DO NOT GRIEVE THE HOLY SPIRIT
Eph 4:30 (AMP) And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God [do not offend or vex or sadden Him], by Whom you were sealed (marked, branded as God’s own, secured) for the day of redemption (of final deliverance through Christ from evil and the consequences of sin). There was a time in my life that I was walking in suspicion and fear. I would simply conjecture something in my mind about a particular person and start suspecting the person, not even wanting to shake hands with the person or get close. I noticed that each time I did this, the Holy was grieved and it affected my experience of His grace. It took long for me to accept that walking in such suspicion was a sin. It was a sin because it was not born out of faith but out of fear (see Rom 14:23). Acknowledging that my suspicion was a sin meant that I confessed that sin. Many of the sins Christians fall into are a result of weakening faith. The righteousness of God in us is revealed as we walk from faith to faith. When we walk outside of faith, we are bound to walk in unrighteousness and the Holy Spirit is displeased. Remember that without faith, it is impossible to please God (Heb 11:6). When a Christian confesses his sin, he is not informing God about his sin (God already knows); he is acknowledging that what he did is wrong and is repenting from doing it. If your son keeps doing a particular wrong thing that grieves you, you will stop being grieved when he acknowledges that that thing he does is wrong, and repents from doing it. Go into today knowing that the Holy Spirit is pleased with your faith. Ask the Lord to help you always walk in faith and please Him in all regards (see Col 1:10).—Abraham Damilola Arigi Bible In One Year: Jeremiah 7-11 (in today’s audio)Audio Bible credit: Bible Experience, Zondervan Kindly share this with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Streamglobe is nondenominational https://listen.streamglobe.org/DevotionalAudio3660.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:39 — 10.7MB)Subscribe: RSS
LET THE THIEF STEAL NO MORE
Ephesians 4:28 (AMP) Let the thief steal no more, but rather let him be industrious, making an honest living with his own hands, so that he may be able to give to those in need. When Daniel first started stealing, he did this because he needed the things he stole. But as time went on, he realized that he would even steal things he did not need. He now knew he was in bondage to stealing when he couldn’t help but steal. When he accepted Christ, for the first time in his life, he knew someone important looked out for him and he didn’t have to steal anymore. He also realized he now had the power to stop stealing. I know of people who are in bondage to stealing, they cannot help it. This is a spiritual problem. They are bound by an unclean spirit that makes them steal compulsively. Unfortunately, without Christ, they would not know permanent freedom from such an unclean spirit. When the Lord says through the apostle that ‘let the thief steal no more’, it is because He knows that anyone in Christ has the power to stop stealing. Go into today knowing that he that has been set free by Christ cannot be bound by anything he does not want. He is the one to choose whether to enter his freedom or remain bound. Who the son sets free is free indeed (see John 8:36). Prayer: I am free to serve the Lord and prosper in my calling. Jesus has set me free, I cannot be bound.—Abraham Damilola Arigi Kindly share this with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Streamglobe is nondenominational https://listen.streamglobe.org/DevotionalAudio3658.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE
Eph 4:25 (AMP) Therefore, rejecting all falsity and being done now with it, let everyone express the truth with his neighbor, for we are all parts of one body and members one of another. Dozie had some embarrassing financial challenges. For some reason, he did not want his brethren at church to know about this. He felt more comfortable sharing his challenges with his siblings. But because they worked in the same place, Dozie had to confide in a Church brother called Kenny. Kenny was so concerned because he knew how much stress Dozie was going through. He decided to take out time to pray about Dozie’s problems. The solution to Dozie’s problem came through Kenny. Your Christian brothers and sisters should be the closest persons to you because we are all parts of one body. We have died to the flesh and our new life is in Christ, the head of our body. Our relationship with one another as brethren should be characterized by truth and love. There is so much power available when Christian brethren agree on an issue in prayer (see Mat 18:19). One of the greatest hindrances to unity in the body is falsity. It is so dangerous that God had to aggressively purge it out of the first Church congregation in Jerusalem. Ananias and Sapphira lost their lives because of this (see Acts 5:1-11). Go into today knowing that the most important people in your life are your Christian brothers and sisters. They are also very influential because they can influence heaven on your behalf the most (see Mat 18:18).—Abraham Damilola ArigiBible In One Year: Exodus 1-4 (in today’s audio)Audio Bible credit: Bible Experience, Zondervan https://listen.streamglobe.org/DevotionalAudio3656.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
WHY MUST WE PUT ON THE NEW NATURE?
Ephesians 4:24 (AMP) And put on the new nature (the regenerate self) created in God’s image, in true righteousness and holiness. Before a person can go to space, he has to put off his regular clothes and put on a space suit. No responsible person will take you to space without you putting on a space suit because your body in regular clothes will not survive the conditions of space. God is our responsible father. He wants us to partake in His divine nature and glory. As a result of Jesus’ sacrifice, He has given us this freely. And we have received the righteousness of God in our spirits. It is only the nature of God that can withstand and express the glory of God. The sinful nature can never express God’s glory, it is too weak to transmit such glory. When a Christian puts off the old nature of sin and puts on his new righteous nature, his life will now be able to express God’s love, righteousness, glory, wisdom, power, might, etc. The new righteous nature is the one that can give expression to the light and glory of God within us. It is walking in this nature that lets our light shine before men and bring glory to our Father in heaven (see Mat 5:16). Go into today knowing that God has given you the power to strip off the old nature and put on His divine nature. Ask the Holy Spirit to teach you to do this.—Abraham Damilola Arigi Bible In One Year: I Corinthians 11-12 (in today’s audio)Audio Bible credit: Bible Experience, Zondervan Kindly share this with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Streamglobe is nondenominational Broadcast 3655 Join our group on these platforms to start receiving Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day: WhatsApp: https://chat.whatsapp.com/KcS0ueW9OdOFYYPfonXAhR Telegram: https://t.me/streamglobe1 https://listen.streamglobe.org/DevotionalAudio3655.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 14:07 — 5.0MB)Subscribe: RSS
PUT ON THE NEW NATURE
Ephesians 4:24 (AMP) And put on the new nature (the regenerate self) created in God’s image, in true righteousness and holiness. Bankole did not just stop being bad, he started being good. He could now put off his old bad nature and put on his new good nature because he now had the power to do so. Many Christians don’t realize that they have the power to put on their new righteous nature. Many fail because they try to do this without first putting off the old nature of unrighteousness. They try to be good without calling sin what it is (confessing their sins and renouncing them). They try to justify what they know is a sin. You cannot be a person of integrity if you still tell lies. You have to first decide to stop telling lies (putting off the old nature), and now decide to start walking in your new nature of integrity which you have received as a gift from God. You cannot truly start walking in mountain-moving faith if you don’t first put off the old nature of fear and unbelief. Go into today knowing that you now have the power to put off the sinful, disobedient nature and put on the nature of righteousness and Holiness that you have received as a gift from God. Ask the Lord to help you do this.—Abraham Damilola Arigi 🔊Download Today’s Audio Here☞ http://bit.ly/aud3654 Bible In One Year: Mark 5-6 (in today’s audio)Audio Bible credit: Bible Experience, Zondervan Get more Streamglobe resources: https://streamglobe.org Kindly share this with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Streamglobe is nondenominational https://listen.streamglobe.org/DevotionalAudio3654.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
CONSTANTLY RENEWED BY THE WORD
Ephesians 4:23 (AMP) And be constantly renewed in the spirit of your mind Bankole was once a thief, a liar, a fraud, and a drug addict. He had nine girlfriends, and each of them thought she was his only girlfriend. He was so bad and deceptive that even he did not believe it was possible for him to change and become an upright good person. When he received the gospel, the first thing that exited him was how the gospel had the power to make him become good from within( see Rom 1:16). And this became his experience after he accepted Christ. He now became an honest businessman who was faithful to his one wife. He was now free from all drug addiction too. One thing Bankole realized as he walked with the Lord was that he constantly needed to keep renewing his mind with the word of God. He experienced the word of God as the water that washed away the filth that ever so often tried to dwell in his mind. Many Christians fall because they don’t realize that they have to constantly consciously use the word of God to remove thoughts and imaginations that are contrary to the righteousness of God. Every sin that a man commits is the product of a seed of unrighteousness that was allowed to grow in his heart. Every fruit of righteousness a man produces is the harvest of the seed of God’s word allowed to grow in his heart. We are to watch over the garden of our hearts and use the sword of the spirit (the word of God) to cut off and uproot the weeds of fear, anxiety, anger, hatred, malice, lust, and pride. Go into today remembering to be constantly renewed in the attitude of your mind. Ask the Lord to fill your heart with His word.—Abraham Damilola Arigi 🔊Download Today’s Audio Here☞ http://bit.ly/aud3653 Bible In One Year: Jeremiah 1-6 (in today’s audio)Audio Bible credit: Bible Experience, Zondervan Get more Streamglobe resources: https://streamglobe.org Let’s impact lives together! Share Streamglobe Devotional with your contacts. Streamglobe is non-denominational and interdenominational, making it perfect for everyone. Join us in spreading the word https://listen.streamglobe.org/DevotionalAudio3653.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
WE HAVE POWER FOR TRANSFORMATION
Ephesians 4:22 (AMP) Strip yourselves of your former nature which characterized your previous manner of life and becomes corrupt through lusts and desires that spring from delusion When you believed in the Lord Jesus, so much power and spiritual authority became available to you (see John 1:12). You now have the power to strip off your former nature of sin. The power to do this cannot be understood by the unbeliever because it is only available to those who believe (see Eph 1:19-20). The unbeliever may have the power for external transformation, but not the power for true transformation from the heart. The power for true transformation is only available to them that believe. One very popular deception of the devil is to make a believer think that he does not have this power and is still a slave to sin. If a Christian agrees with the devil, he will indeed be continually held bound by the power of sin. But if a Christian knows that he is now free from sin, and has the power to strip off the old nature and walk in his new righteous nature, he will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and please Him in all respects (see Eph 1:17-18). Go into today knowing that all power in heaven and on earth has been given to Christ. You have access to this power because you are now a member of His body (see 1 Cor 12:27). Prayer: thank the Lord for saving you and giving you His mighty powerAsk Him to help you walk in His power in every aspect of life.—Abraham Damilola Arigi 🔊Download Today’s Audio Here☞ http://bit.ly/aud3652 Bible In One Year: Job 25-26 (in today’s audio)Audio Bible credit: Bible Experience, Zondervan Get more Streamglobe resources: https://streamglobe.org Let’s impact lives together! Share Streamglobe Devotional with your contacts. Streamglobe is non-denominational and interdenominational, making it perfect for everyone. Join us in spreading the word. https://listen.streamglobe.org/DevotionalAudio3652.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Quickened to New Life
Ephesians 2:2-3 (KJV) Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. Amaka had believed in the Lord Jesus, but she was still under the control of her flesh (and mind) and not under the control of her regenerated spirit. While her flesh (and mind) was robust and strong, her spirit was weak because she did not know how to feed and build it up. She struggled spiritually until she understood that she was to be deliberate and intentional about letting the word of God fill her heart and empower her soul to align with the spirit, against the desires of the flesh. She used to spend most of her free time watching unwholesome movies, short videos, and discussing with her friends who were unbelievers. But as she started taking her spiritual growth seriously, she spent most of her free time listening to edifying sermons and having edifying discussions with her new friends who loved the Lord. Even the movies she now watched were carefully selected. As she gave more time to the things that built up her spirit, she found that she was no more dominated by the flesh because her spirit was now strong and robust. Those who are outside of Christ are under the control of Satan the prince of the power of the air. Because they are controlled from their flesh which is physical, they can be manipulated by elemental spirits that control physical elements. Those who believe in Christ are made spiritually alive by Christ(1 Corinthians 15:45). Their born again spirits can now control them against the manipulation of elemental spirits through their flesh. Each time they yield to the spirit against the will of the flesh, they crucify the flesh and gain spiritual millage. If your spirit is stronger than your flesh, you will do the will of the spirit, but if your flesh is stronger than your spirit, you will consistently do the will of the flesh, and this produces death (see Romans 8:13). Go into today remembering to build up yourself on your most Holy faith (Jude 1:20). Remember to pray in the Holy Spirit and let the words of Christ dwell in you richly so that it can renew your mind. Prayer: Lord Jesus, help me daily build up my spirit and continually please you in all things. Amen. —Abraham Damilola Arigi 🔊Download Today’s Audio Here☞ http://bit.ly/aud3651 Bible In One Year: Psalms 36-38 (in today’s audio)Audio Bible credit: Bible Experience, Zondervan Get more Streamglobe resources: https://streamglobe.org Let’s impact lives together! Share Streamglobe Devotional with your contacts. Streamglobe is non-denominational and interdenominational, making it perfect for everyone. Join us in spreading the word. https://listen.streamglobe.org/DevotionalAudio3651.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
THE WAY OF FRUITFULNESS
Ephesians 4:17 (AMP) So this I say and solemnly testify in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the heathen (the Gentiles) do in their perverseness of their minds. Even though Drake believed in the gospel and accepted the forgiveness of sins through faith in Christ Jesus, he was still living the way he lived when he was an atheist. With time, he found that his faith in Christ was now fading away, and he was back to struggling with thoughts about the existence of God. No one can believe the gospel and receive the Holy Spirit except by faith. The problem with walking constantly in the old nature of sin is that sin extinguishes faith by deadening spiritual sensitivity (see Eph 4:18). Apart from being born with a spirit that cannot partake in the divine nature, what makes people sinners is the sinful and [spiritually] perverse mindset that they inevitably receive from the world. We see in today’s Bible text that we must no longer live in the perverseness of the mind. When a person becomes born again, he must allow the word of God to change the way he thinks; this is the remedy for the perverse mind. The word of Christ cleanses our minds (see John 15:3). It is by the hearing of God’s word that we received the [initial] faith that made us believe unto salvation (see Rom 10:17), it is by continuing in it that we will be transformed by the renewing of our minds. This is when we can become fruitful children of God. For God has ordained us into fruitfulness (see John 15:16). Go into today knowing that the way to fruitfulness in the kingdom of God is by allowing the Holy Spirit change the way you think. Ask the Lord to help you build your life on His word (see Mat 7:24)—Abraham Damilola Arigi 🔊Download Today’s Audio Here☞ http://bit.ly/aud3650 Bible In One Year: I Samuel 11-15 (in today’s audio)Audio Bible credit: Bible Experience, Zondervan Get more Streamglobe resources: https://streamglobe.org Let’s impact lives together! Share Streamglobe Devotional with your contacts. Streamglobe is non-denominational and interdenominational, making it perfect for everyone. Join us in spreading the word. https://listen.streamglobe.org/DevotionalAudio3650.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
ACCORDING TO WHAT EACH PART SUPPLIES
Ephesians 4:17 (AMP) So this I say and solemnly testify in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the heathen (the Gentiles) do in their perverseness of their minds. Even though Drake believed in the gospel and accepted the forgiveness of sins through faith in Christ Jesus, he was still living the way he lived when he was an atheist. With time, he found that his faith in Christ was now fading away, and he was back to struggling with thoughts about the existence of God. No one can believe the gospel and receive the Holy Spirit except by faith. The problem with walking constantly in the old nature of sin is that sin extinguishes faith by deadening spiritual sensitivity (see Eph 4:18). Apart from being born with a spirit that cannot partake in the divine nature, what makes people sinners is the sinful and [spiritually] perverse mindset that they inevitably receive from the world. We see in today’s Bible text that we must no longer live in the perverseness of the mind. When a person becomes born again, he must allow the word of God to change the way he thinks; this is the remedy for the perverse mind. The word of Christ cleanses our minds (see John 15:3). It is by the hearing of God’s word that we received the [initial] faith that made us believe unto salvation (see Rom 10:17), it is by continuing in it that we will be transformed by the renewing of our minds. This is when we can become fruitful children of God. For God has ordained us into fruitfulness (see John 15:16). Go into today knowing that the way to fruitfulness in the kingdom of God is by allowing the Holy Spirit change the way you think. Ask the Lord to help you build your life on His word (see Mat 7:24)—Abraham Damilola Arigi 🔊Download Today’s Audio Here☞ http://bit.ly/aud3650 Bible In One Year: I Samuel 11-15 (in today’s audio)Audio Bible credit: Bible Experience, Zondervan Get more Streamglobe resources: https://streamglobe.org Let’s impact lives together! Share Streamglobe Devotional with your contacts. Streamglobe is non-denominational and interdenominational, making it perfect for everyone. Join us in spreading the word. https://listen.streamglobe.org/DevotionalAudio3650.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS