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Intro
Monday, April 20 2026from the Brisbane Revival Fellowship
Have a truly great day...
Only 256 days to the year 2027
Scripture Of The Day
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.Psalms 4:8
Read The Bible In a Year
2 Samuel 9-11 ; Luke 15:11-32Thoughts For The Day
Jesus said, "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God" (Matthew 5:8). Yet the apostle Paul spoke of God as One "whom no man has seen or can see" (1 Timothy 6:15-16). I have often thought about this seeming contradiction. How can we reconcile our Lord's statement with the words of Paul?Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me
" Behind every argument is someone`s ignorance. "
Motivation For The Day
God does not make the other person as I would have made him. He did not give him to me as a brother for me to dominate and control, but in order that I might find a way for both of us to overcome.On This Day
1534 - Elizabeth Barton, the Maid of Kent, is executed along with five of her associates after being found guilty of treason1792 - France declares war on Austria.
1821 - Edgar Allan Poe's book, 'Murders In The Rue Morgue, considered to be the world's first modern detective story, is published in America.
1887 - In France, the world's first motor race takes place along the banks of the River Seine from the centre of Paris to Neuilly.
1945 - World War II: Soviet troops enter the outskirts of Berlin.
1972 - Astronauts aboard Apollo 16 make a safe landing on the Moon.
1989 - Scientists say the Earth has narrowly missed being struck by a passing asteroid weighing 400 million tons.
Personal Story Of The Day
Working With GodThere are few things that the Bible says God actively seeks. So if God seeks something, it must be important to Him and ought to be important to us. Luke 15 portrays God as seeking the lost. Lost people matter to God and should matter to us. God also seeks the promotion of Jesus Christ, according to John 8:50, and in John 4 Jesus said that God is seeking worshipers.
The Samaritan woman raised a question about worship. Perhaps the conversation was uncomfortable, so she switched subjects. It could be that she realized Jesus could sort out the controversy between her people and the Jews. Either way, what He said about worship is instruction we also need to hear. In this context Jesus spoke of "'the kind of worshipers the Father seeks,'" those who worship in "'spirit and truth'" (v23). God is spirit. He cannot be worshiped as an image, nor is worship confined to a place. Truth is also a non-negotiable. The worshiper God seeks must worship in truth as it is revealed in the Word of God.
Until people can speak in tongues... they don't have the capacity to worship in Spirit. It is no surprise to those that have been anointed in the Spirit and have identified the evidence of speaking in tongues that Paul wrote the following... "For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth" (1Cor 14:14). God is actively looking for people who will worship (work with) Him.
Our challenge is to be the kind of disciple God wants. In seeking to please Him, we must be worshipers who worship Him in spirit and truth... and to seek others who will do likewise.
Jokes Of The Day
A wise schoolteacher sends this note to all parents on the first day of school: "If you promise not to believe everything your child says happens at school, I'll promise not to believe everything he says happens at home.************************************
After a laborious two-week criminal trial in a very high profile bank robbery case, the jury finally ended its 14 hours of deliberations and entered the courtroom to deliver its verdict to the judge.
The judge turns to the jury foreman and asks, "Has the jury reached a verdict in this case?"
"Yes we have, your honor," the foreman responded.
"Would you please pass it to me," The judge declared, as he motioned for the bailiff to retrieve the verdict slip from the foreman and deliver it to him. After the judge reads the verdict himself, he delivers the verdict slip back to his bailiff to be returned to the foreman and instructs the foreman, "Please read your verdict to the court."
"We find the defendant NOT GUILTY of all four counts of bank robbery," states the foreman.
The family and friends of the defendant jump for joy at the sound of the "not guilty" verdict and hug each other as they shout expressions of divine gratitude.
The defendant's attorney turns to his client and asks, "So, what do you think about that?"
The defendant looks around the courtroom slowly with a bewildered look on his face and then turns to his defense attorney and says, "Does this mean I get to keep the money?"
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For those of you who watch what you eat, here's the final word on
nutrition and health. It's a relief to know the truth after all those conflicting
medical studies:
1. The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than
the Americans, Australians, British, or Canadians.
2. The Mexicans eat a lot of fat and also suffer fewer heart attacks than
the Americans, Australians, British, or Canadians.
3.. The Japanese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks
than the Americans, Australians, British, or Canadians.
4. The Italians drink large amounts of red wine and also suffer fewer
heart attacks than the Americans, Australians, British, or Canadians.
5. The Germans drink a lot of beer and eat lots of sausages and fats and
suffer fewer heart attacks than the Americans, Australians, British, or
Canadians.
6. Ukrainians drink a lot of vodka, eat a lot of cabbage rolls and suffer
fewer heart attacks than the Americans, Australians, British, or
Canadians.
CONCLUSION: Eat and drink what you like. Speaking English is apparently
what kills people .
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Riddle Of The Day
What is the value of 1/2 of 2/3 of 3/4 of 4/5 of 5/6 of 6/7 of 7/8 of 8/9 of 9/10 of 1,000?Answer to Yesterdays Riddle
What common English verb becomes its own past tense by rearranging its letters?
Eat and Ate.
Devotional Thoughts Of The Day
Keeping Control
A word aptly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. -Proverbs 25:11. References from James 1:19-21; Romans 8:5-17.
A caller to a talk show discussing careers, wondered why his best employees seemed to be leaving.' I increased their salaries and gave them the best projects', he explained:' But we have a few run-ins and they leave anyway'. When the host asked the caller to describe the run ins, he mentioned that they were incidents when he yelled at his employees for their mistakes. 'I think thats the problem', the host declared.
'People don't want to deal with anger, even it comes with more money. I think you need some anger management courses if you really want to keep your employees working for you!' Anger management... in our society this is the answer to uncontrolled rage that disrupts our families, relationships, and workplaces. These techniques may be helpful, but as we see in our verse today, James also talks about anger management, and prescribes a radical solution... a new life with Christ that makes new attitudes and behaviours possible.
As we have already seen, our desires lead us into sin (v14-15). But God desires that we live righteously. Yet He doesn't just declare that He expects this from us without also providing the means to make it possible. Verse 21 points toward the resource: Humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you. Romans 8:5-17 elaborates on the difference between a life controlled by the sin nature and a life controlled by the Holy Spirit. Because of our faith in Jesus Christ, we have His Spirit at work in us, leading us to ongoing life (Rom 8:11).
We are not struggling alone to live righteously to please God... we are able to live rightly because the Holy Spirit gives us the power to resist and cover our sin (Rom. 8:13).
And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. Daniel 2:44.
Three huge gates lead into the Cathedral of Milan in Italy. Over one gate is an inscription in marble under a beautiful floral bouquet that says, "The things that please us are temporary." Over another gate is a cross with the inscription, "The things that disturb us are temporary." Over the central gate, however, is a large inscription that says, "The things that are important are eternal."
As Daniel shared with Nebuchadnezzar the interpretation of the king's dream, he revealed that God had shown him that many kingdoms would rise and fall. As mighty and magnificent as Babylon was under the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, it would some day be replaced by an even more magnificent kingdom. Yet even this kingdom would come to an end, and others would rise after it. Finally, however, God would set up His kingdom, which would last forever.
It's so easy to get caught up in things that are here today but gone tomorrow. They look so solid and permanent, yet they are temporary and inconsequential. Thus, we find ourselves chasing changing fads and grasping at straws as they are blown about by the wind. Only when we fix our hearts and minds on the things of God do we find true stability. God's kingdom will never end. Don't waste your time on things that are only temporary. Neither your pleasures nor your problems will last forever. Count on it.
Fix your mind on things that are above and invest in things that are eternal. When you look to God and His kingdom, you look to what really matters.
Facts Of The Day
- Karoke means "empty orchestra" in Japanese.
- "Zorro" means "fox" in Spanish.
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Closing Thought
Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.Comic
