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Intro

Friday, May 15 2026
from the Brisbane Revival Fellowship

Good morning and welcome to a brand new day


Only 231 days to the year 2027

Scripture Of The Day

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
1 Corinthians 3:19

Read The Bible In a Year

2 Kings 22-23 ; John 4:31-54

Thoughts For The Day

The continual offering of praise requires stamina; we ought to praise God even when we do not feel like it. Praising Him takes away the foggyness and restores us to normal.

The cyclone derives its powers from a calm center. So does a person.

If you're going to be thinking, you may as well think big.

Motivation For The Day

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

On This Day

1800 - George III of England survives two assassination attempts in one day. The second coming from James Hadfield who fired a shot at the King during a performance at the Drury Lane Theatre in London.
1858 - Opening of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden - the third to be built on the site.
1918 - Beginning of the world's first airmail postal service between New York, Philadelphia and Washington. The service involves aircraft supplied by the US War Department.
1940 - World War II: the Dutch Army surrenders to Germany.
1955 - The United States of America, the USSR; Britain and France sign the Treaty of Vienna to restore Austrian independence - 10 years after the end of World War II.
1995 - British Police Federation votes against the routine arming of police officers.
1997 - British Government announces there will be a referendum on devolution in Scotland and in Wales.

Personal Story Of The Day

Once And For All 

Jesus provides all that we need. He is our burnt offering, and we must yield ourselves wholly to Him. He is our meal offering, the seed crushed and put through the fire, that we might have the bread of life; and we must feed upon Him. He is our drink offering, who poured Himself out in sacrifice and service, and we must pour ourselves out for Him and for others. 

He is our fellowship offering, making life a joyful feast instead of a painful famine. He is our sin offering and our guilt offering, for He bore our sins on His body (1 Peter 2:24) and paid the full price for our ongoing sins (1Peter 1:18-19). The nation of Israel had to offer six different kinds of sacrifices (6, in bible numerics represents man under sin) in order to have a right relationship with God, but Jesus Christ offered one sacrifice for sins forever (Heb 10:12) and took care of our sin problem completely.

Jokes Of The Day

Adam was walking around the garden of Eden feeling very lonely, so God asked him,

'What is wrong with you?'

Adam said he didn't have anyone to talk to. God said that He was going to make Adam a companion and that it would be a woman.

He said,'This person will gather food for you, cook for you, and when you discover clothing she'll wash it for you. She will always agree with every decision you make. She will bear your children and never ask you to get up in the middle of the night to take care of them. She will not nag you and will always be the first to admit she was wrong when you've had a disagreement. She will freely give you kisses and cuddles whenever you need it.

Adam asked God, 'What will a woman like this cost?'

God replied, 'An arm and a leg.'

Then Adam asked, 'What can I get for a rib?' The rest is history....
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A famous professor of surgery died and went to heaven. At the pearly gate he was asked by the gatekeeper: 'Have you ever committed a sin you truly regret?'

'Yes,' the professor answered. 'When I was a young candidate at the hospital of Saint Lucas, we played soccer against at team from the Community Hospital, and I scored a goal, which was off-side. But the referee did not see it so, and the goal won us the match. I regret that now.'

'Well,' said the gatekeeper. 'That is a very minor sin. You may enter.'

'Thank you very much, Saint Peter,' the professor answered.

'Im am not Saint Peter,' said the gatekeeper. 'He is having his lunch break. I am Saint Lucas.'

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The policeman signals to a car driver to pull over to the side of the road, due to the fact that he appears to be driving erratically.

He says to the driver, "You appear to have been drinking."

The driver answers, "No sir, I am just tired."

The policeman looks into the car and notices that the driver is a priest. He also notices that there is an empty bottle on the floor. He says to the driver, "What is, or should I say was in this bottle?

The driver answers, "Water."

The policeman sniffs it and says, "It is not, it's wine."

The driver looks up to the heavens and says, "Praise the Lord, you have done it again!"
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Riddle Of The Day

What has 4 legs and only 1 foot?

Answer to Yesterdays Riddle
Where can you buy a ruler that is 3 feet long?
At a yard sale

Devotional Thoughts Of The Day

The Value Of Prayer

Lord, teach us to pray. Luke 11:1. References from Matthew 6:5-15.

The vast majority of Americans – 97% – now own a mobile phone of some kind. The share of Americans that own a smart phone is now 85%, up from just 35% in Pew Research Centre's first survey of smartphone ownership conducted in 2011. Americans make on average 2500 billion phone calls and send 2098 billion text messages a year (2019). That's a lot of communication! 

Do we invest the same kind of time and energy in communication with God? Prayer should certainly be a common part of our daily lives, as common as the telephone often is. In keeping with James' theme on wisdom, our next study focuses on Prayer... the results of wisdom. Following today's introduction, we will be looking at the early Psalms. We want to develop a strong picture of a life of prayer, to examine its many moods, forms, and variations. It is truly a discipline for all seasons. 

The key to a satisfying prayer life is to have an ongoing, personal relationship with God. Only then can we honestly say, Our Father in heaven, as Jesus did in today's verses. His model prayer (v9-13),includes three key elements: 

(1) It's based on a personal relationship. 
(2) It centres around God's glory and kingdom and an overwhelming desire for His will to be done. 
(3) It includes petitions or requests, especially for daily needs, forgiveness, and protection from temptation.

 Note that Jesus specifically comments on the aspect of forgiveness at the conclusion of the prayer (v14-15). The Lord's prayer is a revelation of the principles behind our Christian lives and a prophecy of the powers soon to be revealed to the disciples... it is not intended to be recited meeting after meeting.


God Does the Impossible 

Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel. Isaiah 7:14. 

Maybe you have seen the sign that says, "The difficult is done immediately; the impossible takes a little longer." Those who display such an advertisement are only engaging in wishful thinking or humour. But for God, doing the impossible is a reality. As Isaiah volunteered himself to be a messenger for God (Isa 6:1-8), he was given an amazing prophecy. As a sign for his own day, it was given as an encouragement for Ahaz, king of Judah. 

Faced with threats from the king of Syria and the king of Israel (2 Kings 16:5), Ahaz was fearful. But through Isaiah, God reassured him, saying, Don't be afraid (ISA 7:4). A child will be born and before this child is old enough to tell right from wrong, these enemies will be destroyed. And they were. That child was born in 734 B.C. and was about two years old when Rezin, king of Syria, was killed by the Assyrians (2 Kings 16:9) and Pekah, king of Israel, was assassinated by Hoshea (2 Kings 15:30). Yet an even more amazing fulfilment lay ahead. 

The prophecy had a near and far fulfilment. As Isaiah looked down the annals of history, he foresaw a day when God would do something that was truly amazing. Out of the womb of a virgin would come a child fathered by the Holy Spirit. Furthermore, He would be called Immanuel, which means "God with us" because He would reveal the nature of God in human form and would dwell with men and women. In a way that exceeds human understanding, God would compact Himself into the body of a baby and grow up to become a man. 

That man was Jesus Christ, the son of God, who would die for our sins. In the same way, God can deal with the challenges of your life, whether they be merely difficult or totally impossible. He who brought forth His Son, born of a virgin, is more than adequate for anything that may be facing you.

Facts Of The Day

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Closing Thought

Lord, let your spirit fill this place. Let it be like a strong wind blowing across the land.

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