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Intro
Saturday, November 22 2025from the Brisbane Revival Fellowship
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Scripture Of The Day
Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust [in thee] from those that rise up [against them].Psalms 17:7
Read The Bible In a Year
Ezekiel 18-19 ; James 4Thoughts For The Day
God doesn't love us in spite of our faults, He loves us through them as if they don't exist.It's not such a miracle when we believe in God as when we realize God believes in us.
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
Motivation For The Day
How can you expect God to speak in that gentle and inward voice which melts the soul, when you are making so much noise with your own ideas? Be silent, and God will speak again.On This Day
1497 - Portuguese explorer Vasco Da Gama rounds the Cape of Good Hope in search of a route to India.1849 - The Cape Colony in southern Africa forbids any further landing of convicts from Britain and forces a British ship to sail to Tasmania instead.
1869 - Launch of English sailing ship Cutty Sark.
1943 - World War II: Allied leaders Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt and Chiang Kai Shek meet in Cairo to discuss joint operations against the Japanese.
1963 - 35th President of the United States, John F Kennedy, is shot and killed while travelling in an open-topped motorcade through the streets of Dallas, Texas.
1986 - 20 year old American boxer Mike Tyson becomes the youngest ever world heavyweight champion defeating Trevor Berbick in Las Vegas.
1990 - Margaret Thatcher, British Prime Minister since 1979, announces her resignation.
Personal Story Of The Day
Attitudes That Work
During my years as a pastor, I encountered many Christians who were anything but gentle. They had no patience for fellow believers with character flaws or who were involved in sinful practices. They also showed little kindness toward nonbelievers. They thought that gospel messages should always include dire warnings of the torments of hell.
Recently I heard about a company that had decided to open their shops on Sunday. Because they were located in an area with many churches, the corporation received scores of condemning letters from angry Christians. Some even said they were glad there was an eternal hell for those who had made this decision. Christian and non Christian employees were offended and embarrassed. Lack of gentleness had harmed Christ's cause.
The religious leaders of Jesus' day were quick to judge and lacked gentleness. They criticized Jesus because He ate and drank with tax collectors and sinners (Matthew 11:19). They were shocked because He showed concern for these people instead of harshly condemning them. He didn't approve of what they did, but He saw them as sinners created in God's image whom He had come to save.
Let's follow Christ's example.Recently I heard about a company that had decided to open their shops on Sunday. Because they were located in an area with many churches, the corporation received scores of condemning letters from angry Christians. Some even said they were glad there was an eternal hell for those who had made this decision. Christian and non Christian employees were offended and embarrassed. Lack of gentleness had harmed Christ's cause.
The religious leaders of Jesus' day were quick to judge and lacked gentleness. They criticized Jesus because He ate and drank with tax collectors and sinners (Matthew 11:19). They were shocked because He showed concern for these people instead of harshly condemning them. He didn't approve of what they did, but He saw them as sinners created in God's image whom He had come to save.
Jokes Of The Day
A wise schoolteacher sends this note to all parents on the first day of school: "If you promise not to believe everything your child says happens at school, I'll promise not to believe everything he says happens at home.************************************
After a laborious two-week criminal trial in a very high profile bank robbery case, the jury finally ended its 14 hours of deliberations and entered the courtroom to deliver its verdict to the judge.
The judge turns to the jury foreman and asks, "Has the jury reached a verdict in this case?"
"Yes we have, your honor," the foreman responded.
"Would you please pass it to me," The judge declared, as he motioned for the bailiff to retrieve the verdict slip from the foreman and deliver it to him. After the judge reads the verdict himself, he delivers the verdict slip back to his bailiff to be returned to the foreman and instructs the foreman, "Please read your verdict to the court."
"We find the defendant NOT GUILTY of all four counts of bank robbery," states the foreman.
The family and friends of the defendant jump for joy at the sound of the "not guilty" verdict and hug each other as they shout expressions of divine gratitude.
The defendant's attorney turns to his client and asks, "So, what do you think about that?"
The defendant looks around the courtroom slowly with a bewildered look on his face and then turns to his defense attorney and says, "Does this mean I get to keep the money?"
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An 18th-century vagabond in England, exhausted and famished, came to a roadside Inn with a sign reading: "George and the Dragon." He knocked.
The Innkeeper's wife stuck her head out a window.
"Could ye spare some victuals?"
The woman glanced at his shabby, dirty clothes. "No!" she shouted.
"Could I have a pint of ale?"
"No! Damn it!" she shouted.
"Could I at least use your privy?" "No!" she shouted again.
The vagabond said, "Might I please...?"
"What now?" the woman screeched, not allowing him to finish.
"D'ye suppose," he asked, "that I might have a word with George?"
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Riddle Of The Day
What can burn the eyes, sting the mouth, yet be consumed?Answer to Yesterdays Riddle
What is bought by the yard and worn by the foot?
Carpet.
Devotional Thoughts Of The Day
Eternal Treasures
Your Wilderness Experience?
Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: Hebrews 3:8
The children of Israel would not obey the authority of God while they were in the wilderness. For their disobedience, they did not go into Canaan, the land of milk and honey. They perished in the wilderness.
What is your 'wilderness'? What are you holding on to and not letting God control? Is it your job, your family, or a relationship? Do you choose to do your thing rather than trust God to do His perfect choice in your life?
Often we make the wrong choices in life, and miss blessings God has in store for us. If we would only choose to do those things that are right in His sight, just think how much better life would be! But, we are humans, and are free thinkers. Sometimes, we rely on our own flawed knowledge to get us through life. We forget that, with Jesus, life can be blessed beyond our thoughts and imaginations.
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him. Psalm 12: References from Ecclesiastes 4:1-8.
F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby, serves as a modern day Ecclesiastes. Jay Gatsby epitomized the reckless extravagance of the Roaring Twenties as well as the hollow dreams that left America as a whole, unsatisfied. He amassed enormous wealth to impress another man's wife... and he never really experienced genuine love, only affectionate greed. As Fitzgerald assessed, 'No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghostly heart'.
In the book, Gatsby died alone, but sadly he's not alone in his pursuits. At the outset of today's verses, the Teacher bemoans the evil oppression that pervades this world and the suffering it causes (v13). Look at the extreme terms used to describe the hopelessness of the situation! Verse 4 reveals the reason behind the sad state of affairs... greed. Notice that it's not just personal desire, either. It's a matter of wanting what someone else has. At its extreme, greed causes oppression. At the very least, though, it results in meaningless labour (v6).
The image of the hands in verses 5-6 provides a gripping mental picture. To fold our hands and rest would be laziness, to grab everything within our reach would be greedy, but to take only what we need without seeking something more brings peace and satisfaction. Verses 7-8 point to a good test of satisfaction... is there anyone to enjoy life with? A life of envying one's neighbour only promotes alienation and loneliness.
The questions that the man asks are remarkably probing. For whom am I doing all this (v8)? Myself, would be quite an empty answer, and the Teacher can find no good motivation for such an existence. Regrettably, not nearly enough people make that realization, which is why verses 1-4 resemble the reality of our world so closely. But we can rejoice in the verse of the day... the Lord did not sit idly by without acting. He did rise up in answer to the groans of the needy and He does provide comfort to those who suffer!
The question is, are we satisfied with the answers we have in Christ? Do we strive to gain what belongs to others, or do we share the eternal treasures of His love and life?
Your Wilderness Experience?
Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: Hebrews 3:8
The children of Israel would not obey the authority of God while they were in the wilderness. For their disobedience, they did not go into Canaan, the land of milk and honey. They perished in the wilderness.
What is your 'wilderness'? What are you holding on to and not letting God control? Is it your job, your family, or a relationship? Do you choose to do your thing rather than trust God to do His perfect choice in your life?
Often we make the wrong choices in life, and miss blessings God has in store for us. If we would only choose to do those things that are right in His sight, just think how much better life would be! But, we are humans, and are free thinkers. Sometimes, we rely on our own flawed knowledge to get us through life. We forget that, with Jesus, life can be blessed beyond our thoughts and imaginations.
Facts Of The Day
- Lightning strikes men about seven times more often than it strike women.
- A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death.
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Closing Thought
Lord, help me to always remember I have a limitless capacity to be blessed.Comic
