The Daily Fountain Devotional of the Church Of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) 21 May 2025 — A Four-Way Response Approach
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TOPIC: A Four-Way Response Approach
READ: Ephesians 5:9-12 (NKJV)
- (for the fruit of the Spirit [is] in all goodness, righteousness, and truth),
- finding out what is acceptable to the Lord.
- And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose [them.]
- For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret.
THE MESSAGE:
The text for today gives us guidelines on how to respond to the darkness of the world system around us. The first step is to live in the light. There is a force which darkness cannot resist, and this force is light. To live in the light is to live the life of Christ. The second is to use the light to discern what the will of God is. This discernment involves engaging the Holy Spirit in your decision-making, aligning your choices, behaviour and decisions with God’s will and standards. It requires that we understand and follow God’s word. The third step is to reject darkness. In addition to living in the light and discerning the will of God, we also need to reject darkness. All unrighteousness and worldliness should be rejected by sincere believers. The fourth approach is to expose darkness. This means that believers should not remain silent or passive in the face of evil or wrongdoing.
We are called to stand against injustice, immorality, falsehood and also bring them to light. By so doing, we contribute to the transformation of society and promotion of God’s word. Can one describe your life as living in the light or as living in darkness? Avoid darkness and live in the light!
PRAYER: Help me, O God, to cast off the works of darkness in my life, Amen!
PRAYER POINTS ON TODAY’S DAILY FOUNTAIN DEVOTIONAL
DATE: WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2025
TOPIC: A FOUR-WAY RESPONSE APPROACH
- Father in the name of Jesus, thank You for the grace to see this new day, the one hundred and forty-first days in the year 2025 in good health, sound mind and in joy
- Father, thank You for the special gift of life, many wished to see this month, but they couldn’t.
- Thank You Jesus for being there for us, Your children.
- Thank You Lord for Your plans for me this year. They are plans of good, not of evil, to give me a good and successful end.
- Father, please forgive me all my known and unknown sins, and let no sin reign over my life this year, in Jesus’ name
- Holy Spirit, guide me in responding to the activities of darkness around me, in Jesus’ name.
- I receive the divine power to be the light and to shine as light, in Jesus’ name.
- Holy Spirit, help me to align my choices, behaviour and decisions with God’s will and standards, in Jesus’ name
- I receive grace to stand against injustice, immorality, falsehood and also bring them to light, in Jesus’ name.
- Holy Spirit, help me to have a deep, flourishing and an unbroken relationship with God, in Jesus’ name
- LORD, help me to get my life right this year, and let Your perfect will be enforced on me, in Jesus’ name
- LORD, help us to get it right in Nigeria, and let Your perfect will be enforced on us in Jesus’ name.
- Heavenly Father, let Your peace continue to reign in every part of this country,
- Whether the devil likes it or not, I will make heaven and receive my eternal rewards in Jesus’ Name.
- This is the day the Lord hath made, let us rejoice and be glad in it.
- Personal and family prayer requests.
- Confession: God bless the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), God bless the Universal Church, and bless our country Nigeria -1 Chronicles 17:27.
- Thank You Lord for answered prayers, in Jesus’ Mighty Name we pray. Amen.
