The Resurrection 2
Philippians 3:20-21 (NET) But our citizenship is in heaven – and we also await a savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform these humble bodies of ours into the likeness of his glorious body by means of that power by which he is able to subject all things to himself. Before Adam and Eve sinned and fell short of the glory of God, they were glorified and could do many things today’s fallen man cannot do. Adam was the one who singlehandedly named all other living creatures on the earth; he gave them their working manual (See Genesis 2:19). Collectively, fallen man is still discovering aquatic species even today, things Adam already singlehandedly named. Jesus, the last Adam, came to redeem man and bring us back into glory. He already has the glorified body since his resurrection over 2000 years ago. That’s why he could ascend bodily into heaven (flesh and blood cannot do this). When He returns, we too will be changed into the likeness of His glorious body. This is when we would be able to walk in our fullness as sons of God (See 1 John 3:2, Romans 8:23). This is when creation will also be redeemed from the bondage of corruption. The fallen man is no match for the glorified man. That’s why when the Lord returns to the earth (and we His glorified saints with him) to take over the government of the earth, the people of the earth still in this beggarly state would try to resist, but it wouldn’t be much of a contest. They would have no choice but to submit to Christ as their king, and we as their rulers(see 1 Corinthians 6:2, Daniel 7:22, Jude 1:14-15, Revelation 20:4). Go into today remembering that because you are in Christ, you will inherit eternal glory during the resurrection. The best this present world has to offer is no match for the least we will get in the coming kingdom. Prayer: Lord, help me live in the consciousness of your great eternal plans for me. Deliver me from worldliness and help me set my affection on things above. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Bible In One Year: Judges 1-6 (In Devotional 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 Visit Our Website☞ www.devotional.ng http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202468.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
The Truth About The Gifts And Calling Of God
1 Samuel 2:30 (NIV) “Therefore the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ’I promised that members of your family would minister before me forever.’ But now the LORD declares: ’Far be it from me! Those who honor me I will honor, but those who despise me will be disdained.” This conversation ensued between two friends after they returned from evangelism. John, aren’t you surprised at her response? She spoke in tongues right there in the bar and even promised to prophesy if we’ll want to hear one. But she’s lived as a drunkard and prostitute for many years now. I don’t get this! I don’t understand at all! Fred, the worst of it for me was her deep insight and understanding of the word of God. She quoted that “the gifts and calling of God are without repentance” and explained that “whatever God gives, He’ll never take away, that’s why Satan is still powerful today”. John, I think she’s right, what do you think? Many have refused correction and called those who corrected them “religious” “ I’ve been saved and nothing can make me lose my salvation, God has given me the gift of salvation and because His gifts and calling are without repentance, I can never lose my salvation”. How can one rightly apply the teaching of Paul in Romans 11:29? Does it mean that a gift given by God can never be withdrawn? From today’s text, God withdrew the gift He gave Eli and his family (1 Sam 2:30) and did the same to Saul (1 Sam 13:13-14) and Judas (Acts 1:16-26). From these examples, it is clear that God withdraws His gifts and calling when people fall short of the requirements for them. If the above is true, we can conclude then that what God does not repent from are his plans and intentions but the persons can change. For instance, Samuel replaced Eli; David replaced Saul and Mathias replaced Judas Iscariot but God’s purposes were achieved. Go into today knowing that you can lose what you have if you refuse to live by the principles that make for its sustenance. Prayer: Lord Jesus, please help me live in obedience so I don’t lose what you have given me. —Dr. Emmanuel James Bible In One Year: Genesis 20-23 (In Devotional 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 Visit Our Website☞ www.devotional.ng http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202467.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
The Resurrection
Romans 8:23-24 (AMPC) And not only the creation, but we ourselves too, who have and enjoy the firstfruits of the [Holy] Spirit [a foretaste of the blissful things to come] groan inwardly as we wait for the redemption of our bodies [from sensuality and the grave, which will reveal] our adoption (our manifestation as God’s sons). For in [this] hope we were saved. But hope [the object of] which is seen is not hope. For how can one hope for what he already sees? After Lara prospered beyond her imagination and started dealing with some very wealthy people who did not know or fear the Lord, she started having a crisis of faith because her faith was on shaky foundations. All her expectations and hope from the Lord were for material prosperity and settlement, but as she started dealing with people with so much more prosperity who did not care about God, her faith almost seemed useless. In Hebrews 6:1-2, we see that the resurrection of the dead is one of the foundational truths of the Christian faith. If this doctrine is not properly understood by a believer, at some point in his journey, he might run into the crises that Lara had. The teaching about the resurrection of the dead reveals to the believer that when the Lord returns, our bodies [of shame] would be changed to glorified bodies. The dead in Christ will rise first, and then we which are alive and remain will be caught up together with them. As today’s Bible verse teaches, this resurrection of the dead is what will reveal our true nature as sons of God. We would walk the earth with great power and glory and would rule and reign with the Lord Jesus for a thousand years on the earth (see Revelation 20:1-6). It is when this resurrection happens that the whole of creation will be set free from the bondage of corruption. That would be the reason a wolf and a lamb would be able to sleep on the same field together(see Isaiah 11:6). There would no longer be wild animals, and the elements would stop misbehaving and acting out in earthquakes, floods, storms, etc. In this hope have we been saved. The appearing of our Lord and the resurrection of the dead is the blessed hope of our calling as children of God(See Titus 2:13). Any believer who does not understand this doctrine would have his faith on very shaky ground. Faith is the substance of things hoped for. When the hope that produces faith is shallow, the faith will be shallow and unable to stand the test of time. Go into today remembering that the appearing of the Lord and the resurrection of the dead is the Blessed Hope of the believer. This is when it would be very clear that those who followed the Lord were the wise ones. Prayer: Father, help me live my life with the kingdom of God as my focus, In Jesus’ name. Amen. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Bible In One Year: Romans 11-12 (In Devotional 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
Being Alert
Colossians 4:2(NET) Be devoted to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving. A mother observed that her baby became very sickly and would start crying uncontrollably around a particular time of the night. She had done everything she could do medically, but the situation did not improve. As she began to pray more fervently and became devoted to prayer, one of the nights, around the time her baby would begin to cry, she fell into a trance and saw a figure dressed in white entering the room and going towards her baby. As the figure drew closer, she sensed the darkness of its presence even though it was dressed in white. She knew that it was an evil spirit. She immediately woke up from the trance, and with the authority of Christ she cast out that evil spirit and instructed it never to come back again. That was the last day her baby was afflicted. Many times, believers have been unnecessarily afflicted and troubled because they were not spiritually alert. A spiritually alert person will sense when something going on is a result of demonic activity and will be able to cast out the demons. A spiritually alert believer will be more discerning in spirit than a believer who is not spiritually alert. As a believer, you should pray all the time and you should also have times when you pray. This is how to be devoted to prayer, and this is how your spiritual senses become alert. Believers who never take out time to pray regularly are generally spiritually weaker and less alert. Go into today remembering that the way to be spiritually alert is by being devoted to prayer and thanksgiving. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Bible In One Year: Matthew 11-13 (In Devotional 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%202465.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Love Beyond Feelings
Matthew 5:44-45 (KJV) “But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.” When Jesus came, His people rejected him (John 1:11) yet He loved them. When He was to face death by the cross, His feelings were against it (Matthew 26:39) but love compelled Him (John 3:16). Since then, glory has been pouring unto God from men because of what He did. You may choose to reciprocate goodwill, even the Pharisees did the same. You may choose to withhold love because the intended recipient is undeserving, but if your choice is to cause men to glorify God, you must learn to love even when you don’t feel like it. This kind of love goes beyond feelings, it is continuing in acts of kindness towards people irrespective of their attitude and your own feeling towards them. If they hurt you, you will feel hurt, but because of the love of God in you, the hurt will not produce a negative response from you. This kind of love is one of the easiest ways to withness to hardened unbelievers. This is how Apostle Peter puts it, “live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.” 1 Peter 2:12 NIV. If you want believers and unbelievers alike to always glorify God because of you, you must learn how to love beyond feelings. The power of love is purest when the recipient is undeserving. Remember that the ultimate goal is to glorify God. Prayer: Lord Jesus, help me to lead a life that will always bring you glory. Amen! —Dr. Emmanuel James Bible In One Year: Isaiah 23-28 (In Devotional 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%202464.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
The Gospel of God
1 Corinthians 15:1-2 (NET)Now I want to make clear for you, brothers and sisters, the gospel that I preached to you, that you received and on which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message I preached to you – unless you believed in vain. I had a conversation with a colleague who kept telling me how he admired my lifestyle and devotion to God. He wasn’t a believer in the Lord Jesus but said he was a believer in God. We discussed how Jesus Christ is what makes the difference. You cannot preach the gospel without talking about Christ. The gospel is the message about Christ. If Christ is not in the Center of the message, it is not the gospel of God. It became necessary for Apostle Paul to make clear to the Corinthians the gospel they received so that they would know what it was and what it was not. He went on to talk about Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection. He further went on to lay emphasis on the resurrection of the dead (read 1 Cor 15). The resurrection of the dead is an important aspect of our gospel message. Take it out of the gospel message and you’ve taken away hope from it (see 1 Cor 1519). Take away hope and you’ll deaden faith. Today, there is a gospel message that only seeks to focus on hope and prosperity in this life, but fails to emphasize the coming of the Lord and the resurrection of the dead. It fails to emphasize to believers that the best they can have in this life of the flesh is less than the least they would have in the life of the resurrected body. The problem with this kind of gospel is that even though it may be celebrated among none critical thinkers, it would be redundant among critical thinkers and those who are not driven by the need to alienate poverty. That’s why it appears that the gospel [popularly preached today] is losing traction in the most affluent nations of the world today. Go into today remembering that the true gospel of God focuses on Christ and brings people eternal hope (whether they are rich or poor, young or old) not just for this life but for the life to come. Prayer: Lord, help me walk in the reality and power of the Gospel. In Jesus’ name. Amen. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Bible In One Year: Job 9-10 (In Devotional Audio) Streamglobe is 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/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%202463.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Laying on of hands 3
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. Kemi was confused and disappointed with the conduct of Ben, her colleague, who was a pastor. He was a cheat, a womanizer, and a liar. When she could take it no more, she found the church that ordained him and reported him to the leadership. He was put under discipline and was stripped of his title until his repentance was evident. The church felt so embarrassed because they were now associated with the bad name of Ben. They now knew that concerning Ben, they were too hasty to lay hands on him. In 1 Timothy 5:22, Paul instructed Timothy not to lay hands on anyone hastily so that he would not identify with their sins. Kemi could help Ben by reporting him to the people that ordained him because even though he had a call upon his life and was now operating independently as a pastor, he could be traced to an apostolic community that he was still accountable to. After the period of Ben’s discipline, he was restored and later became eternally grateful for the bitter process that brought about his restoration. Go into today remembering that the doctrine of laying on of hands, when properly understood, would safeguard the Lord’s sheep from wolves in sheep’s clothing. If a person comes as a servant of the Lord, but cannot be traced to anyone or a group of known accredited people of God to whom he is accountable, it is a danger sign. Prayer: Heavenly Father, please help the church in my generation awaken to all the preserving truths you have given as our safeguard, in Jesus’s name. Amen. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Bible In One Year: Psalms 12-14 (In Devotional Audio) 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%202462.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Foundational Truths: Laying On Of Hands 2
Acts 13:2-3 (KJV) As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away. What is the difference between a prayer group or Christian fellowship and a local church? A local church is a community of believers who have [Church] government. This is appointed by the Apostolic ministry or Presbytery of an existing approved church community. Originally, local church government was appointed by either the apostles who took the gospel to them or the elders/Shepherds/presbytery of another established accredited church community responsible for the establishment of the new church group. Timothy, as an apostolic representative, was to go and appoint elders over certain Christian groups in Ephesus so that they would become bonafide churches(see 1 Timothy 3). He was instructed to lay hands on no one hastily (1 Timothy 5:22). The doctrine of “Laying on of hands” establishes that before a person can be approved as a minister to the body, they need to receive the “right hand of fellowship” of an existing established church/apostolic community through its leadership. We call it ordination these days. A Minister should be ordained. Does this mean God cannot call a man without the involvement of any church? God certainly does, but that call will have to be confirmed by other approved ministers of God on the ground if the call is genuine. Apostle Paul’s call into ministry was very unique and peculiar. See what he says in Galatians: Galatians 2:2 (KJV) “And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.” Apostle Paul understood that despite His true and unique call from the Lord, he would have run in vain if he did not get the approval of the Apostles that were there before him. It is because of this approval that his writings were accepted into the Canon of scripture. Go into today remembering that the church of the living God is very well ordered and guided. Any minster that cannot get the approval of other minsters that were there before him, is not safe. — Pst. Abraham Damilola Arigi Bible In One Year: Joshua 21-24 (In Devotional Audio) 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%202461.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Differentiating Repentance from Regret and Remorse
Hebrews 6:1 (KJV) Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God. Ben was a school teacher known for his hostility towards students. He flogged them mercilessly for any and every mistake, so much that the students believed he found pleasure in seeing them cry. On one of such occasions, it was discovered that he had beaten the whole class for an offense they didn’t commit and had wounded some severely in the process. Because of his frequent assault on students and the severe injury he had caused, he was handed over to the police and eventually lost his job. Because he lost his job and was disgraced, he wished he had not done what he did. When he saw the injury he had caused the students, he felt sorry for traumatizing them. Ben wished he had not done what he did. That feeling of “what have I done to myself?“ is called regret; it is being sorry for the wrong done. Neither regret nor remorse equates to repentance. What then is repentance? It is being sorry for the wrong done against God and turning away from such. Repentance is necessary for seeking forgiveness. It is a prerequisite for God’s forgiveness (see Acts 8:22, Acts 2:38, Luke 24:47, 1 John 1:9). Ben was sorry for what he had done to himself (regret) and to his students (remorse) but not to God. Thus, he never repented and was therefore not forgiven by God; he probably did not know that doing evil or wrong to people is doing evil against God. Many Christians are falling for the trick of Satan by spending so much time in regret and remorse for the sin committed instead of coming to God in repentance, thus, they are not forgiven. Go into today knowing that regret and remorse without repentance will not produce forgiveness, but if anyone comes to God in true repentance, God is faithful and just to forgive. Prayer: Repent of any known wrongdoing by confessing it to God and asking for His forgiveness. —Dr. Emmanuel James Bible In One Year: Genesis 16-19 (In Devotional Audio) 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%202460.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Foundational Truths: Laying On Of Hands 1
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. One of the very remarkable things that Sandra observed after she received the Holy Spirit was that the power of God was now tangibly in her life. She knew this for sure because after she received the baptism of the Holy Spirit, she gave herself to much praying in the spirit on a daily basis. She was so filled with the power of the Holy Ghost that at certain times it was as though she was drunk. You know, Ephesians says do not be drunk with wine but be filled with the Holy Spirit (see Ephesians 5:18). As Sandra continued to learn the Foundational teachings of the faith, she learned that the tangible power of the Holy Spirit that so filled her can flow to other people and cause them to be healed, delivered, etc. She also learned that this happened more easily through the laying on of hands. After the tongue which the Bible refers to as our glory(compare Psalm 16:9 and Acts 2:26 in KJV), I believe that the hands are the most important body parts for spiritual manifestation and activity. Through the lifting of our hands, we can more easily demonstrate spiritual surrender and connect with the power of heaven, and through our hands, we can more easily transmit spiritual power. It is important for us to understand this because the Lord wants us to share the virtue and power we have received from Him and help people. He says we shall lay our hands on the sick and they shall recover(see Mark 16:18). The next time you lay your hands on someone or something, be intentional about it and know that power will literally flow out of your spirit through your hands and cause a miracle or healing. Even a broken car can be miraculously fixed because you allowed power to flow from you to it through the laying on of your hands. Go into today remembering that if you’re baptized in the Holy Spirit, you have received power and this power is transmittable through the laying on of your hands. This power increases when we pray in the spirit. Prayer: Ask the Lord to help you maintain a spirit-filled life so that your body will be able to transmit His power and heal the sick, cast out devils, and solve problems. Etc. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Bible In One Year: Romans 9-10 (In Devotional Audio) 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%202459.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS