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Intro

Tuesday, August 18 2026
from the Brisbane Revival Fellowship

Greetings to all.


Only 136 days to the year 2027

Scripture Of The Day

For this is the will of God, [even] your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
1 Thessalonians 4:3

Read The Bible In a Year

Psalms 100-102 ; 1 Corinthians 1

Thoughts For The Day

Only as man brings his life into harmony with God does that life have balance and meaning. Then man finds that he is not simply a mass of evolving dirt, coming from nowhere and going nowhere.

He who angers you, controls you.

If you're going to be thinking, you may as well think big.

Motivation For The Day

You've got to get up every morning with determination if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction.

On This Day

1743 - John Broughton, heavyweight boxing champion of England, drafts the first official rules of boxing.
1825 - Scottish explorer Alexander Gordon Laing becomes the first European to reach Timbuktu - now in Mali. Laing is murdered there less than a month later
1856 - Patenting of condensed milk.
1930 - The official joining of the two halves of Sydney Bridge in the centre of Sydney Harbour, Australia - seven years after building work began.
1941 - Formation of British National Fire Service.
1957 - Argentinian driver Juan Manuel Fangio wins his last world championship aged 46.
1998 - Pilot Peter Diamond is jailed for 2 years for helping businessman Azil Nadir escape from Britian in May 1993.

Personal Story Of The Day

Day By Day

How did everything get so dirty so fast?" I mused as I ran a finger through the dust on the glass coffee table. "Cleaning is a way of life, not an event," my very clever wife responded. I know she's right, but I hate to admit it. I want to clean the house once and have it stay that way. But dirt doesn't surrender that easily. Speck by speck, the dust returns. Piece by piece, the clutter piles up. 

Sin is like the dust and clutter in my house. I want to eliminate all of it with one prayer of confession and repentance. But sin doesn't surrender that easily. Thought by thought, bad attitudes return. Choice by choice, unpleasant consequences pile up. The apostle Paul told the church in Colosse to get rid of "anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language" (Colossians 3:8). He also told the church at Ephesus, "Be angry, and do not sin: do not let the sun go down on your wrath" (Ephesians 4:26). 

Christ's death and resurrection eliminated the need for daily sacrifice. But confession and repentance are still essential to the Christian's daily life. Getting rid of such things as anger, rage, and malice is a way of life, not a one time event... the same way we daily recognise our shortcomings.

Jokes Of The Day

I've always ordered my drink one simple way: "A Coke, please."

Lately, though, this hasn't seemed to work. Waitresses now often respond, "I'm sorry, we don't have Coke. We have Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Pepsi with a twist, caffeine free Pepsi"...

Tired of listening to the long list of soft drinks, I thought I'd make life easier. So one day I simply asked the snack bar attendant at a movie theater for any type of "dark, carbonated drink."

The young man behind the counter chuckled and asked, "Sir, would you like a cylindrical plastic sucking device with that?"
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If the politically correct term for a short person is vertically challenged, is an overweight person horizontally gifted?

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An older couple had a son, who was still living with his parents. The parents were a little worried, as the son was still unable to decide about his career path... so they decided to do a small test.

They took a ten-dollar bill, a Bible, and a bottle of whiskey, and put them on the front hall table. Then they hid, hoping he would think they weren't at home.

The father told the mother, "If he takes the money he will be a businessman, if he takes the Bible he will be a priest - but if he takes the bottle of whiskey, I'm afraid our son will be a drunkard."

So the parents took their place in the nearby closet and waited nervously. Peeping through the keyhole they saw their son arrive home. He saw the note they had left, saying they'd be home later. Then, he took the 10-dollar bill, looked at it against the light, and slid it in his pocket.

After that, he took the Bible, flicked through it, and took it also.

Finally, he grabbed the bottle, opened it, and took an appreciative whiff to be assured of the quality. Then he left for his room, carrying all the three items.

The father slapped his forehead, and said: "Darn, it's even worse than I ever imagined..."

"What do you mean?" his wife inquired.

"Our son is going to be a politician!" replied the concerned father.

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Riddle Of The Day

Why do you always find something in the last place you look?

Answer to Yesterdays Riddle
What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in an hour?
The letter M.

Devotional Thoughts Of The Day


When Your Friends Don't Recognise You

And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him? John 10:20 References from Mark 3:20-34.

A young man took a beginner's class in drawing while in high school. During the course he drew a portrait in pen and ink and excitedly showed it to his father, who had gone to art school and made his living by drawing. The father spent several minutes criticizing the portrait, pointing out its flaws. When the father was finished, his son put the portrait in a drawer along with his pen and ink. He never drew another portrait. 

It is easier to criticize than to encourage. It is especially discouraging when the one giving the criticism is someone we care about. Some of the criticisms levelled against us are constructive, designed to help us overcome weakness or improve a skill. The comments of a coach or teacher may be hard to bear but are good for us. Yet there are many times when the criticism we face is not valid. This was Jesus' experience during His ministry. His enemies called Him a glutton and a drunkard (Matt 11:19). They accused Him of blasphemy and claimed that He cast out demons by the power of Satan (Matt 9:3,34). 

Some of the harshest criticism Jesus faced came from members of His own family. When Jesus' relatives heard that a large crowd had come together in a house to listen to Jesus teach, His friends/family members attempted to take Him into their custody. They explained Jesus' behaviour by saying, He is out of his mind (Mark 3:21). This shocking assessment of Jesus' ministry has raised questions about who actually spoke these words. It does not seem likely that Jesus' mother Mary uttered them. Joseph, if he was still alive at this time, also seems like an unlikely candidate. 

Perhaps they were the words of his brothers and sisters (Matt 13:55-57). Or they may have been spoken by his uncles and aunts. Whatever the source, Jesus shared the same experience that many who follow Him have also faced. He was disowned by members of His own family because of His obedience to God's call. Yet He did not let this put him off from Him from His calling. 


What You Sow Is What You Reap 

And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me? Genesis 29:25. 

Two men got what they wanted, but both got it the wrong way. Jacob wanted his father's blessing. In yesterday's article we saw how he deceived Isaac to get the blessing. Laban wanted his older daughter married off. By deception he got what he wanted too. Jacob wanted to marry Rachel. He served Laban for seven years to get her. It is touching to read that those years seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her (29:20). Then Laban substituted Leah. 

What was a touching scene becomes a torturous one. It is hard to imagine the emotions of Jacob when he realized that he had been deceived. These verses do not teach that if we deceive we will be deceived. But they do show us the pain of sin and the problems sin causes. Ultimately Jacob married Rachel. He worked another seven years for her, and his home became one of division and unhappiness. When a person is intent on getting what he wants in whatever way possible, he faces a future filled with the problems sin brings. 

Jacob got what he wanted... and what he did not want. Think about the family situation of Jacob and his wives. It involved an unloved wife and competition for a husband's affections. Later there is even strife among the children. Getting what we want instead of waiting for what God gives can be very unpleasant.

Facts Of The Day

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Closing Thought

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

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