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Wednesday, August 19 2026
from the Brisbane Revival Fellowship

Is God part of your Life or parted from your life?


Only 135 days to the year 2027

Scripture Of The Day

Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD.
Psalms 4:5

Read The Bible In a Year

Psalms 103-104 ; 1 Corinthians 2

Thoughts For The Day

The continual offering of praise requires stamina; we ought to praise God even when we do not feel like it. Praising Him takes away the foggyness and restores us to normal.

The cyclone derives its powers from a calm center. So does a person.

There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? Look of things that never were, and ask why not.

Motivation For The Day

We will either find a way, or make one!

On This Day

1561 - Mary Queen of Scots arrives in Scotland to assume the throne after spending 13 years in France.
1879 - Laying of the foundation stone for the Eddystone Lighthouse.
1897 - The London Electric Cab Company begins operating the electric-powered taxi cabs in London's West End and the City. They have a range of up to 30 miles, and a top speed of 9 miles an hour. The cabs prove uneconomical and are withdrawn in 1900.
1905 - In Russia, Tsar Nicholas II issues an Imperial Manifesto proposing the creation of a semi-elected Imperial Duma (parliament) with limited powers.
1942 - World War II: British and Canadian troops launch an unsuccessful attack on the German-held French port of Dieppe. More than half of the 6,000 Allied soldiers are either killed or captured.
1960 - US spy plane pilot Gary Powers, shot down by the Russians over Soviet territory, is sentenced to be detained for 10 years.
1991 - Soviet hardliners attempt to topple President Mikhail Gorbachev in coup - putting tanks on the streets of Moscow, banning demonstrations and imposing a state of emergency. The coup is declared a failure less than 48 hours later.

Personal Story Of The Day


A Place Of Privacy

According to Parade magazine, the zoo in Copenhagen, Denmark, has put a human couple on display. Henrik Lehmann and Malene Botoft live in a see through cage in the primate display next to the baboons and monkeys. Their habitat has a living room with furniture, a computer, a television and a stereo. The kitchen and bedroom are part of the display. Only the bathroom is excluded from public view. 

Unlike their neighbours, who aren't allowed out, the two humans occasionally leave their fishbowl existence to shop and water the flowers on their porch back at home. But for the most part, their lives are on public display... just like us in the Lord. Job realized that every human being lives under similar conditions when it comes to God. Nothing that we say or even think is hidden from divine scrutiny. Therefore, it is no surprise that Job wondered, perhaps with a hint of hopelessness, how it might be possible to be righteous in God 's sight. 

With every sin and failure noted, who could possibly stand before God? When we compare ourselves with other people, we might feel that we're not all that bad. After all, we don't get drunk, use drugs or cheat on our income taxes. And when it comes to volunteering for charity, helping at church or just spending time with our family, we may even be good examples. But take one look at God 's standards and you will see a different picture. 

As He looks into our hearts to see our motives and view our hidden thoughts, our self-imposed halo begins to slip. It becomes obvious that Job's question needs to become our own: 'How can I be righteous before God?' If you are sensing your own need for a right relationship with God, be assured that He has provided a way. Through His Son, Jesus Christ, all your sins have been paid for and you can be forgiven. 

When you receive the holy spirit, you stand in His righteousness before the Father. He has clothed our spiritual nakedness with robes (garments) of righteousness. Forgive other men their sins and repent of your own... you surely will be covered.

Jokes Of The Day

A man really loved a woman, but he was just too shy to propose to her. Now he was up in his years and neither of them had ever been married. Of course, they dated about once a week for the past six years, but he was so timid he just never got around to suggesting marriage much less living together.

But one day, he became determined to ask her the question. So he calls her on the phone, "June."

"Yes, this is June."

"Will you marry me?"

"Of course I will! Who's this?"
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A blonde walks into a bank in New York City and asks for the loan officer. She says she is going to Europe on business for two weeks and needs to borrow $5000.

The bank officers says the bank will need some kind of security for such a loan, so the blonde hands over the keys to a new Rolls Royce, parked on the street, in front of the bank.

Everything checks out, and the bank agrees to accept the car as collateral for the loan. An employee drives the Rolls into the bank's underground garage and parks it there.

Two weeks later, the blonde returns and repays the $5000, and the interest, which is $15.41.

The loan officer says, "We are very happy to have had your business, and this transaction has worked out very nicely, but we are a little puzzled. While you were away, we checked you out and found that you are a multimillionaire. What puzzles us is why would you bother to borrow $5000?"

The blonde replied, "Where else in New York City can I park my car for 2 weeks for $15.00?"
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A blonde, wanting to earn some money, decided to hire herself out as a handyman-type and started canvassing a wealthy neighborhood. She went to the front door of the first house and asked the owner if he had any jobs for her to do. "Well, you can paint my porch. How much will you charge?" The blonde said "How about 50 dollars?"

The man agreed and told her that the paint and ladders that she might need were in the garage. The man's wife, inside the house, heard the conversation and said to her husband, "Does she realize that the porch goes all the way around the house?" The man replied, "She should. She was standing on the porch."

A short time later, the blonde came to the door to collect her money. "You're finished already?" he asked. "Yes," the blonde answered, "and I had paint left over, so I gave it two coats." Impressed, the man reached in his pocket for the $50. "And by the way," the blonde added, "that's not a Porch, it's a Ferrari."

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Riddle Of The Day

Why do we say "amen" and not "awomen?"

Answer to Yesterdays 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

God Gave The increase

1 Corinthians 3:6. References from Mark 4:1-33 

Despite its popular image, farming is not really a simple life. It is a challenging vocation that requires a high degree of technical expertise. To be successful, a farmer must know a little of everything, including chemistry, mechanics, zoology, meteorology and finances. Even then there is no guarantee that he will succeed. There are many variables outside his control that affect the outcome. 

Although farmers in Jesus' day did not use high tech equipment, they too had to cope with a variety of conditions and variables. Jesus spoke on this to illustrate the impact of the gospel of the kingdom. Outwardly His effort in sowing the Word of God may not have appeared very successful. Like the farmer's seed in the parable of the four  soils, most of it seemed to fall on unfruitful ground. This did not discourage Jesus. He was determined to sow the Word, even when there seemed to be little immediate result. 

Jesus used other parables to emphasize the remarkable fruitfulness of His message. He compared the growth of gospel of the kingdom to the effort of a farmer who watches the planted seed sprout and grow though he does not know how (v27). In the parable of the four soils the result was determined by the nature of the soil. In the parable of the farmer who watches the seed grow, the soil produces a crop mysteriously and automatically. 

Jesus continued to emphasize the theme of growth in His third parable about seeds. In this parable He compared the kingdom of God to the growth of the tiny mustard seed. Despite its small size, the mustard seed blossoms into a huge shrub with branches large enough to provide a shelter for the birds.


A Great Improvement 

And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee: I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands. Genesis 32:9-10. 

A brother once wrote that he would rather be like Jacob than Solomon. In his assessment, Solomon started so promisingly but ended disastrously, while Jacob started disastrously but ended well. In these chapters Jacob's faithfulness begins to be evident. A dozen sons were born in a dysfunctional setting. Wives were competing and using their servants to aid their cause. It may seem surprising that God would continue to work with such a clan of schemers, but He did... not to condone their actions, but to accomplish His ultimate purpose.

In some respects things were going well. Jacob's flocks were increasing, and his ability at husbandry brought about great prosperity. But with that came jealousy and discord between him and Laban. God intervened and put Jacob on the road again. He told him to go back home. Home for Jacob was not just where the heart was, but where Esau waited. This time he did not flee but obeyed. Even when pursued by Laban, he did the right thing. 

Jacob was willing to face up to what he had done. No matter how disastrously we may have begun, the example of Jacob encourages us to finish well. No matter what your past or present, you can aim to finish well. Strengthen your resolve and determine to be more like Jacob than Solomon. Finish well.

Facts Of The Day

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Closing Thought

Lord, today I will ring two people and cheer them up.

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