MATURITY AND THE BLESSING
Ephesians 4:14 (NET) So we are no longer to be children, tossed back and forth by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching by the trickery of people who craftily carry out their deceitful schemes. Sandra had a challenge that really troubled her. She was a believer and had certain spiritual gifts, but this challenge proved stubborn. After praying and fasting for months over the issue, she decided to meet her discipler concerning it. He got a prophetic insight into the problem and prayed for her from that standpoint, and the problem was solved. Sandra’s discipler could pray once and solve a problem she had battled for months because through spiritual maturity, he walked in more spiritual might and authority than her. Sandra knew it was time for her to become spiritually mature and stable. One attribute of spiritually mature believers is the willingness to give. Babies don’t give anything or contribute anything to the family, but only know how to take. But when babies grow to become responsible adults, they begin to give to their parents and not just take. There are believers who give to the work of God, but only because they believe that is a way to get more out of God. This is the same ‘take-take’ mentality of spiritual babes. The spiritually mature give because of love. They give because they know they are blessed [with all blessings in heavenly places], not primarily because they want to be blessed. Spiritually mature believers are stable and are not blown about by every wind of doctrine. They don’t give impulsively because someone promised a breakthrough in return. They give purposedly and cheerfully (2 Cor 9:7) because they see a need and desire to meet it, honor God by giving to His ministers and ministries; and honor God by giving to their parents (both physical and spiritual). Go into today knowing that your spiritual maturity is determined by your actions. Renounce every way and conduct of spiritual infancy, and you will begin to see the fruits of maturity in your life. The fruits of maturity include spiritual stability, walking in spiritual might and authority, etc. —Pst SD Abraham Get sermons here☞ streamglobe.org/34 Want to be saved? Read this☞streamglobe.org/33 Yearly Bible: Numbers 29-32 To start getting Devotional Text & Audio on your WhatsApp, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/LhsnETmSNYX986py3DTVFr Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Whatsapp: +2348079816967 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201785.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
SECRET OF MULTIPLICATION
Get Today’s Audio☞ bit.ly/aud1784 Further explanations in the audio Matthew 15:36 (KJV)And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. “How on earth do you expect me to give out of the little I earn? My needs are almost ten times what I earn; I have always borrowed to meet up. Pastor, that your message on giving is for those who have plenty!” Luke 6:38 (KJV)“Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.” There are certain laws that govern existence; one of such is the law of sowing and reaping, planting and harvesting –giving and receiving. Now, there are many things that you can give, things such as your time, money, materials, and the fruits of your lips which are praises or thanksgiving to God. When Jesus was confronted with the need to feed the multitude and all he had was the little bread and fish, he offered it to God first by giving thanks before giving it to the disciples. The result was a multiplication. Anything offered to God in thanksgiving would multiply. Give whatever you are giving out of a thankful heart and God will multiply it. Go into today knowing that you will receive when you give, harvest when you plant and reap when you sow. However, it will be multiplied when you give, sow or plant with a thankful heart.—Dr. Emmanuel James Get sermons here☞ streamglobe.org/34 Yearly Bible: Acts 1-2 To start getting Devotional Text & Audio on your WhatsApp, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/GCE4hTRdX9tH5dv0bUfYNa Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Whatsapp: +2348079816967 Source: Devotional
HONOR AND THE BLESSING
Get Today’s Audio☞ bit.ly/aud1783 Further explanations in the audio 1 Corinthians 9:11 (NKJV) If we have sown spiritual things for you, is it a great thing if we reap your material things? When Apostle Paul preached among the Corinthians, because he was very discerning, he knew that they were used to people bringing all kinds of marketing gimmicks and messages for the singular purpose of getting money from them. Corinth was a major metropolitan city in those days, and there were many money seeking speakers of all kinds. This probably made the Corinthians skeptical of any message that would eventually involve them bringing their money. So even after many among them had believed and become members of the church, Paul still wouldn’t collect a personal offering from them because he didn’t want anything to be a hindrance to the furtherance of the gospel among them. He would rather work with his hands as a tent maker to pay his bills. It wasn’t that Paul didn’t collect personal gifts from disciples in other places (for example, we see in Philippians 4:15-16, he collected donations from the Philippians), but he decided not to collect donations while he was among the Corinthians. In his first letter to the Corinthian church, it was time for them to understand an important spiritual principle that would be a blessing to them. This principle is that those who minister spiritual things to God’s people should receive physical things from them (see 1 Cor 9:4-15). In Genesis 14:18-20, we see that it was after Melchizedek ministered spiritual blessings to Abraham that Abraham gave him physical gifts (a tithe of all). Abraham understood this spiritual principle. No wonder he is such a blessed man. Go into today remembering that you are to honor those who minister spiritual things to you. That’s one sure way to honor God who sent them. —SD Abraham Get sermons here☞ streamglobe.org/34 Yearly Bible: Acts 1-2To start getting Devotional Text & Audio on your WhatsApp, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/FNr8dLidrh3Bei1KIFO4no Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Whatsapp: +2348079816967 Source: Devotional
GOD WILL HELP YOU
Get Today’s Audio☞ bit.ly/aud1783 Healing prayer in today’s audio Judges 6:12-13 And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him, and said unto him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour. And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the Lord be with us, why then is all this befallen us? And where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt? But now the Lord hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites. “Pastor, If God is as powerful as you have always taught, why is my life still like this? It seems to me that God will never help me. I am tired of hoping and trusting, I am tired.” Galatians 6:9 So we must not grow weary in doing good, for in due time we will reap, if we do not give up. Romans 8: 31-32 (KJV) What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? John 11: 43-45 (KJV) And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave clothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, loose him, and let him go. Hebrews 13: 8 (KJV) Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and for ever. Go into today knowing that God has not forgotten about you. You are next for a miracle; receive your miracle now in Jesus name (Hab 2:3, Job 14:7-9). —Dr. Emmanuel James Not yet saved? Click here☞ streamglobe.org/33 Yearly Bible: Obadiah To start getting Devotional Text & Audio on your WhatsApp, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/FNr8dLidrh3Bei1KIFO4no Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Whatsapp: +2348079816967 Source: Devotional
BLESSED INDEED 3
Get Today’s Audio☞ bit.ly/aud1782 Philippians 4:6-7 (NET) Do not be anxious about anything. Instead, in every situation, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, tell your requests to God.And the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. After Maureen’s business started doing really well, she faced a new set of challenges she hadn’t envisaged. Some ‘influential’ people in her town told her that if she didn’t join their secret society, they were going to run her out of business. They gave her examples of people who refused to join them that have been run out of business. They also gave her numerous examples of ‘successful’ business people in that town that belonged to their secret society. She knew she couldn’t join them because she was a child of God. But she was quite afraid of their threats– so much that it became difficult for her to sleep properly at night. She took out a whole night to pray in the Spirit about the matter. After praying for some time, she noticed that all the fear and anxiety in her heart had left. She was no more afraid and now knew exactly what to do. She was now confident that the Lord was fighting for her. Months passed, but Maureen never again heard from those people. She noticed that their leader would run away each time he sees her in the market. Maureen’s business continued to increase. In this life, things come that would seek to send us into anxiety. God knows this, that’s why He has instructed us to pray about all things. One of the signs that we have ’prayed through’ concerning a matter is the peace of God that comes to replace the anxiety that was in our hearts. Go into today remembering that you are not to be anxious about anything, but to pray about everything. Continue to pray until the peace of God replaces the fear and anxiety. Prayer: Lord, please help me to pray through concerning all things that seek to trouble my heart. —Pst SD Abraham Not yet saved? Click here☞ streamglobe.org/33 Yearly Bible: Proverbs 26-27 (in today’s Telegram audio) To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio on your WhatsApp, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/LAKV3KVNkAiDUYQgsbG1C1 Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Whatsapp: +2348079816967 Source: Devotional
BLESSED INDEED 2
Get Today’s Audio☞ bit.ly/aud1781 Philippians 4:6-7 (NET) Do not be anxious about anything. Instead, in every situation, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, tell your requests to God.And the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. Many believers treat some of the Lord’s command more lightly than others. A good example is the one in today’s Bible verses, which is actually an echo of the Lord’s teaching in Matthew 6. See what the Lord says there: Matthew 6:25(ESV)“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? We saw yesterday that believers who walk in the physical manifestation of their spiritual blessings are those who live in obedience to the commands of the Lord. There are dimensions of the blessings activated as we understand and obey certain principles of our Lord. For example, those who understand and obey the Lord’s principle of honor receive favor, have prosperity and would live long. That is why the command that we should honor our parents is the first that comes with a promise– the promise of long life and prosperity (see Eph 6:1-3). The command of the Lord that instructs us not to be anxious is the one that activates the Shalom (peace) of God in our lives when we obey it. Peace for us believers is not just the absence of turbulence, but a spiritual power (see Luke 10:6) that causes things to work properly [in your favor]. Go into today remembering that anxiety is a thief that hinders God’s people from walking in the blessing of God’s peace. The easiest way to deal with this thief is to pray until it leaves and your peace returns. —Pst SD Abraham Not yet saved? Click here☞ streamglobe.org/33 Yearly Bible: Psalms 114-116 (in today’s Telegram audio) To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio on your WhatsApp, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/LAKV3KVNkAiDUYQgsbG1C1 Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Whatsapp: +2348079816967 To start getting Devotional Audio with Audio Bible for our Yearly Bible Plan, Join our Telegram Group here ☞ streamglobe.org/join Source: Devotional
BLESSED INDEED
Get Today’s Audio☞ bit.ly/aud1780 Psalms 119:1 (NET)How blessed are those whose actions are blameless, who obey the law of the Lord. After Maurine finished her training and started her own business, she observed that things were unusually tight for her. She wasn’t getting customers, and the few she got owed her. Because she was a spiritual person, she knew something was spiritually out of order. She started seeking to know what to do to break the limitation and walk in her blessings as God’s child. After listening to an audio sermon on her phone, She realized that she had been wrong in not honoring her parents all the while, and that could be the reason things were not going well with her business. She decided at that moment that she would commit herself to honor her parents every month with a token. . Six months later, Maurine’s financial doors opened. She had many apprentices, and so many customers that she almost couldn’t cope. All this promotion happened within six months after she decided to obey the law of the Lord that says children should honor their parents (see Ephesians 6:1-2). We have seen earlier that the law of the Lord for the believer is not the 613 laws of the Torah, nor is it even the ten commandments. The believer is not under the old testament law, but this does not make us without law (see 1 Cor 9:21), we are under the law of Christ. Of the Ten Commandments, the Lord (through His sermons and through the teachings of His apostles) reiterated nine. He also gave us many commandments that cannot be found in the laws of old. For example, the Lord commands us not to live in anxiety (see Matt 6:25, Phil 4:6, 1 Pet 5:7), turn the other cheek (Matt 5:38), love our enemies(Matt 544), etc. Go into today remembering that believers who would walk in the physical manifestation of their spiritual blessings are those who are careful to live in obedience to the commands of the Lord. Prayer: Ask the Lord to help you live in obedience to his commandments. —Pst SD Abraham Not yet saved? go here☞ streamglobe.org/33 Yearly Bible: II Chronicles 6-10 (in today’s Telegram audio) To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio on your WhatsApp, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/LKGiayDSG7P5hc49BO6HXR Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Whatsapp: +2348079816967 To start getting Devotional Audio with Audio Bible for our Yearly Bible Plan, Join our Telegram Group here ☞ streamglobe.org/join Learn more about us here ☞streamglobe.org Source: Devotional
THE MARKS OF A TRUE APOSTLE 5
Get Today’s Audio☞ bit.ly/aud1779 Matthew 16:18 (KJV)And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Richard got a job in that nation as a medical doctor, migrated there and started practicing. But his medical practice was simply ‘tent making’ (as in the case of Paul). He was a man on a mission. His real work was to be an apostle of the Lord in that land where it was a crime to preach the gospel. He noticed that there were many people in that nation from his native country, and he knew that many of them came as Christians. He started seeking out the true believers among them. As soon as he found up to two willing believers, they started meeting regularly in his house to pray. The number grew to five and continued to grow. All they did every night was to pray (mostly in the spirit) and sometimes share the word. They interceded for the land and asked the Lord to rain down mercy and salvation. A time came that Richard was sure that he had the healing anointing. Some of his patients whose cases defied medical treatment were his first converts because he ministered healing to them in the name of the Lord and wonderful miracles happened. These converts became members of his secret prayer meeting. Before recharge migrated to that country in obedience to the Lord, he had never worked in the healing anointing. But as he started his mission, he walked so much in the healing anointing that he was sure HIV, cancer and many other incurable sicknesses would be cured if he simply laid his hands on the patient. Go into today remembering that one of the biggest activators of the anointing upon any life is obedience and service. Every child of God should be a servant of God. We would not all be apostles or ministers in the church, but we are all God’s ministers and witnesses in the world. Prayer: Ask the Lord to show you your path of service and help you to obey. Not yet saved? go here☞ streamglobe.org/33 Yearly Bible: Hebrews 1-4 (in today’s Telegram audio) To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio on your WhatsApp, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/LKGiayDSG7P5hc49BO6HXR Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Whatsapp: +2348079816967 To start getting Devotional Audio with Audio Bible for our Yearly Bible Plan, Join our Telegram Group here ☞ streamglobe.org/join Learn more about us here ☞streamglobe.org Source: Devotional
THE MARKS OF A TRUE APOSTLE 4
Get Today’s Audio☞ bit.ly/aud1778 Acts 21:13 (NIV) Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.” Richard observed that in that nation he visited, strong systems were put in place to hinder the advancement of the gospel of Christ. He also observed that many Christians around the world were not really interested in preaching the gospel to the people of that region because the church had systematically developed negative emotions towards them. This was a major reason the gospel hadn’t penetrated that region and the gates of hell seemed ever stronger. After visiting that nation and interacting with the people there, the Lord poured great love and compassion in his heart for them. As a typical Christian who had developed a closed heart towards those ‘children of the bondwoman’, the Lord had to open his heart towards them so that he could effectively bring salvation to them. ‘How would I preach the gospel in this place where it is a crime to preach?’ He kept asking the Lord. But each time he asked, he received peace in heart and assurance of the Lord’s presence with him. This was enough for him. He knew he was going to face persecution if he was going to fulfill the call of God upon his life, but he knew that as long as the Lord was with Him, he was fine. He was willing to give his life to save those people. The gates of hell in certain territories today seem stronger by the day. But it is because the church has not opened her heart to the people in those territories. Go into today remembering that before you can effectively win souls for Christ, you must first care about them. The gates of hell cannot withstand the power of the church that does not give up. Prayer: Pray for God’s apostles in the most difficult parts of the world for the gospel. Ask the Lord to confirm His word through them with signs and wonders (Heb 2:4). —SD Abraham Yearly Bible: Hebrews 1-4 (in today’s Telegram audio) To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio on your WhatsApp, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/LKGiayDSG7P5hc49BO6HXR Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Whatsapp: +2348079816967 www.streamglobedevotional.com Source: Devotional
THE MARKS OF A TRUE APOSTLE 3
Get Today’s Audio☞ bit.ly/aud1777 1 Corinthians 9:1-2 (NET) Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?If I am not an apostle to others, at least I am to you, for you are the confirming sign of my apostleship in the Lord. Richard was sure of the assignment and the place, but he didn’t know that there were so many gates set by darkness to hinder the invasions of the gospel in that land. The first time he went to that country after his youth service, he went for a medical conference. His things were thoroughly searched at the airport and they were asking all sorts of questions. Naturally, he traveled with a Bible in his bag, but when he got to his hotel room and settled in, he noticed that his Bible was missing from his things. It became clear to him that the people at the airport were the ones who seized his Bible. They didn’t want any Bibles in their country and didn’t want the gospel. This only confirmed what the Lord had told Richard concerning his assignment. Jesus says ’ I will build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it’ (see Matt 16:18). One major function of gates is to prevent entry. Gates of hell are systems placed by darkness to hinder the advancement of the gospel in territories. Nations that oppose the preaching of the gospel have aligned with the gates of hell. But the good news for every Apostolic Christian is that the gates of hell would not be able to prevail against you as long as you are ready to go and be a witness for the Lord. Go into today remembering those who brought the gospel to your nation in spite of the gates of hell that sought to hinder them. Ask the Lord to provide an open door for His apostles in nations where the gates of hell have much sway. —SD Abraham Bible in 1 Year: John 19-21 (in today’s Telegram audio) To start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio on your WhatsApp, join our WhatsApp Group Here☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/ImeHmc6EjZ8Jq7lzvPRpch Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Whatsapp: +2348079816967 Source: Devotional