Hope is alive because Jesus is alive

🛐 Daily Prayer: "We have been born again to a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.”

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April 14, 2025

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DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)

Our Father, 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)

Our best friend is not dead. Our great patron and helper, our omnipotent savior, is not lying in the tomb today. He lives; he ever lives. No sound of greater gladness can be heard in the Christian church than this: “The Lord is risen, the Lord is risen indeed” (Luke 24:24)! Now, observe the connection between a risen Savior and our living hope. The resurrection of Jesus is virtually my resurrection. If he were still dead, then I might fear that I, dying, should die. But he, having died, arose again in due season and lives. Therefore I, dying, shall also rise and live, for as Jesus is so must I be.

PRAY FOR THE NATIONS

This week, we’re praying for the Palembang in Indonesia.

The Palembang are a group of 3.5 million people with very few Christians among them (0.02% of the population). The gospel is unlikely to spread without support from the outside.

Pray that God will send workers to the Palembang.

RECOMMENDED RESOURCE

Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead? And Why Does It Matter?

If you are walking into Easter celebrations uncertain about if Jesus really could have risen from the dead, you aren’t alone. Your questions are not bad, but they are also not unanswerable.

For a great, brief unpacking of why the resurrection is trustworthy (and great news for our lives), check out Is Easter Unbelievable? by Rebecca McLaughlin. The booklet answers four questions that everyone SHOULD ask about the resurrection. This is a valuable resource all year round to strengthen your own faith and give to others.

LAST WORD FROM SPURGEON

“In the tomb of Jesus, all our sins are buried. Christ himself has put them away.” — Charles Spurgeon