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Dead to sin, alive to righteousness

Dead to sin, alive to righteousness

🛐 Daily Prayer: "God, deliver us from the invasion of sin as well as from the dominion of it. Grant us to walk as Christ walked.”

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April 28, 2026

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DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)

We ask you, Lord, to enable us to recognize our death to sin; and when sin tempts us may we be deaf to the voice of the charmer with the deafness of death; and when it would use our members as instruments of unrighteousness, may we be quite incapable of unrighteousness because we are dead to it.

God, deliver us from the invasion of sin as well as from the dominion of it. Grant us to walk as Christ walked; in his newness of life may we live—may the life in the flesh be a life of faith in the Son of God who loved us and gave himself for us; and may it be a life of love, and consecration of burning zeal for God; a life of pure holiness; such a life as the incarnate God himself has lived among the sons of men.

Amen.

VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)

“So, you too consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, so that you obey its desires.” (Romans 6:11–12)

This is the great fact that you are ever to remember, you are now an altogether new man. In Christ Jesus, you have died, and been buried, and have risen again. Surely you will not now have anything to do with sin, will you? You must hate it, for it has done you such serious mischief. It was sin that slew you in the person of your Substitute and Saviour; but, now, you have been born again, and you are a new man in Christ Jesus.

As a reigning king, sin is dead to you, and you to it; but, as a sneaking outlaw, sin is still lurking within your soul. It is plotting and planning to get back its former dominion over you, and not merely plotting and planning, but it is also warring and fighting to that end.

PRAY FOR THE NATIONS

This week, we’re praying for the Lao Lom of Thailand.

There are one million Christians in Thailand, but many see cross-cultural missions as the responsibility of Western Christians only.

Pray that the Thai church would awaken to their need to follow Jesus and cross cultures to bring the hope of Jesus to peoples like the Lao Lom.

RECOMMENDED RESOURCE

The Comfort of Jesus After Sexual Betrayal*

I can’t imagine many things more discouraging than discovering that your spouse has been committing sexual sin. Wives that I’ve talked to after their husbands’ sexual betrayal have expressed feelings of guilt, shame, anger, hopelessness, and even doubt of God’s goodness.

And yet the hope of the gospel can even shine light on these darkest moments.

My friends at Harvest USA have just put together a really incredible Bible study for women to go through in the wake of their husband’s sexual betrayal. Jesus and Your Unwanted Journey will help women think through their suffering in an honest, biblical way.

Lord willing, you’ll walk away from this study with a better understanding of yourself, your husband’s sin, God’s grace, and the path forward.

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