Daily Devotional
By Pastor Jerry Teboe
A Closer Walk with Christ in 2026
Mountain Top Series – Part 4
God’s Overview
Deuteronomy 34:1,5
And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan…
So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.
Moses came to the end of his long, fruitful life, and God said it was time for him to come home to heaven. Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated. God had blessed him abundantly with a long life and good health. Before He took Moses, God gave him one more blessing, that of seeing the Promised Land which had been his goal for the previous forty years. The land was just across the Jordan River for the children of Israel, and soon they would be going in to settle what God had promised them. Moses was able to see the land, but was not able to go into it; however, he had an overview of that land of promise.
In our own lives, we may not know exactly when we will depart for our heavenly home, but we can stop and take an overview of all God has done for us. As we look back, we will see the blessings of the Lord, and for those blessings we can praise Him.
We also may look back and see areas which could have been a blessing and were not, because we decided to exercise our own will instead of doing what God told us to do. That was the situation with Moses when God told him to speak to the rock, and in his anger, he struck it instead. And Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock with his staff twice, and water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their livestock. And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not believe in me, to uphold me as holy in the eyes of the people of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them (Num 20:11-12). We should look at those times and realize that God can help us to not make the same mistakes in the future. To do that, we need to humble ourselves, confess where we failed, and then go to the Lord and ask His forgiveness and help to move forward to victory in the future. Remember, failure in the past does not negate the opportunity for a blessing in the future.
Let’s take that overview of our lives and, after we do, put the past behind us and move forward to God’s best in the future!
Bible Reading for the Year
January 16th, Genesis 38-40: Matthew 12:22-50
Prayer Needs
Please pray for Linda and Jack Franks who both have covid.
Please pray for Melva Jordan, Dr. Jordan’s wife. She saw the valve specialist yesterday, on the 15th and had a good report. She will see the electrophysiologist today, on the 16th, concerning a possible pacemaker.
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 pray for Deb Skinner who has surgery on Wednesday, the 20th.
Please pray for Marvin Silverthorne. He will see his eye doctor on January 20th.
Please continue to pray for Jennifer Teboe Buchamer. She saw the doctor at Duke on the 14th. Pray for God’s wisdom for the next steps and also for the tumor to continue to shrink.
Please continue to pray for Beth Buchta, that her hip can continue to heal and she can begin to do a little more each day.
Please pray for Ricky Hill, a coworker of Jeremy Hewitt, who has a tumor on his kidneys which is cancerous.
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 pray for Jackson Broome. They found a donor. February the 2nd is the date set to begin the procedure. He will need to stay there for 100 days to complete it.
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