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Intro
Thursday, February 26 2026from the Brisbane Revival Fellowship
Good day to you.
Only 309 days to the year 2027
Scripture Of The Day
For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. Psalms 38:15.Read The Bible In a Year
Numbers 12-14; Mark 5:21-43.Thoughts For The Day
God doesn't love us in spite of our faults, He loves us through them as if they don't exist.It's not such a miracle when we believe in God as when we realize God believes in us.
The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.
Motivation For The Day
A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.On This Day
1606 - First known European landing in Australia by Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon at the Pennefather River, Cape York, northern Australia.
1616 - The Roman Inquisition delivers injunction to Galileo demanding he abandon his belief in heliocentrism, which states the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun.
1797 - The Bank of England issues its first £1 notes.1839 - First running of the Grand National horse race at Aintree.
1881 - P&O's SS Ceylon begins the world's first round-the-world pleasure cruise from Liverpool.
1935 - Engineer Robert Watson-Watt demonstrates RADAR - a radio detection system.
1935 - Engineer Robert Watson-Watt demonstrates RADAR - a radio detection system.
1949 - USAF plane began 1st nonstop around-the-world flight.
1952 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill tells the House of Commons that Britain has the atomic bomb.
1962 - The start of filming of 'Dr No', the first film involving English secret agent 007 - 'James Bond'.
1952 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill tells the House of Commons that Britain has the atomic bomb.
1962 - The start of filming of 'Dr No', the first film involving English secret agent 007 - 'James Bond'.
1974 - Price of gold hits record $188 an ounce in Paris (US $5150 today).
1987 - In Britain, the General Synod votes in favour of ordaining women as priests.
1993 - A suspected car bomb explodes beneath the World Trade Centre in New York.
1987 - In Britain, the General Synod votes in favour of ordaining women as priests.
1993 - A suspected car bomb explodes beneath the World Trade Centre in New York.
2018 - 7.5 magnitude earthquake in central Papa New Guinea kills at least 100.
2023 - Winter storm deposits snow in parts of southern California for the first time in decades, down to 1,000 feet elevation, with snow accumulations up to 7 feet deep in San Bernardino Mountains.
Personal Story Of The Day
Speaking FreedomIt was a terrible problem, but as a child, I couldn't see it as I do now. Perhaps it was due to being one of four children. Maybe it was a survival technique. It might have been because I frequently heard the statement, "You wait 'till your father gets home" which put the fear of God (and Dad) in me. Then again, maybe I just wanted to appear differently than I really was... perhaps fearing my parents disapproval or disappointment.
But whatever the reason... I was terrified of getting a belting and would do anything to avoid one (it is not so much the pain, but the disapproval of the person you love and trust the most)... the best way out, I thought, was to lie. Here are some of the different ways we can lie:
1. The bold face lie... (eye to eye fabrication said with confidence).
2. The half-truth (stating only a portion of the facts in order to mislead).
3. Silence
4. Distortion (political posturing so as to confuse another).
5. Exaggeration (over-magnifying the positive).
6. Distraction (turning one's attention to something else to avoid the truth).
7. Flattery (manipulating another with insincere praise).
8. Ignorance (the proverbial shoulder shrug of "I don't know").
9. The whole load (burying the truth under a ton of superficial facts so as to minimise it).
You may remember the Jim Carey movie, "Liar Liar," where a son's wish made it impossible for his attorney/dad to tell a lie. The plot placed him in every one of the above situations. And the comedy came when we saw ourselves in him, and the difficulty he had in telling the truth. The more closely involved people become, the more likely they are to use any and all the above to "protect" or "manipulate" the relationship.
Yet the Truth is one of the most liberating things two people can ever share. "You shall know the Truth, and the Truth shall make you free" (John 8:32). It makes you free to know the Lord, to know yourself, and to know others. "The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment."(Prov 12:19). "The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death." (Prov. 21:6).
Jokes Of The Day
A man who had just undergone a very complicated operation kept complaining about a bump on his head and a terrible headache. Since his operation had been an intestinal one, there was no earthly reason why he should be complaining of a headache.Finally his nurse, fearing that the man might be suffering from some post-operative shock, spoke to the doctor about it.
The doctor assured the nurse, "Don't worry about a thing. He really does have a bump on his head. About halfway through the operation we ran out of anaesthetic."
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While working for an organization that delivers lunches to elderly patients, I used to take my four-year-old daughter on my afternoon rounds.
She was unfailingly intrigued by the various appliances of old age, particularly the canes, walkers and wheelchairs.
One day I found her staring at a pair of false teeth soaking in a glass. As I braced myself for the inevitable barrage of questions, she merely turned and whispered, "The tooth fairy will never believe this!"
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"On our anniversary, my wife told me, "I know I married you for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, but I've changed my mind. I'm ready now for better and richer.""
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Riddle Of The Day
Because cigars cannot be entirely smoked, a hobo who collects cigar butts can make a cigar to smoke out of every 5 butts that he finds. Today, he has collected 25 cigar butts. How many cigars will he be able to smoke?Answer to Yesterday's Riddle
Why can't you take a photo of an indian woman using hair curlers?
You can't take a picture with hair curlers you need a camera!
Devotional Thoughts Of The Day
Making Your free time work.
...but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegrooms voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled. John 3:29. References from John 2:1-11.
The Bible says, For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife (Gen 2:24). Marriage is God's gift, and a marriage day should be a joyful celebration. However, a newspaper article reveals wedding bills are weighing down couples and their parents long after the 'I dos', and many have been forced to seek financial assistance as a result. An average wedding is now estimated to cost $50,000 Australian.
The manager of one credit counselling service commented, 'Paying off these weddings is going to take a heck of a lot longer than the few hours the party lasted, maybe longer than the marriage lasts'. In today's verses, Jesus calls us back to the spirit of true joy and true celebration that God intended. If Godly pleasure is not self-indulgent or worldly, as we've seen the past few days, what does it look like?
Jesus first miracle is an intriguing episode in which we can begin to see the answer. Why did Jesus turn water into wine? The primary reason, as John said, was to reveal His glory and build faith in His disciples (v11). But in addition to having spiritual significance, Jesus did it for a simple and immediate reason... to enable a God blessed and joyous celebration to continue.
He also did it to spare the host serious social embarrassment, which in the family's memory of the wedding day could have become a permanent stigma... Jesus stood two social practices on their heads.
First, He employed water from vessels used for ceremonial washing. Water that would have been used for ritual purification was transformed into the wine of pleasure and joy (also a symbol of water baptism leading to spirit baptism... ie., water to wine).
Second, He ignored the custom of bringing out the cheaper wine later (for practical reasons). Everything He did, He did well, and so the wine was top quality.
1 Peter 2:9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
I remember when my children were born. They looked so beautiful to my wife and me! There were little imperfections that others could see, but, to us, they were the most beautiful children in the world. In our eyes, there was no baby that could have surpassed ours! They were unique to us. By their individual cry, we could have found them in a crowded room, blindfolded! Any of you having children know what I mean.
Going through life, we can seem to lose our 'uniqueness', or so we think. We begin to compare ourselves with others. We see the things they have accomplished, while ours seem to be small, in comparison. Our worldly conscience springs to life. It tells us that what we have is not very good... our home, our car, our material wealth can make us feel inferior. We lose our self-esteem!
What have we forgotten?
WHO made us?
WHO can count the hairs on our heads?
WHO called us out of darkness into his marvellous light?
WHO is perfecting us for HIM?
The Lord God Almighty!
Nothing the natural mind can say to you is of any earthly benefit. It is only trying to upset you, and to get you down... to lose your faith in God. God says for us to 'think on these things... true, honest, just, pure, lovely, things of good report, virtue, and if there be ANY PRAISE think on these things.' Phil 4:8. It wouldn't be hard to imagine the tears that could have fallen when He sent His Son, and then had to see Him die on the cross.
The Holy Spirit is there to lead, guide, and direct you. And, besides, God isn't looking for the beauty that's only skin deep. Nor is he looking for someone with material wealth. He's looking for the person who will follow Him, wholeheartedly, and will put his trust in God completely, regardless of the circumstances in their life.
Facts Of The Day
In 648 B.C., horses were first introduced into sports with the entrance of riders in the Olympic Games. By the sixth century B.C., horse-racing had become a popular sport.
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