Daily Devotional
By Pastor Jerry Teboe
MIRACLES IN 2025
God’s Great Question
2 Peter 3:10-11
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. 2Pe 3:11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
Christmas day is over, and it was a great day as we spent time with family and friends. But as we remember the Advent messages that led up to the birth of our Lord Jesus, we see that God is a God of prophecy. Everything regarding the birth of Christ was fulfilled to the letter, so that gives us reason to believe that every prophecy of all the Scriptures will be completed in just the same way. This is why we can come to the book of 2 Peter, look at future prophecies, and believe that it will also come to pass.
The Bible has much to say about prophesy, and it would do us well to spend time considering what these prophetic utterances mean for us today. The following facts will help us to understand how important prophecy really is.
Approximately one-fourth of the Bible was prophetic when it was written.
Of the 333 prophecies concerning Christ, only 109 of them were fulfilled at His First Coming, leaving 224 yet to be fulfilled at His Second Coming.
There are a total of 1,527 Old Testament passages referring to the Second Coming.
In the New Testament, 330 verses refer directly to the Second Coming of Christ.
The Lord Himself refers to His return 21 times in Scripture.
One writer has said that the study of prophesy will expel our ignorance of the Scriptures, will excite us to share the gospel with others, and will bring us to worship the Holy God who knows the end from the beginning. So, we should, as Paul admonished young Timothy in 2 Timothy 2:15, Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Therefore, with all this in mind as we see Peter speaking of the last days, he asks the question, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness? Because all these things will be taking place, our response needs to be a walk with God that displays a Christ-reflecting character of one sold out to the Lord. Shouldn’t this be the correct answer to God’s great question?
Bible Reading for the Year
December 26th, Revelation 4-6
Prayer Needs
Praise the Lord!! Bill Jones was able to go home from the hospital!
Praise the Lord for Anderson and Meredith Womble, friends of Donna Dixion. The doctors feel it is time for the baby to come. They will deliver the baby Monday or Tuesday. Pray for a healthy birth.
Please continue to pray for Jennifer Teboe Buchamer. She completed 19 of the 28 radiation treatments. So far, she is tolerating them pretty well. Please pray for the tumor to shrink.
Please continue to pray for Beth Buchta. She had a hip replacement, on November 25th. She saw her orthopedic doctor, and he explained she really had a hip revision which is more serious and will take much rest and recuperation time.
Please pray for Jackson Broome as he goes to Duke to discuss a new treatment plan.
Please pray for Marvin Silverthorne. He will see his eye doctor on January 20th.
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