Spiritual Gifts- Working of Miracles
Beware of scammers! No one in Streamglobe would call you and request any WhatsApp Code or money. 1 Corinthians 12:10 (NKJV) To another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. A man and his colleagues were driving in his car back to the office when suddenly one of his tires burst and everyone in the car could hear the sound. Because this man was a believer who had the spiritual gift of ‘working of miracles’, he didn’t stop but became charged in his spirit and commanded the tire that burst to “rise back up in the name of Jesus”. Instantly, the car stabilized back and they continued on their journey till they got back to the office. There was silence in the car from that point. An unusual miracle had happened. They all just saw their colleague in the office command his deflated car tire to inflate back and it obeyed. That was the day the man’s secretary accepted the Lord Jesus. (This happened in a Nigerian city). Working of miracles is a spiritual gift that causes believers to have supernatural control over matter. This is the gift that can make a man pray for a malfunctioning car and it would start working properly because he prayed. It is the spiritual gift that makes physically impossible things to become possible. Supernatural healing is a miracle, but this spiritual gift does not just bring about healing to the human body, it causes inanimate things to respond to your words. Go into today remembering that the ability to perform miracles is a spiritual gift that is available to you. Matthew 7:7-8 says: Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye. shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh. findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. Prayer: Ask the Lord to help you receive and walk in all your spiritual gifts. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Yearly Bible Reading: Revelation 1-6 (In Devotional Audio) To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp Group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/Jy2wGgR0FZ54A0SPfOA00S Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201854.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Operating Spiritual Gifts 2
Philippians 4:6 (NET) Do not be anxious about anything. Instead, in every situation, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, tell your requests to God. While Ranjit was a little boy living with his wealthy parents, he never heard his parents argue or worry about money. But when he was ten, his parents let him go live with his cousins in Germany. They didn’t want him to become spoilt like all the other rich ‘trust-fund babies’ they saw around. When Ranjit started living with his cousins, for the first time in his life, he saw people talking, worrying and planning about money. Before this time, he didn’t know money was something to ever worry about or talk about because his parents were very rich. When people know that there is an abundance of something, you rarely hear them talking about it. As important as the oxygen we breathe is to our physical existence, because here on earth we have an abundance of it, you don’t hear people talking about air or worrying if there would be enough air for them to breathe till the end of the year. In the kingdom of God, there is a superabundance of everything. So it is very out of place when believers become anxious about anything. The fact that you can’t see the air does not mean it does not exist. The fact that you can’t see a thing you want does not mean God has not provided it. You connect with the reality of God’s abundance by expelling anxiety and walking in faith. Anxiety is an inhibitor of grace. Whenever a believer is anxious about walking in any spiritual gift he has received, that anxiety would only help to hinder the manifestation of that gift. When you speak in tongues, do you worry and think about the words you would say? Do you listen to every word you say to see whether it sounds right? The truth is that you don’t even think about tongues when you speak in tongues. Maybe that’s why you walk in that gift so effortlessly. The same principle applies to other spiritual gifts. Go into today remembering that a spiritual gift will flow when there is no pressure or anxiety in your heart concerning it, but only faith and assurance that you would walk effortlessly in that gift because God has given it to you. Remember, if you have ever walked in a spiritual gift even once, it is because that gift has been given to you. Don’t neglect it (see 1 Timothy 4:14). Prayer: Lord, deliver me from all forms of anxiety so I can walk in the fullness of Your grace. Amen. Want to be saved? Go here: streamglobe.org/33 —Abraham Damilola Arigi Yearly Bible Reading: Song of Solomon 1-2 (In Devotional Audio) Get audio sermons here: streamglobe.org/34 Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp Group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/Jy2wGgR0FZ54A0SPfOA00S Beware of scammers! No one in Streamglobe would call you and request any WhatsApp Code. Visit our website: www.streamglobe.org http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202161.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Operating Spiritual Gifts 1
Romans 12:6 (NKJV) Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them… Do you remember when you first started to write? It probably seemed like the most difficult thing in the world, but today, you can write without thinking about how to keep your letters within the margin. You can write effortlessly. There are many believers who have spiritual gifts that they hardly use. They know they have certain spiritual gifts because they have seen them manifest once or twice, but they don’t use these gifts. Just like with most things, with spiritual gifts, practice makes perfect. If you have ever walked in any spiritual gift, it is because the gift has been given to you. How painful it would be when believers get to heaven and realize that their kingdom work would have been more fruitful if only they learned to use the spiritual gifts that God had allotted to them. Think about the most common gift believers operate today–tongues. Many believers walk easily in this gift because they believe they can walk in it since they see many of their brethren walking in it. Before you speak in tongues, do you have any doubt that the tongues would come? That is how all other spiritual gifts that you have received operate. You know for sure that you have received it and you don’t doubt that it would become operational when you need it to. If a believer has prophetic gifts, and he is in the company of people who Prophesy easily, just like it is with tongues, he would discover that his company would boost his faith and he would find it very easy to Prophesy. Go into today remembering that spiritual gifts operate by faith. If you find that you have received a spiritual gift, use it, don’t ignore it. Just the way you believe you can and would definitely speak in tongues when you want to, believe you would walk in those other gifts that you have received when the need arises. Prayer: Lord, teach me to walk in my gifts and prosper. Amen. Want to be saved? Go here: streamglobe.org/33 —Abraham Damilola Arigi Yearly Bible Reading: Psalms 140-142 (In Devotional Audio) Get audio sermons here: streamglobe.org/34 Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp Group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/Jy2wGgR0FZ54A0SPfOA00S Beware of scammers! No one in Streamglobe would call you and request any WhatsApp Code. our website: www.streamglobe.org http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202160.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Spiritual Gifts and Powering Grace
Romans 12:6 (NKJV) Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us prophesy in proportion to our faith We have seen here that grace is not just ‘unmerited favor’ but also the power of God at work in those who believe. We have also seen that grace can be multiplied through the knowledge of God(2 Peter 1:2); we can grow in grace(2 Peter 3:18). It is through the spiritual substance called grace that a believer casts out demons and walks in the miraculous. When we say someone is an apostle or a prophet, for example, that person has the Apostolic grace or the Prophetic grace. We have gifts differing according to the grace of Christ that we have received(see Ephesians 4:6). Grace can be likened to electricity. It is like the spiritual electricity that powers things. Spiritual gifts can be likened to appliances and electronics that are powered with electricity(grace). Because these appliances are gifts it means they are received freely. A person can believe in Jesus today and receive a spiritual gift today, depending on the circumstances and who ministered the gospel to him(see Acts 10:44-46). Spiritual gifts are usually received through impartation (2 Timothy 1:6, Romans 1:11). This happens when one comes in contact with a minister who operates those gifts. Spiritual gifts are also received when believers desire and ask the Lord for them (see 1 Corinthians 13:31). Grace, on the other hand, is multiplied through our knowledge of God. The more we know God, the more His grace would be multiplied in our lives. The more sanctified we are, the closer to God we would become, and the more His grace would be present in our lives. The interesting fact is that it is possible for a believer to have great grace, and have no spiritual gifts that give expression to the grace upon his life. It doesn’t mean the believer is not a ranking person in heaven(and this has its indisputable merits), it just means that the believer may not be as profitable as he would have been if he had spiritual gifts that were giving expression to the great grace he has received because of his robust relationship with the Lord. The ability to cast out demons is not a spiritual gift, it is a function of this grace we talk about. It is also possible for a believer to have an abundance of spiritual gifts, but not so much grace because he is not so close to God. This kind of Closeness to God is only possible with those who allow the word of God to sanctify them. I must point out that the spiritual electricity(grace) required to forgive sins and power a holy life is much greater than is required to walk in spiritual gifts. The missing link for many believers is usually a knowledge gap. Spiritual Gifts operate in the domain of faith- childlike faith. They are mostly imparted to believers through the Apostolic office, or through the right proximity with believers who walk in them. Go into today remembering that the power of God empowering you to live a holy life can power any spiritual gift. Desire to walk in spiritual gifts and prayerfully seek impartation of such. Prayer: Lord, help me grow in grace and walk mightily in your gifts. Amen. Want to be saved? Go here: streamglobe.org/33 —Abraham Damilola Arigi Yearly Bible Reading: Nehemiah 5-9 (In Devotional Audio) Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp Group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/Jy2wGgR0FZ54A0SPfOA00S Beware of scammers! No one in Streamglobe would call you and request any WhatsApp Code. http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202159.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Spiritual Gifts- Word of Wisdom
1 Corinthians 12:8 (KJV) For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit Chiamaka was really confused concerning who to marry. There were two eligible brothers who wanted her hand in marriage. She met the first brother during her youth service. She and the second brother were members of the same subgroup in church. As she continued praying and asking the Lord for wisdom concerning who to accept, she felt led to discuss the matter with her pastor’s wife. Before she and her pastor’s wife started the discussion, her pastor’s wife prayed to commit their discussion to the Lord, but as she prayed, a word of wisdom for Chiamaka came. It was a reminder to Chiamaka of some prayers she had prayed during her youth service year. The word made it clear to Chiamaka that her husband was the first brother; the one she met during her youth service year. Her pastor’s wife didn’t even know what Chiamaka wanted to discuss when the word of wisdom came. It made things very clear to Amaka and she now knew what to do. ‘Word of Wisdom’ is a word from the Lord that gives people wisdom concerning what to do. There are believers who have been given the ability to frequently receive such words from the Lord. They are those said to have the gift called ‘word of wisdom’. We find a good example of this gift at work in Isaiah 38:21 and 2 Kings 20:7. Here, prophet Isaiah said what was to be done in order for King Hezekiah’s fatal boil to be healed and his life spared. Note that the spiritual gift called ‘word of wisdom’ is called so because it is an inspired utterance by the Holy Spirit to give wisdom and direction to people. It is not a product of learning or human understanding. It is prophetic in nature– directly inspired by the Holy Spirit. Go into today remembering that God has given us spiritual gifts in order to help us in different areas of our lives. Prayer: Ask the Lord to help you receive and walk in the spiritual gifts He has purposed for you. Want to be saved? Go here: streamglobe.org/33 —Abraham Damilola Arigi Yearly Bible Reading: Deuteronomy 23-25 (In Devotional Audio) Get sermons here: streamglobe.og/34 Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp Group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/DKqaVkJMgP82sme4rew7VB Beware of scammers! No one in Streamglobe would call you and request any WhatsApp Code. http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201850.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Dealing With Enemies
Psalms 27:6 (KJV) And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD. Remi was very aware and conscious of the fact that she had enemies who were against her. She grew up in a polygamous home, and by the time she was a teenager, it became clear to her that her stepmother was her enemy. Apart from her stepmother, she knew she had other enemies who were wicked and envious. She had spent a lot of her time in her life praying against her enemies, and she was always having reasons to pray against them because they always had a way of showing up again and again. But as Remi grew in the Lord, she became more preoccupied with pleasing the Lord than anything else. Because of this, she found that she was no longer obsessed with the fact that she had enemies and was no longer afraid of them. She knew that she was now exalted above her enemies and there was nothing they could do about it. God is very aware that we have enemies, and He has made elaborate arrangements for dealing with them. When we focus on our enemies, we may or may not overcome them, but when we focus on the Lord and live for Him, He would exalt us far above our enemies. They would no longer be the issue of our lives. The only thing that would be strong enough to be our preoccupation would now be matters of God’s Kingdom and no more mundane matters of enemy hostility. Go into today remembering that when we become God’s property and live for Him, our enemies will become God’s enemies, and we wouldn’t need to worry much about them anymore because they would now have the entire host of heaven to contend with. Read Gen 12:3, Exo 23:22, Acts 9:4-5. Prayer: Ask the Lord to help you enter the realm of rest in Him. want to be saved? Click here: streamglobe.org/33 —Abraham Damilola Arigi Yearly Bible Reading: I John 4-5 (In Devotional Audio) Get sermons here: streamglobe.og/34 Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp Group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/DKqaVkJMgP82sme4rew7VB Beware of scammers! No one in Streamglobe would call you and request any WhatsApp Code. http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201849.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
The Lordship of Jesus
John 20:28-29 (NET)28 Thomas replied to him, “My Lord and my God!” 29 Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are the people who have not seen and yet have believed.” Memunat claimed that she believed in Jesus, but not as Lord. Because she didn’t believe that Jesus is Lord, she wasn’t saved. She didn’t have power over sin or over the powers of darkness. She was a victim of the spiritual wickedness in her home town and was about to die an untimely death when she had a vision of Jesus and saw that He was no ordinary man but is indeed the Lord. One proof that Jesus is not an ordinary man like everyone else is that His name is the most powerful name in the spirit realm. He is the only one whose name brings salvation(Acts 4:12), casts out demons, heals the sick, etc(see Mark Mark 16:17-18). If anyone accepts Him, he would be able to exert the authority of His name. When Jesus had just resurrected from the dead, some of His disciples had seen Him, but some hadn’t. Those who hadn’t seen Him believed the report of those who had seen Him, all but Thomas who said he would only believe if he could see the Lord Jesus and touch His wounds (to be sure it is not an imposter). But after Thomas saw the Lord Jesus and touched His wounds, he believed and confessed: “My Lord and my God”. Acknowledging that Jesus is Lord(the owner of all things) is the endpoint of believing that God raised Him from the dead after the third day. If you truly believe that Jesus is Lord, then you believe that He is God. Only God can truly be the Lord (owner and controller of all things). If a person truly believes that Jesus is Lord, believing that God raised Him from the dead is no issue. It is interesting to see how difficult it is for those who don’t truly believe that Jesus is Lord to believe that he resurrected, and how easy it is for those who believe that Jesus is Lord to believe that He resurrected. Go into today remembering that what saves a person is receiving the Lordship of Christ Jesus(Romans 10:9). The Lordship of Jesus is not passive, it is most active. It would affect every area of the life of a person who truly believes. Prayer: Lord, help me walk in the blessedness of believing in you, even though I have not seen you. Amen. Want to be saved? Go here: streamglobe.org/33 —Abraham Damilola Arigi Yearly Bible Reading: Acts 19-20 (In Devotional Audio) Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp Group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/DKqaVkJMgP82sme4rew7VB Beware of scammers! No one in Streamglobe would call you and request any WhatsApp Code. http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202158.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Set Your Mind on Things Above
Colossians 3:1-2 (NKJV) If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. Tracy was living in Rwanda as an aid worker from the United States. Because she came from America and her family was still in America, her heart was more set on the things going on in America than the things going on in Rwanda. Even though she was very aware of what was going on in Rwanda, It was very clear that her heart was still at home. For example, she watched more American news than Rwandan news. She did her productive work in Rwanda but her heart was set at home. She was simply a pilgrim and ambassador in Rwanda and she knew it. Before we were raised with Christ, we were first dead in our sins. It is because of our sins that Jesus had to die, and in Him, we all died. We were also buried with Him through [water] baptism (Col 2:12a, Rom 6:5). Through faith in the power of God, we are raised with Christ and now live the life of Christ (Col 2:12b). The perfection [of our resurrection] will be revealed when we are physically raised into our glorious bodies (see Col 3:3). If indeed we live the life of Christ who is in heaven, we must think His thoughts. We must set our hearts on things above and not on earthly things. This does not mean we will not live productive lives here on earth. It means we are pilgrims and strangers on this earth, and we live here with that mindset, while being productive and diligent in serving the Lord through our various ministries: jobs, businesses, occupations, etc. Go into today remembering that your citizenship is in heaven. You are not of this world. You’ve been empowered to shine and not to blend. Prayer: Lord, as I walk this world, please help me never forget that my citizenship is in heaven. Amen. Want to be saved? Go here: streamglobe.org/33 —Abraham Damilola Arigi Yearly Bible Reading: Malachi (In Devotional Audio) Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp Group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/DKqaVkJMgP82sme4rew7VB Beware of scammers! No one in Streamglobe would call you and request any WhatsApp Code. http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201478.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Lean Not On Your Own Understanding
Proverbs 3:5 (KJV) 5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Biola was a very intelligent and hard working person. But the people she started partnering with were in the occult and were very wise in the things of the world. When it became clear to Biola that her new business partners were not sincere at all, and at some point they were even making enchantments to attack her, she had to cry to the Lord for help. Her understanding had failed her and she was now willing to trust in the Lord. The first mistake she made was that in her business, she made herself unequally yoked together with unbelievers. She made the mistake of entering an equal level business partnership with unbelievers. At the beginning, the business deal looked very good and lucrative, so she entered it despite the check she had in her spirit. She entered the business partnership and leaned on her understanding rather than trusting in the Lord and obeying His word. When you trust in the Lord and lean on Him rather than leaning on your own understanding, it means you will obey His word and live according to it. His instruction may look like it is not the smartest thing to do in your current situation, but when you do not lean on your own understanding, you will obey His word rather than acting according to your own understanding. This is how to trust in the Lord with all your heart. Go into today asking the Lord to empower you trust in Him with all your heart. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Bible in 1 Year: Ecclesiastes 11-12 (In Devotional Audio) Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp Group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/Eu05YwM3JZYFoDk9snRj2Z http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201477.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Do Your Part
Ephesians 4:16 (NET) From him the whole body grows, fitted and held together through every supporting ligament. As each one does its part, the body grows in love. (Also read Exodus 17:8-16) The people of Amalek came to wage war against the people of Israel. Joshua rallied the men of war and met the Amalekites at the battlefield. During the battle, the people of Israel would be prevailing and at other times the Amalekites would have the upper hand. After a while, the people of Israel continued to prevail and never slacked until, as Exodus 17 verse 13 puts it, ‘Joshua defeated Amalek and his army with the sword’ But behind the scene on a hill not so far away some key players stood waging the war that Joshua was fighting. They are Moses, Aaron and Hur. Moses went, not with a sword, but with the rod of God in his hand. As he lifted his hand with the rod to the Lord, Joshua and his men had the upper hand. But every time he dropped his hand because of tiredness the Amalekites would gain the upper hand. So, Aaron and Hur made him sit on a stone as they stood holding his hand up. Then Joshua and his men continued to experience victory until the enemy was destroyed. So, the question is, who really won the victory? The Lord did, using all of them. Joshua’s victory in the battlefield was dependent on the intercessory and prophetic work of Moses on the hill. And Moses work on the hill was made more effective by the assistance of Aaron and Hur. In God’s house, there is no one-man-show. One man might be in the limelight but there are others putting oil into the lamp so it can shine on him. Growth/success comes when everyone is playing their part. If you belong to a local assembly (which you should), know that your part is important to the overall success of that assembly, it doesn’t matter how insignificant it appears to you or even others, there is a master weaver at work and He will weave your part into the whole and make a magnificent tapestry from it. Ensure you belong to a unit. So, whether you are an usher or a children Sunday School teacher, do it with joy. Go into today knowing that God is taking your contribution in His house and using it to perfect His work there. Pray like this: Father I thank you for the awesome privilege to serve in your house. I present my body a living sacrifice unto you as I perform my duties with joy. I ask and receive the grace to be diligent in it in Jesus’ name, amen. Want to be saved? Click here: streamglobe.org/33 — Ikechukwu Mpama Bible in 1 Year: Psalms 137-139 (In Devotional Audio) Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp Group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/Eu05YwM3JZYFoDk9snRj2Z Beware of scammers! No one in Streamglobe would call you and request any WhatsApp Code. http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202157.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS