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THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: WEDNESDAY, 22ND NOVEMBER, 2023  TOPIC:  CERTAINTY OF DEATH TEXT: ECCLESIASTES 9 1. For I considered all this in my heart, so that I could declare it all: that the righteous and the wise and their works [are] in the hand of God. People know neither love nor hatred [by] anything [they see] before them. 2. All things [come] alike to all: One event [happens] to the righteous and the wicked; To the good, the clean, and the unclean; To him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice. As is the good, so [is] the sinner; He who takes an oath as [he] who fears an oath. 3. This [is] an evil in all that is done under the sun: that one thing [happens] to all. Truly the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; madness [is] in their hearts while they live, and after that [they go] to the dead. 4. But for him who is joined to all the living there is hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion. 5. 

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: TUESDAY, 21ST NOVEMBER, 2023.  TOPIC:  LIFE IS NOT FAIR.  TEXT: ECCLESIASTES 8 1. Who [is] like a wise [man?] And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom makes his face shine, And the sternness of his face is changed. 2. I [say,] "Keep the king's commandment for the sake of your oath to God. 3. "Do not be hasty to go from his presence. Do not take your stand for an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him." 4. Where the word of a king [is, there is] power; And who may say to him, "What are you doing?" 5.  He who keeps his command will experience nothing harmful; And a wise man's heart discerns both time and judgment, 6.  Because for every matter there is a time and judgment, Though the misery of man increases greatly. 7.  For he does not know what will happen; So who can tell him when it will occur? 8.  No one has power over the spirit t

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: THURSDAY, 16TH NOVEMBER, 2023.  TOPIC: HE FEELS YOUR PAINS TEXT: HEBREWS 4:14-5:1-14 4:14  Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast [our] confession. 15.  For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all [points] tempted as [we are, yet] without sin. 16.  Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. 5:1 For every high priest taken from among men is appointed for men in things [pertaining] to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins. 2. He can [a]have compassion on those who are ignorant and going astray, since he himself is also subject to weakness.  3. Because of this he is required as for the people, so also for himself, to offer sacrifices for sins.  4. And no man takes this honor to

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: WEDNESDAY, 15TH NOVEMBER, 2023  TOPIC: FAITH AND WORKS TEXT: HEBREW 3:7-4:13 7.  Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: "Today, if you will hear His voice, 8.  Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, In the day of trial in the wilderness, 9.  Where your fathers tested Me, tried Me, And saw My works forty years. 10.  Therefore I was angry with that generation, And said, 'They always go astray in [their] heart, And they have not known My ways.' 11.  So I swore in My wrath, 'They shall not enter My rest.' " 12.  Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God; 13.  but exhort one another daily, while it is called "Today," lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. 14.  For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end, 15.  while

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: MONDAY, 13TH NOVEMBER, 2023.  TOPIC: GOD'S PROMISES ARE SURE AND RELIABLE TEXT: HEBREWS 6 1. Therefore, leaving the discussion of the elementary [principles] of Christ, let us go on to perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, 2. of the doctrine of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. 3. And this we will do if God permits. 4. For [it is] impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, 5.  and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, 6.  if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put [Him] to an open shame. 7.  For the earth which drinks in the rain that often comes upon it, and bears herbs useful for those by

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SUNDAY, 12TH NOVEMBER, 2023.(TRINITY 23) TOPIC: SAY NO TO STAGNATION TEXT: JOHN 5:2-14 2. Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep [Gate] a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches. 3. In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame, paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water. 4. For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the water; then whoever stepped in first, after the stirring of the water, was made well of whatever disease he had. 5.  Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years. 6.  When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been [in that condition] a long time, He said to him, "Do you want to be made well?" 7.  The sick man answered Him, "Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me." 8

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: FRIDAY, 10TH NOVEMBER, 2023  TOPIC: MAINTAIN A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AND MEN TEXT: ECCLESIASTES 5 1. Walk prudently when you go to the house of God; and draw near to hear rather than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they do evil. 2. Do not be rash with your mouth, And let not your heart utter anything hastily before God. For God [is] in heaven, and you on earth; Therefore let your words be few. 3. For a dream comes through much activity, And a fool's voice [is known] by [his] many words. 4. When you make a vow to God, do not delay to pay it; For [He has] no pleasure in fools. Pay what you have vowed -- 5.  Better not to vow than to vow and not pay. 6.  Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, nor say before the messenger [of God] that it [was] an error. Why should God be angry at your excuse and destroy the work of your hands? 7.  For in the multitude of

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: THURSDAY, 9TH NOVEMBER, 2023.  TOPIC: CONTENTMENT BRINGS HAPPINESS TEXT: ECCLESIASTES 3:16-4:END  16. And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. 17. I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work. 18. I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts. 19. For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity. 20. All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. 21. Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: WEDNESDAY, 8TH NOVEMBER, 2023.  TOPIC: THERE IS TIME FOR EVERYTHING TEXT: ECCLESIASTES 3:1-15 1. To everything [there is] a season, A time for every purpose under heaven: 2. A time to be born, And a time to die; A time to plant, And a time to pluck [what is] planted; 3. A time to kill, And a time to heal; A time to break down, And a time to build up; 4. A time to weep, And a time to laugh; A time to mourn, And a time to dance; 5.  A time to cast away stones, And a time to gather stones; A time to embrace, And a time to refrain from embracing; 6.  A time to gain, And a time to lose; A time to keep, And a time to throw away; 7.  A time to tear, And a time to sew; A time to keep silence, And a time to speak; 8.  A time to love, And a time to hate; A time of war, And a time of peace. 9.  What profit has the worker from that in which he labors? 10.  I have seen the God-given task with which the son

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: TUESDAY, 7TH NOVEMBER, 2023.  TOPIC: LIFE DEVOID OF GOD IS VANITY TEXT: ECCLESIASTES 2:1-26 1. I said in my heart, "Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure"; but surely, this also [was] vanity. 2. I said of laughter -- "Madness!"; and of mirth, "What does it accomplish?" 3. I searched in my heart [how] to gratify my flesh within wine, while guiding my heart with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what [was] good for the sons of men to do under heaven all the days of their lives. 4. I made my works great, I built myself houses, and planted myself vineyards. 5.  I made myself gardens and orchards, and I planted all [kinds] of fruit trees in them. 6.  I made myself water pools from which to water the growing trees of the grove. 7.  I acquired male and female servants, and had servants born in my house. Yes, I had greater pos

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: MONDAY, 6TH NOVEMBER, 2023.  TOPIC: VANITY UPON VANITY TEXT: ECCLESIASTES 1 1. The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. 2. "Vanity of vanities," says the Preacher; "Vanity of vanities, all [is] vanity." 3. What profit has a man from all his labor In which he toils under the sun? 4. [One] generation passes away, and [another] generation comes; But the earth abides forever. 5.  The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, And hastens to the place where it arose. 6.  The wind goes toward the south, And turns around to the north; The wind whirls about continually, And comes again on its circuit. 7.  All the rivers run into the sea, Yet the sea [is] not full; To the place from which the rivers come, There they return again. 8.  All things [are] full of labor; Man cannot express [it.] The eye is not satisfied with seeing, Nor the ear filled with hearing. 9. 

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SUNDAY, 5TH NOVEMBER, 2023 (TRINITY 22) TOPIC: YOUR JOY IS AT HAND TEXT: JOHN 16:21-24 21.  "A woman, when she is in labor, has sorrow because her hour has come; but as soon as she has given birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world. 22.  "Therefore you now have sorrow; but I will see you again and your heart will rejoice, and your joy no one will take from you. 23.  "And in that day you will ask Me nothing. Most assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you. 24.  "Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full. MESSAGE:  In today's passage, we see that Jesus Christ was preparing to leave His disciples and that brought sorrow to their hearts. He used the scenario of a woman in travail of childbirth one moment and re

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SATURDAY, 4TH NOVEMBER, 2023  TOPIC: THE PERILS OF THE LAST DAYS TEXT: 1 TIMOTHY 4:1-16 1. Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, 2. speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron, 3. forbidding to marry, [and commanding] to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. 4. For every creature of God [is] good, and nothing is to be refused if it is received with thanksgiving; 5.  for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer. 6.  If you instruct the brethren in these things, you will be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished in the words of faith and of the good doctrine which you have carefully followed. 7.  But reject profane and old wives' fables, and exercise yourself toward godline

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: FRIDAY, 3RD NOVEMBER, 2023.  TOPIC: YOU MUST BE A TRUE CHRISTIAN LEADER.  TEXT: 1 TIMOTHY 3:1-16 1. This [is] a faithful saying: If a man desires the position of a bishop, he desires a good work. 2. A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach; 3. not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous; 4. one who rules his own house well, having [his] children in submission with all reverence 5.  (for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?); 6.  not a novice, lest being puffed up with pride he fall into the [same] condemnation as the devil. 7.  Moreover he must have a good testimony among those who are outside, lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. 8.  Likewise deacons [must be] reverent, not double-to

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: THURSDAY, 2ND NOVEMBER, 2023 (ALL SOULS' DAY) TOPIC: THE SAINTS' RAPTURE! TEXT: 1THESSALONIANS 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 word

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: WEDNESDAY, 1ST NOVEMBER, 2023 (ALL SAINTS' DAY) TOPIC:  YOUR ROBES MUST BE WASHED TEXT: REVELATION 7:2-17 2. Then I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God. And he cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea, 3. saying, "Do not harm the earth, the sea, or the trees till we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads." 4. And I heard the number of those who were sealed. One hundred [and] forty-four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel [were] sealed: 5.  of the tribe of Judah twelve thousand [were] sealed; of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand [were] sealed; of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand [were] sealed; 6.  of the tribe of Asher twelve thousand [were] sealed; of the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand [were] sealed; of the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand [were]

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: MONDAY, 30TH OCTOBER, 2023  TOPIC: BE ON GUARD! TEXT: 1 TIMOTHY 1:1-14 1. Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the commandment of God our Savior and the Lord Jesus Christ, our hope, 2. To Timothy, a true son in the faith: Grace, mercy, [and] peace from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. 3. As I urged you when I went into Macedonia -- remain in Ephesus that you may charge some that they teach no other doctrine, 4. nor give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which cause disputes rather than godly edification which is in faith. 5.  Now the purpose of the commandment is love from a pure heart, [from] a good conscience, and [from] sincere faith, 6.  from which some, having strayed, have turned aside to idle talk, 7.  desiring to be teachers of the law, understanding neither what they say nor the things which they affirm. 8.  But we know that the law [is] good if one uses it lawfully, 9.

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: FRIDAY, 27TH OCTOBER, 2023  TOPIC: THE TRUE RELATIONSHIP TEXT: MICAH 6 1. Hear now what the LORD says: "Arise, plead your case before the mountains, And let the hills hear your voice. 2. Hear, O you mountains, the LORD's complaint, And you strong foundations of the earth; For the LORD has a complaint against His people, And He will contend with Israel. 3. "O My people, what have I done to you? And how have I wearied you? Testify against Me. 4. For I brought you up from the land of Egypt, I redeemed you from the house of bondage; And I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. 5.  O My people, remember now What Balak king of Moab counseled, And what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, From Acacia Grove to Gilgal, That you may know the righteousness of the LORD." 6.  With what shall I come before the LORD, [And] bow myself before the High God? Shall I come before Him with bur

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: THURSDAY, 26TH OCTOBER, 2023  TOPIC: A RULER FROM BETHLEHEM TEXT: MICAH 5:1-15 1. Now gather yourself in troops, O daughter of troops; He has laid siege against us; They will strike the judge of Israel with a rod on the cheek. 2. " But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, [Though] you are little among the thousands of Judah, [Yet] out of you shall come forth to Me The One to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth [are] from of old, From everlasting." 3. Therefore He shall give them up, Until the time [that] she who is in labor has given birth; Then the remnant of His brethren Shall return to the children of Israel. 4. And He shall stand and feed [His flock] In the strength of the LORD, In the majesty of the name of the LORD His God; And they shall abide, For now He shall be great To the ends of the earth; 5.  And this [One] shall be peace. When the Assyrian comes into our land, And when he trea

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: WEDNESDAY, 25TH OCTOBER, 2023  TOPIC: THE MOUNTAIN OF THE LORD TEXT:  MICAH 4:1-2 1. Now it shall come to pass in the latter days [That] the mountain of the LORD's house Shall be established on the top of the mountains, And shall be exalted above the hills; And peoples shall flow to it. 2. Many nations shall come and say, "Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, To the house of the God of Jacob; He will teach us His ways, And we shall walk in His paths." For out of Zion the law shall go forth, And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.   MESSAGE:  The mountain of the Lord is referred to as the abode of God, that is, the presence of God. It is a place of salvation; God revealed to prophet Micah in Micah 4:2, that in the last days, people will come to the mountain of the Lord for safety. The temple of God is the mountain of God and it is the Lord Jesus Christ because Mica

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: TUESDAY, 24TH OCTOBER, 2023  TOPIC: GOD WILL PUNISH UNJUST LEADERS TEXT:  MICAH 3 1. And I said: "Hear now, O heads of Jacob, And you rulers of the house of Israel: [Is it] not for you to know justice? 2. You who hate good and love evil; Who strip the skin from My people, And the flesh from their bones; 3. Who also eat the flesh of My people, Flay their skin from them, Break their bones, And chop [them] in pieces Like [meat] for the pot, Like flesh in the caldron." 4. Then they will cry to the LORD, But He will not hear them; He will even hide His face from them at that time, Because they have been evil in their deeds. 5.  Thus says the LORD concerning the prophets Who make my people stray; Who chant "Peace" While they chew with their teeth, But who prepare war against him Who puts nothing into their mouths: 6.  "Therefore you shall have night without vision, And you s

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: MONDAY, 23RD OCTOBER, 2023 (ST. JAMES THE BROTHER OF THE LORD) TOPIC: THE CALL INTO THE KINGDOM TEXT: ACT 15:12-22 12.  Then all the multitude kept silent and listened to Barnabas and Paul declaring how many miracles and wonders God had worked through them among the Gentiles. 13.  And after they had become silent, James answered, saying, "Men [and] brethren, listen to me: 14.  "Simon has declared how God at the first visited the Gentiles to take out of them a people for His name. 15.  "And with this the words of the prophets agree, just as it is written: 16.  'After this I will return And will rebuild the tabernacle of David, which has fallen down; I will rebuild its ruins, And I will set it up; 17. So that the rest of mankind may seek the LORD, Even all the Gentiles who are called by My name, Says the LORD who does all these things.' 18. "Known to God from eternity

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SUNDAY, 22ND OCTOBER, 2023 (20TH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY) TOPIC: JESUS IS NEVER LATE! TEXT:  JOHN 11:22-27 22.  "But even now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give You." 23.  Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again." 24.  Martha said to Him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day." 25.  Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. 26.  "And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?" 27.  She said to Him, "Yes, Lord, I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who is to come into the world." MESSAGE:  Jesus Christ had been informed about the illness of Lazarus, the brother of Mary and Martha, a family He really loved. But against the hope of the family, it seemed as if Jesus did not take the

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SATURDAY, 21ST OCTOBER, 2023  TOPIC: FAMILY CODE OF CONDUCT TEXT:  COLOSSIANS 3:8-4:6 8.  But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth. 9.  Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds, 10.  and have put on the new [man] who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him, 11.  where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave [nor] free, but Christ [is] all and in all. 12.  Therefore, as [the] elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; 13.  bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also [must do.] 14.  But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection. 15.  An

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: THURSDAY, 19TH OCTOBER, 2023  TOPIC: COMPLETE IN HIM TEXT:  COLOSSIANS 2:9-23 9.  For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; 10.  and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power. 11.  In Him you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, 12.  buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with [Him] through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead. 13.  And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, 14.  having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. 15.  Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a pu

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: MONDAY, 16TH OCTOBER, 2023  TOPIC: A PLEASANT REPORT TEXT: COLOSSIANS 1:1-21 1. Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, 2. To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ [who are] in Colosse: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 3. We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, 4. since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of your love for all the saints; 5.  because of the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel, 6.  which has come to you, as [it has] also in all the world, and is bringing forth fruit, as [it is] also among you since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth; 7.  as you also learned from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf, 8.  who also