Daily Devotional
By Pastor Jerry Teboe
A Closer Walk with Christ in 2026
1 John 3:2
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
We are the sons of God! This is what we saw yesterday, and it is a glorious truth; but there is even more in store for us. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be. When we think of heaven, our minds are overwhelmed because what we know about heaven is fantastic. There will be a street of gold, no more death, tears, or pain. However, greatest of all is that we will be in the glorious presence of our Lord and Savior Himself. The Scripture also says, but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
Christ after the resurrection had a glorified body. His body was prepared for heaven and eternity. He will give us a glorified body too. Philippians 3:20-21 says, For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself. This means that we will have a body prepared for heaven also. We will be able to live forever. Our body will be sinless with no health limitations. We will be transformed into the image of Christ. That has been our goal in this life, and finally, we will be like Him when we are with Him.
What a day that will be when we are finally clothed upon with our glorified bodies as Paul mentioned in 2 Corinthians 5:2, For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven. When the Lord comes for us at the rapture, we will receive our glorified bodies, and we will be transformed to be like Him. Our prayer each day needs to be like that of the Apostle John in Revelation 22 when he prayed, Even so come Lord Jesus. What a great day that will be!
Bible Reading for the Year
September 2nd, Proverbs 5-6; 1 Corinthians 14:1-20
Prayer Needs
Praise the Lord! Linda Franks was able to go home from the hospital Tuesday afternoon!
Please continue to pray for Shirley Deans. She is in the hospital with heart problems and is not doing well.
Please pray Beth Buchta. On September 9th, she has an appointment with her orthopedist about the ongoing pain in her leg.
Please continue to pray for Marvin Silverthorne for his eyesight to improve. The doctors just discovered cancer in his pancreas. Pray for him please.
Please continue to pray for Faye Smith, Jack Gargis’ sister. She is still in the hospital and is weak but is some better. The family greatly appreciates your prayers.
Thank you for praying for Dr. Joe Jordan. Pray for wisdom for his primary care doctor who is waiting on the results of several tests to make a diagnosis. He is doing some better. Please continue to pray for him.
Continue to pray for Jennifer Teboe Buchamer. Please keep praying for complete healing. She is still having side effects from the cancer. She is taking Keytruda treatments and is also taking an inhibiter pill. Pray there will not be any bad side effects from the pill and that the treatments will be effective against the cancer.
Please continue to pray for Vickie Dalton. Pray for God’s healing.
Please continue to pray for Peggy Warren. She is facing some difficult challenges, but seems to be getting some better.
Please continue to pray for Robbie Harvey who has MAC lung disease. The doctor has prescribed a new medication, but he is not tolerating it well.
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