The Daily Fountain Devotional of the Church Of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) 18 January 2026
Daily Fountain Devotional 18 January 2026 TUESDAY TOPIC: The Basic Requirement For Kingdom Work
SCRIPTURE READING: John 3:1-8
1 There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 2 This man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him.”
3 Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born [a]again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
4 Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?”
5 Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ 8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
TODAY’S MESSAGE:
Nicodemus, afraid of what the people would say, came to Jesus by night. He started a conversation by praising Jesus, probably thinking that he would receive a commendation from Jesus. However, Jesus who knows the need of every man and sees into the heart, quickly interrupted him”… except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” In other words, though you are a Jewish leader, possibly serving the people with all your life, you must be born again in order to see God’s kingdom. When Nicodemus wondered the possibility of such a new birth, Jesus told him that it was a matter of being born of the Spirit of God.
Many people today are busy for God doing one thing or the other in Churches, fellowships and in other religious groups, without having experienced the new birth. Perhaps Nicodemus’ visit was a quest for knowledge, to probe into the secrets of how to work miracles. The Lord offered him life, the new birth experience. Whatever God will do in and with you begins here. You must be born again. Seek not high things, start with the basics! Are you born again? Jesus will first of all offer life to you before recruiting you into effective service.
PRAYER: Father, please grant unto me genuine encounter with the Saviour. Jesus Christ.