God’s Eternal Plan
Luke 17:20-21(KJV) …the kingdom of God cometh not with observation: Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. Right from the foundation of the world God intended to extend His Kingdom from heaven to earth. His eternal plan, which would be manifested, according to the scriptures, is to establish His reign here on earth. The physical dimension and takeover of God’s kingdom over this earth would happen when the Lord returns with His saints and the kingdoms of this world become the kingdom of our God and of His Christ. We shall literally reign over every territory of this earth for a thousand years(see Revelation 20:4), and we would reign forever over the new heavens and earth that would come after (see Revelation 21). Satan thought he had won when he got Adam to sin. When Jesus came into the scene, satan had Him killed and thought he had won again. Both Satan and his demons never knew the wisdom of God “…for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory”(1 Corinthians 2:8). Jesus Christ is the real deal. He came to establish the Kingdom of God here on earth. Today, everyone that accepts the sacrifice of Jesus Christ and believes in Him has the kingdom of God literary within them. Such who live lives submitted to the kingdom is an heir of the throne of the kingdom (Romans 8:17) and is going to reign with Christ at the physical establishment of that Kingdom (Revelation 3:21). When asked by the Pharisees about the kingdom, He said, “…the kingdom of God cometh not with observation: Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.” He was telling them that the Kingdom of God had come already. Many of them did not believe in Him because they expected a more spectacular arrival of the kingdom, but that was how they missed out. Jesus was the physical carrier of the kingdom but they knew it not. We are carriers of the kingdom but the world does not know. God is fulfilling His eternal plan through us already, for as more people receive Christ as Lord and Saviour, the more the Kingdom of God is spreading. As you go into today, remember that you are a carrier of God’s kingdom. This is an awesome privilege. Prayer: Dear Father, I thank You for Your eternal plan and I thank You for making me part of it. As a carrier of Your Kingdom, I go ahead today, recruiting more people to be part of the Kingdom. I am not slack towards it, as I look forward to the establishment of the Kingdom physically, in Jesus’ Name. Amen. Want to be saved? Click here: www.devotional.ng/be-saved – George Djorhogba Yearly Plan: Psalms 84-86 (In Devotional Audio) Order for the New Streamglobe Devotional Book |365 days Devotional that can be used any year| Cost: 500 NGN | Shipping and handling within Nigeria: 500 NGN | Call to place your order: 08113416964 Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202285.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Walking In The Call
1 Corinthians 4:9 (NET) For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles last of all, as men condemned to die, because we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to people. When Collins started becoming interested in serving the Lord, naturally, he wanted to be at the peak of this service. After being in church for a while, he observed that many considered the office of the apostle to be the highest in the body of Christ. Because of this, he wanted also to be an apostle. Because he was really committed and dedicated to the work in his local church, he was soon ordained as a minister. But still, he wanted to be called an apostle. One morning, he was studying the word of God when he came across today’s Bible verse. He read it again and again, and this really scared him. From that moment, he started changing his mind concerning his dream to someday become an apostle. Whether a person is an apostle, or a prophet, or an evangelist, or a pastor and teacher, is not really his decision to make. These things are determined by God from before the person is born (see Gal 1:15, Jer 1:5). But whether a person ends up walking in God’s call for his life is dependent on how he responds to God during the days of his sojourning here on earth. Many indeed are called, but few are chosen. The difference between the chosen and the rest is faithfulness (Rev 17:14). God doesn’t entrust much to the unfaithful (see Luke 16:10). I do not believe that everyone who has the call to be an apostle must necessarily die for the faith (Apostle John didn’t die the death of a martyr), but I believe that everyone who must effectively walk in his call must have the mindset of an apostle. One that is willing to give up his life (if need be) for the sake of the gospel (see Luke 14:26, Rev 12:11). Prayer: Ask the Lord to help you fulfill His call for your Life. This is the most important thing in life. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Bible in 1 Year: II Kings 11-15 Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Order for the New Streamglobe Devotional Book |365 days Devotional that can be used any year| Cost: 500 NGN | Shipping and handling within Nigeria: 500 NGN | Call to place your order: 08113416964 Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201709.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Advertisers of God’s Wisdom
Ephesians 3:10-11 (KJV) To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God, According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord Henry observed that his marriage was falling apart. He had made very many foolish and selfish decisions that made him contemptible to his inlaws and his wife. The damage now seemed irreparable and divorce seemed inevitable. Unknown to him, his marriage was under the manipulation of demonic principalities in his family. They had concluded on the desolation of his marriage from the day he got married. He would later discover this through the confession of a relative who was delivered from sorcery and witchcraft. But after accepting the Lord Jesus and allowing the word of God rule his life, because of this, he started walking in such wisdom that his marriage that was falling apart became very strong and happy again. This dimension of wisdom confounded the principalities that had concluded their plans to destroy his marriage and life. The demonic principalities in his village had concluded that his marriage was going to be destroyed, but after becoming a disciple of Christ, through obedience to the word of God, Henry walked in the wisdom that confounded the principalities and powers, and his marriage was saved. Even though the devil and his principalities have been around for a very long time, and they have been exposed to see firsthand the power and the wisdom of God, there are dimensions of God’s wisdom that will only be revealed to them through the church–this is an awesome privilege for us believers. If you are a member of the body of Christ, you are to walk in God’s great wisdom because one of our mandates as Christ’s church is the Revelation of the wisdom of God. Jesus sent us as sheep among wolves and expects us to survive and dominate because we are to walk in superior wisdom. He says we should be as wise as serpents and as gentle as doves (see Matthew 10:6). Serpents are so wise that despite the fact that they have no limbs, they are able to continue to survive in the wild because they understand the power of their tongue and are very purposeful in all their movements. Children of God should be the wisest people walking the face of the earth. Go into today remembering to ask God for wisdom concerning every situation that may seek to trouble your heart. As a child of God through faith in Christ, God will give you His wisdom if you would only ask in faith(see James 1:5) Prayer: Heavenly Father, thank you for making me an advertiser of your wisdom. From today, please help me depend on you and walk in greater measures of your wisdom and power, In Jesus’ name. Amen. Amen. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Bible in 1 Year: Leviticus 16-18 To Order for the New Streamglobe Devotional Book. Call: 08113416964 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 a Streamglobe WhatsApp Group here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/CYDEektzeoDGfKQLznVAx5 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202284.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
False Sense of Security
1 Corinthians 4:8 (NET) Already you are satisfied! Already you are rich! You have become kings without us! I wish you had become kings so that we could reign with you! Gbenga and his wife were fond of criticizing and judging servants of God. They were experts at searching out the faults of men of God and criticizing them (many of their criticisms were based on false assumptions and partial truths). They felt they had the authority to do this because they believed they were spiritually gallant and were now great people in the kingdom of God who had the authority and the ability to judge. Their main reason for this feeling was because materially speaking, things were going well for them, and they felt this was a function of their spiritual might. But they were wrong. They were still spiritual babes who needed to be taught the rudiments of the faith. But with this mindset, they could not be taught and could not be fruitful. Like the church in Laodicea (Rev 3:17), the young church in Corinth began to have a false sense of security because of their worldly riches. Physically speaking, they were doing well and had money. They thought because of how things were going well for them physically, it was an indication of their advancement and greatness in the kingdom of God. Many of them believed that they had become kings and rulers in the kingdom, and they felt they now had the authority to judge the servants of God and compare one to another(see 1 Cor 4:3-6). But they were wrong, they were still spiritual babes (see 1 Cor 3:1) and were heading for the rocks without the apostolic intervention of Paul. If criticizing ministers of God has become your ‘spiritual gift’, it is a sign of spiritual immaturity and retrogression. Go into today remembering that the real measure of spiritual might is faithfulness and humility. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Bible in 1 Year: Colossians 3-4 (in today’s audio) To get sermons, click here☞ streamglobe.org/34 Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201707.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
A New Creature 2
Acts 1:8 (NET) But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest parts of the earth.” After Seyi received the revelation that made him realize he was now a new creature because of his faith in Christ Jesus, he knew that he needed to be filled with the Holy Spirit. He kept on reading books about the Holy Spirit and realized that the Holy Spirit is the secret of Holiness. Anyone truly filled with the HOLY Spirit will be HOLY. He didn’t only want to receive the infilling of the Holy Spirit, he wanted to remain filled for the rest of his life. He knew that was the only way he would stay without backsliding again. Staying on fire for God became his biggest priority in life. He sought this with the whole of his heart. He didn’t want to be a slave to sin any longer. He loved his newfound freedom in Christ and the boldness and authority it brought. He was no longer tormented by demons but now had the power to cast them out, etc. I have come to realize that if many Christians seek the Kingdom of God the way they seek to have more money, many will be so powerful that their world would have been set on fire for Christ. You cannot seek the Kingdom of God without seeking His righteousness. This righteousness is ministered to your Spirit by the Holy Ghost. He empowers you to walk above sin in this world. Go into today remembering that the Holy Spirit empowers you to be Holy. Seeking the kingdom of God also means seeking to be filled with the Spirit at all times. Prayer: Ask the Lord to help you to be filled at all times (see Eph 5:18-20). -Abraham Damilola Arigi Yearly Plan: Luke 19-20 (In Devotional Audio) Streamglobe is Interdenominational. Kindly share this devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To request for daily messages, send a prayer request or share a testimony, Contact us: WhatsApp: +2348034420524, +2349055565838 🎧 Download the Audio☞ http://bit.ly/aud1339 To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join a Streamglobe WhatsApp Group here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/CYDEektzeoDGfKQLznVAx5 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201339.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
A New Creature
2 Corinthians 5:17 (NET) So then, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; what is old has passed away-look, what is new has come! After Seyi had believed for two years, he looked back at his past life to see if there was any difference. He could not find much difference. He was still bound to iniquity and was still the same old Seyi. This made him doubt if he was really born again. ‘How can I be born again and still be doing these things’ he would say to himself time and time again. He believed that what he needed was deliverance and he went from Pastor to Pastor seeking it. Each pastor he visited prayed for him and told him he had been delivered, but he still went back to his old sins and habits. He really desired to serve God and live Holy before Him, but he found that his desire was not strong enough to make him leave his old life. One day, he saw a post on Facebook that made him realize that he was already a new creation because of his faith in Christ. Wearers he was trying to be a new creation, he did not realize that he was made a new creation by God, not by himself. When he had this revelation, his life changed. Immediately, he realized that he needed to change his friends because he was now a new creature. He realized that he now had the power to say ‘NO’ to sin because he was now a new creature. He would say to himself ‘would a new creature do this?’ and would find the strength to resist temptations. Go into today knowing that understanding who you are is very important. An eagle that believes it is a chicken will never fly high. -Abraham Damilola Arigi Yearly Plan: Ezekiel 25-30 (In Devotional Audio) Streamglobe is Interdenominational. Kindly share this devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To request for daily messages, send a prayer request or share a testimony, Contact us: WhatsApp: +2348034420524, +2349055565838 — ***Live Streaming Schedule For Streamglobe 2020 Conference Today(21st August)*** Morning: 9:30Am (GMT +1) Evening: 5:00pm (GMT +1) Audio(Mixlr) Live Streaming Link: https://mixlr.com/streamglobeworld Video(Youtube) Live Streaming Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh6Sn6v_mdhwWTEpNvo5A4A http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201338.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
The Truth Shall Make You Free
To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join a Streamglobe WhatsApp Group here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/HNPtVLBWeBEEyehwcOIFAP John 8:32 (KJV) And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. After Chinonso failed the same examination two consecutive times, he got tired of life. Even though he was a Christian who had been baptized in the Holy Ghost, he contemplated giving up [on God]. The next opportunity to rewrite the exam would be his last chance. It was at this time of depression that he found the scripture verse(Ps 84:7) that says “they go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God”. He responded to this light by choosing a specific time and place where he would stay in God’s presence(appear before God) each day through prayer and the word. Even though he couldn’t pray sometimes, he remained there in his place of prayer, waiting on God. Chinonso passed the examination with flying colors the next time he took it. He could only attribute his resounding success this time to the strength he had received by daily waiting on the Lord. The word of God reveals the truth that makes people free (John 8:31-32). Many have the Bible and have memorized some of it but are not free. This is because the word has not been revealed to them as the truth. The day you find the truth, it will make you free. The way to know that what you have is the truth is through the freedom that accompanies it. Those who walk in the truth of God’s word cannot walk anymore in bondage (to sin or any demonic limitation). You can have the letter of scripture as memory verses and quote them fluently, but if you are not free because of them, you have not really met with the truth. Ask the Lord to open your eyes to His light (the truth) for you for this season and help you appropriate the full benefits of your freedom and riches in Christ. This is the secret of a victorious Christian life. Know that when the truth comes, it changes your mind and influences your conduct. —Dr. Emmanuel James Bible in 1 Year: Proverbs 10 (in today’s audio) Streamglobe is Interdenominational. Kindly share this devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To request for daily messages, send a prayer request or share a testimony, Contact us: WhatsApp: +2348034420524, +2349055565838 — ***Live Streaming Schedule For Streamglobe 2020 Conference Today(21st August)*** Morning: 9:30Am (GMT +1) Evening: 5:00pm (GMT +1) Audio(Mixlr) Live Streaming Link: https://mixlr.com/streamglobeworld Video(Youtube) Live Streaming Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh6Sn6v_mdhwWTEpNvo5A4A
Reconciled With God
Streamglobe 2020 Conference Begins today. Visit www.streamglobe.org/live to get our live streaming schedule Download Today’s Audio Here ☞ http://bit.ly/devo2282 To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp Group here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/HNPtVLBWeBEEyehwcOIFAP Ephesians 2:17-18 (NET) And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near, so that through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. Lora was born into a Christian family. Her grandparents were missionaries and her parents were very committed church leaders in their community. When her elder and younger sister were baptized in the Holy Spirit and started speaking in tongues, she was there but didn’t receive the Holy Ghost. She always felt far away from God and she would blame herself for this. She believed she was more sinful than anyone in her family and that was why God wasn’t interested in her. She was wrong. When she moved to the city for college, she started keeping company with certain hip girls who were godless to the core. Many years passed and Lora had lived a godless hollow life. One Thursday morning, she remembered the peace and love in the home she grew up in and longed to have just a little of that in her own home. Lora felt so far away from the Lord that she did not know if He was still interested in saving her. She was watching Christian television that morning when she heard the preacher reading from today’s Bible verses. She burst into tears because the verse spoke directly to her. “Jesus is interested in people like me who are far away too” she exclaimed. That day was the day Lora accepted Christ as her Lord and savior. She received the baptism of the Holy Spirit that same day. The Jews who were near to God and the Gentiles who were far away both needed reconciliation with God. No matter how far a person might seem from God, or no matter how close to God a person might seem because of piety and moral uprightness, they need the gospel of Christ in order to be reconciled with God. Are you feeling far away from God today because of your personal failings? Its time to be reconciled to God. God is more interested in being reconciled with you than you want to be reconciled with Him. Go into today remembering that Christ will in no wise cast away they that come to the Father through Him (see John 6:37). Prayer: Lord Jesus, thank you for your sacrifice that is the bases of my reconciliation with the Father. Father, please help me know you and live always in the consciousness of your love and grace. Amen. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Yearly Plan: Psalms 81-83 (In today’s Audio) Streamglobe is Interdenominational. Kindly share this devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To request for daily messages, send a prayer request or share a testimony, Contact us: WhatsApp: +2348034420524, +2349055565838
The Testimonies of God
Psalm 119:1-3 (KJV) Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart. They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways. When Clara got into university, she was very young and quite naïve, but she knew the Lord and how to hear from Him. One evening she was praying, it became very clear to her from the Lord that she was never to attend any parties on that campus. As a new student who was very beautiful, she got so many invitations to all kinds of parties. There were birthday parties, welcome parties, departmental parties, etc. One young man who was in her department had been trying to date her, but she refused. He was a bad boy. He found out about her birthday and planned a birthday party for her in his apartment. Unknown to Clara, he and his friends had planned to drug her food and rape her after the party. Clara bluntly refused to attend her own birthday party because she had earlier received instruction from the Lord never to attend parties. She was saved from the evil plot of those boys because she kept the testimony of the Lord. The testimonies of God are personalized instructions from God given to you to guide your life. They may not apply the same way to other people, but for you, breaking them is disobedience. When God instructed that Samson was never to cut his hair, that was a testimony of God for Him. That was his secret of overcoming in life. Go into today knowing that as you walk with the Lord, you will receive testimonies that will be your secret of overcoming (see Rev 12:11). —Abraham Damilola Arigi Yearly Plan: II Kings 6-10 Streamglobe is Interdenominational. Kindly share this devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To request for daily messages, send a prayer request or share a testimony, Contact us: WhatsApp: +2348034420524, +2349055565838 — if you wish to follow the Livestream of the Streamglobe 2020 Conference, subscribe to our youtube channel through this link: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRflVNJf5Q6qu1WSBT1EgYg?sub_confirmation=1
The Glory that Shall be Revealed
Romans 8:18-19 (KJV) For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. Have you ever seen a parked car grow newer with time? In this old creation, things grow older, not newer. Things naturally gravitate towards disorder not order. That is a result of the curse of corruption. But so great is the glory that would be revealed in us (who believe) that it would lead to the liberation of all creation from the curse of corruption. The curse of corruption is what makes things grow old and worn. But when our glory is revealed in the resurrection, all of creation will be set free from the curse of corruption (see Romans 8:21). Ignorance concerning who we are and what we are in Christ is the reason some believers are profane like Esau; trading their priceless eternal inheritance[of rewards] for temporary trappings of this world. Go into today remembering that all creation awaits the manifestation of your glory. Even now, by the Spirit, we get to walk in the foretaste of this reality. We are God’s light in this dark world(see Isaiah 60:1-2, Matthew 5:16). Prayer: Ask the Lord to multiply within you the grace to shine in light in this dark world and live in the hope of His calling. Yearly Plan: Leviticus 13-15 —Abraham Damilola Arigi Streamglobe is Interdenominational. Kindly share this devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To request for daily messages, send a prayer request or share a testimony, Contact us: WhatsApp: +2348034420524, +2349055565838 — You are invited to the 2020 Streamglobe Conference | Date: August 20th-22nd | Venue: Holy Faith Bible Church, Lokoja, Nigeria. | Guest Minister: Apostle Arome Osayi