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THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: TUESDAY, 28TH FEBRUARY, 2023          TOPIC: THE RESULT OF ADEQUATE PREPARATION TEXT: MARK 1:22-45 22.  And they were astonished at His teaching, for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. 23.  Now there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit. And he cried out, 24.  saying, "Let [us] alone! What have we to do with You, Jesus of Nazareth? Did You come to destroy us? I know who You are -- the Holy One of God!" 25.  But Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be quiet, and come out of him!" 26.  And when the unclean spirit had convulsed him and cried out with a loud voice, he came out of him. 27.  Then they were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, "What is this? What new doctrine [is] this? For with authority He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him." 28.  And immediately His fame spread throughout al

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: MONDAY, 27TH FEBRUARY, 2023          TOPIC: URGED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT TEXT: MARK 1:1-21 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 worthy to sto

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SUNDAY, 26TH FEBRUARY, 2023          TOPIC: THE TEMPTATION TO PROVE TEXT: MATTHEW 4:1-11 1. Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2. And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry. 3. Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, "If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread." 4. But He answered and said, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.' " 5.  Then the devil took Him up into the holy city, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, 6.  and said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written: 'He shall give His angels charge over you,' and, 'In [their] hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone.' " 7.  Jesus said to him, "

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SATURDAY, 25TH FEBRUARY, 2023          TOPIC: IT'S NOT RIGHT! TEXT: EXODUS 18 1. And Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for Israel His people -- that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt. 2. Then Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back, 3. with her two sons, of whom the name of one [was] Gershom (for he said, "I have been a stranger in a foreign land") 4. and the name of the other [was] Eliezer (for [he said,] "The God of my father [was] my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh"); 5.  and Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moses in the wilderness, where he was encamped at the mountain of God. 6.  Now he had said to Moses, "I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife and her two sons

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: FRIDAY, 24TH FEBRUARY, 2023 (ST. MATTHIAS DAY)         TOPIC: WHY MATTHIAS, WHY YOU? TEXT: ACTS 1:15-26 15.  And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples (altogether the number of names was about a hundred and twenty), and said, 16.  "Men [and] brethren, this Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus; 17.  "for he was numbered with us and obtained a part in this ministry." 18.  (Now this man purchased a field with the wages of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle and all his entrails gushed out. 19.  And it became known to all those dwelling in Jerusalem; so that field is called in their own language, Akel Dama, that is, Field of Blood.) 20.  "For it is written in the book of Psalms: 'Let his dwelling place be desolate,

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: THURSDAY, 23RD FEBRUARY, 2023          TOPIC: GET SATISFACTION FROM THE ROCK TEXT:EXODUS 17 1. Then all the congregation of the children of Israel set out on their journey from the Wilderness of Sin, according to the commandment of the LORD, and camped in Rephidim; but [there was] no water for the people to drink. 2. Therefore the people contended with Moses, and said, "Give us water, that we may drink." And Moses said to them, "Why do you contend with me? Why do you tempt the LORD?" 3. And the people thirsted there for water, and the people complained against Moses, and said, "Why [is] it you have brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst?" 4. So Moses cried out to the LORD, saying, "What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me!" 5.  And the LORD said to Moses, "Go on before the peo

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: WEDNESDAY, 22ND FEBRUARY, 2023          TOPIC: FAST UNTO GOD ALONE TEXT: MATTHEW 6:16-21 16."Moreover, when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, with a sad countenance. For they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to be fasting. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. 17."But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, 18.  "so that you do not appear to men to be fasting, but to your Father who [is] in the secret [place;] and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly. 19.  " Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; 20.  "but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21.  "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. MESSAGE:  Today is Ash Wednes

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: TUESDAY, 21ST FEBRUARY, 2023          TOPIC: GOD THE PROVIDER TEXT: EXODUS 16:12-36 12.  "I have heard the complaints of the children of Israel. Speak to them, saying, 'At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread. And you shall know that I [am] the LORD your God.' " 13.  So it was that quails came up at evening and covered the camp, and in the morning the dew lay all around the camp. 14.  And when the layer of dew lifted, there, on the surface of the wilderness, was a small round substance, [as] fine as frost on the ground. 15.  So when the children of Israel saw [it,] they said to one another, "What is it?" For they did not know what it [was.] And Moses said to them, "This [is] the bread which the LORD has given you to eat. 16.  "This is the thing which the LORD has commanded: 'Let every man gather it according to

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: MONDAY, 20TH FEBRUARY, 2023.          TOPIC: BITTER WATER MADE SWEET TEXT: EXODUS 15:22-16:11 (NKJV) 22.  So Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea; then they went out into the Wilderness of Shur. And they went three days in the wilderness and found no water. 23.  Now when they came to Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they [were] bitter. Therefore the name of it was called Marah. 24.  And the people complained against Moses, saying, "What shall we drink?" 25.  So he cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a tree. When he cast [it] into the waters, the waters were made sweet. There He made a statute and an ordinance for them. And there He tested them, 26.  and said, "If you diligently heed the voice of the LORD your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SUNDAY, 19TH FEBRUARY, 2023 (QUINQUAGESIMA) TOPIC: JESUS DINING WITH SINNERS TEXT: MARK 2:13-17 (NKJV) 13.  Then He went out again by the sea; and all the multitude came to Him, and He taught them. 14.  As He passed by, He saw Levi the [son] of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, "Follow Me." So he arose and followed Him. 15.  Now it happened, as He was dining in [Levi's] house, that many tax collectors and sinners also sat together with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many, and they followed Him. 16.  And when the scribes and Pharisees saw Him eating with the tax collectors and sinners, they said to His disciples, "How [is it] that He eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?" 17.  When Jesus heard [it,] He said to them, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I did not come to call [the] righteou

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SATURDAY, 18TH FEBRUARY, 2023          TOPIC:THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST TEXT: MATTHEW 24:30-51 30. Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn and beat their breasts and lament in anguish, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory [in brilliancy and splendor]. [Dan. 7:13; Rev. 1:7.] 31. And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect (His chosen ones) from the four winds, [even] from one end of the universe to the other. [Isa. 27:13; Zech. 9:14.] 32. From the fig tree learn this lesson: as soon as its young shoots become soft and tender and it puts out its leaves, you know of a surety that summer is near. 33. So also when you see these signs, all taken together, coming to pass, you may know of a surety that He is near, at the very doors. 34. Tru

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: FRIDAY, 17TH FEBRUARY, 2023  TOPIC: GET READY: JESUS IS COMING SOON! TEXT: MATTHEW 24:1-29 (NKJV) 1. Then Jesus went out and departed from the temple, and His disciples came up to show Him the buildings of the temple. 2. And Jesus said to them, "Do you not see all these things? Assuredly, I say to you, not [one] stone shall be left here upon another, that shall not be thrown down." 3. Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things be? And what [will be] the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?" 4. And Jesus answered and said to them: "Take heed that no one deceives you. 5.  "For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will deceive many. 6.  "And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all [these things] must come to pa

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: THURSDAY, 16TH FEBRUARY, 2023          TOPIC: WOE TO THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES TEXT: MATTHEW 23:14-END  14. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. 15. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves. 16. Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor! 17. Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? 18. And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty. 19. Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: WEDNESDAY, 15TH FEBRUARY, 2023          TOPIC: JESUS IS LORD TEXT: MATTHEW 22: 42-23:13 (AMP) 42. Saying, What do you think of the Christ? Whose Son is He? They said to Him, The Son of David. 43. He said to them, How is it then that David, under the influence of the [Holy] Spirit, calls Him Lord, saying, 44. The Lord said to My Lord, Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet? [Ps. 110:1.] 45. If then David thus calls Him Lord, how is He his Son? 46. And no one was able to answer Him a word, nor from that day did anyone venture or dare to question Him. 47. THEN JESUS said to the multitudes and to His disciples, 48. The scribes and Pharisees sit on Moses' seat [of authority]. 49. So observe and practice all they tell you; but do not do what they do, for they preach, but do not practice. 50. They tie up heavy loads, hard to bear, and place them on men's shoulders, but

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: TUESDAY, 14TH FEBRUARY, 2023          TOPIC: THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT TEXT:MATTHEW 22: 16-41 (AMP) 16. And they sent their disciples to Him along with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that You are sincere and what You profess to be and that You teach the way of God truthfully, regardless of consequences and being afraid of no man; for You are impartial and do not regard either the person or the position of anyone. 17. Tell us then what You think about this: Is it lawful to pay tribute [levied on individuals and to be paid yearly] to Caesar or not? 18. But Jesus, aware of their malicious plot, asked, Why do you put Me to the test and try to entrap Me, you pretenders (hypocrites)? 19. Show me the money used for the tribute. And they brought Him a denarius. 20. And Jesus said to them, Whose likeness and title are these? 21. They said, Caesar's. Then He said to them, Pay therefore to Ca

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: MONDAY, 13TH FEBRUARY, 2023          TOPIC: THE PARABLE OF THE WEDDING FEAST TEXT: MATTHEW 22: 1-15 (AMP) 1. And  again Jesus spoke to them in parables (comparisons, stories used to illustrate and explain), saying, 2. The kingdom of heaven is like a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son 3. And sent his servants to summon those who had been invited to the wedding banquet, but they refused to come. 4. Again he sent other servants, saying, Tell those who are invited, Behold, I have prepared my banquet; my bullocks and my fat calves are killed, and everything is prepared; come to the wedding feast. 5. But they were not concerned and paid no attention [they ignored and made light of the summons, treating it with contempt] and they went away--one to his farm, another to his business, 6. While the others seized his servants, treated them shamefully, and put them to death. 7. [Hearing this] the

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SUNDAY, 12TH FEBRUARY, 2023 (SEXAGESIMA SUNDAY) TOPIC: JESUS HAS POWER TO FORGIVE SINS TEXT: MARK 2:1-12  1. And again He entered Capernaum after [some] days, and it was heard that He was in the house. 2. Immediately many gathered together, so that there was no longer room to receive [them,] not even near the door. And He preached the word to them. 3. Then they came to Him, bringing a paralytic who was carried by four [men.] 4. And when they could not come near Him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where He was. So when they had broken through, they let down the bed on which the paralytic was lying. 5.  When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven you." 6.  And some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts, 7.  "Why does this [Man] speak blasphemies like this? Who can forgive sins but God alone?" 8.  B

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SATURDAY, 11TH FEBRUARY, 2023          TOPIC: THE PHARAOH THAT KNEW NOT JOSEPH TEXT: EXODUS 1(AMP) 1. These are the names of the sons of Israel who came into Egypt with Jacob, each with his household: 2. Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 3. Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, 4. Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. 5. All the offspring of Jacob were seventy persons; Joseph was already in Egypt. 6. Then Joseph died, and all his brothers and all that generation. 7. But the descendants of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong, and the land was full of them. 8. Now a new king arose over Egypt who did not know Joseph. 9. He said to his people, Behold, the Israelites are too many and too mighty for us [and they outnumber us both in people and in strength]. 10. Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply more and, should war befall us, they jo

 THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: FRIDAY, 10TH FEBRUARY, 2023 TOPIC: A GUILTY CONSCIENCE TEXT: GENESIS 50 1. And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him. 2. And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel. 3. And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days. 4. And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying, 5. My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again. 6. And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: THURSDAY, 9TH FEBRUARY, 2023          TOPIC: A FATHER’S PRONOUNCEMENTS TEXT: GENESIS 49 1. And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days. 2. Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father. 3. Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: 4. Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch. 5. Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. 6. O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall. 7. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierc

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: WEDNESDAY, 8TH FEBRUARY, 2023          TOPIC: GOD'S ELECTION TEXT: GENESIS 48: 13-22 13 And Joseph took them both, Ephraim with his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh with his left hand toward Israel’s right hand, and brought them near him.  14. Then Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands knowingly, for Manasseh was the firstborn.  15. And he blessed Joseph, and said: “God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has fed me all my life long to this day, 16. The Angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; Let my name be named upon them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.” 17. Now when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displease

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: TUESDAY, 7TH FEBRUARY, 2023  TOPIC: BLESSINGS OF JOSEPH IN EGYPT TEXT: GENESIS 48: 1-12 (AMP) 1. Some time after these things occurred, someone told Joseph, Behold, your father is sick. And he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim [and went to Goshen]. 2. When Jacob was told, Your son Joseph has come to you, Israel collected his strength and sat up on the bed. 3. And Jacob said to Joseph, God Almighty appeared to me at Luz [Bethel] in the land of Canaan and blessed me 4. And said to me, Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will make you a multitude of people and will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession. [Gen. 28:13-22; 35:6-15.] 5. And now your two sons, [Ephraim and Manasseh], who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine. [I am adopting them, and now] as Reuben and Simeon, [they] shall be

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: MONDAY, 6TH FEBRUARY, 2023          TOPIC: JOSEPH:THE AMBASSADOR TEXT: GENESIS 46: 26-47: 13 (AMP) 26. All the persons who came with Jacob into Egypt--who were his own offspring, not counting the wives of Jacob's sons--were sixty-six persons all told. 27. And the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two persons. All the persons of the house of Jacob [including Joseph and Jacob himself], who came into Egypt, were seventy. 28. And he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to direct him to Goshen and meet him there; and they came into the land of Goshen. 29. Then Joseph made ready his chariot and went up to meet Israel his father in Goshen; and he presented himself and gave distinct evidence of himself to him [that he was Joseph], and [each] fell on the [other's] neck and wept on his neck a good while. 30. And Israel said to Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen your face [an