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Intro
Sunday, November 1 2026from the Brisbane Revival Fellowship
Howdy...
Only 61 days to the year 2027
Scripture Of The Day
Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing. Psalms 100:2.Read The Bible In a Year
Jeremiah 24-26; Titus 2.Thoughts For The Day
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love and something to hope for.The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase: If you pursue happiness you'll never find it.
For the man sound in body and serene of mind there is no such thing as bad weather.
Motivation For The Day
Get not your friends by bare compliments, but by giving them sensible tokens of your love.On This Day
1755 - Lisbon earthquake kills more than 50,000 in Portugal.
1848 - WH Smith opens its first railway bookstall at Euston Station in London.1894 - In Russia, the death of Alexander III. Nicholas II becomes Tsar of Russia.
1945 - In Britain, it is announced that all available evidence supports the theory that German Fuhrer Adolf Hitler has committed suicide in Berlin.
1946 - In London, the first Royal Command Performance in public cinema at the 'Empire', Leicester Square.
1963 - The pop group 'The Rolling Stones' release their first single: 'I Wanna Be Your Man'.
1972 - At least 10,000 people are killed and a further 5 million are left homeless when a tidal wave hits the coast of India.
1993 - The Maastricht Treaty comes into effect creating the European Union.
2023 - Two ISS astronauts lose a tool bag during a spacewalk 200 miles above Earth; it is expected to burn up in the atmosphere due to friction.
Personal Story Of The Day
Ageing WellWhen Leonardo da Vinci was still a pupil, his elderly, well-known teacher asked him to finish a painting he had begun. Young da Vinci stood in such awe of his master's skill that at first he respectfully declined. But his teacher would accept no excuse. He simply said, "Do your best." Trembling, da Vinci took his brush and began. With each stroke, his hand grew more steady as the genius within him awoke.
Soon he was so caught up in his work that he forgot his timidity. When the painting was finished, the frail and weak master was carried into the studio to see it. Embracing his student, he exclaimed, "My son, I paint no more!"
Every Christian has unique God-given abilities. Some people however, feel inferior because they don't have as much observable talent as others. But we mustn't think that way. God doesn't hold us accountable for what we don't have. He wants us to discover and develop the skills we do have.
Of course, we can't all be a Leonardo da Vinci. But we don't have to be. The apostle Paul said, "It is required in stewards that one be found faithful" (1 Corinthians 4:2). That means doing our best and leaving the results with God. Who knows, we may just surprise ourselves! The person you will be tomorrow will be a better version of who you are today.
Every Christian has unique God-given abilities. Some people however, feel inferior because they don't have as much observable talent as others. But we mustn't think that way. God doesn't hold us accountable for what we don't have. He wants us to discover and develop the skills we do have.
Of course, we can't all be a Leonardo da Vinci. But we don't have to be. The apostle Paul said, "It is required in stewards that one be found faithful" (1 Corinthians 4:2). That means doing our best and leaving the results with God. Who knows, we may just surprise ourselves! The person you will be tomorrow will be a better version of who you are today.
Jokes Of The Day
An atheist was spending a quiet day fishing when suddenly his boat was attacked by the Loch Ness monster.In one easy flip, the beast tossed him and his boat high into the air. Then it opened its mouth to swallow both.As the man sailed head over heels, he cried out, 'Oh, my God! Help me!'
At once, the ferocious attack scene froze in place, and as the atheist hung in mid-air, a booming voice came down from the clouds, 'I thought you didn't believe in Me!'
Come on God, give me a break!!' the man pleaded. 'Two minutes ago I didn't believe in the Loch Ness monster either!'
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There was a Scottish tradesman, a painter called Jack, who was very interested in making a pound where he could. So he often would thin down his paint to make it go a wee bit further. As it happened, he got away with this for some time.
Eventually the Presbyterian Church decided to do a big restoration job on one of their biggest churches. Jack put in a painting bid and because his price was so competitive, he got the job. And so he set to, with a right good will, erecting the trestles and putting up the planks, and buying the paint and...yes, I am sorry to say, thinning it down with the turpentine.
Well, Jack was up on the scaffolding, painting away, the job nearly done, when suddenly there was a horrendous clap of thunder. The sky opened and the rain poured down, washing the thin paint from all over the church and knocking Jack fair off the scaffold to land on the lawn.
Now, Jack was no fool. He knew this was a judgement from the Almighty, so he fell on his knees and cried, 'Oh, God! Forgive me! What should I do?' And from the thunder, a mighty Voice spoke, 'Repaint you thinner, And go and thin no more!'
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Bill Gates suddenly dies and finds himself face to face with God. God stood over Bill Gates and said, "Well Bill, I'm really confused on this one. It's a tough decision; I'm not sure whether to send you to Heaven or Hell. After all, you helped society enormously by putting a computer in almost every home in America, yet you also created that ghastly Windows '95 among other indiscretions. I believe I'll do something I've never done before; I'll let you decide where you want to go."
Bill pushed up his glasses, looked up at God and replied, "Could you briefly explain the difference between the two?" Looking slightly puzzled, God said, "Better yet, why don't I let you visit both places briefly, then you can make your decision. Which do you choose to see first, Heaven or Hell?"
Bill played with his pocket protector for a moment, then looked back at God and said, "I think I'll try Hell first." So, with a flash of lightning and a cloud of smoke, Bill Gates went to Hell.
When he materialized in Hell, Bill looked around. It was a beautiful and clean place, a bit warm, with sandy beaches and tall mountains, clear skies, pristine water, and beautiful women frolicking about. A smile came across Bill's face as he took in a deep breath of the clean air. "This is great," he thought, "if this is Hell, I can't wait to see heaven."
Within seconds of his thought, another flash of lightning and a cloud of smoke appeared, and Bill was off to Heaven. Heaven was a place high above the clouds, where angels were drifting about playing their harps and singing in a beautiful chorus. It was a very nice place, Bill thought, but not as enticing as Hell.
Bill looked up, cupped his hands around his mouth and yelled for God and Bill Gates was sent to Hell for eternity.
Time passed, and God decided to check on the late billionaire to see how he was progressing in Hell. When he got there, he found Bill Gates shackled to a wall in a dark cave amid bone thin men and tongues of fire, being burned and tortured by demons.
"So, how is everything going?" God asked.
Bill responded with a crackling voice filled with anguish and disappointment, "This is awful! It's nothing like the Hell I visited the first time!! I can't believe this is happening! What happened to the other place....with the beaches and the mountains and the beautiful women?
"That was the demo," replied God.
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Riddle Of The Day
What is the longest word in the English language?Answer to Yesterday's Riddle
What do you serve that you cannot eat?
A tennis ball.
Devotional Thoughts Of The Day
Let God Take ControlI smiled as my brother told me about his experience in a New York City taxi. The driver seemed determined to demonstrate his skill and daring in negotiating the traffic congestion of the big city. He sped down busy streets, making abrupt turns, nearly sideswiping cars, and coming to screeching stops. My brother was considering the possibility the trip was going to end in a cemetery. He was fearful because he didn't have control, and he felt that his life was in unreliable hands (although I might admit that his driving was much like that when we were younger).
As I thought about his experience, it reminded me of our human tendency to want to be in charge of everything. We are nervous whenever we feel that the control of our lives is out of our hands. As servants of the Lord, we know we need to hand over to Him as the Lord of our lives. We can do that without fear as we remind ourselves that He would never be reckless in the way He leads us. We need to learn to relax in Him and believe that He can handle anything He allows to come into our lives.
Although we need to plan and live responsibly, we are wise to recognize God's control (Proverbs 16:9; James 4:13-17). It is God's will, not our efforts, that keeps us alive and safe. The best place to be is in His hands.
Baptized into the Supernatural
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. Acts 2:4.
When the Holy Spirit fell at Pentecost, the Church began its supernatural life. Up to this point, the disciples had seen Jesus do miracles, and on His command, they had gone out in His name. Now the same Spirit that was upon Jesus came into their bodies. They were baptized into the supernatural. The Church and the believer's life should be characterized by the supernatural; otherwise, we are no different than any other organization.
Our success is not dependent upon human wisdom and experience, or money and contacts. Our success lies in the Holy Spirit and our daily dependency on the words and principles that Jesus taught. The purpose of the baptism (anointing) of the Holy Spirit was to move the disciples into the supernatural power of eternal life, with its miracles, wisdom, love and divine presence.
Jesus had promised that when they received the infilling of the Holy Spirit, rivers of living water would flow out from their inner being, symbolizing the work of the Spirit (John 7:37-39). The whole book of Acts describes these rivers flowing out and blessing the world. They were rivers of healing and revival. They were rivers of knowledge and revelation. There were rivers of restoration, peace, forgiveness and supernatural fellowship with the living God.
Beginning at Pentecost, these rivers have continued to flow through thirsty and open hearts in all generations. Since then, the life of the Spirit has fertilized dry deserts everywhere, in all ages. That same river brings life to you today. That same water has blessing both for you and through you today. Allow the water to flow through you today.
From this water, in this life, you will receive everything you need. Be like the trees planted by the river side... drink from the waters of life... freely.
Facts Of The Day
Duran Duran took their name from a mad scientists in the movie Barbarella.
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