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Intro
Tuesday, December 2 2025from the Brisbane Revival Fellowship
Hello once again...
Only 30 days to the year 2026
Scripture Of The Day
For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works. Matthew 16:27.Read The Bible In a Year
Ezekiel 42-44; 1 John 1.Thoughts For The Day
"There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest." ....Napoleon I"Too many pray for peace with their fists clenched.
Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.
Motivation For The Day
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.On This Day
1697 - Opening of the new St. Paul's Cathedral in London.1804 - Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned Emperor Napoleon I by Pope Pius VII.
1823 - In the United States, the 'Monroe Doctrine', announced by US President James Monroe, warns all European powers against interfering in the politics of the American Republics... including any further colonisation of land on the American continent. Any breach would be considered a threat to US peace and security.
1852 - Second French Empire is declared by Emperor Napoleon III.
1901 - American businessman King Gillette patents the safety razor with a double-edged disposable blade.
1904 - Members of the British Parliament representing Ulster, form an organisation that becomes the Ulster Unionist Council.
1927 - The first Model A Ford sells for $385.
1971 - Soviet space probe Mars 3 is first to soft land on Mars.
2018 - Trade war truce agreed between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping at G-20 meeting in Argentina.
Personal Story Of The Day
Thoroughly CleanAccording to Greek mythology, King Augeus owned a stable with 3,000 oxen. Their stalls had not been cleaned out for 30 years... hence our English word Augean, which refers to something exceedingly filthy from long neglect. Hercules, the mythical strongman, was commanded to clean the Augean stable in a single day.
When Hercules first saw the stable, he was dismayed by its size, filthiness, and stench. Then he noticed that it was located between two great rivers, the Alpheus and the Peneus.
He put his great strength to work and diverted the rivers so they flowed through the building. Within a short time, the stable was rinsed clean. The story is a myth, of course, but myths by their very nature, preserve the yearnings of the cultures that embrace and perpetuate them. The story reflects our own longing for someone to wash from our lives the accumulated waste and filth of the years.
The flow of the rivers gives us a new spiritual language (tongues). We are made clean and have permanent access to the river when needed.
Jokes Of The Day
Q: Why did the priest giggle?A: Mass hysteria
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A little boy opened the big and old family Bible with fascination, and looked at the old pages as he turned them. Suddenly, something fell out of the Bible, and he picked it up and looked at it closely. It was an old leaf from a tree that had been pressed between the pages. 'Momma, look what I found,' the boy called out. 'What have you got there, dear?' his mother asked. With astonishment in the young boy's voice, he answered: 'I think it's Adam's suit!'
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A Sunday school teacher was discussing the Ten Commandments with her five and six-year olds. After explaining the commandment to "honour thy father and thy mother," she asked "Is there a commandment that teaches us how to treat our brothers and sisters?" Without missing a beat one little boy answered, "Thou shall not kill."
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Riddle Of The Day
What is the difference between a schoolboy studying and a farmer watching his cattle?Answer to Yesterday's Riddle
What belongs to you but others use it more than you do?
Your name.
Devotional Thoughts Of The Day
Look Into It
Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun. Ecclesiastes 7:11. References from Ecclesiastes 7:1-14.
Yesterday, Ecclesiastes posed the question, 'What is good for a man in life'? Today's verse is an explicit answer to that question, as today's verse indicates. Wisdom is a good thing, and this passage is filled with pearls of wisdom that hope to form a string of meaningful truth. The struggle, though, is that this inspired wisdom from God is intentionally limited to the parameters of 'under the sun' thought.
This is, in essence, wisdom for the here and now without a thought given toward eternity. But the wisdom it offers for us today is still powerful. The comparison of a good name to fine perfume is a piece of very relevant poetic imagery... a reputation has a way of lingering like an odour, good or bad. It also marks the first of seven 'better than' statements that offer wise guidance for our choices. The mood of the passage shifts immediately, as mourning is counted better than laughter (v14).
Before we dismiss that notion as the depression of someone detached from God, consider that James reinforces the same sentiment in his epistle (James 4:9). A sober attitude is the fruit of a humble heart. Rebukes are generally not our favourite thing to hear, but wise correction is better than foolish reinforcement (v5, 6). That's a difficult truth to accept sometimes, but again, humility is important.
Verse 7 refers back to the issue of money and acceptance... a love for either can be used against even a wise man through bribes or extortion. Verse 8 gives us an insightful contrast between proudly beginning a project and patiently enduring until the end. Part of that patience is having the humility to be slow to anger... notice what a key factor, humility, is in wise living.
Verse 10 is intriguing. How many times have you heard someone refer back to the good old days? Even at the time of this writing, that was a mistake in judgment. Then comes a profound statement about the difference between money and wisdom... smart decisions can prolong your life (v12). The passage ends with an important note about good and bad times... God's hand creates them both, so on this earth, we aren't assured of an easy life (v14).
There is a strong connection between Ecclesiastes and the book of James. Both of them focus especially on the here and now in different ways. While Ecclesiastes looks to answer this world's questions without looking into heaven, James commands us to put our heaven bound faith into practice on earth.
Love is what it is all about...
Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. Romans 13:10.
Everyone craves love, longs to be loved. I doubt that there is anyone on earth who would shun love. I am sure there are lots that don't feel loveable. Perhaps they don't know how to love, and therefore, they feel unlovable themselves. Many relationships fail because one hasn't learned how to love. We must first learn to love ourselves and then learn to let that love flow over into the lives of others.
The Bible says that 'God is love'. It would seem only appropriate that He made us to love and be loved. When we were born, our parents 'fell in love' with us. Babies somehow just bring out the love within a person. It doesn't matter that they cry a lot, fill their nappies, and have to be fed. It's just the beauty of birth, the warm and tender feeling of holding your own child, that brings out the love in one's heart.
Without love, we are lost.
Scripture tells us that, without love, we aren't of God. His Children love as He loves, without expectation or regulation. He IS love. We need to show love to others as He does to us. The royal law is to love thy neighbour as thyself. If Christians would bypass arguments and revenge, and instead love the person who has done harm, then we would bear more fruit.
Love is obedience to the whole law of God. So let us learn to love and let ourselves be loved.
Facts Of The Day
A giraffe can walk longer than a camel without water?
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Closing Thought
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