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THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: THURSDAY, 1ST JUNE, 2023  TOPIC: LISTEN TO THE VOICE OF JESUS TEXT: JOHN 10:22-42 22.  Now it was the Feast of Dedication in Jerusalem, and it was winter. 23.  And Jesus walked in the temple, in Solomon's porch. 24.  Then the Jews surrounded Him and said to Him, "How long do You keep us in doubt? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly." 25.  Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in My Father's name, they bear witness of Me. 26.  "But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, as I said to you. 27.  "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. 28.  "And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. 29.  "My Father, who has given [them] to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch [them] out of My Father

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: TUESDAY, 30TH MAY, 2023  TOPIC: BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT TEXT: ACTS 8:14-17 14.  Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them, 15.  who, when they had come down, prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit. 16.  For as yet He had fallen upon none of them. They had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 17.  Then they laid hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.   MESSAGE:  When persecution broke out against the Church at Jerusalem, Philip the Evangelist went to Samaria and preached Christ to them. Signs and wonders followed his message and the people believed the gospel and became saved. In verse 14, on hearing that the Samaritans had been saved, the Apostles in Jerusalem sent Peter and John to them specifically for the baptism of the Holy Spirit. This mission was necessary becau

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: MONDAY, 29TH MAY, 2023  TOPIC: WHILE PETER WAS STILL SPEAKING TEXT: ACTS 10:34-48 34.  Then Peter opened [his] mouth and said: "In truth I perceive that God shows no partiality. 35.  "But in every nation whoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him. 36.  "The word which [God] sent to the children of Israel, preaching peace through Jesus Christ -- He is Lord of all -- 37.  "that word you know, which was proclaimed throughout all Judea, and began from Galilee after the baptism which John preached: 38.  "how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him. 39.  "And we are witnesses of all things which He did both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem, whom they killed by hanging on a tree. 40.  "Him God raised up on the third da

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SUNDAY, 28TH MAY, 2023 (PENTECOST/WHIT SUNDAY) TOPIC: THE OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT TEXT: ACTS 2:1-21 1. When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 2. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3. Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and [one] sat upon each of them. 4. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. 5.  And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven. 6.  And when this sound occurred, the multitude came together, and were confused, because everyone heard them speak in his own language. 7.  Then they were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, "Look, are not all these who speak Galileans? 8.  "And how

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SATURDAY, 27TH MAY, 2023  TOPIC: THE POWER OF OVERWHELMING SACRIFICE TEXT: 1 KINGS 8: 54-9: 9 8:54  And so it was, when Solomon had finished praying all this prayer and supplication to the LORD, that he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven. 55  Then he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying: 56  "Blessed [be] the LORD, who has given rest to His people Israel, according to all that He promised. There has not failed one word of all His good promise, which He promised through His servant Moses. 57  "May the LORD our God be with us, as He was with our fathers. May He not leave us nor forsake us, 58  "that He may incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways, and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His judgments, which He commanded our fathers. 59  "And may these

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: FRIDAY, 26TH MAY, 2023  TOPIC: SOLOMON'S PRAYER DURING THE DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE TEXT: 1 KINGS 8: 22-53 22.  Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands toward heaven; 23.  and he said: "LORD God of Israel, [there is] no God in heaven above or on earth below like You, who keep [Your] covenant and mercy with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts. 24.  "You have kept what You promised Your servant David my father; You have both spoken with Your mouth and fulfilled [it] with Your hand, as [it is] this day. 25.  "Therefore, LORD God of Israel, now keep what You promised Your servant David my father, saying, 'You shall not fail to have a man sit before Me on the throne of Israel, only if your sons take heed to their way, that they walk before Me as you have walked before Me.'

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: THURSDAY, 25TH MAY, 2023  TOPIC: DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE TEXT: 1 KINGS 8: 1-21 1. Now Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel, to King Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the City of David, which [is] Zion. 2. Therefore all the men of Israel assembled with King Solomon at the feast in the month of Ethanim, which [is] the seventh month. 3. So all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark. 4. Then they brought up the ark of the LORD, the tabernacle of meeting, and all the holy furnishings that [were] in the tabernacle. The priests and the Levites brought them up. 5.  Also King Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel who were assembled with him, [were] with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen that could not be counted or numbe

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: WEDNESDAY, 24TH MAY, 2023  TOPIC: VISION ACCOMPLISHED TEXT: 1 KINGS 6: 1-18 1. And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, which [is] the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD. 2. Now the house which King Solomon built for the LORD, its length [was] sixty cubits, its width twenty, and its height thirty cubits. 3. The vestibule in front of the sanctuary of the house [was] twenty cubits long across the width of the house, [and] the width of [the vestibule extended] ten cubits from the front of the house. 4. And he made for the house windows with beveled frames. 6  Against the wall of the temple he built chambers all around, [against] the walls of the temple, all around the sanctuary and the inner sanctuary. Thus he made si

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: TUESDAY, 23RD MAY, 2023 TOPIC: PREPARATIONS FOR BUILDING THE TEMPLE TEXT: 1 KINGS 5: 1-18 1. Now Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon, because he heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father, for Hiram had always loved David. 2. Then Solomon sent to Hiram, saying: 3. You know how my father David could not build a house for the name of the LORD his God because of the wars which were fought against him on every side, until the LORD put [his foes] under the soles of his feet. 4. But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side; [there is] neither adversary nor evil occurrence. 5.  And behold, I propose to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spoke to my father David, saying, "Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, he shall build the house for My name." 6.  Now therefore, command that they cut down cedars for me fro

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: MONDAY, 21ST MAY, 2023  TOPIC: THE WISDOM FROM GOD TEXT: 1 KINGS 4:20-34 20.  Judah and Israel [were] as numerous as the sand by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and rejoicing. 21.  So Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the River [to] the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. [They] brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life. 22.  Now Solomon's provision for one day was thirty kors of fine flour, sixty kors of meal, 23.  ten fatted oxen, twenty oxen from the pastures, and one hundred sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fatted fowl. 24.  For he had dominion over all [the region] on this side of the River from Tiphsah even to Gaza, namely over all the kings on this side of the River; and he had peace on every side all around him. 25.  And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, each man under his vine and his fig tree, from Dan as f

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SUNDAY, 21ST MAY, 2023 (SUNDAY AFTER ASCENSION) TOPIC: MORE YET TO BE REVEALED! TEXT: JOHN 16:12-24 12. "I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear [them] now. 13.  "However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own [authority,] but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. 14.  "He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare [it] to you. 15.  "All things that the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He will take of Mine and declare [it] to you. 16.  " A little while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me, because I go to the Father." 17.  Then [some] of His disciples said among themselves, "What is this that He says to us, 'A little while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while,

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SATURDAY, 20TH MAY, 2023  TOPIC: NOT EVERYONE HAS FAITH TEXT: 2 THESSALONIANS 3:1-18 1. Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may run [swiftly] and be glorified, just as [it is] with you, 2. and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men; for not all have faith. 3. But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard [you] from the evil one. 4. And we have confidence in the Lord concerning you, both that you do and will do the things we command you. 5.  Now may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the patience of Christ. 6.  But we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw from every brother who walks disorderly and not according to the tradition which he received from us. 7.  For you yourselves know how you ought to follow us, for we were not disorderly among you; 8.  nor did we eat anyone's

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: THURSDAY, 18TH MAY, 2023 (ASCENSION DAY ) TOPIC: HE WAS TAKEN UP TEXT: LUKE 24:49-53 49.  "Behold, I send the Promise of My Father upon you; but tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high." 50.  And He led them out as far as Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them. 51.  Now it came to pass, while He blessed them, that He was parted from them and carried up into heaven. 52.  And they worshiped Him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy, 53.  and were continually in the temple praising and blessing God. Amen. MESSAGE:  Ascension teaches us that Christ physically departed from earth on the 40 Day after his resurrection. He ascended into Heaven, in the presence of eleven of his disciples. The Ascension signifies the Kingship of Christ, victorious accomplishment of His mission of salvation, supremacy over the law of gravity, fulfilment of G

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: WEDNESDAY, 17TH MAY, 2023  TOPIC: BEWARE OF GREED TEXT: LUKE 12: 13-21 13.  Then one from the crowd said to Him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me." 14.  But He said to him, "Man, who made Me a judge or an arbitrator over you?" 15.  And He said to them, "Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses." 16.  Then He spoke a parable to them, saying: "The ground of a certain rich man yielded plentifully. 17.  "And he thought within himself, saying, 'What shall I do, since I have no room to store my crops?' 18.  "So he said, 'I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build greater, and there I will store all my crops and my goods. 19.  'And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take you

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: TUESDAY, 16TH MAY, 2023  TOPIC: PERSISTENCE IN PRAYER TEXT: : LUKE 11: 5-13 5.  And He said to them, "Which of you shall have a friend, and go to him at midnight and say to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves; 6.  'for a friend of mine has come to me on his journey, and I have nothing to set before him'; 7.  "and he will answer from within and say, 'Do not trouble me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give to you'? 8.  "I say to you, though he will not rise and give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will rise and give him as many as he needs. 9.  " So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 10.  "For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. 11. 

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: MONDAY, 15TH MAY, 2023  TOPIC: THE GROWTH OF BELIEVERS TEXT: MARK 4: 26-32 26.  And He said, "The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground, 27.  "and should sleep by night and rise by day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he himself does not know how. 28.  "For the earth yields crops by itself: first the blade, then the head, after that the full grain in the head. 29.  "But when the grain ripens, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come." 30.  Then He said, "To what shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or with what parable shall we picture it? 31.  "[It is] like a mustard seed which, when it is sown on the ground, is smaller than all the seeds on earth; 32.  "but when it is sown, it grows up and becomes greater than all herbs, and shoots out large branches, so that the birds of the air may nest under its sh

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SUNDAY, 14TH MAY, 2023 (ROGATION SUNDAY) TOPIC: ASKING IN PRAYERS TEXT: JOHN 16: 23-33 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. 25.  " These things I have spoken to you in figurative language; but the time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but I will tell you plainly about the Father. 26.  "In that day you will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I shall pray the Father for you; 27.  "for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me, and have believed that I came forth from God. 28.  "I came forth from the Father and have come into the world. Again, I leave the world and go to the Father." 29.  His disciples sa

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SATURDAY, 13TH MAY, 2023  TOPIC: A SPIRITUAL FATHER'S PRAYER TEXT: 2 THESSALONIANS 1: 1-12 1. Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: 2. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 3. We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all abounds toward each other, 4. so that we ourselves boast of you among the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that you endure, 5.  [which is] manifest evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also suffer; 6.  since [it is] a righteous thing with God to repay with tribulation those who trouble you, 7.  and to [give] you who are troubled rest with us when th

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: FRIDAY, 12TH MAY, 2023  TOPIC: BE ALERT! TEXT:   1 THESSALONIANS 5: 1-28 1. But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you. 2. For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. 3. For when they say, "Peace and safety!" then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape. 4. But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief. 5.  You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness. 6.  Therefore let us not sleep, as others [do,] but let us watch and be sober. 7.  For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk are drunk at night. 8.  But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and [as] a helmet the hope of salvation.

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: THURSDAY, 11TH MAY, 2023  TOPIC: LIVING TO PLEASE GOD TEXT:   1 THESSALONIANS 4: 1-18 1. Finally then, brethren, we urge and exhort in the Lord Jesus that you should abound more and more, just as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God; 2. for you know what commandments we gave you through the Lord Jesus. 3. For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you should abstain from sexual immorality; 4. that each of you should know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, 5.  not in passion of lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God; 6.  that no one should take advantage of and defraud his brother in this matter, because the Lord [is] the avenger of all such, as we also forewarned you and testified. 7.  For God did not call us to uncleanness, but in holiness. 8.  Therefore he who rejects [this] does not reject man, but God, who has also given us H

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: WEDNESDAY, 10TH MAY, 2023  TOPIC: STEADFASTNESS AMIDST CHALLENGES TEXT:  1 THESSALONIANS 3: 1-13 1. Therefore, when we could no longer endure it, we thought it good to be left in Athens alone, 2. and sent Timothy, our brother and minister of God, and our fellow laborer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you and encourage you concerning your faith, 3. that no one should be shaken by these afflictions; for you yourselves know that we are appointed to this. 4. For, in fact, we told you before when we were with you that we would suffer tribulation, just as it happened, and you know. 5.  For this reason, when I could no longer endure it, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor might be in vain. 6.  But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and brought us good news of your faith and love, and that you always have good remembrance of us, greatly

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: TUESDAY, 9TH MAY, 2023  TOPIC: THE CORRECT PATTERN FOR MINISTRY TEXT: 1 THESSALONIANS 2: 1-20 1. For you yourselves know, brethren, that our coming to you was not in vain. 2. But even after we had suffered before and were spitefully treated at Philippi, as you know, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God in much conflict. 3. For our exhortation [did] not [come] from error or uncleanness, nor [was it] in deceit. 4. But as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, even so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who tests our hearts. 5.  For neither at any time did we use flattering words, as you know, nor a cloak for covetousness -- God [is] witness. 6.  Nor did we seek glory from men, from you or from others, when we might have made demands as apostles of Christ. 7.  But we were gentle among you, just as a nursing [mother] cherishes her own children. 8.  So

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: MONDAY, 8TH MAY, 2023  TOPIC: THE THESSALONIAN CHRISTIAN TESTIMONY TEXT:1 THESSALONIANS 1: 1-10 1. Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 2. We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers, 3. remembering without ceasing your work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of our God and Father, 4. knowing, beloved brethren, your election by God. 5.  For our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit and in much assurance, as you know what kind of men we were among you for your sake. 6.  And you became followers of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit, 7.  so that you became examples to all

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SUNDAY, 7TH MAY, 2023  TOPIC: THE HOLY SPIRIT TEXT: JOHN 16: 5-22 5.  "But now I go away to Him who sent Me, and none of you asks Me, 'Where are You going?' 6.  "But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart. 7.  "Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you. 8.  "And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: 9.  "of sin, because they do not believe in Me; 10.  "of righteousness, because I go to My Father and you see Me no more; 11.  "of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged. 12.  "I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear [them] now. 13.  "However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you in