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Intro
Friday, February 20 2026from the Brisbane Revival Fellowship
Who can you help today?
Only 315 days to the year 2027
Scripture Of The Day
Blessed [is] the man whose strength [is] in thee; in whose heart [are] the ways [of them].Psalms 84:5
Read The Bible In a Year
Leviticus 26-27 ; Mark 2Thoughts For The Day
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.
The trouble with not having a goal is that you can spend your life running up and down the field and never score.
Motivation For The Day
Have high hopes and dreams for your children and they are likely to live up to them.On This Day
Nothing happened today :)Personal Story Of The Day
Learning And LivingOne of the most moving ways to be blessed by God is to put ourselves in the picture, when we are reading various bible accounts of the actions of others. As we read of the success or failure of others, we often identify with the will to be obedient, but also understand the pull of the flesh to accept a lesser outcome. Let us learn from the great lessons of scriptural history. It is far easier to learn from the mistakes of others, than to have to recover from our own.
King Saul also learned the high cost of disobedience. He faced the prospect of fighting a huge well equipped Philistine army with his small band of frightened and untrained followers. While waiting for Samuel to come and offer a sacrifice before going to battle, Saul became impatient and offered the sacrifice himself, even though he knew that God had given that right only to the priests. It was a costly mistake. Saul had begun his reign with humility and compassion, and he gave God the credit (1 Samuel 11). And the prophet Samuel told him that God would have kept the kingship in his family if he had obeyed God's command (13:13-14).
However, that one act of disobedience changed the course of his life. From that point on, it was a sad downhill journey. Never forget that disobedience has consequences. And some of them may be very costly. We have a great cloud of witnesses to imitate... we can do it!!
Jokes Of The Day
The Barbie DollsA man was driving home one evening and realized that it was his daughter's birthday and he hadn't bought her a present. He drove to the mall and ran to the toy store and he asked the store manager "How much is that new Barbie in the window?"
The Manager replied, "Which one? We have, 'Barbie goes to the gym' for $19.95 ...
'Barbie goes to the Ball' for $19.95 ...
'Barbie goes shopping for $19.95 ...
'Barbie goes to the beach' for $19.95...
'Barbie goes to the Nightclub' for $19.95 ...
and 'Divorced Barbie' for $375.00."
"Why is the Divorced Barbie $375.00, when all the others are $19.95?" Dad asked surprised.
"Divorced Barbie comes with Ken's car, Ken's House, Ken's boat, Ken's dog, Ken's cat and Ken's furniture."
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The psychology instructor had just finished a lecture on mental health and was giving an oral test. Speaking specifically about manic depression, she asked, "How would you diagnose a patient who walks back and forth screaming at the top of his lungs one minute, then sits in a chair weeping uncontrollably the next?"
A young man in the rear raised his hand and answered, "A basketball coach?"
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Never raise your hand to your children - it leaves your midsection unprotected.
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"Middle age is when a woman's hair begins to turn from gray to brown."
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Soon after our last child left home for college, my husband was resting next to me on the couch with his head in my lap. I carefully removed his glasses. "You know, honey," I said sweetly, "Without your glasses, you look like the same handsome young man I married."
"Honey," he replied with a grin, "Without my glasses, you still look pretty good too!"
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Riddle Of The Day
Why do windows squeak when you open them?Answer to Yesterdays Riddle
Can you read the following? Yy u r yy u b I c u r yy 4 me.
Too wise you are, too wise you be, I see you are too wise for me.
Devotional Thoughts Of The Day
Making Your free time work.
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image Exodus 20:4. References from Exodus 32:1-35.
In 2005, the pornography business brings in $15 billion a year, with about 11,000 adult movies produced every year in America. These are marketed over the Internet, to cable TV companies, and through video distributors, who claim that 30 percent of all movie rentals on the east and west coasts are sex films. What's more, such well known companies as General Motors, AOL Time Warner, and Marriott are helping themselves to a share of the profits. They do so quietly, omitting or obscuring the information in company reports; and while they may not actually produce pornographic movies, they pipe them into homes and hotel rooms nationwide.
Assuredly, human creativity and our pursuit of pleasure are corrupted by sin! Today's verse is a warning and instructive example of how creativity can be twisted to serve the opposite of the purposes for which God gave it. While Moses was on Mount Sinai receiving the Law, the impatient, faithless Israelites bullied Aaron into using his skills to fashion a golden calf idol, which seems to have been a representation of the Egyptian god Apis. Despite his pathetic excuse of 'out came this calf!' (v24), and despite his lame attempt to proclaim the day a festival to the Lord (v5), Aaron clearly used his creativity to support idolatry.
The nations disobedience spun out of control, to the point where Joshua thought a battle was raging and Moses saw a laughing stock being made of their covenant witness (v17, 25). The pagan revelry no doubt included sensual dancing, carousing, sexual immorality, and other forms of self-indulgence. The people apparently wanted a god more familiar than the one seen in the pillar of cloud and fire. More to the point, they wanted one who was more permissive, whereas God had already made His standards of purity and holiness quite clear. It took special intercession by Moses, the destruction of the idol, the righteous swords of the Levites, and a plague from God to set things right again.
The seven churches of the book of Revelation chapters 2-3.
Philadelphia
The church at Philadelphia was one of the strongest of the seven congregations. It was a church with missionary zeal and spiritual commitment. Outwardly, it was small and poor compared to the church at Sardis. But inwardly, it was a dynamic and faithful church. The city itself was the youngest of the seven. It was founded around 150 BC by Attalus II Philadelphos, one of the kings of Pergamum. Attalus was known for his love and devotion to his brother, Eumenes. Hence the name of the town: city of "brotherly love." A severe earthquake in AD 17 devastated nearby Sardis and totally demolished Philadelphia.
Its greatest distinction was that it was strategically located on the Roman road that ran from Rome to Troy, and on to Philadelphia. Even in ancient times, Philadelphia was the "gateway to the East." Beyond lay the great central plateau of Asia Minor (modem Turkey). Attalus originally had intended the new city to serve as a dissemination point for the Greek language and culture to penetrate the eastern provinces. So the Lord saw the city's strategic location as an opportunity to spread the gospel. Undoubtedly, many early Christians travelled through Philadelphia as they journeyed east and west from Jerusalem to Rome. As they went, they spread the gospel both to Europe and to Asia.
Following the French Revolution, a new period of Christian activity began with the organisation of Missions and Bible Societies. All these organisations were centred in Western and North-western Europe; where the modern descendants of the lost tribes of Israel reside. The gospel of love and faithfulness was spread to every corner of the globe. This was a fulfilment of God's promise to Abraham that Israel was to be a blessing to all the nations. As a result, a period of spiritual revival commenced. 'And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh'. (Acts 2:17). 'And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved' (Acts 2:21).
The local Philadelphian congregation had stood firm in its faith despite persecution from the local Jewish synagogue (3:9). The symbolic descriptions of this church are indeed vivid: a key, a door, and a pillar. Jesus is pictured as the one holding the "key of David". The phrases "he opens and no one shuts," and "who shuts and no one opens" refer to the divine sovereignty of Jesus Christ. Access to eternal life is through Jesus Christ and no other. He alone can take us into the Father's house. Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me" (John14:6). He also promised to keep them from the "hour of trial" which shall "come upon all the world" (3:10).
This is no mere local persecution to which He refers, but the Great Tribulation itself. It will affect the "whole inhabited earth" and try those who "dwell upon the earth." But the promise to the believer is that he will be "kept from" (Greek, ek, "out from") the time of judgment that is coming on the earth - a time of Great Tribulation.
Facts Of The Day
- o In a test performed by Canadian scientists, using various different styles of music, it was determined that chickens lay the most eggs when pop music was played.
- Jack Broughton was one of the most revered boxing figures in England. He was buried at Westminster Abbey, the burial place of British nobility, although Broughton was not a member of English royalty.
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Closing Thought
Lord, give me an insight so I can understand my true value the way you see me?Comic
