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Intro
Friday, July 17 2026from the Brisbane Revival Fellowship
Have a truly great day...
Only 168 days to the year 2027
Scripture Of The Day
And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward [is] with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.Revelation 22:12
Read The Bible In a Year
Psalms 18-19 ; Acts 20:17-38Thoughts For The Day
Live now. Make now always the most precious time. Now will never come again.Self-importance is our greatest enemy.
It is no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well.
Motivation For The Day
Throughout the centuries there were men and women who took first steps down new roads armed with nothing but their own vision. Start stepping!On This Day
1453 - End of the One Hundred Years' War with a defeat for the French by the English at the Battle of Castillon.1790 - Thomas Saint patents the world's first sewing machine.
1917 - World War I: The British Royal Family adopt the name of the House of Windsor in place of their German family name of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
1945 - World War II: Opening of the Potsdam Conference between world leaders Harry Truman; Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill to plan for future peace once Germany has been defeated.
1955 - Opening of Disneyland in California, USA.
1959 - American jazz singer Billie Holiday is arrested on her death bed in hospital for possession of narcotics.
1964 - British speed pioneer Sir Donald Campbell sets a new land speed world record of 429mph in his car, Bluebird.
Personal Story Of The Day
How Dare You!
Have you noticed how easy it is for people to be offended these days? Offences can be hard to predict and be even harder to avoid. The most important thing to realize when dealing with someone who’s offended, is that their taking offence does not necessarily mean that you were offensive. Being offended is not an objective reality. There is no measuring stick of offence, nor is there a measure of response to offences. Some things trouble people and they respond to it according to their feelings at that moment.
For the person speaking, the only way to present your view, requires a very clear awareness of how someone is responding. Then we adjust our topic or tone of voice accordingly. One thing is certain, people don't like to have their chosen lifestyle challenged or criticised. Thus, offences are quick to come. Quite often, the best way to raise an issue with someone is by sharing your testimony of what God has done for you and how it has blessed you with a better outcome. By doing this, you are challenging your own life and sharing that challenge, rather than being seen to judge the person you are talking to.
If they allow the Spirit to work in their heart, they will see a parallel in their life and find inspiration rather than criticism, but this also takes wisdom on our part. It is equally important for us that we pray for wisdom and speaking skills, so God has something to work with in us. Bessing come from blessings... nothing good comes from a perceived insult.
It is our role to change their heart rather than change their mind. Friendly encouragement is the best option, but they will ultimately choose their response. The level of offence will reflect how much of the Lord's blessing they are willing to allow!
Jokes Of The Day
Can you believe how many award shows they have now? It seems like that have an award show for everything.They even have awards for commercials! The CLIO Awards, a whole show full of commercials.
I taped it and then I fast-forwarded through the whole thing.
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My father is a skilled CPA, but is not great at self-promotion. So when an advertising company offered to put my father's business placard in the shopping carts of a supermarket, my dad jumped at the chance. Fully a year went by before we got a call that could be traced to those placards.
"Richard Larson, CPA?" the caller asked.
"That's right," my father answered. "May I help you?"
"Yes," the voice said. "One of your shopping carts is in my yard and I want you to come and get it."
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There was this "Husband Shopping Center" where a woman could go to choose from among many men, for her husband.
It was laid out in five floors, with the men increasing in positive attributes as you ascended up the floors. The only rule was, once you opened the door to any floor, you must choose a man from that floor, and if you went up a floor, you couldn't go back down except to leave the place.
So, a couple of girls go to the place to find men ...
First floor, the door had a sign saying "These men have jobs and love kids."
The women read the sign and say "Well that's better than not having jobs, or not loving kids, but I wonder what's further up?".
So up they go.
Second floor says "These men have high paying jobs, love kids, and are extremely good looking" Hmmm, say the girls. But, I wonder what's further up?
Third floor: "These men have high paying jobs, are extremely good looking, love kids and help with the housework."
Wow! say the women. Very tempting !!! But, there's more further up! And up they go.
Fourth floor: "These men have high paying jobs, love kids, are extremely good looking, help with the housework, and have a strong romantic streak."
Oh, mercy me. But just think! What must be awaiting us further on!
So up to the fifth floor they go. The sign on that door said "This floor is just to prove that women are impossible to please."
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Riddle Of The Day
Chief Running Water had two sons. What were their names?Answer to Yesterdays Riddle
If a girl ate her mother and father, what would that make her?
an orphan
Devotional Thoughts Of The Day
...and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God... Genesis 3:8. References from Genesis 3.
In a famous Greek legend, the entire world was a paradise. The first woman's name was Pandora. One day a messenger brought a large chest to her house and left it there. Pandora was consumed with curiosity... what was in that box? Her husband told her to leave it alone, but she opened it anyway. The king of the gods, however, had sent the box to punish humanity for wrongdoing. It was full of diseases, sorrows, vices, and crimes; when she opened it all these evils escaped out into the world. Thus did sorrow, pain, misery, and wickedness become part of human existence.
Although it's only a legend, it has the main points right. Humanity did live in paradise once, and our fall from innocence is the great tragedy of human history. Satan entered Eden, the perfect world God had created, and tempted our first parents to disobedience (John 8:44). How did he do it? First the Devil quizzed Eve on her knowledge of God's Word. The serpent contradicted the punishment God had stated, proposing instead that a good result would come from eating the forbidden fruit. Thus the pressure was about faith and trust.
Whose version of cause and effect, whose version of reality, was more believable... Satan's or God's? Eve made the wrong choice, followed her desires, and sinned against God. Then Adam, who had been with her but silent the entire time, joined her. In effect, he chose his relationship with Eve over his relationship with God.
A number of consequences followed. Sin and death entered the world (Rom 5:12). Adam and Eve knew shame and guilt and were separated from God. However, in the midst of this, He showed them His mercy... by giving them clothing, by barring the way to the Tree of Life so they couldn't be both sinful and immortal, and by making a promise of future redemption (v15).
God's purpose of unhindered fellowship with humanity had already been damaged but not defeated. Hope remained because He was already preparing the next level of reconciliation.
Racing Ahead Of God
Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. Genesis 16:1-2.
I visited a friend in the church and found him to be very anxious and troubled. I asked, "What 's the trouble?" He replied, "The trouble is that I'm in a hurry but God isn't." Abraham could have identified with those feelings. God had promised him a son, but, from a human perspective, time was running out. In fact, with Abraham nearly 86 and Sarah 76 years old, most people would have said that time had already run out. Obviously, they thought God needed their help.
In the Ancient Near East, it was acceptable for a barren woman to give her maid as a substitute to bear children for her, so Sarah suggested Abraham take Hagar and let her bear his child. In his hurry, Abraham ran ahead of God and the consequences are still felt in the Middle East today. The Arab nations (descended from Ishmael, the son of the maid servant) and Israel (descended from Abraham 's legitimate heir, Isaac) continue to be bitter enemies.
God not only has a divine will, He also has an eternal timetable. Just as the apostle Paul reminded Christians that in "the fullness of time" God sent His Son (Gal 4:4) and "in due time Christ died for the ungodly" (Rom 5:6), so God has a schedule for everything in our lives as well. We certainly don 't want to lag behind God 's agenda, but it's equally disastrous to run ahead of it.
As you seek God 's direction for your life, seek His timetable as well. Don 't let your impatience carry you ahead of God. To do the right thing at the wrong time makes the right thing the wrong thing. We need to keep in step with God 's time as well as His plan. Patience is a fruit which brings much blessing.
Facts Of The Day
- Gorillas sleep as much as fourteen hours per day.
- On average, dogs have better eyesight than humans, although not as colorful.
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Closing Thought
I am thankful for the taxes I pay because it means I am employed (Sobering thought)Comic
