Daily Fountain Devotional For September 23, 2023 – All Things To The Glory of God

Daily Fountain Devotional For September 23, 2023

Read Daily Fountain Devotional For September 23, 2023, Friday Daily Reading Devotional for The Anglican Communion

TOPIC: All Things To The Glory of God

TEXT: 2 Corinthians 10(KJV)
10:1. Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you:
10:2. But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.
10:3. For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
10:4. (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)

10:5. Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
10:6. And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
10:7. Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ’s, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ’s, even so are we Christ’s.
10:8. For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:
10:9. That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.
10:10. For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
10:11. Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present.
10:12. For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.

10:13. But we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you.
10:14. For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ:
10:15. Not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men’s labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly,
10:16. To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man’s line of things made ready to our hand.
10:17. But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
10:18. For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.

Anglican Daily Fountain 23 September 2023 STUDY:

Once in a while, we can be carried away by vain glory, self-glorification and pride. Mistakenly, we boast in those things which we generally have received from God and which we ought to give willingly with a pure conscience. Such strongholds and imaginations must be pulled down and cast down for the sincere love of God to rule all our actions to His glory and honour. The Corinthian Church may have imagined they were the super-rich church or may have thought themselves highly in their own eyes. This is wrong. That which we give to God must be done in humility and to glorify God.

“He that glorieth, let him glory in Lord” (v.17). We must avoid such stances that try to romance our ego or make us unusually important. We must be careful so that nothing beclouds the Gospel of our LORD Jesus Christ. Our wealth, affluence, influence, age, and possessions should never stain the prominence of the Gospel. When we have to give anything, it must done willingly and without grudge. Ultimately, our focus should be on the Gospel. Yet, all things must be done to glorify him.

PRAYER: Lord give me a heart that is gentle, meek and lowly to preach the Gospel and give to your work with love, gratitude and meekness. Amen.

Daily Fountain Devotional for September 23,2023. The Church of Nigeria is the Anglican church in Nigeria. It is the second-largest province in the Anglican Communion, as measured by baptized membership, after the Church of England.

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