The Daily Fountain Devotional of the Church Of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) 16 November 2025 – Assurance Of Eternal Life
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TOPIC – Assurance Of Eternal Life
READ: 1 John 5:13-15 (NKJV)
- These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may [continue to] believe in the name of the Son of God.
- Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
- And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.
THE MESSAGE:
The reason John wrote the gospel is to make Christians to continue to believe in Jesus Christ; and in believing, they might have eternal life (See John 20:31). Some persons are not sure if they will receive eternal life, but in today’s reading, John says we can know for certain that we have eternal life. Our assurance is based on God’s promise that He has given us eternal life through His Son (John 3:16). Eternal life is not based on feelings or speculations, but on facts. You can know that you have eternal life if you believe God’s truth and in His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ. Verse 14 of today’s text emphasizes God’s will and not our will or desire.
God’s will is the key to answered prayers. When we pray, we should not demand what we want, but should ask in accordance with what God wants for us. God knows what is good for us more than we do. His thought about us is a thought of good, and not of evil. He wants to bring us to an expected end. We should therefore not decree or demand things from God according to our wants or desires; but should seek to know His will for us, and ask according to that will. If we align our prayers to God’s will, He will hear us, and we can have definite answers.
PRAYER: Dear Lord, please let my will be lost in Your will. Speak to reassure me; speak and make me to listen; Amen.
