Daily Devotional
By Pastor Jerry Teboe
A Closer Walk with Christ in 2026
All Things New – Part 7
New Promises
Hebrews 6:9-15
But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak. Heb 6:10 For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labor of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister. Heb 6:11 And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end: Heb 6:12 That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises. Heb 6:13 For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, Heb 6:14 Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. Heb 6:15 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
The writer changes his tone as he now begins to encourage the readers to keep going strong for the Lord; he also wants them to see that God has better things ahead. He has not forgotten the work and love that they had shown for others. But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak. For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labor of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
The writer then reminds them of the promises of God as a motivation to continue to live and serve as they had done in the past. He reminds them that God’s promises are for those who are diligent and faithful. God will always be near to them. Jesus said that He would never leave nor forsake His own. So, the writer is certain that God is there and always will be whenever we call on Him.
Next, we see the example of Abraham and God’s fulfilling the promises He had made to him. The assurance of God’s promise is not necessarily based on the faithfulness of the believer, but rather on the faithfulness of God Himself. God made it certain that He would accomplish all that He promised. Abraham believed the promise of God, and he received that promise.
God has many promises for us also. When we endeavor to live for God and serve Him, all the promises of God are there for us.
The promise of prayer: Jeremiah 33:3, Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
The promise of God’s presence: Matthew 28:20 … and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
The promise of God’s love: Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
These are wonderful promises, and there are so many more precious promises that we can claim because our God is a faithful God!
Bible Reading for the Year
January 9th, Genesis 23-24; Matthew 8
Prayer Needs
Please pray for Linda Bowers who just found out she has covid.
Please continue to pray for Jennifer Teboe Buchamer. Today, she completes the last of the 28 radiation treatments. Please pray for the tumor to shrink. She will see the doctor on the 16th to discuss follow-up treatment.
Please pray for Melva Jordan, Dr. Jordan’s wife. She has several appointments in January for her heart. She had her visit at the Congestive Heart Failure Clinic. Next week she has several more appointments.
Please continue to pray for Beth Buchta. She had a hip replacement, on November 25th. She saw her orthopedic doctor yesterday and received a good report. She can begin to do a little more each day.
Please pray for Marvin Silverthorne. He will see his eye doctor on January 20th.
Please pray for Ricky Hill, a coworker of Jeremy Hewitt, who has a tumor on his kidneys which is cancerous.
Praise the Lord for Anderson and Meredith Womble, friends of Donna Dixion. THE BABY WAS BORN. Mother and baby are doing well! Please continue to pray as there may have to be heart surgery on the little one.
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