Building Up Yourself 3
đDownload Audio Version Here â bit.ly/audio1905 1 Corinthians 14:14-15 (KJV) For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful. What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also. When Damilola first started praying in the spirit as a daily discipline, he found it quite difficult as his mind wandered away from prayer because while he prayed in a tongue, his mind wasn’t engaged. Because of this,  most times he tried to pray in the Spirit, he would soon get weary and sometimes sleep off. But he attended a prayer retreat and learned that it was possible for him to pray with his understanding while praying in tongues, that he was not to let his mind remain idle while praying in the spirit. This knowledge transformed his prayer life. He could now pray longer in the spirit because while he was praying in tongues, he also talked to the Lord with his mind, and his mind was no longer idle. when you pray to God with an unknown tongue, the Holy Spirit and your spirit prays, and many times these are prayers that you need to pray for yourself with your words, but you do not know how to pray these prayers(see Romans 8:26), so through tongues, the Holy Spirit gives you the right words to say. But in all of these, your mind is unfruitful so you also need to engage your mind in prayers to God while you pray in tongues. Go into today remembering that praying in the spirit is one of the most important disciplines every disciple should imbibe (see Ephesians 6:18). âAbraham Damilola Arigi Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Matthew 5-7 (audio available in our Telegram group) Not yet born again? Click here: streamglobe.org/33  To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/LGTTXeiXWUSATRG72jQq3t  Contact us: +2348079816967 (Phone, WhatsApp, Telegram) streamglobedevotional.com Join our Telegram group: streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201905.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Building Up Yourself 2
đDownload Audio Version Here â bit.ly/audio1904 Jude 1:20 (KJV)But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost Some things happened in Damilola’s life that made him learn to seek the Lord in prayer. Because of this, he had created a habit of praying between 11pm and 12am every day. He did this consistently for over a year and started enjoying divine healing and health as one of the many benefits. He didn’t know the extent of power his spirit had received through this daily discipline of prayer until he had the opportunity to lay hands on some students. He was surprised to see the manifestation of God’s power that day. Many of those he laid his hand on were getting baptized in the Holy Spirit, being delivered, and visibly manifesting the outpouring of God’s power. He was so excited. Your spirit man is like a battery that can be charged with Godâs power. The way we charge our spirits is by praying in the Spirit. The way we drain our power is by continually walking in the flesh and in faithlessness. Go into today remembering that the way we charge ourselves with the power of God is by praying in the Holy Ghost. Every problem of life answers to the power of the Holy Spirit. Assignment: Pray in the Holy Ghost for at least 45 minutes today. âAbraham Damilola Arigi Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Isaiah 12-17 Not yet born again? Click here: streamglobe.org/33 To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/LGTTXeiXWUSATRG72jQq3t Contact us: +2348079816967 (Phone, WhatsApp, Telegram) streamglobedevotional.com Join our Telegram group: streamglobe.org/join Prayer: Lord please revive me and enable me to pray as I ought to (see Psalm 80:18). Source: Devotional
Building Up Yourself
đDownload Audio Version Here â bit.ly/audio1903 1 Corinthians 14:4 (NET) The one who speaks in a tongue builds himself up, but the one who prophesies builds up the church.Jude 1:20 (KJV) But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost After Amaka got illumination from the word of God and was no more hindered from speaking in tongues, she realized that the more she prayed in the Spirit (in a tongue), the stronger she was in her spirit, and this strength manifested in boldness, power against temptations, and extermination of her previous fears. Because of this, she prayed more and more in the spirit every day, and was even now walking in God’s mighty power to discern and cast out demons, and heal the sick. Her family members now knew that she was an expert at getting them miraculously healed when they were sick. It is important that Christians form the habit of praying in the spirit (in a tongue) on a daily basis. One sure way to pray in the spirit is by praying in an unknown tongue because 1 Corinthians 14:14 shows us that when you pray in an unknown tongue, your spirit prays. This is an effective way of building up your spirit man. As you go about day to day life, you need power in your spirit to live the victorious life. Many Christians live defeated lives because even though through the new birth they now have the ability to receive God’s power, they do not charge their spirits with this power by praying sufficiently in the Spirit. The devil knows this too well and would do everything he can to distract you from praying sufficiently in the Spirit. Go into today remembering that praying in the spirit is the way you charge your spirit with the power of God. âAbraham Damilola Arigi Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Job 5-6 Audio Sermons here: streamglobe.org/34 To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/LGTTXeiXWUSATRG72jQq3t Contact us: +2348079816967 (Phone, WhatsApp, Telegram) streamglobedevotional.com Join our Telegram group: streamglobe.org/join Prayer: Ask the lord for grace to pray in the spirit sufficiently every day. Source: Devotional
Testing Prophecies
đDownload Audio Version Here â bit.ly/audio1902 1 Corinthians 14:3-4 (NET)But the one who prophesies speaks to people for their strengthening, encouragement, and consolation. Sandra started having a check in her spirit concerning a certain prophet when each time she listened to him, she felt weakened and discouraged in her spirit. She became very sure that the prophet was a false prophet when she found out that her friend’s sister was one of his secret lovers. She started growing spiritually again when she stopped attending his meetings. In today’s Bible verse we see three of the attributes of true prophecy (and even preaching). It brings strengthening, encouragement, and consolidation to God’s people. After listening to real prophecies, you don’t leave there afraid, depressed, and discouraged unless you are an unrepentant sinner. Even when prophecies predict the coming of hard times and great persecution, etc., you would notice that those prophecies were given to strengthen and prepare Godâs people for the impending, not to discourage and put fear in their hearts (see Acts 11:27-28). The reason Jesus would tell His disciples that they would have tribulation in the world was because He wanted to encourage them and equip them for it. He wanted them to know that in spite of it all, He has overcome the world, so they should cheer up (be of good cheer). That’s what prophecy does to believers, it ultimately encourages, strengthens and/or consoles. Go into today remembering that we have been told to test all spirits. Whenever prophecies do not encourage believers but put fear and discouragement in their hearts, those prophecies should be quarantined. âAbraham Damilola Arigi www.streamglobe.org/partner Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Psalms 6-8 Not saved? Go here: streamglobe.org/33 To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/LGTTXeiXWUSATRG72jQq3t Contact us: +2348079816967 (Phone, WhatsApp, Telegram) streamglobedevotional.com Join our Telegram group: streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional
Tongues and An Unknown Tongue
đDownload Audio Version Here â bit.ly/audio1901 1 Corinthians 14:2 (NET) For the one speaking in a tongue does not speak to people but to God, for no one understands; he is speaking mysteries by the Spirit. Amaka refused to speak in tongues because she was wrongly taught that each time she spoke in an unknown tongue, someone had to interpret it or she should hold her peace. She was also wrongly taught that âmost of the tongues you hear today are fake tongues because no one understands what they are saying, but on the day of Pentecost, people were understanding what the disciples were sayingâ. Because of such wrong teachings, she was kept from praying in tongues and her prayer life was greatly affected by this. But the first day she read 1 Corinthians 14 with a Bible translation she could understand, the scales fell of her eyes. She could see clearly that speaking in a tongue(singular) was different from speaking in tongues(plural). She could also see that one was speaking to God who didn’t need an interpreter, but the other was to men who needed to understand it. This is how she was liberated. Her prayer life was greatly transformed since then, and the power of the Holy Ghost was now a reality in her life as she could now pray in an unknown tongue. Many people have been kept in bondage through doctrines because they do not study their Bibles for themselves. There is a spiritual gift called diverse kinds of tongues (1 Corinthians 12:10), and there is a manifestation of the Spirit or sign called ‘an unknown tongue’ (1 Corinthians 14:2). The gift of diverse kinds of tongues is used to deliver messages from God to people. So whenever this gift is in operation, the tongues have to be interpreted for the people to understand, or the Holy Spirit would have to orchestrate the interpretation of the tongues so that all the people hearing it would miraculously start hearing it in their own languages as it happened on the day of Pentecost (see Acts 2:8). Go into today knowing that the sign of an unknown tongue that manifested in your life when you were filled with the Holy Ghost helps you to speak mysteries to God and not to men. It was given to you for much-needed self-edification (see 1Cor 14:4, Jude 1:20). âAbraham Damilola Arigi Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Joshua 11-15 Not saved? Go here: streamglobe.org/33 To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/LGTTXeiXWUSATRG72jQq3t Contact us: +2348079816967 (Phone, WhatsApp, Telegram) streamglobedevotional.com Join our Telegram group: streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional
The Inward Groans 2
đDownload Audio Version Here â bit.ly/audio1900 Romans 8:23, 26, 28 (KJV) 23. And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.26. Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.28. And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. When a woman is in labor and groaning, she groans in the hope that she would give birth to a baby. Her groaning in hope is not based on wishful thinking but based on verifiable facts with certain evidences she cannot deny. We can see from today’s Bible verses that not only creation but we ourselves who have the firstfruits (verifiable facts and evidence) of the Spirit groan as we await the adoption. But we further see that in like manner, the Holy Spirit helps our infirmities by also groaning for us. It is in the backdrop of these groanings that all things work together for our good. Believers who live with their affection set on things above(Colossians 3:2) are those who partake in these groanings that birth further manifestations of the firstfruits (powers of the age to come) in their daily experiences. They are those who circumstances (whether ‘good’ or ‘bad’) will all work together for their good because they love (set their affection on) God and live for His call. Go into today remembering that those who set their affection of things above are those who fulfill their eternal destinies in this side of eternity. Prayer: Ask the Lord to help you keep your mind stayed on Him today and for the rest of your life. Pray with Isaiah 26:3 (KJV): Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. âAbraham Damilola Arigi Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Genesis 8-11 Not saved? Go here: streamglobe.org/33 To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/LGTTXeiXWUSATRG72jQq3t Contact us: +2348079816967 (Phone, WhatsApp, Telegram) streamglobedevotional.com Join our Telegram group: streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional
Not By Sight
đDownload Audio Version Here â bit.ly/audio1899 Genesis 50:24-25 (KJV) And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you and bring you out of this land into the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, surely God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence. Here was Joseph the Prime minister of Egypt, having the complete trust of Pharaoh, and access to all the privileges and trappings of power, and the people of Israel were living in the âbest of the landâ in Egypt (Gen 47:11), and in peace and tranquility. Yet hearing Joseph speak in our text above, one is tempted to think they were living in bondage and under oppression. Though that was to come later, but as at the time Joseph spoke these words, there was no physical evidence whatsoever pointing to that. All he had to go on was the word of God to Abraham (Gen 15:13-14), and then to Isaac (Gen 26:3; 28:13) and Jacob (Gen 35:12; 48:21). The bible has no record of God speaking to Joseph directly on this matter, however, it does record Jacob speaking to Joseph about it (Gen 48:21), and on the strength of that, he, Joseph, spoke, giving instructions concerning his bones. His actions declare his faith. See how the Holy Spirit described it in the book of Hebrews (Heb 11:22 NET) âBy faith Joseph, at the end of his life, mentioned the exodus of the sons of Israel and gave instructions about his burialâ. Doctors have a tool they put in your armpit to check for your body temperature, but to check for your faith we will look at your words and check out your actions. For a true test of faith is in what a man says and what he does. A girl who truly believes Godâs word will not wait for a âpersonal revelationâ before she refuses the marital proposition of an unbeliever; she will say NO. She wonât wait till a believing brother comes knocking before she says NO to the unbeliever. She wonât look at his character today and try to base her decision on it. WHY? Because we regulate our lives by faith and not by sight (2 Cor 5:7 AMP). Are you ready to walk the talk? Walk it in total reliance on and obedience to Godâs word; thatâs faith. âAbraham Damilola Arigi Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Matthew 3-4 Not saved? Go here: streamglobe.org/33 To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/LGTTXeiXWUSATRG72jQq3t Contact us: +2348079816967 (Phone, WhatsApp, Telegram) streamglobedevotional.com Join our Telegram group: streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional
The Inward Groans 1
đDownload Audio Version Here â bit.ly/audio1898 Romans 8:23, 26 (NET)Not only this, but we ourselves also, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we eagerly await our adoption, the redemption of our bodies. 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. Those who have the first fruits of the Spirit groan inwardly as they eagerly await the adoption (the resurrection of the dead) which would transform their lowly bodies into glorious bodies that can reveal our true nature as sons of God. They groan inwardly because they understand that the best of God’s glory they can experience while in this body of flesh is but a foretaste–a firstfruit of the things to come. It is in this same way and to this same end that the Spirit groans for us and helps us in our weakness and causes all things to work together for our good. This present life we have here on earth is very temporal, but we are eternal beings. Our time here is like a drop of water in the ocean of eternity. It wouldn’t be wise to spend our lives investing only on things that have only earthly value when we have been given the opportunity to invest in things of eternal value (see Matt 6:19-21). Those who groan inwardly do so because they understand the hope for which they have been called. The eyes of their understanding are being enlightened to see the riches of their inheritance in Christ (see Ephesians 1:18). Go into today asking the Lord to open the eyes of your understanding to see the riches of your inheritance in Christ. Ephesians 1:18 (KJV) The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints. âAbraham Damilola Arigi Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Matthew 3-4 Not saved? Go here: streamglobe.org/33 To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/LGTTXeiXWUSATRG72jQq3t Contact us: +2348079816967 (Phone, WhatsApp, Telegram) streamglobedevotional.com Join our Telegram group: streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional
Be Eager For Spiritual Gifts
đDownload Audio Version Here â bit.ly/audio1897 1 Corinthians 14:1 (NET) Pursue love and be eager for the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy. Dara was disturbed that he did not have spiritual gifts like Deji his friend. He started asking the Lord why and really desiring to walk in spiritual gifts because his interaction with Deji had made him see how spiritual gifts engender fruitfulness in ministry. As soon as Dara started becoming eager for spiritual gifts and asking the Lord for them, he realized that he too started walking in them. His disposition towards spiritual gifts wasn’t a healthy one before he met Deji. He was raised in a church that almost despised all spiritual gifts and didn’t allow them in their services. One thing I have noticed is that believers who despise spiritual gifts don’t walk in them. In fact, believers who are not eager for them hardly have them, no matter how spiritual and holy they are. I believe that one reason the Corinthian Church grew so fast was because they were not lacking in spiritual gifts (1 Corinthians 1:7). Even though that church appeared to emphasize spiritual gifts much more than the fruits of the Spirit and Paul had to warn them that people who lived the way some of them were living would not inherit the kingdom of God (see 1 Corinthians 6:8-10), he still encouraged them to be eager for spiritual gifts. Go into today remembering that those who walk in an abundance of spiritual gifts are those who are eager for them. Prayer: Ask the Lord to help you receive and walk in your God-ordained gifts. âAbraham Damilola Arigi Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Isaiah 12-17 Get audio Sermons here: streamglobe.org/34 To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/J6H3xxCUukT3THbcBAu9mt Contact us: +2348079816967 (Phone, WhatsApp, Telegram) streamglobedevotional.com Join our Telegram group: streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional
Pursue Love
đDownload Audio Version Here â bit.ly/audio1896 1 Corinthians 14:1 (NET) Pursue love and be eager for the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy. I have had to deal with some brethren that behave in a way that inspires only hatred. But I have found that for me as a disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ, hatred is not an option, but love is my only option. I have been commanded to love even my enemies(see Matthew 5:44, Luke 6:27), so misbehaving brethren should not be the issue. for us to walk in love, it must be pursued and not merely desired. Pursue is an active word and it may involve doing things that are not convenient. Many times, if we do not pursue love, we would not love but become lukewarm and indifferent. One way we pursue love is by doing things that inspire love. Giving sacrificially is a good example. Our choice of words can either kill love or inspire love. We pursue love because we understand that walking in love towards all men is the secret to appropriating our greatest spiritual power. A man who walks in faith has great power. But the man that walks in love is greater(see 1 Cor 13:2, 13). Go into today remembering to pursue love. If love seems to have run away from your marriage, relationship with brethren, etc, don’t give up. Ask the Lord for wisdom to do things that would inspire love. Ask for the grace to pursue love till it returns. Prayer: please father, help me walk more and more in love and Favour with all men. Amen. âAbraham Damilola Arigi Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Job 5-6 Get audio Sermons here: streamglobe.org/34 To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/K7ktuODFSJDDEf6qcbmQdb Contact us: +2348079816967 (Phone, WhatsApp, Telegram) streamglobedevotional.com Join our Telegram group: streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional