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Intro

Tuesday, March 24 2026
from the Brisbane Revival Fellowship

G'day .....what a joy to know you are reading this today


Only 283 days to the year 2027

Scripture Of The Day

And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
John 8:32

Read The Bible In a Year

Joshua 16-18 ; Luke 2:1-24

Thoughts For The Day

The strength of a man consists in finding out the way in which God is going, and going in that way too.

To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved.

Learn to see in another's calamity the ills which you should avoid.

Motivation For The Day

To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge.

On This Day

1603 - Queen Elizabeth dies, After 44 years of rule, Queen Elizabeth I of England dies. The daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth succeeded to the throne in 1559 upon the death of her half-sister, Queen Mary.
1765 - American Revolutionary War: The Kingdom of Great Britain passes the Quartering Act that requires the 13 American colonies to house British troops.
1868 - Metropolitan Life Insurance Company is formed.
1944 - German troops kill 335 Italian civilians in the Ardeatine Massacre in Rome.
1944 - In an event later dramatized in the movie The Great Escape, 76 prisoners begin breaking out of Stalag Luft III.
2006 - Pope Benedict XVI adds 15 men to the College of Cardinals, in the first consistory of his Pontificate.
2006 - Long-term protests in Belarus are broken by police.

Personal Story Of The Day


A Word About Words

Every word we speak  has an effect on others; they also have an effect on ourselves. When we speak evil, we not only reveal the sin in our own heart (Luke 6:45), we also reinforce that evil and allow it to grow. Jesus said it's not what goes into our mouth that defiles us, but what comes out. James put it another way: "The tongue... defiles the whole body" (James 3:6). Our untamed tongue corrupts us. On the other hand, when we refuse to give expression to impure, unkind, ungodly thoughts, we begin to choke and strangle the natural elements that trouble our soul. 

That's why the wise man said in Proverbs 13:3 that we must guard our mouth. When we do that, we starve the evil that is gnawing insidiously at the root of our soul. Do we want to put an end to the evil that so easily rises within us? With God's help, we must learn to control our tongue. You may say, "I've tried to, but I have no power to subdue it." James agreed: "No man can tame the tongue" (James 3:8). But Jesus can. Ask Him to "keep watch" over your mouth (Psalm 141:3), and hand the bridle of your tongue to Him. 

Jokes Of The Day

A dietician was once addressing a large audience in Chicago. "The material we put into our stomachs is enough to have killed most of us sitting here, years ago. Red meat is awful. Vegetables can be disastrous, and none of us realizes the germs in our drinking water. But there is one thing that is the most dangerous of all and we all of us eat it. Can anyone here tell me what lethal product I'm referring to? You, sir, in the first row, please give us your idea."

The man lowered his head and said, "Wedding cake."
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As supposedly reported on CNN:

Undercover police, staging the wedding of "a drug kingpin's daughter", let it be known on the street that dealers were "invited" (i. e. Expected to attend).

The bride and groom were police, as was the band, bartender, and about half the guests. The band playing at the wedding was "S. P. O. C." (COPS, backwards), and the wedding went through the full ceremony, including the dancing afterward.

The long-sought dealers were arrested after the "band" took their break. The last song the band played before taking its break? "I Fought The Law, And The Law Won"
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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

If you see a bird sitting on a twig, how could you get the twig without disturbing the bird?

Answer to Yesterdays Riddle
When is a yellow dog most likely to enter a house?
When the door is open

Devotional Thoughts Of The Day

No Where Else To Turn.

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Psalm 22:1. References from Job 13:1-28; 14:13-17.

Sometimes even well intentioned Christians can hold simplistic views of God. For example, we might hear a sports star claim after an upset victory that he had prayed and knew that the Lord would give him victory. Now it's entirely right to give God glory for true miracles, but the implication here is that God's answer could only have been victory. What if defeat had been part of the divine plan... should God care about sport anyway? This is an important point to ponder. 

Job's friends were no doubt well intentioned, but they had a rather simplistic theology. For them, it wasn't possible both to be in God's will and experience suffering. Consequently, they ended up being judgmental of those who suffered. Today's verses are actually the middle section of a long speech by Job. In the first part (Job 12), he replies to Zophar, in essence, saying, Tell me something that I don't already know! Job knew that God's wisdom was beyond comprehension. And he knew that repentance was the answer to sin. But he also knew that life was much more complicated than his friends were willing to admit. 

Their heartless response to his suffering provokes some rather sharp accusations (Job13:4-12). If they were experiencing what he was, how would they fare? Despite his friends' claims, Job knows that he is not sinless (v23), but he doesn't believe that his sin merits his suffering. Job realises that a truly godless man would have no confidence to come before God (v16). Yet, though God may slay him, Job realises that he has nowhere else to turn. So again, Job comes before the Lord and asks for a fair hearing (v20-28). 

These verses reveal how isolated Job feels from God. Whereas he once enjoyed fellowship, he now feels as if God has become his enemy. In his current state, Job once again laments the frailty of his humanity. But for the first time, we find a glimmer of hope (Job14:15-17). Job is beginning to envision a time when he will be restored to God. This is his first glimpse of the light at the end of the tunnel. 


Temporary or Permanent? 

And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there. And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons. And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years. Ruth 1:2-4

Time has a way of slipping by quickly. Perhaps you've heard of the fellow who said, "You know, I'm 56. I'm middle aged!" His wife brought him back to reality when she replied, "How many men do you know who are 112?" Time slipped by for the family of Elimelech as well. Ruth 1:1 indicates that Elimelech moved his family to Moab with the intent to "sojourn" there. The word sojourn carries the idea of a temporary stay. Elimelech hadn't intended to remain in the land... only to visit a short time until the famine was over. 

But verse 4 reveals that before they knew it, they had been in the land for ten years. The sons who had gone there as young men had grown up, married local women and eventually passed away, as had their father (v5). Sometimes we intend for situations to be only temporary. We think, Just as soon as the kids have finished high school, we'll start tithing again. Or perhaps you reason, As soon as I get through this busy period at work, I'll get back to having a daily prayer time. But days turn into weeks, weeks into months and before you know it, circumstances that were only going to be temporary have become a way of life. 

Have you allowed something that was intended as temporary to become a permanent fixture in your life? Have you been waiting for a more convenient time to do what you know you should be doing now? If time has slipped away for you, don't linger another day "in a distant land." If you're not where you should be, this is the day to do something about it.

Facts Of The Day

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Closing Thought

May the peace that our Father brings rest with you this day .

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