FEED THE NATIONS
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THE KINGDOM REWARD SYSTEM
To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio Directly from us on your WhatsApp, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞https://chat.whatsapp.com/DKoKFtkDNm52KZYN4o03Pd Or Join Our Telegram Group☞ https://t.me/streamglobe1 Download Today’s Audio☞ http://bit.ly/aud1682 1 Corinthians 3:14-15 (NKJV) If anyone’s work which he has built on it endures, he will receive a reward.If anyone’s work is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire. Some have said that as long as they escape hell fire, they are fine, they do not need any reward. Some have even wrongly quoted David by saying they would rather be a doorkeeper in God’s house than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. They fail to realize that in this, the psalmist was talking about service in God’s house (Doorkeepers are servants) — service for which an eternal reward would be due. Anyone who tries to downplay the reality of service and reward in the kingdom of God does this because he does not understand the kingdom. Many of the times Jesus taught about the kingdom of God, He taught about service and reward in the kingdom (Matt 5:12, Luke 19:11-27, Matt 25:14-30, etc). Somebody once argued that seeing the kingdom of God was the same thing as inheriting the kingdom of God. I simply asked if the word ‘see’ and the word ‘inherit’ mean the same thing. On the day when we believers will stand before the Lord to give an account of our stewardship here on earth, some will receive rewards while some others will suffer loss. Some will sit with the Lord on thrones and rule the universe with Him forever, but others will not have that privilege. They will suffer loss because even though it was their destiny as sons of God to inherit the kingdom of God [as joint heirs with Christ], their work has disqualified them from their inheritance and thrones. They would be saved but would have lost their inheritance through the fire of judgment. Go into today remembering that how we spend our relatively short time here would determine how we would spend the rest of eternity. —SD Abraham Not yet saved? Tap here☞ http://bit.ly/beSaved2 Bible in 1 Year: I Kings 14-18 (in today’s audio) Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your friends and let’s touch lives together. www.streamglobe.org Source: Devotional
BE CAREFUL HOW YOU BUILD 3
To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio Directly from us on your WhatsApp, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞https://chat.whatsapp.com/DKoKFtkDNm52KZYN4o03Pd Or Join Our Telegram Group☞ https://t.me/streamglobe1 Download Today’s Audio☞ http://bit.ly/aud1680 1 Corinthians 3:12-13 (NET) If anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw, each builder’s work will be plainly seen, for the Day will make it clear, because it will be revealed by fire. And the fire will test what kind of work each has done. Samuel was discouraged because even though he had a burning desire to serve God, he did not believe he had received any grace to serve God from the pulpit. He tried, but he realized that he did not have grace to serve in that way. It took him time to realize that even though he did not have a pulpit, he had a platform, and his platform was as important to God as a pulpit. Daniel (in the Bible) never had a pulpit, but he fulfilled God’s assignment for his life through a circular platform. He could do this because he understood that even though he was in the world, he was not of the world. Whatever it is you are doing as a believer, you are building something and you will give account for it before the Lord on that day. How do we build on the foundation? We build on the foundation by ministering to people according to the grace that has been given to us (see Rom 12:6-9). As believers, we have gifts that differ according to the grace that has been given to us (see Rom 12:6). The way we serve with these gifts determines what we are building with. Go into today remembering that whether you know it or not, your life is building something that will be tried on that day. Prayer: ask the Lord to help you live a life that pleases Him in all respects. —SD Abraham Not yet saved? Tap here☞ http://bit.ly/beSaved2 Bible in 1 Year: I Kings 14-18 (in today’s audio) Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your friends and let’s touch lives together. www.streamglobe.org Source: Devotional
BE CAREFUL HOW YOU BUILD 2
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GOD’S BUILDING PROJECT
If you wish to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio Directly from us on your WhatsApp, Send a WhatsApp Message to +2348079816967 Or Join Our Telegram Group☞ https://t.me/streamglobe1 Download Today’s Audio☞ http://bit.ly/aud1679 1 Corinthians 3:11 (NET) For no one can lay any foundation other than what is being laid, which is Jesus Christ. The first time I started handling construction projects as a young civil engineer, one of the things I quickly observed was that a construction project is not better than the skill of the craftsmen responsible. No matter how good an engineer is, if he has poorly skilled workers, his work will not come out very well. I also observed that among craftsmen, those who are exceptionally good are usually good in certain selected aspects of their trade where they are exceptional. For example, even though every Mason can do certain basic things like laying blocks, setting concrete, etc. There are certain masons that are particularly good at plastering walls. Even though these masons may also be good in laying blocks and foundation, they are particularly exceptional in plastering walls, and that is the service they have great demand for. I observed that workmen who found their special areas of strength and focused on it were the ones who were always busy because of high demand. Paul knew that His job in God’s building project was to lay foundations, and this he did and focused on. Remember that he previously explained to the Corinthians that he (and other ministers ministering to them were God’s workers) and they (the Corinthian brethren ministered to) were God’s building (see 1 Cor 3:9). Paul is now making it clear that there is no other foundation but Christ. That was why he said earlier that he chose to know nothing among them but Christ and Him crucified (see 1 Cor 2:2). Go into today remembering that the most important part of any building is its foundation. Anyone who does not accept the Lordship of Christ [over his life] is not saved. This is the foundation of every other thing in the kingdom.Ask the Lord to help you identify and focus on your specialty in God’s building project. —SD Abraham Prayer: ask the Lord to deliver you from distractions and help you always walk in His will. Not yet saved? Tap here☞ http://bit.ly/beSaved2 Bible in 1 Year: Ephesians 4-6 (in today’s audio) Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your friends and let’s touch lives together. www.streamglobe.org Source: Devotional
AVOID DISTRACTIONS
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ACCORDING TO THE GRACE GIVEN
1 Corinthians 3:10 (NET) According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master-builder I laid a foundation, but someone else builds on it. And each one must be careful how he builds. For several months, Ebele was almost getting frustrated in ministry because even though he got people to accept the Lord Jesus, he found that many of them were not growing at all, and because of this, many went back to the world. But as Ebele grew in ministry, he realized that the grace given to him had to do more with laying the foundation than building on the foundation. Others had been given the grace to build on the foundation and he now learned to create accommodate their ministry. He became much more effective in ministry when he stopped laboring in areas the Lord has not given him the grace. In accordance with the grace that was given him, Apostle Paul laid the foundation of God’s building work (of souls) in Corinth, and others built on it. He understood his grace and walked within its ambit. It is important for us as ministers of the gospel to know the kind of grace given to us and walk within the ambit of that grace. Many people have walked as though they were not anointed because they did not discern and walk within the ambit of the grace they received. It is like a fish struggling to run on land like a squirrel. There is somebody reading this devotional and you are saying to yourself that “as far as ministry is concerned, I am an amphibian. I can do all things in ministry”. I would love to refer you to Romans 12:3. Go into today asking the Lord to help you know and walk within the ambit of your grace. —SD Abraham Not yet saved? Tap here☞ http://bit.ly/beSaved2 Bible in 1 Year: Ezekiel 1-6 (in today’s audio) Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your friends and let’s touch lives together. WhatsApp: +2348079816967 www.streamglobe.org Source: Devotional
BE CAREFUL HOW YOU BUILD
If you wish to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio Directly from us on WhatsApp, join our international WhatsApp Group Here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/J8GlcbvZRYd8KiIwy4RMKo Download Today’s Audio☞ http://bit.ly/aud1675 1 Corinthians 3:9 (NET) We are coworkers belonging to God. You are God’s field, God’s building. Apostle Paul was a tent maker (this made him a builder). He usually built for his clients and received his payment at the end of the project. This was mostly how he sustained himself and paid his bills while ministering the gospel to the pagans. He used the illustration of building to explain certain truths to the Corinthians. He likened the ministry work he was doing among them to a building project. But just like his building projects, this building was not his own but the Lord’s and he would be rewarded for his work on it. When he said we are God’s coworkers, he was referring particularly to himself and every other minister of God like Apollos who had ministered and were ministering to the Corinthians. We would see that he went ahead to explain the part of the building he was responsible for, and how others were responsible for other parts of the building. He left a sublime warning to every other person building among the Corinthians to be careful how they build because just like an earthly builder, they would be judged according to how consistent with the master plan their building turns out to be. Many people have set out to build for God without receiving a building plan. They build because others are building and cannot build properly because they are not building according to the master plan. Go into today remembering that we are co-workers for the Lord. We do not belong to ourselves, and the work does not belong to us. At the end of the day, we shall give account for our work and be rewarded accordingly. Prayer: Ask the Lord to help you build correctly according to His plan. —SD Abraham Not yet saved? Tap here☞ http://bit.ly/beSaved2 YBR: Proverbs 4 (in today’s audio) Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your friends and let’s touch lives together. We’d love to hear from you. Send us your prayer requests, praise reports, etc: WhatsApp: +2348079816967 www.streamglobe.org Source: Devotional
WORKING AS ONE
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CHURCH GROWTH 2 (GOD-CENTERED MINISTRY)
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