Pactolus Baptist Church

Daily Devotional

By Pastor Jerry Teboe

A Closer Walk with Christ in 2026

God Remembers

Hebrews 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.    

The context of this verse is that of eternal salvation.  The writer tells the readers that God will remember what they have done for Him.  Three factors that point to a true believer are listed in this verse.  These three are their labor of ministry, their labor of love, and their labor of faith.  These are seen in other verses as well as marks of eternal salvation.  For instance,1 Thessalonians 1:3 says, remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father.

We also are encouraged by this verse to see that God does not forget the work we do for Him and for others.  His blessing will abound in this life as we see some respond to the message of salvation, grow, and then continue to mature and live for the Lord. 

The blessing will continue into eternity when God takes us home to be with Him forever.  The Scripture also indicates that there will be rewards in heaven for our faithfulness as we serve the Lord.  Remember the parable of the servants and the talents.  The Master’s response to them in Matthew 21:25 was… His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. I believe these promises are for us also, so let’s praise the Lord and serve Him faithfully, because He remembers all we do for Him.

Bible Reading for the Year

Prayer Needs

Please continue to pray for Jennifer Teboe Buchamer.  She will be able to go home today from her recent stay in the hospital.  Pray for healing and strength for her, for the tumors to shrink.  Pray for wisdom for the doctors to know the best steps forward from here,   also that God will intervene and remove her cancer completely.

Please continue to pray for Faye Smith, Jack Gargis’ sister.  She was moved to rehab for physical therapy and to help improve her eating.  

Please pray for Shirley Deal, Carolyn Tyson’s sister.  She is back in the nursing home and is doing some better. 

Please continue to pray for Shirley Deans.   She is home and some better but is still weak.  Pray for wisdom for the next step forward.

Please continue to pray for Vickie Dalton.  Pray for God’s healing.  She has some good days and some bad ones.

Please continue to pray for Beth Buchta.  She starts physical therapy on October 19^th.

Thank you for praying for Dr. Joe Jordan.  The doctors changed his meds which has helped him, and he is getting stronger. Please continue to pray for him.

Please continue to pray for Peggy Warren.  She is facing some difficult challenges, but seems to be getting some better physically. 

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