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Intro
Tuesday, August 4 2026from the Brisbane Revival Fellowship
My my, we are looking good today !
Only 150 days to the year 2027
Scripture Of The Day
Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.Psalms 4:4
Read The Bible In a Year
Psalms 66-67 ; Romans 7Thoughts For The Day
All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable.Prayer is for the religious life what original research is for science- by it we get direct contact with reality... We pray because we were made for prayer, and God draws us out by breathing himself in.
The world is full of willing people, some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.
Motivation For The Day
Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.On This Day
1870 - Founding of the British Red Cross Society by Lord Wantage.1917 - Captain Noel Chavasse, of the Royal Army Medical Corps, only the second man to be awarded the additional bar to the Victorian Cross for bravery, dies from wounds.
1940 - World War II: Italy invades Kenya, the Sudan and British Somaliland.
1966 - During an American radio programme, John Lennon - founder-member of the British group The Beatles claims his group is probably currently more popular than Jesus Christ. His comment leads to Beatle records being banned from many American states.
1972 - Ugandan dictator Idi Amin expels Ugandan-Asians from the country.
1981 - Three British mountaineers are killed climbing the East Face of the Matterhorn
1984 - South African-born bare-foot athlete Zola Budd, controversially allowed to run for Great Britain, accidentally trips American medal hope Mary Decker in the 3,000 metres final during the Los Angeles Olympics - causing one of the most dramatic upsets in the history of the Games.
Personal Story Of The Day
The Warmth Of True Friends
After one of my friends had a stroke, she needed help to get around and could no longer remember recent events. One day, another friend suggested that we take her out to dinner. I wondered if we should, because afterward she wouldn't even remember what we had done. The friend responded, "While we are with her she will know we love her."
How true! All of us need to know we are loved. I recall the answer I received when I asked an old bedridden man how his grandchildren were doing. He said, "I don't know. I never see them."
The apostle Paul was locked in a damp Roman dungeon, awaiting execution. He couldn't help but feel hurt that many former friends had deserted him. How grateful he was for the friendship of Onesiphorus! This man left his family and an active ministry in Ephesus to befriend Paul. When he arrived in Rome, he searched diligently to find where Paul was imprisoned (2Timothy 1:17). And he courageously visited the apostle again and again. Paul said of Onesiphorus, "He often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain" (v16).
Remember, "A friend loves at all times," especially in adversity (Proverbs 17:17). Like Onesiphorus, let's commit ourselves to being faithful to our friends.
Jokes Of The Day
Attending a wedding for the first time, a little girl whispered to her mother, "Why is the bride dressed in white?""Because white is the color of happiness, and today is the happiest day of her life," her mother tried to explain, keeping it simple.
The child thought about this for a moment, then said, "So why's the groom wearing black?"
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"Amy," asked Patty, "what would you do if you ever caught another women kissing your husband?"
"With Jack!?" Amy thought it over. "Let's see, I'd break her cane, shoot her seeing eye dog, and call a cab to take her back to the institution she escaped from."
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A blonde grabbed a large thermos and hurried to a nearby coffee shop. She held up the thermos and the coffee shop worker quickly came over to take her order.
"Is this big enough to hold six cups of coffee?" the blonde asked.
The coffee shop worker looked at the thermos, hesitated a few seconds, then finally replied, "Yeah. It looks like about six cups to me."
"Oh good!" the blonde sighed in relief. "Then give me two regular, two black, and two decaf."
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Riddle Of The Day
What has a mouth but never smiles?Answer to Yesterdays Riddle
If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you haven't got me. What am I?
a secret
Devotional Thoughts Of The Day
...The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another. Genesis 31:49. References from Genesis 31.
Jacob and Laban set up stone boundary markers to separate their lands and herds. The game they had played in trying to take advantage of one another had gone sour, and Jacob had again run away, this time with family and goods. This most recent spat revolved around another bargain about livestock and thanks to God (not Jacob's superstitious actions), Jacob had gotten the better of it. His wealth had increased. But Laban's sons responded with coldness and jealousy, accusing Jacob of stealing or at least draining their inheritance. So he checked his wives' loyalty, waited until sheep shearing time, and ran for it.
There's evidence that Jacob had changed a little... this time, he acknowledged that God was responsible for his success (despite Laban's cheating), and cited an encouraging dream and promise from the Lord (v5-13). God protected Jacob by warning Laban during the pursuit (v24). He obeyed, putting a good face on it and pretending that all he wanted was a fond family farewell. Jacob, though, knew the real score.
Once again we see his changed heart: 'Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight' (v42). In the end, they negotiated a tense agreement not to harm one another, with a stone marker and God as witnesses between them. God always has a solution that enables his plans to come about.
Covenant Friendship
Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. 1 Samuel 18:3.
Merriam Webster's Dictionary defines a covenant as a "formal, solemn and binding agreement" and an "agreement or promise usually under seal between two or more parties, especially for the performance of some action." A covenant turns something ordinary into something very special. It is not an act that should be taken lightly. A covenant relationship existed between Jonathan and David because Jonathan "loved him as his own soul." The word translated "loved" in the original language means "to have an affection for."
This was not a sexual relationship, as some misguided people falsely claim. Instead, it was a friendship built in a deep admiration for each other and sealed with a solemn agreement. According to this covenant, no matter what happened David and Jonathan would remain friends. Their relationship was a loyal commitment to look out for each other's welfare.
Today, friendship is approached with a very casual attitude. Friendships are made and broken as the need arises. They are no more substantial than the fizz from a can of coke. It's no wonder that leading psychologists and therapists estimate that only 10 percent of men in the Western world have any real friends. It's a shame that people struggle with issues of loneliness while all along God's Word sets forth examples of committed friends like David and Jonathan.
While it's not possible to have a covenant relationship with every friend, ask God to show you a friend who could be more than a casual acquaintance. And remember, if you want to have a friend, you need to be a friend (Prov 18:24). Establish a covenant friendship in which you commit to look out for each other's welfare.
Facts Of The Day
- Cockroaches can live for 9 days after their head has been cut off.
- If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would produce enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
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Closing Thought
Lord, give me an insight so I can understand my true value the way you see me?Comic
