that many of them were not walking in a way fitting for those who would inherit the kingdom of God (see 1 Cor 6:9-10). So great was their repentance, brokenness, and sorrow that Paul had to encourage them in his second letter to them (see 2 Cor 2: 4-11). The way they responded to the word of God when they were corrected showed that they were born again. They bore fruits of repentance. Jesus tells us that we will recognize people by their FRUITS (see Matt 7:16). For believers, these fruits include the fruit of the Spirit (Gal 5:22), the fruits of repentance (including when the word of God challenges you in an area or erring (see Matt3:8, Luke 3:8), the fruit of your lips (Heb 13:15), etc. Go into today remembering that If a person is brazenly committing sin and refusing to repent even when confronted with the word of God, it is not that he is spiritual a baby in the faith(lamb), it is most likely that he is not in the faith (goat), or he has had a shipwreck of the faith (1 Tim 1:19). —Abraham Damilola Arigi Yearly Bible Reading: Mark 13-14 (Available in Today’s Audio) Want to be born again? Click here: www.streamglobe.org/33 Download sermons here: www.streamglobe.org/34 Streamglobe is Interdenominational and nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Contact us here:WhatsApp: +15155195600, +2348138224547 Listen to our free 24/7 Online Radio: www.streamglobe.radio http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201626.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS