Daily Devotional With Murphy Eyenike

In today's devotional, we remind ourselves of what Jesus taught about prayer; "Once Jesus was in a certain place praying. As he finished, one of his disciples came to him and said, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” Jesus said, “This is how you should pray: “Father, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come soon. Luke 11:1‭-‬2 NLT. Prayer, first and foremost is ab...

In today's devotional, we see a teacher ask Jesus this question in trying to justify himself; who is my neighbour? Since Jesus had answered that love for God and neighbour was the most important commandment, who is my neighbour? It is strange he didn't mention anything about love for God, probably because he felt there was no way to measure or show it to others or that it is easy to tell when we l...

In today's devotional, we learned about how faith works by learning from the faith of Jairus and the woman who was healed of her blood disease. Both of their stories starts with them joining the crowd to wait on and welcomed Jesus as they heard Jesus was on his way there; "On the other side of the lake the crowds welcomed Jesus, because they had been waiting for him. Then a man named Jairus, a lea...

In today's devotional we read the story of the man from whom Jesus cast out a legion of demons. A truly remarkable story of deliverance and restoration, however, our emphasis is not on the man that was healed and saved but on the crowd who asked Jesus to leave their lives as a result of what at happened. "Then the demons came out of the man and entered the pigs, and the entire herd plunged down th...

In today's devotional, we drew several lessons from the teachings of Jesus. My emphasis this morning is on the tree (the heart) and its fruit. Here, Jesus taught that the tree is what determines the fruit; whether good or bad or type. "“A good tree can’t produce bad fruit, and a bad tree can’t produce good fruit. A tree is identified by its fruit. Figs are never gathered from thornbushes, and grap...

In Luke chapter 6, Jesus gives us the correct application of love. He teaches that love for others must extend even to those who consider themselves our enemies. Love your enemies and not just those who can love you in return. "“But to you who are willing to listen, I say, love your enemies! Do good to those who hate you. Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who hurt you. If someone slaps you...

In today's devotional, we draw some very lessons from the temptation of Jesus. In my opinion all temptations in our lives follows the same strategy the devil tried to use to get Jesus to fall. "Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan River. He was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, where he was tempted by the devil for forty days. Jesus ate nothing all that time and became...

In today's devotional, we read about a very important event in the life of Jesus; his baptism. "One day when the crowds were being baptized, Jesus himself was baptized. As he was praying, the heavens opened, and the Holy Spirit, in bodily form, descended on him like a dove. And a voice from heaven said, “You are my dearly loved Son, and you bring me great joy.” Luke 3:21‭-‬22 NLT. His baptism was...

In today's devotional, we take a look at what was said about Jesus by the angels at his birth and Simeon at his dedication; "but the angel reassured them. “Don’t be afraid!” he said. “I bring you good news that will bring great joy to all people. The Savior—yes, the Messiah, the Lord—has been born today in Bethlehem, the city of David! And you will recognize him by this sign: You will find a baby...

In today's devotional we concluded byaying attention to Mary's and Zechariah's responses to the angel Gabriel when they met him. Both had their own unique obstacles. Mary and Zechariah represents for us two kind of responses we can have whenever we receive a word from God or face a situation where we have to chose or believe God or our situations. Gabriel told Mary she was going to conceive even t...

As we conclude reading the book of Mark, my emphasis is on the very last verse, it says; "And the disciples went everywhere and preached, and the Lord worked through them, confirming what they said by many miraculous signs." Mark 16:20 NLT. After Jesus' resurrection, he didn't take the disciples with him to heaven, no, he left them here to do an assignment. We call this assignment the Great Commis...

In today's devotional, we read about the trial, mocking, beating and eventual crucifixion of Jesus. Once again, we cannot but say; thank you Jesus; "They dressed him in a purple robe, and they wove thorn branches into a crown and put it on his head. Then they saluted him and taunted, “Hail! King of the Jews!” And they struck him on the head with a reed stick, spit on him, and dropped to their knee...

In today's devotional, we see the different people continue to play their parts as Jesus approached his death on the cross. We saw the mob that came to get him in the dead of night do their part; "And immediately, even as Jesus said this, Judas, one of the twelve disciples, arrived with a crowd of men armed with swords and clubs. They had been sent by the leading priests, the teachers of religious...

In today's devotional, Mark chapter 14 helps us see the different roles different individuals played in the trial, death and burial of Jesus. We see Simon the former leper play the important part of hosting Jesus to a banquet, this is the last time people were going to see him publicly, the next time they see him, he is being sentenced to death by Pilate. We see Mary Magdalene plays her part in an...

In today's devotional, we conclude our learning on Jesus' second coming by taking his final instruction on how we should prepare. It doesn't matter what we believe as per the endtime, we all believe Jesus Christ is coming back again. "“The coming of the Son of Man can be illustrated by the story of a man going on a long trip. When he left home, he gave each of his slaves instructions about the wor...

In Mark 13, Jesus tells us about the future events that will take place before he returns a second time. I understand that the rapture causes disagreements whenever this subject is discussed, however, I want to pay attention to what Jesus said which are the things we all agree with. Jesus says; "for many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah.’ They will deceive many. And you will hear...

In today's devotional, we conclude Mark chapter 12 by discussing how Jesus Christ is mentioned in the Old testament and how he fulfills what the prophets in the Old saw and prophesied. Here, Jesus was quoting David in Psalms 110; "For David himself, speaking under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, said, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, Sit in the place of honor at my right hand until I humble your ene...

What is the most important commandment? What commandment should we pay the most attention to? When the religious leader, elders and teachers sent someone to trap Jesus with this question, their intention was to accuse him later of not paying attention to some other commandments if he mentioned others. If he said; "thou shall not kill" they will ask him, what about; "thou shall not steal?" Jesus an...

In today's devotional, Jesus teaches the disciples about the connection between prayer and faith and how it can literally move mountains. Anything is possible when we pray. Remember that faith is knowing that God is. It is having that certainty in your heart that there is someone; God, at the other side of my prayer. When this kind of faith connects with prayer, Jesus says it will move mountains....

Good morning! Our lessons in today's devotional is drawn from the encounter Bartimaeus had with Jesus. Jesus was on his way from Jericho and as usual, the crowds were there, we pick up the story from where Bartimaeus hears that Jesus was passing by; "Then they reached Jericho, and as Jesus and his disciples left town, a large crowd followed him. A blind beggar named Bartimaeus (son of Timaeus) was...

The last 2 times we read through the New testament and read Mark chapter 10, we focused on what Jesus meant when he said people had to receive the kingdom of heaven like a child to be saved, and on the story of blind Bartimaeus. Today, I want us to treat Jesus' encounter with the rich man and what lessons to take from that story. This rich man came to Jesus and wanted to know what he needed to do...

In today's devotional, let's discuss the subject of unbelief. There is this story of this man who brought his son to Jesus to be healed. With Jesus not around, he had to fall back on the disciples who were available. But tried all they may, and to the surprise of the disciples, they could not cast out the demon troubling the boy. We pick up the story from when Jesus returned; "When they returned t...

During today's devotional, we see Jesus ask the disciples a question some of us are still struggling to answer today; "Jesus and his disciples left Galilee and went up to the villages near Caesarea Philippi. As they were walking along, he asked them, “Who do people say I am?” “Well,” they replied, “some say John the Baptist, some say Elijah, and others say you are one of the other prophets.” Then...

In today's devotional Jesus teaches about inner purity. The Pharisees who had carefully replaced the word of God with their traditions, were questioning Jesus why his disciples defiled themselves by eating with unwashed hands? Jesus clarified by separating defilement from contamination; eating with unwashed hands might contaminate you but definitely not defile you. Communual hygiene was one of the...

In today's devotional, we see Jesus do 2 amazing miracles and learned that for every miracle Jesus did, there was a significant. "They were all terrified when they saw him. But Jesus spoke to them at once. “Don’t be afraid,” he said. “Take courage! I am here!” Then he climbed into the boat, and the wind stopped. They were totally amazed, for they still didn’t understand the significance of the mir...