THE FOOLISHNESS OF PRIDE
To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio on your WhatsApp, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞https://chat.whatsapp.com/9nWog4Q5qfR30PDqNildWi Or Join Our Telegram Group☞ https://t.me/streamglobe1 Download Today’s Audio☞ http://bit.ly/aud1703 1 Corinthians 4:7 (NKJV) For who makes you differ from another? And what do you have that you did not receive? Now if you did indeed receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it? Solomon was a very proud young man because he was intelligent, rich and good looking. He didn’t know how proud he was until some things happened and he needed help from certain people he had despised in the past. Because of the way he treated them in the past, he was ashamed to receive help from them. At that point, he understood the foolishness of pride. A woman may become very proud because she is beautiful and intelligent, but the truth is that she was born that way. There was really nothing of her doing that made her born so beautiful and intelligent. Some people were born with borderline IQ, others were born with brain damage or certain weaknesses, and it wasn’t their fault they were born that way. Just like those born with privileges had nothing to do with the fact that they were born with privileges, those who were born without these privileges had nothing to do with the fact that they were born that way. Those who have been hard working and successful should not be proud because their intelligence and ingenuity was given to them by God. Some people more hardworking are not as successful because they are not as intelligent or talented. Everything you can ever have in this life is because it has been given to you by God. Even your life is a gift from God. One of the most foolish and repulsive things before God is pride. God resists the proud. Pride is not in the nature of God, it is evidenced in how God became flesh to atone for the sins of man. It is evidenced in the willingness of His Spirit to help us by dwelling within us believers. Go into today searching your heart to see if you truly have the mind of Christ (see Phil 2:5, James 4:6, 1 Pet 5:5-6). Ask the Lord to forgive every pride in your heart and make you truly humble like Him. —SD Abraham Bible in 1 Year: Psalms 81-83 (in today’s audio) Get free sermons here☞ streamglobe.org/34 Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. __ Prayer Request/Testimonies/Feedback/Questions: WhatsApp: +2348079816967 Source: Devotional
SPIRITUAL BALANCED DIET
To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio on your WhatsApp, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞https://chat.whatsapp.com/9nWog4Q5qfR30PDqNildWi Or Join Our Telegram Group☞ https://t.me/streamglobe1 Download Today’s Audio☞ http://bit.ly/aud1702 John 6:35 (NKJV) And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst. Further Reading: John 7:37 – 39 NKJV One famous kind of bread you’ll find in bakeries all over the world is the baguette. When stale, it can become very hard, and if eaten in this condition without any liquid, this French bread of high quality can be deadly to its eater by way of choking. Therefore, it is advised that a fluid which aids digestion accompany its consumption. Similarly, many believers are also choked and can’t seem to relate what they read in God’s word with their physical reality (Mk 4:18-19). The Word, though given to us as our spiritual bread, still has to be properly eaten and well digested in our inner man before its life-giving nutrients are beneficial to us. Using the Israelites or the prophet Elijah as examples, when God feeds people, He not only gives them food but gives them a diet that is so balanced and complete, to satisfy both their hunger and thirst (Exo 16:13-15; 17:6,1Kgs 19:5-8). One may survive for a time with only solids but would fare less without water. So it is with the one who gets by, using head knowledge or mental assent in a legalistic approach to the Word of God without the Spirit’s interpretation (2Cor 3:6). As you study God’s Word from today, ask the Holy Spirit to open your understanding. As you do so, you’ll be filled and well-nourished to grow and fulfill God’s will for your life (Col 1:9, 2Pet 1:2, 2Pet 3:18). —Chibo E.C Bible in 1 Year: II Kings 6-10 (in today’s audio) Not yet saved? Tap here☞ streamglobe.org/33 Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. __ Prayer Request&Testimonies: WhatsApp: +2348079816967 Source: Devotional
STAY WITHIN WHAT IS WRITTEN
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WAIT UNTIL THE LORD COMES
To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio on your WhatsApp, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞https://chat.whatsapp.com/8p9UtSMZImi6ywCwOFY7IZ Or Join Our Telegram Group☞ https://t.me/streamglobe1 Download Today’s Audio☞ http://bit.ly/aud1700 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. Chinonye received the Lord Jesus when she was a teenager and had grown to know the Lord. Because of this, she responded differently to situations she came across in life. Her colleagues in the office wondered why she was so calm and collected and so easily willing to forgive wicked offenders and overlook the most grievous trespasses against her. She tried to explain to them that even though people may escape human judgment on this earth, no one was going to escape God’s judgment on the Day of Judgment. Because of this understanding, she didn’t try revenge because she knew God was going to judge. Eternal judgment didn’t look like a time too long to wait for her because she knew she had eternal life and now had the proper perspective of time and space. We can see from scripture that there are times that the spirit of judgment could come upon believers, as willed by the Lord, and they would proclaim judgment against the Lord’s enemies (see Acts 13:11). But it has to be a result of the Lord’s leading, not a result of the fleshly desire to get vengeance. Sometimes, believers have used their spiritual power to destroy people that would have later being a blessing to them and to the world because they wanted their vengeance instantly. There probably would be no ‘Apostle Paul’ if Stephen had used his authority to pray down judgment on those responsible for his execution (see Acts 7:58-60). Go into today meditating on this: Romans 12:19: Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” says the Lord. —SD Abraham Bible in 1 Year: Colossians 1-2 (in today’s audio) Not yet saved? Tap here☞ streamglobe.org/being-saved/ Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. __ WhatsApp: +2348079816967 Visit our website☞ streamglobe.org Source: Devotional
HE THAT COMES TO GOD 2
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THE JUDGMENT THAT REALLY MATTERS
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HE THAT COME TO GOD
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DILIGENCE 2
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SERVANTS OF CHRIST
To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio on your WhatsApp, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞https://chat.whatsapp.com/8p9UtSMZImi6ywCwOFY7IZ Or Join Our Telegram Group☞ https://t.me/streamglobe1 1 Corinthians 4:2 (NET) Now what is sought in stewards is that one be found faithful. When it became clear to Eze that he too was a servant (minister) of Christ, he became more faithful to the Lord; He was now more committed to soul winning and discipleship, was now faithful in the way he handled his money, was now committed to the ministry of the word and prayer, and was now accountable to his brethren. Many believers are not as faithful as they can be because they do not know that they too are servants of Christ. They think it is only their pastors that are servants of Christ. But the Bible makes it clear that believers are ministers –servants of God (see Eph 4:12, 2 Cor 5:18). While children in a household are still babies, they are unable to serve in any capacity. But as they grow up, they are able to serve and handle responsibility in the family. As they further grow, a point will come that their father will feel comfortable to let them handle the family business. God wants you to handle great power in the kingdom, but it is required that you be found faithful. One of the more popular Bible verses today is from Isaiah 54:17, it says: “No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue which rises against you in judgment You shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, And their righteousness is from Me,’ Says the Lord”. This promise is actually meant for the servants of the Lord and every believer should be one. But how many really serve the Lord? Go into today remembering that as a son in the household of God, you are expected to serve the Lord in faithfulness. As you meditate on ways you can become more active in serving the Lord, ask Him to empower you to this end. —SD Abraham Bible in 1 Year: II Kings 1-5 (in today’s audio) Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. __ WhatsApp: +2348079816967 Visit our website☞ streamglobe.org Source: Devotional http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201695.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
STEWARDS OF THE MYSTERIES OF GOD
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