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Intro
Friday, January 16 2026from the Brisbane Revival Fellowship
Make a coffee and enjoy the post
Only 350 days to the year 2027
Scripture Of The Day
But thou, O LORD, [art] a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head. Psalms 3:3.Read The Bible In a Year
Genesis 39-40; Matthew 11.Thoughts For The Day
Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.If you have nothing else to do, look about you and see if there isn't something close at hand that you can improve! It may make you wealthy, though it is more likely that it will make you happy.
Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
Motivation For The Day
Religion is man's quest for God; the Gospel is the Savior God seeking lost men.On This Day
1219 - Floods in Northern Netherlands after storm, thousands killed.1909 - Antarctic explorers Douglas Mawson, Edgeworth David and Alistair Mackay reach south magnetic pole as part of the Nimrod Expedition.
1973 - Scientists at Corning Glass granted U.S. patent #3,711,262 for optical fiber (invented August 1970) - beginning a telecommunications revolution.
2020 - The MacLean brothers, Ewan (27), Jamie (26), and Lachlan (21) of Scotland, arrive in Antigua after rowing a boat across the Atlantic Ocean in record 35 days, 9 hours, and 9 minutes; in addition to making the fastest three-man crossing, they are also the youngest, and first sibling trio.
2021 - 10 Nepali climbers become the first to reach the summit of K2 in winter on the China-Pakistan border
Personal Story Of The Day
Happy In Our Misery
There's an old "Peanuts" comic strip where Lucy says, "Boy, do I feel crabby." Linus responds, "Maybe I can be of some help. Why don't you just take my place here in front of the TV while I go and fix you a nice snack? Sometimes we all need a little pampering to help us feel better." Linus returns with a sandwich, chocolate chip cookies and a glass of milk. He says, "Now, is there anything else I can get you? Is there anything I haven't thought of?" Lucy takes the tray of food and replies, "Yes, there's one thing you haven't thought of." Then she screams, "I DON'T WANNA FEEL BETTER!"
Do you know anybody like that? They are "happy" in their unhappiness. They don't want help, or comfort, or words to "cheer them up." They just want to be "crabby." If you live long enough, you learn that unsolicited help is not always welcome. You see their "problem", and everyone else sees it... but they don't see it.
Peter addressed the frustration of many wives with unsaved husbands, when he wrote: "Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear...." (I Pet 3:1,2).
This advice is based on spiritual principle and can be applied in any situation where our wise spiritual stand is unwanted or 'insulting' to others. Here's a great principle: Be available, be an example, but DON'T be an unhelpful pest.
Jokes Of The Day
"Did you ever notice when a guy opens a car door for his wife, either the car is new or the wife is."************************************
A man flew to Florida and checked into a motel to await his wife who would be meeting him the next day after a business trip. At the motel he decided to send his wife an e-mail from his lap-top computer. While entering her address he typed one letter wrong and his note was directed, instead, to an elderly preacher's wife whose husband had passed away only the day before.
When the grieving widow checked her e-mail, she took one look at the message, let out a piercing scream, and fell to the floor in a dead faint. Her family heard the noise and rushed into the room to find her on the floor and this note on the screen:
Dearest Wife, Just got checked in. Everything is prepared for your arrival tomorrow.
Signed,
Your eternally loving husband.
P.S. Sure is hot down here!
Dearest Wife, Just got checked in. Everything is prepared for your arrival tomorrow.
Signed,
Your eternally loving husband.
P.S. Sure is hot down here!
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The worried housewife sprang to the telephone when it rang and listened with relief to
the kindly voice in her ear. "How are you, darling?" she said. "What kind of a day are you having?"
"Oh, mother," said the housewife, breaking into bitter tears, "I've had such a bad day.
The baby won't eat and the washing machine broke down. I haven't had a chance to go shopping,
and besides, I've just sprained my ankle and I have to hobble around. On top of that,
the house is a mess and I'm supposed to have two couples to dinner tonight."
The mother was shocked and was at once all sympathy. "Oh, darling," she said,
"sit down, relax, and close your eyes. I'll be over in half an hour.
I'll do your shopping, clean up the house, and cook your dinner for you.
I'll feed the baby and I'll call a repairman I know who'll be at your house to
fix the washing machine promptly. Now stop crying. I'll do everything.
In fact, I'll even call George at the office and tell him he ought to come home
and help out for once."
"George?" said the housewife. "Who's George?"
"Why, George! Your husband!....Is this 223-1374?
"No, this is 223-1375."
"Oh, I'm sorry. I guess I have the wrong number."
There was a short pause and the housewife said, "Does this mean you're not coming over?"
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Riddle Of The Day
A man had two sons and named them both Ed. How come?Answer to Yesterday's Riddle
At what time do most people go to the dentist?
At tooth-hurty (2:30).
Devotional Thoughts Of The Day
All Are Equally Blessed
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: Galatians 2:20. References from Galatians 2:11-21.
Many of us don't seem to learn a lesson the first time. This seems to be the case with the apostle Peter, who still had trouble accepting differences in Gentile eating customs even after the Lord had given him a vision saying, 'Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.' (Acts 10:15). When Peter separated himself from Gentile Christians, Paul recognised that he was failing to live wisely in light of the gospel (v14). Peter's refusal to eat with them made an implicit statement... Gentile believers are not equals.
Paul understood that Peter was, in effect, denying the heart and power of the gospel message. By refusing to eat with the Gentile converts Peter was essentially saying that the justification God had granted to Gentiles as a result of their anointing in the spirit was of no effect, for until they adopted the practices of the Jewish Law, they were not fully equal members of Jesus' church.
To Paul's dismay, even Peter, one of the original disciples, failed to grasp some of the meaning of the gospel. One of the benefits of this unfortunate conflict is that we get to see what Paul says about wise gospel living. In response to Peter, Paul argues that the Law has reached its fulfilment in the crucifixion of Christ. Peter, as a spirit-filled believer in Jesus, agrees with Paul that justification (that is, being declared righteous) comes only through faith in Christ, not through the Law (v15-16, 21). Yet the implication of this is that one also dies to the Law (v19).
Paul's point is this: everyone who obeys the gospel commandments of Christ has in effect been crucified with Jesus. Such a one has died with Christ to the Law. This inclusion in the death of Jesus implies that one is also included in His resurrection to new life. As a result of Jesus death and resurrection, justification is available, by faith, for those who are anointed into Christ. As Peter established at Pentecost... repent, be baptised in water and receive the anointing of the Spirit, the same anointing that Jesus received.
Philippians 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
How many times have you looked at your partner and wondered what was in their mind? Sometimes things seem to go against you, nothing works out... your partner can't see your need. I've been down that road, early in my marriage. I was taught never to go to sleep angry. But this one night, we had words, and later went to bed with the 'problem' unsolved.
As I lay there sleepless, my wife had no problem 'sawing logs'. That got the best of me! I finally woke her up, demanding to know how she could sleep when "we" had a problem.
She said, to my amazement, "I never knew there was anything wrong." So much for 'her problem'.
Always concentrate on the positives. Too often, we see the things that we don't like in our spouse instead of looking for the good things that made us fall in love. We never stop to realise that perhaps we have some things that aggravate our spouse, as well. We should look at our spouse in light of the words written by Paul in Philippians 4:8. This is a great marriage building passage!
When we are having a problem, we need to revisit that passage of scripture, repeating it often! Take Paul's whatsoever's (things that are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, of good report) and think on THESE things... not the problem we perceive.
Facts Of The Day
Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women!
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Closing Thought
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