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Intro
Monday, March 16 2026from the Brisbane Revival Fellowship
Hello to you today
Only 291 days to the year 2027
Scripture Of The Day
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. Matthew 6:21.Read The Bible In a Year
Deuteronomy 28-29; Mark 14:54-72.Thoughts For The Day
Statistics are often used as a drunk uses a light pole: For support rather than illumination.Son, always tell the truth. Then you'll never have to remember what you said the last time.
Without the smashing of grapes there would be no wine without the pressing of olives there would be no oil without sorrow there would be no true joy.
Motivation For The Day
In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing that you can do is nothing. -Theodore Roosevelt.On This Day
1829 - Ohio authorizes high school night classes.
1830 - New York Stock Exchange slowest day ever (31 shares traded).
1833 - Susan Hayhurst becomes 1st US woman grad of a pharmacy college.
1830 - New York Stock Exchange slowest day ever (31 shares traded).
1833 - Susan Hayhurst becomes 1st US woman grad of a pharmacy college.
1867 - Joseph Lister first outlines the discovery of antiseptic surgery in an article in "The Lancet".
1907 - 1st first-class cricket game between New South Wales & Western Australia.
1941 - Blizzard hits North Dakota & Minnesota killing 60.
1972 - John & Yoko are served with deportation papers.
2023 - Banking jitters continues as US Wall Street banks agree to deposit US$30 billion in First Republic Bank as its stock plummets in the wake of the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank.
1907 - 1st first-class cricket game between New South Wales & Western Australia.
1941 - Blizzard hits North Dakota & Minnesota killing 60.
1972 - John & Yoko are served with deportation papers.
2023 - Banking jitters continues as US Wall Street banks agree to deposit US$30 billion in First Republic Bank as its stock plummets in the wake of the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank.
Personal Story Of The Day
Here I Am LordI heard a man say that he never prayed more than once for anything. He didn't want to weary God with his repeated requests. The Lord's teaching on prayer in Luke 11 contradicts this notion. He told a parable about a man who went to his friend's house at midnight and asked for some bread to feed his unexpected visitors.
At first the friend refused, for he and his family were in bed. Finally, he got up and gave him the bread... not out of friendship but because the caller was so persistent (v5-10). Jesus used this parable to contrast this reluctant friend with our generous heavenly Father.
If an irritated neighbour will give in to his friend's persistence and grant his request, how much more readily will our heavenly Father give us all we need! It's true that God, in His great wisdom, may sometimes delay His answers to prayer. It's also true that we must pray in harmony with the Scriptures and God's will. But Jesus moved beyond those facts to urge us to persist in prayer. He told us to ask, seek, and knock until the answer comes (v9). So don't worry about wearying God. He will never tire of your persistent prayer.
Let's keep in mind that persistent prayer includes much more than one topic or request.
Firstly, we give thanks, building the structure for the petitions to stand on.
Secondly, we now can pray in the Spirit (tongues), a much larger foundation for prayer to have its way on our behalf.
Thirdly, prayer builds our faith in God and strengthens our resolve to walk in the spirit, and that is where the answer is found.
Jokes Of The Day
There was a priest that loved to stream fish. One year there was a problem every time he had a chance to go fishing the weather was bad or it was on Sunday, when he had to work. All year he was unable to go. Finally it was the last week before the streams closed. The weather was bad all week until Sunday, when the weather was perfect. The priest could not resist, he called a fellow priest claiming to be very sick and asked if he could take over his sermon.The fly-fishing priest drove over 200 miles, not wishing to see anyone he knew. An angel seeing the priest playing hooky went to God and said "You're not going to let him get away with this are you?". God agreed he should do something. The first cast the priest made was perfect. The fly floated past a log and a huge mouth gulped the fly down. For 45 minutes the priest ran up and down the stream fighting the mighty fish. At the end he held a 50" world record rainbow trout. Confused the angel asked God, "What are you doing?". God replied "Think about it, who's he going to tell?"
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A man was leaving church one day. The Pastor was standing at the door (as he always is) to shake hands with members of the congregation. He grasped the man by the hand and pulled him aside. The Pastor said to him, 'You need to join the Army of the Lord!'
The man replied, 'I'm already in the Army of the Lord, Pastor.'
Pastor questioned, 'How come I don't see you except at Christmas and Easter?'
He whispered back, 'Shhhhhhhhh. I'm in the secret service.'
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Two men were at a bar and one said, " Hey, I had my IQ checked and it was 175, The other responded " That's a coincidence so is mine, what do you do for a living?" " I'm a physicist." was the reply. Again came "that's a coincidence so am I." This was overheard at a nearby table and these two compared IQ's at 160 and were surprised that they were both brain surgeons. At another nearby table one man despondently said to the other "Did you hear that? I had my IQ checked and it was only 52." The other said, rather enthusiastically, "That's a coincidence. So is mine. What instrument do you play????"
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Riddle Of The Day
How can you go without sleep for seven days and not be tired?Answer to Yesterday's Riddle
How many acorns grow on the average pine tree?
None pine trees dont have acorns.
Devotional Thoughts Of The Day
A Much Higher Perspective
...a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. Luke 12:15. References from Job 1:6-22.
It's hard to imagine what confronted Job in a single day! In our own time, this would be like losing our job, all our savings and investments, all our material assets, such as our house and car, and our children at once. Even Shakespeare couldn't have come up with a more gut-wrenching tragedy.
Yesterday, we learned that Job was the greatest man among the peoples of the East (Job 1:3).
Today's generation might suspect a very wealthy person of being greedy, but in the ancient world, richness was considered an indication of God's favour. In fact, this is how Satan understood Job's riches (v10). So Job's loss was great in part because his wealth was so vast. The most horrific part of his loss, of course, was the death of his children. As we suggested yesterday, the book of Job offers much wisdom on suffering.
Perhaps most importantly, Job teaches that a human perspective is very limited. Far beyond human understanding is the mind of God.
This higher perspective is introduced in Job by the appearance of the so-called divine council. In verse 6, we find the angels and Satan coming before the royal court of the sovereign Lord. Here we see the destructive nature of Satan, who is roaming the earth looking for victims. We also see his cynical understanding of faith; he claims that people only believe in God for what they can get. The most important thing to observe in this passage is that God, not Satan, is in full control. God brings Job to Satan's attention.
God allows Satan to afflict Job. This is not a teetering balance between the forces of good and evil! This is the sovereign God before whom Satan must obtain permission to act. This is one of the key points in the book of Job, and we will return to it again.
O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. (Jer 10:24).
Instead of separating themselves from the evil practices of the nations, as Moses had instructed (Deut 7:1-11), Israel gradually imitated those practices and began to worship pagan gods. But these gods were worthless, manufactured by craftsmen, like a scarecrow in a vegie garden. They can't speak or walk, and they have to be carried around (Jer 10:5... also see Ps 115). If only the people would contemplate the glory and majesty of the true and living God... the everlasting God who created the heavens and the earth by the Word of His power!
The pathway to idolatry is the entertainment of thoughts about God that are unworthy of Him. It means worshiping and serving the creature rather than the Creator (Rom 1:25), the gifts rather than the Giver. The idols were senseless, and so were the people (Jer 10:8), because we become like the god we worship (Ps 115:8). Our contemporary idols aren't as ugly as the pagan idols in Jeremiah's day, but they capture just as much affection and do just as much damage.
Whatever we worship and serve other than the true and living God, is an idol, whether it's an expensive house or car, the latest technology, a boat, a library, a girlfriend or boyfriend, our children, a career, or a bank account.
That on which I centre my attention and affection and for which I am willing to sacrifice is my god, and if it isn't Jesus Christ, then it's an idol. Little children, keep yourselves from idols (1 John 5:21). The remedy for idolatry is for us to get caught up in the majesty and service of God, the true God, the living God, the everlasting King.
Facts Of The Day
The hides of mature female blue sharks are more than twice as thick as those of males, probably as a protection against courtship bites.
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Closing Thought
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