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Intro

Wednesday, March 20 2024
from the Brisbane Revival Fellowship

Who might I call today?


Only 287 days to the year 2025


Scripture Of The Day

Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee. Psalms 32:22.


Read The Bible In a Year

Joshua 4-6; Luke 1:1-20.
 

Thoughts For The Day

Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.

The chief lesson I have learned in a long life is that the only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him; and the surest way to make him untrustworthy is to distrust him and show your distrust.

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that's the stuff life is made of.


Motivation For The Day

There are two kinds of people who never amount to much: those who cannot do what they are told, and those who can do nothing else.


On This Day

1760 - Great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings.
1861 - An earthquake completely destroys Mendoza, Argentina.
1916 - Albert Einstein presents his general theory of relativity.
1944 - 2,500 women trample guards and floorwalkers to purchase 1,500 alarm clocks announced for sale in a Chicago Illinois department store.
1995 - Nerve gas attack on Tokyo subway
2019 - Finland is the world's happiest country, South Sudan is world's least happy, according to annual World Happiness Report.


Personal Story Of The Day

Unconditional Love

It's not easy to understand the depth of God's love for us. Due to our pride and fear, we fail to grasp how undeserving we are and how free His love is. At times we struggle with pride, so we tend to believe that we have earned any love we receive. Pride tells us that we are loved only when we are loveable, respectable, and worthy. At other times we feel the tug of fear. Deep down inside, we know that we don't deserve the love we get. 

Our motives are never 100% pure, and we fear we will be rejected if they are exposed. So even while we are rejoicing in the acceptance of God's love, we live with the fear of being unmasked, revealing that we are much less than what others think us to be. When we consider our relationship with God, therefore, we tend to feel that His affection for us is based on our performance. 

When we do well, He loves us; but if we slip up, then we expect only His scorn. Yet God does not love us because we deserve it. He loves us in spite of what we are. In 1 John 4:10 we read, In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son." Because of what Jesus Christ has done for us, we know we are always loved by God. That simple truth shatters our pride and dispels our fear... and that love existed while we lived in sin and without repentance. 

How much more now? 


Jokes Of The Day

Returning home from work, a blonde was shocked to find her house ransacked and burglarized. She telephoned the police at once and reported the crime. The police dispatcher broadcast the call on the channels, and a K-9 unit patrolling nearby was the first to respond. As the K-9 officer approached the house with his dog on a leash, the blonde ran out on the porch, shuddered at the sight of the cop and his dog, then sat down on the steps.

Putting her face in her hands, she moaned, "I come home to find all my possessions stolen. I call the police for help, and what do they do? They send me a BLIND policeman!"

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A blonde had just totalled her car in a horrific accident. Miraculously, she managed to pry herself from the wreckage without a scratch and was applying fresh lipstick when the state trooper arrived. "My God!" the trooper gasped. "Your car looks like an accordion that was stomped on by an elephant. Are you OK ma'am?" "Yes officer, I'm just fine" the blonde chirped." Well, how in the world did this happen?" the officer asked as he surveyed the wrecked car.

"Officer, it was the strangest thing!" the blonde began. "I was driving along this road when from out of nowhere this TREE pops up in front of me. So I swerved to the right, and there was another tree!

I swerved to the left and there was ANOTHER tree! I swerved to the right and there was another tree! I swerved to the left and there was ...."

"Uh, ma'am", the officer said, cutting her off, "There isn't a tree on this road for 30 miles. That was your air freshener swinging back and forth."

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What’s pink and fluffy? Pink fluff. 

What’s purple and fluffy? Pink fluff holding its breath.

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Riddle Of The Day

If a wheel has 64 spokes,
how many spaces are there
between the spokes?


Answer to Yesterday's Riddle
When can you add two to eleven and get one as the correct answer?
When you add two hours to eleven o'clock, you get one o'clock.


Devotional Thoughts Of The Day


A Lesson To Be Learnt

He hath filled the hungry with good things; Luke 1:53. References from 1 Kings 17:7-24; Luke 4:13-28.

All morning long Tommy's mom talked with him about the importance of sharing his toys. Each time she asked if Tommy understood, he nodded his head and agreed to share his things when the other three-year-olds showed up for his birthday. But when one of the kids picked up one of his toy trucks, Tommy ran over and grabbed the truck. Baffled, his mother came over and asked Tommy if he remembered their earlier discussion about sharing. Tommy nodded yes. Slowly it began to dawn on her that Tommy hadn't grasped that sharing meant actually letting others play with his toys! 

Sadly, many Jews living in Jesus' day seemed to have a similar problem. For them, the issue concerned the blessings of God going beyond the Israelites. Knowing that the gospel would eventually extend beyond Palestine, Jesus appealed to the account of Elijah and the widow in Zarephath to show that the blessings of God were also intended for the Gentiles. But the people listening to Jesus didn't want to be reminded of that (Luke 4:28-29). 

It's somewhat remarkable that Elijah ministered to the widow of Zarephath considering the horrible state of Israel at that time. Ahab, a very evil king, together with his wife, Jezebel, a native of Sidon, introduced perverse Baal worship to Israel. Much of Elijah's ministry centred on exposing the falseness of Baalism and calling the people back to the Lord God. When Elijah first encounters this poor widow, it's not clear how his request for food and water could be a blessing to her. 

Under normal circumstances, widows were among the poorest of the poor, but during a famine their situation could be life threatening (v12). But her willingness to help Elijah opens the way for a miraculous provision for her (v15-16). Next the woman is faced with yet another challenge, the illness of her son. The harshness of her circumstances may explain why she initially blames the illness on Elijah. The loving Lord used Elijah to restore her son and to reveal his purposes to this needy woman... a lesson we are still learning.


Making Good Decisions

And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai, They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up; And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy. And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We become from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us. Joshua 9:3-6.

Decisions are part of our life every day. We decide what to wear when we get up in the morning. We decide what to eat, what we watch on television or look at on social media. We make a multitude of other less than earth shaking choices daily. But sometimes we face decisions that have a major impact on our lives. These may affect whom we marry, where we live or what job we hold. But big or small, the choices we make should honour the Lord.

Joshua was faced with an important decision soon after he entered the land of Canaan. God had warned him not to make treaties with any of the neighbouring peoples. Yet when a group of people showed up who claimed to live far away, he had to reject or accept their plea for peace. Carefully Joshua and his advisors inspected the mouldy food and worn-out clothing. Yet verse 14 reveals that they did not ask counsel of the Lord. Only after they had finalized the agreement did they learn they had been tricked. 

Deception and misrepresentations are now common in our society. Salespeople try to rush us into making immediate decisions. Television promotes an unrealistic view of life. Advertisers imply promises they can't fulfil. In the midst of it all, we need to seek the counsel of the Lord. Only the principles in His Word will enable us to make choices that consistently honour Him. 

When you need to make a decision, don't rely on human wisdom alone, but look to God's wisdom which is a gift of the spirit. Ask Him to reveal His truths that will enable you to make wise and godly decisions. When the right decision is important, the right counsel is equally important.


Facts Of The Day



Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.


Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.



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Closing Thought




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



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