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THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SATURDAY, 31ST DECEMBER, 2022 (NEW YEAR EVE)  TOPIC: BE AWAKE AND KEEP WATCH TEXT: MARK 13:32-37 32.  " But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 33.  "Take heed, watch and pray; for you do not know when the time is. 34.  "[It is] like a man going to a far country, who left his house and gave authority to his servants, and to each his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to watch. 35.  "Watch therefore, for you do not know when the master of the house is coming -- in the evening, at midnight, at the crowing of the rooster, or in the morning  36.  "lest, coming suddenly, he find you sleeping. 37.  "And what I say to you, I say to all: Watch!"   MESSAGE:  Today is the last day of the year! All glory, praises and thanks be unto God for His grace and mercies. As the year ends, we are drawing

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: FRIDAY, 30TH DECEMBER, 2022  TOPIC: HE IS AT THE DOOR TEXT: MARK 13:28-31 28.  " Now learn this parable from the fig tree: When its branch has already become tender, and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near. 29.  "So you also, when you see these things happening, know that it is near -- at the doors! 30.  "Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place. 31.  "Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away. MESSAGE:  In our text today, Jesus gives the parable of the fig tree - a basic analogy from nature that He used to make a point about His second coming. Just as one may easily tell that summer is near when one sees the fig tree begin to sprout leaves, even so believers could know that the coming of Jesus is near when they see the signs Jesus had described. These include the great tr

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: THURSDAY, 29TH DECEMBER, 2022  TOPIC: HE IS COMING FOR YOU TEXT: MARK 13:24-27 24.  " But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; 25.  "the stars of heaven will fall, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken. 26.  "Then they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. 27.  "And then He will send His angels, and gather together His elect from the four winds, from the farthest part of earth to the farthest part of heaven. MESSAGE:  When someone says, ‘I am coming for you’, there is the tendency to look at it negatively. In the context of the return of Christ, it is one of the greatest events in history that we are looking forward to. Here, the Lord Jesus tells us what will precede His return. There will be signs in the heavens, followed by the seeing of the Son of Man and the sendi

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: WEDNESDAY, 28TH DECEMBER, 2022 (HOLY INNOCENTS DAY)  TOPIC: SUFFERING ACCORDING TO THE WILL OF GOD TEXT: 1 PETER 4:12-19 12.  Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you; 13.  but rejoice to the extent that you partake of Christ's sufferings, that when His glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy. 14.  If you are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed [are you,] for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. On their part He is blasphemed, but on your part He is glorified. 15.  But let none of you suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or as a busybody in other people's matters. 16.  Yet if [anyone suffers] as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this matter. 17.  For the time [has come] for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if [it begins]

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: TUESDAY, 27TH DECEMBER, 2022 (ST. JOHN'S DAY)  TOPIC: THE LIFE OF CHRIST TEXT: 1 JOHN 1:1-9 1. That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of life -- 2. the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare to you that eternal life which was with the Father and was manifested to us -- 3. that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship [is] with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ. 4. And these things we write to you that your joy may be full. 5.  This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. 6.  If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. 7. 

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: MONDAY, 26TH DECEMBER, 2022 (ST. STEPHEN'S DAY)  TOPIC: UNMOVED TEXT: ACTS 7:54-60 54.  When they heard these things they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with [their] teeth. 55.  But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God, 56.  and said, "Look! I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!" 57.  Then they cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and ran at him with one accord; 58.  and they cast [him] out of the city and stoned [him.] And the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul. 59.  And they stoned Stephen as he was calling on [God] and saying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit." 60.  Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, "Lord, do not charge them with this sin." And when he

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SUNDAY, 25TH DECEMBER, 2022 (CHRISTMAS DAY)  TOPIC: GOD’S GREATEST AND FINAL WORD TEXT: HEBREWS 1:1-12 1. God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, 2. has in these last days spoken to us by [His] Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; 3. who being the brightness of [His] glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, 4. having become so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. 5.  For to which of the angels did He ever say: "You are My Son, Today I have begotten You"? And again: "I will be to Him a Father, And He shall be to Me a Son"? 6.  But when He again brings the firstborn into th

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SATURDAY, 24TH DECEMBER, 2022 (CHRISTMAS EVE)  TOPIC: LISTEN TO HIM TEXT: ACTS 13:16-26 16.  Then Paul stood up, and motioning with [his] hand said, "Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen: 17.  "The God of this people Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He brought them out of it. 18.  "Now for a time of about forty years He put up with their ways in the wilderness. 19.  "And when He had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He distributed their land to them by allotment. 20.  "After that He gave [them] judges for about four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet. 21.  "And afterward they asked for a king; so God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years. 22.  "And when He had removed him, He raised up for the

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: FRIDAY, 23RD DECEMBER, 2022  TOPIC: HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO JESUS? TEXT: MATTHEW 2:1-15 1. Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, 2. saying, "Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship Him." 3. When Herod the king heard [this,] he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. 4. And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. 5.  So they said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written by the prophet: 6.  'But you, Bethlehem, [in] the land of Judah, Are not the least among the rulers of Judah; For out of you shall come a Ruler Who will shepherd My people Israel.' " 7.  Then Herod, when he had secretly called the wise men

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: THURSDAY, 22ND DECEMBER, 2022  TOPIC: CHILD WITH DESTINY TEXT: MATTHEW 1:18-25 18.  Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit. 19.  Then Joseph her husband, being a just [man,] and not wanting to make her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly. 20.  But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. 21.  "And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS, for He will save His people from their sins." 22.  So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying: 23.  "Behold, the virgin shall be

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: WEDNESDAY, 21ST DECEMBER, 2022  TOPIC: REPENTANCE AND THE COMING OF CHRIST TEXT: MARK 1:1-8 1. The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 2. As it is written in the Prophets: "Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, Who will prepare Your way before You." 3. "The voice of one crying in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the LORD; Make His paths straight.' " 4. John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. 5.  Then all the land of Judea, and those from Jerusalem, went out to him and were all baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins. 6.  Now John was clothed with camel's hair and with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. 7.  And he preached, saying, "There comes One after me who is mightier than I, whose sandal strap I am not worth

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: TUESDAY, 20TH DECEMBER, 2022  TOPIC: LIFE WILL END TEXT: ISAIAH 40: 1-11 1. "Comfort, yes, comfort My people!" Says your God. 2. "Speak comfort to Jerusalem, and cry out to her, That her warfare is ended, That her iniquity is pardoned; For she has received from the LORD's hand Double for all her sins." 3. The voice of one crying in the wilderness: "Prepare the way of the LORD; Make straight in the desert A highway for our God. 4. Every valley shall be exalted And every mountain and hill brought low; The crooked places shall be made straight And the rough places smooth; 5.  The glory of the LORD shall be revealed, And all flesh shall see [it] together; For the mouth of the LORD has spoken." 6.  The voice said, "Cry out!" And he said, "What shall I cry?" "All flesh [is] grass, And all its loveliness [is] like the flower of the field. 7. 

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: MONDAY, 19TH DECEMBER, 2022  TOPIC: WATCH AND PRAY TEXT: REVELATION 12: 1-17 1. Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars. 2. Then being with child, she cried out in labor and in pain to give birth. 3. And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads. 4. His tail drew a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to give birth, to devour her Child as soon as it was born. 5.  She bore a male Child who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron. And her Child was caught up to God and His throne. 6.  Then the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that they should feed her there one thousand two hundred and sixty days.

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SUNDAY, 18TH DECEMBER, 2022 (FOURTH SUNDAY IN ADVENT)  TOPIC: FINDING YOUR PURPOSE TEXT: ROMANS 1: 1-7 1. Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, called [to be] an apostle, separated to the gospel of God 2. which He promised before through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures, 3. concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh, 4. [and] declared [to be] the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead. 5.  Through Him we have received grace and apostleship for obedience to the faith among all nations for His name, 6.  among whom you also are the called of Jesus Christ; 7.  To all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called [to be] saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. MESSAGE:  Some years ago, I got a new phone. My children considered it quite sophisticated, capabl

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SATURDAY, 17TH DECEMBER, 2022  TOPIC: NEEDED: HUMBLE MEN TEXT: ZEPHANIAH 3: 1-13 1. Woe to her who is rebellious and polluted, To the oppressing city! 2. She has not obeyed [His] voice, She has not received correction; She has not trusted in the LORD, She has not drawn near to her God. 3. Her princes in her midst [are] roaring lions; Her judges [are] evening wolves That leave not a bone till morning. 4. Her prophets are insolent, treacherous people; Her priests have polluted the sanctuary, They have done violence to the law. 5.  The LORD [is] righteous in her midst, He will do no unrighteousness. Every morning He brings His justice to light; He never fails, But the unjust knows no shame. 6.  "I have cut off nations, Their fortresses are devastated; I have made their streets desolate, With none passing by. Their cities are destroyed; [There is] no one, no inhabitant. 7.  I said, 'Surel

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: FRIDAY, 16TH DECEMBER, 2022  TOPIC: DELIVERANCE AND HOLINESS TEXT: OBADIAH 15-21 15.  " For the day of the LORD upon all the nations [is] near; As you have done, it shall be done to you; Your reprisal shall return upon your own head. 16.  For as you drank on my holy mountain, [So] shall all the nations drink continually; Yes, they shall drink, and swallow, And they shall be as though they had never been. 17.  "But on Mount Zion there shall be deliverance, And there shall be holiness; The house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. 18.  The house of Jacob shall be a fire, And the house of Joseph a flame; But the house of Esau [shall be] stubble; They shall kindle them and devour them, And no survivor shall [remain] of the house of Esau," For the LORD has spoken. 19.  The South shall possess the mountains of Esau, And the Lowland shall possess Philistia. They shall possess the

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: THURSDAY, 15TH DECEMBER, 2022  TOPIC: SURRENDER TEXT: NAHUM 1:1-13 1. The burden against Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. 2. God [is] jealous, and the LORD avenges; The LORD avenges and [is] furious. The LORD will take vengeance on His adversaries, And He reserves [wrath] for His enemies; 3. The LORD [is] slow to anger and great in power, And will not at all acquit [the wicked.] The LORD has His way In the whirlwind and in the storm, And the clouds [are] the dust of His feet. 4. He rebukes the sea and makes it dry, And dries up all the rivers. Bashan and Carmel wither, And the flower of Lebanon wilts. 5. The mountains quake before Him, The hills melt, And the earth heaves at His presence, Yes, the world and all who dwell in it. 6. Who can stand before His indignation? And who can endure the fierceness of His anger? His fury is poured out like fire, And the rocks are th

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: WEDNESDAY, 14TH DECEMBER, 2022  TOPIC: PART TIME, FULL TIME TEXT: JOEL 3:1-2, 9-17 1. "For behold, in those days and at that time, When I bring back the captives of Judah and Jerusalem, 2. I will also gather all nations, And bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; And I will enter into judgment with them there On account of My people, My heritage Israel, Whom they have scattered among the nations; They have also divided up My land.             (9 - 17) 9. Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war! Wake up the mighty men, Let all the men of war draw near, Let them come up. 10. Beat your plowshares into swords And your pruning hooks into spears; Let the weak say, ‘I am strong.’ ” 11. Assemble and come, all you nations, And gather together all around. Cause Your mighty ones to go down there, O Lord. 12. “Let the nations be wakened, and come up to the Valley of Jehos

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: TUESDAY, 13TH DECEMBER, 2022  TOPIC: THE HIGH COST OF SIN TEXT: ZEPHANIAH 1:14-18 14.  The great day of the LORD [is] near; [It is] near and hastens quickly. The noise of the day of the LORD is bitter; There the mighty men shall cry out. 15.  That day [is] a day of wrath, A day of trouble and distress, A day of devastation and desolation, A day of darkness and gloominess, A day of clouds and thick darkness, 16.  A day of trumpet and alarm Against the fortified cities And against the high towers. 17.  "I will bring distress upon men, And they shall walk like blind men, Because they have sinned against the LORD; Their blood shall be poured out like dust, And their flesh like refuse." 18.  Neither their silver nor their gold Shall be able to deliver them In the day of the LORD's wrath; But the whole land shall be devoured By the fire of His jealousy, For He will make speedy riddance

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: MONDAY, 12TH DECEMBER, 2022  TOPIC: NOT LIKE YOUR FATHERS TEXT: ZECHARIAH 1:1-6 1. In the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying, 2. "The LORD has been very angry with your fathers. 3. "Therefore say to them, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Return to Me," says the LORD of hosts, "and I will return to you," says the LORD of hosts. 4. "Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets preached, saying, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Turn now from your evil ways and your evil deeds." ' But they did not hear nor heed Me," says the LORD. 5.  "Your fathers, where [are] they? And the prophets, do they live forever? 6.  Yet surely My words and My statutes, Which I commanded My servants the prophets, Did they not overta

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SUNDAY, 11TH DECEMBER, 2022  TOPIC: FAITHFULNESS: A KINGDOM REQUIREMENT TEXT: MARK 10:28-31 28.  Then Peter began to say to Him, "See, we have left all and followed You." 29.  So Jesus answered and said, "Assuredly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My sake and the gospel's, 30.  "who shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time -- houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions -- and in the age to come, eternal life. 31.  "But many [who are] first will be last, and the last first." MESSAGE:  Listened carefully as my friend explained why he was relieving his personal driver of his job. “He is so unfaithful”, he said. “He cheats even when you give him money to put petrol in the car.” He went on to talk about other experiences he

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SATURDAY, 10TH DECEMBER, 2022  TOPIC: REJOICE GREATLY! TEXT: ZECHARIAH 9:9-12 9.  " Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King is coming to you; He [is] just and having salvation, Lowly and riding on a donkey, A colt, the foal of a donkey. 10.  I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim And the horse from Jerusalem; The battle bow shall be cut off. He shall speak peace to the nations; His dominion [shall be] 'from sea to sea, And from the River to the ends of the earth.' 11.  "As for you also, Because of the blood of your covenant, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit. 12.  Return to the stronghold, You prisoners of hope. Even today I declare [That] I will restore double to you.   MESSAGE:  Today’s passage, inspired by the Spirit of God through Zechariah, was very prophetic concerning the coming Messiah, Jesus Christ.

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: FRIDAY, 9TH DECEMBER, 2022  TOPIC: MORNING ENCOUNTERS WITH THE LORD TEXT: EXODUS 34:1-35 1. And the LORD said to Moses, "Cut two tablets of stone like the first [ones,] and I will write on [these] tablets the words that were on the first tablets which you broke. 2. "So be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and present yourself to Me there on the top of the mountain. 3. "And no man shall come up with you, and let no man be seen throughout all the mountain; let neither flocks nor herds feed before that mountain." 4. So he cut two tablets of stone like the first [ones.] Then Moses rose early in the morning and went up Mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him; and he took in his hand the two tablets of stone. 5.  Now the LORD descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD. 6.  And the LORD passed before him a

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: THURSDAY, 8TH DECEMBER, 2022  TOPIC: HIS PRESENCE TEXT: EXODUS 33:12-23 12.  Then Moses said to the LORD, "See, You say to me, 'Bring up this people.' But You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, 'I know you by name, and you have also found grace in My sight.' 13.  "Now therefore, I pray, if I have found grace in Your sight, show me now Your way, that I may know You and that I may find grace in Your sight. And consider that this nation [is] Your people." 14.  And He said, "My Presence will go [with you,] and I will give you rest." 15.  Then he said to Him, "If Your Presence does not go [with us,] do not bring us up from here. 16.  "For how then will it be known that Your people and I have found grace in Your sight, except You go with us? So we shall be separate, Your people and I, from all the people who [are] up

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: WEDNESDAY, 7TH DECEMBER, 2022  TOPIC: BEWARE OF THE EPHEMERALS! TEXT: MARK 13:1-23 1. Then as He went out of the temple, one of His disciples said to Him, "Teacher, see what manner of stones and what buildings [are here!"] 2. And Jesus answered and said to him, "Do you see these great buildings? Not [one] stone shall be left upon another, that shall not be thrown down." 3. Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked Him privately, 4. "Tell us, when will these things be? And what [will be] the sign when all these things will be fulfilled?" 5.  And Jesus, answering them, began to say: "Take heed that no one deceives you. 6.  "For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am [He,'] and will deceive many. 7.  "But when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be troubled; for [such things] must h

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: TUESDAY, 6TH DECEMBER, 2022  TOPIC: WHOLEHEARTED GIVING TEXT: MARK 12:35-44 35. Then Jesus answered and said, while He taught in the temple, "How [is it] that the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David? 36. "For David himself said by the Holy Spirit: 'The LORD said to my Lord, "Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool."  37. "Therefore David himself calls Him 'Lord'; how is He [then] his Son?" And the common people heard Him gladly. 38. Then He said to them in His teaching, "Beware of the scribes, who desire to go around in long robes, [love] greetings in the marketplaces, 39. "the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts, 40. "who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation." 41. Now Jesus sat opposite the treasury a

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: MONDAY, 5TH DECEMBER, 2022  TOPIC: GOD-KNOWLEDGE, NOT HEAD-KNOWLEDGE TEXT: MARK 12:28-34 28.  Then one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, perceiving that He had answered them well, asked Him, "Which is the first commandment of all?" 29.  Jesus answered him, "The first of all the commandments [is:] 'Hear, O Israel, the LORD our God, the LORD is one. 30.  'And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.' This [is] the first commandment. 31.  "And the second, like [it, is] this: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these." 32.  So the scribe said to Him, "Well [said,] Teacher. You have spoken the truth, for there is one God, and there is no other but He. 33.  "And to love Him with all the

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SUNDAY, 4TH DECEMBER, 2022  TOPIC: ENCOURAGEMENT THROUGH THE SCRIPTURES TEXT: ROMANS 15:4-13 4. For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope. 5.  Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus, 6.  that you may with one mind [and] one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 7.  Therefore receive one another, just as Christ also received us, to the glory of God. 8.  Now I say that Jesus Christ has become a servant to the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises [made] to the fathers, 9.  and that the Gentiles might glorify God for [His] mercy, as it is written: "For this reason I will confess to You among the Gentiles, And sing to Your name." 10.  And again he says: "Rejoice, O

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SATURDAY, 3RD DECEMBER, 2022  TOPIC: BE CAREFUL HOW YOU TALK TEXT: MARK 12:13-27 13.  Then they sent to Him some of the Pharisees and the Herodians, to catch Him in [His] words. 14.  When they had come, they said to Him, "Teacher, we know that You are true, and care about no one; for You do not regard the person of men, but teach the way of God in truth. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not? 15.  "Shall we pay, or shall we not pay?" But He, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, "Why do you test Me? Bring Me a denarius that I may see [it."] 16.  So they brought [it.] And He said to them, "Whose image and inscription [is] this?" They said to Him, "Caesar's." 17.  And Jesus answered and said to them, "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." And they marveled at Him.

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: FRIDAY, 2ND DECEMBER, 2022  TOPIC: BORROWED LIFE TEXT: MARK 12:1-12 1. Then He began to speak to them in parables: "A man planted a vineyard and set a hedge around [it,] dug [a place for] the wine vat and built a tower. And he leased it to vinedressers and went into a far country. 2. "Now at vintage-time he sent a servant to the vinedressers, that he might receive some of the fruit of the vineyard from the vinedressers. 3. "And they took [him] and beat him and sent [him] away empty-handed. 4. "Again he sent them another servant, and at him they threw stones, wounded [him] in the head, and sent [him] away shamefully treated. 5.  "And again he sent another, and him they killed; and many others, beating some and killing some. 6.  "Therefore still having one son, his beloved, he also sent him to them last, saying, 'They will respect my son.' 7.  "But thos