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THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: WEDNESDAY, 22ND NOVEMBER, 2023  TOPIC:  CERTAINTY OF DEATH TEXT: ECCLESIASTES 9 1. For I considered all this in my heart, so that I could declare it all: that the righteous and the wise and their works [are] in the hand of God. People know neither love nor hatred [by] anything [they see] before them. 2. All things [come] alike to all: One event [happens] to the righteous and the wicked; To the good, the clean, and the unclean; To him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice. As is the good, so [is] the sinner; He who takes an oath as [he] who fears an oath. 3. This [is] an evil in all that is done under the sun: that one thing [happens] to all. Truly the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; madness [is] in their hearts while they live, and after that [they go] to the dead. 4. But for him who is joined to all the living there is hope, for a living dog is better than a dead ...

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: TUESDAY, 21ST NOVEMBER, 2023.  TOPIC:  LIFE IS NOT FAIR.  TEXT: ECCLESIASTES 8 1. Who [is] like a wise [man?] And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom makes his face shine, And the sternness of his face is changed. 2. I [say,] "Keep the king's commandment for the sake of your oath to God. 3. "Do not be hasty to go from his presence. Do not take your stand for an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him." 4. Where the word of a king [is, there is] power; And who may say to him, "What are you doing?" 5.  He who keeps his command will experience nothing harmful; And a wise man's heart discerns both time and judgment, 6.  Because for every matter there is a time and judgment, Though the misery of man increases greatly. 7.  For he does not know what will happen; So who can tell him when it will occur? 8.  No one has power over the spirit t...

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: THURSDAY, 16TH NOVEMBER, 2023.  TOPIC: HE FEELS YOUR PAINS TEXT: HEBREWS 4:14-5:1-14 4:14  Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast [our] confession. 15.  For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all [points] tempted as [we are, yet] without sin. 16.  Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. 5:1 For every high priest taken from among men is appointed for men in things [pertaining] to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins. 2. He can [a]have compassion on those who are ignorant and going astray, since he himself is also subject to weakness.  3. Because of this he is required as for the people, so also for himself, to offer sacrifices for sins.  4. A...

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: WEDNESDAY, 15TH NOVEMBER, 2023  TOPIC: FAITH AND WORKS TEXT: HEBREW 3:7-4:13 7.  Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: "Today, if you will hear His voice, 8.  Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, In the day of trial in the wilderness, 9.  Where your fathers tested Me, tried Me, And saw My works forty years. 10.  Therefore I was angry with that generation, And said, 'They always go astray in [their] heart, And they have not known My ways.' 11.  So I swore in My wrath, 'They shall not enter My rest.' " 12.  Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God; 13.  but exhort one another daily, while it is called "Today," lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. 14.  For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end, 15....

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: MONDAY, 13TH NOVEMBER, 2023.  TOPIC: GOD'S PROMISES ARE SURE AND RELIABLE TEXT: HEBREWS 6 1. Therefore, leaving the discussion of the elementary [principles] of Christ, let us go on to perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, 2. of the doctrine of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. 3. And this we will do if God permits. 4. For [it is] impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, 5.  and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, 6.  if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put [Him] to an open shame. 7.  For the earth which drinks in the rain that often comes upon it, and bears herbs usef...

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SUNDAY, 12TH NOVEMBER, 2023.(TRINITY 23) TOPIC: SAY NO TO STAGNATION TEXT: JOHN 5:2-14 2. Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep [Gate] a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches. 3. In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame, paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water. 4. For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the water; then whoever stepped in first, after the stirring of the water, was made well of whatever disease he had. 5.  Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years. 6.  When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been [in that condition] a long time, He said to him, "Do you want to be made well?" 7.  The sick man answered Him, "Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me." 8...

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: FRIDAY, 10TH NOVEMBER, 2023  TOPIC: MAINTAIN A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AND MEN TEXT: ECCLESIASTES 5 1. Walk prudently when you go to the house of God; and draw near to hear rather than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they do evil. 2. Do not be rash with your mouth, And let not your heart utter anything hastily before God. For God [is] in heaven, and you on earth; Therefore let your words be few. 3. For a dream comes through much activity, And a fool's voice [is known] by [his] many words. 4. When you make a vow to God, do not delay to pay it; For [He has] no pleasure in fools. Pay what you have vowed -- 5.  Better not to vow than to vow and not pay. 6.  Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, nor say before the messenger [of God] that it [was] an error. Why should God be angry at your excuse and destroy the work of your hands? 7.  For in t...