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Born again to a living hope

Born again to a living hope

🛐 Daily Prayer: "Our Father, we bless you that we dare use that name without a question; for many of us feel the Holy Spirit bearing witness with our spirits that we are the children of God."

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September 18, 2025

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DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)

Our Father, we bless you that we dare use that name without a question; for many of us feel the Holy Spirit bearing witness with our spirits that we are the children of God. We thank you that we have passed from death to life, and have been born again to a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. He who sits on the throne and makes all things new has made us new and called us into newness of life, and made us to feel a life within us which must outlast the ages, for it is the life of God.

Amen.

VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead…” (1 Peter 1:3)

The Christian has “a living hope.” That is to say, first, he has a hope within him, real, true, and operative. Some men’s hopes of heaven are not “living hopes,” for they never stir them to action. They live as if they were going to hell and yet they coolly talk about hoping that all will be well with them at last! A Christian’s hope purifies him, excites him to diligence, makes him seek after that which he expects to obtain.

PRAY FOR THE NATIONS

This week, we’re praying for the Dabarre of Somalia.

The Dabarre are mostly farmers, but extreme weather conditions have made farming in Somalia difficult in the last two years.

Pray that God would provide everything that the Dabarre need.

RECOMMENDED RESOURCE

“For you are my hope, Lord GOD, my confidence from my youth. I have leaned on you from birth; you took me from my mother’s womb. My praise is always about you…. Don’t discard me in my old age. As my strength fails, do not abandon me.” (Psalm 71:5–6, 9)

Parents, we have a unique opportunity to address our kids in their “youth,” calling them to depend on God who alone can give them real hope. We’ve seen all of the ways God has provided for our kids, even when they were in the womb. We long for our kids to trust and treasure the God who has done so much for them.

And yet, it can be easy to forget that God is good to us, as parents, too. Psalm 71 reminds us that God is our confidence and strength in youth and old age.

As you call your kids to put their trust in God, remember how trustworthy he is for you. He is not the God of our children only, but he is fully dependable for our lives.

If you’re looking for a biblical, gospel-centered resource to call your kids to hope in God, check out family devotionals from God Centered Family.

LAST WORD FROM SPURGEON

“All persons have need to dread the future, except the Christian.” — Charles Spurgeon