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Intro
Wednesday, May 13 2026from the Brisbane Revival Fellowship
And a fine good morning to you all
Only 233 days to the year 2027
Scripture Of The Day
For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward 2 Corinthians 1:12.Read The Bible In a Year
2 Kings 17-18; John 3:19-36.Thoughts For The Day
Courage and perseverance have mystical properties, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.Ours is a world where people don`t know what they want and are willing to go through hell to get it.
If not us, who? If not now, when?
Motivation For The Day
There is no great achievement that is not the result of patient working and waiting.On This Day
1568 - Mary Queen of Scots is defeated by the pro-English Earl of Moray at the Battle of Langside in Glasgow.1767 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's first opera "Apollo et Hyacinthus", written when he was 11 years old, premieres in Salzburg.
1787 - The First Fleet, headed by Arthur Phillip, sets sail with 11 ships of convicts for Botany Bay, Australia.
1830 - Founding of the Republic of Equador with Juan Jose Flores as President.
1943 - The Italian Commander-in-Chief in Tunisia surrenders his forces - a day after his German counterpart. The Allies are now holding some 250,000 prisoners of war in North Africa.
1949 - The first British produced jet bomber, the Canberra, makes its first test flight.
1965 - Israel and West Germany agree to establish diplomatic relations - forcing several Arab nations to break ties with Germany.
1968 - Talks between North Vietnamese and American negotiators begin in Paris aimed at ending the Vietnam War.
1830 - Founding of the Republic of Equador with Juan Jose Flores as President.
1943 - The Italian Commander-in-Chief in Tunisia surrenders his forces - a day after his German counterpart. The Allies are now holding some 250,000 prisoners of war in North Africa.
1949 - The first British produced jet bomber, the Canberra, makes its first test flight.
1965 - Israel and West Germany agree to establish diplomatic relations - forcing several Arab nations to break ties with Germany.
1968 - Talks between North Vietnamese and American negotiators begin in Paris aimed at ending the Vietnam War.
1992 - Three astronauts simultaneously walk in space for the first time.
1996 - Over 600 people are killed by a tornado in the northern Bangladesh district of Tangail.
1996 - Over 600 people are killed by a tornado in the northern Bangladesh district of Tangail.
2021 - World's largest iceberg 'A-76' at 1,667-square-miles (4,320 square km) calves off the Ronne Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
Personal Story Of The Day
A Little Ouch Saves A Much Bigger OuchIt's not pleasant to be rebuked, nor is it easy to rebuke another person. So, I can imagine that the apostle Paul didn't like confronting Peter (Galatians 2:11). But he felt he had to, because Peter's hypocritical behaviour was hurtful and confusing to the Gentile converts at Antioch.
Peter had freely eaten with them, but after some Jews from Jerusalem came to the Antioch church, he shunned the Gentiles, fearing the Jews' disapproval.
I imagine that he felt shame, but he apparently accepted the rebuke gracefully and changed his ways. He knew that Paul was a true friend who loved him. And in later years he referred to him as "our beloved brother Paul" (2 Peter 3:15).
If you must rebuke someone, do it gently. If you are rebuked, avoid an angry response. You may be getting a needed "faithful wound" from a friend.
Jokes Of The Day
In a Sunday school class the teacher asked the students to write down the Ten Commandments.For the fifth commandment one boy put, "Humor thy father and thy mother."
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A little boy was in a relative's wedding. As he was coming down the aisle he would take two steps, stop, and turn to the crowd (alternating between bride's side and groom's side). While facing the crowd, he would put his hands up like claws and roar. So it went, step, step, ROAR, step, step, ROAR all the way down the aisle. As you can imagine, the crowd was near tears from laughing so hard by the time he reached the pulpit. The little boy, however, was getting more and more distressed from all the laughing, and was also near tears by the time he reached the pulpit. When asked what he was doing, the child sniffed and said, 'I was being the Ring Bear.'
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In the beginning, God created earth and rested. Then God created man and rested. Then God created woman. Since then, neither God nor man has rested.
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Riddle Of The Day
It happens once in a minute, twice in a week, and once in a year? What is it?Answer to Yesterday's Riddle
Which is correct: 9 and 5 is 13 OR 9 and 5 are 13?
Neither 9 and 5 is 14.
Devotional Thoughts Of The Day
Effective Living
As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word. 1 Kings 17:1. References from James 5:13-18; 1 Kings 18:16-46.
Elijah was one of the greatest prophets in the history of Israel. In the course of his life, he prayed for a drought on the land and God answered.
He prayed for the Lord to raise the son of a widow from the dead, and God answered (1 Kings 17:22).
He prayed for God to send fire from heaven, and God answered (18:38).
He prayed for God to judge the wicked, and God answered (2 Kings 1:1-17).
And then we read in James, Elijah was a man just like us (v17)!
Understandably, we might think that James is exaggerating here. Could we really pray to alter the forces of nature and have God answer?
By quoting Elijah in our verses today, James is providing us with insight into what a powerful prayer life looks like. It's not simply believing in our minds very, very strongly that God will do something. Our prayer life is tied to how we are living. We know from the story of Elijah that indeed he was not superhuman. He got tired, hungry, irritable, and even depressed, just as we do (see 1Kings 19).
But Elijah had two characteristics that consistently emerge: first, he had a certainty about who God was; and second, he obeyed the commands of God. Elijah almost always prefaces his pronouncements and his prayers with, As the Lord Almighty lives, (17:1; 18:15). And he went where God told him to go and said what God told him to say.
James is describing very practical ways that we can minister to each other, by prayer for each other when we need healing or forgiveness (v14-16). But the key behind our prayers is that we are righteous.
Righteousness results from walking in God's covenant, and as we have seen over and over again in this book, is reflected in wise living. Our prayers for each other will be powerful when we trust who God is and obey what He says. We can pray effectively when we are living in a way that pleases God and follow His desires. Prayer is always the start of effective living... and then comes service.
Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. Isaiah 6:2-3.
Every Christian has the privilege of entering into the presence of God and speaking to the Sovereign Ruler of the universe. When we bow in prayer, the doors of heaven open and we have access to Him who sits on heaven's throne. Isaiah's vision gives us some idea of what God's throne room must be like. It is a place permeated with the holiness of God.
The seraphim standing above the throne cry out, "Holy, holy, holy." This thrice repeated exclamation serves to emphasize the depths to which God's holiness exists.
When we come before our Creator, we enter the intimate presence of a Holy God. Is that how you approach God in prayer? Do you do so with the same sense of awe these seraphim have? They cover their face because God is too awesome and splendid to look upon. Even the highest of the angelic orders cover their feet before God in a gesture of humility.
We must come into His presence with that same reverence. But like the seraphim, wings ready to fly at His command, you and I should also be prepared to proclaim His mercy and purposes throughout the world. We come before Him with a sense of reverence, awe and obedience to serve. When we bow with these attitudes, we rise as more than conquerors (Rom 8:37).
Facts Of The Day
The Star-Spangled Banner became the US national anthem in 1931. Prior to that, it was My Country Tis of Thee," which had the same melody as Britian's national anthem God Save the Queen, which is based on music written by John Bull in 1619. Bull's melody has been used more than any song in national anthems.
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