Daily Devotional
By Pastor Jerry Teboe
A Closer Walk with Christ in 2026
God’s Steadfast Love
Psalms 36:5-7
Your steadfast love, O LORD, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds. Psa 36:6 Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your judgments are like the great deep; man and beast you save, O LORD. Psa 36:7 How precious is your steadfast love, O God! The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings.
Valentine’s Day is a day when we have many thoughts of love. But the most wonderful love we can ever know is the love of God.
God’s love is so great that there are not words sufficient to describe it. In the Hebrew, there is a word which expresses this love; it is “Hesed.” It describes God’s eternal love! His everlasting love! His constant unfailing love! David speaks of that wonderful love after God gave him the victory over his enemies. He had been crying out to God and was heard. So, he wanted to praise the Lord, and the best way he could think of was to speak of God’s steadfast love.
David was so overwhelmed with the love of God that he declared it reaches beyond the heavens. He said God’s faithfulness extends to the clouds, and the righteousness of God was like the mountains.
This is the way David expressed his praise back to the Lord. It is the way that we should see God also! But how often do we really dwell on the greatness of God and His love? David is an example of a man who focused on who God is. I am very aware that it takes time to dwell on God that way. When we spend time meditating on the Word of God, then we will be able to see God in all of His greatness, glory, and love.
As we read through the Word daily, we see miracles that only God can perform. We were reminded the other day that in the days of Hezekiah God protected Jerusalem from the approaching army of 185,000 soldiers by slaying the entire enemy army with only one angel. That night, God defeated the enemy. This is the great God we serve!
As we think of God’s love, we remember what He stated in Jeremiah 31:3, The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore, with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. Let us worship Him with all our praise as David did and meditate on His greatness and His steadfast love.
Bible Reading for the Year
February 13th, Leviticus 15-17; Matthew 27:1-31
Prayer Needs
Please continue to pray for Phil Corey. He had to go to the hospital yesterday to seek help for a new condition. Also please continue praying for his continual dialysis treatments.
Please pray for Jackson Broome. They chose to go with chemotherapy which began on February 3rd. The transplant took place on February 11th. He came through it well.
Please pray for Ricky Hill, a coworker of Jeremy Hewitt, who has a tumor on his kidneys which is cancerous. He will have surgery on Feb 16th at Duke to remove the tumor. The doctor is hoping to save the kidney if possible.
Please continue to pray for Jennifer Teboe Buchamer. She had a CT scan on February 4th and saw the doctor on February 6th at Duke. More treatments are needed. Pray for complete healing!
Please pray for Melva Jordan who saw her doctor on February 9th as a follow-up on her pacemaker surgery. She is still in a lot of pain.
Please pray for Madison Bowers Millwee who is having difficulties with her pregnancy.
Please pray for Missy Board, Jackie Whitehurst’s friend, who has lesions on her spinal cord.
Please pray for Marvin Silverthorne. He saw his eye doctor on January 20th. The doctor could not find any way that he could help Marvin. Please continue to pray much for his eyesight.
Please continue to pray for Beth Buchta that her hip will heal soon, and that she can begin to do a little more each day.
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Pray for our Missionaries!
Sue Singleton and the mission in Cambodia
Dr. Joe Jordan and the CBM (Cross and Bible Ministries)
Travis and Caroline Fennessy – IBM missionaries to Southeast Asia