Daily Devotional With Murphy Eyenike

In today's devotional, Jesus begins teaching the people using parables or stories. Parables are relatable and helps those listening to both remember what was shared and the lessons intended. In the parable of the sower, a farmer sets out sowing seed. The seeds were received by 4 types of grounds; a path, a rocky ground, a thorny ground, and the good soil. Jesus said each of these grounds represent...

In today's devotional, we learn in this one sitting of how Jesus handled and overpowered demons by the power of the Holy Spirit. We also learned that demons can cause physical ailments in people. Matthew 12:22-37, Mark 3:20-30, Luke 11:14-26; "Then they brought him a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute, and Jesus healed him, so that he could both talk and see. " Matthew 12:22 NIV. If you ha...

In today's devotional, Jesus tells us to receive or accept the kingdom of God like little children. He condemns and chided all those who saw him, saw his miracles and still refused to believe him. "But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you. And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will go down to Hades. For if the miracles...

In today's devotional we again see the usefulness of doing an harmonised study, Mathew and Luke both shared with us Jesus healing a centurion's servant; Matthew 8:5-13 and Luke 7:1-10. Reading closely, it can be a bit confusing, did the centurion come to Jesus himself or not? This is important because it is his faith we are learning about. If the centurion did not even have to come to Jesus and wa...

In today's devotional, while looking at the sermon on the Mount, we completed Matthew take of the sermon in chapters 6 and 7. This sermon contain Life's Hacks, paradigms you can stand on and know you can never fall; meekness when judging others, personal reflection before advising others, persistence in prayer, giving to the needy and how to do it, how to prayer, giving, the purpose of wealth and...

In today's devotional, we read about Jesus, after a night on prayer, chose 12 amongst his disciples to be the closest to him, and called them his apostles. We also noted that strangely, as detailed as the book of Matthew is, it does not record this. Only Mark and Luke record the chosing (not calling) of the 12 apostles. The second part of today's study takes us to the sermon on the mount and here,...

In today's devotional, I explained why verse four is omitted when we read John 5:1-47. I explained the important role of manuscripts in giving us our New testament Bible, and how depending on how old a manuscript is or the closer they are to the original copies, the more accurate. I also explained how this strengthens our faith rather than dilute or destroy it like critics of the Christian faith w...

In today's devotional, we learn a very important lesson the purpose of sabbath and in turn the law God gave Israel. When Jesus said; "then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. " Mark 2:27 NIV. Jesus was saying, the sabbath was given to man not to constrict and restrict him, but to enable him to love God and in turn love other people. When Jesus asked them; "Then...

In today's devotional, we continue to explore and learn from the events that occurred in Galilee during Jesus' ministry. Today, we complete the story of the paralyzed man by taking Luke's account Luke 5:17-26. We reviewed Matthew or Levi's call to become a disciple and how that one event attracted a large crowd of sinners to follow Jesus. Lastly, we discussed Jesus' response when his disciples wer...

In today's devotional, the harmonisation of the gospels helped us gain a better understanding of some of the key events during Jesus' Galilean ministry; Jesus' decision to start going around, the healing of the first leper in the New testament, and the healing of the paralyzed man. Only by doing an harmonisation do we begin to fully understand what really took place; why Jesus for example abruptly...

The majority of Jesus' ministry; teachings and miracles took place in Galilee. The story of the first disciples or apostles he called was in Galilee. And today, using the harmonic threading of the events, we were able to understand how Jesus really "called" his first four disciples; Andrew, Peter, James and John. Reading Matthew and Mark, you would think he was just walking by and called them and...

Today, we conclude studying the beginning part of Jesus' ministry, this includes his return back to Galilee, his trip through Samaria and the encounter with the woman by Jacob's well. If there is one thing I take from the start of his ministry, it is that despite the oppositions and rejections, Jesus faced, he was determined to do the work set out for him by the Father. Who says doing God's will m...

In today's devotional, we continue our study of the beginning of Jesus' ministry while paying particular attention to the gospel of John. Here we see the first disciples called. We also see the first miracle Jesus did in revealing himself to the public. I also explained the difficulties that arises whenever you are translating from one language to another. We used the example of simply saying; "I...

Today's devotional takes us to the accounts by all four writers of the gospel to the beginning of the ministry of Jesus. All four of them records his baptism and temptation and indicating the importance of both events to the start of his ministry.

In today's devotional, we took a look at the early years of Jesus; the magi visit, and his visit to the temple with his parents. We also read about the beginning of John the Baptist's ministry; his demeanour and his message. We compared all four gospels and noted the slight variations in the details each paid attention to.

In today's devotional, we learn about the events surroundings Jesus' birth and get better clarity on how they happened; where they occurred and why Mary and Joseph travelled all the way to Bethlehem in the first place. By comparing Matthew's and Luke's account of the events, we were able to for example pinpoint the exact place where some of the events took place; Mary and Joseph lived in Nazareth,...

Today's devotional led us to compare the genealogy of Jesus as presented by Matthew who was writing to a Jewish audience, compared to Luke who was writing to a more broader audience. You will notice that Matthew traces the genealogy of Jesus through the line of the king proving that Jesus was the Messiah, the one who fulfills the promise God made to king David of a king forever on his throne. Whil...

In today's devotional, we conclude our introduction to the Harmony of the Gospel. I gave an example in Mark 1:2; while reading from the NIV, NASB and KJV, we must pay attention to the possible variant that exist using different translations. Finally, we began the series by taking an introduction to Jesus, here, we read what each of the gospel says introducing Jesus Christ; Luke 1:1-4, John 1:1-18...

In today's devotional, I highlight how it is possible for two people to look at the same event and come out with different views and take on the event. That is what happens whenever people are burdened with the responsibility to report on a situation, they will naturally report the event, but pay attention to different details. We see this severally as we do an Harmonised study of the gospel, all...

Happy New Year! We begin 2023 by doing an harmonised study of the four Gospels of; Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Why do we need to or what benefits can be derived from doing an harmonised study of the Gospels? I will never forget the words of my professor in Bible school; "the Bible is not written in black and white as most people assume it is". When you realize the veracity of this statement and...

Jesus repeats one message again and again as the book of Revelation concludes, Jesus said; "I am coming soon." He actually said these three times in this one chapter. That tells us how important those words are, and they communicate a sense of urgency. Jesus is coming soon; it could be today, it could be tomorrow or the next, or next year. One thing is certain, it will be soon. If you have been pa...

Revelation chapter 17 tells us about the Great Prostitute; who is she and where does she resides? "One of the seven angels who had poured out the seven bowls came over and spoke to me. “Come with me,” he said, “and I will show you the judgment that is going to come on the great prostitute, who rules over many waters. The kings of the world have committed adultery with her, and the people who belon...

The events around Revelation 9 through to 13 take place during the 7 year period of tribulation. In chapter 13, we see this 2 figures, 2 beasts that are worthy of mention. The first beast, the antichrist, looks a lot like the red dragon described earlier in Revelation 12, but he is different. "Then I saw a beast rising up out of the sea. It had seven heads and ten horns, with ten crowns on its hor...

As John describes the events going on in heaven, we see Jesus Christ step forward, the only being in the entire universe, qualified to receive the scroll and break its seven seals. Halleluyah! He receives the scroll and breaks the first seal, the effect, is felt not only in heaven, but on the earth. The effect is the appearance of a rider on a white horse. "As I watched, the Lamb broke the first o...

In Revelation chapters one through to three, John gives us a description of how Jesus would look like when we see him in heaven. Jesus then tells John to write seven letters to seven churches who were present at that time. Using the dispensationalist style of interpretation, we've said these seven letters also speaks about the entire church age. The churches are; Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatir...