The Daily Fountain Devotional of the Church Of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) 27 July 2025 — The Great Commission
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TOPIC: The Great Commission
READ: Matthew 28:18-20 (NKJV)
- And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.
- “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
- “teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, [even] to the end of the age.” Amen.
THE MESSAGE:
The Christian Missionary Society was founded in 1799 in England with the aim of reaching the world outside England, with the Gospel. The mission came into Nigeria in 1841 in what is called the first Niger Expedition. However, it was during the second Niger expedition, led by the Rev. Samuel Ajayi Crowther, who later became the first black African Bishop, that the Mission was established. The Mission ensured the growth of Christianity in Nigeria. Christian Missions also brought education, health services and agricultural development which resulted in economic empowerment and stopped uncivilised ritual activities such as killing of twins. There are people who accuse Christian Missions of helping slavery. But in actual fact, it was the missionaries who rose as advocates for the stopping of slave trade.
In our reading today, our Lord concluded His final instructions to His disciples by telling them what was uppermost in His heart: That all nations might be made disciples through the missionary activities of His apostles. The instruction was “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations…” This is called the Great Commission, and all who have been saved and have been rightly instructed in the word of God are meant to be involved in the task by using the different platforms (vocation, professions, groups, communities, etc.), available to them, to make disciples. We must note that the Gospel is the only means by which men can be rescued from darkness into God’s marvelous light.
PRAYER: Dear Lord, please help Your Church to be more committed to the course of the Gospel, Amen!
PRAYER POINTS ON TODAY’S DAILY FOUNTAIN DEVOTIONAL
DATE: SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2025
TOPIC: THE GREAT COMMISSION
- Father in the name of Jesus, thank You for the grace to see this new day, the two hundred and eighth 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 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 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.
- Father, thank You for the CMS movement and for the great work You have used them to achieve in our land, in Jesus’ name.
- LORD, empower me for the Great Commission, and use me to achieve Your purpose here on earth, in Jesus’ name.
- Father Lord, raise more movements like that of CMS with passion to fulfill the Great Commission and for end time revival, in Jesus’ name.
- Dear Lord, please help Your Church to be more committed to the course of the Gospel, 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.
