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Intro

Monday, August 24 2026
from the Brisbane Revival Fellowship

Make a coffee and enjoy the post


Only 130 days to the year 2027

Scripture Of The Day

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
1 Corinthians 3:19

Read The Bible In a Year

Psalms 116-118 ; 1 Corinthians 7:1-19

Thoughts For The Day

When we don't have enough faith, we try to take over and do things for ourselves. We fail to realize that each circumstance in our lives is there so that the Lord can help us to grow in faith in Him, not in ourselves.

Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.

Never stop. One stops as soon as something is about to happen.

Motivation For The Day

Good habits result from resisting temptation.

On This Day

79 - An eruption from Mount Vesuvius destroys the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum killing at least 2,000. The hot volcanic ash helps preserve both bodies and buildings for hundreds of years.
1875 - British Merchant Navy captain Matthew Webb becomes first man to swim the English Channel in 21 hours 45 minutes.
1954 - The United States of America outlaws membership of the Communist Party with the Communist Control Act - signed by US President Dwight Eisenhower.
1968 - France becomes the world's fifth nuclear power when it successfully explodes a hydrogen bomb near Fugataufa Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
1975 - Death sentences imposed on former Greek Prime Minister Georgios Papadopoulos and two other leaders of the 1967 coup, are commuted to life imprisonment.
1990 - Irishman Brian Keenan is released by his Islamic kidnappers in Beirut after spending 52 months in captivity.
1998 - Britain, the United States and the Netherlands agree to put two Libyans on trial for planting the bomb which blew up a Pan Am airliner over the town of Lockerbie, Scotland killing all those on board and several on the ground.

Personal Story Of The Day

False Pleasures

John Bunyan was a Puritan (zealous protestant) preacher and author of the classic Pilgrim's Progress. A local magistrate threatened to put Bunyan in prison unless he promised that he would not preach, but he refused to quit. For the next 12 years (1660-1672), he was regularly in and out of jail. Defiantly he declared that he would remain in prison until the moss grew on his eyelids rather than fail to do what God had commanded him to do. 

To John Bunyan, the pleasures that come with freedom were not worth the price of disobedience. Job's friend Zophar the Naamathite understood this as well. However, he was wrong in assuming Job had some hidden sin in his life that he would not confess. Zophar was right in pointing out that the pleasures enjoyed by the wicked and the hypocrites are only momentary. 

As substantial as they might seem, perhaps continuing for many years, compared with the rewards of the righteous that will last for eternity, such pleasures are short lived. Even to the surprise of many unbelievers, most Christians have a happier and healthier life than those making worldly choices.

Stripped of sin's glamour, it's obvious that the ungodly are choosing poorly. We should always make choices with God's intentions in mind. While the pleasures available to those willing to compromise their stand for the Lord are varied and enticing, they can endure at best for only a lifetime. 

On the other hand, the psalmist reminds us, At Your right hand are pleasures for evermore (Ps 16:11). How shortsighted it would be to choose a few years of perceived comfort and ease over the never-ending pleasures that God has stored up for those who are faithful to Him. 

Jokes Of The Day

A blonde goes into a nearby store and asks a clerk if she can buy the TV in the corner.
The clerk looks at her and says that he doesn't serve blondes, so she goes back home and dyes her hair black.
The next day she returns to the store and asks the same thing, and again, the clerk said he doesn't serve blondes.
Frustrated, the blonde goes home and dyes her hair yet again, to a shade of red.
Sure that a clerk would sell her the TV this time, she returns and asks a different clerk this time.
To her astonishment, this clerk also says that she doesn't serve blondes.
The blonde asks the clerk, "How in the world do you know I am a blonde?"
The clerk looks at her disgustedly and says,"That's not a TV -- it's a microwave!"
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A blind guy on a bar stool shouts to the bartender, "Wanna hear a blonde joke?"
In a hushed voice, the guy next to him says, "Before you tell that joke, you should know something."
Our bartender IS blonde, the bouncer is blonde. I'm a 6' tall, 200 lb black belt. The guy sitting next to me is 6'2", weighs 225, and he's a rugby player. The fella to your right is 6'5" pushing 300 and he's a wrestler. Each one of US is blonde. Think about it, Mister. Do you still wanna tell that joke?"
The blind guy says, "Nah, not if I'm gonna have to explain it five times."
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Sign inside of psychiatrist's office: "Guaranteed Satisfaction or Your Mania Back."

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Riddle Of The Day

If 2 is company and 3 is a crowd, what are 4 and 5?

Answer to Yesterdays Riddle
What always happens at the end of a dry spell?
It rains

Devotional Thoughts Of The Day


Learning About The Power Of God

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. Philippians 4:13. References from Mark 6:30-44.

Like many public figures, Jesus' privacy diminished as His popularity grew. Although the people of Nazareth had demonstrated scepticism towards Jesus, his ministry of preaching, signs, miracles and wonders, expanded His fame among the people to such a degree that He found it necessary to find a quiet place to rest. The persistence of the crowd made this impossible. 

When they realized that Jesus and the Twelve planned to cross by boat to the northeast side of the lake, many in the crowd ran ahead on foot and actually arrived there before Jesus, making their solitary place no longer solitary. Instead of resenting such an intrusion, Jesus responded with compassion. He did not view their presence as a negative, viewing it instead as an opportunity to minister. 

The needy crowd seemed like sheep without a shepherd to the Saviour. However, The patience of the disciples eventually reached its limit when evening fell and the crowd showed no signs of diminishing. Noting the lateness of the hour and the need for food, the disciples urged Jesus to send the multitude away. Instead of complying with their request, Jesus told the disciples to solve the problem by providing food for the crowd themselves. 

The disciples were understandably dismayed by this command. It was an unreasonable expectation, given the extremely limited resources at their disposal. There was nothing wrong with the disciples' calculation of the amount of food they had on hand, an amount so small that it would not even have been enough to feed the twelve of them. Their mistake was in not taking into account the power of Christ. 

This request and following miracle make them even more aware of their weakness and His power.


Oh Brother! 

Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life. Genesis 45:5. 

As we have already seen, Joseph's life had its shares of downs. His brothers were jealous of him, almost killed him, sold him into slavery and lied to his father about what happened to him. As a result, Joseph lived as a slave, was falsely accused and then imprisoned. He could have become filled with resentment, feeding on thoughts of malicious intent and looking for an opportunity to get back at his brothers. 

Opportunity came knocking... not just once but twice! His brothers literally came knocking, needing food. Joseph put them to the test and then finally revealed himself to them. Their reaction of fear was natural. It was Joseph who acted in a supernatural way. He did not use the opportunity to extract his revenge. His heart had not fed on thoughts of getting even but on the purposes of God. 

His conclusion was that God had sent him to Egypt in order to preserve his family. Joseph knew that to get past the past, he had to trust Him. We, too, must rest in the authority of God. We may not understand all that is happening, but we must determine to trust God's purposes. Is there someone you would like to get back at? When hurt, we are tempted to hurt back and harder. 

Instead of bringing that other person to mind, think of Joseph. Otherwise, a heart full of revenge hurts first itself, and then others.

Facts Of The Day

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Closing Thought

Lord, help me to always remember I have a limitless capacity to be blessed.

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