Faith and Diligence
Hebrews 6:12 (KJV) That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises. Patience became very diligent and disciplined because of the people she was following. They were those who through faith and patience had inherited certain manifestations of God’s promises. She observed that they all had one thing in common, they were all very diligent people. It is not possible to be a person of faith to the point of inheriting the promises of God in your life without being a person of great diligence. Scripture reveals that God is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him(Hebrews 11:6). If diligence is not added to your pursuit of God, it might not be fruitful. The easiest way to learn and become diligent is by following a diligent person. Diligence is a virtue that can be learned through followership. One of the surest places you’ll find diligence is in the life of a person of faith. A man of faith is a faithful man, and a faithful man will be diligent and consistent. The thing about diligence is that one continues to do certain things even when there’s no instant gratification. He understands that if he continues in those things, there would be a reward at the end. That’s how faith is too. A man of faith understands that his life of faith is not for nothing. He has a hope that propels his actions of faith. Faith is indeed the substance of things hoped for, and faith without action is dead (James 2:26). Go into today remembering that one sign of true and living faith is diligence. “Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.” Proverbs 22:29, Prayer: Father, I ask for and receive grace for greater diligence, in Jesus’ name. Amen. Proverbs 22:29, Hebrews 11:6. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s bless lives together. Bible in one year: Matthew 17-19 (In Devotional Audio) If you wish to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join a Streamglobe WhatsApp Group through this link☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/JhCGMbk8vpvLjkaAuflwdd WhatsApp: +2348021680251, +2348138224547 *Join this WhatsApp Group to be getting Streamglobe Audio in Nigerian Pidgin☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/LFfNiGKFOjbAZ3pg9bHjOz *Join this WhatsApp Group to be getting Streamglobe in Yoruba☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/I0CtF3E1a8SBB2y2C15KWi 🔊Download the Audio Here☞ https://bit.ly/aud2478 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202478.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
The Antidote to Slothfulness
Hebrews 6:12 (KJV) That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises. Patience and Precious were close friends in the university, but Patience was diligent while Precious was slothful. This showed even in the way they dressed and in their academic performance in school. One thing Patience observed about Precious was that unlike her, Precious had no mentors or people she aspired to be like. Patience on the other hand had mentors and people she was following. Because of this, she studied their lives and disciplines and unconsciously imbibed the culture of diligence from them. Today’s Bible Reading is very instructive. It says we should not be slothful but followers of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises. The antidote to slothfulness is followership. A man who follows cannot be slothful because following puts you in a frame of mind that gives no room for slothfulness. When the children of Israel were following the cloud in the wilderness, do you think they could relax aimlessly while knowing that at any time, the cloud would move and they would have to follow? Following someone does something to your psyche; It delivers from slothfulness which is a natural tendency(work) of the flesh. Go into today remembering that even our Lord Jesus had who He was following. Everything Jesus did and said was the result of the orchestration of His Heavenly Father(see John 5:19-20). Bringing yourself under accountability puts you in a frame of mind that excludes slothfulness. Prayer: Lord, please help me to be faithful and diligent in all I do. Deliver me from every pride in Jesus’ name. Amen. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s bless lives together. Bible in one year: Isaiah 34-39 (In Devotional Audio) If you wish to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join a Streamglobe WhatsApp Group through this link☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/JhCGMbk8vpvLjkaAuflwdd WhatsApp: +2348021680251, +2348138224547 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202477.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Living For Pleasure
1 Timothy 5:5-6 (NET) But the one who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives. Shehu did not abide but went back to the world because he was lured by fleshly pleasures. Before he accepted the Lord Jesus, he was addicted to drugs and other dirty habits that gave pleasure to the flesh. After he believed, he left those habits, but later went back to them because he wasn’t properly discipled and didn’t know how to create the atmosphere of grace around him that would suffocate the spirits of lust– his best friends were still unbelievers. Romans 8:13 reveals that if a believer lives according to the flesh, he will die. The thing about living according to the flesh is that the believer has become one that lives for fleshly pleasure. Living for fleshly pleasure produces spiritual death (see today’s Bible verse). A spiritually dead believer is as disconnected from God as an unbeliever. He is open to satanic manipulations and assaults and no longer enjoys the communion of the Holy Spirit. This is one of the saddest things that happen on earth. It will never happen to you in Jesus’ name. Go into today remembering that believers who indulge in [sinful] pleasure are toiling with spiritual death. The only way to overcome the power and chains of sinful pleasure is by the power of the Holy Spirit. This power is activated when we give ourselves consistently and intentionally to prayer and the word. By praying in the spirit, our spirits are charged with grace and this even affects and strengthens our mortal bodies (see Romans 8:11). On the other hand, our souls (mind: thoughts, desires, imaginations) are brought under the subjection of God’s Spirit and power when we give ourselves intentionally and consistently to the sincere word of God. Jesus says His words are spirit and life (see John 6:63). Prayer: Lord, deliver me from the trap of sinful fleshly pleasures. I ask that you help me live for you and please you in all things. Amen. Confession: I’m of God. I don’t live for sinful pleasure, I live to please Christ, and I am fruitful in every good work. Amen. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s bless lives together. Bible in one year: Job 13-14 (In Devotional Audio) If you wish to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join a Streamglobe WhatsApp Group through this link☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/JhCGMbk8vpvLjkaAuflwdd WhatsApp: +2348021680251, +2348138224547 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202204.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Foundational Truths: Eternal Judgment 2
1 Corinthians 4:5 (NET) So then, do not judge anything before the time. Wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the motives of hearts. Then each will receive recognition from God. Before Sean believed in the Lord Jesus, he used to be very vengeful and would repay every evil for evil. That was actually what got him into prison. He stabbed a friend who tried to defraud him of a lot of money. But after Sean accepted the Lord Jesus, he now understood that no one would escape the judgment of God, and judging a matter before the time was not wise. When a Christian pronounces death upon his enemies because he is hurt by their actions, he has judged that enemy and has not waited for the Lord’s judgment. I am convinced that Saul would have not had the opportunity to become Apostle Paul if Stephen had taken justice into his hands and used his spiritual authority to declare judgment on those who were responsible for his execution. Again, our Lord teaches us that when we judge people, we expose ourselves to the same standards of judgment we have used (see Matthew 7:2). For example, If a believer pronounces death on a person because they stole his phone, the day he would do something similar or equal to stealing a phone (knowingly or unknowingly), the accuser of brethren can use that as a basis to demand his death. Go into today remembering that God is the judge of the living and the dead. No one can escape His judgment, and His judgment is most just and righteous. An understanding of this truth would deliver you from the need to hate your enemies. They actually need your love and mercy. Their judgment is sure if they don’t repent. Prayer: Lord, help me live in the light of eternity. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s bless lives together. Bible in One Year: Psalms 18-20 (In Today’s Audio) If you wish to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join a Streamglobe WhatsApp Group through this link☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/JhCGMbk8vpvLjkaAuflwdd WhatsApp: +2348021680251, +2348138224547 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202476.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Foundational Truths: Eternal Judgment
Hebrews 6:1-2 (NET) Therefore we must progress beyond the elementary instructions about Christ and move on to maturity, not laying this foundation again: repentance from dead works and faith in God, teaching about baptisms, laying on of hands, resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. Sean was in prison when he accepted the Lord Jesus. He had committed so many crimes that he had lost count. The crime that sent him to jail was one of the least crimes he committed, and he knew he deserved a much longer prison sentence if half of what he did was discovered. After he received the Lord Jesus, he understood that no one could escape the judgment of God, even though people escape human justice. There is going to be a time set aside for God’s eternal judgment. Sean was particularly grateful and committed to the Lord Jesus because he understood that because of the substitutionary work of Jesus Christ, only in Christ would he be able to escape God’s eternal punishment for the many crimes he had committed. He knew that just like he had to face a judge one day for his crimes that were discovered, everyone would face Eternity’s Holy Judge and nothing can be hidden from Him. When Sean was released from the penitentiary, because of the understanding he now had of God’s eternal judgment, he found it totally unnecessary to take vengeance into his hands anymore. He knew that everyone would stand before God’s judgment throne and no one would be able to escape this (see Ecclesiastes 12:13-14). The teaching about eternal judgment reveals that God will bring to judgment every action, including every secret thing. People may escape human judgment, but no one would be able to escape God’s eternal judgment. A sound understanding of this doctrine will give us the right perspective in our dealings with this present world. Go into today remembering that if you have repented of your sins and are abiding in Christ, you will not be condemned on judgment day. Prayer: Lord, help me live a life that glorifies you in all things. Help me not to live in a way in which I will be ashamed when I stand before your judgment throne. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s bless lives together. Bible in One Year: Judges 7-11 (In Today’s Audio) Streamglobe is interdenominational and nondenominational. 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, join a Streamglobe WhatsApp Group through this link☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/JhCGMbk8vpvLjkaAuflwdd WhatsApp: +2348021680251, +2348138224547 🔊Download the Audio☞ https://bit.ly/aud2475 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202475.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
That We Might Know the Things Freely Given to Us
1 Corinthians 2:12 (NKJV) Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. When Dorcas was first baptized in the Holy Spirit, she thought the only reason the Holy was given to her was for her to speak in tongues, and because of this, she was only conscious of the Holy Spirit whenever she felt she needed to speak in tongues. She had a very limited Spiritual life. Unfortunately, many Christians have unconsciously become like Dorcas. They think that all the Holy Spirit was given for was for us to walk in spiritual gifts. But we see in today’s Bible text that the Holy Spirit was given that we might know the things freely given to us. What we know influences what we believe, and what we believe influences our destinies. The Holy spirit is our teacher, he guides us into all truth (see John 16:13). One reason why it appears that many Christians do not hear the Holy Spirit teaching and leading them is because they do not have enough of the word of God in their hearts. The Holy spirit leads to us by activating truths of God’s word that we have previously received in our hearts. The written word is the vocabulary of the Spirit. For a person who only knows very few words in English, communicating with him in English will be very difficult because you will be constrained to very few words that may not be able to express what you want to say. Many Christians do not hear much from the Spirit because they have very limited Spiritual vocabulary. The more of God’s truth you know, the more spiritual vocabulary you have, and the more easily you will be led by the Spirit. Go into today determining to build your spiritual vocabulary by feasting on God’s word. Ask the Holy Spirit to guide you into all truth -Abraham Damilola Arigi Bible in One Year: Romans 13-14(in today’s audio) Streamglobe is interdenominational and nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join a Streamglobe WhatsApp Group here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/JhCGMbk8vpvLjkaAuflwdd WhatsApp: +2348021680251, +2348138224547 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201186.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
The Resurrection of the Dead
1 Corinthians 15:42-44 (NET) It is the same with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable, what is raised is imperishable. It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. When the Lord Jesus resurrected from the dead, His disciples at some point found it difficult to recognize him until he revealed himself to them. What was it about the resurrected body of our Lord? The Lord Jesus is the first to resurrect with the glorified body. He is the first to experience the resurrection of the dead. Many have died and have been raised, but with the same kind of body that they died with. But the Lord Jesus resurrected with the glorified heavenly body that cannot grow old, die, can relate with heaven and the earth, but yet can walk among us and eat physical food. Notice that after the Lord resurrected with the glorified body, he no longer needed the door in order to enter a building. He would normally pass through a wall, appear and disappear, and do all these things in his natural state. The glorified body is a visible human body, but it is a supernatural one. This is the kind of body we all will receive when the Lord returns and the dead in Christ rise first (see 1 Corinthians 15:51-52). Of all the foundational truths of the faith, I believe that the resurrection of the dead is one of the least understood, and yet it is so important. Believing in the resurrection (that God raised Jesus from the dead) is one of the conditions for receiving salvation. Believing that God raised Jesus from the dead is in effect believing that God will also raise us too from the dead during the resurrection(see 1 Cor 15:13-14). Go into today remembering that the resurrection of the dead is something that you will experience if you remain in Christ to the end. It is what will reveal our unlimited glory as sons of God (See 1 John 3:2, Romans 8:23). Setting your heart on this hope will empower you to live a pure, holy, and powerful life (see 1 John 3:3). Prayer Confession: I walk in the power of His resurrection. I am unstoppable —Abraham Damilola Arigi Bible In One Year: Matthew 14-16 (In Today’s Audio) Streamglobe is interdenominational and nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join a Streamglobe WhatsApp Group here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/JhCGMbk8vpvLjkaAuflwdd WhatsApp: +2348021680251, +2348138224547 Download Today’s Audio☞ https://bit.ly/aud2472 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202472.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Privileged to Know the Secrets of God
Psa 25:14(TLB) Friendship with God is reserved for those who reverence him. With them alone he shares the secrets of his promises. Chief Dayo was very sick and about to die. Many people had prayed for him and he was still going to die, but when Emeka showed up, it was clear that even though others could pray, he was highly esteemed in heaven and could intercede for a person who was originally meant to die as a result of God’s judgment. Very terrible things can be averted if the people of God walk in true reverence for the Lord. Once, during Jesus’ days on earth, a woman came to him asking that her daughter might be healed. Jesus’ reply was “It is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs.” (see Matt 15:26 NKJV) You see, there are dimensions in God that are exclusively reserved for His sons and daughters. These, He will not give to non-children no matter what. There are general blessings: for instance, God says that He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. These are general blessings that everyone gets to receive from God, but not everyone can partake in the divine nature and sway these things. Friendship with God is reserved for those who reverence Him. God reveals His secret to those who fear Him and walk uprightly because they fear Him. Do you reverence God? Then, it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven. see Matt 13:11 NKJV. Go into today knowing that as a son who reverences his father, you are privileged to know God’s secrete. If you have not enjoyed this right, ask God for it today. -Dr. James Emmanuel Bible In One Year: Isaiah 29-33 (Audio in Devotional audio) Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Bible In One Year: Job 11-12 (In Today’s Audio) To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join a Streamglobe WhatsApp Group here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/KJmYHBLwn8DBpzQ8bq0SNu Streamglobe is interdenominational and nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Send inquiries, testimonies, and prayer requests here(WhatsApp): +2348021680251, +2348138224547 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202471.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
No Condemnation
Romans 8:1-2 (AMPC) THEREFORE, [there is] now no condemnation (no adjudging guilty of wrong) for those who are in Christ Jesus, who live [and] walk not after the dictates of the flesh, but after the dictates of the Spirit. [John 3:18.] For the law of the Spirit of life [which is] in Christ Jesus [the law of our new being] has freed me from the law of sin and of death. Uche couldn’t walk in the power of God because he lived under the spirit of condemnation. He had tried several times to quote Romans 8:1, but he was still under condemnation in his heart of hearts because he was not abiding in Christ. Even though he was very regular in church meetings, he had gone back to the world. He had gone back to his worldly friends and family members. He had gone back to his old way of doing things, but for a few exceptions. Today’s Bible verse is one very powerful and important scripture that every believer must know and understand. But this truth of no condemnation only applies to those who are in Christ Jesus. What does it mean to be in Christ Jesus? It means to believe in the Lord Jesus and Abide in Him. Believing means accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord(Master) and savior. It means you surrender the ownership and control of your life to the Lord Jesus. If Jesus has truly become your Lord, His will and Word will rule your life. The reason why we repent when we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior is because we have submitted to new management, and everything in us and about us that was contrary to His way of doing things has to change. What does it mean to abide in the Lord Jesus? It means to remain in Him and not go back to the world; your old manner of life. It means to abide in the church (which is His body) and be submitted to the authority of Christ through His church and be accountable to your Christian brothers and sisters. Those who abide in Christ are those who are said to be in Christ, and there is no condemnation for them, only blessings. They walk in the light as He is in the light, they have fellowship with their Christian brethren, and the blood of Jesus cleanses them from all sin (1 John 1:7). The devil’s chief weapon against people is condemnation and a guilty conscience. With it, a believer cannot overcome the devil and would not be able to appropriate the grace and power of God that has been made freely available to him. The reason why those who will overcome the devil will do so by the blood of the lamb and the word of their testimony is that the blood of Jesus is our answer to the accusations of Satan. When the devil reminds you of a sin that you have repented of, remind him of the cross and the blood of Jesus. He has no answer to that. Jesus was crucified as the penalty for your sins. He has already paid for your sins on the cross. The reason the devil sends accusations against us is that he wants us to suffer for our past sins, but for those who are in Christ, Jesus has already suffered and paid for their sins. Go into today thanking the Lord because there is no condemnation for you if you are Christ Jesus. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Bible In One Year: Job 11-12 (In Today’s Audio) To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join a Streamglobe WhatsApp Group here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/KJmYHBLwn8DBpzQ8bq0SNu Streamglobe is interdenominational and nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Send inquiries, testimonies, and prayer requests here(WhatsApp): +2348021680251, +2348138224547 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202470.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
The Resurrection Doctrine
1 Corinthians 15:12-13 (KJV)Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen It surprises me that there are some people who say that they believe that there will be a resurrection of the dead, but they don’t believe that Christ was raised from the dead nor was He the Son of God. I find it hard to believe that such people truly believe in the resurrection. The reason believers in Christ Jesus believe in the resurrection is because we also believe that our Lord and Savior resurrected bodily, and because he resurrected, we as members of His body are assured that we too will resurrect. The same scriptures that foretold His death, burial, and resurrection also say we too would resurrect (see Isaiah 53:3-6, Psalm 16:10, Psalm 22:7-8, 18, 16, 31, Job 19:25-26, etc). Since Christ truly died and resurrected (according to what the scriptures foretold), we too would resurrect like Christ (according to what the scriptures foretell). For a person who does not believe that the Lord resurrected, there is no basis for him believing that he would resurrect. Go into today remembering that without the teaching and understanding about the resurrection, your gospel is not complete (see 1 Corinthians 15:1-22). It is because of an understanding of this truth that believers can live holy contented lives in this present world. It is because of the understanding of the glory that the resurrection would reveal in us that believers do not serve mammon like the rest of the world. The devil has been trying since the beginning of the church to obscure this truth from the believers because he knows the power this truth activates. Prayer: Pray for yourself and for the Christians in your nation, that the truth of the full gospel will bring divine transformation. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Bible In One Year: Psalms 15-17 (In Today’s Audio) To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join a Streamglobe WhatsApp Group here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/KJmYHBLwn8DBpzQ8bq0SNu Streamglobe is interdenominational and nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Send inquiries, testimonies, and prayer requests here(WhatsApp): +2348021680251, +2348138224547 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202469.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS