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Intro
Saturday, February 21 2026from the Brisbane Revival Fellowship
Rang or pianned to visit anyone today yet?
Only 314 days to the year 2027
Scripture Of The Day
O LORD of hosts, blessed [is] the man that trusteth in thee. Psalms 84:12.Read The Bible In a Year
Numbers 1-2; Mark 3:1-19.Thoughts For The Day
Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbour he is making for, no wind is the right wind.Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them
Motivation For The Day
Associate with well-mannered persons and your manners will improve. Run around with decent people and your own decent instincts will be strengthened.On This Day
1431 - Joan of Arc's first day of interrogation during her trial for heresy.1782 - US Congress resolves establishment of a US mint.
1947 - First instant-developing camera, the Land Camera Model 95, is demonstrated by Edwin Land at the Optical Society of America in NYC.
2019 - Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa-2 touches down on asteroid Ryugu on mission to collect rock samples.
Personal Story Of The Day
Just CheckingIf you're over 40 years old, your heart has already beaten more than 1.5 billion times. I know that when my heart stops, it will be too late to change my ways. So I've been trying to control my weight, get exercise, and watch not only what I eat but also what's eating me. This last point relates to another vital organ called "the heart"...our spiritual heart. It too has throbbed millions of times with thoughts, affections, and choices. In the heart we determine how we will speak, behave, and respond to life's circumstances (Proverbs 4:23).
Will we trust the Lord and choose to be gracious, patient, and loving? Or will we yield to pride, greed, and bitterness? Are we keeping spiritually fit?
* Weight: Do we need to lose the weight of unnecessary burdens and cares?
* Pulse: Are we maintaining a steady rhythm of gratitude and prayer?
* Blood pressure: Is our trust greater than our anxiety?
* Diet: Are we enjoying the life giving nutrients of the Word of God?
Have you checked your heart lately?
Jokes Of The Day
The chief of staff of the US Air Force decided that he would personally intervene in the recuiting crisis affecting all of our armed services. So, he directed that a nearby Air Force base be opened and that all elgible young men and women be invited. As he and his staff were standing near an brand new F-15 Fighter, a pair of twin brothers who looked like they had just stepped off a Marine Corps recruiting poster walked up to them.The chief of staff walked up to them, stuck out his hand and introduced himself. He looked at the first young man and asked, "Son, what skills can you bring to the Air Force?"
The young man looks at him and says, "I'm a pilot!"
The general gets all excited, turns to his aide and says, "Get him in today, all the paper work done, everything, do it!" The aide hustles the young man off.
The general looks at the second young man and asked,"What skills to you bring to the Air Force?"
The young man says, "I chop wood!"
"Son," the general replies, "we don't need wood choppers in the Air Force, what do you know how to do?"
"I chop wood!"
"Young man," huffs the general, "you are not listening to me, we don't need wood choppers, this is the 20th century!"
"Well," the young man says, "you hired my brother!"
"Of course we did," says the general, "he's a pilot!"
The young man rolls his eyes and says, "Dang it, I have to chop it before he can pile it!"
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During taxi, the crew of a US Air departure flight to Ft. Lauderdale made a wrong turn and came nose to nose with a United 727. The irate ground controller (a female) lashed out at the US Air crew screaming "US Air 2771, where are you going? I told you to turn right on 'Charlie' taxi way; you turned right on 'Delta'. Stop right there. I know it's difficult to tell the difference between C's and D's but get it right".
Continuing her lashing to the embarrassed crew, she was now shouting hysterically, "You've screwed everything up; it'll take forever to sort this out. You stay right there and don't move until I tell you to. You can expect progressive taxi instructions in about a half hour and I want you to go exactly where I tell you, when I tell you, and how I tell you. You got that, US Air 2771??"
Naturally, the 'ground control' frequency went terribly silent until an unknown male pilot broke the silence and asked, "Wasn't I married to you once?"
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"I'd like something cheap and nasty for my mother-in-law's birthday." said the customer.
The assistant thought for a moment and then said, "I've got the very thing, sir."
"What's that?"
"My father-in-law."
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Riddle Of The Day
A farmer combined 2 compost heaps with 3 others. How many compost heaps does he have?Answer to Yesterday's Riddle
Why do windows squeak when you open them?
Because they have panes (pains).
Devotional Thoughts Of The Day
Making Your free time work.
And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, Exodus 31:3. References from Exodus 31:1-11.
Yesterday we had an example of how the human race uses its creative skills to enjoy and amplify sin. This is not what God wants from us... he wants us to use our creativity towards spiritual growth. That's also what God did in His instructions for the tabernacle... He wanted the nations worship centre to be a beautiful, well-made place.
To make it happen, He chose two craftsmen, Bezalel and Oholiab, and gifted them with a range of artistic abilities necessary to accomplish and supervise the construction of the tabernacle.
Bezalel was actually said to be 'filled with the Spirit of God' for this job (v3)! How can we distinguish between righteous and unrighteous uses of creativity, when it is not quite as obvious as the above? What is the result of our efforts... order or disorder, beauty or chaos, sin or holiness?
Are we uplifted and peaceful or ego driven and worldly? Are we happy for God alone to know or do we need the acknowledgment of our friends? The joy of the Lord is a faithful witness... listen to its voice.
Laodicea
Laodicea is one of the most well-known of the seven churches. Laodicea typifies the modern evangelical church: wealthy, prosperous, successful, and spiritually bankrupt!
Laodicea was the key city in southern Phrygia. It lay 65 kilometres south-east of Philadelphia, near the great limestone cliffs in the Lycus River Valley. It was only fourteen kilometres from Colossae and was situated across the river from Hierapolis. Laodicea was founded in circa 260 B. C. by Antiochus 11 and named for his wife, Laodice, whom he later divorced.
The Romans took control of the city in 129 B. C. and made it a "free city. " In time it became a large and prosperous city known for its famous hot springs health resort, a medical centre that produced a well-known Phrygian eye salve which was in great demand, and a prosperous wool industry known for its black wool. Laodicea was a popular place for wealthy people to retire, making the city a famous banking centre.
The wealth of the city caused her to be proud and self-sufficient. Unfortunately, the material prosperity of the citizens produced a very materialistic church. The basic designation of the church as "lukewarm" is taken from the contrasting hot springs of nearby Hierapolis and the pure, cold waters of Colossae. By contrast, Laodicea was lukewarm. The phrase "I wish you were hot or cold" (3:15) probably refers to their usefulness or effectiveness.
By contrast, the lukewarm spiritual condition of the church at Laodicia was virtually useless. Cold water and hot water have legitimate usages, but lukewarm water is often spit out of the mouth as distasteful. The Greek terms are striking in the original: 'boiling hot' or 'icy cold'. The Lord would prefer us to boil or freeze. The Laodicians were so well off they didn't think that they needed help from God or man.
Today we also live in a exceptionally well off society. The churches are no longer willing to preach the true gospel but preach what the people want to hear. As a result the church has embraced things like homosexuality, 'anything goes' faith, defacto relationships and worst of all, powerless and fake salvation, which are an abomination to God.
Christ still loved this church and was concerned about its future. Laodicea still had one of the seven candlesticks. The Lord is pleading with this particular church not to close the door of their church to Him.
Facts Of The Day
The three-toed sloth of tropical America can swim easily, but it can only drag itself across bare ground.
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Closing Thought
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