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Intro

Wednesday, June 25 2025
from the Brisbane Revival Fellowship

Hello to you today


Only 190 days to the year 2026


Scripture Of The Day

But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.
Psalms 4:3

Read The Bible In a Year

Job 3-4 ; Acts 7:44-60

Thoughts For The Day

You can get by on charm for about fifteen minutes. After that, you'd better know something.

It's not what you have in your life but who you have in your life that counts.

"Your road to success should always be under construction"


Motivation For The Day

Never get angry. Never make a threat. Reason with people.

On This Day

1788 - Virginia becomes the 10th state within the American Union.
1797 - English Admiral Horatio Nelson is shot and wounded in the right arm and has it amputated later in the day.
1891 - The first episode of an Arthur Conan Doyle novel involving fictional detective Sherlock Holmes is printed in the Strand Magazine in London.
1953 - 1st passenger to fly commercially around the world < 100 hours
1954 - The highest-scoring match in the final stages of football's World Cup occurs in the quarter-finals of the competition in Lausanne when host nation Switzerland are beaten 7-5 by Austria..
1959 - Swedish boxer Ingemar Johansson stops American Floyd Patterson in the third round of their title bout in Madison Square Garden, New York, to become the heavyweight champion of the world.
1976 - Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, appoints himself President for life.

Personal Story Of The Day


Great Loss

Author Neil Chethik wrote a book about the way sons cope with the death of their dads. He commissioned a survey of 300 men and found that 65 percent said the death of their father affected them more than any other loss in their lives. Chethik said, "Each man, it seemed to me, experienced a significant reordering of his inner landscape."

One 48-year-old said: "When my father died, it was as if I had lived in... a house with a picture window looking out on a mountain range. Then one day I looked out the window, and one of the mountains was gone."

When Jacob died, Joseph experienced a great loss. We read that "And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him." (Genesis 50:1). The period of ceremony, mourning, and burial lasted more than 2 months.

For most of us, our fathers will die before we do. And we should feel free to grieve our loss, whether our memories are happy or painful.

God promises that one day "there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying" (Revelation 21:4). Until then, tears are God's gift for the cleansing of the soul when we must cope with losing a parent or loved one.


Jokes Of The Day

A man was driving along the highway, and saw a rabbit hopping across the middle of the road. He swerved to avoid hitting the rabbit, but unfortunately the rabbit jumped in front of the car and was hit. The driver, being a sensitive man as well as an animal lover, pulled over to the side of the road and got out to see what had become of the rabbit. Much to his dismay, the rabbit was dead. The driver felt so awful he began to cry. A woman driving down the highway saw the man crying on the side of the road and pulled over. She stepped out of her car and asked the man what was wrong. "I feel terrible," he explained. "I accidentally hit this rabbit and killed it." The woman told the man not to worry. She knew what to do. She went to he car trunk and pulled out a spray can. She walked over to the limp, dead rabbit, and sprayed the contents of the can onto the rabbit. Miraculously, the rabbit came to life, jumped up, waved its paw at the two humans and hopped down the road. 50 meters away the rabbit stopped, turned around, waved at the two again, hopped down the road another 50 meters, turned, waved, and hopped another 50 meters. The man was astonished. He couldn't figure out what substance could be in the woman's spray can! He ran over to the woman and demanded, " What was in your spray can? What did you spray onto that rabbit?" The woman turned the can around so that the man could read the label. It said: " 'Hare Spray' Restores Life to Dead Hare. Adds Permanent Wave."
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A school teacher injured his back and had to wear a plaster cast around the upper part of his body. It fit under his shirt and was not noticeable at all. On the first day of the term, still with the cast under his shirt, he found himself assigned to the toughest students in school.

Walking confidently into the rowdy classroom, he opened the window as wide as possible and then busied himself with desk work. The classroom became a bit unruly and he admonished them. This happened several times.

When he could do work at his desk, the strong breeze from the window made his tie flap annoyingly. He kept rearranging and rearranging the tie as the class raised it's level of unruliness.

Finally, becoming disgusted with the wayward tie, he stood up and took a big stapler off his desk and stapled the tie to his chest in several places.

Discipline was not a problem from that day forth.

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A prisoner in jail receives a letter from his wife: "Dear Husband, I have decided to plant some lettuce in the back garden. When is the best time to plant them?" The prisoner, knowing that the prison guards read all mail, replied in a letter: "Dear Wife, whatever you do, do not touch the back garden. That is where I hid all the money." A week or so later, he received another letter from his wife: "Dear Husband, You wouldn't believe what happened, some men came with shovels to the house, and dug up all the back garden." The prisoner wrote another letter back: "Dear wife, now is the best time to plant the lettuce."
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Riddle Of The Day

I have a hole through which fingers peep, I clash my teeth, but do not weep. What am I?


Answer to Yesterdays Riddle
What can burn the eyes, sting the mouth, yet be consumed?
Salt

Devotional Thoughts Of The Day


There Is No Instruction To Quit

...follow thou me. John 21:22. References from John 21:1-22

We know Peter as the disciple whom Jesus called a stone and who confessed Jesus as the Christ, the Son of the living God. But we also know him as the disciple who crashed in fear when he came under pressure.

How badly did Peter act? When Judas arrived with soldiers to arrest Jesus, Peter acted rashly with his sword and was rebuked by the Lord. Then he ran away in fear with the other disciples. Then he denied Christ three times, even after Jesus direct warning that he would do so (see John 18).

From a human point of view, we would say Jesus had the right to end His friendship with Peter. But that's not what Jesus did. He forgave Peter and kept his discipleship alive.

Jesus and Peter may have spoken privately prior to the above scripture; after all, Christ had appeared many times since His Resurrection. Peter may have already known he was forgiven. In any case, Jesus publicly reaffirmed Peter here as His disciple, in effect recalling him to ministry. His question to Peter, Do you truly love me more than these? stressed again the necessity of total commitment (v15).

More than these might refer to the fishing gear... had Peter really left his old way of life?... or to the other disciples, in which case Jesus question may have been meant to humble him in light of his past boasts (see Mark 14:29).

Jesus promised that following Him would bring disgrace and suffering, and popular opinion has long interpreted verse 18 as a prophecy of Peter's crucifixion. He was not to worry about or be distracted by the fates of the other disciples, but to keep his eyes firmly fixed on Christ alone (v21-22).

It may seem easier to answer the call to discipleship when the slate is clean and the road is clear. But what about years and miles later, when we've made mistakes and committed sins and left the straight and narrow path too many times to count? What then? Then, more than ever, the imperative remains: You must follow me (v22).

Peter could have used his failure as an excuse to give up on discipleship and return to an ordinary life. What excuses do you make for not following Jesus with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength?

List your top three excuses, perhaps including I don't have enough time, I haven't got the strength, or God could never forgive me for ____. What Scripture verses can you find to prove your excuses are truthful? It is always safer to trust the words of Jesus Christ. As he proved with Peter... it isn't what we say that counts, it is what he says!!!



The Lord Your Peace

...and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6.

There is no peace and tranquillity without a fight. God fights, wins and restores peace. In both Hebrew and Greek the words for inner and outer peace are the same. God provides both. First He gives inner peace: The kingdom of God is in you. Then He gives outer peace: The Prince of Peace will come to defeat the works of Satan, and then there will be peace on earth for a thousand years.

Peace can reign even in the midst of external chaos and pressure. When we received the Holy Spirit, we received peace with God. A peace that surpasses our understanding now guards our heart and mind in Christ Jesus. Peace includes harmony, balance and calmness. Peace is characterized by order, not chaos. Peace is a gentle inner guidance, not an external pressure. In peace God will move us forward. He leads us using peace.

Pursue peace. Whenever peace is absent, stop. Do not proceed until it returns. Peace is not a rose garden, not an idyllic state of being, not a fleeing from the duties and difficulties of the world; it is a supernatural power that keeps us calm, strong, loving and enthused despite the chaos around us. We are calm despite opposition, despite a lack of understanding or the indifference and scorn of others.

The peace that comes from God is part of His nature. God never gets nervous. He does not succumb to fear, and with His help nor will we. The Lord is my helper, I shall not fear. What can man do to me? Jesus gave His disciples His peace, not as the world gives, but in an abundant, lasting way.


Facts Of The Day


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Closing Thought

I am thankful for the lawn that needs mowing, the windows that need washing, the gutters that need cleaning, because I have a home !

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