The Daily Fountain Devotional of the Church Of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) 20 May 2025 — Show The Light
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TOPIC: Show The Light
READ: Ephesians 5:1-8 (NKJV)
- Therefore be imitators of God as dear children.
- And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.
- But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints;
- neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks.
- For this you know, that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
- Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
- Therefore do not be partakers with them.
- For you were once darkness, but now [you are] light in the Lord. Walk as children of light
THE MESSAGE:
In this passage, Paul was urging the believers in Ephesus to imitate God and walk in love, just as Christ loved them and sacrificed Himself for human kind. Paul also emphasised the importance of living a life that is separated from sexual immorality, impurity, and covetousness. Every kind of filthiness, foolish talk or crude joke, should be avoided by us as Christians.
These instructions above apply to us today. Beyond a divine Code of Conduct, unholy living has a tendency to deny one an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. Again, we see from the text that another reason we should live in holiness is that we were darkness, but now we are light. Therefore, as children of light, we should walk as those representing and radiating the light of Christ. We are now in a generation where some persons do not take holiness seriously: A lot of loose living, uncleanness and immorality now exist, even in the assembly of believers! This should not be so. The word of God is clear on how we should live while in the world: As believers in the light. The instruction is clear – show the light! Beloved, let today be another divine opportunity to show the Person and character of Christ in you.
PRAYER: Lord, help me to be and remain an agent of the light of Christ, Amen!
PRAYER POINTS ON TODAY’S DAILY FOUNTAIN DEVOTIONAL
DATE: TUESDAY, MAY 20, 2025
TOPIC: SHOW THE LIGHT
- Father in the name of Jesus, thank You for the grace to see this new day, the one hundred and forty 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 help me to imitate God and walk in love just as Christ loves us, in Jesus’ name.
- I receive grace to live a life that is separated from sexual immorality, impurity and covetousness, in Jesus’ name.
- Help me Lord, to avoid every kind of filthiness, foolish talk and crude joke, in Jesus’ name
- Lord, help me to be and remain an agent of the light of Christ, 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.
