Daily Devotional With Murphy Eyenike

Saul is king and his first action was to muster Israel's army using fear, he said, "This is what will happen to the oxen of anyone who refuses to follow SAUL and Samuel....

Saul is chosen as king over Israel.

We take three important lessons from today's podcast; true revival starts in the heart. When there is one, we can command a revival in the physical. Secondly, your children are not you, they are your first ministry and legacy, don't sacrifice raising them on the altar of serving God or people. Lastly, rejecting God always leaves a bitter lasting taste.

Samuel's call as prophet starts here. This also marks the end for Eli and his children, Hophni and Phinehas. Great lessons in these chapters on the fact that noise and a lot of movement do not always imply God is present.

Israel transits from the period of the judges to the kings, from a theocracy to a monarchy, first Samuel has some deep lessons for everyone reading. From Hannah today, hold on to God whatever you are going through.

There is a reward for commitment and faithfulness. For Ruth, it earned her the one thing she desired.

The book of Ruth is a classic short Hebrew story about a woman from Moab called Ruth, it has everything a great story have; lack, love, tragedy, commitment, faithfulness, hardwork and a changed story at the end. Ruth's story teaches us that it pays to be faithful.

Is it possible to hear God, do his will and consistently fail? What were the children of Israel doing wrong here? Find out in the podcast.

When there is no king, when there is no leadership, it's free for all.

Samson's story ends in tragedy and lesson on the fact that what eventually destroys men are often not a stranger to them. Samson's was also a lesson on how not to use the gifts that God has given you.

The story of Samson is action packed and captivating from start to finish but a lesson on how someone can be so gifted and yet so weak in character.

Jephthah's story despite starting in a good military victory against Ammon ends in tragedy due to a rash vow he made trying to play smart with God.

The story of Abimelech is a sad one and with a very tragic ending, but the lessons are simple, the evil men do, come back to haunt them.

With just 300 men, Gideon takes on an army 135,000 men strong. What God cannot do does not exist.

The prophetess Deborah achieves great things despite the limitations a woman would have faced in her time. Also, Gideon arises from obscurity, with very little confidence in himself to lead Israel to victory against the Midianites.

A cycle begins of Israel doing evil in the sight of God, their enemies ruling over them and the Israelites crying out to God for help. Every single time, God raises a judge to save them. But as night surely follows day, the Israelites would do a reset and turn back to their idols.

The book of Judges presents the story of a very volatile and unstable period for the children of Israel. As Joshua and his generation exit the scene, the next generation quickly turned away from God to idols. Whenever this happened, the Lord would leave the people to their faith and to experience the consequences of their actions, but would eventually raise up someone, a judge, to deliver the peop...

Joshua's final words to the nation is a stern warning of the danger of abandoning God to worship idols...Joshua said, "as for me and my family, we will serve the Lord"

The Levites were carefully and strategically placed to live amongst each of the tribes so they act as the moral compass for the entire nation. Today, every single one of us is a Levite.

Every tribe and clan receives their allotment of land just as God promised.

What if God's word says you can achieve something and you think you can't, what do you do? This was the situation the children of Israel were faced with. In Christ, you can achieve what God says you can. You might not amount to much on your own, but with God on your side, you can do anything.

We see the lands given to Judah and Ephraim with a very important caveat at the end, they both could not drive out all the enemies; the Jebusites of Jerusalem in Judah's case and the people of Gezer for Ephraim. For us today, in Christ, we have won a complete victory over Satan...

The remaining unconquered lands are allotted to the remaining nine and a half tribes, and Caleb's faithfulness of 45yrs is rewarded.

Having conquered the southern armies, Israel led by Joshua, with a completely different strategy, takes on and conquers the northern armies.

God fights on behalf of Israel against an enemy they should naturally not have been able to take on. Lesson; when God is on your side, nothing the enemy throws at you can defeat you.