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Intro
Monday, February 16 2026from the Brisbane Revival Fellowship
Good morning and welcome to a brand new day
Only 319 days to the year 2027
Scripture Of The Day
Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands. 2 Timothy 1:6.Read The Bible In a Year
Leviticus 19-20; Matthew 27:51-66.Thoughts For The Day
t was courage, faith, endurance and a dogged determination to surmount all obstacles that builds bridges.Don't let go of your dreams. If you have determination and belief in your dreams, you will succeed in spite of your desire to let go.
If you doubt you can accomplish something, then you can't accomplish it. You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.
Motivation For The Day
Cheerfulness, it would appear, is a matter which depends fully as much on the state of things within, as on the state of things without and around us.On This Day
0600 - Pope Gregory the Great decrees saying "God bless You" is the correct response to a sneeze.
1568 - The death sentence is passed on a whole country when the Netherlands is condemned for heresy by the Spanish Inquisition .1920 - The United States of America introduces Prohibition - banning the production, sale or involvement with the manufacture of alcohol.
1932 - The Fianna Fail Party, led by Eamon de Valera, wins the Irish General Election.
1937 - Nylon patented by a scientific team in the United States of America.
1940 - The Royal Navy rescues 300 British seamen being held on board the German ship Altmark in a Norwegian fjord.
1945 - WWII: US Navy 5th Fleet aircraft carriers and planes begin two-day bombardment of airfields and aircraft plants near Tokyo, Japan; over 500 hundred Japanese aircraft are destroyed.
1960 - The US nuclear submarine USS Triton begins an underwater circumnavigation of the world.
1994 - 6.5 earthquake strikes South East Sumatra, kills 200.
1960 - The US nuclear submarine USS Triton begins an underwater circumnavigation of the world.
1994 - 6.5 earthquake strikes South East Sumatra, kills 200.
2020 - America evacuates 400 citizens from COVID-19-infected cruise ship Diamond Princess quarantined in Yokohama port, Japan.
Personal Story Of The Day
My Hidey-HoleIn this world's misery there is only one sure refuge: God Himself. "He is a shield (buckler) to all who trust in Him" (Psalm 18:30). To "trust in" comes from a Hebrew word that means "to take refuge in" or "to hide in" or "to hide with." It suggests a secret place of concealment, a "hidey-hole," as we used to say when we were kids.
When we're exhausted by our efforts, when we're bewildered by our problems, when we're wounded by our friends, when we're surrounded by our foes, we can hide ourselves in God.
There is no safety in this world. If we were to find safety here, we would never know the joy of God's love and protection. We would miss the happiness for which we were made. The only safe place is God Himself. When storm clouds gather and calamities loom, we must enter into His presence in prayer and remain there (Psalm 57:1).
A man is perfect in faith who can come to God in the utter despair of his feelings and desires, without any form of natural opportunity, with the weight of dark thoughts, failures, neglects and say to Him...
'Thou art my refuge.'" How safe and blessed we are!
Jokes Of The Day
Arriving home from work at my usual hour of 5 p.m., I discovered that it had not been one of my wife's better days. Nothing I said or did seemed to be right.By 7 p.m. things had not changed, so I suggested I go outside, pretend I had just got home, and start all over again. My wife agreed.
I went outside, came back in and, with a big smile, announced, "Honey, I'm home!"
"And just where have you been?" she replied sharply. "It's after seven o'clock!"
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One of my students could not take my college seminar final exam because of a funeral.
"No problem," I told him. "Make it up the following week." That week came, and again he couldn't take the test due to another funeral.
"You'll have to take the test early next week," I insisted. "I can't keep postponing it."
"I'll take the test next week if no one dies," he told me.
By now I was suspicious. "How can you have so many people you know pass away in three weeks?" I asked.
"I don't know any of these people," he said. "But I'm the only gravedigger in town."
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On a Miami to Chicago flight was a lively youngster who nearly drove everyone crazy. He was running up and down the aisle when the flight attendant started serving coffee. He ran smack into her, knocking a cup of coffee out of her hand and onto the floor.
As he stood by watching her clean up the mess, she glanced up at the boy and said, ‘”Look, why don’t you go and play outside?”
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Riddle Of The Day
Chief Running Water had two sons. What were their names?Answer to Yesterday's Riddle
If a girl ate her mother and father, what would that make her?
An orphan.
Devotional Thoughts Of The Day
Making your free time work.
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28 References from Matthew 11:25-30.
Several verses of the classic hymn 'Trust and Obey', highlight the pleasant restfulness of abiding in Christ:
'Not a shadow can rise, not a cloud in the skies, but His smile quickly drives it away;
Not a doubt nor a fear, not a sigh nor a tear can abide while we trust and obey.
But we never can prove the delights of His love until all on the altar we lay;
for the favour He shows and the joy He bestows are for them who will trust and obey.
Then in fellowship sweet we will sit at His feet, or we'll walk by His side in the way;
what He says we will do, where He sends we will go; never fear, only trust and obey.'
Faith in Christ brings the blessing of rest. Today's verse shows us yesterday's truth from a New Testament perspective. We may be more used to talking about running our race, taking up our cross, or similar images of effort and endurance, but we also need to remember the easy yoke and the light burden. How can we obtain rest in Christ? We must come to Him in faith.
We must submit to Him, implying both obedience and contentment. And we must learn from Him, imitating Him and following in His footsteps... quite often, the leading of the Spirit.
What is it about Jesus that gives rest? In His relationships with others, He was gentle and humble in heart (v29). In contrast to the ways that the Pharisees used their power and authority, Jesus came as a servant. For people who trust and obey Him, He's an easy person to follow (Mark 6:31; 1 John 5:34).
The seven churches of the book of Revelation chapters 2-3
Smyrna
Smyrna was located about 55 kilometres from Ephesus. It was the next major city on the Roman road. Known today as Izmr, ancient Smyrna was a beautiful and prosperous city. As early as 195 BC, a temple had been built there to Dea Roma (the personification of Rome as a goddess). In AD 25, a temple was built there to Emperor Tiberius. Thus, emperor worship became a matter of great pride and loyalty to the people of Smyrna.
Their devotion to Christ was such that they refused to burn incense at Caesar's bust. But in time, they paid dearly for their loyalty. In AD 156, the aged and godly Polycarp, bishop of the church for 40 years and John's personal disciple, was burned at the stake for his faith in Jesus Christ.
Ancient Smyrna was named for a perfume whose aroma was released by crushing the resin of a small thorn bush. The perfume was known to the Greeks as 'Smyrna'. The city itself was ruled in turn by Anatolians, Lydians, and Persians. It was eventually totally destroyed and left in ruins. In 334 BC, Alexander the Great rebuilt it as a Greek city, but it later gave its allegiance to Rome.
Persecution was the watchword of this church. Christians were persecuted under ten different Roman Emperors. The fiercest persecution was for a ten year period from AD 303 to AD 313 by Emperor Diocletian.
Diocletian issued and edict that required the destruction of all Christian churches and scriptures and the death of Christians by any and all means possible. Around 10 million 'Christians' were martyred. The Jewish population in Smyrna was particularly anti-Christian. But as was so often the case, tribulation and the blood of the martyrs brought tremendous commitment.
The church at Smyrna grew into one of the most revered and influential churches of its time because its leaders were willing to lay down their lives for Christ and the gospel.
Facts Of The Day
Per 1999 medical data, an alarming 2 million people are hospitalized and as many as 140,000 die each year from side effects or reactions to prescription drugs. (USA stats).
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Closing Thought
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