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THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SUNDAY, 30TH APRIL, 2023 (THIRD SUNDAY AFTER EASTER) TOPIC: JESUS IS NEVER LATE TEXT: JOHN 11: 17-27 17.  So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb four days. 18.  Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles away. 19.  And many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. 20.  Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met Him, but Mary was sitting in the house. 21.  Then Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died. 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

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: FRIDAY, 28TH APRIL, 2023  TOPIC: VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL RELATIONSHIPS TEXT: EPHESIANS 4 : 26-5: 22 26  "Be angry, and do not sin": do not let the sun go down on your wrath, 27  nor give place to the devil. 28  Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with [his] hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need. 29  Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers. 30  And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31  Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. 32  And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ forgave you. 5:1 Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. 2 And walk in love, as Christ also has

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: THURSDAY, 27TH APRIL, 2023 TOPIC: MINISTRY GIFTS WITH CHRISTIAN CHARACTER TEXT: EPHESIANS 4: 1-25 1. I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, 2. with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, 3. endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4. [There is] one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; 5.  one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6.  one God and Father of all, who [is] above all, and through all, and in you all. 7.  But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ's gift. 8.  Therefore He says: "When He ascended on high, He led captivity captive, And gave gifts to men." 9.  (Now this, "He ascended" -- what does it mean but that He also first descended into the lower parts of the

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: WEDNESDAY, 26TH APRIL, 2023  TOPIC: REVEALED MYSTERY TEXT: EPHESIANS 3: 1-21 1. For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles -- 2. if indeed you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given to me for you, 3. how that by revelation He made known to me the mystery (as I have briefly written already, 4. by which, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ), 5.  which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets: 6.  that the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ through the gospel, 7.  of which I became a minister according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effective working of His power. 8.  To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given, that

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: TUESDAY, 25TH APRIL, 2023 (ST. MARK'S DAY) TOPIC: HANDLING CONFLICTS IN THE CHURCH TEXT: ACTS 15: 36-41 36.  Then after some days Paul said to Barnabas, "Let us now go back and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, [and see] how they are doing." 37.  Now Barnabas was determined to take with them John called Mark. 38.  But Paul insisted that they should not take with them the one who had departed from them in Pamphylia, and had not gone with them to the work. 39.  Then the contention became so sharp that they parted from one another. And so Barnabas took Mark and sailed to Cyprus; 40.  but Paul chose Silas and departed, being commended by the brethren to the grace of God. 41.  And he went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches. MESSAGE:  It was Paul's idea that he and Barnabas should go back and visit brethren where they h

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: MONDAY, 24TH APRIL, 2023  TOPIC: SAVED BY GRACE TEXT: EPHESIANS 2: 1-22 1. And you [He made alive,] who were dead in trespasses and sins, 2. in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, 3. among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others. 4. But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5.  even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6.  and raised [us] up together, and made [us] sit together in the heavenly [places] in Christ Jesus, 7.  that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in [His] kindness toward us in Christ

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SUNDAY, 23RD APRIL, 2023 (SECOND SUNDAY AFTER EASTER) TOPIC: THE CLAIMS OF JESUS  TEXT: JOHN 10: 7-16 7.  Then Jesus said to them again, "Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. 8.  "All who [ever] came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. 9.  "I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. 10.  "The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have [it] more abundantly. 11.  "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. 12.  "But a hireling, [he who is] not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them. 13.  "The hireling flees because he is a hireling and do

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SATURDAY, 22ND APRIL, 2023  TOPIC: SIN KILLS TEXT: JUDGES 16: 1-31 1. Now Samson went to Gaza and saw a harlot there, and went in to her. 2. [When] the Gazites [were told,] "Samson has come here!" they surrounded [the place] and lay in wait for him all night at the gate of the city. They were quiet all night, saying, "In the morning, when it is daylight, we will kill him." 3. And Samson lay [low] till midnight; then he arose at midnight, took hold of the doors of the gate of the city and the two gateposts, pulled them up, bar and all, put [them] on his shoulders, and carried them to the top of the hill that faces Hebron. 4. Afterward it happened that he loved a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name [was] Delilah. 5.  And the lords of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, "Entice him, and find out where his great strength [lies,] and by what [means] we may

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: FRIDAY, 21ST APRIL, 2023  TOPIC: INTERVENTIONS OF GOD TEXT: JUDGES 15: 1-20 1. After a while, in the time of wheat harvest, it happened that Samson visited his wife with a young goat. And he said, "Let me go in to my wife, into [her] room." But her father would not permit him to go in. 2. Her father said, "I really thought that you thoroughly hated her; therefore I gave her to your companion. [Is] not her younger sister better than she? Please, take her instead." 3. And Samson said to them, "This time I shall be blameless regarding the Philistines if I harm them!" 4. Then Samson went and caught three hundred foxes; and he took torches, turned [the foxes] tail to tail, and put a torch between each pair of tails. 5.  When he had set the torches on fire, he let [the foxes] go into the standing grain of the Philistines, and burned up both the shocks and the standing g

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: THURSDAY, 20TH APRIL, 2023  TOPIC: WRONG WAY TO MARRY  TEXT: JUDGES 14: 1-20 1. Now Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines. 2. So he went up and told his father and mother, saying, "I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines; now therefore, get her for me as a wife." 3. Then his father and mother said to him, "[Is there] no woman among the daughters of your brethren, or among all my people, that you must go and get a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?" And Samson said to his father, "Get her for me, for she pleases me well." 4. But his father and mother did not know that it was of the LORD -- that He was seeking an occasion to move against the Philistines. For at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel. 5.  So Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother, and came t

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: WEDNESDAY, 19TH APRIL, 2023  TOPIC: BORN TO DELIVER TEXT: JUDGES 13: 1-25 1. Again the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years. 2. Now there was a certain man from Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name [was] Manoah; and his wife [was] barren and had no children. 3. And the Angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, "Indeed now, you are barren and have borne no children, but you shall conceive and bear a son. 4. "Now therefore, please be careful not to drink wine or [similar] drink, and not to eat anything unclean. 5.  "For behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. And no razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb; and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines." 6.  So the woman came and told

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: TUESDAY, 18TH APRIL, 2023  TOPIC: THE DANGER OF STUBBORNNESS TEXT: JUDGES 12: 1-15 1. Then the men of Ephraim gathered together, crossed over toward Zaphon, and said to Jephthah, "Why did you cross over to fight against the people of Ammon, and did not call us to go with you? We will burn your house down on you with fire!" 2. And Jephthah said to them, "My people and I were in a great struggle with the people of Ammon; and when I called you, you did not deliver me out of their hands. 3. "So when I saw that you would not deliver [me,] I took my life in my hands and crossed over against the people of Ammon; and the LORD delivered them into my hand. Why then have you come up to me this day to fight against me?" 4. Now Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead and fought against Ephraim. And the men of Gilead defeated Ephraim, because they said, "You Gileadites

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: MONDAY, 17TH APRIL, 2023  TOPIC: JEPHTHAH'S VOW TEXT: JUDGES 11 1. Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, but he [was] the son of a harlot; and Gilead begot Jephthah. 2. Gilead's wife bore sons; and when his wife's sons grew up, they drove Jephthah out, and said to him, "You shall have no inheritance in our father's house, for you [are] the son of another woman." 3. Then Jephthah fled from his brothers and dwelt in the land of Tob; and worthless men banded together with Jephthah and went out [raiding] with him. 4. It came to pass after a time that the people of Ammon made war against Israel. 5.  And so it was, when the people of Ammon made war against Israel, that the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob. 6.  Then they said to Jephthah, "Come and be our commander, that we may fight against the people of Ammon." 7.  So Jep

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SUNDAY, 16TH APRIL, 2023 (FIRST SUNDAY AFTER EASTER) TOPIC: THE GREAT TESTIMONY TEXT: LUKE 24: 1-12 1. Now on the first [day] of the week, very early in the morning, they, and certain [other women] with them, came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared. 2. But they found the stone rolled away from the tomb. 3. Then they went in and did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4. And it happened, as they were greatly perplexed about this, that behold, two men stood by them in shining garments. 5.  Then, as they were afraid and bowed [their] faces to the earth, they said to them, "Why do you seek the living among the dead? 6.  "He is not here, but is risen! Remember how He spoke to you when He was still in Galilee, 7.  "saying, 'The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.' " 8.

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SUNDAY, 16TH APRIL, 2023 (FIRST SUNDAY AFTER EASTER) TOPIC: THE GREAT TESTIMONY TEXT: LUKE 24: 1-12 1. Now on the first [day] of the week, very early in the morning, they, and certain [other women] with them, came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared. 2. But they found the stone rolled away from the tomb. 3. Then they went in and did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4. And it happened, as they were greatly perplexed about this, that behold, two men stood by them in shining garments. 5.  Then, as they were afraid and bowed [their] faces to the earth, they said to them, "Why do you seek the living among the dead? 6.  "He is not here, but is risen! Remember how He spoke to you when He was still in Galilee, 7.  "saying, 'The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.' " 8.

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THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SATURDAY, 15TH APRIL, 2023  TOPIC: FOLLOW ME TEXT: JOHN 21:18-25 18.  "Most assuredly, I say to you, when you were younger, you girded yourself and walked where you wished; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will gird you and carry [you] where you do not wish." 19.  This He spoke, signifying by what death he would glorify God. And when He had spoken this, He said to him, "Follow Me." 20.  Then Peter, turning around, saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following, who also had leaned on His breast at the supper, and said, "Lord, who is the one who betrays You?" 21.  Peter, seeing him, said to Jesus, "But Lord, what [about] this man?" 22.  Jesus said to him, "If I will that he remain till I come, what [is that] to you? You follow Me." 23.  Then this saying went out among the brethren that this disciple would not die.

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: FRIDAY, 14TH APRIL, 2023  TOPIC: DO YOU LOVE ME? TEXT: JOHN 21: 15-17 15.  So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, [son] of Jonah, do you love Me more than these?" He said to Him, "Yes, Lord; You know that I love You." He said to him, "Feed My lambs." 16.  He said to him again a second time, "Simon, [son] of Jonah, do you love Me?" He said to Him, "Yes, Lord; You know that I love You." He said to him, "Tend My sheep." 17.  He said to him the third time, "Simon, [son] of Jonah, do you love Me?" Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, "Do you love Me?" And he said to Him, "Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You." Jesus said to him, "Feed My sheep. MESSAGE: Jesus asked Simon Peter whether he loved him three times in this short passage. Peter him

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: WEDNESDAY, 12TH APRIL, 2023  TOPIC: BREAD OF LIFE TEXT: JOHN 6: 32-40 32.  Then Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread from heaven, but My Father gives you the true bread from heaven. 33.  "For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world." 34.  Then they said to Him, "Lord, give us this bread always." 35.  And Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst. 36.  "But I said to you that you have seen Me and yet do not believe. 37.  "All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out. 38.  "For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. 39.  "This is the will of the Father who sent Me, that of al

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: TUESDAY, 11TH APRIL, 2023  TOPIC: WHY ARE YOU TROUBLED? TEXT: LUKE 24:36-49 36.  Now as they said these things, Jesus Himself stood in the midst of them, and said to them, "Peace to you." 37.  But they were terrified and frightened, and supposed they had seen a spirit. 38.  And He said to them, "Why are you troubled? And why do doubts arise in your hearts? 39.  "Behold My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself. Handle Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see I have." 40.  When He had said this, He showed them His hands and His feet. 41.  But while they still did not believe for joy, and marveled, He said to them, "Have you any food here?" 42.  So they gave Him a piece of a broiled fish and some honeycomb. 43.  And He took [it] and ate in their presence. 44.  Then He said to them, "These [are] the words which I spoke to you while

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: MONDAY, 10TH APRIL, 2023  TOPIC: THEIR EYES WERE OPENED TEXT: 13.  Now behold, two of them were traveling that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was seven miles from Jerusalem. 14.  And they talked together of all these things which had happened. 15.  So it was, while they conversed and reasoned, that Jesus Himself drew near and went with them. 16.  But their eyes were restrained, so that they did not know Him. 17.  And He said to them, "What kind of conversation [is] this that you have with one another as you walk and are sad?" 18.  Then the one whose name was Cleopas answered and said to Him, "Are You the only stranger in Jerusalem, and have You not known the things which happened there in these days?" 19.  And He said to them, "What things?" So they said to Him, "The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a Prophet mighty in deed

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SUNDAY, 9TH APRIL, 2023 (EASTER SUNDAY) TOPIC: THE RESURRECTION TEXT:JOHN 20:1-18 1. Now on the first [day] of the week Mary Magdalene went to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw [that] the stone had been taken away from the tomb. 2. Then she ran and came to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid Him." 3. Peter therefore went out, and the other disciple, and were going to the tomb. 4. So they both ran together, and the other disciple outran Peter and came to the tomb first. 5.  And he, stooping down and looking in, saw the linen cloths lying [there;] yet he did not go in. 6.  Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb; and he saw the linen cloths lying [there,] 7.  and the handkerchief that had been around His head, not lying with

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SATURDAY, 8TH APRIL, 2023 (SATURDAY OF THE HOLY WEEK/EASTER EVE) TOPIC: AN ENDURING MINISTRY OF LOVE TEXT:  MATTHEW 27:57-66 57.  Now when evening had come, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus. 58.  This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given to him. 59.  When Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 60.  and laid it in his new tomb which he had hewn out of the rock; and he rolled a large stone against the door of the tomb, and departed. 61.  And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the tomb. 62.  On the next day, which followed the Day of Preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees gathered together to Pilate, 63.  saying, "Sir, we remember, while He was still alive, how that deceiver said, 'After three days I will