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THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SATURDAY, 30TH APRIL, 2022  TOPIC: DO YOU LOVE ME? TEXT: JOHN 21:15-19  15.  So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, [son] of Jonah, do you love Me more than these?" He said to Him, "Yes, Lord; You know that I love You." He said to him, "Feed My lambs." 16.  He said to him again a second time, "Simon, [son] of Jonah, do you love Me?" He said to Him, "Yes, Lord; You know that I love You." He said to him, "Tend My sheep." 17.  He said to him the third time, "Simon, [son] of Jonah, do you love Me?" Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, "Do you love Me?" And he said to Him, "Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You." Jesus said to him, "Feed My sheep. 18.  "Most assuredly, I say to you, when you were younger, you girded yourself and walked w

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: FRIDAY, 29TH APRIL, 2022  TOPIC: I GO A FISHING TEXT: JOHN 21:1-14  1. After these things Jesus showed Himself again to the disciples at the Sea of Tiberias, and in this way He showed [Himself:] 2. Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the [sons] of Zebedee, and two others of His disciples were together. 3. Simon Peter sa4id to them, "I am going fishing." They said to him, "We are going with you also." They went out and immediately got into the boat, and that night they caught nothing. 4. But when the morning had now come, Jesus stood on the shore; yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. 5.  Then Jesus said to them, "Children, have you any food?" They answered Him, "No." 6.  And He said to them, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find [some."] So they cast, and now they were not able

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: THURSDAY, 28TH APRIL, 2022  TOPIC: BE NOT FAITHLESS TEXT: JOHN 20:19-31  19.  Then, the same day at evening, being the first [day] of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, "Peace [be] with you." 20.  When He had said this, He showed them [His] hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. 21.  So Jesus said to them again, "Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you." 22.  And when He had said this, He breathed on [them,] and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. 23.  "If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the [sins] of any, they are retained." 24.  Now Thomas, called the Twin, one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. 25.  The other disciples therefore said to him, &q

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: WEDNESDAY, 27TH APRIL, 2022  TOPIC: MASTER! TEXT: JOHN 20:11-18  11.  But Mary stood outside by the tomb weeping, and as she wept she stooped down [and looked] into the tomb. 12.  And she saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. 13.  Then they said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She said to them, "Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid Him." 14.  Now when she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing [there,] and did not know that it was Jesus. 15.  Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?" She, supposing Him to be the gardener, said to Him, "Sir, if You have carried Him away, tell me where You have laid Him, and I will take Him away." 16.  Jesus said to her, "Mary!" She turned and said to

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: TUESDAY, 26TH APRIL, 2022  TOPIC: THEY SAW AND BELIEVED TEXT: JOHN 20:1-10 1. Now on the first [day] of the week Mary Magdalene went to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw [that] the stone had been taken away from the tomb. 2. Then she ran and came to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid Him." 3. Peter therefore went out, and the other disciple, and were going to the tomb. 4. So they both ran together, and the other disciple outran Peter and came to the tomb first. 5.  And he, stooping down and looking in, saw the linen cloths lying [there;] yet he did not go in. 6.  Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb; and he saw the linen cloths lying [there,] 7.  and the handkerchief that had been around His head, not lying with the li

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: MONDAY, 25TH APRIL, 2022  TOPIC: LET US GO AGAIN TEXT: ACTS 15:35-41  35.  Paul and Barnabas also remained in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also. 36.  Then after some days Paul said to Barnabas, "Let us now go back and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, [and see] how they are doing." 37.  Now Barnabas was determined to take with them John called Mark. 38.  But Paul insisted that they should not take with them the one who had departed from them in Pamphylia, and had not gone with them to the work. 39.  Then the contention became so sharp that they parted from one another. And so Barnabas took Mark and sailed to Cyprus; 40.  but Paul chose Silas and departed, being commended by the brethren to the grace of God. 41.  And he went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches. MESSAGE:  Paul and Ba

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SUNDAY, 24TH APRIL, 2022  TOPIC: HOPE AGAINST HOPE TEXT: ROMANS 4:13-25  13.  For the promise that he would be the heir of the world [was] not to Abraham or to his seed through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. 14.  For if those who are of the law [are] heirs, faith is made void and the promise made of no effect, 15.  because the law brings about wrath; for where there is no law [there is] no transgression. 16.  Therefore [it is] of faith that [it might be] according to grace, so that the promise might be sure to all the seed, not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all 17.  (as it is written, "I have made you a father of many nations") in the presence of Him whom he believed -- God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did; 18.  who, contrary to hope