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Intro

Monday, September 14 2026
from the Brisbane Revival Fellowship

Good morning, Isn't today wonderful ?


Only 109 days to the year 2027

Scripture Of The Day

Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.
Psalms 70:4

Read The Bible In a Year

Proverbs 19-21 ; 2 Corinthians 7

Thoughts For The Day

Be kind - Remember every one you meet is fighting a battle - everybody's lonesome.

" He who is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else. "

Death is more universal than life; everyone dies but not everyone lives.

Motivation For The Day

Examine your past difficulties, and understand the lessons that have been shown to you.

On This Day

1321 - Dante Alighieri dies of malaria just hours after finishing writing Paradiso.
1773 - Russian forces under Aleksandr Suvorov successfully storm a Turkish fort at Hirsov, Turkey.
1814 - Francis Scott Key writes the words to the "Star-Spangled Banner" as he waits aboard a British launch in the Chesapeake Bay for the outcome of the British assault on Fort McHenry during the War of 1812.
1862 - At the battles of South Mountain and Crampton's Gap, Maryland Union troops smash into the Confederates as they close in on what will become the Antietam battleground.
1938 - Graf Zeppelin II, world's largest airship, makes maiden flight
1939 - The first successful test flight of a helicoper - the VS300 - designed by US engineer Igor Sikorsky.
1964 - British daily newspaper, the Daily Herald, ceases publication and is replaced by the Sun.

Personal Story Of The Day

There Are Those Amongst Us Who Know

Mary's act of worship is an act of recognition of the highest order. First is the extravagance of it... the perfume is described as being "very expensive". From John's account we learn that she then wiped Jesus' feet with her hair, a touching picture of both love and humility. The fragrance that hung in the air was an unmistakable testimony to her devotion to Jesus. 

Her act of worship also was a point of controversy. Judas not only thought of other uses for the perfume but voiced his opinion. In what was furphy to cover his real intent, he suggested that the profit could be used to benefit the poor (John 12:5-6). Not only would he have sold it for his own personal gain, he was soon going to betray Jesus for the same reason.

Sometimes overshadowed by the giving and the contrasting greed is the fact that Mary was the one who understood who Christ was. Jesus said that He was going to be crucified; she understood and prepared Him for burial. But the disciples missed the point. They did not understand what was taking place in the anointing and the current events that were heading to Calvary. 

Fashion your heart, its values and its attention to God's truth. The sweet scent of worship lingering in your soul will be the blessing. Do not miss the point. 

Jokes Of The Day

A man was driving along the highway, and saw a rabbit hopping across the middle of the road. He swerved to avoid hitting the rabbit, but unfortunately the rabbit jumped in front of the car and was hit. The driver, being a sensitive man as well as an animal lover, pulled over to the side of the road and got out to see what had become of the rabbit. Much to his dismay, the rabbit was dead. The driver felt so awful he began to cry. A woman driving down the highway saw the man crying on the side of the road and pulled over. She stepped out of her car and asked the man what was wrong. "I feel terrible," he explained. "I accidentally hit this rabbit and killed it." The woman told the man not to worry. She knew what to do. She went to he car trunk and pulled out a spray can. She walked over to the limp, dead rabbit, and sprayed the contents of the can onto the rabbit. Miraculously, the rabbit came to life, jumped up, waved its paw at the two humans and hopped down the road. 50 meters away the rabbit stopped, turned around, waved at the two again, hopped down the road another 50 meters, turned, waved, and hopped another 50 meters. The man was astonished. He couldn't figure out what substance could be in the woman's spray can! He ran over to the woman and demanded, " What was in your spray can? What did you spray onto that rabbit?" The woman turned the can around so that the man could read the label. It said: " 'Hare Spray' Restores Life to Dead Hare. Adds Permanent Wave."
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A prisoner in jail receives a letter from his wife: "Dear Husband, I have decided to plant some lettuce in the back garden. When is the best time to plant them?" The prisoner, knowing that the prison guards read all mail, replied in a letter: "Dear Wife, whatever you do, do not touch the back garden. That is where I hid all the money." A week or so later, he received another letter from his wife: "Dear Husband, You wouldn't believe what happened, some men came with shovels to the house, and dug up all the back garden." The prisoner wrote another letter back: "Dear wife, now is the best time to plant the lettuce."
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An 18th-century vagabond in England, exhausted and famished, came to a roadside Inn with a sign reading: "George and the Dragon." He knocked.
The Innkeeper's wife stuck her head out a window.
"Could ye spare some victuals?"
The woman glanced at his shabby, dirty clothes. "No!" she shouted.
"Could I have a pint of ale?"
"No! Damn it!" she shouted.
"Could I at least use your privy?" "No!" she shouted again.
The vagabond said, "Might I please...?"
"What now?" the woman screeched, not allowing him to finish.
"D'ye suppose," he asked, "that I might have a word with George?"

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Riddle Of The Day

If three cats catch three mice in three minutes, how many cats would be needed to catch 100 mice in 100 minutes?

Answer to Yesterdays Riddle
How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25?
Only one time. After that, you would be subtracting from 20.

Devotional Thoughts Of The Day


God Backs His People

This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee. Joshua 3:7. References from Joshua 3:1-17.

You can't test courage cautiously... it comes when you need it or you don't have it. Israel's courage was about to be tested in a task that required them to put their trust in God and the words He spoke through His servant Joshua. And they had yet to witness God's seal of approval placed on Joshua. It's a lot easier to be a leader when the people you're leading trust you. 

Most leaders have to earn that trust over time, but God gave Joshua a sizeable jump start. Joshua's faith came before the miracle. Before God told him how they would cross the river, Joshua told the people to consecrate themselves. He knew God was about to do amazing things, and the people needed to cleanse themselves in preparation for God's presence. 

It's important to note something about the people Joshua was leading. The oldest of them would have been about sixty years old. No one over the age of twenty at the time of Israel's rebellion was allowed to enter the Promised Land (except Joshua and Caleb). They wandered in the wilderness for forty years until all of that generation had died. So most of the Israelites Joshua was now leading were not alive to see the parting of the Red Sea. 

Most of them didn't know any life other than the wandering wilderness. They had not witnessed firsthand some of God's miraculous provision. So God was about to give them a sign that would remove all doubt. 

God told Joshua that He was about to exalt him, not so the Israelites would know of Joshua's greatness, but rather that they would know the Lord was with him. All the Israelites stood in formation over 800 metres away from the ark of the covenant as the priests carried it to the overflowing Jordan river. They watched with their attention heightened by Joshua's announcement at the beginning of the chapter. 

Before they could see the sign, however, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant still had to take that first step of faith. It wasn't until their feet touched the water that God held back the flow of the river.


When God Doesn't Seem To Hear

For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal. Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble. Jeremiah 11:13-14.

Two men were talking one day. One of them said, "My wife talks to herself a lot." His friend answered, "Mine does too, but she doesn't know it. She thinks I'm listening." Many Christians can be like that. They pray, thinking that they are being heard, but God isn't listening because God is only an option while troubles are present. An attempt to walk in the Spirit must also be present.

Likewise, Israel placed a great emphasis on prayer. David said that he prayed every morning (Ps 5:3; 88:13; 143:8). The sons of Korah exclaimed, "O Lord, God of my salvation, I have cried out day and night before You" (Ps 88:1). Without question, such devotion is commendable. But the people of Jeremiah's day had so profaned their relationship with the Lord that He said, 'I will not hear them in the time that they cry out to Me because of their trouble'. 

Sin interferes with our prayer life. God cannot honour our requests for help when we need to ask for His forgiveness instead. It's amazing how quickly we turn to prayer when we face problems and expect God to deliver us. Yet we are filled with indifference or even outright defiance the rest of the time. In such situations God says, "I'm not listening." If you are not seeing answers to your prayers, make sure that your priorities are not preventing God from responding (Ps 66:18). 

Confess your sin and get rid of those attitudes or actions you know can't be pleasing to God, and then the road will be cleared for Him to answer your requests. Walk in the Spirit to open the pipeline of answered prayer.

Facts Of The Day

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Closing Thought

Lord, help me to remember that the brightness of Your loving presence is always with me.

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