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Intro
Tuesday, March 10 2026from the Brisbane Revival Fellowship
Enthusiasm - an attitude, not an action.
Only 297 days to the year 2027
Scripture Of The Day
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother Proverbs 18:24.Read The Bible In a Year
Deuteronomy 10-12; Mark 12:1-27.Thoughts For The Day
A rumour without a leg to stand on will get around some other way.The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase; if you pursue happiness you'll never find it.
Life's can be more amusing than we thought.
Motivation For The Day
Be a fountain, not a drain.On This Day
1624 - England declares war on Spain.1849 - Abraham Lincoln applies for a patent; only US President to do so.
1862 - US issues first paper money in the form of $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 and $1000 notes.
1876 - First telephone call: Alexander Graham Bell says, "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you" to his assistant Thomas Watson.
1886 - First Crufts's Dog show in London-organised by Charle Cruft, general manager of a dog biscuit firm.
1886 - First Crufts's Dog show in London-organised by Charle Cruft, general manager of a dog biscuit firm.
1902 - Earthquake destroys Turkish city of Tochangri.
1910 - China abolishes slavery.
1945 - Germany blows-up Wessel Bridge on Rhine.
1910 - China abolishes slavery.
1945 - Germany blows-up Wessel Bridge on Rhine.
1977 - Rings of Uranus discovered during occulation of SAO.
1982 - Syzygy: all 9 planets aligned on same side of Sun
1988 - Prince Charles, Prince of Wales narrowly escapes death in an avalanche at Klosters in the Swiss Alps. His friend Hugh Lindsay is killed.
1982 - Syzygy: all 9 planets aligned on same side of Sun
1988 - Prince Charles, Prince of Wales narrowly escapes death in an avalanche at Klosters in the Swiss Alps. His friend Hugh Lindsay is killed.
2022 - True global death toll from COVID-19 estimated at 18.2 million in new study by Washington University.
Personal Story Of The Day
The SandpiperReaders digest fiction article (not directly scriptural, but makes some worthy points to consider)
She was six years old when I first met her on the beach near where I live. I drive to this beach, a distance of three or four miles, whenever the world begins to close in on me. She was building a sandcastle or something and looked up, her eyes as blue as the sea. "Hello," she said. I answered with a nod, not really in the mood to bother with a small child. "I'm building," she said. "I see that. What is it?" I asked, not really caring. "Oh, I don't know, I just like the feel of sand." That sounds good, I thought, and slipped off my shoes.
A sandpiper glided by. "That's a joy," the child said. "It's a what?" "It's a joy. My mama says sandpipers come to bring us joy." The bird went gliding down the beach. Good-bye joy, I muttered to myself, hello pain, and turned to walk on. I was depressed, my life seemed completely out of balance. "What's your name?" She wouldn't give up. "Robert," I answered. "I'm Robert Peterson." "Mine's Wendy... I'm six." "Hi, Wendy." She giggled. "You're funny," she said. In spite of my gloom, I laughed too and walked on. Her musical giggle followed me. "Come again, Mr. P," she called. "We'll have another happy day."
After a few days of a group of unruly Boy Scouts, PTA meetings, and an ailing mother. The sun was shining one morning as I took my hands out of the dishwater. I need a sandpiper, I said to myself, gathering up my coat. The ever-changing balm of the seashore awaited me. The breeze was chilly but I strode along, trying to recapture the serenity I needed. "Hello, Mr. P," she said. "Do you want to play?" "What did you have in mind?" I asked, with a twinge of annoyance. "I don't know, you say." "How about charades?" I asked sarcastically. The tinkling laughter burst forth again. "I don't know what that is." "Then let's just walk." Looking at her, I noticed the delicate fairness of her face. "Where do you live?" I asked. "Over there." She pointed toward a row of summer cottages. Strange, I thought, in winter. "Where do you go to school?" "I don't go to school. Mommy says we're on vacation."
She chattered little girl talk as we strolled up the beach, but my mind was on other things. When I left for home, Wendy said it had been a happy day. Feeling surprisingly better, I smiled at her and agreed. Three weeks later, I rushed to my beach in a state of near panic. I was in no mood to even greet Wendy. I thought I saw her mother on the porch and felt like demanding she keep her child at home. "Look, if you don't mind," I said crossly when Wendy caught up with me, "I'd rather be alone today."
She seemed unusually pale and out of breath. "Why?" she asked. I turned to her and shouted, "Because my mother died!" and thought, My God, why was I saying this to a little child? "Oh," she said quietly, "then this is a bad day." "Yes," I said, "and yesterday and the day before and--oh, go away!" "Did it hurt?" she inquired. "Did what hurt?" I was exasperated with her, with myself. "When she died?" "Of course it hurt!" I snapped, misunderstanding, wrapped up in myself. I strode off.
A month or so after that, when I next went to the beach, she wasn't there. Feeling guilty, ashamed and admitting to myself I missed her, I went up to the cottage after my walk and knocked at the door. A drawn looking young woman with honey-coloured hair opened the door. "Hello," I said, "I'm Robert Peterson. I missed your little girl today and wondered where she was." "Oh yes, Mr. Peterson, please come in. Wendy spoke of you so much. I'm afraid I allowed her to bother you. If she was a nuisance, please, accept my apologies." "Not at all -- she's a delightful child." I said, suddenly realising that I meant what I had just said.
"Wendy died last week, Mr. Peterson. She had leukemia. Maybe she didn't tell you." Struck dumb, I groped for a chair. I had to catch my breath. "She loved this beach so when she asked to come, we couldn't say no. She seemed so much better here and had a lot of what she called happy days. But the last few weeks, she declined rapidly..." Her voice faltered, "She left something for you... if only I can find it.
Could you wait a moment while I look?" I nodded stupidly, my mind racing for something to say to this lovely young woman. She handed me a smeared envelope with "MR. P" printed in bold childish letters. Inside was a drawing in bright crayon hues -- a yellow beach, a blue sea, and a brown bird. Underneath was carefully printed: A SANDPIPER TO BRING YOU JOY. Tears welled up in my eyes and a heart that had almost forgotten to love opened wide. I took Wendy's mother in my arms. "I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry," I muttered over and over, and we wept together. The precious little picture is framed now and hangs in my study.
Six words -- one for each year of her life -- that speak to me of harmony, courage, and undemanding love. A gift from a child with sea blue eyes and hair the colour of sand --who taught me the gift of love.
Jokes Of The Day
A young man called his mother and announced excitedly that he had just met the woman of his dreams. "Now what should I do?"His mother has an idea.
"Why don't you send her flowers, and on the card invite her to your apartment for a home cooked meal?"
He thought this was a great strategy, and a week later the woman came to dinner.
His mother called the next day to see how things had gone.
" I was humiliated," he groaned. "She insisted on washing the dishes."
" What's wrong with that?" asked his mother.
" We hadn't started eating yet.
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A committee is a group of the unprepared, appointed by the unwilling, to do the unnecessary.
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A phone company put an ad in the paper in order to recruit workers. The next day, two groups of workers show up - a crew of five men and a crew of five blonde women.
The company can not decide who to give the job to, so they give the two groups a test. The company boss says, "Each crew will receive a telephone pole that must be installed into the ground. Whoever is able to hammer it in first will get the job."
Both groups agree that this is a fair test, so off they go in the Company trucks with the long telephone poles sticking out the back. A few hours pass, and finally, at 5:00, the male crew returns. "Yes!" they shout. "We came back first, so we get the job!!"
"Good work, men," says the boss, "However, we must wait until the other crew comes back to make sure that the reason they're delayed is not because of traffic or the truck breaking down."
"Fine, no problem," say the men. An hour passes, two hours pass, three hours. Finally, at 8:30, the Blonde crew arrives. All the group is flushed and breathing hard, as if they had just gone through harsh labor.
"What happened to you? What took so long?" asks the boss incredulously.
"What do you mean, 'what took so long'?? Do we get the job?"
"YOU get the job? No way! The men were back here HOURS ago!"
"Well, of course they were," say the blondes. "They only put the pole in halfway!!"
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Riddle Of The Day
What has to be broken before it can be used?Answer to Yesterday's Riddle
What is at the centre of gravity?
The letter V.
Devotional Thoughts Of The Day
Making Your free time work.Stand fast therefore in the liberty (freedom) wherewith Christ hath made us free. Galatians 5:1, References from Galatians 5:1-14.
It's important to pursue Godly leisure in this spirit of freedom. Don't allow guidelines to become burdensome rules; rather, let them be doorways to pleasing God and enjoying His gifts. In the above verses, Paul was reasonably angry because church members had surrendered their freedom for legalism. He saw legalism as a temptation, with 'anything goes' as the opposite extreme.
This freedom is self-promoted, which allows sinful behaviour and dishonours our purposes of service and holiness. Similarly, to give up freedom is legalism, which attempts to be stricter than God (see 1 Tim. 4:3), which dishonours His truth and stunts true spiritual growth.
Circumcision had been a sign of God's covenant with Israel. Why then was Paul opposed to it? Christ superseded the Law, and so requiring circumcision places people back under bondage to the rules that never brought freedom from sin. This can be paraphrased by this term... yoke of slavery. Thus salvation will be of no value to you at all, being alienated from freedom, and being 'legalised' away from God's mercy. Legalism tries to earn or deserve, what only God can give. The Christ-like way to live, is by faith expressing itself through love (v6).
Particularly in the area of leisure, legalism is a common trap for Christians. We see license in the world around us, and sometimes overreact. Sometimes we see our own weaknesses or fears displayed by others and have a need to punish such failings. Instead, we should take hold of the privilege and responsibility of Christian freedom!
Living With Your Decisions
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28.
We often make hasty decisions in life. We decide to do things on the spur of the moment, that we might not otherwise do. Someone might catch us off guard, and so as not to appear a little unsociable, we give in and agree to do something that we might not really want to participate in. If we aren't careful, we may be committed to jobs that are not suitable or beneficial!
Decisions have a way of impacting our lives. They often stay with us for life. One hasty moment of a wrong choice can make or break us. Decisions can be good; decisions can be bad. If we keep our minds on the Lord, and ask for His guidance, our decisions will be for the better. But, if we allow ourselves to become complacent, never giving enough time to our spiritual needs, we might slip and let satan put up roadblocks that will stop us from being who we are in the Lord.
Be prepared. Never make a decision that will effect your life until you've gone to the Lord in prayer or gotten advice from our overcoming friend. Quite often, our first choice is not the Lord's answer to our prayers. Faith will often allow the best option to surface, after the wrong answer is rejected.
Facts Of The Day
Laptop computers and briefcases falling from the overhead bins onto passengers' heads may be the most common accident aboard an airplane.
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