Spiritual Gifts- Discerning of Spirits
Get Audio Version Here: bit.ly/aud1856 1 Corinthians 12:10 (NKJV) to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. Emeka was about to enter an important business deal with a young man who was trying to market some goods to him. Because Emeka had never met the young man in person but only communicated with him online, he did not know why his spirit was uneasy about this business deal that was supposed to be one that would bring great profit. The day Emeka met the young man with whom he was to enter the business deal, he knew he was not going to proceed with the deal because he had the gift of discerning of spirits and had discerned that the young man had a wrong spirit. Later, Emeka learned that the young man was a fraud who had long left the company he claimed to represent. Emeka’s business was saved because he had the gift of ‘discerning of spirits’. ‘Discerning of spirits’ is a spiritual gift that enables those who have it know the nature of spirits they are dealing with. Because all human beings are spirit beings, those who have this gift can discern the true nature of people they come in contact with. This is the spiritual gift that can make a person enter a room and discern that there are unclean spirits in that room, or there are angels. Like every spiritual gift, the operation of this gift in people is in levels and degrees. For example, every believer has an angel (see Matt 18:10, Ps 91:11, Heb 1:14), but those who have a heightened level of this spiritual gift may even be able to discern their angels, and discern the presence of other angels and even demons, etc. Go into today asking the Lord for a higher measure of the spiritual gift you have received. —Pst. Abraham Damilola Arigi BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: II John Get free sermons here: www.streamglobe.org/34 Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp Group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/IIHKNAgfXYA98HiszHubnw Contact us: +2348079816967 (Phone, WhatsApp, Telegram) www.streamglobedevotional.com Join our Telegram Group here: www.streamglobe.org/join http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201856.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Spiritual Gifts- Prophecy
1 Corinthians 12:10 (NKJV) to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. Prophecy is one of the most coveted spiritual gifts. It is indeed one of the most powerful. Through it, you can predict the future, shape the future, create miracles, probe into the past, wrought deliverance, etc. Word of wisdom gives direction concerning what to do in the future while word of knowledge reveals what has happened in the past or what is currently happening. Prophecy reveals what will happen in the future. Some prophecies are revelatory while some others are creative. The fig tree dried up because Jesus spoke to it, Jesus did not say it would dry up as a prediction (see Mark 11:12-25). The famine that ended in Samaria ended because of the prophecy of Elisha, Elisha’s prophecy didn’t predict the famine’s end, it created it (see 2 Kings 7:1-18). Elijah did not predict the end of the drought in Israel; the rain that ended the drought was created because of his prophetic grace (see 1 Kings 18). There are things that when God wants to do, He would first inspire His children/prophets to prophesy them into existence, and then those things would be established on the earth. From Genesis, we can learn that everything God created in this our realm was first spoken into existence. That principle has not changed even today. God creates things in our world today through His sons that prophesy. It wasn’t because of Paul’s personal bias that he asked the believers to especially desire the gift of prophecy (see 1 Cor 14:1), it was because of his understanding of the power this spiritual gift can wield. This spiritual gift can bring about swift execution of judgment against God’s adversaries, it can create miracles, signs, and wonders, etc–it is creative. Go into today desiring and asking to walk in the prophetic gift. All believers do not occupy the office of the prophet, but all believers can operate in the prophetic gift. Prayer: Heavenly Father, Please help me properly walk in my prophetic heritage as your son, in Jesus name. Amen. —Pst. Abraham Damilola Arigi BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Acts 21-22 Get free sermons here: www.streamglobe.org/34 Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp Group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/JI1wsrI5qQIIR6cL6DhJYj Contact us: +2348079816967 (Phone, WhatsApp, Telegram) www.streamglobedevotional.com Join our Telegram Group: www.streamglobe.org/join http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201855.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Spiritual Gifts- Working of Miracles
Get Audio Version Here: bit.ly/aud1854 1 Corinthians 12:10 (NKJV) To another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. A man and his colleagues were driving in his car back to the office when suddenly one of his tires burst and everyone in the car could hear the sound. Because this man was a believer who had the spiritual gift of ‘working of miracles’, he didn’t stop but became charged in his spirit and commanded the tire that burst to “rise back up in the name of Jesus”. Instantly, the car stabilized back and they continued on their journey till they got back to the office. There was great silence in the car from that point. An unusual miracle had happened. They all just saw their colleague in the office command his deflated car tire to inflate back and it obeyed. That was the day the man’s secretary accepted the Lord Jesus. (This is a true story that happened in Nigerian city). Working of miracles is a spiritual gift that causes believers to have supernatural control over matter. This is the gift that can make a man pray for a malfunctioning car and it would start working properly because he prayed. It is the spiritual gift that makes physically impossible things to become possible. Supernatural healing is a miracle, but this spiritual gift does not just bring about healing to the human body, it causes inanimate things to respond to your words. Go into today remembering that the ability to perform miracles is a spiritual gift that is available to you. Matthew 7:7-8 says: Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye. shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh. findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. Prayer: Ask the Lord to help you receive and walk in your spiritual gifts. —Pst. Abraham Damilola Arigi BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Revelation 1-6 Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp Group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/JI1wsrI5qQIIR6cL6DhJYj Contact us: +2348079816967 (Phone, WhatsApp, Telegram) www.streamglobedevotional.com Join our Telegram Group: www.streamglobe.org/join http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201854.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Spiritual Gifts- Gifts of Healings
Get Audio Version Here: bit.ly/aud1853 1 Corinthians 12:9 (NKJV) To another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit When Derek first saw a sick person miraculously healed, he was still an atheist. He had reluctantly attended a gospel campaign his classmate invited him to because he wanted to date her. That night, he was sitting next to another classmate who was crippled. In that meeting, this classmate was miraculously healed and started walking for the first time in many years. That was the day Derek believed in the Lord Jesus. All his doubts about the existence of God vanished. He now wanted to know the God that healed his crippled classmate. The gift of healing is a spiritual gift that brings supernatural healing to the sick. It usually operates when the believer having this gift lays his/her hand on the sick or simply prays for them in faith, etc. The power of God can be likened to electricity. Spiritual gifts can be likened to electrical appliances like light bulbs, fans, air conditioners, sound systems, etc. If a house is properly wired with sufficient electricity flowing in its wires, but there is no single appliance in the house, it would be difficult to convince someone who has never known about electricity that electricity is real and in that house. But when there are appliances like light bulbs and fans, it would be easy to convince such a person. When there are spiritual gifts in manifestation, it is easier to get people to believe in God and in His power. This was one reason Apostle Paul was such an effective fisher of men. The display of the power of God was his priority in preaching the gospel (see 1 Cor 2:4). Go into today remembering that one of the easiest ways the power of God is displayed is through spiritual gifts. Prayer: Ask the Lord to activate your spiritual gifts. Ask Him to cause that wherever His gospel is preached in your nation, signs and wonders, miracles, and gifts of the spirit will accompany it (Heb 2:4). —Pst. Abraham Damilola Arigi BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Song of Solomon 1-2 Not yet saved? Go here: www.streamglobe.og/33 Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp Group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/JI1wsrI5qQIIR6cL6DhJYj Contact us: +2348079816967 (Phone, WhatsApp, Telegram) www.streamglobedevotional.com Join our Telegram Group: www.streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional
Spiritual Gifts- Faith
Get Audio Version Here: bit.ly/aud1852 1 Corinthians 12:9 (NKJV) to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit. Of all the spiritual gifts mentioned in 1 Corinthians 12, the gift of faith is usually the most misunderstood because everyone who is a believer became a believer because of faith, so what then again is the gift of faith? The gift of faith is not exactly the same as the faith every believer has. It is a special kind of miracle-working faith that causes people to do things (in faith) that look extreme. But the result of their action will prove that they were not acting in the flesh. The gift of faith is a spiritual gift that comes upon people, and make them do things that may not make sense to others (even believers) around them, but the things they do would make perfect sense to them, and would ultimately produce miraculous results. It is this gift that would make a person begin to serve five loaves of bread to over five thousand people, and there would be more than enough bread at the end of the day. Normal faith comes by hearing [and hearing] the Word of God (see Rom 10:17). Through the ministry of the word and prayer, this faith can grow over time and increase to levels of faith similar to the one produced by the gift of faith. But the gift of faith can cause a person who is yet of little faith to instantly walk in an unusual level of great faith that would cause miracles to happen. Peter didn’t have great faith before he walked on water, but that great faith came instantly, and he walked on water. Go into today remembering that spiritual gifts are given and powered by the Holy Spirit (see 1 Cor 12:11). Being baptized in the Holy Spirit is key to receiving and walking in your God-ordained spiritual gifts. Prayer: Ask the Lord to deliver you from every hindrance to your walking in spiritual gifts. Amen. —Pst. Abraham Damilola Arigi BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Psalms 140-142 Not yet saved? Go here: www.streamglobe.og/33 Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp Group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/JI1wsrI5qQIIR6cL6DhJYj Contact us: +2348079816967 (Phone, WhatsApp, Telegram) www.streamglobedevotional.com Join our Telegram Group: www.streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional
Spiritual Gifts- Word of Knowledge
Get Audio Version Here: bit.ly/aud1851 1 Corinthians 12:8 (KJV) For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit. After that time I preached the gospel to a young man who wasn’t interested in what I had to say until a word of knowledge came through me and he became interested and accepted the Lord, I have trusted in the Holy Spirit to give me words of knowledge when sharing the gospel with people. People usually open their hearts when they see someone lovingly telling them things that they know the person couldn’t have known except it was revealed by the Lord. It is a demonstration of power that is a good advertisement for the gospel. The Samaritan woman opened her heart to the gospel because Jesus gave her a word of knowledge concerning her life(see John 4:4-30). The same thing happened with Nathaniel who eventually became a disciple of the Lord Jesus (see John 1:47-49). The gift of ‘word of knowledge’ is very similar to ‘word of wisdom’, but unlike word of wisdom, it doesn’t tell people what to do or give them direction, it simply reveals things them. Word of wisdom usually tells people what to do in the future, while word of knowledge usually tells people what has happened in the past or what is currently happening. I believe that many times, the two spiritual gifts of ‘word of wisdom’ and ‘word of knowledge’ can come together. The same way the gifts of ‘tongues’ and ‘interpretation of tongues’ can come together. Go into today remembering that spiritual gifts are very useful tools that help our fruitfulness in God’s kingdom. Those who do not desire and value them would hardly walk in them. Prayer: Ask the Lord to give you the spiritual gifts that you desire, especially the ones that are prophetic in nature (prophecy, word of wisdom, word of knowledge, discerning of spirits). —Abraham Damilola Arigi BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Nehemiah 5-9 Not yet saved? Go here: streamglobe.og/33 Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp Group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/JI1wsrI5qQIIR6cL6DhJYj Contact us: +2348079816967 (Phone, WhatsApp, Telegram) streamglobedevotional.com Join our Telegram Group: streamglobe.org/join http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201851.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Spiritual Gifts- Word of Wisdom
Get Audio Version Here: bit.ly/aud1849 1 Corinthians 12:8 (KJV) For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit Chiamaka was really confused concerning who to marry. There were two eligible brothers who wanted her hand in marriage. She met the first brother during her youth service. She and the second brother were members of the same subgroup in church. As she continued praying and asking the Lord for wisdom concerning who to accept, she felt led to discuss the matter with her pastor’s wife. Before she and her pastor’s wife started the discussion, her pastor’s wife prayed to commit their discussion to the Lord, but as she prayed, a word of wisdom for Chiamaka came. It was a reminder to Chiamaka of some prayers she had prayed during her youth service year. The word made it clear to Chiamaka that her husband was the first brother; the one she met during her youth service year. Her pastor’s wife didn’t even know what Chiamaka wanted to discuss when the word of wisdom came. It made things very clear to Amaka and she now knew what to do. ‘Word of Wisdom’ is a word from the Lord that gives people wisdom concerning what to do. There are believers who have been given the ability to frequently receive such words from the Lord. They are those said to have the gift called ‘word of wisdom’. We find a good example of this gift at work in Isaiah 38:21 and 2 Kings 20:7. Here prophet Isaiah said what was to be done in order for King Hezekiah’s fatal boil to be healed and his life spared. Note that the spiritual gift called ‘word of wisdom’ is called so because it is an inspired utterance by the Holy Spirit to give wisdom and direction to people. It is not a product of learning or human understanding. It is prophetic in nature– directly inspired by the Holy Spirit. Go into today remembering that God has given us spiritual gifts in order to help us in different areas of our lives. Prayer: Ask the Lord to help you receive and walk in the spiritual gifts He has purposed for you. —Abraham Damilola Arigi BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Deuteronomy 23-25 Get sermons here: streamglobe.og/34 Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp Group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GRmCw9wguCiL5lOOZ6jWNd Contact us: +2348079816967 (Phone, WhatsApp, Telegram) streamglobedevotional.com Join our Telegram Group: streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201850.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Dealing With Enemies
Get Audio Version Here: bit.ly/aud1849 Psalms 27:6 (KJV) And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD. Remi was very aware and conscious of the fact that she had enemies who were against her. She grew up in a polygamous home, and by the time she was a teenager, it became clear to her that her stepmother was her enemy. Apart from her stepmother, she knew she had other enemies who were wicked and envious. She had spent a lot of her time in her life praying against her enemies, and she was always having reasons to pray against them because they always had a way of showing up again and again. But as Remi grew in the Lord, she became more preoccupied with pleasing the Lord than anything else. Because of this, she found that she was no longer obsessed with the fact that she had enemies and was no longer afraid of them. She knew that she was now exalted above her enemies and there was nothing they could do about it. God is very aware that we have enemies, and He has made elaborate arrangement for dealing with them. When we focus on our enemies, we may or may not overcome them, but when we focus on the Lord and live for Him, He would exalt us far above our enemies. They would no longer be the issue of our lives. The only thing that would be strong enough to be our preoccupation would now be matters of God’s Kingdom and no more mundane matters of enemy hostility. Go into today remembering that when we become God’s property and live for Him, our enemies will become God’s enemies, and we wouldn’t need to worry much about them anymore because they would now have the entire host of heaven to contend with. Read Gen 12:3, Exo 23:22, Acts 9:4-5. —Abraham Damilola Arigi BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: I John 4-5 Not saved? Go here: streamglobe.og/33 Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp Group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GRmCw9wguCiL5lOOZ6jWNd Contact us: +2348079816967 (Phone, WhatsApp, Telegram) streamglobedevotional.com Join our Telegram Group: streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional
Given for Kingdom Profit
Get Audio Version Here: bit.ly/aud1848 1 Corinthians 12:7 (YLT) And to each hath been given the manifestation of the Spirit for profit; I was once sharing the gospel with a stranger and I sensed he was unusually resistant to the word of God. I knew in my spirit that the Lord wanted to save him that day, but I also sensed in my spirit that he was not open to what I was saying. As I kept waiting on the Lord and asking Him for help while engaging this young man with the gospel, the Lord gave me a word of Knowledge concerning him. As soon as I told him the word, he became open to what I had to say because the word revealed exactly what was going on in his life. He accepted the Lord Jesus that day because he saw the power of God manifested through a spiritual gift. The gift of ‘word of knowledge’ made a profit for God’s kingdom that day. That is what spiritual gifts are given us for. They are given for Kingdom profit. Every spiritual gift you have received is an investment of heaven in your life for which you are to make kingdom profit. Stir up the gift by not neglecting it. Remember that you would give account for how profitable you were with your gifts. Many do not walk in their spiritual gifts because they do not yet have a heart for God’s kingdom advancement. One very great hindrance to the manifestation or receiving of spiritual gifts is self-centeredness. Go into today remembering that Believers who have a heart for the advancement of God’s kingdom will more easily walk in their spiritual gifts. Prayer: Ask the Lord to give you a heart for his kingdom. Ask the Lord to help you walk in your spiritual gifts and be fruitful in the kingdom. —Abraham Damilola Arigi BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Acts 19-20 Not saved? Go here: streamglobe.og/33 Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp Group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/JVzzcpuk4pmBohONYhbW6w Contact us: +2348079816967 (Phone, WhatsApp, Telegram) streamglobedevotional.com Join our Telegram Group: streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional
True Spiritual Enlightenment 3
Get Audio Version Here: bit.ly/aud1847 1 Corinthians 12:3-6 (NKJV) …no one can say that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit. There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all. Terkimbi attended a conference where many people received miracles and were imparted with various spiritual gifts, but he could not receive anything from that conference because he was not comfortable with the way the ministers ministered. He wasn’t comfortable with the way people were falling under the anointing, and laughing under the anointing. This closed heartedness was the reason Terkimbi did not receive some much needed spiritual gifts. It is ignorance concerning spiritual things that would make a believer expect all ministries and ministers to have the same manifestation when the Bible clearly says there are diversities of results/operations, but it is the same Lord. Many people have deprived themselves of the blessing that would have been manifested in their lives because they are closed hearted to other ministers with manifestations of the Spirit that they are not used to. There are things we are to look out for in every ministry and minister in order to know if they are of God. But these things mostly bother on fruits rather than [manifestations or diversities of] gifts. Every true minister will acknowledge and exalt the Lordship of Christ. Professing the Lordship of Christ goes much beyond merely saying the words. It is a confession that controls the way we live and things we do. Any man who has confessed Christ as Lord cannot brazenly continue in iniquity. He would be submitted to the authority of Christ and this submission can be discerned by the discerning believer. Go into today remembering that there are diversities of ministries in the kingdom. Do not be closed hearted to a ministry because you see unfamiliar results. But test all spirits to be sure you are not snared. —Abraham Damilola Arigi BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Malachi Not saved? Go here: streamglobe.og/33 Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, join our WhatsApp Group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/JVzzcpuk4pmBohONYhbW6w Contact us: +2348079816967 (Phone, WhatsApp, Telegram) streamglobedevotional.com Join our Telegram Group: streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional