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Intro
Wednesday, December 3 2025from the Brisbane Revival Fellowship
Make a coffee and enjoy the post
Only 29 days to the year 2026
Scripture Of The Day
Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. Colossians 2:8.Read The Bible In a Year
Ezekiel 45-46; 1 John 2.Thoughts For The Day
We don't get offered crises, they arrive.Most people have seen worse things in private than they pretend to be shocked at in public.
Death is more universal than life; everyone dies but not everyone lives.
Motivation For The Day
Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as you mind lets you. What you believe, you can achieve.On This Day
1818 - Illinois officially becomes an American state.1911 - Neon lighting the French physicist George Claude, goes on public display for the first time at the Paris Motor Show.
1911 - Willis Carrier presents his influential "Rational Psychrometric Formulae", on air conditioning to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers - makes air conditioning possible.
1917 - Official opening of the Quebec Bridge over the St Lawrence River, the world's longest cantilever bridge.
1926 - A real mystery. British crime writer Agatha Christie disappears from her home in Surrey. She is found 11 days later staying under an assumed name at a hotel at Harrogate in Yorkshire. The writer claims she has no idea what she is doing there!
1984 - More than 3,000 people die in India after a chemical spillage from a factory at Bhopal.
2019 - 70th anniversary of NATO marked by gathering in London of world leaders and reception by Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace.
1917 - Official opening of the Quebec Bridge over the St Lawrence River, the world's longest cantilever bridge.
1926 - A real mystery. British crime writer Agatha Christie disappears from her home in Surrey. She is found 11 days later staying under an assumed name at a hotel at Harrogate in Yorkshire. The writer claims she has no idea what she is doing there!
1984 - More than 3,000 people die in India after a chemical spillage from a factory at Bhopal.
2019 - 70th anniversary of NATO marked by gathering in London of world leaders and reception by Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace.
Personal Story Of The Day
The Light Of Life
Then the artist used some yellow tints to put the cheerful glow of a lamp in one of the cabin windows. That lone light, its golden rays reflecting on the snow, completely transformed the impression given by the painting.
In contrast to the cold darkness of the surrounding forest, that light in the window created a warm feeling of love and security. What happened on that canvas is a striking portrayal of one of the most dramatic events of all history. When Jesus was born in Bethlehem's stable, a light was placed in this sin darkened world.
The apostle John testified, "In Him was life, and the life was the light of men" (John 1:4). If when you look at your life, gloom and despair seem to abound... remember, Jesus declared, "I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life." (John 8:12).
Jokes Of The Day
Never criticize someone unless you walk a mile in his or her shoes, and then when you criticize them you'll be a mile away and have their shoes!************************************
In Sunday school class, children were studying the early life of Jesus and were asked to draw a picture of their idea of his family's flight into Egypt. The teacher was going around the room and saw that one boy had drawn a picture of an airplane, and she noticed that it had four people in it. She said to the small artist, 'that's interesting. I see you have Joseph, and Mary, and that cute little person must be baby Jesus. But who's the fourth person?'
'Oh,' said the boy, 'that's Pontius the pilot.'
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A Sunday School teacher asked her class why Joseph and Mary took Jesus with them to Jerusalem. A small child replied: "They couldn't get a baby-sitter."
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Riddle Of The Day
I was carried into a dark room, and set on fire. I wept, and then my head was cut off. What am I?Answer to Yesterday's Riddle
What is the difference between a school boy studying and a farmer watching his cattle?
One is stocking his mind, while the other is minding his stock.
Devotional Thoughts Of The Day
Realities Are Not Easy To Grasp
Raining at last!
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up. James 4:10. References from James 3:13-4:17.
Robert Louis Stevenson gripped the world with his horrifying tale of human duality, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. In it, he personifies the division between good and evil with his title characters, Dr. Jekyll as the good side, and Mr. Hyde embodying the evil. The essential downfall of the experiment, however, was that Hyde's evil was an inseparable part of Jekyll's being.
In other words, Hyde was all evil, but Dr. Jekyll was never completely good.
In light of today's verses, Ecclesiastes appears to portray a similar struggle going on inside Solomon's heart. He has a keen awareness of the fallen wisdom of this world that consists of envy and proud selfishness. He also quotes much of the heavenly wisdom found in today's verses in James. But the tone of Ecclesiastes seems to indicate that Solomon never fully embraced the wisdom of God, and so he was brought down.
Can we not sympathize with this battle for control of our hearts between the wisdom of the devil and the wisdom of God? This verse is an indictment against greed, and it's particularly humbling to see how greed and a thirst for pleasure even enter into our prayer life (4:3). Then in verse 4, that incriminating word 'adulterous', makes unmistakably clear what is at stake with the choices we make as believers.
Staying true to God is a matter of fidelity, and entertaining relationships with worldly behaviour, or other gods in Solomon's case, is unacceptable. Because we aren't the only ones who can be envious... the Holy Spirit owns the deeds to our hearts, and is not interested in sharing with the world (4:5).
Even when we stumble, though, there is hope. Again, humility is key... there is grace awaiting the humble (4:6). Once again, we need to be reminded that the wisdom of Ecclesiastes is quite meaningful for us, even when we escape the 'under the sun' mindset. The repeated assertions that the future is unknown and life is short are reinforced here in the New Testament.
We have no assurance of tomorrow, and a properly humble person has a grip on their mortality... our life is a vapour that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. (4:14).
Raining at last!
He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showersthat water the earth. In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth. Psalms 72:6-7.
What a beautiful sound, to wake up to a slow consistent rain. It's like music to the ears, peace to the soul, and one could sleep all day! That's what has been going on in my part of the world recently. Doesn't matter that it's dark outside when it's normally light, or that the day will be wet. The rain makes you want to be lazy, and just lie around. The rain comes from the heavens.
God knows His people need rain to water the gardens, to fill the dams and rivers, and to replenish the water supply. Rain is needed in parts of the country where fires are rampant, mostly caused by lightning strikes, or set by arsonists. Likewise, there will continue to be spiritual droughts in the world, but God wants His kingdom to support itself.
Through the indwelling power of God's Spirit, he will send the rain in our hearts to keep it fresh and strong. God wants His people to grow in love, to prosper, and to serve Him with all our hearts. Those that God waters can produce fruit... signs, miracles and wonders are forthcoming in a dry and weary land.
Facts Of The Day
A bean has more DNA per cell than a human cell?
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