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Intro
Friday, April 24 2026from the Brisbane Revival Fellowship
God will be hard at work today... he may need your help.
Only 252 days to the year 2027
Scripture Of The Day
But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him. Psalms 4:3.Read The Bible In a Year
2 Samuel 19-20; Luke 18:1-23.Thoughts For The Day
Happiness is not in our circumstances but in ourselves. It is not something we see, like a rainbow, or feel, like the heat of a fire. Happiness is something we are.If you really want something, you can figure out how to make it happen.
Dwell not upon thy weariness, thy strength shall be according to the measure of thy desire.
Motivation For The Day
Try not to be a person of success. But rather a person of value.On This Day
1184bc - The Greeks enter Troy using the Trojan Horse (traditional date).
1900 - First issue of British newspaper the Daily Express. Founded by Arthur Pearson.1916 - Start of the Easter Rebellion in Dublin against British Rule in Ireland.
1949 - In Britain, the end of rationing of children's sweets and chocolates which had been introduced during World War II.
1996 - The desk on which American President John Kennedy signed the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in 1963, is sold at auction in New York for £1.4million.
2013 - 3 people are killed and 115 are injured after a magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
2023 - India surpasses China as the worlds most populous country according to UN estimates, with 1,425,775,850 people (estimated to reach 1.7 billion by 2064.
Personal Story Of The Day
Learn Smart, not hardIt has been said that the problem with the school of hard knocks is that the tests are given first. That's a hard way to learn... test first, lesson later. Paul, speaking particularly of the Old Testament, said that these things were "written to teach us" (Rom 15:4). If only we would learn first, we might do better passing the tests.
In 1 Chronicles 5 we can learn from people who passed and then failed. It looked like they knew what to do but then forgot. The people were of the tribes of Israel, Reuben, Gad and half of Manasseh.
First they show us that trust in God can bring victory. "They were helped in fighting" by God "because they cried out to him... He answered their prayers, because they trusted in him" (v20). Then "they were unfaithful... and prostituted themselves" to other gods (v25). Just as trust in God can bring victory, so unfaithfulness can bring defeat.
They paid a high price for their forgetfulness. God raised up an enemy who took them captive and carried them away into exile. If you saw three people in front of you lose their money in a vending machine, would you put in your coins? Hopefully not! Instead, you would learn from their example.
Learn from the examples of those who lived in Bible times. Trust can bring victory; unfaithfulness, defeat. Tests will come. All that remains is for you to show that you have learned and pass the test.
Jokes Of The Day
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Q: How do you confuse a blonde?
A: You don't they're born that way!
Q: Why did the politician stare at a frozen orange juice can for 2 hours?
A: Because it said "concentrate"!
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Reaching the end of a job interview, the Human Resources Person asked a young engineer who was fresh out of MIT, "What starting salary were you thinking about?" The Engineer said, "In the neighbourhood of $125,000 a year, depending on the benefits package." The interviewer said, "Well, what would you say to a package of 5 weeks vacation, 14 paid holidays, full medical and dental, company matching retirement fund to 50% of salary, and a company car leased every 2 years - say, a red Corvette?" The Engineer sat up straight and said, "Wow! Are you kidding?" The interviewer replied, "Yeah, but you started the joke first."
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Riddle Of The Day
The circumference of the globe is approximately 40,000 km. If we made a circle of wire around the globe, that is only 10 metres (so 0,01 km) longer than the circumference of earth, could a flea, a rabbit or even a man creep under it?Answer to Yesterdays Riddle
I have a hole through which fingers peep, I clash my teeth, but do not weep. What am I?
Scissors.
Devotional Thoughts Of The Day
Reversing natural traits.
But many who are first will be last, and the last first. - Mark 10:31 References from James 2:5-7.
An old proverb describes the person who treats a generous individual badly as being like the 'dog who bites the hand that feeds it'. James might describe to his readers today, 'a dog who feeds the hand that bites it!' The poor had long been exploited by the rich, now these poor people were respecting the rich and mocking the poor.
Yesterday we saw James's assessment that favouritism based on wealth is really an exercise of evil judgment. In our verses today, he further explores this point. James clarifies who exactly these rich visitors to the church are. It is bad enough to treat wealthy believers better than poor ones, but from these verses, it appears that these rich visitors aren't even Christians!
They are characterized by bringing lawsuits, exploiting the poor, and slandering the name of the Lord (v6-7). Their concern is what they can gain for themselves and how they can use others for their own benefit. We may be tempted to think these believers were either extremely deluded or very materialistic if they were trying so hard to impress these wealthy people.
Before we rush to judgment, though, we need to understand that these rich visitors were people of considerable power and influence. Seeking to please and impress them would be the natural human response... out of fear or a desire for self-protection from their lawsuits and exploitation.
James is reversing our natural system of looking at things here. By favouring the rich and judging on outward appearances, we end up degrading those whom God loves and who love God. Our desire to impress those who are wealthy or who have power over us but who do not honour God reveals that we are operating according to the world's values and not according to God's desires.
At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty? While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee. Daniel 4:29-31.
Someone once said, "To become long suffering, one has to be long bothered." This was certainly true of God's relationship with King Nebuchadnezzar. Even after the king had been warned in a night vision about his pride, he apparently failed to change his ways. In spite of knowing what was going to befall him, Nebuchadnezzar continued to indulge his arrogance. In his conceit, he refused to acknowledge that all he had accomplished was by the expressed aid of the Lord.
Yet God, with longsuffering grace, allowed him 12 more months before bringing down judgment on him. God does not sit in heaven and gleefully look for opportunities to bring about affliction. His desire is for all men to come to repentance.
Peter wrote, "The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance" (2 Pet 3:9). Accordingly, He both warns and waits, seeking to bring about change through the conviction of His Spirit rather than the heavy hand of judgment.
Only as a last resort does He apply the consequences of sin to those who commit it. Christians also should be willing to show grace over an extended period of time. Rather than quickly spitting out condemnation, we ought to offer ample opportunity for grace. While judgment ultimately must be meted out, give plenty of affordable time for a change of heart.
Facts Of The Day
A Boeing 747's wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.
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Closing Thought
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