November 13
CHRIST our ADVOCATE: “My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous” (1 Jn 2:1). The word advocate (par-ak’-lay-tos)...
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November 12
CHRIST OUR ANCHOR: “This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the Presence behind the veil, where the forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus…” (Heb 6:19-20). Stephen Hopkins is known...
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November 11
CHRIST our PRAYER WARRIOR: “This is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah…” (Deut 33:7). Henry Law writes: “In Judah’s story we read prayer’s mightiest exploits. Mark David. We have a volume of his...
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November 10
JESUS the JUST ONE: “The God of our fathers has chosen you that you should know His will, and see the Just One, and hear the voice of His mouth. For you will be His witness to all men of...
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November 9
GOD the SON (Isa 9:6): “Who has ascended into heaven, or descended? Who has gathered the wind in His fists?…What is His name, and what is His Son’s name, if you know?” (Prov 30:4). As the kinsman Redeemer, the Lord...
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November 8
CHRIST the SILENT ONE: “He was oppressed and He was afflicted, yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so He opened not His...
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November 7
CHRIST OUR KEEPER (Ps 121:5). Paul’s first taste of persecution came quickly after his conversion: “In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me” (2 Cor 11:32). The...
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November 6
CHRIST CONSIDERED FOOLISHNESS: “We preach Christ crucified,…to the Greeks foolishness” (1 Cor 1:23). “For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing…” (v 18). H.A. Ironside writes: “I was on a ferry going from Oakland to...
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November 5
CHRIST the FATHER of ETERNITY: “And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father…” (Isa 9:6). Certainly one of the most curious titles of the Messiah, the term “Everlasting Father” (Heb, abi ad) is “Father of eternity.”...
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