The Daily Fountain Devotional of the Church Of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) 12 September 2025: A Burden For The Word Of God
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TOPIC: A Burden For The Word Of God
Read: Malachi 1:1-5 (NKJV)
- The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.
- ” I have loved you,” says the LORD. “Yet you say, ‘In what way have You loved us?’ [Was] not Esau Jacob’s brother?” Says the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved;
- But Esau I have hated, And laid waste his mountains and his heritage For the jackals of the wilderness.”
- Even though Edom has said, “We have been impoverished, But we will return and build the desolate places,” Thus says the LORD of hosts: “They may build, but I will throw down; They shall be called the Territory of Wickedness, And the people against whom the LORD will have indignation forever.
- Your eyes shall see, And you shall say, ‘The LORD is magnified beyond the border of Israel.’
THE MESSAGE
The word burden is got from a Hebrew word which means ‘to lift up.’ Therefore, burden for the word of God means ‘lifting the word of God.’ The author of the Epistle to the Hebrews reveals that God in ancient times spoke to the ancestors through the prophets but, in these last days, He chose to speak to us through His Son Jesus Christ (Hebrews 1:1). The word of God through the prophets and later through Jesus, was perfectly in harmony. Broadly, the word is of two different kinds namely: ‘foretelling ‘and ‘forth-telling.’ To forth-tell is to reveal the will, mind, law and instructions of God through verbal or written proclamation.
To foretell on the other hand is to reveal the plans, program and purpose of God for humanity and the entire universe. Jesus Christ who Himself is the word of God (John 1:1-4) came into the world and revealed the mind and law of God. He also made known the plans and purpose of God for the whole world. He called everyone to repentance and faith in God and revealed the ultimate purpose and plan of God for the salvation of mankind. This is the Gospel that His followers are called to proclaim.
As Jesus ascended into heaven, He handed over to us the work of proclaiming the word of God. It is therefore a necessity and divine obligation for all true followers of Christ to bear the burden of preaching the word of God at all times and in all places, to the end of the world (Matthew 28:19-20; 2 Timothy 4:2; 1 Corinthians 9:16).
PRAYER: O Lord create in me holy zeal and burden to be an oracle of Your word, Amen!
PRAYER POINTS ON TODAY’S DAILY FOUNTAIN DEVOTIONAL
DATE: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2025
TOPIC: A BURDEN FOR THE WORD OF GOD
- Father in the name of Jesus, thank You for the grace to see this new day, the two hundred and fifty-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 new month, but they couldn’t.
- Thank You Jesus for being there for us, Your children.
- Thank You Lord for Your plans for me this month. 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, please, create in me a strong burden for the Word of God, in Jesus’ name.
- Father Lord, give us fresh revelation of Your plans, program and purpose for humanity and the entire universe, in Jesus’ name.
- I receive grace to preach the word of God at all times and in all places, in Jesus’ name.
- Holy Spirit, daily refresh my zeal and burden to proclaim the Gospel of repentance and salvation to all people, most especially the unsaved, 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.
