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Intro
Saturday, March 21 2026from the Brisbane Revival Fellowship
Greetings to one and all...
Only 286 days to the year 2027
Scripture Of The Day
But godliness with contentment is great gain. 1 Timothy 6:6.Read The Bible In a Year
Joshua 7-9; Luke 1:21-38.Thoughts For The Day
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to explain.Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go much further than people with vastly superior talent.
Sorrow looks back, worry looks around, faith looks up.
Motivation For The Day
Get not your friends by bare compliments, but by giving them sensible tokens of your love.On This Day
1913 - Flood in Ohio, kills 400.
1934 - Fire destroys Hakodate, Japan, killing about 1,500.
1935 - Persia changes its name to Iran.1946 - British Labour politician Aneurin Bevan announces Government proposals for a free National Health Service paid for by the taxpayer.
1958 - Opening of the London Planetarium - one of the most popular tourist attractions in the English capital.
1960 - The Sharpville Massacre in the Transvaal, South Africa when police fire on demonstrators protesting against the 'Pass Laws'. At least 70 are killed.
1963 - Alcatraz, America's most notorious maximum security prison in San Francisco Bay, is closed.
1993 - IRA bomb attack in Warrington town centre, England.
1997 - The American Liggett Group, manufacturers of Chesterfield cigarettes, becomes the first tobacco group to admit publicly that their products are addictive and can cause severe health problems.
2019 - A huge blast from a chemical factory in Chenjiagang Chemical Industry Park in eastern China is so big it registers as an earthquake, kills 78 people and injuries 617.
2023 - 6.5-magnitude earthquake strikes Afghanistan's north-east near the border with Pakistan, killing at least 19 and injuring over 200 people.
Personal Story Of The Day
Of Sawdust And SticksDo you know what is the most quoted Bible verse of current popularity? I have read that it is Luke 6:37 "Judge not or else you will be judged." Those are not the exact words of the Bible version you use, but accuracy is not always high on the list of people who quote verses, especially when they quote them to prove a point of their own making.
Typically, people use this verse to tell others what they should not do. Jesus did not give us these words to control others, but to challenge ourselves.
People tend to be hard on others and lax on themselves; that is why this verse is used: it is addressing that very issue. (It is well known that we judge others by their deeds, but only judge ourselves by our intentions... meaning we are much easier on ourselves because we know our minds; but because we don't know the minds of others, we use a much harsher rule).
Sadly, most people use the verse in a way that Jesus never intended.
Aim this verse at your own heart. You are not to be a judgmental person, constantly evaluating everyone and everything around you. God says in Romans 12:17-21 that we are to leave judgment in His hands. There are judgments to be made, and there is to be accountability in the church. Aim for the balance here, not the extremes. One extreme allows anything to go on without confrontation, which is wrong.
The other extreme is the judgmental spirit. It is this second extreme that Jesus was addressing here.
Don't judge others with this verse. Use it on yourself and reap the benefit that Jesus promised. If someone is struggling or out of order, offer help them, but don't use their failings to make yourself look better. Matthew 7:3 'And why beholdest thou the mote (sawdust) that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam (stick) that is in thine own eye?'
Jokes Of The Day
[Abstract art is] a product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.************************************
"There are two types of people in this world, good and bad. The good sleep better, but the bad seem to enjoy the waking hours much more."
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A man was dining at a fancy restaurant, and he saw the word escargot on the menu.
"Escargots? What are those?" the man asked his wife.
His wife shook her head. "Escargot is French for snails," she told him.
"Well, how would I know?" he replied. "I only eat fast food."
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Riddle Of The Day
Why do we say "amen" and not "awomen?"Answer to Yesterday's Riddle
Why do you always find something in the last place you look?
Because when you find it, you stop looking.
Devotional Thoughts Of The Day
Traditional Answers.
...their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men: Isaiah 29:13. References from Job 8:1-22.
In the popular musical 'Fiddler on the Roof', the main characters, Tevye and his family, sing a rousing tribute to the backbone of their way of life... tradition! There's no doubt about each family member's role because of tradition. All life's questions are settled by appealing to tradition. If Job's friends were to sing from Fiddler on the Roof, then Bildad, the second of Job's friends to speak, would sing Tradition!
For Bildad, the explanation for Job's suffering is found in the wisdom of the ancients. Like Eliphaz, Bildad believes that suffering is the result of some sin, either on the part of Job or his children.
Therefore. the solution to Job's problem must be repentance. Bildad begins his speech by affirming God's perfect justice (v 27). Job would certainly agree with these statements, but he would deny that they fit his situation. Bildad's dogmatism leads him to suggest cruelly that Job's children brought their own deaths upon themselves (v4). Job 1, however, in no way indicates that Job's children had done anything worthy of death.
Bildad goes on to claim that there's still time for Job to repent so that he will not suffer the same fate. Bildad simply cannot entertain the possibility that there could be any explanation for Job's suffering other than sin.
Bildad supports his claims by appealing to the wisdom of past generations (v8-19). He cites proverbial statements about the fate of the godless. Just as papyrus reeds grow quickly but wither, and just as spider webs do not provide a solid foundation, so too the godless man will perish.
The sum of these statements is that Job must be godless. If Job were as righteous as he claimed to be, then he would not be experiencing such suffering.
The conclusion of Bildad's speech most clearly shows his cause and effect thinking. If Job simply repents, his material wealth will be restored. As we have already noted, not every difficult circumstance is the consequence of sin. But, in Bildad's tidy theology, there's no possibility for a faith-building trial ordained by God.
And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.... And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. 2 Kings 2:1-11
As we have seen in the past, eagles have an interesting flight pattern. Instead of fleeing the winds of stormy weather, they turn to face them. The same winds that blow others away are used by these magnificent birds to lift them higher. A storm lifted Elijah into the presence of God. Traveling from Gilgal with his disciple Elisha, he was forewarned by the sons of the prophets in Bethel, and again in Jericho, that this was the day God would take him away. But instead of fleeing from this potentially frightening possibility, the prophet continued on, content to let God have His will.
When they crossed over the Jordan River, a chariot of fire separated Elisha from his master, and a whirlwind lifted Elijah up and away. The roaring winds of a desert storm, which normally brought destruction, became for Elijah, the vehicle by which God elevated him into heaven.
When life's whirlwinds blow through our lives, we have a choice. We can focus on our trials and troubles, or we can use the whirlwind to be lifted up before the Lord in prayer and thanksgiving. What others see as a deadly devastation can become that which draws us more completely into God's presence.
Don't run away from the storms of life. They may be God's method of bringing you closer to Him. Instead, spread your wings of prayer and faith. Consider the winds of strife as opportunities to be lifted closer to the Lord.
Facts Of The Day
Children have more sensitive ears than adults. They can hear a larger variety of sounds.
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Closing Thought
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