Daily Devotional With Murphy Eyenike

The apostle Paul's next prayer for the Ephesian believers is truly a wonder. I pray the same prayer for you today; I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. And may you have the power to understand, as...

Everytime I study the book the book of Ephesians, I can't but marvel at the depth of Paul's prayer for this church. We will take a deep dive at the prayers again as we do the study but allow me first share Paul's revelation of our salvation because I believe that is what everything stands on. The concept of salvation is often misunderstood as Christians often in a bid to prove their salvation delv...

In his conclusion to the book of Galatians, the apostle reminders us about the place of consistency and perseverance in living the Christian life. Don’t be misled—you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant. Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful nature will harvest decay and death from that sinful nature. But those who live to please the Spirit will harvest...

Reading Paul's epistle to the Galatians, we've learned that there are 2 paths available to us; faith or the law. We've said to choose faith. The question then is, how do we accomplish what the law ultimately intended to accomplish. The purpose of the law is love because love fulfils the whole law. For the whole law can be summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Galatians 5...

Our faith in Jesus is what makes us children of God. And because we are now children of God, we are also heirs of God, joint-heirs with Jesus Christ. God sent him to buy freedom for us who were slaves to the law, so that he could adopt us as his very own children. And because we are his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, prompting us to call out, “Abba, Father.” Now you...

In today's devotional, we see 2 paths clearly laid before everyone who seeks eternal life. The apostle Paul argues that it is either through faith in Christ or seeking to keep the law. "It is through faith that a righteous person has life" Habakkuk 2:4. Which is seeming opposite to; "It is through obeying the law that a person has life." Leviticus 18:5. Faith or the law. Paul's argument is simple,...

In this amazing apologetic letter, the apostle Paul makes a defense and explains to the Galatians church who were allowing themselves to soon move away from the earlier teachings they had received, the truth of the Good News. The Good News is simple, Christ Jesus died for us and it is by accepting and living through him that we have right standing with God, not by trying to obey the letters and di...

In conclusion, apostle Paul concludes by stating his true strength comes from glorying in and being able to trust God in his weaknesses. Those criticising him felt his weaknesses and trials disqualified him as an apostle, Paul disagrees; Three different times I begged the Lord to take it away. Each time he said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast...

The apostle Paul warns the believers in the Corinthian church about false prophets and their teachings. It is by far even more amazing to realise his warnings are still relevant today; But I fear that somehow your pure and undivided devotion to Christ will be corrupted, just as Eve was deceived by the cunning ways of the serpent. You happily put up with whatever anyone tells you, even if they prea...

In today's devotional, we learn about giving in light of the New testament. In the Old testament, the people took their gifts and offering to the temple, it was to care especially for the Levites to free them to serve God on behalf of the people. In the New testament, Paul encouraged the people to give so the needy amongst the people are cared for. Paul puts forth the believers at Macedonia as a m...

Welcome to today's daily devotional. The apostle Paul tells a very important message; God has something special in store for us, I mean, those who are in Christ. He has given us the Holy Spirit as a guarantee of what we will receive from him after our time here on earth is done. So we look forward to this promise and it is what shapes our very lives here on earth. Paul says; For we live by believi...

Paul says our lives must represent Christ. We preach him and use our lives to show the world who he is; You see, we don’t go around preaching about ourselves. We preach that Jesus Christ is Lord, and we ourselves are your servants for Jesus’ sake. 2 Corinthians 4:5 NLT. Our message is simple; Jesus Christ is Lord. However, Paul was facing so much challenges and persecution that the Corinthian chur...

The apostle Paul's second letter to the Corinthian church follows at least 2 more encounters after his first letter. Again here, Paul defends his authorith as an apostle in the face of criticism that he was facing severe hardship and opposition. Paul's response to them should shape our understanding and response to issues such as believers going through hardships, suffering, persecution, etc. All...

Paul has a great advise for those of living in a society as turbulent as the Corinthians; Be on guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageous. Be strong. And do everything with love. 1 Corinthians 16:13‭-‬14 NLT. If you've seen 2 boxers do their thing in the ring, you'd hear their trainers constantly shouting out; "keep your guard up". When you guard is up, you would remain standing even when the...

In 1st Corinthians chapter 15, the apostle Paul teaches us about the certain hope of the resurrection, because Jesus died and rose again we can be certain that because of this one act we will also experience the resurrection. When that day comes, this is what will happen; It will happen in a moment, in the blink of an eye, when the last trumpet is blown. For when the trumpet sounds, those who have...

Reading Paul's instructions to us about public worship in first Corinthians chapter 14 tells you how little we pay attention to the Bible. Chapter 14 was intended to teach the Corinthians how to conduct themselves when the come into their church meetings. This is not an instruction manual on speaking in tongues or whether the gift of prophecy is better than it. Paul start by saying when it come to...

We tend to underestimate the power and importance of love in our fellowship, Paul says love is literally everything; If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn’t love others, I would have gained nothing. Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and...

What the apostle Paul intended was instruction for how married people, especially because of the peculiarity of the times they were living in, instruction on how they should behave themselves in public is usually interpreted as Paul hatred for women. His instruction on order in worship has been turned on its head to mean a believer should pray and check whether they are in sin before taking the co...

Living as a double agent! That is how you describe how some Christians live; they live for God during the day, and in the night, they live for the flesh. They are hot and cold at the same time. They want to eat from the Lords table and from the table of demons, at the same time. Paul says that should not be; it is equivalent to trying to provoke God to jealousy. You cannot drink from the cup of th...

As a followup to his earlier advise of how Christians have been bought with a price and so they can't just live their lives however they please. Paul tells those Christians who claim they can go sit in and eat food at pagan temples even when they are necessarily participating in the rituals that they were doing something wrong; *It’s true that we can’t win God’s approval by what we eat. We don’t l...

In today's devotional, Paul addresses a very important question; are believers allowed to live however they want? Does our conduct asper morality, do they matter? Don’t you realize that your bodies are actually parts of Christ? Should a man take his body, which is part of Christ, and join it to a prostitute? Never! And don’t you realize that if a man joins himself to a prostitute, he becomes one b...

By the time apostle Paul wrote first Corinthians, it was his third contact with the church in Corinth. His first visit was when he established the church. We see this in Acts of the Apostles chapter 18. The second time he spoke to them through a letter. He had heard of moral decadence amongst them and he felt he ought to address it. The book of First Corinthians is therefor Paul response to the fe...

Paul concludes the book of Romans with a charge all of us should pay attention to even today; "We who are strong must be considerate of those who are sensitive about things like this. We must not just please ourselves. We should help others do what is right and build them up in the Lord. For even Christ didn’t live to please himself. As the Scriptures say, “The insults of those who insult you, O G...

There is this verse in Romans chapters 13 that blows my mind every time I read it. "Instead, clothe yourself with the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ. And don’t let yourself think about ways to indulge your evil desires. Romans 13:14 NLT. Clothe yourself with, wear the presence of Christ, put Him on as if you had your best clothes on. That means be conscious others can see Christ on you. That me...

In today's devotional, the apostle Paul tells us that we are living sacrifices. This would have been a somewhat difficult concept to explain as sacrifices are supposed to be dead on the altar. What did Paul mean? And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable...