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Thursday, August 13 2026
from the Brisbane Revival Fellowship

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Only 141 days to the year 2027

Scripture Of The Day

All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.
1 Corinthians 10:23

Read The Bible In a Year

Psalms 87-88 ; Romans 13

Thoughts For The Day

"Whatever limits us, we call Fate."

"Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first."

Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.

Motivation For The Day

The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person's determination.

On This Day

1792 - French revolutionairies imprison the French Royal Family including the wife of King Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette.
1814 - Cape of Good Hope becomes a British colony - sold to Britain by the Dutch for £6 million.
1889 - The coin-operated telephone is patented in the United States by William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut.
1941 - World War II: German spy Josef Jakobs is the last person to be executed at the Tower of London.
1964 - Britain carries out its last executions before the abolition of capital punishment - Peter Allen is hanged at Walton Prison, Liverpool, and John Walby at Strangeways Prison, Manchester - both convicted murderers.
1977 - In London, at least 350 people are injured during a National Front rally in Lewisham.
1991 - Britain introduces the Dangerous Dog Act in which aggressive dogs must be muzzled and held on a leash in public.

Personal Story Of The Day

Time To Grow

What is the biggest room in your house? The room for improvement, of course! There is always room for improvement in our lives. No matter how much we may think that we have arrived, there are still rough edges and missing pieces that need work. The typical home owner knows that there is always something that needs to be fixed, replaced, removed or added. 

That means he has two choices... either get to work on those things or forget about them. Obviously, the former is preferred over the latter. The same is true with our spiritual lives. There is always room for improvement, and we can either work on it or forget about it. God's will is that we "build [ourselves] up in [our] most holy faith" (Jude:20). 

You started out your Christian life as a baby believer, one needing to be fed the milk of the Word. As you grew and developed, you moved from milk to meat. The parallels between physical growth and spiritual growth make it easy for us to understand. As the child is fed, he grows and develops. As the believer is fed the Word, he also grows and develops. 

Sometimes, though, a Christian may be content to stay a child in the faith. That is not the same as childlike faith. Also, there is no excuse for stunted spiritual growth. God wants, expects and commands us to mature. It is a building process that should occur in the life of every believer. 

Jokes Of The Day

A missionary met a lion as he was walking from one village to another.
The missionary fell to his knees and buried his face in his hands. Nothing
seemed to be happening; the lion was silent.

The missionary peeped through his fingers and saw the lion on its knees, its
face buried in his paws. The missionary in a trembling voice said, 'I'm
praying to be delivered from the jaws of death. But what on earth are you
doing?'

The lion growled, 'I'm saying grace.'
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A ten year old boy was failing math. His parents tried everything from tutors to hypnosis, but to no avail. Finally, at the insistence of a family friend, they decided to enroll their son in a private Catholic school.

After the first day, the boy's parents were surprised when he walked in after school with a stern, focused and very determined expression on his face, and went right past them straight to his room, where he quietly closed the door.

For nearly two hours he toiled away in his room - with math books strewn about his desk and the surrounding floor. He emerged long enough to eat, and after quickly cleaning his plate, went straight back to his room, closed the door, and worked feverishly at his studies until bedtime. This pattern continued ceaselessly until it was time for the first quarter report card.

The boy walked in with his report card -- unopened -- laid it on the dinner table and went straight to his room. Cautiously, his mother opened it, and to her amazement, she saw a bright red "A" under the subject of MATH. Overjoyed, she and her husband rushed into their son's room, thrilled at his remarkable progress.

"Was it the nuns that did it?", the father asked. The boy only shook his head and said, "No."

"Was it the one-on-one tutoring? The peer-mentoring?"

"No."

"The textbooks? The teachers? The curriculum?"

"Nope," said the son. "On that first day, when I walked in the front door and saw that guy they nailed to the 'plus sign,' I just knew they meant business!"

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A fundamentalist Christian couple felt it important to own an equally fundamentally Christian pet. So, they went shopping.

At a kennel specializing in this particular need, the Jesus Saves Breeders, they found a dog they liked quite a lot. When they asked the dog to fetch the Bible, he did it in a flash. When they instructed him to look up Psalm 23, he complied equally fast, using his paws with dexterity. They were impressed, purchased the animal, and went home, all the while praising the Lord for delivering this animal to them.

That night they had friends over. They were so proud of their new fundamentalist dog and his major skills, they called the dog and showed off a little.

The friends were impressed, and asked whether the dog was able to do any of the usual dog tricks, as well. This stopped the couple cold, as they hadn't thought about "normal" tricks.

Well, they said, "Let's try this out."

Once more they called the dog, and they clearly pronounced the command, "Heel!"

Quick as a wink, the dog jumped up, put his paw on the man's forehead, closed his eyes in concentration, and bowed his head.

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Riddle Of The Day

How many acorns grow on the average pine tree?

Answer to Yesterdays Riddle
How much dirt is there in a hole exactly one foot deep and one foot across?
None , a whole is empty

Devotional Thoughts Of The Day


The Bigger Picture Is Not Easy To See

But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive. Genesis 50:20. References from Genesis 50:15-26.

Just before his mummification and burial in a foreign land, Joseph likewise requested that his body eventually be returned home to Canaan. Since he talked about God coming to their aid, things may have already been going sour for the Israelites (v24-25). Hundreds of years later, his descendants remembered and honoured his request (see Ex13:19). 

After Jacob died, Joseph's brothers showed that while their hearts had changed somewhat, they still didn't understand forgiveness. They assumed that with their father dead, Joseph would seize the opportunity for revenge. When he heard their feeble attempt at trickery, aimed at escaping his imagined vengeance, he wept. Had they lived all this time without feeling forgiven? 

Did they not have enough faith to grasp the beauty of God's plan? All he could do was repeat what he had said before. Despite their wrong motives and actions, God had worked everything that happened for good. 

Through Joseph, many lives were saved during the difficult years of famine, his own family's not least of all. They needed to see what Joseph saw, the bigger picture... lives saved, God's name glorified among the nations and His covenant promises still at work. 


We Need An Understanding Heart!

And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude. Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people? 1 Kings 3:89.

King Solomon was faced with something more serious than a simple choice. He would be responsible for the lives of millions of people. His decisions would create a ripple effect that would reach well beyond the borders of his own land. His wisdom, or lack of it, would bring either prosperity or ruin to the entire nation. Therefore, it is understandable why he felt an overwhelming need for a heart that could correctly assess a situation and distinguish between good and evil.

This need is still very real for you and me today. Even though we may not wield quite the influence of Solomon, the decisions we make certainly affect our family, our work and, through exercising the privilege of voting, our community, state and nation. When pooled with other Christians, we influence far more than our family; we can change our country. That makes it imperative for us to seek an understanding heart from God as well.

The Book of Proverbs urges, "And in all your getting, get understanding" (4:7). Ask God to give you an understanding heart, especially when it comes to decisions that affect your family, your church and the unsaved. Acknowledge your inability to always distinguish good from evil, and seek God 's discernment instead.

Facts Of The Day

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Closing Thought

Lord, let me never be too busy to support or uphold your people.

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