Daily Devotional With Murphy Eyenike

Daniel sees four beasts coming up out of a great sea in a great storm, he gives us some description about them but spends the majority of his time focusing on the fourth beast and the phenomenon that would happen around and during the period of its reign. In understanding his dream, a few things become clear; each of the beast represents a kingdom whose influence would touch or cover the whole ear...

As the Persian empire begins, we see a new plot to take out Daniel. The people and Daniel knew he wasn't going to compromise his faith and pray to an idol, so they got the king, Darius, to sign a law declaring anyone who did not pray to Darius ends up in the lion's den. Daniel could have comprised this time and it would have been understandable. He has stood for his faith these many years, some wo...

King Belshazzar failed to learn from the very mistakes king Nebuchadnezzer made and suffered for. There is a saying that; "those who ignore history make certain that they will repeat its mistakes". Belshazzar practically repeated Nebuchadnezzer's mistakes, he thought he could do anything he wanted, he was the king (howbeit for less than a year), but his one silly action led to the end of the great...

You will have heard that "pride goes before destruction and haughtiness before a fall" Proverbs 16:18. That is exactly our lesson from this chapter. We see that even after experiencing the power of God a few times, it didn't equate to a surrender to God, Nebuchadnezzer still thought himself a god and that all he had accomplished were by his own doing. As a result, God would eventually show him who...

Would you bow? That's the million dollar question every Christian has to answer. For Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah, it was whether they would bow and worship an idol, the image of king Nebuchadnezzer. Yours might not be as glamorous, but everyday, we Christians are faced with similar challenges; pay for play propositions, compromise that might result in woke culture cancellation, peer pressure to...

In Daniel chapter 2, king Nebuchadnezzer sees this giant statue that is made of 4 distinct part that he is very confused about. We attempt an explanation as to its meaning and try to understand what the statue meant and its implications for those of us living through the endtime.

Daniel said that he was able to tell king Nebuchadnezzar's dream and its meaning because; "there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets." He also said that; "He (God) gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to scholars. He reveals deep and mysterious things and knows what lies hidden in darkness..." That's simply amazing. Are there things you wish you understood or are confused about? God can revea...

The Book of Daniel is my favourite book in the Old Testament. The book has just 12 loaded chapters and is broadly broken in two parts; chapters one to six contain six amazing, action packed events that will fill your heart with learning and wisdom; Daniel and his three friends; Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah refused to defile themselves with the kings delicacies. Second was about Nebuchadnezzar dr...

We conclude the book of Ezekiel with a charge to thirst for more and more of God. It is worthy of note that the final words of the book of Ezekiel was a promise from God; "And from that day the name of the city will be 'The LORD Is There'" - Jehovah Shammah. The LORD will be there, will you? Will you be there to thirst for more and more of GOD, to go deeper in your walk with Him daily. Halleluyah!

Ezekiel continues to see the restoration of the temple of God and the glory of God finally returns back. God was plainly showing him this for the people so as to confront the nation with severity of their fall from grace in losing the first temple, and to stir up their desire to see a restoration. Lessons, do not wait for the glory to depart before you set things in order.

Ezekiel sees the restoration of the old temple and the old order of worship in his vision indicating the children of Israel were going to be restored back to the land of Israel and the temple rebuilt. However, this temple was only still a foreshadowing of what was still to come, that people will oneday be the very temples of God made not with human hands but made possible by the perfect sacrifice...

The vision of the valley of dry bones has so much lessons for us. The bones represented the pathetic, irredeemable condition the nation of Israel was in as they were scattered all over the world in exile, yet, the LORD brought about a mighty revival by bringing them back. I don't know what dry bones represent in your own life, but with God, no situation can ever be called irredeemable, He will do...

We will paying attention to two things as we read today; the role of the covenant in guaranteeing Israel's and our safety, and the fact God says he will be giving his people a new heart, one that is not stubborn but a heart that wants to seek after and follow God. Our covenant with God in Christ guarantees our liberty from sin and the tyrannical oppression of the devil. Halleluyah!! To keep this c...

A watchman stands guard on the behalf of other watching for approaching dangers and sounding off clear warnings. A watchman speaks the truth, even to power. They use the truth to confront falsehoods that might sneak in unwittingly. Watchmen love the people they have been called to watch over. YOU ARE A WATCHMAN, over a family, a community, country, sphere of influence, job, etc.

"Pride goes before destruction and a haughty heart before a fall" says the book of Proverbs. As you listen to today's devotional, please realize that God had no problem Tyre and their king or prince's riches and success, no, the fact that they succeeded through wisdom, understanding and industry was commendable. The problem started when pride entered their hearts. So you ask, can I have all they h...

Human nature thinks it can only succeed when others fail. It sees others as competition so that when calamity or downfall befalls them, it secretly rejoices. In today's reading, the LORD punished the nations of; Ammon, Moab, Edom, Philistia, and Tyre because they rejoiced and celebrated at the fall of Jerusalem. Today's lesson is; there is enough room at the top for all of us to succeed. You don't...

God again confronts Israel's and Judah's idolatry. However this time, with the background information that it all started in Egypt. They started by worshipping the gods in Egypt and were never able to give them up, instead, they added other idols and gods. Idolatry for them began during their time of slavery, bondage and suffering. Moses never stood a chance of getting them to the promise land. Th...

Judgment and destruction was here for Jerusalem. They were being judged not just for the idolatry in the land, but also because of the way they were treating one another in taking advantage of the defenseless; the orphaned, widows, the poor, foreigners, etc. The lesson here is, you can't claim to love God and then go on to treat those created in his image with contempt and hate. You can't love God...

Individuals are responsible for their own sins; not their father or mother, not even the society, that's the focus of our read in today's devotional. The nation of Judah was suffering, war was imminent but rather than seek for solutions and understand why, they tried to blame the generations who came before them. That way, they were not responsible and God was being unjust trying to punish them fo...

In today's reading, the LORD makes a link between idolatry and promiscuity. Though speaking metaphorically, the message could not be clearer; claiming to worship GOD and then worship idols at the same time is prostitution. You will have to choose, I will have to choose. Jesus puts it this way; "you cannot worship GOD and mammon", now you know why.

Have you ever experienced a situation where someone comes asking for your help or opinion but you can tell it's all a ruse; they know exactly what they intend to do? That's the situation having an idol leaves you in whenever you go to GOD for help, you would eventually lean towards whatever your idol says or wants from you. The LORD says he will never have that, for those who worship him, it must...

In our reading today, one statement keeps reoccurring; "Then they will know that I am the LORD." It felt like the people of Israel needed some things to happen before they believed it was God sending this messages to them. Do you need a tragedy, a calamity or pain to happen to you before you believe that there is a God who rules in the affairs of men? I certainly hope not. LORD, you do not need to...

I asked a question three times in today's reading; are you trying to chase the presence God out of your life? You ask, but is that even possible? In Ezekiel chapter ten, we see that it is; the glory of God in a sense, bodily left the holy of holiest, first to the entrance of the temple and then altogether, out of the temple. Why you ask? Idolatry, it literally says to God you are not welcome here....

It must be a dangerous thing to both make God your enemy and then make him angry at the same time. That was what Judah had succeeded in doing. God, once their defender and protector was now out to see them destroyed because they had prostituted themselves to other gods. His anger was righteous and just but it was palpable destructive, it reduced the once great nation to nothing. I know what I will...

The book of Ezekiel is a terrific and amazing book. Difficult to understand for a lot of people but so interesting when you understand the basics of interpretation. It's events coincides with Jeremiah prophesying in Judah as Ezekiel, who had earlier been carried off into exile, prepares the people for their 70 years stay in exile in Babylon. Ezekiel's message sort to confront Judah's idolatry, poi...