WHAT IS MY MINISTRY? 1
Join Our WhatsApp Group to Start Getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio Every Day. Click Here to join ☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/5gUKj6Dowqe6oWGGaWme8O Audio☞ http://bit.ly/aud1533 1 Corinthians 3:15 (NET) If someone’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as through fire. For too long many believers have believed that the only effective way to serve God is through the ‘pulpit ministry’ of ministering the word and power of God to the Church. It became that whenever a person really wanted to serve the Lord, he believed that he had to be involved one way or another in teaching the word of God to the church. This wrong understanding has created a philosophy that assumes that everyone who is serving the Lord has to become a pastor. But this is not true. The Lord warns in James 3:1 that ‘Dear brothers and sisters, not many of you should become teachers IN THE CHURCH, for we who teach will be judged more strictly’. It is only those who without doubt have been appointed by God for this work, those that would be judged if they do not teach, that should teach. You may ask ‘how do I know whether or not I’m to teach the church?’ If you are walking in fellowship with God and growing, necessity will be laid on you to teach if you are to teach (not that it will be one of the many options). See 1 Cor 9:16. The words will be like fire in your bones if you do not teach and minister (see Jer 20:9). If you are not walking with the Lord and growing, you will not know whether or not you are to teach the church. The biggest hindrance to walking with God and growing is rebellion and/or willful disobedience to the commands of Christ. Go into today remembering that everyone is building something that will be tested by the Lord on that day. Whether you have been called to minister to the Church or not, you are a minister of God to your world. Ask the Lord to help you be a faithful minister. -Pastor SD Abraham Yearly Bible Reading: Psalms 9-11 (In Devotional Audio) Streamglobe is Interdenominational & Nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. WhatsApp : +17018020743 www.streamglobedevotional.com Source: Devotional
SPIRITUAL OVERWEIGHT & OBESITY
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SPIRITUAL UNDERWEIGHT
Join Our WhatsApp Group to Start Getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio Every Day. Click Here to join ☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/5gUKj6Dowqe6oWGGaWme8O Audio☞ http://bit.ly/aud1530 1 Peter 2:2 KJV As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby Body Mass Index (BMI) is an index used for categorizing people as underweight, normal, overweight or obese. Those classified as underweight (less than 18.5) on this index, have low body mass and risk suffering or in worse cases, dying from malnutrition and other low immune system related diseases. Medical advice must be consulted to bring about a healthy change. Spiritual underweights are those who are spiritually malnourished (Hosea 4:6). They’re without strength and are too weak to withstand life’s trials (Proverbs 24:10). They exhibit an anorexic attitude to God’s Word and because of this are unstable and are still dominated by the sinful nature. This anorexic attitude to the Word (Mark 4:15) as well as the inability to be planted where its truths are genuinely practiced makes for an open invitation to the wily attacks of the devil. It is an immune system (Ephesians 6:16) deficient state as its defense promoter in the Word of God is lacking (Romans 10:17). From our verse of scripture, we are expected to grow (in grace and in the knowledge of Christ – 2Peter 3:18) and this growth starts first with our DESIRE for the Word of God. The more we desire and feed on God’s word, the more we prosper in life (Joshua 1:8), are resistant to sin (Psalm 119:11), are fruitful (Mark 4:20), are able to discern Satan’s lies (John 10:4-5), are emotionally stabilized (Psalm 19:7, James 1:20-21) and are ultimately healthy (Proverbs 4:20-21). Begin a new, fitter and healthier spiritual lifestyle today by living and feeding on the Word of God. Prayer: Father I receive Your grace today to help me receive, retain and reproduce good fruits in and through Your Word in Jesus Name. -Chibo E.C. Yearly Bible Reading: Joshua 16-20 (In Devotional Audio) Streamglobe is Interdenominational & Nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. WhatsApp : +17018020743 www.streamglobedevotional.com Source: Devotional
THE WORDS OF CHRIST
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Prayer Alert
Psalm 119:98 “Your commands make me wiser than my enemies, for your commands are my constant guide.” Bless the name of the Lord for the wisdom in His word. If you read your bible every day you will become wise; pray for grace to make your bible your constant companion. Ask the Lord to fill you with the spirit of wisdom as you go into this day. Pray that the Lord will guide you to be where He wants you to be at the right time. Ask for a heart that will not struggle with the Lord, but a heart that will obey any personal instructions from the Lord to you.
Prayer Alert
Isaiah 45:2 “I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:” Thank God for a brand new day. Declare that the Lord will perfect the works of your hands and keep you from evil. Pray that the Lord will deliver you from evil as he goes before you. Pray that the Lord will order your steps in his word and daily guide you. Declare that the Lord will straighten every crooked path in your life.
THE LAW OF CHRIST 7
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Audio Sermon: The Law of Christ- By SD Abraham
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THE LAW OF CHRIST 7(full)
1 Timothy 6:3 (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… When Zara attended that fellowship that led to her spiritual impoverishment, there were many false things they taught. Because they found that the teaching of Christ in the four gospels did not correspond with their doctrines, they insisted that the teachings of Christ are not relevant to the church. That Jesus taught those under the law, and what He taught was not meant for the Christian. We have established earlier that even though the believer is not under the 613 laws of Moses, nor is he under the Ten Commandments, the believer is under the law of Christ. Of the Ten Commandments, Jesus reiterated nine (leaving out the Sabbath). He also gave certain other specific instructions that were not captured in the Law of Moses. For example, He gave us new commands concerning marriage and divorce, anxiety, retribution, concerning our prayers and fasting, etc. These instructions (and many others) for the believer are what we call THE LAW OF CHRIST. They are centered on love for God and love for neighbor. You can find some of these instructions in Matthews 5-7. These were the commandments that Jesus was referring to when he said those who broke the least of them would be called least in the kingdom (see Matt 5:19). It Is important to note that apart from the nine out of the ten commandments, and the other instruction Jesus gave, Jesus did not bother reiterating the other laws of the old testament, and thus, we are not bound by any of them. Christ is our Lord and we bound to obey His every word and instruction. The teachings of the 12 Apostles and Paul were all centered on the words of Christ. They went everywhere teaching the Christians all that the Lord had commanded them (see Matt 28:19-20). It was easy for them as Jews to ignore the many laws of Moses because the Lord did not command them to keep them. But they never ignored even what looked like the least of the Lord’s commandment. Many of them were killed because they simply would not deny the Lord before men and preserve their lives. They simply wouldn’t disobey an instruction from the Lord that said ‘if you deny me before men, I will deny you… ’. It is worthy of note that this commandment was reiterated by the Apostles to the early church. Paul repeated it in 2Tim 2:12. As Paul reveals in 1 Cor 9:20-21: ‘to those under the law, I became as one under the law (indicating that he was not under the law)…, and to those without law (Gentiles), I became as one without law, even though I am not without God’s law, but under the LAW OF CHRIST’, we are not under the Law of Moses as Christians, but we are under the LAW OF CHRIST (see Gal 6:2). Go into today remembering that any teaching which undermines the commandments of Christ in any way is a false teaching (see 1 Tim 6:3-4). Run away from such.
Prayer Alert
Psalm 119:93 “I will never forget your commandments, for you have used them to restore my joy and health.” Thank God for the restoration power in His word. Have you lost your joy or has it diminished? Ask that the Lord will bring a restoration through His word. Pray for a restoration of health for yourself or anyone you know who is sick right now. Declare that as you commit yourself wholly to the Lord and His word that you will walk in divine health. Receive from the Lord grace to read, study and meditate on His word so that you won’t forget.