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THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: THURSDAY, 8TH JUNE, 2023  TOPIC: THE COST OF PRIDE TEXT: 2.Kings 14:1-22 1. In the second year of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, became king. 2. He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. 3. And he did [what was] right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like his father David; he did everything as his father Joash had done. 4. However the high places were not taken away, and the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. 5.  Now it happened, as soon as the kingdom was established in his hand, that he executed his servants who had murdered his father the king. 6.  But the children of the murderers he did not execute, according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, in which the LORD commanded, saying...

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: WEDNESDAY, 7TH JUNE, 2023  TOPIC: SEEK THE LORD AND WALK BY FAITH TEXT: 2 KINGS 13:1-25 1. In the twenty-third year of Joash the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu became king over Israel in Samaria, [and reigned] seventeen years. 2. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin. He did not depart from them. 3. Then the anger of the LORD was aroused against Israel, and He delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Ben-Hadad the son of Hazael, all [their] days. 4. So Jehoahaz pleaded with the LORD, and the LORD listened to him; for He saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them. 5.  Then the LORD gave Israel a deliverer, so that they escaped from under the hand of the Syrians; and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents as before. 6...

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: MONDAY, 5TH JUNE, 2023  TOPIC: ZEAL FOR GOD'S WORK TEXT: 2 KINGS 10:1-17 1. Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote and sent letters to Samaria, to the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to those who reared Ahab's [sons,] saying: 2. Now as soon as this letter comes to you, since your master's sons [are] with you, and you have chariots and horses, a fortified city also, and weapons, 3. choose the best qualified of your master's sons, set [him] on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house. 4. But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, "Look, two kings could not stand up to him; how then can we stand?" 5.  And he who [was] in charge of the house, and he who [was] in charge of the city, the elders also, and those who reared [the sons,] sent to Jehu, saying, "We [are] your servants, we will do all you tell us; but we w...

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SUNDAY, 4TH JUNE, 2023 (TRINITY SUNDAY) TOPIC: KNOWING THE LORD INTIMATELY TEXT: JOHN 14:8-17 8.  Philip said to Him, "Lord, show us the Father, and it is sufficient for us." 9.  Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, 'Show us the Father'? 10.  "Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own [authority;] but the Father who dwells in Me does the works. 11.  "Believe Me that I [am] in the Father and the Father in Me, or else believe Me for the sake of the works themselves. 12.  " Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater [works] than these he will do, because I go to My Father. 13.  "And whatever you a...

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SATURDAY, 3RD JUNE, 2023  TOPIC: PASSION AND POWER: FRUITS OF THE LEADING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT TEXT: JOHN 11:18-47 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 in Me, though he may die, he shall live. 26.  "A...

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: FRIDAY, 2ND JUNE, 2023  TOPIC: WALKING IN CHRIST IS WALKING IN DAYLIGHT TEXT: JOHN 11:1-17 1. Now a certain [man] was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. 2. It was [that] Mary who anointed the Lord with fragrant oil and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. 3. Therefore the sisters sent to Him, saying, "Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick." 4. When Jesus heard [that,] He said, "This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it." 5.  Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 6.  So, when He heard that he was sick, He stayed two more days in the place where He was. 7.  Then after this He said to [the] disciples, "Let us go to Judea again." 8.  [The] disciples said to Him, "Rabbi, lately the Jews sought to stone You, and are You ...

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...