Daily Devotional With Murphy Eyenike

In today's devotional, we pay attention to Jesus' warning about how the kingdom of God will be consummated and his second coming. "Whoever tries to keep their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life will preserve it. I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed; one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding grain together; one will be taken and the other left....

In today's devotional, we read about Lazarus' death and Jesus' journey to raise him back to life. We learned something today about God's love and how it often does not make sense to the natural man. Jesus loved Lazarus, heard he was sick and knew the sickness would likely lead to his death, and Jesus had the power to heal him, but he chose not to come which inadvertently led to Lazarus' death; wha...

In today's devotional, we read about the parables of the Lost Son, the shrewd manager and the rich man and Lazarus. From the parable of the lost son we said we should draw lessons from all 3 main characters in the story not just the lost son; the father's unwavering love, the younger son's recklessness and heart of repentance, and the elder son's lack of initiative, everything the father had was h...

In today's devotional, we learn about the steep price of being a disciple of Jesus. What does it cost to follow Jesus? What is the cost of being a Christian? It's possible this question might seem somewhat unimportant especially if you live where you are allowed to practice your faith, but not so everywhere in the world even today, and at one time when Christianity began, it meant your life if you...

In today's devotional, Jesus teaches on the dedication, grit and personal commitment required to walk with God. Here, we learn that walking with God is not only a narrow way, but that it is a personal commitment, it's your own relationship with God. “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to. Once the owner of the house...

In today's devotional, Jesus teaches his disciples to be on guard. He teach them on; greed, worry, hypocrisy, being covetous and being vigilant to understand the times we live in. "Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.” Luke 12:15 NIV. Greed is a stage 4 cancer. "Then Jesus said to his disciples: “Theref...

In today's devotional, we learn from the story of Martha and Mary on what is truly important when it comes to a relationship with God. In the background of the story, Jesus was visiting their home. Let's call that having a relationship with Jesus. Martha chose taking care of her guests; Jesus and his disciples, she chose hospitality while her sister Mary chose just one thing, to be with Jesus. Let...

What is more important; to love or to be right? This was the dilemma faced by the 3 parties in the story of the Good Samaritan. Jesus told this parable in response to an expert of the law who wanted to justify why he could not always keep the law. He asked Jesus what the law of God really meant when it says to love ones neighbour; who is my neighbour? "In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down fr...

In today's devotional, we will draw some lessons from this unusual dispute Jesus has with the Pharisees about who he was, who sent him and where he came from. In hindsight now, this was clearly a discussion the Pharisees could not possibly understand. They were claiming he was an illegitimate child, he was claiming God as his father. He claimed he knew where he was from above and that he came from...

In today's devotional, we begin studying the Judean and Parean part of Jesus' ministry as he sets his sight on Jerusalem where he would eventually be tried and killed. Attending the feast of tabernacles Jesus said; "On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rive...

In today's devotional, we conclude reading the part of Jesus' ministry that takes place in Galilee. Jesus concludes by reminding his listeners about the cost of following him. "As they were walking along the road, a man said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.” He said to another man, “F...

Why should we forgive others? What determines who will be the greatest in the kingdom of God? These questions and more are some of the things we learn in today's devotional. We learn that a Christian forgives others not because they deserve it but because God comands it and because He forgave us first. Peter had asked Jesus; "Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins again...

In today's devotional, Jesus heals a boy who had been suffering seizures since he was a child by casting out a demon. "So they brought him. When the spirit saw Jesus, it immediately threw the boy into a convulsion. He fell to the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth. Jesus asked the boy’s father, “How long has he been like this?” “From childhood,” he answered. “It has often thrown him in...

In today's devotional Jesus teaches us about the resolve his disciples must have in choosing to walk with him over choosing the world. Matthew 16:24-27, Mark 8:34-38, and Luke 9:23-26. "Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me wi...

In today's devotional, Jesus asked a question every Christian not only answers before they become born again, but a revelation we carry in our hearts everyday; who is Jesus? In Matthew 16:13-20, Mark 8:27-30 and Luke 9:18-21, Jesus asked his disciples who have people been saying he is. You might think Jesus is simply the one we celebrate during Christmas or that he is simply a prophet like the peo...

In today's devotional, we read about the faith of a Phonecian woman from Syria. Her story is truly captivating because despite all the obstacles she had to face to see Jesus, she kept right at it; she did not qualify to receive from God because of her race, Jesus was clearly ignoring her, the disciples were fed up with her and were trying to chase her away, and twice, Jesus said some things that w...

In today's devotional, we asked ourselves the one question every believer in Jesus must ask themselves; why are you following Jesus? As expected, our answers will vary. Some of us follow him simply because that is all we know, from our early childhood, our parents made us follow, so we are here. Some follow because they heard about Jesus and have come to see if he is really what others say he is....

In today's devotional we read the events after Jesus fed the 5,000 men. Mark and John captured the event similarly, Mark 6:45-52, John 6:15-21; Jesus stayed back to dismiss the crowd while the disciples left by boat. When Jesus was done, he goes up the mountain to pray and just after dawn walks to the disciples on the water. They were terrified when they saw him. He calms them and gets into the bo...

In today's devotional, we study an event that all 4 gospel writers captured, and there are few events all 4 of them captured together; the feeding of the five thousand. We find this story in; Matthew 14:13-21, Mark 6:30-44, Luke 9:10-17 and (even though we didn't read it today) John 6:1-14. As usual, the number of verses tells us Mark is more elaborate telling this story. From all 4 gospel writers...

The Lord wants us to preach the gospel, it is part of the reason why he saved us. Our message in preaching is simply to tell others about what Jesus did for the sinner. It is not a gospel of condemnation, but a gospel to welcome. Jesus said; "When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “Th...

In today's devotional we learn about the important role faith plays in our walk with God and in receiving from him. Many times as we've read the gospel, we hear Jesus use these words; "your faith has healed you." The very words he said to the woman with the issue of blood. In today's devotional, Jesus encounters two blind men, and they asked him for mercy; "As Jesus went on from there, two blind m...

Today's devotional gives us an excellent example why an harmonised study is essential to truly understanding the gospel. Matthew 9:18-26, Mark 5.21-43 and Luke 8:41-56 shares with us the story of Jesus raising a girl and the healing of a woman who had suffered bleeding for 12 years. If you simply read Matthew's account, you won't know the identity of the man who came to ask Jesus to come heal his...

In today's reading, Jesus teaches us a very important lesson on faith and how faith work. The background of the story sees the disciples facing a not so natural storm and they were terrified they might die. In the same way I see many believers today afraid of living, there are devils and demons lurking at every corner that they have to be constantly fighting. In our story, the disciples likely sen...

In today's devotional we took Mark's and Luke's takes on the parable of the sower. Comparing all 3 synoptic gospel, we learned something new on what it takes to be productive with the word of God. We already pointed out what Matthew said; But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thir...

In today's devotional, we concluded the study of the parables Jesus shared with his audience in Matthew 13:1-52; we looked at the parable of the sower yesterday, today we took on the parables of; the weeds, the mustard seed and yeast, the hidden treasure and pearl, and the parable of the net. While most of today's parable point to what will happen at the end of the ages where there will be a separ...