Rich in Christ

🛐 Daily Prayer: "Help your poor servants to live above poverty, because they are rich in Christ."

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SpurgeonBooks
July 22, 2025

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DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)

Most gracious Father, we who have received Christ now desire to receive something more than pardon and salvation. We long that Christ may be in us the hope of glory—yes, of glory, of perfection, and exaltation. If we are darkened today, may we be enlightened by the brightness of the hope that is to be revealed. Help your poor servants to live above poverty, because they are rich in Christ. Let your suffering and afflicted ones, though the body be torn with pain, be full of joy because there is a hope—a glorious hope—that the body shall be raised again from the grave and shall suffer no more. The Lord grant us grace not to live in this cloudy day of the present, but to look upward into the eternal brightness of the future and to anticipate those joys which you have reserved for those who love you.

Amen.

VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)

“I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” (Galatians 2:20)

He not only believed in Christ’s death and trusted in it, but he actually felt its power in himself causing the crucifixion of his old corrupt nature. When he saw the pleasures of sin, he said, “I cannot enjoy these: I am dead to them.” Such is the experience of every true Christian. Having received Christ, he is to this world as one who is utterly dead. Yet, while conscious of death to the world, he can, at the same time, exclaim with the apostle, “Nevertheless I live.” He is fully alive to God. The Christian’s life is a matchless riddle. No worldling can comprehend it; even the believer himself cannot understand it. Dead, yet alive! crucified with Christ, and yet at the same time risen with Christ in newness of life! Union with the suffering, bleeding Saviour, and death to the world and sin, are soul-cheering things. Oh for more enjoyment of them!

PRAY FOR THE NATIONS

This week, we’re praying for the Nisu in southwestern China.

The Nisu worship many gods. They live in fear and are constantly trying to appease these spirits. They do not know Christ who is the Lord of all spirits.

Pray that God would set the Nisu free from fear through faith in Jesus.

RECOMMENDED RESOURCE

Deeper Study into Our Union with Christ

Yesterday, I recommended One with My Lord — a book for all Christians to grow in their awareness and appreciation of our union with Christ.

If you want to continue deepening your understanding of this life-changing reality, check out One with Christ by Marcus Peter Johnson. This is a theological work that shows how union with Christ informs and interacts with other doctrines. This is not an easy read, but if you are willing to hike its mountain ranges, you will discover some beautiful views of the rich treasure that is ours in Christ.

LAST WORD FROM SPURGEON

“Lord, look on us in your Son Jesus and smile upon your servants.” — Charles Spurgeon