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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

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SUNDAY, 15TH OCTOBER, 2023  TOPIC: DOING HIS WILL TEXT: MATTHEW 21:28-32 28.  " But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, 'Son, go, work today in my vineyard.' 29.  "He answered and said, 'I will not,' but afterward he regretted it and went. 30.  "Then he came to the second and said likewise. And he answered and said, 'I [go,] sir,' but he did not go. 31.  "Which of the two did the will of [his] father?" They said to Him, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Assuredly, I say to you that tax collectors and harlots enter the kingdom of God before you. 32.  "For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him; but tax collectors and harlots believed him; and when you saw [it,] you did not afterward relent and believe him. MESSAGE:   In our reading today, Jesus encourages

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SATURDAY, 14TH OCTOBER, 2023  TOPIC: CONSEQUENCE OF COVETOUSNESS AND PRIDE TEXT: MICAH 2:1-13 1. Woe to those who devise iniquity, And work out evil on their beds! At morning light they practice it, Because it is in the power of their hand. 2. They covet fields and take [them] by violence, Also houses, and seize [them.] So they oppress a man and his house, A man and his inheritance. 3. Therefore thus says the LORD: "Behold, against this family I am devising disaster, From which you cannot remove your necks; Nor shall you walk haughtily, For this [is] an evil time. 4. In that day [one] shall take up a proverb against you, And lament with a bitter lamentation, saying: 'We are utterly destroyed! He has changed the heritage of my people; How He has removed [it] from me! To a turncoat He has divided our fields.' " 5.  Therefore you will have no one to determine boundaries by lot I

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: THURSDAY, 12TH OCTOBER, 2023  TOPIC: GOD IS EVER MERCIFUL TEXT: JONAH 4:1-11 1. But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he became angry. 2. So he prayed to the LORD, and said, "Ah, LORD, was not this what I said when I was still in my country? Therefore I fled previously to Tarshish; for I know that You [are] a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, One who relents from doing harm. 3. "Therefore now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for [it is] better for me to die than to live!" 4. Then the LORD said, "[Is it] right for you to be angry?" 5.  So Jonah went out of the city and sat on the east side of the city. There he made himself a shelter and sat under it in the shade, till he might see what would become of the city. 6.  And the LORD God prepared a plant and made it come up over Jonah, that it might be shade for his head to deli

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: WEDNESDAY, 11TH OCTOBER, 2023  TOPIC: MESSAGE THAT BRINGS REPENTANCE! TEXT: JONAH 3:1-10 1. Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the second time, saying, 2. "Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I tell you." 3. So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a three-day journey [in extent.] 4. And Jonah began to enter the city on the first day's walk. Then he cried out and said, "Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!" 5.  So the people of Nineveh believed God, proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them. 6.  Then word came to the king of Nineveh; and he arose from his throne and laid aside his robe, covered [himself] with sackcloth and sat in ashes. 7.  And he caused [it] to be proclaimed and published throughout Nineveh

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: TUESDAY, 10TH OCTOBER, 2023  TOPIC: GOD OF SECOND A CHANCE TEXT: JONAH 2:1-10 1. Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the fish's belly. 2. And he said: "I cried out to the LORD because of my affliction, And He answered me. "Out of the belly of Sheol I cried, [And] You heard my voice. 3. For You cast me into the deep, Into the heart of the seas, And the floods surrounded me; All Your billows and Your waves passed over me. 4. Then I said, 'I have been cast out of Your sight; Yet I will look again toward Your holy temple.' 5.  The waters surrounded me, [even] to my soul; The deep closed around me; Weeds were wrapped around my head. 6.  I went down to the moorings of the mountains; The earth with its bars [closed] behind me forever; Yet You have brought up my life from the pit, O LORD, my God. 7.  "When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the LORD; And my praye

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: MONDAY, 9TH OCTOBER, 2023  TOPIC: ARISE TODAY! TEXT: JONAH 1:1-17 1. Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 2. "Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it; for their wickedness has come up before Me." 3. But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid the fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. 4. But the LORD sent out a great wind on the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship was about to be broken up. 5.  Then the mariners were afraid; and every man cried out to his god, and threw the cargo that [was] in the ship into the sea, to lighten the load. But Jonah had gone down into the lowest parts of the ship, had lain down, and was fast asleep. 6.  So the captain came to him, and

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SATURDAY, 7TH OCTOBER, 2023  TOPIC: DIVINE ENCOUNTER TEXT: LUKE 5:4-7 4. When He had stopped speaking, He said to Simon, "Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch." 5.  But Simon answered and said to Him, "Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing; nevertheless at Your word I will let down the net." 6.  And when they had done this, they caught a great number of fish, and their net was breaking. 7.  So they signaled to [their] partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink. MESSAGE:  Effort without result or success is regarded as fruitless effort. In Luke 5:4-7, we read the account of the miraculous catch of fish by Peter, a professional fisherman, who had toiled fruitlessly all night. He was in a hopeless situation and was already washing up to go home empty-handed. However,

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: FRIDAY, 6TH OCTOBER, 2023  TOPIC: THE MINISTRY OF JESUS TEXT: LUKE 4:16-30 16. So He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read. 17. And He was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written: 18. "The Spirit of the LORD [is] upon Me, Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to [the] poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to [the] captives And recovery of sight to [the] blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed; 19. To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD." 20. Then He closed the book, and gave [it] back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him. 21. And He began to say to them, "Today this Scripture is fulfilled in y

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: THURSDAY, 5TH OCTOBER, 2023  TOPIC: SOW TO THE SPIRIT TEXT: GALATIANS 6:1-8 1. Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who [are] spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, considering yourself lest you also be tempted. 2. Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. 3. For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. 4. But let each one examine his own work, and then he will have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. 5.  For each one shall bear his own load. 6.  Let him who is taught the word share in all good things with him who teaches. 7.  Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. 8.  For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life. MESSAGE:  Life is full of choices.

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: WEDNESDAY, 4TH OCTOBER, 2023  TOPIC: FLESH AND SPIRIT AT WAR TEXT: GALATIANS 5:14-26 14.  For all the law is fulfilled in one word, [even] in this: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." 15.  But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another! 16.  I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. 17.  For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. 18.  But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 19.  Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20.  idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21.  envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: TUESDAY, 3RD OCTOBER, 2023 (BISHOP SAMUEL AJAYI CROWTHER'S DAY) TOPIC: FAITHFULNESS IN LEADERSHIP  TEXT: ACTS 20:28-38 28.  "Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood. 29.  "For I know this, that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock. 30.  "Also from among yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after themselves. 31.  "Therefore watch, and remember that for three years I did not cease to warn everyone night and day with tears. 32.  "So now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified. 33.  "I have coveted no one's silver or gold or app