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Intro

Thursday, July 2 2026
from the Brisbane Revival Fellowship

Who can you help today?


Only 183 days to the year 2027

Scripture Of The Day

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
John 13:34

Read The Bible In a Year

Job 22-24 ; Acts 11

Thoughts For The Day

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

Someone whom you reject today, will reject you tomorrow.

When you are swept off your feet, land on your knees.

Motivation For The Day

We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.

On This Day

1644 - English Civil War: The Battle of Marston Moor. The first victory of the war for the Parliamentary forces with Cromwell's Roundhead Army defeating the Royalist Cavaliers, commanded by Prince Rupert.
1900 - Opening of the 2nd Olympic Games in Paris.
1900 - The first trial flight of a Zeppelin airship takes place in Germany.
1941 - Bulova Watch Co. pays $9 for 1st ever network TV commercial
1956 - In New York, American rock 'n roll star Elvis Presley records Hound Dog and Don't Be Cruel.
1985 - Andrei Gromyko becomes President of the Soviet Union.
1997 - Six IRA terrorists who plotted to blow up electricity supply stations in the Home counties were each jailed for 35 years.

Personal Story Of The Day

The Heart Of The Problem

I'll never forget the painful lesson I learned in early childhood about disobedience. My father, who had been mowing our lawn, interrupted his work to go shopping. He left the push mower standing near some flowers and ordered me not to touch it while he was gone. But I disobeyed him and gave it a go. To my shock, the mower veered and knocked over several flowers. 

When Dad returned, I blubbered, I didn't mean to do it! Wisely, he replied, Why did you do it then? I knew the truth... I did mean to push the mower. My sin wasn't that I mowed the flowers down, it was that I disobeyed my father. 

This childhood lesson is a reminder to be sorry for disobedience and not just the consequences. Rather than cry to God, I didn't mean to do it, it might be better to do what Hosea told wayward Israel to do: Take words (of repentance) with you, and return to the Lord (Hosea14:2). I tell the Lord honestly that I knew His will, but chose to disobey, and I cry out for His mercy. 

Praise God, He forgives! Are you grieved that you chose to disobey, and not merely sorry about the consequences? Then take words with you, and talk to the Lord today. He promises to forgive you of your sin, for He loves you freely (v4).

Jokes Of The Day

Miss Jones had been giving her second-grade students a lesson on science. She had explained about magnets and showed how they would pick up nails and other bits of iron.

Now it was question time, so she asked, "My name begins with the letter 'M' and I pick up things. What am I?"

A little boy on the front row proudly said, "You're a mother!"
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Nine-year-old Joey was asked by his mother what he had learned in Sunday School. 'Well, Mom, our teacher told us how God sent Moses behind enemy lines on a rescue mission to lead the Israelites out of Egypt. When he got to the Red Sea, he had his engineers build a pontoon bridge, and all the people walked across safely. He used his walkie- talkie to radio headquarters and call in an air strike. They sent in bombers to blow up the bridge and all the Israelites were saved.'

'Now, Joey, is that REALLY what your teacher taught you?' his mother asked.

'Well, no, Mom, but if I told it the way the teacher did, you'd never believe it!'
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Little Johnny

Little Johnny watched, fascinated, as his mother gently rubbed cold cream on her face. "Why are you rubbing cold cream on your face, Mommy?" he asked.

"To make myself beautiful," said his mother.

A few minutes later, she began removing the cream with a tissue.

"What's the matter?" asked Little Johnny. "Giving up?"
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Riddle Of The Day

How can you leave a room with two legs and return with six legs?

Answer to Yesterdays Riddle
How do you get down from an elephant?
You don't get down from an elephant; you get down from a. duck.

Devotional Thoughts Of The Day


The Joy Of Humility

Now... praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase. Daniel 4:37. References from Daniel 4:1-37.

Several decades before Christopher Columbus came to America, a remarkable event happened in the South American Incan Empire. King Pachacuti began to question his people's worship of the sun when he observed that the sun did the same thing over and over, acting more like a labourer than a god. There was a legend of an omnipotent creator God, named Viracocha, and Pachacuti decided that this must be the true God who alone must be worshiped. 

Equally remarkable is the account of the conversion of Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, which the king himself narrates. Before his dream, he had a fairly high opinion of himself, which is understandable considering that this king's rule spread from Egypt to modern Iran. If we were to walk beside the king as he surveyed the city of Babylon (v29-30), we would see one of the greatest cities of antiquity, boasting two of the seven wonders of the world: the hanging gardens of Babylon and the great city wall. 

However, human pride is a dangerous thing, and Nebuchadnezzar's pride had to be broken if he was ever going to come to know the Most High God. Daniel had already demonstrated his God-given ability to interpret the king's dreams (see Dan 2). The tree of this dream symbolized the prosperity and growth of Nebuchadnezzar's kingdom. 
Although this cosmic tree extended over a very large region, it was cut down, with only a stump remaining. Such a dream would have been disturbing to most people, but when Daniel understood that it applied to Nebuchadnezzar, we can understand why he was hesitant to explain it to the powerful king (v19). 

Despite the unusual way in which Nebuchadnezzar was humbled, God was merciful to protect him and to lead him to a correct understanding of himself and of God. After his ordeal, the great king understood that the Most High ruled over the eternal kingdom... even Babylon the great couldn't compare to that. Moreover, he wanted all peoples to know about the Most High God (v1), not the great king Nebuchadnezzar.


How Long Will it Take?

And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance. And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you? Joshua 18:2-3. 

Some people refuse to wait. On June 22, 1997, Thomas and Corilee McClurkin peacefully celebrated their golden anniversary. But it wasn't that way 50 years ago. The month of June in 1947 was exceptionally soggy in Nebraska. The Loup River flooded it banks and stranded the bride to be in her hometown of Poole. Undaunted, Thomas set out in knee deep water in an old Chevy. Upon reaching a flimsy railroad bridge that had been nearly washed away, he abandoned his car, crawled across the bridge and walked to Ravenna. Once there he persuaded the owner of a two seat airplane to fly him to Poole to pickup his bride. The marriage took place only 13 hours late.

This kind of eagerness, however, seemed to be lacking among the Israelites. Seven of the tribes had yet to make any headway in possessing their inheritance. Even though God promised that He would give them the land, they failed to move forward aggressively. Joshua's accusation (v3) implies that the problem was not with availability but with motivation. How long, he wondered, were they going to wait? The same question could be asked of many Christians. How long will it be before we faithfully seek the vast spiritual riches God has made possible? 

He has given us the privilege of life changing prayer. He has made it possible for us to study His Word in any number of translations. We are new creatures in Christ, with all the potential that can be found in such a position. When will we possess these riches? We have been given the miracle working power of the Holy Spirit... everything is before us. Don't delay. Begin today to possess all the spiritual benefits God offers you. Now is the time for you to take what God has promised. God can only give what you are willing to take.

Facts Of The Day

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Closing Thought

Lord, bless my church and give us some new brethren.

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