Daily Devotional With Murphy Eyenike

In today's devotional, I am amazed at the number of prophecies fulfilled at Jesus' trial and eventual crucifixion, together with the parties who took part fulfilling it. The teachers of religious law and leading priest accused Jesus falsely and handed him over to Pilate as prophecied they would. They also paid 30 pieces of silver for him in fulfilment of scripture and bought a burial site with the...

Jesus' predictions of his death eventually comes to pass in this chapter when the religious leaders conspired and together with help from Judas, one of Jesus' disciples, arrested Jesus, they were able to arrest him. On the surface, the leaders were simply jealous of Jesus, but in hindsight, it allowed them to become tools for the devil to do his own work. Jesus' death however was predicted, he was...

In Matthew chapters 24 and 25, Jesus predicts some future events and talks about the two stages of his second coming; one heralds the day of rapture and is unexpected. This day will catch many people unaware and unprepared. “However, no one knows the day or hour when these things will happen, not even the angels in heaven or the Son himself. Only the Father knows. “When the Son of Man returns, it...

The more you read the words and teachings of Jesus, the more you realize he had a genuine indignation for pretenders and hypocrites; those who say one thing and do another. They will never lift a finger to do the very the very thing they are heckling you about. His harshest words were reserved for the Pharisees, the leaders and teachers of his time because they were hypocrites. “The teachers of re...

Jesus shared this parable on a landowner and his hiring of vineyard workers to work in his vineyard. The story is intriguing and full of profound lessons. At the end of the day's work, the landowner decides to pay all the workers the same pay as agreed when he hired them. However, those he hired first became indignant; "When those hired at five o’clock were paid, each received a full day’s wage. W...

As you take a second look at many of Jesus' teachings, you realized they were focused on helping us improve on how we treat one another. Actually, Jesus makes clear in several of the parables and examples he uses in today's devotional that how we treat one another plays a major role in our standing in the kingdom. How we treat one another is how we store up our treasures in heaven. In one story Je...

What does it mean to be a follower of Jesus? Following Jesus when he was here physically meant you were lumped in with the radicals who were always looking to forment trouble. Today, it is probably not different, Christians are labelled as racist, fascist and misogynist because of their faith. You probably heard the case of the cake maker who was fighting to keep his business opened because the go...

Matthew chapters 13 and 14 focused on the parables Jesus used to teach the people. A parable is not a riddle or puzzle, the goal is not to hide the truth. It is simply a story, often related to real life events that anyone truly listening can connect to. He shares on the farmer scattering seeds which was a illustration teaching us on how hearing the word is not enough, we must be looking to listen...

So many big lessons to take away from today's devotional. Jesus speaking here says; “My Father has entrusted everything to me. No one truly knows the Son except the Father, and no one truly knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.” Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you....

In many of Jesus' encounters with the sick, he prayed for them by laying hands on them and they received their healing, not this woman in Matthew chapter 9; without Jesus' permission or knowing, she had faith enough to turn things on their head by touching him, she simply tapped into the anointing on him. "Just then a woman who had suffered for twelve years with constant bleeding came up behind hi...

There are so many life lessons in these three chapters that I can't point all of them out. For example; “Your eye is like a lamp that provides light for your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is filled with light. But when your eye is unhealthy, your whole body is filled with darkness. And if the light you think you have is actually darkness, how deep that darkness is! Matthew 6:22‭-...

In today's devotional, we read and learn about a variety of issues; the temptation of Jesus, the start of his ministry and call of the first disciples, the classic sermon on the mount covering topics such as; the beautitudes, teachings about believers being the salts and light, the law, anger, adultery, divorce, taking and making vows, revenge, love for enemies, how to give, and finally, prayer an...

We begin a new time in our devotional, we want to read the Bible through before the end of the year. The first of the Bible is Matthew, we read the first 3 chapters in today's devotional. I explained during my introduction his style of write and the audience he was likely focused on as he wrote. What I can guarantee you is that reading the Bible will never leave you the same. Applying its truth wi...

In today's devotional, I took time to answer 2 questions I received earlier. The first question was; who is the woman referred to in Revelation 12, is she Mary the mother of Jesus or the nation of Israel? The second question says; what did Christ mean when he said he was the source of David and the heir to his throne in Revelation 22:16. Listen to today's podcast to get the answers.

Congratulations to everyone, we made it to the end. We will have read the Bible through from the first verses of the book of Genesis to the last verses in the book of Revelation by the end of today's devotional. Revelation 22 concludes like I said yesterday with the profound statement; "I am coming soon." Soon and very soon, the trumpet call of God will sound and we will meet the King, don't let t...

One message resounds again and again in Revelation chapter 22, Jesus says; "I am coming soon." He actually says these words three times in this one chapter. For me, it has to mean these words are important and the communicate a sense of urgency to the message of the book of Revelation. You might have heard this before but please let it mean something different today; Jesus is coming soon; it could...

Revelation chapter 21 concludes with a description of the new city that came down from heaven, the New Jerusalem. The depiction of this city is both literal and figurative. Literally, it is the city where the children of God will dwell when the Church returns to the new earth. Figuratively, it is a description of the wife of the lamb, the Church. The precious stone speak about the purity of this c...

After the events of the White throne judgment, Revelation 21 tells us that Gid will make everything new including a New Jerusalem coming down from heaven. At this point, there is a new heaven and a new earth, all pain, sorrow and death are gone as those things and their progenitors have been cast into the lake of fire. As this New Jerusalem comes down from heaven, it turns out that the angel was a...

The word Beautitude is from the Latin word Beatitudo which means "blessedness". Each Beautitude references the current state of happiness or well-being of the one who practices the word of God. Jesus taught the Beautitudes at the sermon on the Mount of Olives in Matthew 5:3-12 NLT. Interestingly, there are 7 beautitudes referenced in the book of Revelation, let's take a look at them; "God blesses...

We began looking at Revelation chapter 20 yesterday which is divided into 3 sections; the Millennium reign of Christ on the earth, the final defeat of Satan at the battle of Gog and Magog, and then the final judgment. We looked at the first two yesterday, so we conclude chapter 20 today by looking at the final judgment or what the Bible calls the White Throne judgment. "And I saw a great white thr...

Revelation chapter 20 is divided into 3 sections; we see the Millennium reign of Christ on the earth, the final defeat of Satan at the battle of Gog and Magog, and then the final judgment. Let's address the first two today. The Millennia reign begins at the end of the 7 years of tribulations and as Christ comes to establish himself as King of kings and Lord of lords on the earth. We already saw th...

This morning, I do a deep dive into the subject of the rapture; what it is about? When will it occur? And why does it occur? Let me say upfront that there are many fallacies and myths on the rapture but no one disagrees with it's purpose if it is true; to take the Church out of the earth before the days of tribulations begins. Speaking about that day, Jesus said; “Watch out! Don’t let your hearts...

Revelation chapter 19 is divided into 2 part, the first part shows us this massive choir singing and worshipping God in heaven just as the Marriage Feast of the lamb takes place. Here, we are told that you will need to be invited to this feast and that all who do are given a special pass; "Then I heard again what sounded like the shout of a vast crowd or the roar of mighty ocean waves or the crash...

This morning, I answered some of the questions I have received since we began reading and studying the book of Revelation. Why have we undertaking this seemingly difficult read? My answer is simple; it is so that we can get ready. In Jesus' words, it is so that we can keep watch because the time is near. “Two men will be working together in the field; one will be taken, the other left. Two women w...

Revelation chapter 18 is the fulfillment of the destruction of the city of Babylon that had been predicted in both the proleptic message of the angel declared in Revelation 14:8 NLT; "Then another angel followed him through the sky, shouting, “Babylon is fallen—that great city is fallen—because she made all the nations of the world drink the wine of her passionate immorality.” and the pouring out...