EFFECTIVE PRAYING
Romans 8:27 (NLT) And the Father who knows all hearts knows what the Spirit is saying, for the Spirit pleads for us believers in harmony with God’s own will. There was a time I was asking the Lord to do something very important for me. While asking I gave a reason I felt was a very good one for me to receive this thing from the Lord. But I remember that the Holy Spirit immediately made me understand that my reason was not valid. The Holy Spirit made me understand that even though I really needed this thing, and God wanted to give it to me (because God loves giving good gifts to His children), the reason I was presenting for needing my request was not acceptable before God because it was [latently] based on pride of life. There are many times Christians spend a lot of time praying but do not receive answers from God because their prayers are not in accordance with the will of God, and because of that, they receive nothing from the Lord (see James 4:3). Those who know how to depend on the Holy Spirit in the place of prayer will never have this problem. The Holy Spirit intercedes for us and uses the right words for us [when we pray in tongues]. He also leads us to use the right words [and motives] in the place of prayer. Go into today knowing that the most effective way to pray is to pray in the Spirit. This means praying in partnership with the Holy Spirit.—Abraham Damilola Arigi Join our WhatsApp group to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day:WhatsApp: https://chat.whatsapp.com/KcS0ueW9OdOFYYPfonXAhRJoin our Telegram group: https://t.me/streamglobe1 🔊Get today’s audio w/Bible here☞ https://streamglobe.org/aud3700 Bible In One Year: Psalms 57-59 (in today’s audio)Audio Bible credit: Bible Experience, Zondervan Tune in to Streamglobe 24/7 radio here☞ https://streamglobe.org/radio Kindly forward this devotional to your contacts and let’s bless lives together. Streamglobe is nondenominational https://listen.streamglobe.org/DevotionalAudio3700.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
FAITH AND HOPE
Rom 8:25-26 (NET) But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with endurance. In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness, for we do not know how we should pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with inexpressible groanings. Danjuma’s sister saw that her brother wasn’t enjoying the wealth of the family any longer because their father persecuted him for accepting Christ. He could no longer afford to live in his expensive apartment and had to move to a flat in a neighborhood far away from the city center. But something kept Zain perplexed for days: when her brother told her that he had chosen real wealth by following Christ, she saw that he was very sure of what he was saying. As if he had already seen the wealth and glory he talked about. She decided to ask him why he was so sure of something he has never seen. Zain: the other day, you talked about true wealth that you will now have because you are in Christ. What makes you so sure of this? Danjuma: I am very sure because the Holy Spirit within me assures me and shows me proof of this wealth daily. The faith of a Christian is based on hope. For faith is the substance of things hoped for. This hope (sure expectation) forms through the word and promises of God. As Christians, our [blessed] hope is the resurrection and the kingdom of God (see Titus 2:13), but the evidence that we have now of this is our faith. Our faith is evidence because it brings the reality of God’s eternal kingdom into our present world right now. Weakness is always a sign of weakening faith, and the solution to this is prayer. The Holy Spirit helps us in this; He intercedes for us with groanings that cannot be expressed with words. Go into today remembering that the fastest solution to spiritual weakness is praying in the Spirit.—Abraham Damilola ArigiJoin our WhatsApp group to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day:WhatsApp: https://chat.whatsapp.com/KcS0ueW9OdOFYYPfonXAhRJoin our Telegram group: https://t.me/streamglobe1 🔊Get today’s audio w/Bible here☞ https://streamglobe.org/aud3699 Bible In One Year: II Samuel 15-19 (in today’s audio)Audio Bible credit: Bible Experience, Zondervan Tune in to Streamglobe 24/7 radio here☞ https://streamglobe.org/radio Kindly forward this devotional to your contacts and let’s bless lives together. Streamglobe is nondenominational https://listen.streamglobe.org/DevotionalAudio3699.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 37:21 — 12.9MB)Subscribe: RSS
THE HOPE
Rom 8:24 (AMP) For in [this] hope we were saved. But hope [the object of] which is seen is not hope. For how can one hope for what he already sees? Have you ever lost a loved one? If that loved one died in Christ, know that someday, you will see him or her again. You will not just see him [in the spirit] but you will be able to shake hands, hold and embrace each other. This is because everyone who dies in Christ will be resurrected with a glorified body. Life in that body is as real as life in this body, actually, it is more real than life in this body. From Rom 8:22-24, we see that the hope [of our calling] is the resurrection of the dead: we will be given new glorified indestructible bodies that will live forever: enjoying God’s [visible] presence and glory for all eternity. Jesus saves and transforms the total man: spirit, soul, and body. Your spirit has been transformed (born again), your soul is being transformed by the renewing of your mind through God’s living word, and your body will be transformed during the resurrection. Go into today thanking the Lord that life for you does not end here on this earth [if you are in Christ]. You will live forever in a body that cannot die.—Abraham Damilola Arigi Join our WhatsApp group to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day:WhatsApp: https://chat.whatsapp.com/KcS0ueW9OdOFYYPfonXAhRJoin our Telegram group: https://t.me/streamglobe1 Bible In One Year: Exodus 25-28 (in today’s audio)Audio Bible credit: Bible Experience, Zondervan Tune in to Streamglobe 24/7 radio here☞ https://streamglobe.org/radio Kindly forward this devotional to your contacts and let’s bless lives together. Streamglobe is nondenominational https://listen.streamglobe.org/DevotionalAudio3698.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 26:08 — 9.0MB)Subscribe: RSS
SONS OF GOD 2
Rom 8:22-23 (AMP) We know that the whole creation [of irrational creatures] has been moaning together in the pains of labor until now. [Jer 12:4,11.] 23 And not only the creation, but we ourselves too, who have and enjoy the firstfruits of the [Holy] Spirit [a foretaste of the blissful things to come] groan inwardly as we wait for the redemption of our bodies [from sensuality and the grave, which will reveal] our adoption (our manifestation as God’s sons). Danjuma’s Father insisted that Danjuma was no longer going to have access to the family’s great wealth because he was now born again. His father thought he could sway him with money and make him change his mind. Unknown to Danjuma’s father, Danjuma had received the full gospel message and understood that true riches have been reserved for the sons of God. Danjuma once told his sister this: “in the fullness of time, you and the entire family will understand that I did not choose poverty, I chose true riches. When that time comes, you will see what true wealth is when you see me in glory.” It is the redemption of our bodies that will reveal our true nature as sons of God. When the rapture happens and our bodies are redeemed, we shall be like the Lord and shall be glorified. We shall no longer be subject to the forces of corruption but will be fully incorruptible. In this glorified state, we will be very powerful and super intelligent. We will come back to this earth with our Lord and take over the government of this world for one thousand years (see Rev 20:6). Other humans who are not sons of God will still have this corruptible body of flesh. The greatest among them will less than the least among us. Go into today looking forward to the redemption of our bodies. Anyone who has this hope keeps himself pure as He is pure( see 1 John 3:3).—Abraham Damilola Arigi Join our WhatsApp group to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day:WhatsApp: https://chat.whatsapp.com/KcS0ueW9OdOFYYPfonXAhRJoin our Telegram group: https://t.me/streamglobe1 Bible In One Year: II Corinthians 9-10 (in today’s audio)Audio Bible credit: Bible Experience, Zondervan Tune in to Streamglobe 24/7 radio here☞ https://streamglobe.org/radio Kindly forward this devotional to your contacts and let’s bless lives together. Streamglobe is nondenominational https://listen.streamglobe.org/DevotionalAudio3697.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 10:23 — 3.8MB)Subscribe: RSS
SONS OF GOD 1
Rom 8:20-21 (AMP) For the creation (nature) was subjected to frailty (to futility, condemned to frustration), not because of some intentional fault on its part, but by the will of Him Who so subjected it — [yet] with the hope [Eccl 1:2.] 21 That nature (creation) itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and corruption [and gain an entrance] into the glorious freedom of God’s children. In order for man to be able to rule God’s creation, God created man in His image and after His likeness. Man was not created in man’s own image but in God’s image. This means man was never designed to be autonomous and self-governing. Man was designed to always live from the resources and the reality of God. Man was to be an extension of God in this dimension of existence. But this process was truncated when man ate the fruit that gave him the ability to rebel against God and seek his own autonomy. This meant a separation from the life and reality of God [which is death] (see Gen 2:17). Man lost the divine nature that made him able to rule over creation. This meant the serpent was going to take advantage and take his place as ruler of creation. So God cursed creation, but with the hope that His sons will arise and bring creation back into liberty. In the fullness of time, God sent His only begotten son to be the firstborn among many sons who will do this. Go into today knowing that it is the sons of God [like you] that have the authority to bring liberty and deliverance everywhere they go. Thank God for making you His son.—Abraham Damilola Arigi Join our WhatsApp group to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day:WhatsApp: https://chat.whatsapp.com/KcS0ueW9OdOFYYPfonXAhRJoin our Telegram group: https://t.me/streamglobe1 Bible In One Year: Luke 1-2 (in today’s audio)Audio Bible credit: Bible Experience, Zondervan Tune in to Streamglobe 24/7 radio here☞ https://streamglobe.org/radio Kindly forward this devotional to your contacts and let’s bless lives together. Streamglobe is nondenominational https://listen.streamglobe.org/DevotionalAudio3696.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
THE COMING GLORY
Rom 8:18-19 (NLT) Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will reveal to us later. 19 For all creation is waiting eagerly for that future day when God will reveal who his children really are. One day, Theo’s boss was to make recommendations for someone in the department to be promoted, and Theo was the most qualified, but his boss refused to recommend him. Theo had prayed and prayed, but it appeared the Lord was doing nothing about the persecution he faced at work because he was a Christian. Theo eventually stopped complaining and started thanking God daily when he realized that a time will come when he would be exalted above all earthly rulers and be glorified as ruler and judge of this earth with Christ Jesus (see 1 Cor 6:2-3). Child of God, there is no suffering you can face here on earth that is compared to the glory that the Lord will bring to you if you continue to follow Him. The devil understands this and he knows that if you lose hope and start complaining and grumbling, you will end up like the Israelites who didn’t make it to the Promised Land( see 1 Cor 10:10). There are demons specially commissioned to constantly send thoughts of depression and despondency to Christians so that they would lose hope and begin to grumble against God in their hearts because of the [temporary] hard situations and trials they may be facing. As you go into today, ask the Lord to open your eyes to see the riches of His inheritance for you [who believe in Him]. When this happens, you will have nothing but thanksgiving in your heart, no matter what trials you face in this time where everything is temporary. Don’t forget that God is able and willing to bring us the first-fruits of this glory, even in this time and age.—Abraham Damilola Arigi Join our WhatsApp group to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day:WhatsApp: https://chat.whatsapp.com/KcS0ueW9OdOFYYPfonXAhRJoin our Telegram group: https://t.me/streamglobe1 Bible In One Year: Jeremiah 32-36 (in today’s audio)Audio Bible credit: Bible Experience, Zondervan Tune in to Streamglobe 24/7 radio here☞ https://streamglobe.org/radio Kindly forward this devotional to your contacts and let’s bless lives together. Streamglobe is nondenominational https://listen.streamglobe.org/DevotionalAudio3695.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
THE SPIRIT OF SONSHIP
Rom 8:15 (AMP) For [the Spirit which] you have now received [is] not a spirit of slavery to put you once more in bondage to fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption [the Spirit producing sonship] in [the bliss of] which we cry, Abba (Father)! Father! Many people say they are children of God because it is the popular thing to say. But there are people that know that they are children of God. These are people who have the Spirit of God living in them. The Spirit of God within you produces love for God and a feeling of intimacy with Him. The Holy Spirit brings us into the reality of sonship with God. He is the one who ministers the reality of God [as Father] to us. Any ‘Christian’ who does not have the Holy Spirit is not a Christian but simply a religious person. It is the Holy Spirit that administers the grace of God to our spirits. It is this grace that empowers us to walk in the divine nature and please God in all respects. The Holy Spirit is our ally. He is our greatest ally in the Spirit realm. When Satan sends accusations against us, it is the Holy Spirit that affirms to our spirits that we are sons of God. He convicts us of our right standing with God and this comforts us. Go into today thanking the Lord for the Holy Spirit. Ask the Lord to teach you to be filled with the Spirit at all times.—Abraham Damilola Arigi Join our WhatsApp group to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day:WhatsApp: https://chat.whatsapp.com/KcS0ueW9OdOFYYPfonXAhRJoin our Telegram group: https://t.me/streamglobe1 🔊Download Today’s Audio Here☞ http://bit.ly/aud3694 Bible In One Year: Job 37-38 (in today’s audio)Audio Bible credit: Bible Experience, Zondervan Tune in to Streamglobe 24/7 radio here☞ https://streamglobe.org/radio Kindly forward this devotional to your contacts and let’s bless lives together. Streamglobe is nondenominational
LED BY THE SPIRIT
Rom 8:14 (AMP) For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. Chioma started walking closely with the Lord and grew greatly. She realized that her life was now led by the Holy Spirit. There was a day she received a word of prophecy from a brother in the Church. He instructed her to go to her village and fast for three days and bind the powers determined to hinder her success in business. Blessing, Chioma’s friend, was surprised that Chioma didn’t immediately run to the village to do what the prophet instructed. When she asked Chioma, their conversation went thus: Blessing: why haven’t you gone to the village? Chioma: I have not been led to go. Blessing: but the prophet said you should go. What are you waiting for? Chioma: The Spirit of God is the one who leads my life. I only follow such instructions when they confirm what the Spirit leads. They that are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. The Bible didn’t say they that are led by prophets, are sons of God. Chioma was right. In the new covenant, God leads His children by His Spirit within them. Prophecies should only confirm what the Lord has said to you, or you should receive an inward witness in your spirit that confirms a leading by prophecy. If you receive a prophecy and you have no inward witness, wait until you get one before acting upon it. If you do not know the experience of being led by the spirit of God within you, it means you need to grow Spiritually. Give God more time[in prayer] and focus more on being filled with the Holy Spirit. Go into today knowing that your life must always be led by the Holy Spirit if you are a child of God.Ask the Lord to bring you to this reality.—Abraham Damilola ArigiJoin our WhatsApp group to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day:WhatsApp: https://chat.whatsapp.com/KcS0ueW9OdOFYYPfonXAhRJoin our Telegram group: https://t.me/streamglobe1 🔊Get Today’s Audio Here☞ https://streamglobe.org/aud3693 Bible In One Year: Psalms 54-56 (in today’s audio)Audio Bible credit: Bible Experience, Zondervan Tune in to Streamglobe 24/7 radio here☞ https://streamglobe.org/radio Kindly forward this devotional to your contacts and let’s bless lives together. Streamglobe is nondenominational
OVERCOMING BY THE SPIRIT
Rom 8:12-13 (AMP) So then, brethren, we are debtors, but not to the flesh [we are not obligated to our carnal nature], to live [a life ruled by the standards set up by the dictates] of the flesh. 13 For if you live according to [the dictates of] the flesh, you will surely die. But if through the power of the [Holy] Spirit you are [habitually] putting to death (making extinct, deadening) the [evil] deeds prompted by the body, you shall [really and genuinely] live forever. Deji knew that by his willpower it was impossible for him to put to death the deeds of the flesh because he had tried many times and failed. He decided that he was now going to do this by the power of the Spirit. This now became his priority prayer, and he asked the Holy Spirit to supply grace to help him overcome. This was how Deji overcame. Many people try to overcome the deeds of the flesh by keeping certain rules and regulations. The only way to overcome the deeds of the flesh is by the power of the Spirit. Any other way does not lead to real transformation. The power of the Holy Spirit to overcome the deeds of the flesh is present when you walk in the Spirit. You walk in the Spirit when you are filled with the Holy Spirit. Go into today remembering that your life should be controlled by the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit controls you by the living word of God that you obey. Ask the Lord to help you build your life according to His word; pleasing Him in all respects and fruitful in every good work.—Abraham Damilola ArigiJoin our WhatsApp group to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day:WhatsApp: https://chat.whatsapp.com/KcS0ueW9OdOFYYPfonXAhRJoin our Telegram group: https://t.me/streamglobe1 🔊Download Today’s Audio Here☞ https://streamglobe.org/aud3692 Bible In One Year: II Samuel 10-14 (in today’s audio)Audio Bible credit: Bible Experience, Zondervan Tune in to Streamglobe radio☞ https://streamglobe.org/radio Kindly forward this devotional to your contacts and let’s bless lives together. Streamglobe is nondenominational
THE SPIRIT GIVES LIFE
Rom 8:10-11 (NLT) And Christ lives within you, so even though your body will die because of sin, the Spirit gives you life because you have been made right with God. 11 The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you. What the flesh produces is death. What the spirit produces is life- eternal, because your spirit has been born again and made right with God. The Holy Spirit dwells in your spirit and dominates your whole being from there (if you let Him). He brings you into the reality of the divine life and you become someone who transmits this life wherever you go. The Holy Spirit quickens your mortal body and makes you walk the earth no more like a mere mortal but as a supernatural being. This is the reason you can now cast out demons, lay your hand on the sick and heal them, etc ( see Mark 16:16). Even though you may die because you have a body of flesh that has tasted sin, your body will be quickened and you will be resurrected with the glorified body just like Jesus was resurrected because it is the same Holy Spirit that raised Christ from the dead that now dwells in you. Go into today knowing that Christ lives in you by the Holy Spirit. This makes it possible for you to have intimate fellowship with Him and grow in His grace. Ask the Lord to help you prioritize your fellowship with Him and always live to please Him.—Abraham Damilola Arigi Join our WhatsApp group to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day:WhatsApp: https://chat.whatsapp.com/KcS0ueW9OdOFYYPfonXAhRor/and Join our Telegram group: https://t.me/streamglobe1 Bible In One Year: Exodus 21-24 (in today’s audio)Audio Bible credit: Bible Experience, Zondervan Tune in to Streamglobe radio☞ https://streamglobe.org/radio Kindly forward this devotional to your contacts and let’s bless lives together. Streamglobe is nondenominational