Predestination
Romans 8:30-31 (KJV) Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? A rich generous king prepared a big banquet and was kind enough to invite all the nobles and honorable people in his kingdom. But unfortunately, they all despised his invitation and made it clear that they were not coming. Because of this, he extended his invitation to everyone else– the commoners were now invited. Everyone else was now to be part of the party. Read Matthew 22:1-14. Salvation was for the Jews(John 4:22). They were the noble people of God’s kingdom because they were the nation separated unto God from their inception. But the door was opened to the Gentiles because the Jews rejected the call of God (Romans 11:12). This was demonstrated in the fact that they were the ones who gave the Lord over to be crucified. But God was aware of all this. It played into His eternal plan to save not only the Jews but the whole world. Today, many are called, and we can see from today’s Scripture that it is those who have been predestined that are called. But we also see in Matthew 22:14 that out of the many called, few are chosen. Our response to the call is what will determine whether we are chosen. Because man has free will, the fact that he was predestined and called does not automatically mean that he would be chosen. We have to respond to the call. For those of us who have responded to the call of God to become conformed to the image of His dear son, we need to continue in our conviction to the end (Hebrews 10:23). Let’s not allow distractions, pressures, and cares of this life hinder us from being fruitful. Let us endure to the end so that we would receive our crown and not be ashamed when our Lord appears. Go into today remembering that God’s got you. Your salvation was planned from the foundation of the world. Your life is not a coincidence and all things are working together for your good because you love God and are called according to His purpose. Prayer: Thank you, Heavenly Father, for choosing me before I knew anything. I ask that you help me walk worthy of this glorious call and please you in all regards. Amen. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Yearly Plan: John 5-6 (In Devotional Audio) Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Contact us (WhatsApp): +15155195600, +2348138224547 Listen to Streamglobe Christian Radio here☞ https://streamglobe.radio https://listen.streamglobe.org/DevotionalAudio3432.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 23:21 — 6.7MB)Subscribe: RSS
Remain In The Lord
John 15:7 (NET) If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you want, and it will be done for you. After Chinedu accepted the Lord Jesus, there was the temptation for him to go back to the world and not remain or abide in the Lord. But he read John 15 and realized that in order for him to be fruitful, he had to remain in the Lord. He knew this meant he had to leave his friends who were a bad influence on his faith. He also realized this meant he had to submit to the Lord and let the word of the Lord rule his life and even his business practices.Many believers today are not fruitful and are lacking in spiritual might and power because they are not abiding in the Lord. Even though they attend church services, they are still in the world and not in Christ because they are still dominated by the principles of the world (1 John 2:16). You cannot abide in Christ and continue in the principles of this world. Those who remain with the Lord are those that have a relationship with Him. They care about how the Lord feels and seek to please Him in all things. The word of God will abide in them. Because the Word is living and active, it would renew their minds and transform them into the image of Christ (Rom 12:2, 2 Corinthians 3:18). At this point, whatever they want would align with God’s will, so whatever they ask will be given to them. Go into today remembering that it is only those who abide in the Lord that will be fruitful. They are those that heaven responds to their prayer. Ask the Lord to help you abide in Him and be fruitful. Confession: I abide in the Lord. I am fruitful in every good work. I am walking in the will of God in all things. In Jesus’s name, Amen. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Bible in 1 Year: Daniel 7-12 Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Contact us (WhatsApp): +15155195600, +2348138224547 Listen to Streamglobe Christian Radio here☞ https://streamglobe.radio https://listen.streamglobe.org/DevotionalAudio3431.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 37:45 — 10.8MB)Subscribe: RSS
What’s Your Life’s Ambition?
2 Corinthians 5:9-10 (NET)So then whether we are alive or away, we make it our ambition to please him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be paid back according to what he has done while in the body, whether good or evil. When Chude was in primary school, he was often asked what his life’s ambition was. Chude always wanted to be a pilot, and unlike most of his classmates, he held onto that ambition. Because studying to be a pilot was really expensive in his country, his parents could not afford to send him to aviation school, so he attended the government subsidized school everyone attended and studied to be an engineer. But as soon as he graduated from engineering school, an opportunity presented itself, he seized it forcefully and went to aviation school. He ultimately fulfilled his life’s ambition of becoming a pilot. But after becoming a pilot and flying planes for hours and hours, one day he asked himself if it was all worth it. Being a pilot had lost its novelty, and his lifelong ambition had now proven to be nothing but vanity(Ecclesiastes 1:2). But after Chude accepted the Lord Jesus Christ, he found an eternal ambition that now propelled his life and delivered him from the crisis of earthly vanity. His ambition was now to please the Lord at all costs. He now looked forward to the day he would hear the Lord say “well done, good and faithful servant”. He understood that there was an eternal kingdom prepared for him to inherit, and he did not want to lose his place in that kingdom. Even though he remained a pilot, his work as a pilot now had new meaning. He was now a representative of Christ. From today’s Bible Reading, we see that we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ. It didn’t say “we may all appear” or “we can all appear”. Appearing before the judgment seat of Christ is an inevitable destination for us all. From now, we can decide to live our lives in such a way that when we appear before the Lord, we would not be ashamed. Know that many would be cast away because they lived to please themselves rather than to please the Lord (see 1 Corinthians 9:27). Go into today remembering that the only way to live a life that would pass the Lord’s test on that day is when pleasing the Lord [at all costs] becomes your life’s ambition. Prayer: Lord, help me to be filled with the knowledge of your will, and to please you in all regards. Amen. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Yearly Plan: Proverbs 17-18 (In Today’s Audio) Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Contact us (WhatsApp): +15155195600, +2348138224547 Listen to Streamglobe Christian Radio here☞ https://streamglobe.radio https://listen.streamglobe.org/DevotionalAudio3430.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 15:59 — 4.6MB)Subscribe: RSS
Gifts And Graces
Ephesians 4:7 (NET) But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of the gift of Christ. After Mrs. McClusky became friends with Franka, she realized that Franka had a spiritual gift she didn’t know how to handle properly. Franka had very great prophetic gifts and she could see things concerning people very accurately through her dreams and visions of the night. Because Mrs. McClusky was a teacher of the word, she could help Franka understand her spiritual gift and guide her to use it profitably for God’s house. Today’s Bible verse reveals that God gives us grace according to the gift we have received. Because Franka had the gift of prophecy, she had the ability to pray for really long hours with fasting, but Mrs. McClusky who had the gift to teach had the ability to spend hours upon hours studying the word and learning. Even though Mrs. Mcclusky spent a lot of time praying and sometimes fasting too, she knew Franka had extra grace in that area, and she did not try to be like Franka. If we do not understand that we have grace according to the gift we have received, we might spend our time and resources trying to be something that we have not been given the ability to become. Because of Mrs. McClusky’s gift, Franka was more effective and accurate in the administration of her gift. And because of Franka’s gift, Mrs. McClusky was saved from making a decision that would have cost her her business. They both could excel in their gifts and be beneficial to one another because they understood the gifts they had and their attendant graces or abilities. Go into today trusting the Lord to help you identify the gift you have received and the attendant grace or ability God has given you to help you excel in it. Prayer: Heavenly Father, please help me walk in your perfect will. Help me identify my area of grace and excel in it, in Jesus’ name. Amen. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Yearly Plan: Psalms 96-98 (In Devotional Audio) Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Contact us (WhatsApp): +15155195600, +2348138224547 Listen to Streamglobe Christian Radio here☞ https://streamglobe.radio https://listen.streamglobe.org/DevotionalAudio3429.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 9:38 — 2.8MB)Subscribe: RSS
The Mark of True Believers
John 13:34-35 (NKJV) A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” When Omolara arrived in New York City for the first time, she was stranded because she couldn’t reach her cousin who was to pick her up from the airport. She arrived 24 hours earlier than scheduled. Because of some issues with her bank, to her surprise, she couldn’t spend her money because it was still held up in her country’s local currency. When it became clear to Omolara that she was going to be stranded in the airport with very little money, she called her pastor and told him of her plight. Thankfully, her pastor knew some brethren in that city that he could call. One of them had to leave her office early and drive for three hours to the airport to go and pick up Omolara. When Omolara’s cousin eventually got through to her 24 hours later, she was surprised to see that Omolara was already comfortable and well settled. Because of the genuine love that she saw among Christians that day, she eventually became a believer herself. The Warrens took Omolara into their home because through the testimony of a Christian brother they knew, they were sure she too was a sister. ‘I was a stranger, and you invited me in’ is one of the things the Lord will say to His sheep on that day (see Matt 25:34-40). Christians are people who love each other. It is in our divine DNA (1 John 4:7-8). Go into today remembering that as far as heaven is concerned, anyone who is truly born of God will love his Christian brethren (see 1 John 3:10). —SD Abraham Bible in 1 Year: I Chronicles 5-9 (in today’s audio) Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Contact us (WhatsApp): +15155195600, +2348138224547 Listen to Streamglobe Christian Radio here☞ https://streamglobe.radio http://listen.streamglobe.org/DevotionalAudio3428.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 44:36 — 12.8MB)Subscribe: RSS
Keeping Faith Alive
1 Timothy 1:19-20 (KJV) Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck: Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme When Kemi believed in the Lord Jesus, she knew intuitively that she needed to repent of her sins and start living a new life of righteousness. Her pastor also taught her as much. As soon as she repented of her sins by confessing them before the Lord, she knew her sins were forgiven and she now had a clear conscience before God and men. There were books and other things she “borrowed” and “forgot” to return to friends and family that she now felt the need to return with an apology. Everywhere there is true faith in God, it is always accompanied by true repentance (see Hebrews 6:1, Mark 1:15, Acts 2:41, Acts 19:19). Repentance means confessing, renouncing, and forsaking every known sin. When a believer continues to walk in a manner that tampers with his good conscience, it could be an indication that his faith is under attack. The devil tempts believers so much because he wants us to have an evil conscience which ultimately leads to a shipwreck of faith. If there’s anything we must fight for, it should be our faith; If there’s any fight we must fight, it must be the good fight of faith (1 Timothy 6:12). There is a real connection between living faith and a clear conscience. Faith is spiritual and the apparatus of your heart that connects with [the] faith [of God] becomes insensitive if your conscience is damaged. Go into today remembering that maintaining a clear conscience before man and God is not a luxury but a necessity if your faith will not die. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Bible in 1 Year: Numbers 1-4 (in today’s audio) Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Contact us (WhatsApp): +15155195600, +2348138224547 Listen to Streamglobe Christian Radio here☞ https://streamglobe.radio http://listen.streamglobe.org/DevotionalAudio3427.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 33:00 — 9.5MB)Subscribe: RSS
Living by Faith 3
Luke 18:1 (KJV) And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint After discussing extensively with Mr. Jacob and understanding the truth of things, Hiroshi accepted the Lord Jesus. He was drawn to Christianity because he wanted to live for something bigger than himself, and he wanted what Mr. Jacob had. He also realized that he needed salvation, and he now desperately wanted to be saved. Being a very successful businessman whose time was supremely precious, Hiroshi was baffled by how much time Christians were supposed to spend praying. As he grew in faith, he appreciated the value of prayer and invested more and more time in it. One of the strongest proofs of faith in the life of a believer is his investment in prayer. It is Only a person who has faith that will give hours to pray daily. Prayer is an act of faith because you cannot see God to whom you are praying, so giving much valuable time to it demonstrates faith in God. Remember, faith in God is one of the most precious things in eternity(1 Peter 1:7), it is the reason Abraham was declared righteous before God (Romans 4:3, Galatians 5:16). It is one of the strongest markers that demonstrate the nature of God in any man because the Lord God is a being of faith (Galatians 2:20, Romans 4:17, Mark 11:22). Go into today remembering that a man living by faith will be a man of prayer. A man who does not pray is not living by faith, no matter how much he claims to have faith. Prayer: Lord Jesus, please increase my faith (Luke 17:5). —SD Abraham Bible in 1 Year: I Timothy 1-3 (in today’s audio) Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Contact us (WhatsApp): +15155195600, +2348138224547 Listen to Streamglobe Christian Radio here☞ https://streamglobe.radio Subscribe to our Youtube Channel Here☞ https://youtube.com/c/streamglobe https://listen.streamglobe.org/DevotionalAudio3426.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 13:09 — 3.8MB)Subscribe: RSS
Living by Faith 2
2 Timothy 2:11-13 (NET) This saying is trustworthy: If we died with him, we will also live with him. If we endure, we will also reign with him. If we deny him, he will also deny us. If we are unfaithful, he remains faithful, since he cannot deny himself. Hiroshi observed that Mr. Jacob had such integrity that he was willing to suffer for his convictions. There was something that drove him that was beyond what this world had to offer. As Hiroshi began to find out more about Christianity, he realized that there had been some Christian missionaries that visited his country, but many of them were persecuted and killed. He also observed that the missionaries kept coming in spite of the fact that they knew they were going to be killed. Hiroshi observed that Mr. Jacob had that same heart that did not consider life as precious as his convictions. He was now not just interested in knowing about Christianity, he now wanted to know what it was that these Christians understood. The reason why the apostles were willing to suffer for Christ, and most of them were martyred, was because they lived by faith and not by sight. Their lives were controlled and regulated by what they believed. The reason why the apostles were not going to allow anything to hinder them from pleasing the Lord was that they understood what lay ahead. They were not even going to allow the fear of death to make them displease their Lord. They knew they had a reward, and their reward was very great. When a student goes through a lot of stress studying because he wants to get a degree, the life he lives while studying is proof that he believes he would be awarded a degree if he successfully completes the program. What we expect from the Lord is eternal, and more valuable than anything our minds can fully understand now (John 3:2). if we truly believe this, it would show in the way we live. Go into today remembering that true faith would always produce faithfulness. Think more about your eternity because you now have eternal life. —SD Abraham Bible in 1 Year: John 3-4 (in today’s audio) Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Contact us (WhatsApp): +15155195600, +2348138224547 Listen to Streamglobe Christian Radio here☞ https://streamglobe.radio Subscribe to our Youtube Channel Here☞ https://youtube.com/c/streamglobe https://listen.streamglobe.org/DevotionalAudio3425.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 18:25 — 5.3MB)Subscribe: RSS
Living by Faith
2 Corinthians 5:6-7, 10 (NET) Therefore we are always full of courage, and we know that as long as we are alive here on earth we are absent from the Lord – for we live by faith, not by sight. 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be paid back according to what he has done while in the body, whether good or evil. Hiroshi grew up in a very moral community. Culturally, his people were polite and tried to treat people the way they would want to be treated. Lying and being dishonest was a dreaded trait among adults because society would shun you if you had a reputation for being dishonest. But Hiroshi observed that Mr. Jacob was different. He did not only act upright because of society, he was genuinely upright. He observed that while others were nice and tried to be truthful because of their culture, Mr. Jacob was living by an even higher standard. He wouldn’t lie or break his word even if his life were in danger. When Hiroshi found out that Mr. Jacob was so upright because he was a Christian, for the first time in his life, he became interested in knowing more about Christianity. You see, Mr. Jacob lived by faith. While others were culturally upright, he was genuinely upright because he was living in the light of the blessed hope and understood that he would one day stand before the judgment seat of Christ. He was not just living because of the expectation of society, he was living because of the commendation of heaven. Faith is the substance of things hoped for, and the evidence of things not yet seen(Hebrews 11:1). A person living by faith is one whose life is built around an expectation for which his way of life substantiates. As a believer, living by faith means living your life in such a way that it would be clear to an objective observer that you have an expectation(hope) that is beyond what can be seen now. Abraham exemplified this very well. The things he did and how he lived demonstrated that he had an expectation from God. From today’s Bible Text, we see that the apostles lived by faith because their lives were built around the truth that they would appear before the judgment seat of Christ. Go into today remembering that a life truly lived by faith will demonstrate to onlookers that there is a hope you possess that is beyond what this present world can offer. Always be ready to give an answer to anyone who asks about this Hope (see 1 Peter 3:15) —SD Abraham Bible in 1 Year: Daniel 1-6 (in today’s audio) Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Contact us (WhatsApp): +15155195600, +2348138224547 Listen to Streamglobe Christian Radio here☞ https://streamglobe.radio Subscribe to our Youtube Channel Here☞ https://youtube.com/c/streamglobe Broadcast 3424 Click this link to join our WhatsApp Group & start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/GvVFJFXWXJMENumQjx4VcG Click Here to Download Today’s Audio☞ http://bit.ly/aud3424 https://listen.streamglobe.org/DevotionalAudio3424.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 45:26 — 13.0MB)Subscribe: RSS
How to Use Prophecy
Numbers 23:19 (KJV)God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? After being married for twelve years, mercy was still awaiting the fruit of the womb. She became desperate because she didn’t marry on time and her biological clock was no more in her favor. Her husband who used to be very sweet and kind had become sour, and her in-laws were no longer nice to her. As she cried to the Lord one night, she remembered a word of prophecy that came to her. The word said she was going to have three children and they were all going to be boys. As soon as she remembered that prophecy which she knew was from the Lord, she received strength again to pray. The first time that word of prophecy came to her, she believed it. But that night, she not only believed it but used it as a weapon of spiritual warfare with which she dispelled every doubt and unbelief in her heart. She conceived that same month. Faith (which is a shield) comes by hearing the word of God, but the word of God is also a sword. It is the sword of the Spirit (Ephesians 6:17). In 1 Timothy 1:18, we see that Timothy was charged to use the prophecies he had received to war a good warfare. Prophecies are to be used not just kept in the recesses of the heart. When Daniel read the prophecies concerning Israel and it was appearing as if they were not going to be fulfilled, he started spiritual warfare, and his basis and weapons were the prophecies he had read(see Daniel 9:2). Go into today remembering that spiritual warfare is won by praying always in the Spirit, with the weapon of God’s word (Ephesians 6:12, 18). —SD Abraham Bible in 1 Year: Proverbs 16 (in today’s audio) Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Contact us (WhatsApp): +15155195600, +2348138224547 Listen to Streamglobe Christian Radio here☞ https://streamglobe.radio https://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%203423.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS