topbanner

THE DAILY POST

The Daily Post is an email that gets sent to subscribers every day. For those who can't access email, or prefer to view the post on-line, this page gets updated every day with the latest copy of the Daily Post.

This page actually gets updated in advance of the email being sent, so you probably get to see tomorrow's post a day early!

To have a copy of the Daily Post sent to your email address every day, there are two things you need to do:

Intro

Wednesday, April 22 2026
from the Brisbane Revival Fellowship

Start living now. Stop saving the good china for that special occasion. Go have breakfast and drink your coffee from your best cup!


Only 254 days to the year 2027

Scripture Of The Day

Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.
Psalms 5:8

Read The Bible In a Year

2 Samuel 14-15 ; Luke 17:1-19

Thoughts For The Day

Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.

If you have nothing else to do, look about you and see if there isn't something close at hand that you can improve! It may make you wealthy, though it is more likely that it will make you happy.

Beware of the man who won't be bothered with details.

Motivation For The Day

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

On This Day

1529 - Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Saragossa defining each others interests in the Pacific Ocean.
1822 - The Turkish Fleet captures the island of Chios near Greece and massacres the Christian inhabitants.
1915 - World War I: German Army uses poison gas for the first time on the Western Front.
1943 - Britain discontinues printing £1,000 notes.
1945 - World War II: Allied forces capture Bologna in Italy.
1975 - The first South Vietnamese refugees arrive on the western coast of the United States as Communist forces from North Vietnam take control of the country.
1996 - In Britain, Diana, Princess of Wales personally attends a five-hour heart transplant operation on a young boy at Harefield Hospital in Middlesex.

Personal Story Of The Day

The Choice Is Always Yours 

On December 5, 2002, the headline announced: Ring Of Fire Encircles Sydney. A firestorm was raging outside the Australian city. Many people feared that this bushfire would prove to be Sydney's worst in decades. Fanned by strong winds, high temperatures, and low humidity, the fire jumped across roads and rivers, consuming everything in its path. When we think about the destructive power of that kind of inferno, we gain a better understanding of the startling words of Hebrews 12:29, "Our God is a consuming fire." 

Why did the author of Hebrews use such graphic imagery to describe the Lord? In his letter he was dealing with spiritual life and death issues... what his readers believed and the reality of their faith. Their response would reveal whether they were investing their lives in the kingdom that will last forever, or in the one destined for destruction. We too need to remember that this world and all we possess are only temporary. 

Our faith and hope are in the power of Jesus Christ, we are part of a kingdom that cannot be destroyed (v28). Knowing that our days on earth are numbered and that "our God is a consuming fire," let us serve Him by saving and preserving lives and invest in things that are imperishable. 

Jokes Of The Day

Bulletin Bloopers
Don't let worry kill you off - let the Church help.

Miss Charlene Mason sang "I will not pass this way again," giving obvious pleasure to the congregation.

For those of you who have children and don't know it, we have a nursery downstairs.

Next Thursday there will be try outs for the choir. They need all the help they can get.

Barbara remains in the hospital and needs blood donors for more transfusions. She is also having trouble sleeping and requests tapes of Pastor Jack's sermons.
************************************

Bulletin Bloopers
NATIONAL PRAYER & FASTING Conference: "The cost for the Fasting & Prayer Conference includes meals.

The sermon this morning: "Jesus Walks on the Water." The sermon tonight: "Searching for Jesus."

Ladies, don't forget the rummage sale. It's a chance to get rid of those things not worth keeping around the house. Don't forget your husbands.

The peacemaking meeting scheduled for today has been cancelled due to a conflict.

************************************

Man: How old is your father?
Boy: 1 year older then me
Man: How can that be?
Boy: He became a father only when I was born

************************************

Riddle Of The Day

What can burn the eyes, sting the mouth, yet be consumed?


Answer to Yesterdays Riddle
What is bought by the yard and worn by the foot?
Carpet.

Devotional Thoughts Of The Day

Deeds Speak Louder Than The Mouth.

For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. - Matthew 12:34. References from James 1:26-27; Matthew 12:33-37. 

In My Fair Lady, the musical adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion, the main character Eliza Doolittle sings in response to declarations of love by her suitor, 'Don't talk of love lasting through time, make me no undying vow... show me now!' In our culture of the sarcastic one liner and the quick retort, it's easy to think that matching our words with deeds isn't really that important. But James shows us otherwise and points out the spiritual significance of this very issue. 

We saw yesterday that James warned us about the possibility of deceiving ourselves. Simply listening to God's Word does not make us right before God. We must also obey. Today's verses give us a concrete example of that obedience: the connection between our words and deeds. So far, James has set up contrasts between the path to life and the path to death, worldly wealth and spiritual riches, and control by sinful desires and God's desires. Again, we see two opposing illustrations of James's point. 

First, we have someone who imagines himself to be a good, religious person. But his own desires control him, manifested in his lack of control over what he says (v26). In verse 19 we had the illustration of anger controlling someone; now we see the tongue controlling someone. This indicates that God's desires are not the focus and pursuit of this individual, and he is sadly mistaken if he believes that God is pleased with him.


Under God's Protection

And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them. Daniel 3:27. 

No one could say that George Smith didn't have courage. A daring test pilot in the 1950's, back when the sound barrier was first being broken, he could face anything... until he had to bail out of a jet going 805 miles per hour (1,295 kph). Though he survived, he was so fearful he thought he might never fly again. Then, during his hospital stay, a nurse gave him an antidote to fear. He took her words to heart when she said, "Courage is knowing the worst... and discovering that, in God's world, the very worst can't really hurt you." 

Daniel's three friends experienced the worst that King Nebuchadnezzar could dish out to them. He not only cast them into a fiery furnace but also had the furnace heated seven times hotter than usual. The flames were so deadly that the king's men who cast the three Jewish teens into the fire were themselves consumed by the heat. But when it was all over, God so protected Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-Nego that they emerged from the flames without the smell of smoke on their clothes and without a singed hair on their bodies.

Nothing can happen to a Christian without first passing through the hands of an all-powerful God. Furthermore, He is committed to the protection of those He loves. The psalmist declared, "Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling there of Selah." (Ps 46:23). The fiery furnace of affliction can bring you pain and heartache, but it can't cause you eternal harm. 

God is your protector. You are the apple of His eye (Zech. 2:8), and under His wings you will find safety forever (Ps 17:8; 57:1).

Facts Of The Day

Disclaimer

If you are having problems with this email, please email admin@brf.org.au

You can customise your dailypost by logging in to www.brf.org.au and clicking on the "My Account" section.

First daily Post started on June 18... 2002

.... Brisbane Revival Fellowship

Podcast

Did you know you can listen and download the BRF talks on the Revival Fellowship podcast?

Apple users can click here or you can search for 'The Revival Fellowship' in the Podcasts app.

Android and Desktop users can add the podcast URL directly to your favourite podcast app : http://www.brf.org.au/rssaudio/rf.rss


Closing Thought

Remember everyone has a story to tell and it is not always a happy one...look beyond the outward man to find what lies within.

Comic

dpcomic