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THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: THURSDAY, 9TH NOVEMBER, 2023.  TOPIC: CONTENTMENT BRINGS HAPPINESS TEXT: ECCLESIASTES 3:16-4:END  16. And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. 17. I said in mine 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 mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts. 19. For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity. 20. All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. 21. Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: WEDNESDAY, 8TH NOVEMBER, 2023.  TOPIC: THERE IS TIME FOR EVERYTHING TEXT: ECCLESIASTES 3:1-15 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 son

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: TUESDAY, 7TH NOVEMBER, 2023.  TOPIC: LIFE DEVOID OF GOD IS VANITY TEXT: ECCLESIASTES 2:1-26 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 within 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 greater pos

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: MONDAY, 6TH NOVEMBER, 2023.  TOPIC: VANITY UPON VANITY TEXT: ECCLESIASTES 1 1. The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. 2. "Vanity of vanities," says the Preacher; "Vanity of vanities, all [is] vanity." 3. What profit has a man from all his labor In which he toils under the sun? 4. [One] generation passes away, and [another] generation comes; But the earth abides forever. 5.  The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, And hastens to the place where it arose. 6.  The wind goes toward the south, And turns around to the north; The wind whirls about continually, And comes again on its circuit. 7.  All the rivers run into the sea, Yet the sea [is] not full; To the place from which the rivers come, There they return again. 8.  All things [are] full of labor; Man cannot express [it.] The eye is not satisfied with seeing, Nor the ear filled with hearing. 9. 

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SUNDAY, 5TH NOVEMBER, 2023 (TRINITY 22) TOPIC: YOUR JOY IS AT HAND TEXT: JOHN 16:21-24 21.  "A woman, when she is in labor, has sorrow because her hour has come; but as soon as she has given birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world. 22.  "Therefore you now have sorrow; but I will see you again and your heart will rejoice, and your joy no one will take from you. 23.  "And in that day you will ask Me nothing. Most assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you. 24.  "Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full. MESSAGE:  In today's passage, we see that Jesus Christ was preparing to leave His disciples and that brought sorrow to their hearts. He used the scenario of a woman in travail of childbirth one moment and re

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SATURDAY, 4TH NOVEMBER, 2023  TOPIC: THE PERILS OF THE LAST DAYS TEXT: 1 TIMOTHY 4:1-16 1. Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, 2. speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron, 3. forbidding to marry, [and commanding] to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. 4. For every creature of God [is] good, and nothing is to be refused if it is received with thanksgiving; 5.  for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer. 6.  If you instruct the brethren in these things, you will be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished in the words of faith and of the good doctrine which you have carefully followed. 7.  But reject profane and old wives' fables, and exercise yourself toward godline

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: FRIDAY, 3RD NOVEMBER, 2023.  TOPIC: YOU MUST BE A TRUE CHRISTIAN LEADER.  TEXT: 1 TIMOTHY 3:1-16 1. This [is] a faithful saying: If a man desires the position of a bishop, he desires a good work. 2. A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach; 3. not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous; 4. one who rules his own house well, having [his] children in submission with all reverence 5.  (for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?); 6.  not a novice, lest being puffed up with pride he fall into the [same] condemnation as the devil. 7.  Moreover he must have a good testimony among those who are outside, lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. 8.  Likewise deacons [must be] reverent, not double-to