The Daily Fountain Devotional of the Church Of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) 25 May 2025 — Living To Please God
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TOPIC: Living To Please God
READ: Colossians 3:1-11 (NKJV)
- If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.
- Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.
- For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
- When Christ [who is] our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.
- Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
- Because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience,
- in which you yourselves once walked when you lived in them.
- But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth.
- Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds,
- and have put on the new [man] who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him,
- where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave [nor] free, but Christ [is] all and in all.
THE MESSAGE:
Today is the beginning of Rogation Days – a period devoted to praying for our occupations. It is remarkable that this period comes after Easter and our passage today has a post-resurrection message for us. What then is the relationship between the Rogation period, Easter and our text today? It is very simple: That since we have risen with Christ, our affection should be on things above. In other words, having risen from sin and worldliness, our focus and goal should be on eternal things, so that our legitimate means of income are no longer our master but a means to serve the Lord.
When you see your occupation through the mirror of God’s word, you will realise that you have to engage in that occupation in line with God’s word, as a means of serving Christ, and God will be committed to blessing your occupation. As you grow in this experience, you will know the true meaning of godly prosperity, and giving will no longer be a struggle because it will become clear to you that it is actually from what God has given you that you give back to Him. Then, our occupation becomes a means of pleasing God. Does your occupation please God?
PRAYER: Lord, please help me that today and always, I will live to please You, Amen
PRAYER POINTS ON TODAY’S DAILY FOUNTAIN DEVOTIONAL
DATE: SUNDAY, MAY 25, 2025
TOPIC: LIVING TO PLEASE GOD
- Father in the name of Jesus, thank You for the grace to see this new day, the one hundred and forty-fifth day 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, help me to set my affection on things above, in Jesus’ name.
- My legitimate means of income shall be a means of serving God, in Jesus’ name.
- Father, pour Your blessings on my occupation, as I please You with it, in Jesus’ name
- Help me Lord to experience the true meaning of prosperity, as I give willingly to the work of God, 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.
