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THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: MONDAY, 31ST OCTOBER, 2022  TOPIC: LIFE IS PROFITABLE - ONLY IN CHRIST JESUS TEXT: ECCLESIASTES 6 1. There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it [is] common among men: 2. A man to whom God has given riches and wealth and honor, so that he lacks nothing for himself of all he desires; yet God does not give him power to eat of it, but a foreigner consumes it. This [is] vanity, and it [is] an evil affliction. 3. If a man begets a hundred [children] and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not satisfied with goodness, or indeed he has no burial, I say [that] a stillborn child [is] better than he -- 4. for it comes in vanity and departs in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness. 5.  Though it has not seen the sun or known [anything,] this has more rest than that man, 6.  even if he lives a thousand years twice -- but has not seen goodness. D

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SUNDAY, 30TH OCTOBER, 2022 (TWENTIETH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY)  TOPIC: LOVE - HALLMARK OF CHRISTIAN UNITY TEXT: EPHESIANS 3:20-4:1-6 20.  Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, 21.  to Him [be] glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen. 22. I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, MESSAGE:  In today’s bible passage, Paul encourages the believers at Ephesus to walk worthy of their calling. It is possible to be engaged with more than one assignment or responsibility within the body of Christ but, it is another thing to demonstrate sincere love for one another. Unity within the fold may not be possible, and future hope for the body of Christ may not be realistic if we do not subject our personalities and ego to

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SATURDAY, 29TH OCTOBER, 2022 TOPIC: MODERATION - A KEY TO GOOD LIVING 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 the multitude of dreams and

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: FRIDAY, 28TH OCTOBER, 2022  TOPIC: CHRIST: THE SOURCE OF PEACE AND UNITY TEXT: EPHESIANS 2:13-22 13.  But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. 14.  For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation, 15.  having abolished in His flesh the enmity, [that is,] the law of commandments [contained] in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man [from] the two, [thus] making peace, 16.  and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity. 17.  And He came and preached peace to you who were afar off and to those who were near. 18.  For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father. 19.  Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: THURSDAY, 27TH OCTOBER, 2022  TOPIC: GOD, THE LEVELLER! TEXT: ECCLESIASTES 3:16-4:16 16.  Moreover I saw under the sun: [In] the place of judgment, Wickedness [was] there; And [in] the place of righteousness, Iniquity [was] there. 17.  I said in my heart, "God shall judge the righteous and the wicked, For [there is] a time there for every purpose and for every work." 18.  I said in my heart, "Concerning the condition of the sons of men, God tests them, that they may see that they themselves are [like] animals." 19.  For what happens to the sons of men also happens to animals; one thing befalls them: as one dies, so dies the other. Surely, they all have one breath; man has no advantage over animals, for all [is] vanity. 20.  All go to one place: all are from the dust, and all return to dust. 21.  Who knows the spirit of the sons of men, which goes upward, and the spirit of t

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: WEDNESDAY, 26TH OCTOBER, 2022  TOPIC: GOD CONTROLS TIMES AND SEASONS TEXT: ECCLESIASTES 3:1-23 1. To everything [there is] a season, A time for every purpose under heaven: 2. A time to be born, And a time to die; A time to plant, And a time to pluck [what is] planted; 3. A time to kill, And a time to heal; A time to break down, And a time to build up; 4. A time to weep, And a time to laugh; A time to mourn, And a time to dance; 5.  A time to cast away stones, And a time to gather stones; A time to embrace, And a time to refrain from embracing; 6.  A time to gain, And a time to lose; A time to keep, And a time to throw away; 7.  A time to tear, And a time to sew; A time to keep silence, And a time to speak; 8.  A time to love, And a time to hate; A time of war, And a time of peace. 9.  What profit has the worker from that in which he labors? 10.  I have seen the God-given task with which the so

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: TUESDAY, 25TH OCTOBER, 2022  TOPIC: BEWARE OF UNGUARDED WORLDLY CRAVINGS TEXT: ECCLESIASTES 2:1-23 1. I said in my heart, "Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure"; but surely, this also [was] vanity. 2. I said of laughter -- "Madness!"; and of mirth, "What does it accomplish?" 3. I searched in my heart [how] to gratify my flesh with wine, while guiding my heart with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what [was] good for the sons of men to do under heaven all the days of their lives. 4. I made my works great, I built myself houses, and planted myself vineyards. 5.  I made myself gardens and orchards, and I planted all [kinds] of fruit trees in them. 6.  I made myself water pools from which to water the growing trees of the grove. 7.  I acquired male and female servants, and had servants born in my house. Yes, I had greate