The Daily Fountain Devotional of the Church Of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) 17 June 2025 — The Appointed Time
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TOPIC: The Appointed Time
READ: Genesis 18:1-15 (NKJV)
- Then the LORD appeared to him by the terebinth trees of Mamre, as he was sitting in the tent door in the heat of the day.
- So he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing by him; and when he saw [them,] he ran from the tent door to meet them, and bowed himself to the ground,
- and said, “My Lord, if I have now found favor in Your sight, do not pass on by Your servant.
- “Please let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.
- “And I will bring a morsel of bread, that you may refresh your hearts. After that you may pass by, inasmuch as you have come to your servant.” They said, “Do as you have said.”
- So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah and said, “Quickly, make ready three measures of fine meal; knead [it] and make cakes.”
- And Abraham ran to the herd, took a tender and good calf, gave [it] to a young man, and he hastened to prepare it.
- So he took butter and milk and the calf which he had prepared, and set [it] before them; and he stood by them under the tree as they ate.
- Then they said to him, “Where [is] Sarah your wife?” So he said, “Here, in the tent.”
- And He said, “I will certainly return to you according to the time of life, and behold, Sarah your wife shall have a son.” (Sarah was listening in the tent door which [was] behind him.)
- Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age; [and] Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.
- Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old, shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”
- And the LORD said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Shall I surely bear [a child,] since I am old?’
- “Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.”
- But Sarah denied [it,] saying, “I did not laugh,” for she was afraid. And He said, “No, but you did laugh!”
THE MESSAGE:
Abraham was 100 years old when God appeared to him and asked him to walk before Him and be perfect. At this time, Sarah was already 90 years old (Genesis 17:17). This shows that both of them were well-advanced in age and Sarah was without a child. Abraham, while resting in the tent’s door, in the heat of the day, saw three angels approaching him. Despite his precarious situation he still gave himself to hospitality by entertaining the angels of the Lord in a grand style (Galatians 6:9).
As a result of this, Abraham’s set and appointed time was announced to him on that same day. If you are not weary in doing good to those around you, irrespective of the challenges or difficulties you are facing, there will always be an appointed time when solution will be made available to that situation. Every ugly situation and circumstance have expiry date (Genesis 18:14). The set and appointed time will always come, wait for it and never allow the devil to make mockery of your waiting period. Help is on the way; hold on to God.
PRAYER: Lord, help me not to be weary while waiting for my time, Amen!
PRAYER POINTS ON TODAY’S DAILY FOUNTAIN DEVOTIONAL
DATE: TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 2025
TOPIC: THE APPOINTED TIME
- Father in the name of Jesus, thank You for the grace to see this new day, the one hundred and sixty-eighth 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 walk before God and be perfect, in Jesus’ name.
- I receive sufficient grace to give myself to hospitality no matter how great or small, in Jesus’ name
- LORD, announce my set and appointed time, in Jesus’ name.
- Father, let every ugly situation and circumstance around me expire now, 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 God bless our country Nigeria -1 Chronicles 17:27.
- Thank You, Lord for answered prayers, in Jesus’ Mighty Name we pray. Amen.
