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THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: WEDNESDAY, 31ST AUGUST, 2022  TOPIC: WISDOM: THE GIVER OF LIFE TEXT: PROVERBS 8:22-36 22.  " The LORD possessed me at the beginning of His way, Before His works of old. 23.  I have been established from everlasting, From the beginning, before there was ever an earth. 24.  When [there were] no depths I was brought forth, When [there were] no fountains abounding with water. 25.  Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills, I was brought forth; 26.  While as yet He had not made the earth or the fields, Or the primeval dust of the world. 27.  When He prepared the heavens, I [was] there, When He drew a circle on the face of the deep, 28.  When He established the clouds above, When He strengthened the fountains of the deep, 29.  When He assigned to the sea its limit, So that the waters would not transgress His command, When He marked out the foundations of the earth, 30.  Then I was bes

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: TUESDAY, 30TH AUGUST, 2022  TOPIC: WISDOM ENRICHES MORE THAN GOLD TEXT: PROVERBS 8:1-21 1. Does not wisdom cry out, And understanding lift up her voice? 2. She takes her stand on the top of the high hill, Beside the way, where the paths meet. 3. She cries out by the gates, at the entry of the city, At the entrance of the doors: 4. "To you, O men, I call, And my voice [is] to the sons of men. 5.  O you simple ones, understand prudence, And you fools, be of an understanding heart. 6.  Listen, for I will speak of excellent things, And from the opening of my lips [will come] right things; 7.  For my mouth will speak truth; Wickedness [is] an abomination to my lips. 8.  All the words of my mouth [are] with righteousness; Nothing crooked or perverse [is] in them. 9.  They [are] all plain to him who understands, And right to those who find knowledge. 10.  Receive my instruction, and not silver,

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: MONDAY, 29TH AUGUST, 2022  TOPIC: THE PRINCIPLES OF GOOD LIVING TEXT: PROVERBS 3:27-4:9 27.  Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, When it is in the power of your hand to do [so.] 28.  Do not say to your neighbor, "Go, and come back, And tomorrow I will give [it,"] When [you have] it with you. 29.  Do not devise evil against your neighbor, For he dwells by you for safety's sake. 30.  Do not strive with a man without cause, If he has done you no harm. 31.  Do not envy the oppressor, And choose none of his ways; 32.  For the perverse [person is] an abomination to the LORD, But His secret counsel [is] with the upright. 33.  The curse of the LORD [is] on the house of the wicked, But He blesses the home of the just. 34.  Surely He scorns the scornful, But gives grace to the humble. 35.  The wise shall inherit glory, But shame shall be the legacy of fools. 36. Hear, [my] c

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SUNDAY, 28TH AUGUST, 2022  TOPIC: GODLY WISDOM: DIVINE PROTECTION TEXT: PROVERBS 3:1-26 1. My son, do not forget my law, But let your heart keep my commands; 2. For length of days and long life And peace they will add to you. 3. Let not mercy and truth forsake you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart, 4. [And] so find favor and high esteem In the sight of God and man. 5.  Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; 6.  In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths. 7.  Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the LORD and depart from evil. 8.  It will be health to your flesh, And strength to your bones. 9.  Honor the LORD with your possessions, And with the firstfruits of all your increase; 10.  So your barns will be filled with plenty, And your vats will overflow with new wine. 11.  My son, do not despise the ch

 THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SATURDAY, 27TH AUGUST, 2022  TOPIC: THE PRINCIPAL TREASURES TEXT: PROVERBS 2 1. My son, if you receive my words, And treasure my commands within you, 2. So that you incline your ear to wisdom, [And] apply your heart to understanding; 3. Yes, if you cry out for discernment, [And] lift up your voice for understanding, 4. If you seek her as silver, And search for her as [for] hidden treasures; 5. Then you will understand the fear of the LORD, And find the knowledge of God. 6. For the LORD gives wisdom; From His mouth [come] knowledge and understanding; 7. He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; [He is] a shield to those who walk uprightly; 8. He guards the paths of justice, And preserves the way of His saints. 9. Then you will understand righteousness and justice, Equity [and] every good path. 10. When wisdom enters your heart, And knowledge is pleasant to your soul, 11. Discretion wil

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: FRIDAY, 26TH AUGUST, 2022  TOPIC: DO NOT NEGLECT GOD'S WISDOM TEXT: PROVERBS 1:20-33 20.  Wisdom calls aloud outside; She raises her voice in the open squares. 21.  She cries out in the chief concourses, At the openings of the gates in the city She speaks her words: 22.  "How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? For scorners delight in their scorning, And fools hate knowledge. 23.  Turn at my rebuke; Surely I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you. 24.  Because I have called and you refused, I have stretched out my hand and no one regarded, 25.  Because you disdained all my counsel, And would have none of my rebuke, 26.  I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your terror comes, 27.  When your terror comes like a storm, And your destruction comes like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you. 28.  "Then they will cal

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: THURSDAY, 25TH AUGUST, 2022  TOPIC: EVIL COMMUNICATIONS CORRUPT GOOD MANNERS TEXT: PROVERB 1:1-19 1. The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel: 2. To know wisdom and instruction, To perceive the words of understanding, 3. To receive the instruction of wisdom, Justice, judgment, and equity; 4. To give prudence to the simple, To the young man knowledge and discretion -- 5.  A wise [man] will hear and increase learning, And a man of understanding will attain wise counsel, 6.  To understand a proverb and an enigma, The words of the wise and their riddles. 7.  The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge, [But] fools despise wisdom and instruction. 8.  My son, hear the instruction of your father, And do not forsake the law of your mother; 9.  For they [will be] a graceful ornament on your head, And chains about your neck. 10.  My son, if sinners entice you, Do not consent. 11