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Intro
Sunday, April 21 2024from the Brisbane Revival Fellowship
Good Morning Again.
Only 255 days to the year 2025
Scripture Of The Day
For as the heaven is high above the earth, [so] great is his mercy toward them that fear him. Psalms 103:11.Read The Bible In a Year
2 Samuel 12-13; Luke 16.Thoughts For The Day
The most important thing about goals is having one.When you determine what you want, you have made the most important decision in your life. You have to know what you want in order to attain it.
The tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goals to reach.
Motivation For The Day
A child is likely to see God as a good Father if he sees God in his father.On This Day
1500 - Explorer Pedro Alvarez Cabral lands in Brazil and claims it for Portugal.1873 - Formation of the Mounties, the Canadian North-West Mounted Police.
1918 - The Red Baron is killed.
1992 - The first exoplanets are discovered. Polish astronomer Aleksander Wolszczan announced that he found two planets orbiting the pulsar PSR 1257+12.
2021 - Indonesian submarine RI Nanggala sinks off the coast of Bali with the loss of all 53 people on board.
Personal Story Of The Day
Blameless
Do you know what it means to be blameless? It's not something we think much about today. The Bible teaches that leaders in the local church must be blameless (Titus 1:6-7; see also 1 Timothy 3:2). To be blameless does not mean to be sinless. If that were the case, none of us would qualify. The word translated blameless in the original language is 'anegkletos'. It is made up of two words: a negative suffix and 'egkaleo', meaning to accuse or to call into question.
Thus, the word literally means one who cannot be called into question, one who is irreproachable. It means church leaders must have no skeletons left in their closets. They must always live blameless lives before the Lord. That's what God said to His servant Abram: I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect (blameless) (Gen 17:1). Often today church leaders are selected because of their money or influence or availability, with little regard to whether they have walked blamelessly before the Lord.
It is far better to select a blameless leader than a popular one, or a 'yes' man. Pray for your pastor and the other leaders of your church. They have tough jobs, and the qualifications are stringent. And ask God to enable you to walk blamelessly before Him and allow Him to lead you as He wills.
'Lord, I cannot be sinless, but I can be blameless. Help my life to be an open book before You. May there be no skeletons in my closet that would cause You to be embarrassed and me to be disqualified from service to You.'
Jokes Of The Day
"Have these dishes ever been washed?" he asked.
"They're as clean as Soap and Water could get them," she replied.
He was still apprehensive, but blessed the food anyway and started to eat. Her food was delicious, despite the dirty dishes.
But when dinner was over, the hostess put her plate on the floor beside her and yelled, "Here, Soap! Here, Water!"
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Quips.....
Everyone has a photographic memory. Some don't have film
Save the whales. Collect the whole set.
Diplomacy is saying "nice doggy" until you find a rock.
I just got lost in thought. It was unfamiliar territory
Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't.
You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be misquoted, then used against you.
Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.
Before they invented drawing boards, what did they go back to?
If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?
Why is it called tourist season if we can't shoot at them?
Why is there an expiration date on sour cream?
And whose cruel idea was it for the word "Lisp" to have a "S" in it?
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A Sunday school teacher asked the children just before she dismissed them to go to church, "And why is it necessary to be quiet in church?" Annie replied, "Because people are sleeping."
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Riddle Of The Day
When do elephants have 8 feet?Answer to Yesterday's Riddle
What has 4 legs and only 1 foot?
A bed.
Devotional Thoughts Of The Day
A Binding OathTwo nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated... Genesis 25:23. References from Genesis 25:19-34.
We all have our favourite foods, and opinions vary about the healthiest diets. What do the experts at the Mayo Clinic say? They recommend eating broccoli two or three times per week, as it helps protect vision and prevent cancer. They also suggest apples because they work against bad cholesterol, soy nuts that protect the heart and bones and reduce the risk of cancer, fish... especially salmon and tuna, and nuts like pistachios and almonds.
One wonders what they might say about lentil stew! Like Sarah, Rebekah (Isaac's wife), was unable to have children, a source of cultural, spiritual, and personal distress. But after twenty years of marriage, God answered their prayer with twins, Esau and Jacob. These two boys were destined for conflict. They had even jostled in the womb, and Jacob grabbed Esau's heel during birth. God chose the younger, Jacob, to be the inheritor of the promises and a patriarch of Israel, but this was clearly according to His sovereign right, not Jacob's worthiness (v23).
In fact, his early character is suggested by his name: the verb 'aqab' means follow at the heel, but figuratively also circumvent or overreach, leading to the usual note that Jacob means he deceives. Esau and Jacob grew into men of different characters, habits, and pursuits.
Their parents played favourites, with Isaac preferring Esau the outdoorsman while Rebekah chose Jacob the more domestic son. Playing to his strengths, Jacob cleverly lay in wait one day. He knew Esau had been hunting and would be hungry, so he prepared a pot of lentil stew. When Esau arrived, he traded the stew for the birthright. The birthright was the firstborn's inheritance, a double material portion of the estate. By giving it to Jacob, Esau showed contempt for something valuable and even sacred. He acted impulsively and foolishly, basically treating his stomach as his god ( Phil. 3:19; Heb 12:16-17). That doesn't excuse Jacob's underhanded opportunism. Was the bargain reasonable? No, but the oath was binding.
Guarding Your Latter Years
And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land. And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there. Genesis 23:12-13.
Many people start slowing down as they age and stop doing many of the things they used to once do. Growing old is understandable... getting weaker is a fact, but slowing down spiritually is a big mistake!! What a contrast this is with the closing days of Abraham 's life. While he had faltered in his earlier years, failing to fully trust the Lord, he spent his latter days as a shining example of a man who had total faith in God.
Even in the midst of his grief, as he prepared to bury his beloved Sarah, he maintained his integrity. Confronted with the exorbitant request for 400 shekels of silver for a plot of ground, he courteously conceded. Refusing to lower himself to the level of a Bedouin trader, he demonstrated the graciousness of a man who had learned to put his life in God's hands.
Great Christians are not great because of what they say; they're great because of what they do. And what they do during their darkest days is the best indicator of their integrity. The latter years of every Christian should be our best. A good start is a wonderful thing, but a good finish is even better. Make sure your golden years are much more than olden years.
Facts Of The Day
The average person laughs 13 times a day!
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Closing Thought
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