Changed Outlook
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 them 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 that relationship and everything about it was sinful, so he called off the relationship. Ugochukwu did all this 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. Prayer: Lord, help me live to please you and be fruitful in every good work. Amen. —Abraham Damilola ArigiYBR: Psalms 60-62 Get sermons here: www.streamglobe.org/34 Join Our Interactive Online Bible Study Today by 2pm (GMT +1). ZOOM Meeting ID: 536206651 Streamglobe is Nondenominational. Kindly share this devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Contact us: WhatsApp: +2348034420524, +2349055565838 Our Website: www.streamglobe.org Beware of scammers! No one in Streamglobe would contact you for your WhatsApp Code or for money http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201651.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Our Gospel is Heaven Centric
Colossians 1:5 (NET) Your faith and love have arisen from the hope laid up for you in heaven, which you have heard about in the message of truth, the gospel When Karen first heard the gospel, she was a teenager in high school and was not interested in it because it appeared to her that if she accepted the gospel, she was not going to live and enjoy the kind of life she had always desired to live. The believers in her school were so centered on heaven and the kingdom of God that it seemed to her that they did not want to enjoy life here on earth. After thirty years, Karen had lived life, but she was empty, sad, depressed, and unfulfilled. She had made a lot of money, traveled the world, and lived the kind of life she believed would give her satisfaction, but she found that the more she searched for satisfaction, the more she discovered that she had not found it. She observed that those her high school friends who believed in Jesus and remained were the ones that seemed truly fulfilled and happy in life. Some of them did not have much, but there was this joy and peace they had that words cannot describe. Karen was willing to give anything to enjoy such peace. After deciding to try Jesus out, she started attending church services and was now desiring for a personal relationship with the Lord. The first few churches she visited did not seem to have the answer. All they talked about was “success”, “breakthrough”, and such things, but that was not what she was looking for. She wanted that sincere gospel she heard as a little girl. She knew in her heart that that simple sincere gospel had the answer to the hunger of her soul. After visiting a small church for one of her high school friend’s retirement thanksgiving, in that little church, she encountered the gospel. This gospel was one that was heaven centric. She saw that their desire in that church was to please the Lord and fulfill His purpose for them on the earth. Even though the members of that church were not wretched, and some of them were really well to do, she could see that in that church, money was not their god. Do you notice from today’s Bible verse that the hope of our faith [and love] is laid up in heaven and not on the earth? This earth [and this realm] is too limited to accommodate and express the riches and glory of our inheritance as saints. When believers are earthly-minded and worldly, it limits their capacity to experience and radiate the joy and peace of God that surpasses all understanding. Go into today remembering that even though we are to live fruitful lives on the earth, we are to be heavenly minded by setting our affection on things above and not on things of this life (see Colossians 3:2). Prayer: Lord, deliver me from the temptation to squander my faith and hope on the mundane things of this life. Help me to keep my heart stayed on you so that I would enjoy your perfect peace (Isiah 26:3). Want to be saved? Click here: www.streamglobe.org/33 —Abraham Damilola Arigi Bible In One Year: II Samuel 20-24 Get sermons here: www.streamglobe.org/34 Join Our WhatsApp Group to Start Getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio From us early every day. Click Here to join: https://chat.whatsapp.com/H2YzQRv8T2L6ufPNyF9iiJ Join Our Interactive Online Bible Study Today by 2pm (GMT +1). ZOOM Meeting ID: 536206651 Streamglobe is Nondenominational. Kindly share this devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Contact us: WhatsApp: +2348034420524, +2349055565838 Our Website: www.streamglobe.org Beware of scammers! No one in Streamglobe would contact you for your WhatsApp Code or for money http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202250.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
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TOPIC: PRAYER BIBLE TEXT: Ephesians 6:18 (AMPC) Pray at all times (on every occasion, in every season) in the Spirit, with all [manner of] prayer and entreaty. To that end keep alert and watch with strong purpose and perseverance, interceding in behalf of all the saints (God’s consecrated people). INTRODUCTION Prayer is one of our most important spiritual disciplines as believers. It is important that we don’t just know what prayer is and how to pray, but that we know the different kinds of prayers and how to apply them. Some situations would require confessions of faith, while some others would require supplication to God. Some problems may require that you speak to them(Mark 11:23), while some others would require that you speak to the Lord about it(2 Corinthians 12:8-9). Knowing and understanding these would help us be more effective in prayers and be more fruitful as servants of God. DISCUSSIONS 1) What is prayer 2) Mention the types of prayer: I) Ephesians 6:18 II) James 5:15 III) Mark 11:23 IV) 2 Corinthians 12:8-9 V) Ephesians 3:14-16 VI)Luke 22:41-43 3) Why do people find it difficult to pray? Matthew 26:41 4) What is the solution to this problem? Psalm 80:18, Romans 8:13 5) What are the benefits of prayer? James 5:16, Mark 11:24, Matthew 26:41 6) How often should we pray? 1 Thessalonians 5:16, Psalm 55:17, Psalm 92:1-2 7) Refer to No2 above. When and how do we apply different kinds of prayers? 8) What does it mean to pray in the spirit? Jude 1:29, Ephesians 6:18, 1 Corinthians 14:15, Romans 8:15 9) How/why do people pray amiss? James 4:3, 1 John 3:22, 1 John 5:14, James 1:6-7, Psalm 66:18 CONCLUSION We see from scripture that we should be people of prayer, and we also see in scripture that we can pray amiss. Who is praying and why he is praying is more important than what is being said in prayer. Prayer is not just about making requests to God, it is about communing with our heaven Father. — Bible study holds everyday on zoom except Sundays. Zoom join link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/536206651 Or Meeting ID: 536206651 TIME: 2:00pm(WAT- GMT +1), 1pm(Accra), 2pm(London), 4pm(Nairobi), 3pm(Johannesburg), 6:30pm(Mumbai), 9am(New York)
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TOPIC: SERVING THE LORD Bible Text/Memory verse Exodus 23:25 (KJV) And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee. *INTRODUCTION* Many of the promises of God are for those who know and serve him. It is important that we understand what it means to serve the Lord and how to serve Him acceptably. We serve the Lord not just because we want to stand on His promises but because we love Him and want to please Him. This Bible Study will help us more closely examine what it means to serve the Lord and how to serve the Lord acceptably. *DISCUSSIONS 1 What does it mean to serve the Lord? 2 How do we begin to serve the Lord? (John 6:28-29) 3 Mention some benefits of serving the Lord: 3a: Divine health and healing: Exodus 23:25 3b: Freedom from demonic attacks and curses Isaiah 54:17 3c: Extra mercy from the Lord Malachi 3:17 3d: Eternal rewards and thrones: Revelation 22:12, Isaiah 62:11, I Corinthians 3:14 3d1: What are the implications of eternal rewards for both now and for the eternal future? 4) What is the attitude of service that is acceptable to the Lord? (Psalm 100:2, 1 Corinthians 4:2) 5) How can we identify our specific kingdom assignments as sons of God? (Romans 11:29, Jeremiah 20:9) 6) What are the consequences of not serving God acceptably? 1 Corinthians 3:15. 7) How do we know if we are serving God acceptably? (2 Timothy 3:16, Colossians 3:17, Colossians 3:14, 1 Corinthians 12:1-3) *CONCLUSION* Serving God in this world is one of the biggest opportunities and privileges we have as human beings. Not just in this life but in the life to come do benefits abound for those who serve the Lord acceptably. — Bible Study holds every day except Sundays. TIME: 2:00pm(Lagos GMT +1), 1pm(Accra), 2pm(London), 4pm(Nairobi), 3pm(Johannesburg), 6:30pm(Mumbai), 9am(New York) ZOOM Meeting ID: 536206651 or open this link with ZOOM: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/536206651
How do one sin willfully?
Hebrews 10:26-27 (KJV) For if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. According to Merriam Webster Dictionary ‘willful’ is, ‘‘refusing to change your ideas or opinions or to stop doing something’’ while to refuse is, ‘‘to say that you will not accept”. Sinning willfully, therefore, is refusing to stop sinning even when you know it to be a sin; you continue in it not because you can not stop but because you chose to continue. Judas Iscariot for instance was not forced to betray Jesus, he did it willfully in the same manner that Adam disobeyed God. His unbridled love of money gave room for the devil to enter him. He was a thief who refused to repent even when a disciple of the Lord Jesus. In Matt 17:22, Jesus told his disciples that he will be betrayed, yet after hearing this Judas still sought an opportunity to betray him (Matt 26:16). In Matt 26:21, Jesus again said, ‘‘one of you will betray me’’ and in Matt 26:23, Jesus said, “He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me”. But in spite of all these, Judas Iscariot’s mind was made up to betray Jesus. Even at the very last minute, Jesus gave him another opportunity to repent when he said ‘‘Judas, would you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?” (Luke 22:48), even at this, Judas Iscariot refused to change and would not stop the evil he had planned. Just like it happened with Adam, Judas was banished out of the presence of God. Unfortunately, unlike Adam, Judas killed himself without repenting. This is exactly what today’s text is saying: when you willfully refuse all the chances given to you by God to repent, you are walking on the path leading to destruction. Hebrews 2:3 (KJV) ‘‘How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him”. Thank God for all the opportunities he has given you to turn away from your sins. Examine yourself and receive the help of the Holy Spirit to willfully turn away from sin today. Prayer: confess all the sins for which the Holy Spirit has convicted you, forsake them, and receive the forgiveness of God. Want to be saved? Click here: www.streamglobe.org/33 —Dr. Emmanuel James Bible In One Year: Exodus 29-32 Get sermons here: www.streamglobe.org/34 Join Our Interactive Online Bible Study Today by 2pm (GMT +1). ZOOM Meeting ID: 536206651 Streamglobe is Nondenominational. Kindly share this devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Join Our WhatsApp Group to Start Getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio From us early every day. Click Here to join: https://chat.whatsapp.com/H2YzQRv8T2L6ufPNyF9iiJ Contact us: WhatsApp: +2348034420524, +2349055565838 Our Website: www.streamglobe.org Beware of scammers! No one in Streamglobe would contact you for your WhatsApp Code or for money http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202249.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
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TOPIC: THE BLESSED MAN Bible Text: Psalms 1:1-3 (KJV) 1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. 3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. INTRODUCTION We who have believed in the Lord Jesus and abide in Him are blessed with all spiritual blessing in heavenly places because we are members of the body of Christ (See Ephesians 1:3). Because our blessings are in heavenly places, it is important for us to know how to walk in such a way that these blessings find expression in our daily lives on the earth. For example, in the same book of Ephesians that informs us that we have been blessed with all spiritual blessings, we see that in order for us to walk in the dimension of the blessing that makes for good days and long life, we are to honor our fathers and mothers (See Ephesians 6:1-2). This study will help us examine the spiritual posture that makes for the appropriation of the blessing we have in Christ. DISCUSSIONS 1 Define the blessing(Genesis 1:22,28, Genesis 9:1, Genesis 12:3-4, Galatians 3:13-14) 2 Who receives the blessing? (Galatians 3:9) 3 What are the manifestations of the blessing ( Galatians 3:13-14, Genesis 1:28-29, Psalm 1:1,3, Proverbs 10:22) 4) Can curses be in the life of a believer? If so, why? (2 Kings 25:26-7) 5) How can a believer break free of curses? (2 Corinthians 5:17, Galatians 2:20, 1 Chronicles 4:9-10) 6) How do we walk in the blessing? 6a: Believe in and Abide in the Lord(John 15:5) 6b Be careful to Love and obey the Lord ( Deuteronomy 11:13-15) 6c. Delight in the word of the Lord and Meditate upon it(Joshua 1:8, Psalm 1:1-3, Colossians 3:16-17) 6d. Avoiding the wrong Company(2 Corinthians 6:14,17,18, Psalm 1:1-2) 6e. As God’s priest, declare the blessing over your life regularly and believe you are blessed (Numbers 6:22-27) CONCLUSION Blessings and curses are two opposite forces that work in the lives of people. Anyone in Christ has been blessed. As we walk in the light through the word, we walk in the different manifestations of the blessing
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 engaged 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 and 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. Prayer: Thank God for the privilege to walk in His wisdom want to be saved? Click here: www.streamglobe.org/33 —Abraham Damilola Arigi Bible In One Year: II Corinthians 11-13 Get sermons here: www.streamglobe.org/34 Join Our Interactive Online Bible Study Today by 2pm (GMT +1). ZOOM Meeting ID: 536206651 Streamglobe is Nondenominational. Kindly share this devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Contact us: WhatsApp: +2348034420524, +2349055565838 Website: www.streamglobe.org Beware of scammers! No one in Streamglobe would contact you for your WhatsApp Code or for money http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201648.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Sinning Willfully
Hebrews 10:26-27 (KJV) For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. God placed Adam in a garden (Gen 2:15), gave him instructions (Gen 2:15-17), and later, his wife whom he called woman (Gen 2: 21-24). In the space of time, the devil came to the woman and eventually deceived her so that she disobeyed God and ate the fruit she should not have eaten. Eve gave the forbidden fruit to her husband, he ate it and their eyes were “opened”. They now knew shame and nakedness (Gen 3:7). The woman ate the fruit first and was normal but as soon as Adam ate the same fruit, they both knew that they were naked and were ashamed. Why did the knowledge of nakedness and shame have to wait for Adam? 1 Timothy 2:14 (KJV) And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. Simply put, Adam sinned willfully not because he was deceived like the woman. Whenever a child of God continues to sin willfully, he is daring the wrath of God, and like Adam, such a one is in the danger of suffering nakedness, shame and banishment from the presence of God. See Gen 3.22-34. The more you grow in the knowledge of God, the more you should hate sin because every sin has the same aim of sending you out of God’s presence. Go into today making up your mind to always hate sin. Ask the Holy Spirit to help you with this. Prayer: Lord, help me grow in faithfulness to you. Lead me not into temptation, and deliver me from [doing] evil. Amen. —Dr. Emmanuel James Bible In One Year: Luke 3-4 No Online Bible Study on Sundays Streamglobe is Nondenominational. Kindly share this devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Contact us: WhatsApp: +2348034420524, +2349055565838 Beware of scammers! No one in Streamglobe would contact you for your WhatsApp Code or money http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202248.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. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Bible In One Year: Jeremiah 37-41 Join Our Interactive Online Bible Study Today by 2pm (GMT +1). ZOOM Meeting ID: 536206651 Streamglobe is Nondenominational. Kindly share this devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Contact us: WhatsApp: +2348034420524, +2349055565838 Beware of scammers! No one in Streamglobe would contact you for your WhatsApp Code or money http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201646.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Words of Power
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 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). —Abraham Damilola Arigi Bible In One Year: Job 39-40 Join Our Interactive Online Bible Study Today by 2pm (GMT +1). ZOOM Meeting ID: 536206651 Streamglobe is Nondenominational. Kindly share this devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Contact us: WhatsApp: +2348034420524, +2349055565838 Beware of scammers! No one in Streamglobe would contact you for your WhatsApp Code or money http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201645.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS