Marriage and Integrity
1 Corinthians 7:1-2 (KJV) Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. Before the epistle of First Corinthians was written, some members of the church at Corinth wrote a letter to Apostle Paul asking certain questions. They wanted to know if they were permitted to get married as unmarried men and women who now believed in the Lord Jesus. They wanted also to know if those married to unbelievers could remain with their spouses even if their spouses did not believe. Today’s Bible verses address the first question the Corinthians raised. Apostle Paul makes it clear here that even though celibacy is a good thing, sexual immorality is a bad thing and marriage helps to avoid it. One of the strongest attributes of God that His children inherit is His integrity (Psalm 15:4). God even exalts His word above His name (Psalm 138:2), that’s how much a Person of integrity our God is. Marriage adds the layer of integrity into the reasons why a believer must flee all sexual immorality. If a married person commits immorality, he not only sins against God and his body but sins against his wife and breaks his integrity. Some have taught that celibacy is a secret to spiritual power. That could be true for some inferior form of spiritual power, but God’s power doesn’t work that way. The only reason in the word of God why unmarried people can serve God better is because a married man would have to be concerned about the things of this world—how to please his wife. But marriage becomes a big plus to ministry when one marries the right person who would help him/her fulfill his divine mandate. Prayer: Ask the Lord to help you marry the right person who would help you fulfill your divine destiny. If you are married, ask the Lord to help you and your spouse help each other fulfill destiny. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Bible in 1 Year: II Timothy 3-4 (in today’s audio) Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Send testimonies and prayer requests here(WhatsApp): +2348138224547, +2348034420524 To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join a Streamglobe WhatsApp Group here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/CD3WkVt4CO25Rpvdz1nKqv http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202318.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
The Fear of The Lord
Philippians 2:12 (KJV) Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. One of the most painful things is having to deal with believers who have no integrity. Some so-called believers are outright frauds, but they profess the name of Christ and are even decorated members of big church congregations. Many professing believers now walk unrepentantly in iniquity and claim that they are under grace. What delusion! Because of this, the name of our Lord is blasphemed among unbelievers (Romans 2:24). And it is becoming harder and harder for certain people [who reason critically] to come to the light of Christ because of the filthy shadow cast by lukewarm believers everywhere. Growing up as a child, I remember that the church in my country was not as wealthy and large as it is today, but it was much more powerful. True conversions to the faith by even those who were the biggest antagonists were commonplace. The name of the Lord was more revered and honored even in the media. No comedians dared mention the name of the Lord or make a caricature of his ministers(something that has become too common today). But some things changed along the way and everyone now felt comfortable in church with unrepentant hearts. The fear of the Lord was skillfully and gradually removed from the Christian creed. All of a sudden, believers no longer walked in the fear of the Lord. Foolishness now became celebrated in the organized church because politicians who are known thieves were given titles in the church. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom(Prov 9:10). To fear the Lord less and less is the beginning of foolishness. Some have argued that believers should not fear the Lord but only have ‘reverential awe’ towards Him because He is our heavenly father. Some have argued that today’s Bible verse was not properly translated, that we are to work out our salvation with ‘reverential awe’ towards God, not with fear. The problem with this view is that reverential awe does not invoke trembling. But the verse clearly says “work out your salvation with fear and trembling”. Believe me, whatever it is that awaits believers who do not obey this command (to work out their salvation) is something that should be terribly feared and dreaded by anyone. It is time for the fear of God to return to His people everywhere because when God comes to judge the world, it would begin at the household of God (1 Peter 4:17). May we not be found wanting. May we not be cast away after laboring in God’s house. Go into today praying with this verse: 1 Corinthians 9:27 (KJV) But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway. Want to be saved? Click here: streamglobe.org/33 —Pst. Abraham Damilola Arigi Bible in 1 Year: John 10-12 (in today’s audio) Audio Sermons: streamglobe.org/34 Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Send testimonies and prayer requests here(WhatsApp): +2348034420524, +2348138224547 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202091.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Faithful in Unrighteous Mammon
Luke 16:11 (KJV) If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? Ekene worked in his boss’s shop where he served as an apprentice. He often added to the price of the goods sold and stole from his boss so that he could make some extra money. He did this all through his years as an apprentice and was never caught. After he had finished his apprenticeship, he began his personal business, but he never prospered. He became so frustrated that he sought help from his pastor. By prophecy, his pastor told him about how he had been an unfaithful apprentice; and told him what to do if he wanted his lot to change. Luke 16:12 (KJV), “And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man’s, who shall give you that which is your own?” Before God commits true riches to your hands, he will first of all test your faithfulness with the unrighteous mammon (money). For Ekene, he had to work under a boss. For you, it may be managing the finance of a little group such as a church, family and even your personal earnings. For example, tithing, offering, giving to others and how you spend money, etc. When you are unfaithful with the little at hand, you will not receive the much that is desired. Luke 16:10 (KJV), “He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.” If you desire the true riches of the kingdom, you must learn to be faithful in the unrighteous mammon (money), because, except you are found worthy of trust, God will not entrust you with the riches of His kingdom which includes earthly wealth. Go into today knowing that God is willing to give you true riches. However, you must forsake all your unrighteous ways of seeking money. Prayer: Lord, help me walk in your true riches and live above all limitations. Amen. —Dr. Emmanuel James Bible in 1 Year: Hosea 8-14 Want to be saved? Go here☞ streamglobe.org/33 Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Send testimonies and prayer requests here(WhatsApp): +2348034420524, +2348138224547
Made in the Image and Likeness of God
Genesis 1: 27 (KJV) So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. Man was originally made in the image and likeness of God. He lost that glory when he fell. It was at this point that man became rewired after the pattern of Satan and sin, and consequences such as curses, pain, hardship, poverty etc. became man’s reality. However, God in His love for mankind sent His son Jesus to become the price for our freedom. God literally exchanged Jesus for us (2 Corinthians 5:21), such that in Jesus, the penalty for our sins was paid. “For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit” 1 Peter 3:18 (ESV)“ Anyone who accepts the Lord Jesus will be reborn into the image and likeness of God in Christ Jesus, this is the born-again experience. Hence, anyone who believes in Jesus is saved from the power of sin. Although he may be tempted to sin, it is not because he is wired that way; he now has a new nature of righteousness. Note the use of the word ’tempt’. He is tempted because he is no longer wired to sin. If he were, the word ‘tempt’ will not be appropriate because you do not tempt a man to do what he is by nature. How then do we grow? We grow by loving the things that God who redeemed us loves, and hate the things God hates (Heb 1:9). When this happens, growth will come as a return for our love for God which is manifested in obedience, discipline, and responsibility. John 14:15, 21 (paraphrased) “If you love me, keep my commandments and I will manifest myself to you.” Go into today asking God that the eyes of your understanding be enlightened to behold wondrous things out of His word. —Dr. Emmanuel James Bible in 1 Year: Proverbs 20-21(in today’s audio) Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Send testimonies and prayer requests here(WhatsApp): +2348034420524, +2348138224547 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202316.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
That We No Longer Be Children
Ephesians 4:14-15 (NET) So we are no longer to be children, tossed back and forth by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching by the trickery of people who craftily carry out their deceitful schemes. But practicing the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ, who is the head. On social media yesterday, I saw the posts of a certain young man who had been properly deceived by certain doctrines of demons. His theology was polluted with astrology and different levels of mysticism. He was trying to sound knowledgeable but was simply revealing how deceived he had been. I couldn’t help but feel some level of pity for him because unlike many believers today, he was given to some study, only that he had been studying the wrong things and had been tossed back and forth by the trickery of certain people who craftily carry out their deceitful schemes. There is always a new wind of false doctrines these days. It is either the once saved always saved error or the Christian mysticism movement, or the covetousness inducing doctrines cloaked as the prosperity gospel, etc. If believers are not properly taught by those ordained by the Lord to teach them, they would be taught by those ordained by the devil to scheme them. That’s the sad reality. it is only believers that are properly taught that can practice the truth in love(see Ephesians 4:15) If the Lord has called you into ministry to the body, you are expected to preach and teach the people he has sent you to. This means you must pay special attention to studying in order to show yourself approved unto God so that you can rightly divide the word of truth(see 2 Timothy 2:15). You must do this because your work on earth will be appraised by how effectively you do this. Go into today remembering that one sign that people have not been properly taught is that they would be spiritual babes who can be tossed to and from by every new wind of doctrine. Prayer: Father, help the church in my generation grow in corporate maturity, In Jesus name. Amen. Want to be saved? Click here: streamglobe.org/33 Don’t Miss Today’s Streamglobe Word Encounter. Live Streaming starts by 11:30 AM (GMT +1). Link: https://streamglobe.org/live —Abraham Damilola Arigi Bible in 1 Year: Psalms 102-104 Download our sermons here: streamglobe.org/34 Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Send testimonies and prayer requests here(WhatsApp): +2348034420524, +2348138224547 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202315.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
A Mature Church
Ephesians 4:11-13 (NET) It was he who gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, that is, to build up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God – a mature person, attaining to the measure of Christ’s full stature. When Segun and Victor were much younger in the faith, they had very divergent views about many minor things they thought were important. For instance, Segun did not believe that Victor understood the gospel because he attended a church where ladies wore jewelry. Victor believed Segun was too legalistic because he believed ladies shouldn’t wear jewelry, etc. They both couldn’t fellowship together nor did they truly see each other as brethren of the same spiritual family. But as Segun and Victor became more spiritually mature, they found that the issues that caused disunity between them were minor issues. The real thing that was the burden of their hearts was to see the establishment of the kingdom of God in their nation. It was no more about which dressing mode was more appropriate or what they had to show that they were doing well materially. We can see from today’s passage that the apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers are sent to build up the body of Christ until we all attain the unity of the faith, which is a product of corporate maturity. They do this by preaching and teaching. The sign of maturity in the body is unity. Unity is not necessarily uniformity. Unity is spiritual and can only be attained when believers are spiritual and no more carnal, uniformity is outward and can be achieved by fleshly designs. When the prevalent doctrines in the church are teachings centered on materialism(baby doctrines), there would be prevalent spiritual infancy in the church. Go into today remembering that disunity in the church is usually a product of lack of spiritual maturity. The Corinthian church was full of spiritual babies, and this was manifested by the disunity in the church. Some said they were with Paul and others said they were with Apollos. Prayer: Lord, empower your ministers to edify the church with sound doctrine. Bring the church in my generation to attain the unity of the faith and spiritual maturity. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Bible in 1 Year:I Chronicles 15-19 want to be saved? Click here: streamglobe.org/33 Download our sermons here: streamglobe.org/34 Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Dont Miss Streamglobe Word Encounter tomorrow morning. Listen to audio for details Send testimonies and prayer requests here(WhatsApp): +2348034420524, +2348138224547
Members of His Body
1 Corinthians 6:14-15 (KJV) And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power. Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid. Montgomery was going through a series of experiences that made it clear to him that he was under the influence of a curse. His great-grandparents and grandparents were missionaries. There was indeed a generational blessing in his family, and everyone knew it. But Montgomery’s case was different. He was walking under the influence of a curse. How did this come to be? After he became born again, he found out through prophecy that he contacted the flow of curses in his life through sexual immorality with prostitutes during a season of his life. Because he had joined himself to a cursed person through immorality, he started walking in her generational curses. By the mercy of God, he was delivered and brought into the blessing of Christ. Clean clothes do not purify dirty clothes, but dirty clothes can pollute clean clothes. Everything that happened to the Lord Jesus will also happen to us believers because we are members of His body. It is because we are members of the body of Christ that we share in the blessings of Abraham, and will be resurrected into glory. Anyone who truly understands this will flee sexual immorality because immorality takes a member of the body of Christ and soils it with iniquity. Because your body is now the temple of God that lives within you, sexual immorality which is a sin against your body is a sin against God’s temple. Go into today remembering that because you are a member of the Body of Christ, you should walk in the blessing of Christ. Confession: I am blessed with all spiritual blessings. I am blessed beyond every generational curse because I am a member of Christ’s body. Sin shall have no dominion over me. Amen. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Bible in 1 Year: Numbers 9-12 Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Join our online Interactive Bible Study today by 2pm GMT +1. New zoom meeting ID: 838 4974 7426. Passcode: Jesus Send testimonies and prayer requests here(WhatsApp): +2348034420524, +2348138224547 To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join a Streamglobe WhatsApp Group here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/CD3WkVt4CO25Rpvdz1nKqv http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202313.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
The Eternal God Is My Refuge 2
Deuteronomy 33:27 (NLT) The eternal God is your refuge, and his everlasting arms are under you. He drives out the enemy before you; he cries out, ‘Destroy them!’ There is a way most people feel when they have lots of money in the bank. This feeling is because money has the ability to be a refuge, and many people trust in it. For the man that has made God his refuge, his feeling of security in Life comes from his knowledge of God. Such a person understands that ‘underneath are the everlasting arms’ of God. Every human being in this world needs some form of refuge in life. Some trust in chariots and horses (Psalm 20:7). This means they trust in systems that they have put in place. They derive their feeling of security from the money that they have, and elaborate security arrangements. But those who trust in the Lord know better. They understand that anything that is not everlasting does not have the capacity to be a reliable refuge for man. They have made God their refuge, and they will never be put to shame. Go into today thanking God because He is a refuge. Determine today to let your feeling of security be rooted in the integrity of God. This produces the faith required to receive the resources of heaven. Prayer: thank you Father for being my refuge. I ask that you help me never waver in trusting you. Amen. —Pst. Abraham Damilola Arigi Bible in 1 Year: II Timothy 1-2 (In Devotional Audio) Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Join our online Interactive Bible Study today by 2pm GMT +1. New zoom meeting ID: 838 4974 7426. Passcode: Jesus Send testimonies and prayer requests here(WhatsApp): +2348034420524, +2348138224547 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201832.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Pray Always
Luke 18:1 (LLB) And he told them a parable to show that they must always pray and not be discouraged. “Rose, why do you pray like this?” Funmi asked. “If you were in my shoes what would you have done? With all the problems I have, prayer is my only way of escape! I will rest if my problems can just reduce”. Rose responded. One would expect that Rose would grow so fast spiritually and become a very mature believer because she prayed a lot, but that was not the case and this was because her motive was wrong. She saw prayer only as a means of solving her problems. If God had solved all her problems, she would have stopped praying. Rose’s prayer was motivated by her problems and Funmilayo would not pray at all since she had no such problems. Jesus said however that, you must always pray; pray as a lifestyle; and never be discouraged. Your motivation should be because God commands it, and prayer is communing with your heavenly Father who you love. Whether there is an obvious need or not, the Bible says “pray constantly” (1Thess 5:17 LEB). Prayer becomes a time of fellowship with God when you pray out of a desire to please God and not just to solve problems. Because you are obeying God, He becomes obliged to meet your needs (Matthew 6:32-33) even before you ask. One way to check your spiritual health is to check whether you are still praying, and what motivates your prayer. Go into today knowing that the ultimate aim of prayer is fellowship with God and not necessarily to solve problems. Prayer: Lord Jesus, I choose to be motivated by your word. Let my prayer time become a time of fellowshipping with you. Amen! —Dr. Emmanuel James Bible in 1 Year: John 7-9 (in today’s audio) Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Join our online Interactive Bible Study today by 2pm GMT +1. New zoom meeting ID: 838 4974 7426. Passcode: Jesus Send testimonies and prayer requests here(WhatsApp): +2348034420524, +2348138224547 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202312.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
God Confirms His Word
Hebrews 2:3-4 (NKJV) how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him, God also bearing witness both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to His own will? Shade had a hard time discerning false prophets from true ones. She observed that some of the false prophets had become very smart by embracing ‘holiness’ doctrines. But she had a personal encounter with one of such holiness preachers and realized he was as greedy and filthy as the rest. She also realized that most of the false prophets were not interested in winning souls for the Lord, they were only interested in the money. We can see from today’s Bible verses that salvation was first preached by the Lord Jesus Himself, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him (His disciples who echoed His gospel). In Matthew 9:35 and Luke 8:1, we see that the Lord Jesus went to different towns and villages teaching and preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom. We also see that His disciples did the same. Many wonder what gospel message Jesus and the Apostles preached since Jesus was not yet crucified? Well, Jesus preached the message of salvation. What makes a person receive eternal salvation is believing that Jesus is Lord(the Christ of God, the messiah). Even before Jesus died on the cross, people were being saved through believing in Him. We see in Luke 19:9 that Jesus said salvation had come to the house of Zacchaeus [because he believed in Him]. Before and after His death and resurrection, believing that Jesus is Lord was the key to salvation. The resurrection was God’s token proof that Jesus is Lord. The Jews crucified Him because He said He was the Christ (the Son of God, the King of the Jews). But God raised Him up on the third day as proof that He is indeed the Christ (Lord, Anointed One, the Messiah). The gospel we preach today now includes this vital truth— that God raised Jesus from the dead (see Romans 10:9). In John 4, we are given a rare peek into the content of the gospel message that Jesus preached while He walked the streets of Israel. We see Jesus preaching to the Samaritan woman, and their conversation headed up to Him revealing to her that He is the Messiah(see John 4:25-26). The woman believed in Him and even invited others to come and see the Christ (see John 4:29). Whether then, or when the Apostles preached, or today, the gospel message has been about bringing people to receive the Lordship of Christ Jesus. People who receive the gospel live under the Lordship of Christ. That’s why they repent of their old ways that do not align with life under Christ’s government. Go into today remembering that God confirms His gospel with signs and wonders, miracles, and gifts of The Spirit. The next time you want to discern whether a prophet is false or not, look at the fruits of his ministry (Matthew 7:16). Is he raising people whose allegiance is to Christ (this shows by their lives of submission to the Lordship of Christ) or is he raising people whose true allegiance is to him and to mammon? Prayer: Heavenly Father, please help me be a true minister of your salvation. Stretch out your hand to confirm your word in life with signs and wonders, miracles, and gifts of the Spirit, In Jesus’ name. Amen. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Bible in 1 Year: Proverbs 22 (in today’s audio) Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Join our online Interactive Bible Study today by 2pm GMT +1. New zoom meeting ID: 838 4974 7426. Passcode: Jesus Send testimonies and prayer requests here(WhatsApp): +2348138224547, +2348034420524 To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join a Streamglobe WhatsApp Group here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/CD3WkVt4CO25Rpvdz1nKqv http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202311.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS