Daily Devotional
By Pastor Jerry Teboe
A Closer Walk with Christ in 2026
Mountain Top Series 13
Holy Ground
Exodus 3:4-5
And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I. Exo 3:5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou stand is holy ground.
Moses was doing what he had done for the previous forty years of his life, pastoring the sheep of his father-in-law, Jethro. He was in the place where he should have been, and it was a normal day for him until God intervened. The burning bush was there to get his attention. It burned, which was normal for heat lightning in the desert, but this time it was different. The bush was not being consumed. That was why Moses went to see what was happening. Up until that time, everything was as it should have been. But as Moses approached the bush, the unexpected happened. God spoke to him. It was there that the call of God came to Moses. When the Lord spoke, He said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou stand is holy ground.
God told him the place was holy ground. The presence of the Lord is what made the difference. God was there with Moses. That day changed Moses’ life. He would never be the same again! God had a job for him to do, a job that God had been preparing him for his whole life. Yes, from the time he was born, God had a plan and place for him.
God has a special plan for each of us too. Every one of God’s children has a unique call on his or her life. We may never see a burning bush as Moses did, but God comes to each of us to call us to serve Him. The problem is that sometimes in the busyness of our lives, we do not stop to listen to God’s voice. He wants to have time with each of us, and He gives us an opportunity to do so by spending time in His Word; and it is there that we are in His presence.
I have a place in my living room in a chair that I enjoy, and there each morning, I have a time of Bible reading and prayer. It is there that I hear the voice of God. It comes to me as I read His Word. For me, that place is holy ground, because God is there.
Do you have your time and place daily with the Lord where you can be on holy ground?
Bible Reading for the Year
January 24th, Exodus 7-8 ; Matthew 17
Prayer Needs
Pray for Dr. Joe Jordan who will have an echo thoracic exam on January 29th.
Please pray for Melva Jordan, Dr. Jordan’s wife. She will have a pacemaker and defibrillator put in on February 2nd.
Please continue to pray for Jennifer Teboe Buchamer. She will have a CT scan on February 4th and will see the doctor on February 6th at Duke.
Please pray for Jackson Broome. They have chosen to go with chemotherapy which will begin on February 4th. The transplant will take place on February 11th.
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 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 pray for Griselda Ramirez’s mother, Luisa. Her heart failure is getting much worse. Pray for wisdom for the doctors to be able to help her.
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.
Pray for Anderson and Meredith Womble’s baby. The baby boy had heart surgery Monday. The surgery was long, almost 7 hours, but it went well. There is still a long way to go. Pray for a full recovery!
Please continue to pray for Phil Corey. Pray for his continual dialysis treatments.
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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