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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 ...

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...

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...