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 THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SATURDAY, 6TH AUGUST, 2022 (THE TRANSFIGURATION OF OUR LORD)  TOPIC: KEEP ETERNAL LIFE IN MIND TEXT: LUKE 9:28-36 28.  Now it came to pass, about eight days after these sayings, that He took Peter, John, and James and went up on the mountain to pray. 29.  As He prayed, the appearance of His face was altered, and His robe [became] white [and] glistening. 30.  And behold, two men talked with Him, who were Moses and Elijah, 31.  who appeared in glory and spoke of His decease which He was about to accomplish at Jerusalem. 32.  But Peter and those with him were heavy with sleep; and when they were fully awake, they saw His glory and the two men who stood with Him. 33.  Then it happened, as they were parting from Him, [that] Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good for us to be here; and let us make three tabernacles: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah" -- not knowing what he

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: FRIDAY, 5TH AUGUST, 2022  TOPIC: PUT OUT SELF COMMENDATION TEXT: 2 CORINTHIANS 3:1-3 1. Do we begin again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as some [others,] epistles of commendation to you or [letters] of commendation from you? 2. You are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all men; 3. clearly [you are] an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, [that is,] of the heart. MESSAGE:  The act of commending people will continue to exist as long as man lives. However, Paul must have identified self-commendation creeping into the church at Corinth and this was a bad omen. His reaction in 2Corinthians 3:1 shows that Christians must have been copying the bad habit of self-commendation. Self-commendation easily creates room for pride. The society we live in creates a lot of room fo

  THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: THURSDAY, 4TH AUGUST, 2022  TOPIC: THE AROMA OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST TEXT: 2 CORINTHIANS 2:14-17   14.  Now thanks [be] to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place. 15.  For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing. 16.  To the one [we are] the aroma of death [leading] to death, and to the other the aroma of life [leading] to life. And who [is] sufficient for these things? 17.  For we are not, as so many, peddling the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as from God, we speak in the sight of God in Christ.  MESSAGE:  In today’s passage, Paul likened himself and everyone who preaches the gospel of Christ as an ‘aroma.’ The Greek word for ‘aroma’ /osman/ refers to a smell given off which affects those who come in contact with it. The preaching of the word o

  THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: WEDNESDAY, 3RD AUGUST, 2022  TOPIC: BE AN ADVOCATE OF RECONCILIATION TEXT: 2 CORINTHIANS 2:1-13 1. But I determined this within myself, that I would not come again to you in sorrow. 2. For if I make you sorrowful, then who is he who makes me glad but the one who is made sorrowful by me? 3. And I wrote this very thing to you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow over those from whom I ought to have joy, having confidence in you all that my joy is [the joy] of you all. 4. For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you, with many tears, not that you should be grieved, but that you might know the love which I have so abundantly for you. 5.  But if anyone has caused grief, he has not grieved me, but all of you to some extent -- not to be too severe. 6.  This punishment which [was inflicted] by the majority [is] sufficient for such a man, 7.  so that, on the contrary, you [ought

  THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: TUESDAY, 2ND AUGUST, 2022  TOPIC: FELLOW WORKERS OF JOY TEXT: 2 CORINTHIANS 1: 8-24 8.  For we do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, of our trouble which came to us in Asia: that we were burdened beyond measure, above strength, so that we despaired even of life. 9.  Yes, we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead, 10.  who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver us; in whom we trust that He will still deliver [us,] 11.  you also helping together in prayer for us, that thanks may be given by many persons on our behalf for the gift [granted] to us through many. 12.  For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience that we conducted ourselves in the world in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God, and more abundantly toward you. 13.  For we are not writing any

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: MONDAY, 1ST AUGUST, 2022  TOPIC: COMFORT IN TIMES OF TROUBLE TEXT: 2 CORINTHIANS 1:1-7  1. Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy [our] brother, To the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia: 2. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 3. Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4. who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. 5.  For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also abounds through Christ. 6.  Now if we are afflicted, [it is] for your consolation and salvation, which is effective for enduring the same sufferings which we also suffer. Or if we are comforted, [it is] for your consolation and s

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SUNDAY, 31ST JULY, 2022  TOPIC: FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT TEXT: GALATIANS 5:16-26  16.  I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. 17.  For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. 18.  But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 19.  Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20.  idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21.  envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told [you] in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. 22.  But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness