PRAYER POINTS ON TODAY’S DAILY FOUNTAIN DEVOTIONAL – DATE: SUNDAY, MARCH 09, 2025 – TOPIC: TRIAL

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THE DAILY FOUNTAIN

DAILY DEVOTIONAL OF THE

CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION)

DATE: SUNDAY, MARCH 09, 2025

(Lent 1)

TOPIC: TRIAL

READ: JAMES 1:2-19 (NKJV)

1:2. My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials,

1:3. knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience.

1:4. But let patience have [its] perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.

1:5. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

1:6. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.

1:7. For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;

1:8. [he is] a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

1:9. Let the lowly brother glory in his exaltation,

1:10. but the rich in his humiliation, because as a flower of the field he will pass away.

1:11. For no sooner has the sun risen with a burning heat than it withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beautiful appearance perishes. So the rich man also will fade away in his pursuits.

1:12. Blessed [is] the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.

1:13. Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone.

1:14. But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed.

1:15. Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.

1:16. Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren.

1:17. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.

1:18. Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.

1:19. So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;

THE MESSAGE:

Another condition closely related to temptation is trial. The advanced English Dictionary defines trial as the act of testing something. Students after receiving a course of instruction are given tests, or examination to measure their level of understanding and internalisation of what they have been taught. The result of the test determines those to be promoted to the next class, and those to repeat the class. This means that test is not a punishment, though highly dreaded by students. Those who work hard will always look forward to tests because it is on the basis of such tests that they are promoted.

In today’s passage, James admonishes believers to count it pure joy whenever they face many kinds of trials (verse 2) because these trials will lead to their promotion. They will develop great Christian virtues such as perseverance and maturity (verse 3) thereby winning the crown of life (verse 12). These trials could be lack or even riches (verses 9-11). We must learn to be patient when we go through trial. It gives opportunity to examine ourselves, and to also develop spiritual muscles to fight battles. Great testimonies are products of trials, if we are victorious.

PRAYER: Pray for yourself and for all those undergoing trials of their faith

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