Daily Devotional With Murphy Eyenike

The apostle Paul in Romans chapter 11 has an answer for those who says; once saved, forever saved. The logic simply stated says that once a person gives their lives to Christ, they cannot lose it. They take it further and say, the person cannot lose their salvation even if they deny Christ and live however they want. Paul's answer is; Notice how God is both kind and severe. He is severe toward tho...

I am here to tell you that nothing can separate you from the love of God showered on us in Christ Jesus. Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death? (As the Scriptures say, “For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like...

The apostle Paul's message in these 2 chapters are so huge. Firstly, for anyone in Christ, you are not bound to the Law. Second, though the power of the Law is real and sin cooperating with the sinful nature inside every will want to control us to live a life of sinful desires, we have been release from that control in Christ to live by the power of the Holy Spirit. So, my dear brothers and sister...

Paul explains in no uncertain terms how we received the gift of righteousness; it's the work of God's grace, undeserved and unmerited favour. He compares it to what happened to us when sin was passed on to us from Adam so that just by the fact we were born into this world, we became sinners. In Christ, we are born again into righteousness. Halleluyah! But there is a great difference between Adam’s...

Romans chapters 3 and 4 should be read by every believer every single, it contains an elaborate and comprehensive brief of what the message of grace is all about. I am sure Paul was aware of the many questions that people had been asking, and so he employs asking the questions and providing answers to them. Put in a single verse, this is Paul's argument; Obviously, the law applies to those to whom...

We begin reading the most comprehensive letter Paul wrote to any church on his missionary journeys. The book of Romans was written to answer questions from Jewish and Gentile believers. The Jews who have attacked him at every turn were categorized into two groups; those insisting that you could only be saved by converting to Judaism and those who insisted the message of salvation was for Jews and...

As the book of Acts of the Apostles concludes, it is important to realize that Luke who wrote it never intended it was to capture all of the acts of the apostles, there were probably more acts by the other apostles put together than what was captured for Paul. My belief is that the acts of the apostles are even still being captured today. that i. Luke's goal was to give us, or more appropriately,...

How do you choose when faced with a difficult choice? That's the focus of today's devotional as we see Paul, the captain that was in charge, the ship's crew and Paul's travelling companions were faced with a difficult choice; to stay in an harbour Crete that was not so suitable, probably small, or risk being caught in the storm and head to another harbour called Phoenix. Phoenix was a much more su...

The apostle Paulinitially made a defense before the garrison commander; Claudias Lysias, and then before the Jewish high council. In today's devotional, he makes his defense before governors Felix and Festus, and eventually before king Agrippa. To someone looking in from afar, Paul seems reckless and cares nothing for his life. But look at what the Lord Jesus himself said about the present trials...

Daily devotional with Pastor Murphy - August 15 - Acts of the Apostles 21-22 NLT 👇👇👇👇 It's amazing to read about the resilience and boldness of Paul in the face of oppositions. His determination and tact to mount a defense for his conviction is simply splendid. Defending ones faith against attacks; from enemies within and outside the Church is something that is ever more prevalent today. As be...

The apostle Paul after spending 3 years teaching the believers in Ephesus leaves them a message I believe still resonates with us today; *“So guard yourselves and God’s people. Feed and shepherd God’s flock—his church, purchased with his own blood—over which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as leaders.* Acts of the Apostles 20:28 NLT. We must be ready to guard this precious treasure purchased wit...

Can you present Jesus the Messiah through the scriptures. In today's devotional, Apollos comes on the stage and we see him here present Christ using the scriptures. Apollos had been thinking about going to Achaia, and the brothers and sisters in Ephesus encouraged him to go. They wrote to the believers in Achaia, asking them to welcome him. When he arrived there, he proved to be of great benefit t...

It is almost jarring to see the extent Paul went through to see the gospel preached, even in the face of opposition, riot and prison, he shocked them off to tell people that Jesus Christ is the Messiah and saviour of the world. As was Paul’s custom, he went to the synagogue service, and for three Sabbaths in a row he used the Scriptures to reason with the people. He explained the prophecies and pr...

In today's devotional, Barnabas and Paul had such a sharp disagreement over John Mark to the point they went their separate ways. Barnabas, true to his nature, wanted to give John Mark a second chance and allow him come on their second missionary journey even though Mark had abandoned them during the first missionary journey. Paul on the other hand felt if Mark did it once, he would likely do so a...

In today's devotional, we noticed a very simple comment that would reverberate through the New testament. It's about this one action by John Mark to abandon the missionary assignment at a time things became turbulent. His action led to Paul and Barnabas going their separate ways. Paul and his companions then left Paphos by ship for Pamphylia, landing at the port town of Perga. There John Mark left...

"But while Peter was in prison, the church prayed very earnestly for him." Acts 12:5 NLT. In today's devotional, let's talk abou the power in praying earnestly. What's your first reaction when troubles comes? For most, it is either to wail or call a friendFor these believers however, these difficult times drew them closer to God, they chose to pray for Peter's release rather than worry about what...

Acts chapter 10 is officially the first time in the New testament that a group of Gentiles publicly accept Jesus Christ and the Lord shows his approval by filling them with the Holy Spirit. It is quite an amazing read. However, my focus this morning is on what Peter said about Jesus; And you know that God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. Then Jesus went around doing...

In today's devotional, I emphasized the need for us to preach the gospel and tell others about Jesus Christ because sometimes, that's the only way some will ever hear; who would have been bold enough to talk to Saul unless Ananias obeyed God and preached to him? Philip preached to the Ethiopian eunuch who would have been a total stranger to him; So Ananias went and found Saul. He laid his hands on...

In today's devotional, we draw lesson from those who listened to Stephen and rejected God's will for them. Remember we read that the message the apostles were sharing with the people was life changing; “Go to the Temple and give the people this message of life!” Acts of the Apostles 5:20 NLT. And every day, in the Temple and from house to house, they continued to teach and preach this message: “Je...

In today's devotional, we read about the boldness of Peter and John to stand before and resist the very sanhedrin that had sentenced Jesus to death. They brought in the two disciples and demanded, “By what power, or in whose name, have you done this?” Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers and elders of our people, are we being questioned today because we’ve done a good dee...

When the New testament church began, we saw that the believers then used every opportunity they got to witness about Jesus Christ. "All the people saw him walking and heard him praising God. When they realized he was the lame beggar they had seen so often at the Beautiful Gate, they were absolutely astounded! They all rushed out in amazement to Solomon’s Colonnade, where the man was holding tightl...

In today's devotional we begin reading the book of the Acts of the apostles, we see the Holy Spirit poured out on all the believers present; young and old, men and women, sons and daughters and from every tribe first in Israel and then to every nation on earth. The Holy Spirit was breaking all the earlier barriers of the Old testament to herald the New. On the day of Pentecost all the believers we...

In today's devotional, we concluded the book of John by paying particular attention to the evidences of the resurrection. Jesus appeared to several people after his resurrection to prove his was alive. There are those who say Christians must provide empirical evidences like in a court of law to prove that Jesus died and rose again. Our answer should be simple, the actions of these disciples are en...

The crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus is such a monumental historical event with massive spiritual significance. It is what differentiate Christians from every other religion. In today's devotional, we discussed part of that significance when Jesus said it was finished. Jesus knew that his mission was now finished, and to fulfill Scripture he said, “I am thirsty.” A jar of sour wine was sittin...

In today's devotional, we read again the amazing sacrifice, the resolve and fortitude to suffer and eventually die for us. But Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword back into its sheath. Shall I not drink from the cup of suffering the Father has given me?” John 18:11 NLT The cup he was referring to was not something simple, it meant his humiliation, his torture and eventual crucifixion and death. T...