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January 13, 2026 — Job The Advocate
It’s vital to note that Job advocated for his friends while still in the ash heap; blessing follows faith. It’s interesting that Job’s path to blessing involved advocacy. An advocate is one who pleads another’s cause, speaking to their advantage. “And the Lord restored Job’s losses when he prayed for his friends” (Job 42:10). A glorious example…
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January 13
“We preach CHRIST CRUCIFIED” (1 Cor 1:23). What self-respecting Jew would ever glory in a cross, the embodiment of a curse and shame? Erich Sauer writes in his classic In the Arena of Faith: Years ago we were in the Colosseum…the scene of Nero’s persecution of Christians…What streams of martyr blood had flowed on this…
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January 13 Petition Mission
“Elijah…prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit” (Jas 5:17-18). Water doesn’t usually gush from the well on the first move of the pump handle. Vance Havner writes: “Elijah lives in confidence that there will be rain at the proper time. He is in contrition, his head between his knees.…
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January 13
A helpful guide to the effective use of biblical evidence is the Emmaus Study Course, Ready to Give an Answer by David Reid. He writes: “God asks us to defend and confirm the gospel (Phil 1:17). When the apostle Paul wrote, ‘I am appointed for the defense of the gospel’ (Phil 1:17), he was a…
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January 12, 2026 — The Friends Respond
“The whole duty of man is summed up in obedience to God’s will.” —George Washington Here’s some good news! “Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the Lord commanded them; for the Lord had accepted Job” (Job 42:9). After all the fussing and fuming, with no arguments now, they…
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January 12
CHRIST the HIGHEST (Isa 52:13). David Baron, in The Servant of Jehovah, explains, “The climax in the height of Christ’s exaltation, as set forth by the three verbs in this sentence, is expressed by the word m’od, literally, “very much,” with which the sentence ends. ‘He shall be exalted and lifted up and be high…