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THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: WEDNESDAY, 31ST AUGUST, 2022  TOPIC: WISDOM: THE GIVER OF LIFE TEXT: PROVERBS 8:22-36 22.  " The LORD possessed me at the beginning of His way, Before His works of old. 23.  I have been established from everlasting, From the beginning, before there was ever an earth. 24.  When [there were] no depths I was brought forth, When [there were] no fountains abounding with water. 25.  Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills, I was brought forth; 26.  While as yet He had not made the earth or the fields, Or the primeval dust of the world. 27.  When He prepared the heavens, I [was] there, When He drew a circle on the face of the deep, 28.  When He established the clouds above, When He strengthened the fountains of the deep, 29.  When He assigned to the sea its limit, So that the waters would not transgress His command, When He marked out the founda...

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: TUESDAY, 30TH AUGUST, 2022  TOPIC: WISDOM ENRICHES MORE THAN GOLD TEXT: PROVERBS 8:1-21 1. Does not wisdom cry out, And understanding lift up her voice? 2. She takes her stand on the top of the high hill, Beside the way, where the paths meet. 3. She cries out by the gates, at the entry of the city, At the entrance of the doors: 4. "To you, O men, I call, And my voice [is] to the sons of men. 5.  O you simple ones, understand prudence, And you fools, be of an understanding heart. 6.  Listen, for I will speak of excellent things, And from the opening of my lips [will come] right things; 7.  For my mouth will speak truth; Wickedness [is] an abomination to my lips. 8.  All the words of my mouth [are] with righteousness; Nothing crooked or perverse [is] in them. 9.  They [are] all plain to him who understands, And right to those who find knowledge. 10.  Receive my ...

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: MONDAY, 29TH AUGUST, 2022  TOPIC: THE PRINCIPLES OF GOOD LIVING TEXT: PROVERBS 3:27-4:9 27.  Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, When it is in the power of your hand to do [so.] 28.  Do not say to your neighbor, "Go, and come back, And tomorrow I will give [it,"] When [you have] it with you. 29.  Do not devise evil against your neighbor, For he dwells by you for safety's sake. 30.  Do not strive with a man without cause, If he has done you no harm. 31.  Do not envy the oppressor, And choose none of his ways; 32.  For the perverse [person is] an abomination to the LORD, But His secret counsel [is] with the upright. 33.  The curse of the LORD [is] on the house of the wicked, But He blesses the home of the just. 34.  Surely He scorns the scornful, But gives grace to the humble. 35.  The wise shall inherit glory, But shame shall be th...

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SUNDAY, 28TH AUGUST, 2022  TOPIC: GODLY WISDOM: DIVINE PROTECTION TEXT: PROVERBS 3:1-26 1. My son, do not forget my law, But let your heart keep my commands; 2. For length of days and long life And peace they will add to you. 3. Let not mercy and truth forsake you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart, 4. [And] so find favor and high esteem In the sight of God and man. 5.  Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; 6.  In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths. 7.  Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the LORD and depart from evil. 8.  It will be health to your flesh, And strength to your bones. 9.  Honor the LORD with your possessions, And with the firstfruits of all your increase; 10.  So your barns will be filled with plenty, And your vats will overflow with new wine. ...

 THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SATURDAY, 27TH AUGUST, 2022  TOPIC: THE PRINCIPAL TREASURES TEXT: PROVERBS 2 1. My son, if you receive my words, And treasure my commands within you, 2. So that you incline your ear to wisdom, [And] apply your heart to understanding; 3. Yes, if you cry out for discernment, [And] lift up your voice for understanding, 4. If you seek her as silver, And search for her as [for] hidden treasures; 5. Then you will understand the fear of the LORD, And find the knowledge of God. 6. For the LORD gives wisdom; From His mouth [come] knowledge and understanding; 7. He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; [He is] a shield to those who walk uprightly; 8. He guards the paths of justice, And preserves the way of His saints. 9. Then you will understand righteousness and justice, Equity [and] every good path. 10. When wisdom enters your heart, And knowledge is pleasant to your soul, 11. Discr...

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: FRIDAY, 26TH AUGUST, 2022  TOPIC: DO NOT NEGLECT GOD'S WISDOM TEXT: PROVERBS 1:20-33 20.  Wisdom calls aloud outside; She raises her voice in the open squares. 21.  She cries out in the chief concourses, At the openings of the gates in the city She speaks her words: 22.  "How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? For scorners delight in their scorning, And fools hate knowledge. 23.  Turn at my rebuke; Surely I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you. 24.  Because I have called and you refused, I have stretched out my hand and no one regarded, 25.  Because you disdained all my counsel, And would have none of my rebuke, 26.  I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your terror comes, 27.  When your terror comes like a storm, And your destruction comes like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon...

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: THURSDAY, 25TH AUGUST, 2022  TOPIC: EVIL COMMUNICATIONS CORRUPT GOOD MANNERS TEXT: PROVERB 1:1-19 1. The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel: 2. To know wisdom and instruction, To perceive the words of understanding, 3. To receive the instruction of wisdom, Justice, judgment, and equity; 4. To give prudence to the simple, To the young man knowledge and discretion -- 5.  A wise [man] will hear and increase learning, And a man of understanding will attain wise counsel, 6.  To understand a proverb and an enigma, The words of the wise and their riddles. 7.  The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge, [But] fools despise wisdom and instruction. 8.  My son, hear the instruction of your father, And do not forsake the law of your mother; 9.  For they [will be] a graceful ornament on your head, And chains about your neck. 10.  My son, if sinn...

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: WEDNESDAY, 24TH AUGUST, 2022  TOPIC: IT IS NOT BY YOUR POWER TEXT: ACTS 5:12-16 12.  And through the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were done among the people. And they were all with one accord in Solomon's Porch. 13.  Yet none of the rest dared join them, but the people esteemed them highly. 14.  And believers were increasingly added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women, 15.  so that they brought the sick out into the streets and laid [them] on beds and couches, that at least the shadow of Peter passing by might fall on some of them. 16.  Also a multitude gathered from the surrounding cities to Jerusalem, bringing sick people and those who were tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all healed. MESSAGE:  The Apostles did many miracles, and the church of God under their watch increased. This was definitely the fulfilment of the prom...

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: TUESDAY, 23RD AUGUST, 2022  TOPIC: GIVING TO GLORIFY GOD TEXT: 2 CORINTHIANS 9:1-15 1. Now concerning the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you; 2. for I know your willingness, about which I boast of you to the Macedonians, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal has stirred up the majority. 3. Yet I have sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this respect, that, as I said, you may be ready; 4. lest if [some] Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we (not to mention you!) should be ashamed of this confident boasting. 5.  Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren to go to you ahead of time, and prepare your generous gift beforehand, which [you had] previously promised, that it may be ready as [a matter of] generosity and not as a grudging obligation. 6.  But this [I say:] He who sows sparingly...

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: MONDAY, 22ND AUGUST, 2022  TOPIC: CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER TEXT: 2 CORINTHIANS 8:10-24 10.  And in this I give advice: It is to your advantage not only to be doing what you began and were desiring to do a year ago; 11.  but now you also must complete the doing [of it;] that as [there was] a readiness to desire [it,] so [there] also [may be] a completion out of what [you] have. 12.  For if there is first a willing mind, [it is] accepted according to what one has, [and] not according to what he does not have. 13.  For [I do] not [mean] that others should be eased and you burdened; 14.  but by an equality, [that] now at this time your abundance [may supply] their lack, that their abundance also may supply your lack -- that there may be equality. 15.  As it is written, "He who [gathered] much had nothing left over, and he who [gathered] little had no lack." 16.  ...

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SATURDAY, 20TH AUGUST, 2022  TOPIC: WILLINGNESS IN GIVING TEXT: 2 CORINTHIANS 8:1-9 1. Moreover, brethren, we make known to you the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia: 2. that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded in the riches of their liberality. 3. For I bear witness that according to [their] ability, yes, and beyond [their] ability, [they were] freely willing, 4. imploring us with much urgency that we would receive the gift and the fellowship of the ministering to the saints. 5.  And not [only] as we had hoped, but they first gave themselves to the Lord, and [then] to us by the will of God. 6.  So we urged Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also complete this grace in you as well. 7.  But as you abound in everything -- in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all diligence, and in your love for us -- ...

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: FRIDAY, 19TH AUGUST, 2022  TOPIC: GENUINE REPENTANCE TEXT: 2 CORINTHIANS 7:8-16 8.  For even if I made you sorry with my letter, I do not regret it; though I did regret it. For I perceive that the same epistle made you sorry, though only for a while. 9.  Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that your sorrow led to repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly manner, that you might suffer loss from us in nothing. 10.  For godly sorrow produces repentance [leading] to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death. 11.  For observe this very thing, that you sorrowed in a godly manner: What diligence it produced in you, [what] clearing [of yourselves, what] indignation, [what] fear, [what] vehement desire, [what] zeal, [what] vindication! In all [things] you proved yourselves to be clear in this matter. 12.  Therefore, althoug...

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: THURSDAY, 18TH AUGUST, 2022  TOPIC: PERFECTING HOLINESS TEXT: 2 CORINTHIANS 7:1-7 1. Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. 2. Open [your hearts] to us. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have cheated no one. 3. I do not say [this] to condemn; for I have said before that you are in our hearts, to die together and to live together. 4. Great [is] my boldness of speech toward you, great [is] my boasting on your behalf. I am filled with comfort. I am exceedingly joyful in all our tribulation. 5.  For indeed, when we came to Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were troubled on every side. Outside [were] conflicts, inside [were] fears. 6.  Nevertheless God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus, 7.  and not only by his c...

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: WEDNESDAY, 17TH AUGUST, 2022  TOPIC: CALL TO SEPARATION AND CONSECRATION TEXT: 2 CORINTHIANS 6:11-18 11.  O Corinthians! We have spoken openly to you, our heart is wide open. 12.  You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted by your [own] affections. 13.  Now in return for the same (I speak as to children), you also be open. 14.  Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? 15.  And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever? 16.  And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: "I will dwell in them And walk among [them.] I will be their God, And they shall be My people." 17.  Therefore "Come out from among them And be separate, says the L...

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: TUESDAY, 16TH AUGUST, 2022  TOPIC: ENDURING HARDSHIPS TEXT: 2 CORINTHIANS 6:1-10 1. We then, [as] workers together [with Him] also plead with [you] not to receive the grace of God in vain. 2. For He says: "In an acceptable time I have heard you, And in the day of salvation I have helped you." Behold, now [is] the accepted time; behold, now [is] the day of salvation. 3. We give no offense in anything, that our ministry may not be blamed. 4. But in all [things] we commend ourselves as ministers of God: in much patience, in tribulations, in needs, in distresses, 5.  in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in sleeplessness, in fastings; 6.  by purity, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by sincere love, 7.  by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, 8.  by honor and di...

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: MONDAY, 15TH AUGUST, 2022  TOPIC: THE MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION TEXT: 2 CORINTHIANS 5:17-21 17.  Therefore, if anyone [is] in Christ, [he is] a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. 18.  Now all things [are] of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, 19.  that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation. 20.  Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore [you] on Christ's behalf, be reconciled to God. 21.  For He made Him who knew no sin [to be] sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. MESSAGE:  Reconciliation refers to the means by which sinners are restored into a state of f...

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SUNDAY, 14TH AUGUST, 2022  TOPIC: BEING A WORTHY ELDER TEXT: 1 PETER 5:1-11 1. The elders who are among you I exhort, I who am a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that will be revealed: 2. Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers, not by compulsion but willingly, not for dishonest gain but eagerly; 3. nor as being lords over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock; 4. and when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that does not fade away. 5.  Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to [your] elders. Yes, all of [you] be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for "God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble." 6.  Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, 7.  casting all y...

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SATURDAY, 13TH AUGUST, 2022  TOPIC: HOPE IN HOPELESSNESS TEXT: EZEKIEL 37:1-14 1. The hand of the LORD came upon me and brought me out in the Spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it [was] full of bones. 2. Then He caused me to pass by them all around, and behold, [there were] very many in the open valley; and indeed [they were] very dry. 3. And He said to me, "Son of man, can these bones live?" So I answered, "O Lord GOD, You know." 4. Again He said to me, "Prophesy to these bones, and say to them, 'O dry bones, hear the word of the LORD! 5.  'Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones: "Surely I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live. 6.  "I will put sinews on you and bring flesh upon you, cover you with skin and put breath in you; and you shall live. Then you shall know that I [am] the LORD." ' ...

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE:FRIDAY, 12TH AUGUST, 2022  TOPIC: THE LIVING WATER TEXT: EZEKIEL 47:1-12 1. Then he brought me back to the door of the temple; and there was water, flowing from under the threshold of the temple toward the east, for the front of the temple faced east; the water was flowing from under the right side of the temple, south of the altar. 2. He brought me out by way of the north gate, and led me around on the outside to the outer gateway that faces east; and there was water, running out on the right side. 3. And when the man went out to the east with the line in his hand, he measured one thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the water [came up to my] ankles. 4. Again he measured one thousand and brought me through the waters; the water [came up to my] knees. Again he measured one thousand and brought me through; the water [came up to my] waist. 5.  Again he measured one thou...

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: THURSDAY, 10TH AUGUST, 2022  TOPIC: THE RETURNING OF GOD’S GLORY TO THE TEMPLE TEXT: EZEKIEL 43:1-12 1. Afterward he brought me to the gate, the gate that faces toward the east. 2. And behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east. His voice [was] like the sound of many waters; and the earth shone with His glory. 3. [It was] like the appearance of the vision which I saw -- like the vision which I saw when I came to destroy the city. The visions [were] like the vision which I saw by the River Chebar; and I fell on my face. 4. And the glory of the LORD came into the temple by way of the gate which faces toward the east. 5.  The Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court; and behold, the glory of the LORD filled the temple. 6.  Then I heard [Him] speaking to me from the temple, while a man stood beside me. 7.  And He said to me, "Son of man, ...

CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) PRAYER GUIDES FOR THE THREE DAYS FASTING AND PRAYER OF THE STATE OF THE NATION The following prayer requests are to be used for the prayer and fasting declared by the Primate of All Nigeria from Friday, 12th to Sunday, 14th August, 2022.  Theme: LET GOD ARISE,  Text: Psalm 68:1-4, 2 Chron.32:1f DAY ONE-FRIDAY 12TH AUGUST 2022 THANKSGIVING AND CONFESSION  1. Thank God for his mercy that endures forever. Thank him for calling us to himself. And for his preservation of lives and properties. 2. Pray and thank God for sustenance and divine provision. 3. Thank God for the Church in Nigeria, for our leaders and members. 4. Thanks God for Nigeria, for God’s mercy that holds this nation up from destruction.  The bible says, Sin is a reproach to any people. This reproach is heavy upon us. We have become objects of ridicule; it does not look like we have ever seen light, as everywhere seem to be blackened with darkness. There is co...

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: WEDNESDAY, 10TH AUGUST, 2022  TOPIC: FORGETTING THE PAST SHAME TEXT: EZEKIEL 39:21-29 21.  " I will set My glory among the nations; all the nations shall see My judgment which I have executed, and My hand which I have laid on them. 22.  "So the house of Israel shall know that I [am] the LORD their God from that day forward. 23.  "The Gentiles shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity; because they were unfaithful to Me, therefore I hid My face from them. I gave them into the hand of their enemies, and they all fell by the sword. 24.  "According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions I have dealt with them, and hidden My face from them." ' 25.  " Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: 'Now I will bring back the captives of Jacob, and have mercy on the whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for My holy na...

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE:  TUESDAY, 9TH AUGUST, 2022  TOPIC: A PROMISE OF RESTORATION TEXT: EZEKIEL 37:15-28 15.  Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 16.  "As for you, son of man, take a stick for yourself and write on it: 'For Judah and for the children of Israel, his companions.' Then take another stick and write on it, 'For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and [for] all the house of Israel, his companions.' 17.  "Then join them one to another for yourself into one stick, and they will become one in your hand. 18.  " And when the children of your people speak to you, saying, 'Will you not show us what you [mean] by these?' -- 19.  "say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Surely I will take the stick of Joseph, which [is] in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions; and I will join them with it, with the stick of Judah, and make them one ...

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: MONDAY, 8TH AUGUST, 2022  TOPIC: HAVE FAITH, YOUR DRIED BONES SHALL LIVE! TEXT: EZEKIEL 37:1-14 1. The hand of the LORD came upon me and brought me out in the Spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it [was] full of bones. 2. Then He caused me to pass by them all around, and behold, [there were] very many in the open valley; and indeed [they were] very dry. 3. And He said to me, "Son of man, can these bones live?" So I answered, "O Lord GOD, You know." 4. Again He said to me, "Prophesy to these bones, and say to them, 'O dry bones, hear the word of the LORD! 5.  'Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones: "Surely I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live. 6.  "I will put sinews on you and bring flesh upon you, cover you with skin and put breath in you; and you shall live. Then you shall know that I [am] the LORD...

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SUNDAY, 7TH AUGUST, 2022  TOPIC: SEEK PROTECTION IN JESUS TEXT: EPHESIANS 6:10-20 10.  Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. 11.  Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12.  For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual [hosts] of wickedness in the heavenly [places.] 13.  Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 14.  Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15.  and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16.  above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all ...