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Intro
Friday, February 13 2026from the Brisbane Revival Fellowship
Good morning, grab a cuppa and enjoy the read
Only 322 days to the year 2027
Scripture Of The Day
Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. Ecclesiastes 5:2.Read The Bible In a Year
Leviticus 14; Matthew 26:51-75.Thoughts For The Day
When we don't have enough faith, we try to take over and do things for ourselves. We fail to realize that each circumstance in our lives is there so that the Lord can help us to grow in faith in Him, not in ourselves.Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.
Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them.
Motivation For The Day
If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability to work with God.On This Day
1854 - Opening of Cheltenham Ladies College - Britain's first public school for girls.1867 - Johann Strauss' waltz 'The Blue Danube' is first performed at a ball in Vienna.
1917 - World War I: Dutch spy Mata Hari is executed by the French.
1917 - In Britain, women are allowed to become taxi drivers.
1945 - World War II: 1,400 RAF aircraft and 450 USAF planes bomb Dresden in Germany non-stop for 14 hours - virtually destroying the entire city.
1974 - Russian writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn is expelled from the Soviet Union.
1984 - 6-year-old Texan Stormie Jones gets 1st heart and liver transplant.
2001 - Earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale rocks El Salvador, killing at least 400 people.
2019 - NASA confirms Mars Opportunity rover's mission has ended after 15 years due to a sandstorm damaging its communications.
Personal Story Of The Day
The Real PowerDuring my lifetime I have seen evil men rise to political and military power, make colossal blunders, and pass off the scene. Even good leaders leave a record that includes mistakes and weaknesses.
The first chapter of Esther shows us the pride of King Ahasuerus, head of the mighty Persian Empire. He hosted an elaborate festival designed to display his riches and splendour.
After 7 days of partying, the king gave orders to his servants to bring Vashti, his queen, before the revellers so they could see her great beauty. But Queen Vashti refused to come, humiliating the great king of Persia (v12-18). Ahasuerus was furious and sought counsel from the wise men of his kingdom. They advised him to remove Vashti as queen and "give her royal position to another who is better than she" (v19).
God used these unusual events to place an Israelitish girl in a strategic position to preserve His people from destruction. God's name is not mentioned in the entire book of Esther, but the message in chapter 1 comes through loud and clear: God can bring good out of everything, even when flawed and mistake prone humans are involved. He is the real power behind the throne.
You and I... we are in a good position to also save our people!!
Jokes Of The Day
About a year ago my sister, who lives in Virginia, was talking with her four year old son, Brent. He was asking her why all their relatives from Wisconsin talk funny and sound like their noses are plugged up."They think we have an accent," she replied.
"But they have an accent, right?", Brent asked. "They talk funny?"
"Everybody talks in different ways" she tried to explain. "To them, we sound like we talk very slow and all our words are d-r-a-w-n out."
His eyes got big, and he whispered seriously, "Oh, no. You mean they hear funny too?"
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"An abstract noun," the teacher said, "is something you can think of, but you can't touch it. Can you give me an example of one?"
"Sure," a teenage boy replied. "My father's new car."
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In olden times, it is reported that sacrifices were made at the altar.
Since then, weddings have been held there, and times haven't changed at all!
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Riddle Of The Day
A frog fell into a well 12 feet deep. He could jump 3 feet, but every time he jumped 3 feet, he fell back 2 feet. How many times did he have to jump to get out of the well?Answer to Yesterday's Riddle
A man had 12 sheep. All but 9 died. How many sheep did he have left?
Nine.
Devotional Thoughts Of The Day
Making Your free time work.
And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. Genesis 2:3 References from Genesis 2:1-3; Exodus 20:8-11.
Last year, a news report described how work has almost taken control of Australian life. We work more hours per week than people in any other industrialized nation. Two income families are needed to pursue the desired standard of suburban living. Mobile phones, social media and e-mail have made escaping the office all but impossible.
One third of us feel overwhelmed or even crushed by long hours and heavy workloads. Stress levels are high, especially in a shaky job market... people feel they have no choice but to give up their quality of life in exchange for continued employment.
In such a climate, the principle of the Sabbath feels like a fresh breeze. When God finished His work of creation, He rested. What did this mean? This may be a theological puzzler, since we know God doesn't become tired or fatigued. What we do know is why He rested... because He finished His work. It was done, and done perfectly.
For this reason, He blessed the seventh day and made it holy (Gen 2:3). In the Mosaic Law, God commanded the Sabbath day to be kept as part of Israel's covenant responsibilities.
God made it holy... now the nation was to keep it holy.
How? By imitating God and resting from work. A day of rest was to be set apart from the ordinary business of life. In the cycle of blessing and freedom, if the people kept holy what God had made holy... that is, if they obeyed the Sabbath and other covenant obligations... then in turn, God would make them holy.
He also promised severe punishment for individuals and the nation if they failed to honour the Sabbath (see Ex. 31:12-17; 2 Chron. 36:20-21). This made a mockery of him and those who obeyed God.
It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine. Eze 17:8.
When we plant fruit trees, we expect them to produce fruit in a few years. We pamper them to make sure they are fruitful. Some of us may let up on the care we give the trees over the years. At first, the trees are full of fruit. It looks like they are doing well. But as we slack off on our care, the trees begin to develop diseases, or the fruit develops much smaller. Then, the tree begins to bear less fruit each year.
Like the fruit tree, our spiritual life can either be fruitful or fruitless. When we are first saved, we have this need to read the Bible. If we've been encouraged to grow through learning, we know that studying the Word helps us have a tool against failure. But the world we live in acts like the forces that a fruit tree faces... disease encroaches, nutrition is depleted, fruitage shrinks and quality fails.
If we aren't careful to remain in the Gospel, we get into trouble. Not studying the Word is like our not feeding the fruit tree. The Word begins to shrivel up within us. When we really need it, we find we can't remember what the bible promises.
The longer we go without studying (feeding) the Word, the worse our situation gets. We become less and less fruitful.
Are you having problems? Do you find yourself wondering what is happening to you? Is the world running rampant in your life? Have you stopped studying the WORD? Have you stopped Praying?
Simply turn back to God and speak honestly and simply as you would talk to a good friend. It is always obvious how quickly a plant will come back to life, when you add a little water to it.
Facts Of The Day
Sharks and rays are the only animals known to man that don't get cancer. Scientists believe this has something to do with the fact that they don't have bones, but cartilage.
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