WHAT IS MAN?
Join our social groups to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day: Follow this link for Telegram☞ https://t.me/streamglobe1 Follow this link for WhatsApp ☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/0WSMsMc5nvOIAm3hnyuqVU Download Today’s Audio here☞ http://bit.ly/aud1652 1 Corinthians 2:11 (NET) For who among men knows the things of a man except the man’s spirit within him? So too, no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. The word Bârâ in Hebrew means to create something out of nothing. It was only used twice in the whole account of creation. It was used when Genesis reported that the heavens and the earth were created (Gen 1:1), and when Genesis reported that man was created (Gen 1:27). Everything else was made out of something already existing. That says a lot about the value God places on man. In today’s Bible verse, why would the Holy Spirit (through Paul) compare the way the human spirit operates in man with the way the Holy Spirit operates in the Godhead? It is because man was created not just in the image of God, but also in the likeness of God. God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit are three different persons that agree in one (1 John 5:7-8). It wasn’t the decision of one of them to create man; it wasn’t just the decision of the Lord God (Jehovah) –who is the second person of the Godhead, and the pre-incarnate Jesus. It wasn’t just the decision of the Holy Spirit who was exclusively the one who hovered over the face of the deep before the earth was formed. It was the decision of the plurality of the Godhead to make man. Thus, it says ‘let us make man in our image’. That is why Jesus who is God become flesh was described in this way. ‘For in him all the fullness of the Godhead dwells bodily’ (Col 2:9). This is because He became a man created in the image of the Godhead. Go into today thanking God for the privilege to know Him in a way that angels cannot because we were created in a way that makes it possible for us to know and fellowship with all of the Godhead. —SD Abraham YBR: Job 41-42 (in today’s audio) Kindly share this Interdenominational Devotional with contacts and let’s touch lives together. WhatsApp: +2348034420524 www.streamglobe.org Source: Devotional
CHANGED OUTLOOK
Join our social groups to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day: Follow this link for Telegram☞ https://t.me/streamglobe1 Follow this link for WhatsApp ☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/0WSMsMc5nvOIAm3hnyuqVU Download Today’s Audio here☞ http://bit.ly/aud1651 Romans 8:6-9 (NET) For the outlook of the flesh is death, but the outlook of the Spirit is life and peace, because the outlook of the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to the law of God, nor is it able to do so. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, this person does not belong to him. When Ugochukwu became born again, he realized that he was no longer comfortable with the things he used to do as an unbeliever. No one told him when he deleted most of the unwholesome videos on his phone. He just knew keeping was wrong and dangerous to his new life in Christ. He also knew that the songs he had were no longer appropriate for him, so he deleted all the songs on his phone and laptop. He had a girlfriend and they were deeply in love, but he knew that the foundation and everything about that relationship was sin, so he called off the relationship. Ugochukwu did all these because the Spirit of God was now within him and he yielded to the leading of the Spirit. He was told by the person who led him to Christ that yielding to the Holy Spirit is the only way to live this new born-again life. One of the major things the Spirit of God will do within a believer is to change his outlook to life from that of the flesh to that of the Spirit. Every human being was born with the outlook of the flesh and lives to please himself. But when you become born again, by the word of God and the Spirit of God, that outlook is changed to one that seeks to please God. —SD Abraham YBR: Psalms 60-62 (in today’s audio) Kindly share this Interdenominational Devotional with contacts and let’s touch lives together. WhatsApp: +2348034420524 www.streamglobe.org Source: Devotional
THE RENEWED MIND
Join our social groups to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day: Follow this link for Telegram☞ https://t.me/streamglobe1 Follow this link for WhatsApp ☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/0WSMsMc5nvOIAm3hnyuqVU Download Today’s Audio here☞ http://bit.ly/aud1650 1 Corinthians 2:9-10 (NKJV) But as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.” But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. When Laide was going through the challenges she faced as a student on campus, she almost lost all hope and gave up. But what kept her going was the word of God and the Holy Spirit. One way the Holy Spirit comforts us is by revealing things to us that will comfort us. The things He reveals to us are the basis of our hope and tokens of God’s love for us. They do not only span things in time, but they cover things in eternity that God has purposed for us. An unrenewed mind does not have the ability to decode and understand the things revealed to his spirit by the Spirit of God. Those who are spiritually mature are those whose minds have been renewed to conform to the mind of Christ. The fact that you are born again does not mean you have a renewed inner man. The new man you have put on needs renewal through the knowledge of the word (see Col 3:9-10). Go into today knowing that spiritual maturity is through the renewal of your mind by the word of God and by prayer. It is only a renewed mind that can understand the things the spirit reveals–things that the natural human mind cannot comprehend. prayer: Ask the Lord to help you always walk in the newness of the mind. —SD Abraham YBR: II Samuel 20-24 (in today’s audio) Kindly share this Interdenominational Devotional with contacts and let’s touch lives together. WhatsApp: +2348034420524 www.streamglobe.org Source: Devotional
HIDDEN WISDOM 2
Join our social groups to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day: Follow this link for Telegram☞ https://t.me/streamglobe1 Follow this link for WhatsApp ☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/0WSMsMc5nvOIAm3hnyuqVU Download Today’s Audio here☞ http://bit.ly/aud1649 1 Corinthians 2:8 (NET) None of the rulers of this age understood it. If they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. When Laide got into medical school, she was the best student in her class and all things appeared to be moving very smoothly for her. But when she became born again, it appeared that all hell broke loose against her. She was confused because she thought being born again meant that things were even going to get better. As she chose to wait on the Lord despite the many challenges she was now facing, she was developing spiritual capacity and might. She grew in her knowledge of the Lord and became a person of high esteem in heaven. This was why when she eventually became a medical doctor, she used to pray for her sick patients and get them healed of incurable illnesses. Many patients that would have died were healed because of her. She had a reputation in the hospital as the doctor who solves the most difficult and hopeless conditions. Cancers disappeared under her ministrations. Many very influential people in society came to the Lord through her because they were once her patients. It takes the wisdom of God to know the counsel of God and understand what God is doing and how He is doing it per time. One thing we shouldn’t forget is that the rulers of the darkness of this world cannot decipher what God is doing in the world and in your life per time. They can only speculate and discover as it is unraveled. Just like they did in the case of Jesus and unknowingly facilitated the agenda of God by crucifying Him, the worst they can do against a person under his lordship will end up facilitating God’s agenda. Go into today remembering that as long as you are under the Lordship of Christ, the worst that the kingdom of darkness can do against you will ultimately work out for good. —SD Abraham YBR: Exodus 29-32 (in today’s audio) Get AUDIO SERMONS here☞ http://bit.ly/SERmons Kindly share this Interdenominational Devotional with contacts and let’s touch lives together. WhatsApp: +2348034420524 www.streamglobe.org Source: Devotional
HIDDEN WISDOM
1 Corinthians 2:7 (NKJV) But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory A certain wealthy man traveled for a very long time. He left a great wonderful estate for his children. This estate was filled with all kinds of great and wonderful machines that were designed to do all kinds of great and wonderful things for his children. But by the time he traveled, his children were still too young so they could not read the manual that would help them utilize the house and machines. They would have to grow up and learn how to read before they can possess their possessions. The wealthy man employed a teacher who would help his children through this. There were all kinds of smart domestic animals in the estate, but no matter how smart the animals became, and no matter how old they grew, they could never read and understand the manual because it was written in a language higher than their comprehension. The wisdom of God is encrypted in a code that only He and His children can decode. It is only the mature, those schooled by the Spirit of God and transformed into the image of Christ, that will be able to decode this mystery. That is why it is through the Church that the manifold wisdom of God will be shown to principalities(smart animals) and powers (Eph 3:10). It is by this wisdom that we walk in the power and glory of God. It is by this wisdom that things are created and sustained (Prov 3:19, Jer 10:12). Go into today remembering that as a believer in Christ, it is your heritage to walk in God’s wisdom as you submit to the educational system of the Holy Spirit who is our teacher. Thank God for this privilege. —SD Abraham YBR: II Corinthians 11-13 (in today’s audio) Get AUDIO SERMONS here☞ http://bit.ly/SERmons Kindly share this Interdenominational Devotional with contacts and let’s touch lives together. WhatsApp: +2348034420524 www.streamglobe.org Source: Devotional http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201648.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
WISDOM AMONG THE MATURE
1 Corinthians 2:6 (NET) Now we do speak wisdom among the mature, but not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are perishing. I have observed over the years as Streamglobe Devotional has grown is that the pattern and the way the Holy Spirit has led us to edit the devotionals have changed as the number of people reading it increased. When the readers were relatively few and mostly more mature believers, the devotionals had fever stories, were longer in length and were packed with deeper spiritual wisdom –strong spiritual meat. But I have noticed that as the number of readers greatly increased, and many of them new believers and babes in the faith, the Holy Spirit has directed us to feed His lambs with more basic truths. When Apostle Paul taught the Corinthians, he could only teach them the rudiments of the faith. He could not go further into the deep things of spiritual wisdom and revelation because they did not have the capacity to understand them as spiritual babes. When deep spiritual wisdom is spoken among the immature, it profits nothing, and may even cause a loss. It is just like force-feeding babies with solid food and strong meat. But when wisdom is spoken among the mature, they have the ability to understand it and become more fruitful thereby. The church is not a club for the spiritual babes nor is it one for the spiritually mature alone. It is a place where you will find a mix of both the mature and the babes. It is, therefore, wrong to always feed the people with spiritual food meant for only one category of the Lord’s fold. Go into today remembering that as you are yielded to the Holy Spirit, He will guide you into the right things to teach to the right people. He will also guide your understanding of the words that you hear. —SD Abraham YBR: Luke 3-4 (in today’s audio) Join our social groups to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day: Follow this link for Telegram☞ https://t.me/streamglobe1 Follow this link for WhatsApp ☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/0WSMsMc5nvOIAm3hnyuqVU DOWNLOAD TODAY’S AUDIO HERE☞ http://bit.ly/aud1647 Get AUDIO SERMONS here☞ http://bit.ly/SERmons Not yet saved? Tap here☞ http://bit.ly/beSaved2 Kindly share this Interdenominational Devotional with friends and let’s touch lives together. WhatsApp: +2348034420524 www.streamglobe.org Source: Devotional http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201647.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
THE MIND OF A TRUE APOSTLE 2
1 Corinthians 2:4-5 (NET) My conversation and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your faith would not be based on human wisdom but on the power of God. We saw earlier that one reason Paul chose to abide with the Corinthians in ‘weakness, fear and trembling’(1 Cor 2:3) was because he did everything possible to make them understand that he was an ordinary human being like them, even though he did very many superhuman things. He did this because he wanted them to put their trust in the Lord Jesus alone when they saw the demonstration of the spirit and power of God. If he didn’t do this, there was the possibility that their trust will also be on him because of the superhuman things that he did. For this same reason, Apostle Paul chose not to preach to them with persuasive words of human wisdom, but with the demonstration of the Spirit and power of God. He was introducing the people to Jesus by showing them His power. They believed in Jesus because they saw proof of His existence and superiority. Even though the Corinthians were in a society where the manifestation of supernatural power was common, the power of God (as it always does) proved itself to be superior, and this brought them to submit to Christ as Lord. Apart from the fact that the words that Apostle Paul spoke were loaded with power that caused people to be convicted and repent, this power also caused miracles and wonders to happen. Go into today asking the Lord to fill you with the power and make you an able minister of the new testament. —SD Abraham YBR: Jeremiah 37-41 (in today’s audio) Join our social groups to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day: Follow this link for Telegram☞ https://t.me/streamglobe1 Follow this link for WhatsApp ☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/0WSMsMc5nvOIAm3hnyuqVU DOWNLOAD TODAY’S AUDIO HERE☞ http://bit.ly/aud1646 Get AUDIO SERMONS here☞ http://bit.ly/SERmons Not yet saved? Tap here☞ http://bit.ly/beSaved2 Kindly share this Interdenominational Devotional with friends and let’s touch lives together. WhatsApp: +2348034420524 www.streamglobe.org Source: Devotional http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201646.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
WORDS OF POWER
Join our social groups to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day: Follow this link for Telegram☞ https://t.me/streamglobe1 Follow this link for WhatsApp ☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/0WSMsMc5nvOIAm3hnyuqVU Download Today’s Audio here☞ http://bit.ly/aud1645 1 Corinthians 2:4-5 (NET) My conversation and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your faith would not be based on human wisdom but on the power of God. It is on record that when Billy Graham traveled long hours to preach, he spent most of the time praying. It is also on record that his words were not empty words, but they were packed with the power of God to convict people and draw them to salvation. Note that Paul said my conversation and preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom. So he preached with words, but the purpose of his words was not primarily to persuade or wow people, it was to transmit spirit and power. Words can transmit knowledge and wisdom and that is the most common application of words. But words can also be used to transmit the spirit and life (power). This was the way Jesus used His words when He preached. He said the words that I speak to you are spirit and life (see John 6:63). Those who listened to Jesus said no one ever spoke the way He spoke because the effect of His speaking was different from what they were used to (see John 7:46, Luke 24:32). The way Jesus spoke and preached should also be the way we speak and preach because as the Father sent Him, so has He sent us (John 20:21). We must use our words primarily to transmit spirit and life when preaching. Go into today knowing that before your words can transmit power, you have to be full of power yourself. Those who walk in this dimension are people of prayer. Prayer is the surest way to make much power available (see James 5:16). —SD Abraham YBR: Job 39-40 (in today’s audio) Get AUDIO SERMONS here☞ http://bit.ly/SERmons Not yet saved? Tap here☞ http://bit.ly/beSaved2 Kindly share this Interdenominational Devotional with friends and let’s touch lives together. WhatsApp: +2348034420524 www.streamglobe.org Source: Devotional http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201645.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
CHRIST AND HIM CRUCIFIED 2
Join our social groups to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day: Follow this link for Telegram☞ https://t.me/streamglobe1 Follow this link for WhatsApp ☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/0WSMsMc5nvOIAm3hnyuqVU Download Today’s Audio here☞ http://bit.ly/aud1643 1 Corinthians 2:4-5 (NET) My conversation and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your faith would not be based on human wisdom but on the power of God. Feyi had come out for alter call to become born again, and attended discipleship class afterward. He believed he was born again, but there were certain sins that he easily fell into, and fell one time too many. At a given point, he was tired of the rising and falling and cried to God to help him live a holy life. He saw a video on Facebook about the gospel message. The first point the preacher made was that ‘if a person is born again, it means he has accepted Jesus as his Lord’. The preacher went on to explain the meaning of the word Lord. He explained how those who believe in Jesus must be submitted to His authority. Feyi never knew this before. Jesus was not yet the Lord of his life, he (Feyi) was the still the Lord of his life. After watching the video, Feyi confessed Jesus as his lord and master, and he realized that after submitting to the Lord, he felt the power and dominion of the Holy Spirit like never before. That was the end of his struggle with sin. No one can confess that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit (1 Cor 12:3). Many people in church today do not enjoy the grace of God supplied by the Holy Spirit because they are not yet submitted to the authority of the Lord Jesus. Go into today remembering that being a believer means you have submitted to the authority and government of the Lord Jesus. His government (the kingdom of God) will regulate every area of your life. —SD Abraham Get AUDIO SERMONS here☞ http://bit.ly/SERmons Not yet saved? Tap here☞ http://bit.ly/beSaved2 YBR: Psalms 57-59 (in today’s audio) Kindly share this Interdenominational Devotional with friends and let’s touch lives together. WhatsApp: +2348034420524 www.streamglobe.org Source: Devotional
THE MIND OF A TRUE APOSTLE
Join our social groups to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day: Follow this link for Telegram☞ https://t.me/streamglobe1 Follow this link for WhatsApp ☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/0WSMsMc5nvOIAm3hnyuqVU Download Today’s Audio here☞ http://bit.ly/aud1643 1 Corinthians 2:3-4 (NKJV) I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power If you read the verses above, they may appear contradictory at first. Apostle Paul talks here about being with the Corinthians in weakness and much trembling, and yet in the same breath, he is talking about demonstrating the spirit and power of God. ‘I was with you in weakness and much trembling’. What does this mean? This means Paul made it very clear to everyone that he was just an ordinary human being like them. He refused to elevate himself to superhuman status even though he did very many superhuman things. For example, there was a time some of the people he preached to wanted to begin worshiping him as a god (Acts 14:14). He tore his clothes and revealed his flesh just to make it clear to them that he was an ordinary human being like them. I can imagine that happening to some ministers today. They would sit on the throne offered to them and say something like ‘after all, the scriptures say we are gods. We even have more authority than these idols they are claiming we are’. Such ministers can never raise disciples who will grow from being spiritual babes. Because Paul he made it clear to the people that he was a mortal human like them, when they saw the manifestation of the Spirit and power of God, they knew it wasn’t Paul working but Christ working through Paul. Therefore, their faith was in Christ and not in Paul. Go into today remembering that when people have their faith divided between men and God, they will not be able to grow in their knowledge of God. The Corinthian believers remained babes because of this very reason. Some said I am of Paul, others Apollos, etc. (see 1 Cor 3:1-4). —SD Abraham Not yet saved? Tap here☞ http://bit.ly/beSaved2 YBR: II Samuel 15-19 (in today’s audio) Kindly share this Interdenominational Devotional with friends and let’s touch lives together. WhatsApp: +2348034420524 www.streamglobe.org Source: Devotional http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201643.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS