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Intro

Tuesday, June 23 2026
from the Brisbane Revival Fellowship

G'day to one and all

Only 192 days to the year 2027

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

Esther 9-10 ; Acts 7:1-21

Thoughts For The Day

There is nothing but God's grace (covenant). We walk upon it; we breathe it; we live and die by it; it makes the nails and axles of the universe.

Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic.

Honesty isnt a policy at all; its a state of mind

Motivation For The Day

God is not saying to us, "Come boys, each of you do your thing and try to get along." He is saying, "It is time to do my thing. Take these keys- a Gospel that is true, a love that has flesh on it, and the power that belongs to me alone- and open the door to the world."

On This Day

1757 - British troops, commanded by Robert Clive, win the Battle of Plassey in Bengal - laying the foundations of the British Empire in India.
1939 - Government of Eire declares membership of the IRA (Irish Republican Army) to be illegal.
1941 - Germany declares war on Soviet Union during WW II
1956 - Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser becomes President of Egypt after an election in which voting is compulsory and he is the only candidate.
1982 - Prince Chuck & Lady Di take Prince William home from hospital
1983 - 1st time a satellite is retrieved from orbit by Space Shuttle
1985 - An Air India jumbo jet explodes (terrorist bomb) off the coast of Ireland killing all 330 on board.

Personal Story Of The Day

A Good Conscience Works Wonders

There is nothing like seeing a police car in the rearview mirror to get a person to obey the speed limit... or even a bit under, just in case the speedo is a bit out. When the internal moral compass is off a few degrees, an external influence, such as the sight of a police car, can set us straight again. God has also given us motivators that can keep us heading in the right direction.

Paul mentioned them in his defence before Felix. 'I strive always to keep my conscience clear before God and man', he said (v16). Before that, he named the things that kept him on track to a clear conscience. He worshipped God, living his life in response to his blessings. What God says and what He does affected Paul's life. He believed God's Word. 'I believe everything that agrees with the Law and that is written in the Prophets', Paul said (v14). Thus, he wasn't spiritually weak, but was committed to living out biblical truths.

Also, he had an eternal perspective. There is more to life than this world. There is a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked. Knowing this inescapable fact also affected the way Paul lived. His worship of God, obedience to the Word and eternal perspective kept Paul on the right track. These three concepts need to be at the front of our thinking as they also affect the way we live.

Jokes Of The Day

EPITAPH (In a cemetery in England)

Remember man, as you walk by,
As you are now, so once was I,
As I am now, so shall you be,
Remember this and follow me.

To which someone replied by writing on the tombstone:

To follow you I'll not consent,
Until I know which way you went
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Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a function.
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One night a wife found her husband standing over their baby's crib. Silently she watched him.

As he stood looking down at the sleeping infant, she saw on his face a mixture of emotions: disbelief, doubt, scepticism.

Touched by this unusual display and the deep emotions it aroused, with eyes glistening she slipped her arm around her husband.

"A penny for your thoughts," she said.

"It's amazing!" he replied. "I just can't see how anybody can make a crib like that for only $46.50."
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Riddle Of The Day

The more there is, the less you see.

Answer to Yesterdays Riddle
Paris starts with a P and ends with an E. Explain.
Paris starts with P, and the word "ends" starts with the letter E

Devotional Thoughts Of The Day

Being Kind To a Stranger

Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. Exodus 23:9. References from Leviticus 19:10, 33-35; 26:27-45.

Anyone who has ever travelled knows how vulnerable the experience of being a stranger, or foreigner, can be. This is particularly true if you don't speak the native language. It's easy to feel misunderstood, or even wonder if you're being taken advantage of sometimes. For most of us, such experiences are temporary. There were, however, a number of foreign residents within Israel, and we see the Lord's concern for these people throughout the Mosaic Law.

Leviticus 19 is sometimes called the Community Code, because of its focus on farming and commercial practices, but it's also part of a larger section called the Holiness Code (Lev 17-26). The placement of Leviticus 19 within the Holiness Code shows that every part of life in Israel somehow concerned holiness, even treatment of foreigners. In Leviticus 19:10, we find instructions to leave some grapes for the poor and the alien, revealing God's heart for those most vulnerable to deprivation and exploitation.

It was often difficult for foreigners to make a living, because they didn't have inheritance rights or access to land. We saw a similar provision for foreigners in the story of Ruth; see also Deut. 24:19-22).

The basis for Israel's treatment of foreigners was the remembrance of what it was like to be a foreigner in Egypt (v33-34). Leviticus 26 outlines the disaster that would befall the nation if it failed to keep God's ordinances. First, notice the horror of exile; instead of blessing the nations, Israel would be scattered among them to die (v33, 38). This was the complete reversal of the covenant blessings and the consequence of failing to be the kind of witness the nation was intended to be. Second, notice the link between Israel's actions and God's reputation among the nations.

We have already seen how the nations watched as God delivered Israel from Egypt. In a similar way, God's faithfulness to His covenant promises could be observed by all the nations. Thus, even when Israel sinned, God would remember His covenant in the sight of the nations (v45).

The Lord Is Great

And Jethro said, Blessed be the LORD, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians. Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them. Exodus 18:10-11.

Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev once boasted that he would display the last Soviet Christian on television by 1965. Khrushchev is long dead; Christianity is more alive than ever in Russia. Karl Marx called a belief in God "the sign of the oppressed creature, the opium of the people." Marx also has gone to his eternal destiny, but the "opium" he spoke of continues to spread throughout the world. And so it continues.

Leaders rise up, shake their fists at God, and then sink back into the oblivion from which they came. In the meantime, God continues to work out His plan for the world, undisturbed by their puny efforts against Him. Jethro, Moses' father in law, observed the same truth about Pharaoh and the gods of Egypt. Arrogantly they had shaken their fists at God, but "He was above them." Like an ant trying to stop a locomotive, they challenged the Almighty and lost. Once again God proved "that the Lord is greater than all the gods."

Throughout history, God has demonstrated that He is greater than any person, any movement, or any situation. It is obvious why the psalmist could confidently boast, "I will lift up my eyes to the hills from whence comes my help? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth" (Ps 121:1). God Himself declares, "Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for Me?" (Jer 32:27).

Facts Of The Day

Ants stretch when they wake up in the morning.

If you can see a rainbow you must have your back to the sun.

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Closing Thought

Lord, grant me the wisdom to enjoy what I have.