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Intro

Monday, May 11 2026
from the Brisbane Revival Fellowship

Another beautiful day to enjoy

Only 235 days to the year 2027

Scripture Of The Day

Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Exodus 20:3

Read The Bible In a Year

2 Kings 13-14 ; John 2

Thoughts For The Day

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.

You have it easily in your power to increase the sum total of this world's happiness now. How? By giving a few words of sincere appreciation to someone who is lonely or discouraged.

If you can give your son or daughter only one gift, let it be - enthusiasm.

Motivation For The Day

All our dreams can come true - if we have the courage to pursue them.

On This Day

330 - Constantinople is dedicated as the new capital of the Roman Empire. The city is named after the Emperor Constantine and built on the site of the ancient city of Byzantium.
1868 - Abolition of public executions in Britain.
1871 - European powers sign the Treaty of London which guarantees the neutrality and independence of the Duchy of Luxembourg.
1909 - In Bloemfontein, the National Convention agrees a draft constitution for a unified South Africa.
1943 - World War II: Amphibious US assault troops land on Attu in the Aleutian Islands - the first American territory to be recaptured from the Japanese.
1987 - The trial opens at Lyons, France of suspected war criminal Klaus Barbie
1994 - The town of Deir Al-Balah, in Gaza, becomes the first town to come under Palestinian self-rule.

Personal Story Of The Day

Playing It Safe

The fear of our God is not the servile dread of a slave toward a master but the loving respect of a child toward a parent. To fear the Lord means to seek to promote God in everything we do. It means searching out and applying His Word, honouring it, and obeying it. The remarkable thing about fearing God, is that when you fear God, you fear nothing else, whereas if you do not fear God, you fear everything else.

Because Nehemiah's life was motivated by the fear of the Lord (Neh 5:15), he did not fear what the enemy might do (v14,19). The fear of the Lord moved Nehemiah to be a faithful servant of the Lord. To walk in the fear of God, of course, means to walk by faith, trusting God to deal with your enemies and one day raise you up to meet the Lord. The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil. (Prov 19:23).

Christ says: But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. (Matt 6:33). Many make the mistake of believing that fearing God pleases him from the point of view of a human king or ruler. However, God has no ego to be appeased. Our unconditional respect for him displays our willingness to obey him... meaning that we are safe and secure: this is what pleases God. This is perfectly reflected when our children return home for the day... safe and secure and in our complete care.

Jokes Of The Day

There were three blokes talking in the pub. Two of them are talking about the amount of control they have over their wives, while the third bloke remained quiet.

After a while one of the first two turns to the third and says, 'Well, what about you? What sort of control do you have over your wife?'

The third fellow says, 'I'll tell you. Just the other night my wife came to me on her hands and knees.'

The first two blokes were amazed. 'What happened then?' they asked.

'She said, 'GET OUT FROM UNDER THE BED AND FIGHT LIKE A MAN!'.'

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A minister and a bus driver reached the Pearly Gates together and were assigned their quarters. The minister got a dilapidated shack in a farm meadow; the bus driver, a home in an elegant neighborhood. The pastor went to St. Peter and said: "While on earth I preached to thousands of people and tried hard to follow all the commandments. What an exemplary life the bus driver must have led!" St. Peter responded: "during your sermons, most everybody slept, but when the bus driver worked, everybody prayed."
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Frustrated at always being corrected by her husband, my aunt decided the next time it happened, she would have a comeback.

That moment finally arrived, and she was ready. "You know," she challenged, "even a broken clock is right once a day!"

My uncle looked at her and replied, "Twice."
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Riddle Of The Day

I have a hundred legs, but cannot stand. I have a long neck, but no head. I cannot see, but I'm neat and tidy as can be. What am I?

Answer to Yesterdays Riddle
You heard me before, Yet you hear me again. Then I die, 'Til you call me again What am I?
An echo

Devotional Thoughts Of The Day

Wise Living

Behold, we count them happy which endure... that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. James 5:11. References from James 5:10-11; Job 1:13-22; 42:10-17.

Many people have endured terrible suffering during their lives, some through war, others through accident or disease... however, the Bible is filled with stories of great saints who experienced far worse, and still maintained their commitment to serving God. In our verses today, James points to Job as an example of perseverance that has great significance for us today.

Job is mentioned as one example of an Old Testament character who demonstrated how to live in the light of God's promises. And the key promise that James has already highlighted for us is the return of Christ (v9)... thus we are encouraged to overcome all obstacles. Our patience and perseverance will bear fruit... God will do what He has promised. Christ will return, and we will receive favourable judgment and reward. This certainty should encourage us to keep living wisely.

Wise living is walking by faith and not sight. We trust God's promises and act on His desires, even when the wisdom of the world urges us to get what we want here and now. The world says, Take advantage of others to get more! Base your friendships on what others can do for you! Get all the stuff you can now! God's wisdom says, Favouritism is a sin. Your wealth will rot. You must treat others generously.

Our goal as Christians is to shape our desires to conform to God's desires, even when the world thinks we are crazy. Serving others with unselfish spiritual attention is the greatest way to achieve this.

Great Day Coming

He shall judge between the nations, and shall rebuke many people; they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks; nations shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore. Isaiah 2:4.

Peace has always been an elusive prospect. The Columbia Dispatch reported in 1993 that cable TV mogul Ted Turner funded a competition to find a book that gave a workable plan for world peace. Turner said he wanted to see if anybody had a real vision of a future world at peace and harmony. His quest ended in disappointment. He told an Atlanta gathering of news contributors to his Cable News Network's "World Report" that, "With 10,000 manuscripts, we did not have one plausible treatise on how we could get to a sustainable, peaceful future."

Apparently, no one thought to check the Book of Isaiah. Here, God reveals that there is a day coming when wars will cease. This will not be the result of any plan proposed by the wisdom of man; it will come, instead, through the direct intervention of the Lord Jesus Christ. Revelation 20:1-3 foretells the imprisonment of Satan so that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years were finished (v3). During that time, the world will finally experience the peace it desperately needs.

True peace can only come when the Prince of Peace brings it (Isa 9:6). We don't have to wait that long, however, to experience personal peace. That's available to you right now. The gospel is a Gospel of Peace... we have entered into God's rest.

Facts Of The Day

The combination "ough" can be pronounced in nine different ways. The following sentence contains them all: "A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful plough man strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed."

Muppets creator Jim Henson first created Kermit in 1955 - as a lizard. He was made from Henson's mother's coat and two halves of a Ping-Pong ball (no flipper feet or eleven-point collar).

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Closing Thought

Lord, teach me to see what you see, to think as you think, to act as you want me to.