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Intro

Friday, October 2 2026
from the Brisbane Revival Fellowship

Is God part of your Life or parted from your life?


Only 91 days to the year 2027

Scripture Of The Day

Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
Colossians 2:8

Read The Bible In a Year

Isaiah 14-16 ; Ephesians 5:1-16

Thoughts For The Day

The strength of a man consists in finding out the way in which God is going, and going in that way too.

To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Motivation For The Day

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to full freedom.

On This Day

1870 - The unified country of Italy selects Rome to be its capital.
1901 - The Royal Navy launches its first submarine at Barrow.
1909 - Twickenham, in London, hosts its first rugby union match - between Harlequins and Richmond.
1935 - Italian troops invade Abyssinia.
1940 - The cruise liner, the 'Empress of Britain', en route to Canada with British children being evacuated during World War II, is sunk by a German submarine in the Atlantic. British warships manage to rescue most of the 634 crew and passengers.
1983 - Welsh politician Neil Kinnock is elected leader of the Labour Party in Britain.
1996 - In Britain, Mandy Allwood loses the last five of the octuplets she had been expecting after a 19 week pregnancy.

Personal Story Of The Day

The Joy Of Being Joyous
 
According to an article in The New York Times, the act of smiling can promote good feelings. Writer Daniel Goleman cites experiments in which researchers found that saying the word 'cheese' caused a person to smile, which in turn created pleasant feelings. On the other hand, saying the word 'few' created a different facial expression, which resulted in negative emotions. 

Interesting as such a study may be, there's a better way to have peace and gladness. It works from the inside out, not from the outside in. In Psalm 4, David set forth several courses of action he took when he was feeling deeply distressed. He asked God for relief and mercy (v.1). He took comfort in knowing that he was favoured by Him and that the Lord heard him when he called (v.3). 

David was quiet before God (v.4). He did what was right and put his trust in Him (v.5). He rested in the assurance of God's peace and safety (v.8). David was confident that he would receive gladness in his heart (v.7) as a gift from God, not as the result of some forced smile that might bring temporary good feelings. David wanted to bring a non-corrupted version of God's blessing for Israel.... everything he did was to that end. 

As we have seen in the last couple of days, serving and caring for others is the quickest and best and lasting way to find some joy. 

Jokes Of The Day

A minister was invited to dinner by a parishioner with a reputation as a poor housekeeper. Sure enough, he sat down at the dinner table to the dirtiest dishes he had ever seen.

"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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Stumpy and his wife Martha went to the State Fair every year.
Every year Stumpy would say, "Martha, I'd like to ride in that there airplane."
And every year Martha would say, "I know Stumpy, but that airplane ride costs ten dollars, and ten dollars is ten dollars."
This one year Stumpy and Martha went to the fair and Stumpy said, "Martha, I'm 71 years old. If I don't ride that airplane this year I may never get another chance."
Martha replied, "Stumpy, that there airplane ride costs ten dollars, and ten dollars is ten dollars."
The pilot overheard them and said, "Folks, I'll make you a deal.
I'll take you both up for a ride, and if you can stay quiet for the entire ride and not say one word, I won't charge you. But if you say one word it's ten dollars! "
Stumpy and Martha agreed and up they go. The pilot does all kinds of twists and turns, rolls and dives, but not a word is heard.
He does all his tricks over and over again, but still not a word.
They land and the pilot turns to Stumpy, "By golly, I did everything I could think of to get you to yell out, but you didn't."
Stumpy replied, "Well, I was gonna say something when Martha fell out, but like Martha always said, ten dollars is ten dollars."



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Riddle Of The Day

We are little airy Creatures,
All of diff'rent Voice and Features,
One of us in Glass is set,
One of us you'll find in Jet,
T'other you may see in Tin,
And the fourth a Box within,
If the fifth you shou'd pursue,
It can never fly from you.
--Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)

Answer to Yesterdays Riddle
I was carried into a dark room, and set on fire. I wept, and then my head was cut off. What am I?
A Candle

Devotional Thoughts Of The Day

The Spirit of Revelation (enlightenment).

[I pray] That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:  Ephesians 1:17

In our Christian life we have both a position and a walk to manage. We both dwell in the spirit with Christ and walk on earth as His followers. At times we feel muddled, confused and condemned, owing to our imperfect life and circumstances. Like a heavy cloud, this darkens our view and obscures our vision. We have been trained since childhood to rely on our senses, feelings and experiences. 

Most often we walk by sight, not by faith. What we see and experience at any given moment often dictates how we feel and react. Instead of being driven by God's faith, we are driven by what we see and feel. This world, with all its sensory appeal, is the enemy's arena. In this world things go up and down. In this world we are imperfect and fallible.

Things often appear hopeless, and it might seem as if God is far away, neither hearing nor caring. The world deceives our senses, and we believe in our circumstances more than we should. However, circumstances are like the weather; they are constantly changing. 

Above the clouds the sun is shining, but if we cannot see the sun, we sometimes believe it is not there. It is the same in the world of God's spirit. Therefore, Paul prays that we might receive a spirit of wisdom and revelation to enlighten our hearts so that we, with our spiritual eyes, might see the things we do not see with our physical eyes. 

When we understand our position and possibilities in Christ, our life becomes totally different. Our problems no longer have the final word. God has the final word. Just as Paul prayed for the church to see clearly, it is now our great joy to do the same for those around us.


We are to be like Christ in our purpose. 

Let's look at the teaching of Jesus recorded by John. In John 20:21, in prayer, Jesus said, “As you, Father, have sent me into the world, so I send them into the world”—that is us. And in His commissioning in John 17 He says, “As the Father sent me into the world, so I send you.” These words are immensely significant. 

This is not just John's version of the Great Commission but also an instruction that their mission in the world was to resemble Christ’s mission. In what respect? The key words in these texts are “sent into the world.” As Christ had entered our world, so we are to enter other people’s worlds. 

It can be explained in the following way... We can have loving sympathy for those who don't have the knowledge of God and salvation. We can also have the same attitude towards those who have given up on fellowship.

We should never forget our original purpose... To save the lost.

Facts Of The Day

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Closing Thought

Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.

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