THE LORD WILL RESTORE
Download Audio Version(More explanations in the Audio): bit.ly/aud1816 Luke 22:31-32 (KJV) And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren. Desmond backside so terribly that he became a prayer point for many of his converts. He went back to the bad habits of his old life and was now living like an unbeliever. It wasn’t that he didn’t still love God but he found that he was now overpowered by the flesh, and it was as if he was in a pit that he couldn’t come out of. Because of the prayers and love of the brethren around him, he was restored and rehabilitated from his drug addictions. After the Lord restored him, he became a mighty tool in the hand of the Lord to restore many others. The major trick the devil uses to cause people to fall and remain on the ground is his lies that bring condemnation. If the devil can distract and hinder a believer from the ministry of prayer and the word for a long time, that believer will become spiritually weak and might not be able to withstand the temptations of the devil. He may be able to withstand normal temptations sponsored by the flesh, but when demons are empowering the temptations (as they often do), he may not stand a chance because he is spiritually malnourished and weak. If the believer falls into a temptation powered by demons, they would ensure that his fall comes with a level of condemnation that is unusual. They will make the believer feel worthless and so dirty that he may not even have the courage to pray. This means more weakness and more falls. Go into today remembering that there is no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus. If you fall, rise up and move on. Don’t let the devil keep you on the ground with his lies that bring condemnation. Open up to believers who can help pull you back up if an issue becomes too stubborn for you to handle. Prayer: heavenly father, do not let me fall into temptation, and deliver me from [doing] evil. — SD Abraham Kindly consider Partnering with us to print free Devotional Booklets for secondary school students. Click here to learn more about this: www.streamglobe.org/partner BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Psalms 125-127 Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio daily, join our WhatsApp Group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/HGcGMnjiDAN9ZKRCaez88u Join us on Telegram here: streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional
THE BELIEVER AND MONEY
Download Audio Version: bit.ly/aud1815 Ecclesiastes 5:10 (NET) The one who loves money will never be satisfied with money, he who loves wealth will never be satisfied with his income. This also is futile. I recently had a conversation with a friend, and he was complaining about a certain wealthy man who was a believer he knew. So stingy was this man that those who worked with him complained and groaned bitterly. My friend went ahead to explain to me how wealthy this man was, yet the workers that worked closest to him were in terrible lack. The way this man behaved in relation to money, it was practically impossible for him to win a soul for the Lord in his place of work. People would only care about what you have to preach when they believe that you care. Our conversation got me thinking. I realized that some of the stingiest people are some of the richest. When I read today’s Bible verse, it became clearer to me that those who love money are never satisfied with it. They would always want to get more. Some billionaire would not mind impoverishing and taking from the very poor who can hardly feed. People reflect the image of who they love. Those who love money will unwittingly reflect the mean, selfish and wicked nature of the spirit called mammon. But those who love God will radiate his benevolent, kind and gracious nature. It is unfortunate when Christians are found to love money. Jesus made it very clear that you cannot love God and love money (Matt 6:24, Luke 16:13). It is possible to have a lot of money and not love money but use money. But those who love money are used and controlled by money. They are not rested and do not enjoy the money in the right sense because they are never really satisfied. That is futile. Go into today knowing that a believer who is still controlled by the love of money cannot be a true witness of the Lord Jesus. A believer who cannot be an effective witness because of his love of money is actually seen as wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked in the Lord’s sight (see Rev 3:17). Ask the Lord to help you walk above the love of money and be an effective witness for Him. — SD Abraham Kindly consider Partnering with us to print free Devotional Booklets for secondary school students. Click here to learn more about this: www.streamglobe.org/partner BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: II Chronicles 29-32 Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio daily, join our WhatsApp Group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/HGcGMnjiDAN9ZKRCaez88u Join us on Telegram here: streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional
FOOLISH SHEEP, WISE SHEPHERD
Download Audio Version: bit.ly/aud1814 Jeremiah 17:11 (NIV)Like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay are those who gain riches by unjust means. When their lives are half gone, their riches will desert them, and in the end they will prove to be fools. Over the years sheep have been stereotyped as being foolish or lacking a sense of direction. Today, this same reputation of being foolish is used to describe people of a similar sheeplike attitude in a derogatory term known as ‘Sheeple’. The natural man like sheep is foolish. It’s quite clear that he needs a Shepherd; one who will give him wisdom. Jesus is our Shepherd and He has secured for us wisdom that is critical for us not to be in want (Psa 23:1, Pro 4:7, 1Cor 1:30, Jas 1:5). The problem of many today is the problem of choosing or staying with a wrong shepherd. Instead of Jesus Christ, so many have been deceived into trusting hirelings for their needs. Hirelings are people, systems and things outside of God that men depend on to feel secure (eg Money, Idols, Cults, Charms, etc). Safety in such hirelings last only temporarily and when the wolves of life attack, they soon fall apart, and those who trust in them are abandoned. The saying that “a fool and his money are soon parted” now appears true, as what they think they’ve gained is lost and exposed as a foolish move (Pro 1:7, Pro 17:16, Jh 10:12-13). But in Christ our Good Shepherd, we are guaranteed wisdom to lead us aright. Just as He became poor that we might be rich, He by a seemingly foolish death on the cross also secured for us the access to God’s wisdom that exceeds that of men (Isa 48:17, 1Cor 1:18-25, 2Cor 9:8). Today, because the Lord is your Shepherd, you shall flourish in wisdom, and by trusting in His Word, be in lack of nothing (Ps 34:9-10, Jer 23:4). Prayer: ask the Lord to help you walk in His wisdom and do exploits — Chibo E.C. Kindly consider Partnering with us to print free Devotional Booklets for secondary school students. Follow this link: www.streamglobe.org/partner BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Deuteronomy 7-9 Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio daily, join our WhatsApp Group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GQtRmMjts0467gq8EqeFwQ To start getting the audio version with audio Bible, Join us on Telegram here: streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional
FIGHTING IS NOT OF THE KINGDOM
Download Audio Version: bit.ly/aud1813 John 18:36 (KJV)Jesus answered, my kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence. In the kingdom of this world, servants fight for their masters and even fight among themselves, but in the kingdom of God, it is not so. Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burning for burning, wound for wound, and stripe for stripe (Exodus 21: 24-25) was the order of the day before the arrival of the kingdom of God. The order was changed when the kingdom of God arrived. Matthew 5:38-39 (KJV), “Ye have heard that it hath been said, an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, that ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.” Every kingdom has its culture which determines what is generally acceptable or not acceptable for its citizens. In the kingdom of God, fighting and violence is not our culture. This was said of Jesus in Matthew 12:18 (KJV), “He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.” He is our master and Lord, we are to be like him Matthew 10:25. Galatians 5:22-23 (KJV) “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.” Go into today remembering that fighting and strife is alien to our kingdom culture. ‘Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God’ — Dr. Emmanuel James BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: James 4-5 Download Sermons Here: 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 daily, join our WhatsApp Group Here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GQtRmMjts0467gq8EqeFwQ Join us on Telegram here: streamglobe.org/join Kindly consider Partnering with us to print free Devotional Booklets for secondary school students. Follow this link: www.streamglobe.org/partner Source: Devotional
IMPENDING JUDGMENT
Download Today’s Audio here☞ bit.ly/aud1812 Acts 24:25 (NET) While Paul was discussing righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became frightened and said, “Go away for now, and when I have an opportunity, I will send for you.” When Lamar accepted Christ as his Lord and Savior, he didn’t accept Christ because someone told him that that was a ticket to a better life (that gospel could never appeal to Lamar because he was born into great wealth), he believed in Christ because he now realized that Christ was the only one who could shield him from the judgment that was sure to come. He had several dreams before a preacher brought the gospel to him, and in those dreams, he saw himself descending into hell fire. He knew he was doomed but didn’t know the way out until the gospel came to him. Today, there is a conscious effort by some to remove the warning about the judgment of God from the preaching of the gospel. Any gospel message that does not properly explain the ramification of Jesus’ salvation from impending judgment is a weak gospel. One main point of the gospel message is that receiving Jesus is the only way to escape the impending damnation (see John 3:18). From today’s Bible verse, we can clearly see that one element of the gospel message preached by the apostles was ‘The Judgment of God’. When in the days of the apostles, people they preached to asked ‘what shall we do [to be saved]?’(see Acts 2:37, 16:30) they asked this question because they understood that there is impending judgment and doom, and they wanted to be saved from it. Go into today remembering that there is coming judgment on all humankind. The only way to escape it is through the salvation of Christ Jesus. Prayer: Ask the Lord to make you more effective in helping people escape eternal damnation by preaching the gospel to them — SD Abraham Get free audio sermons here☞ streamglobe.org/34 BIBLE IN 365 DAYS: Habakkuk Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio daily, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/GQtRmMjts0467gq8EqeFwQ Join us on Telegram here☞ streamglobe.org/join www.streamglobe.org Source: Devotional
KNOWLEDGEABLE EXPERIENCE
Download Today’s Audio here☞ bit.ly/aud1811 1 Timothy 3:6 KJVNot a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. Many, especially in Africa are unemployed and are in poverty, sometimes not for lack of jobs or education. Even with higher degrees, many see their foreign counterparts with diplomas only become their bosses. It is a pointer that with the right technical know-how, degrees are no longer the main requirements for jobs, as seen with certain employers lately. Enthusiasm without knowledge is hollow and knowledge without the right application is a recipe for disaster. A skilled craftsman with experience is safer to work with than a proud novice with a degree. 2 Timothy 2:15 talks about the workman that studies. The defining quality of the man there is that he applies the truth of what he studies. It means having knowledge of Bible principles only won’t be so profitable if one doesn’t work or walk in them, thereby gaining experience. Some others, in fear of judgment from men, especially if they show weakness, have sadly chosen to remain novices, instead of allowing the power of God to flow in spite of or through their weaknesses (1Cor 4:3-5, 2Cor 12:9). This shouldn’t be so, for how can one gain mastery in the things of God without one first learning from past trials? Believers who prefer to remain in their comfort zones (unwilling to grow or pass faith’s test), will fail if they are errantly put in roles requiring maturity in the spirit (1Cor 9:25, 1Tim 5:22, Heb 5:12-14, Jas 1:25). A novice will take pride in titles but a true and knowledgeable servant of Christ will value his humbling experience in God over any religious title or qualification. Which one are you (Phil 3:3-11)? Prayer: Lord, help me to walk in the knowledge of your word I have received. — Chibo E.C. Partner with Streamglobe and let’s print Devotional booklets to freely distribute to secondary school students. Click here to learn more☞ www.streamglobe.org/partner BIBLE IN 365 DAYS: Acts 9-10 Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Contact us: +2348079816967 contact@streamglobe.org www.streamglobe.org To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio daily, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/GQtRmMjts0467gq8EqeFwQ Join us on Telegram here☞ streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional
THE PERFECT MEDIATOR
Download Today’s Audio here☞ bit.ly/aud1810 Jeremiah 15:1 (NLT)Then the Lord said to me, “Even if Moses and Samuel stood before me pleading for these people, I wouldn’t help them. Away with them! Get them out of my sight! Some actually believe in the help or prayers of certain biblical figures, to get to God. Others recognize His works but are only contented to enjoy the benefits, brought on by the actions of others, yet they themselves are unwilling to change. Both stances are futile unless one approaches God directly, through a perfect Mediator. Mary, Moses, the saints, angels or our pastors, all fall short in making us acceptable before God. How so? Acts 4:12 says “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved”. (See Eph 1:21, Phil 2:9, Heb 1:4) 1 Timothy 2:5 NLT says “For, there is one God and one Mediator who can reconcile God and humanity—the man Christ Jesus”. Hebrews 7:26 NLT says ” He is the kind of high priest we need because he is holy and blameless, unstained by sin…”. All others are/were imperfect but Christ Jesus remains perfect. So, while the written exploits of Bible heroes or God’s goodness manifested by the godly lives of others should inspire one, without true repentance and a personal relationship with God through Christ, wrath remains (Eze 33:11, Rom 2:4-5). What God expects is for us not to hide behind the holiness of others but to approach Him by ourselves, trusting Him to save and transform our lives through Jesus, whom He has chosen to be our only Mediator (Heb 7:25, Rom 12:2). Today, commit to live a life of true repentance from dead works by trusting in the power of Christ and His blood, and as you do so, you’ll come out victorious in life (Heb 4:14-16, 9:14). — Chibo E.C. Bible in 365 Days: Ecclesiastes 1-2 Not yet saved? go here☞ streamglobe.org/33 To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio daily, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/GQtRmMjts0467gq8EqeFwQ Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Contact us: +2348079816967 contact@streamglobe.org www.streamglobe.org Join us on Telegram here☞ streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional
DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE WORD OF GOD?
Download Today’s Audio here☞ bit.ly/aud1809 Matthew 13:19When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side. The power of the word of God is in its understanding; the word is powerful in your life to the extent to which you understand it. Paul in Ephesians 1:17-21 prayed like this: “that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: 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, and what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: and hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fullness of him that filleth all in all.” Did you know that the same power that raised Jesus from the dead is the power at work in you? There should be no dead situations in your life because of this power. But if there is, could it be that you are yet to understand the word of God with respect to those situations? Go into today asking the Holy Spirit who is the author of the word to help your understanding so that you would begin to enjoy the riches of the glory of His inheritance for you.—Dr. Emmanuel James Bible in 365 Days: Psalms 122-124 To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio daily, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/LKQaJFFK8bhFNZN14TUFCp Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Join us on Telegram here☞ streamglobe.org/join www.streamglobede.org Source: Devotional
THEN THE LORD WILL TAKE ME UP
Download Today’s Audio here☞ bit.ly/aud1808 Psalm 27:10 (KJV)When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up. A little girl read this verse above and went to her parents crying saying “Please, I want God to take me up but I don’t want you to forsake me. Must you forsake me before God can take me up?” Should we begin to pray that our fathers and mothers forsake us so that God can take us up? What then is the message in today’s scripture? Actually, God fathered Adam, the progenitor of the over six billion people in the world today. If you read Luke 3:38, you will see that through Adam, God is the father of us all. He expects the believer to know and act with the understanding that He is the father over all. The Sin that hinders the experience of the reality of God as Father has been removed for the believer because of the sacrifice of Christ. God is your source, not your parents. He is the one really responsible for your sustenance. If your parents fail or forsake you, God (your source) will sustain you because your sustenance is His responsibility. Just like every spiritual reality we experience, this reality is activated for us by our faith. In Matthew 23:9, Jesus says this: “And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven”. So, if your Father is in heaven and He is responsible for you, then your supplies are dependent on heaven’s resources and should not be limited by the economic climate around you (see Phil 4:19). It is after knowing this truth that you can truly approach God as your Father; source, and supplier. Go into today determined to take your trust away from men and put it in God alone. God has never failed. He can never fail.—Dr Emmanuel James Bible in 365 Days: II Chronicles 25-28 To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio daily, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/LKQaJFFK8bhFNZN14TUFCp Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Join us on Telegram here☞ streamglobe.org/join www.streamglobede.org Source: Devotional
THE NEED FOR DISCIPLESHIP 2
John 21:15 (KJV) So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. After Larry submitted himself to discipleship, he was now accountable to his discipler who prayerfully monitored his spiritual progress. The first day his discipler visited him in his house, he saw that Lary’s room was decorated with pictures of indecently dressed female pop stars. He also observed that most of Larry’s music was not spiritually edifying at all. Larry’s discipler took time to explain to him that the environment he created around himself was very important, and the pictures he had on his wall were not appropriate for a spirit-filled child of God. Even though some of those autographed pictures cost Larry a lot of money to acquire, he willingly removed them and destroyed them. He also got rid of all his music that was not spiritually edifying. His discipler spent some time in his house that day. They ate together, studied the word of God together and took some time to pray. Larry had many questions and many assumptions that were wrong, but his discipler answered his questions and corrected his wrong assumptions. Larry and his discipler continued to meet regularly, talk on the phone and pray together. Larry observed that because of his interaction with his discipler, he became much stronger spiritually. With time, Larry too became a soul winner and discipler. Discipleship is the way by which more mature believers feed the Lord’s lambs (newborn believers). Those who truly love the Lord would be involved in this ministry. Many have fallen away not because they did not truly believe but because they were not discipled by anyone. — Pst SD Abraham Get sermons to help you grow here☞ streamglobe.org/34 Yearly Bible: Deuteronomy 4-6To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio daily, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/LKQaJFFK8bhFNZN14TUFCp Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Join us on Telegram here☞ streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201807.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS