They Loved Not Their Lives
Revelation 12:11 (KJV) And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. A prominent Christian leader in my country was confronted by terrorists and eventually beheaded. He was asked to deny his faith in Christ in a video clip that became public, but he refused and was killed because of his faith in Christ Jesus. According to scripture, Persecution, and martyrdom will increase as the day approaches. Luke 21:16-17 (KJV) And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death. And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake. Matthew 24:6-9 (KJV) And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake. Matthew 24:10-13 (KJV) And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. The only way to survive in the last days is to be ready to live, suffer, and even die for Jesus just in case it gets to that. Your conviction must be clear and free of ambiguities; you cannot love the world and yet love Jesus; you will have to choose between the two. Many of the believers and apostles of old who were martyred have secured for themselves a level of eternal glory that is unparalleled (see Revelation 2:10). Those who denied Christ during their time have also died, but do not share in their level of glory. Go into today knowing that, ‘‘he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved”. Want to be saved? Click here: www.streamglobe.org/33 —Dr. Emmanuel James Yearly Bible Plan: I Corinthians 9-10 (In Devotional Audio) Get sermons here: www.streamglobe.org/34 Join Our Interactive Online Bible Study Today by 2pm(WAT). ZOOM Meeting ID: 536206651 Streamglobe is Nondenominational. Kindly share this devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. WhatsApp: +2348034420524, +2349055565838 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202222.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Spiritual Growth
Just like a newborn baby, when you are born again, there is need for you to grow spiritually. A short sermon by Pastor Abraham Damilola Arigi http://listen.streamglobe.org/Pastor%20Abraham%20Damilola-Spiritual%20Growth%201.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
The Gifts of God
Romans 11:29 (KJV) For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. When Kemi was baptized in the Holy Ghost, she was so excited because she received the gift of tongues. She could now pray in tongues. But she did not realize that the gifts of God are without repentance. There was a time she walked in the flesh and outside the will of God, and she thought she had lost the gift and the ability to pray in the spirit. But she was wrong. The devil told her that lie because he did not want her praying in the Holy Spirit and building up herself (see Jude 1:20). Because she believed that lie, it appeared that she could no longer pray in tongues. But when her eyes opened and she understood that God is not one to give you a gift and then collect it back, she knew she had not lost her gift from the Holy spirit. There are some that have been deceived to believe that they have lost their salvation because of something they did or something they did not do. Your salvation is a gift; it is not something you earned. Ephesians 2:8 says: For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith–and this is not from yourselves, IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD. If you truly repent of your sins, God will forgive and accept you. The devil deceives people to think they have lost the gift of salvation so that they will lose the faith that makes them saved. If you see anyone who left the faith, it was not because God rejected them, it was because they rejected God and stopped believing (see John 6:37). Go into today remembering that your salvation and any other gift you have received from God is eternal. Ask the Lord to help you use your gifts for the purpose He gave them to you. Not saved? Click here ☞ http://bit.ly/1iTOmol -Pst Abraham Damilola Arigi Yearly Bible Plan: Mark 3-4 Get sermons here: www.streamglobe.org/34 Streamglobe is Nondenominational. Kindly share this devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. WhatsApp: +2348034420524, +2349055565838 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201227.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Pass On The Blessing
2 Timothy 1:5 (NET) I recall your sincere faith that was alive first in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice, and I am sure is in you. Ladan realized that his family members were under the power of a curse. From gathering information, he realized that it has been so in his family from the time of his great-grandparents. He didn’t understand how such curses worked, but he was determined to break every ancestral curse in his life and not to pass down any curse but blessings to his children. As he started to pray [and fast] fervently concerning this, one of the first things he received was that there has been a demonic altar set up that has been working against his family. This altar created a demonic civilization that his family unknowingly subscribed to. That was why all the young men and women in the family were very promiscuous and proud. He was instructed that if he destroys a demonic altar and its civilization, he would have to replace that altar with the kingdom of Christ and His righteousness, or his effort would be futile. This meant he would have to consciously and doggedly lead his household in the way of the Lord. His children would know the scriptures even before they know their books. He would institute traditions in his household that engender the flow of God’s grace and the prosperity of God’s word. We can see from today’s Bible text that timothy’s faith (which is the greatest blessing) was passed down to him. If an ancestor of yours could cut covenant with demons and leverage his entire bloodline to demonic control, you as a child of God can destroy such covenants and institute the blessing of God into your family. Go into today determined to introduce generational blessings into your family by walking in the covenant of life and peace that is in Christ Jesus. Want to be saved? Click here: www.streamglobe.org/33 —Abraham Damilola Arigi Yearly Bible Plan: Isaiah 62-66 (In Devotional Audio) Join Our WhatsApp Group to Start Getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio From us early every day. Click Here to join ☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/JStK2cvbe8q68Od3SSuHkt Get sermons here: www.streamglobe.org/34 Join Our Interactive Online Bible Study Today by 2pm(WAT). ZOOM Meeting ID: 536206651 Streamglobe is Nondenominational. Kindly share this devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. WhatsApp: +2348034420524, +2349055565838
Interactive Bible Study Manual 8
Theme: Marriage, Divorce, Remarriage and Forgiveness. Topic: Marriage as God intended Text: Genesis 2:18 INTRODUCTION Marriage was initiated by God. It was God’s idea not man’s. For it to be successful, the guidelines outlined by God in the scriptures must be followed. Anybody who tries to break the laws of God will end up breaking himself (or herself) and proving that the word of God is true. This also applies to those who try to break God’s laws regarding marriage. After the fall, a lot of things in the world became perverted including the institution of marriage. Some of these perversions came to be accepted as the norm within certain cycles including some Christian cycles. Our aim in this series of studies is to look at the subject of marriage as God originally intended and also correct some of the wrong concepts of marriage using the scripture as our guide. DISCUSSIONS 1) What is Marriage? 2) God has ordained and blessed marriage. Gen. 2:18, Prov. 5:18, Prov.18:22, Eccl. 9:9, Matt. 19:4-5 3) It gives strength and companionship: Gen. 2:18, Eccl. 4:9-11 4) Marriage is a commitment: Matt. 19:4-6, Cor. 7:10 5) The husband’s responsibility towards his wife: (i) Love – Eph. 5:25,28,33. Col. 3:19. (ii) Honour, praise and please his wife – 1 Peter 3:7, Prov. 31:28, 1 Cor. 7:33. (iii) Listen and heed his wife’s wise counsel – Judges 13:19-23, 2 Samuel 20:1-2, 7, 13-22, 2 Kings 4:9-10, Matt. 27:19. 6) A wife’s attributes and responsibilities: ( i) The Bible’s description of a virtuous wife – Prov. 11:16, Prov. 12:4, Prov. 19:14, Prov. 31:10-12,26, 1 Tim. 3:11, Titus 2:4-5. (ii) She should guide the home and children – 1 Tim 5:14, Psalm 128:3, Prov. 14:1, Prov. 31:27, 1 Tim 3:11, Titus 2:4-5. (iii) She should NOT be – Prov. 7:11, 1 Tim 5:13. ( iv) Virtue more important than physical beauty – Prov. 11:22, Prov. 31:30, 1 Peter 3:3-5. (v) To be a companion – Prov. 31:11, Malachi 2:14 (vi) To love and please her husband – Prov. 31:12, 1 Cor. 7:34, Titus 2:4 (vii) To respect her husband – Eph. 5:33, Col. 3:18, 1 Peter 3:1-6, Eph. 5:22. 7)Harmony and marital peace: (i) Harmony is important to a Christian Marriage – Col. 2:2, 1 Tim. 3:4-5, 1 Peter 3:7, 1 Peter 4:8. (ii) Arguments should be avoided – Prov. 17:9, 14, Prov. 21:19, Prov. 27:15, Phil. 2:3, Col. 3:13 8)Marriage and lovemaking: (i) Sex in marriage is pure, holy and ordained of God – Heb. 13:4, 1 Cor. 7:28,36. (ii) Ordained for procreation – Gen. 27-28, Malachi 2:15, Jeremiah 29:6. (iii) Joined as one flesh – Gen 2:23-24, Mark 10:6-8, 1 Cor. 6:16, Eph. 5:31, (iv) Conjugal pleasure is a gift from God – Prov. 5:18-19 (v) Sex is a marital right, not to be used to punish or reward: 1 Cor. 7:3-5 (vi) Husbands should treat wives with honour and love, not merely as sexual objects – 1 Thess 4:4-5 9)Marriage and Celibacy: (i) Those who forbid marriage are in error – 1 Tim. 4:1-3 (ii)Even priests, bishops and church officials are advised to marry – Ezekiel 44:21-22, Leviticus 21:10,1, Matt. 8:14, 1 Cor. 9:5, 1 Tim.3:2 (iii) Celibacy pros and cons – Gen.2:18, Isaiah 56:4-5, Matt. 19:10-12, 1 Cor. 7:9
Pass On Wisdom
2 Timothy 3:15 (NLT) You have been taught the holy Scriptures from childhood, and they have given you the wisdom to receive the salvation that comes by trusting in Christ Jesus. Many successful people in life can be traced to a mother who brought her child up to be a success; a mother who prayed for and supported her child when no one else would. But there are some mothers that would not only be thanked on earth when the greatest awards and rewards on earth are given to their children, these mothers would also be thanked in the life to come when their sons and daughters receive the greatest rewards of all time and eternity. Timothy was one of such people whose mother not only taught him about life and human wisdom but also taught him the Holy Scriptures that gave him the wisdom to receive salvation. This is the greatest thing any parent can give to their children. The child is the one who will ultimately make his decision whether to follow the Lord or not. But what a Christian parent can do is to teach their children the word of the Lord and be an example of the things they teach. They should also lead their children to consciously accept Christ when they are old enough to understand what that means. The word of God in their hearts will lead them on the path of wisdom that will make them saved, not because their parents instructed them so, but because they too can see the truth for themselves. Go into today remembering that the greatest thing you can do for someone is to facilitate his salvation from eternal death to eternal life. Not saved? Click here ☞ www.streamglobe.org/33 -Pst. Abraham Damilola Arigi Yearly Bible Plan: Job 23-24 Join Our Interactive Online Bible Study Today by 2pm(WAT). ZOOM Meeting ID: 536206651 Streamglobe is interdenominational Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Join our WhatsApp group to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio directly from us daily. Click this link to join☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/JStK2cvbe8q68Od3SSuHkt WhatsApp: +2348034420524, +2349055565838 www.streamglobe.org http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201225.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Whose Work Are You Doing?
John 15:16 (KJV) Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you. The story was told of an English missionary who left all to follow God’s ordination for his life in one of the African Nations. His effort had produced many churches, schools, and many community development programs. After about twenty years of undying commitment to God by all human judgment, the Lord appeared to him and asked ‘‘when will you start doing what I sent you here to do?’’ God had sent him to Africa to raise men for Him but for many years he did something else. If men were to judge, he would have been judged obedient and successful but God said he had not begun his work. We saw something similar with Abraham whose obedience was swift when God told him to leave his people and Nation for a land He would show him (Genesis 12:1-4), then, after twenty-five years, God returned and asked that he walk before him and be perfect (Genesis 17:1). You see, it is possible to have begun in obedience to God but later sway into imperfection and end up doing your own work and not God’s. Note that material prosperity may not always translate to God’s approval: this means that our judgment of success must be more than earthly results and prosperity. We have to get checkups regularly from the one who called us. Go into today knowing that you have to go for checkup regularly if you want to walk perfectly before God. Prayer: Lord Jesus, please help me to remain simple and humble to accept your corrections. Want to be saved? Click here: www.streamglobe.org/33 —Dr. Emmanuel James Join Our WhatsApp Group to Start Getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio From us early every day. Click Here to join ☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/JStK2cvbe8q68Od3SSuHkt Yearly Bible Reading: Psalms 33-35 (In Devotional Audio) Get sermons here: www.streamglobe.org/34 Join Our Interactive Online Bible Study Today by 2 pm (WAT). ZOOM Meeting ID: 536206651 Streamglobe is Nondenominational. Kindly share this devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. WhatsApp: +2348034420524, +2349055565838 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202221.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Discerning False Doctrines
1 Timothy 6:3-4 (NET) If someone spreads false teachings and does not agree with sound words (that is, those of our Lord Jesus Christ) and with the teaching that accords with godliness, he is conceited and understands nothing, but has an unhealthy interest in controversies and verbal disputes. This gives rise to envy, dissension, slanders, evil suspicions One of the most dangerous things I hear certain progressive teachers of the word say is that the words and teachings of our Lord Jesus while He walked the earth are old Testament and are not for the church, that only the epistles (written after the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus) are valid because the new covenant started after Jesus resurrected. Even judging that position normally and logically, it does not make much sense. No one gives the testament of a Covenant after it has been ratified, it is always given before it is ratified. No one signs a contract document before writing it, signing is done after the document has been written. Jesus gave His New Testament through His teachings and commandments in the three and a half years of His earthly ministry, before He ratified it by His death on the cross. In today’s Bible verse, we see that false teaching is any teaching that does not agree with the words of our Lord Jesus. Any teacher that uses the excuse of “that was old Testament” to explain away a doctrine of the Lord Jesus is teaching something false. For example, if a teacher tries to convince you that you shouldn’t ask God to forgive your sins when the Lord clearly teaches us to repent of our sins, that teacher is nothing but a false teacher. Just like junk foods taste sweeter but are really not healthy, false doctrines might appear sweeter to the flesh, but they are toxic to your new born again spirit. Go into today remembering that any teacher who tries to explain away the words of our Lord Jesus is a false teacher. Prayer: Lord, deliver me and cleanse me from the influence of every false teacher. Give me shepherds afters your heart that will feed me with knowledge and understanding (Jer 3:15). Amen. Want to be saved? Click here: www.streamglobe.org/33 —Abraham Damilola Arigi Yearly Bible Reading: I Samuel 6-10 (In Devotional Audio) Get sermons here: www.streamglobe.org/34 Join Our Interactive Online Bible Study Today by 2pm(WAT). ZOOM Meeting ID: 536206651 Streamglobe is Nondenominational. Kindly share this devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. WhatsApp: +2348034420524, +2349055565838
Faithful In Little
2 Timothy 4:7-8 (KJV) I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: 8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing. When it was time for Chief Ola to hand over the management of his great company to his children, he didn’t reward them according to their age but according to their wisdom and faithfulness in the assignments he had given them earlier. The ones who were not faithful hoped that they would get something, but the ones who were faithful knew that they were going to get something. The ones who weren’t faithful dreaded the day their father would call them to give account for their management of his business, but the ones who were faithful longed for the day their father would call them to give account. Those who have truly been busy serving the Lord with their lives here on earth know in their spirits that their reward is being stored up for them. They know that they will be rewarded eternally because they have spent their lives serving the Lord faithfully, and they know that the one who they are serving is faithful and just (see Heb 6:10, Rev 22:12). One of the ways to check if you are serving Christ with your life in truth is to check whether or not you long for His appearing. Those who are serving the Lord in truth will long for His appearing because they understand that His appearing will mark the beginning of their indescribable glory and reward. Go into today remembering that God will judge your every action in life. His judgment is because He wants to reward you for your work here on earth. Want to be saved? Click here: www.streamglobe.org/33 —Abraham Damilola Arigi Yearly Bible Reading: Genesis 44-47 (In Devotional Audio) Join Our Interactive Online Bible Study Today by 2pm(WAT). ZOOM Meeting ID: 536206651 Streamglobe is Nondenominational. Kindly share with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. WhatsApp: +2348034420524, +2349055565838 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201222.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Interactive Bible Study Manual 7
Bible Study holds every day except Sundays. TIME: 2:00pm(WAT- GMT +1), 1pm(Accra), 2pm(London), 4pm(Nairobi), 3pm(Johannesburg), 6:30pm(Mumbai), 9am(New York) Join via ZOOM. Zoom Meeting Link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/536206651 OR Meeting ID: 536 206 651 TOPIC: WALKING IN DIVINE WISDOM MEMORY VERSE: Col 2:3 in whom(Christ) are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Main text: Ephesians 5:17 (NKJV) Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is. Bible reading: Eph 5:1-20 INTRODUCTION From the Bible verse above, it is quite clear that when a person does not understand what the will of the Lord is, he is unwise. Before you understand a thing, you must first know it or receive the information that is to be understood. Psalm 34:11-16 shows us that one can learn the fear of the Lord. And we know that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Understanding the will of the Lord is the key to walking in divine wisdom. DOING THINGS HIS WAY IS DOING THINGS THE WISE WAY. The church was ordained by God to be the instrument through which He showcases His wisdom (see Eph 3:10). As a member of the Church, your life should reveal the wisdom of God. This is only possible when you understand and walk in the will of the Lord. 1. Some believers do not know the will of the Lord. Why? 2. What is the solution to this problem? 3. What is the advantage of walking in divine wisdom? 4. The church was ordained by God to be the instrument through which He showcases His manifold wisdom “. Read Ephesians 3:10 and Explain how this happens. 5. How do you know the will of God when you have two good choices? CONCLUSION Knowing the will of God concerning every situation is the secret of walking in divine wisdom. This is only possible when you give attention to the word of God and fellowship with the Spirit.