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Intro

Thursday, April 25 2024
from the Brisbane Revival Fellowship

and a fine good morning to you all


Only 251 days to the year 2025

Scripture Of The Day

A wise [man] will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
Proverbs 1:5

Read The Bible In a Year

2 Samuel 21-22 ; Luke 18:24-43

Thoughts For The Day

God doesn't love us in spite of our faults, He loves us through them as if they don't exist.

It's not such a miracle when we believe in God as when we realize God believes in us.

It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.

Motivation For The Day

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."

On This Day

1792 - The guillotine, Dr Guillotin's improved device for beheading people, is first used in Paris to remove the head of a convicted highwayman.
1792 - The guillotine, Dr Guillotin's improved device for beheading people, is first used in Paris to remove the head of a convicted highwayman.
1915 - World War I: Australian, New Zealand, British and French forces begin landing on the Gallipoli Peninsular to attack Turkish positions.
1916 - The day, 25 april was officially named ANZAC Day. Anzac Day - is probably Australia's most important national occasion. It marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War. ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. The soldiers in those forces quickly became known as ANZACs, and the pride they soon took in that name endures to this day.
1926 - In Milan, composer Arturo Toscanini conducts the first performance of Puccini's final opera Turandot.
1982 - British Royal Marines recapture South Georgia in the Falkland Islands from the Argentinians.
1983 - In Germany, the magazine Stern publishes extracts from what its claims to be the diaries of Adolf Hitler. Extracts are also published in English newspaper, the Sunday Times. The diaries are later discovered to have been fakes.

Personal Story Of The Day

Half Baked

The prophet Hosea used the tribe of Ephraim as a poetic representation of the northern kingdom of Israel. In a colourful admonition, he wrote that Ephraim had become "a cake unturned" (Hosea 7:8). In today's terminology, the prophet might have said that Ephraim was "half baked." The people were like a pancake burned on one side but raw on the other. 
Although they took advantage of the Lord's goodness, they did not seek Him with their heart. When they needed help, they turned to other sources (v10-11,14-16). They had become tasteless and useless to God, so He was forced to judge them. Jesus echoed the words of the prophet. Although He had gentle words for penitent sinners, He gave a scathing rebuke to the haughty and self righteous who wanted to live as they pleased. He was furious at two faced religious leaders who talked a good talk but turned around and exploited their followers (Matthew 23:13-30). 
God is never soft on sin. He sent His only Son to redeem us from sin's penalty (John 3:16). Let's not be half baked Christians, claiming God's forgiveness but still living as we please. The only fitting response to God's mercy and grace is to serve Him in humility and love.

Jokes Of The Day

A woman named Shirley was from Beverly Hills. One day, she had a heart attack and was taken to Cedars Sinai hospital. While on the operating table, she had a near-death experience. She saw God and asked, "Is this it?" God said, "No, you have another 30 to 40 years to live." Upon her recovery, she decided to stay in the hospital and have collagen shots, cheek implants, a face lift, liposuction and breast augmentation. She even had someone dye her hair. She figured since she had another 30 to 40 years, she might as well make the most of it. She walked out of Cedars Sinai lobby after the last operation and was killed by an ambulance speeding up to the hospital. She arrived in front of God and said, "I thought you said I had another 30 to 40 years?" God replied, "Shirley! I didn't recognize you!"
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The boy listened closely as the rabbi read the Bible. 'May I ask a question?' he asked. 'Sure. Go ahead. Ask your question,' replied the rabbi. 'Well, the Bible says that the children of Israel crossed the Red Sea-the children of Israel built the temple-the children of Israel did this and the children of Israel did that. Didn't the grown-ups ever do anything?'
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A magician on a cruise liner had a parrot, who'd seen all the magician's tricks a jillion times,long ago having figured out the magic behind the magician's disappearing acts.The parrot got bored, his owner growing stale and not developing any new tricks that the parrot couldn't figure out.

One night in the middle of the magician's performance, the ship hit an iceberg and sank.
Everyone drowned except the magician and the parrot. The magician managed to swim to a piece of
wreckage and climb aboard, immediately collapsing from exhaustion.

Soon afterward, the parrot flew to the magician, perched on the edge of the makeshift raft
and stared at the magician. And stared. And stared.

For a whole day the magician was unconscious, and all this time the parrot didn't take his eyes off him. Eventually the magician started to stir. Looking up, he saw the parrot,
still eyeing him intently, not even blinking.

Another hour goes by, and finally the parrot squawks,
"Awright, I give up. What did you do with the ship?
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Riddle Of The Day

Who introduced salted meat to the Navy?

Answer to Yesterdays Riddle
What is once in a minute, twice in a moment, and never in a thousand years?
The letter M

Devotional Thoughts Of The Day

...The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another. Genesis 31:49. References from Genesis 31. 

Jacob and Laban set up stone boundary markers to separate their lands and herds. The game they had played in trying to take advantage of one another had gone sour, and Jacob had again run away, this time with family and goods. This most recent spat revolved around another bargain about livestock and thanks to God (not Jacob's superstitious actions), Jacob had gotten the better of it. His wealth had increased. But Laban's sons responded with coldness and jealousy, accusing Jacob of stealing or at least draining their inheritance. So he checked his wives' loyalty, waited until sheep shearing time, and ran for it. 
There's evidence that Jacob had changed a little... this time, he acknowledged that God was responsible for his success (despite Laban's cheating), and cited an encouraging dream and promise from the Lord (v5-13). God protected Jacob by warning Laban during the pursuit (v24). He obeyed, putting a good face on it and pretending that all he wanted was a fond family farewell. Jacob, though, knew the real score. Once again we see his changed heart: Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight (v42). In the end, they negotiated a tense agreement not to harm one another, with a stone marker and God as witnesses between them. God always has a solution that enables his plans to come about.


Covenant Friendship

Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. 1 Samuel 18:3.

Merriam Webster 's Dictionary defines a covenant as a "formal, solemn and binding agreement" and an "agreement or promise usually under seal between two or more parties, especially for the performance of some action." A covenant turns something ordinary into something very special. It is not an act that should be taken lightly. A covenant relationship existed between Jonathan and David because Jonathan "loved him as his own soul." The word translated "loved" in the original language means "to have an affection for." 
This was not asexual relationship, as some misguided people falsely claim.Instead, it was a friendship rooted in a deep admiration for each other and sealed with a solemn agreement. According to this covenant, no matter what happened David and Jonathan would remain friends. Their relationship was a loyal commitment to look out for each other 's welfare.Today, friendship is approached with a very casual attitude. Friendships are made and broken as the need arises. They are no more substantial than the fizz from a can of coke. It 's no wonder that leading psychologists and therapists estimate that only 10 percent of men in the United States have any real friends.
It 's a shame that people struggle with issues of loneliness while all along God 's Word sets forth examples of committed friends like David and Jonathan. While it 's not possible to have a covenant relationship with every friend, ask God to show you a friend who could be more than a casual acquaintance. And remember, if you want to have a friend, you need to be a friend (Prov 18:24). Establish a covenant friendship in which you commit to look out for each other 's welfare.

Facts Of The Day

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Closing Thought

Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I accomplish.

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