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THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: WEDNESDAY, 30TH NOVEMBER, 2022 (ST ANDREW’S DAY)  TOPIC: THE GOOD LAW WITH ITS BAD OUTCOME TEXT: ROMANS 10:1-18 1. Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they may be saved. 2. For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. 3. For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God. 4. For Christ [is] the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. 5. For Moses writes about the righteousness which is of the law, "The man who does those things shall live by them." 6. But the righteousness of faith speaks in this way, "Do not say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?' " (that is, to bring Christ down [from above)] 7. or, " 'Who will descend into the abyss?' " (that i

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: TUESDAY, 29TH NOVEMBER, 2022  TOPIC: ARE YOU READY FOR AN ANSWER? TEXT: MARK 10:17-27 17.  Now as He was going out on the road, one came running, knelt before Him, and asked Him, "Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?" 18.  So Jesus said to him, "Why do you call Me good? No one [is] good but One, [that is,] God. 19.  "You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery,' 'Do not murder,' 'Do not steal,' 'Do not bear false witness,' 'Do not defraud,' 'Honor your father and your mother.' " 20.  And he answered and said to Him, "Teacher, all these things I have kept from my youth." 21.  Then Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, "One thing you lack: Go your way, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, take up the cross, a

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: MONDAY, 28TH NOVEMBER, 2022  TOPIC: THE KINGDOM OF GOD - THE CHILDREN’S INHERITANCE TEXT: MARK 10:13-16 13.  Then they brought little children to Him, that He might touch them; but the disciples rebuked those who brought [them.] 14.  But when Jesus saw [it,] He was greatly displeased and said to them, "Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of God. 15.  "Assuredly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it." 16.  And He took them up in His arms, put [His] hands on them, and blessed them. MESSAGE:  Jesus made a very instructive statement when he had to rebuke the disciples who were preventing the children from accessing Him. Apart from informing them of the centrality of children in the kingdom life, He was quick to let them know of the essential attitude for attaining the

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SUNDAY, 27TH NOVEMBER, 2022 (ADVENT SUNDAY)  TOPIC: AN UNENDING DEBT TEXT: ROMANS 13:8-14 8.  Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law. 9.  For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not bear false witness," "You shall not covet," and if [there is] any other commandment, are [all] summed up in this saying, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." 10.  Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love [is] the fulfillment of the law. 11.  And [do] this, knowing the time, that now [it is] high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation [is] nearer than when we [first] believed. 12.  The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the arm

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SATURDAY, 26TH NOVEMBER, 2022  TOPIC: HOW FAR CAN YOU GO? TEXT: PHILEMON 1:17-25  17 If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself. 18 If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put that on mine account; 19 I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I will repay it: albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine own self besides. 20 Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord. 21 Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say. 22 But withal prepare me also a lodging: for I trust that through your prayers I shall be given unto you. 23 There salute thee Epaphras, my fellowprisoner in Christ Jesus; 24 Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlabourers. 25 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. MESSAGE:  In this passage we are challenged by the father

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: FRIDAY, 25TH NOVEMBER, 2022  TOPIC: PRODUCTIVITY IN ADVERSITY TEXT: PHILEMON 1:8-16 8 Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient, 9 Yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ. 10 I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds: 11 Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me: 12 Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels: 13 Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel: 14 But without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly. 15 For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever; 16 Not now as a servant, but above a s

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: THURSDAY, 24TH NOVEMBER, 2022  TOPIC: A VOCAL FAITH AND AN EXPENSIVE LOVE TEXT: PHILEMON 1:1-7ě 1. Again the word of the LORD of hosts came, saying, 2. "Thus says the LORD of hosts: 'I am zealous for Zion with great zeal; With great fervor I am zealous for her.' 3. "Thus says the LORD: 'I will return to Zion, And dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. Jerusalem shall be called the City of Truth, The Mountain of the LORD of hosts, The Holy Mountain.' 4. "Thus says the LORD of hosts: 'Old men and old women shall again sit In the streets of Jerusalem, Each one with his staff in his hand Because of great age. 5.  The streets of the city Shall be full of boys and girls Playing in its streets.' 6.  "Thus says the LORD of hosts: 'If it is marvelous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, Will it also be marvelous in My eyes?' Says the LOR

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: WEDNESDAY, 23RD NOVEMBER, 2022  TOPIC: THE LORD OF HOSTS TEXT: ZECHARIAH 8:1-13 1. Again the word of the LORD of hosts came, saying, 2. "Thus says the LORD of hosts: 'I am zealous for Zion with great zeal; With great fervor I am zealous for her.' 3. "Thus says the LORD: 'I will return to Zion, And dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. Jerusalem shall be called the City of Truth, The Mountain of the LORD of hosts, The Holy Mountain.' 4. "Thus says the LORD of hosts: 'Old men and old women shall again sit In the streets of Jerusalem, Each one with his staff in his hand Because of great age. 5.  The streets of the city Shall be full of boys and girls Playing in its streets.' 6.  "Thus says the LORD of hosts: 'If it is marvelous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, Will it also be marvelous in My eyes?' Says the LORD of hosts. 7. 

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: TUESDAY, 22ND NOVEMBER, 2022  TOPIC: FINISHING WELL TEXT: DANIEL 12 1. "At that time Michael shall stand up, The great prince who stands [watch] over the sons of your people; And there shall be a time of trouble, Such as never was since there was a nation, [Even] to that time. And at that time your people shall be delivered, Every one who is found written in the book. 2. And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, Some to everlasting life, Some to shame [and] everlasting contempt. 3. Those who are wise shall shine Like the brightness of the firmament, And those who turn many to righteousness Like the stars forever and ever. 4. "But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase." 5.  Then I, Daniel, looked; and there stood two others, one on this riverbank and the other on

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: MONDAY, 21ST NOVEMBER, 2022  TOPIC: PRAY FOR YOUR LEADERS TEXT: DANIEL 10:1-11:1 1. In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a message was revealed to Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar. The message [was] true, but the appointed time [was] long; and he understood the message, and had understanding of the vision. 2. In those days I, Daniel, was mourning three full weeks. 3. I ate no pleasant food, no meat or wine came into my mouth, nor did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled. 4. Now on the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, that [is,] the Tigris, 5.  I lifted my eyes and looked, and behold, a certain man clothed in linen, whose waist [was] girded with gold of Uphaz! 6.  His body [was] like beryl, his face like the appearance of lightning, his eyes like torches of fire, his arms and feet like burnished bronze in colo

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SUNDAY, 20TH NOVEMBER, 2022  (TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY) TOPIC: CHEER UP, HELP IS ON THE WAY! TEXT: ACTS 9:32-35 32. Now it came to pass, as Peter went through all [parts of the country,] that he also came down to the saints who dwelt in Lydda. 33. There he found a certain man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden eight years and was paralyzed. 34. And Peter said to him, "Aeneas, Jesus the Christ heals you. Arise and make your bed." Then he arose immediately. 35. So all who dwelt at Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord.   MESSAGE:  In our text today, we see Aeneas who was bedridden for eight years and was paralysed. He got healed instantly through the prayer of Peter. Imagine how this man must have felt those eight years of helplessness. This was the case with blind Bartimaeus until he encountered Jesus and was asked to cheer up (Mark 10:46-52). Certainly, Aenea

1. Thy kingdom come, O God! Thy rule, O Christ begin! Break with thine iron rod the tyrannies of sin! 2. Where is thy reign of peace, and purity and love? When shall all hatred cease, as in the realms above? 3. When comes the promised time that war shall be no more, and lust, oppression, crime shall flee thy face before? 4. We pray thee, Lord, arise, and come in thy great might; revive our longing eyes, which languish for thy sight. 5. Men scorn thy sacred Name, and wolves devour thy fold; by many deeds of shame we learn that love grows cold. 6. O'er heathen lands afar thick darkness broodeth yet: arise, O Morning Star, arise, and never set!

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SATURDAY, 19TH NOVEMBER, 2022  TOPIC: PRAYERS UNLOCK DIVINE REVELATION TEXT: DANIEL 9:1-3, 20-27 1. In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the lineage of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans -- 2. in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years [specified] by the word of the LORD through Jeremiah the prophet, that He would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. 3. Then I set my face toward the Lord God to make request by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. DANIEL 9 :20- 27 20. Now while I was speaking, praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the Lord my God for the holy mountain of my God,  21. yes, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: FRIDAY, 18TH NOVEMBER, 2022  TOPIC: GOD DETESTS THE PROUD TEXT: DANIEL 4:1-18 1. Nebuchadnezzar the king, To all peoples, nations, and languages that dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied to you. 2. I thought it good to declare the signs and wonders that the Most High God has worked for me. 3. How great [are] His signs, And how mighty His wonders! His kingdom [is] an everlasting kingdom, And His dominion [is] from generation to generation. 4. I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at rest in my house, and flourishing in my palace. 5.  I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts on my bed and the visions of my head troubled me. 6.  Therefore I issued a decree to bring in all the wise [men] of Babylon before me, that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream. 7.  Then the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers came in, and I told them the dream; but they

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: THURSDAY, 17TH NOVEMBER, 2022  TOPIC: FAITH NEVER FAILS TEXT: DANIEL 3:19-30 19.  Then Nebuchadnezzar was full of fury, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego. He spoke and commanded that they heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated. 20.  And he commanded certain mighty men of valor who [were] in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, [and] cast [them] into the burning fiery furnace. 21.  Then these men were bound in their coats, their trousers, their turbans, and their [other] garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. 22.  Therefore, because the king's command was urgent, and the furnace exceedingly hot, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego. 23.  And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burnin

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: TUESDAY, 15TH NOVEMBER, 2022  TOPIC: A PRAYERFUL SALUTATION! TEXT:2 THESSALONIANS 3:16-18 16.  Now may the Lord of peace Himself give you peace always in every way. The Lord [be] with you all. 17.  The salutation of Paul with my own hand, which is a sign in every epistle; so I write. 18.  The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [be] with you all. Amen.  MESSAGE:  The content of this salutation is an expression of a father who wants his Children to experience God the same way he has experienced Him. Consider the content of the salutation: Peace from God by all means, the Lord be with you, the grace of our Lord Jesus be with you all (2 Thess. 3:16,18). The peace of God can calm them in the midst of challenges and assure them of the presence of God around them and by supernatural help which comes by grace that can surmount troubles and obtain good result in their endeavours. Paul released a salutation

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION). DATE: MONDAY, 14TH NOVEMBER, 2022 TOPIC: BE ORDERLY TEXT: 2 THESSALONIANS 3:6-15 6.  But we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw from every brother who walks disorderly and not according to the tradition which he received from us. 7.  For you yourselves know how you ought to follow us, for we were not disorderly among you; 8.  nor did we eat anyone's bread free of charge, but worked with labor and toil night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, 9.  not because we do not have authority, but to make ourselves an example of how you should follow us. 10.  For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat. 11.  For we hear that there are some who walk among you in a disorderly manner, not working at all, but are busybodies. 12.  Now those who are such we command and exhort through our Lord J

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SUNDAY, 13TH NOVEMBER, 2022  TOPIC: ANSWERED PRAYERS TEXT: 1 JOHN 5:13-15 13.  These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may [continue to] believe in the name of the Son of God. 14.  Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 15.  And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him. MESSAGE: John makes it clear that there must be a connection to the source of answers to prayer and this comes through believing consistently in the name of Jesus. The foundational result is eternally released to those who believe. This channel produces the confidence to ask in prayer correctly. Prayers are heard when they are according to God’s will; again, remaining in Him brings the answer. So, th

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SATURDAY, 12TH NOVEMBER, 2022  TOPIC: THE LORD’S SPEEDING WORD TEXT: 2 THESSALONIANS 3:1-5 1. Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may run [swiftly] and be glorified, just as [it is] with you, 2. and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men; for not all have faith. 3. But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard [you] from the evil one. 4. And we have confidence in the Lord concerning you, both that you do and will do the things we command you. 5.  Now may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the patience of Christ. MESSAGE:   Paul’s words tear down any veneer of our culture’s hospitality towards God’s word. The fact of the matter is that God’s truths are antithetical at a fundamental level to every strain of popular belief. This helps us to understand why prayer is the most practical course of action in a faithless world

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: FRIDAY, 11TH NOVEMBER, 2022   TOPIC: STAND FIRM TEXT: 2 THESSALONIANS 2:13-17 13.  But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth, 14.  to which He called you by our gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 15.  Therefore, brethren, stand fast and hold the traditions which you were taught, whether by word or our epistle. 16.  Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us and given [us] everlasting consolation and good hope by grace, 17.  comfort your hearts and establish you in every good word and work. MESSAGE:  Paul was specific in his thanksgiving to God for the Thessalonians. God loved them and chose the Thessalonians as the first fruits to be saved. God loved and chose them for sa

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: THURSDAY, 10TH NOVEMBER, 2022  TOPIC: DECEPTION ABOUT THE DAY TEXT: 2 THESSALONIANS 2:1-12 1. Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you, 2. not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of Christ had come. 3. Let no one deceive you by any means; for [that Day will not come] unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, 4. who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. 5.  Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? 6.  And now you know what is restraining, that he may be revealed in his own time. 7.  For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restra

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: WEDNESDAY, 9TH NOVEMBER, 2022  TOPIC: THE SAINTS ARE PRAYING FOR YOU TEXT: 2 THESSALONIANS 1:1-12 1. Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: 2. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 3. We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all abounds toward each other, 4. so that we ourselves boast of you among the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that you endure, 5.  [which is] manifest evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also suffer; 6.  since [it is] a righteous thing with God to repay with tribulation those who trouble you, 7.  and to [give] you who are troubled rest with us when

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: TUESDAY, 8TH NOVEMBER, 2022  TOPIC: GOD COMFORTS AND RECOMPENSES TEXT: 2 THESSALONIANS 1:5-10 5.  [which is] manifest evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also suffer; 6.  since [it is] a righteous thing with God to repay with tribulation those who trouble you, 7.  and to [give] you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, 8.  in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9.  These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power, 10.  when He comes, in that Day, to be glorified in His saints and to be admired among all those who believe, because our testimony among you was believed. MESSAGE:  In yesterday’s reading, Apostle

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: MONDAY, 7TH NOVEMBER, 2022  TOPIC: FAITH AND LOVE IN PERSECUTION 2 THESSALONIANS 1:1-4 1. Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: 2. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 3. We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all abounds toward each other, 4. so that we ourselves boast of you among the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that you endure.  MESSAGE:  In this letter, Apostle Paul, in agreement with Silvanus (Silas) and Timothy, commended the new believers at Thessalonica for their abounding faith, increasing love for the brethren and ability to endure the persecutions and afflictions brought upon them by their unbelieving Jewish neighbours. Rec

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SUNDAY, 6TH NOVEMBER, 2022  TOPIC: WALK BY FAITH, NOT BY SIGHT TEXT: 2 CORINTHIANS 5:6-15 6.  So [we are] always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord. 7.  For we walk by faith, not by sight. 8.  We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord. 9.  Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him. 10.  For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things [done] in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad. 11.  Knowing, therefore, the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are well known to God, and I also trust are well known in your consciences. 12.  For we do not commend ourselves again to you, but give you opportunity to boast on our behalf, that you may have [an answer] for those who boast

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SATURDAY, 5TH NOVEMBER, 2022  TOPIC: ALWAYS ACKNOWLEDGE GOD  TEXT: DANIEL 2:25-END   25. Then Arioch quickly brought Daniel before the king, and said thus to him, “I have found a man of the captives of Judah, who will make known to the king the interpretation.” 26. The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, “Are you able to make known to me the dream which I have seen, and its interpretation?” 27. Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, “The secret which the king has demanded, the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, and the soothsayers cannot declare to the king.  28. But there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the latter days. Your dream, and the visions of your head upon your bed, were these:  29. As for you, O king, thoughts came to your mind while on your bed, about what would co

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: FRIDAY, 4TH NOVEMBER, 2022  TOPIC: GOD IS THE REVEALER OF SECRETS TEXT: DANIEL 2: 1-24 1. Now in the second year of Nebuchadnezzar's reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; and his spirit was [so] troubled that his sleep left him. 2. Then the king gave the command to call the magicians, the astrologers, the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans to tell the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king. 3. And the king said to them, "I have had a dream, and my spirit is anxious to know the dream." 4. Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic, "O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation." 5.  The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, "My decision is firm: if you do not make known the dream to me, and its interpretation, you shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made an ash heap. 6.  "However, if you tel

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: THURSDAY, 3RD NOVEMBER, 2022  TOPIC: LIVING AN UNCOMPROMISING LIFE TEXT: DANIEL 1:1-END   1. In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.  2. And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with some of the articles of the house of God, which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the articles into the treasure house of his god. 3. Then the king instructed Ashpenaz, the master of his eunuchs, to bring some of the children of Israel and some of the king’s descendants and some of the nobles,  4. young men in whom there was no blemish, but good-looking, gifted in all wisdom, possessing knowledge and quick to understand, who had ability to serve in the king’s palace, and whom they might teach the language and literature of the Chaldeans.  5. And the king appointed for them a

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: WEDNESDAY, 2ND NOVEMBER, 2022 (ALL SOULS DAY)  TOPIC:  THE COMFORT OF CHRIST’S COMING TEXT: I THESSALONIANS 4:13-18 13.  But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. 14.  For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus. 15.  For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive [and] remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. 16.  For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17.  Then we who are alive [and] remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. 18.  Therefore comfort one another with these

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: TUESDAY, 1ST NOVEMBER, 2022 (ALL SAINTS’ DAY)  TOPIC: THE REDEEMED OF THE TRIBULATION TEXT:  ECCLESIASTES 6 1. There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it [is] common among men: 2. A man to whom God has given riches and wealth and honor, so that he lacks nothing for himself of all he desires; yet God does not give him power to eat of it, but a foreigner consumes it. This [is] vanity, and it [is] an evil affliction. 3. If a man begets a hundred [children] and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not satisfied with goodness, or indeed he has no burial, I say [that] a stillborn child [is] better than he -- 4. for it comes in vanity and departs in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness. 5.  Though it has not seen the sun or known [anything,] this has more rest than that man, 6.  even if he lives a thousand years twice -- but has not seen g