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Intro

Tuesday, August 11 2026
from the Brisbane Revival Fellowship

Good morning and welcome to a brand new day


Only 143 days to the year 2027

Scripture Of The Day

Blessed [is the man whom] thou choosest, and causest to approach [unto thee, that] he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, [even] of thy holy temple.
Psalms 65:4

Read The Bible In a Year

Psalms 81-83 ; Romans 11:19-36

Thoughts For The Day

The two most abundant things in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity.

"If we had no faults, we would not take so much pleasure in noticing them in others."

Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised.

Motivation For The Day

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

On This Day

1492 - The infamous Roderigo Borgia bribes enough Cardinals to be elected Pope Alexander VI.
1576 - English navigator Martin Frobisher enters the bay in Canada which is later named after him.
1909 - The first recorded use of the new emergency wireless signal SOS.
1941 - World War II: US President Franlin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill sign the Atlantic Charter to demonstrate solidarity between the Allies.
1942 - Opening of the New Waterloo Bridge over the River Thames in London.
1952 - King Husssein succeeds to the throne of Jordan after his father, King Talal is deposed becuase of his mental illness.
1965 - Violent race riots break out in the Watts area of Chicago, USA.

Personal Story Of The Day

True Friends

Recently I received a phone call from a friendly sounding person who told me she wanted to make my life easier. She called me by my first name and warmly asked how my day was going. Then she informed me that she could help me save thousands of dollars a year if I would simply refinance my home with a particular mortgage company. 

However, once she understood that I really wasn't interested, her friendliness evaporated. Such insincere friendliness is often just a culturally correct attitude that some people use to impress others or to get something from them. Contrast that self-serving attitude with the genuine friendship Jesus showed us. 

He said, 'Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends' (John 15:13). Then He demonstrated self-sacrificing love for us by dying on the cross to forgive our sins. When we trust Christ to direct our lives and learn to obey Him, we experience a deep friendship that gives reality and sincerity to the friendliness we show to others. 

The Lord helps us to avoid the shallow friendliness that others use to get what they want. The Lord teaches us instead to radiate the warmth of genuine Christ-like friendliness to everyone we meet.

Jokes Of The Day

An American decided to write a book about famous churches around the world.

For his first chapter he decided to write about Australianchurches. So he
bought a plane ticket and took a trip to Hobart, thinking that he would work
his way across the country from South to North.

On his first day he was inside a church taking photographs when he noticed a
golden telephone mounted on the wall with a sign that read "$10,000 per
call". The writer, being intrigued, asked a priest who was strolling by what
the telephone was used for. The priest replied that it was a direct line to
heaven and that for $10,000 you could talk to God. The writer thanked the
priest and went along his way.

Next stop was in Melbourne. There, at a very large cathedral, he saw the
same golden telephone with the same sign under it. He wondered if this was
the same kind of telephone he saw in Hobart and he asked a nearby nun what
its purpose was. She told him that it was a direct line toheaven and that
for $10,000 he could talk to God. "O.K., thank you," said the writer.

He then travelled to Sydney, Canberra, Adelaide, Perth, Darwin, and Alice
Springs. In every church he saw the same golden telephone with the same
"$10,000 per call" sign under it.

The American, upon leaving Alice Springs saw a sign for Queensland and
decided to see if Queenslanders had the same phone.

He arrived in Brisbane, and again, there was the same golden telephone, but
this time the sign under it read "10 cents per call."

The writer was surprised so he asked the priest about the sign.

"Father, I've travelled all over Australia and I've seen this same golden
telephone in many churches. I'm told that it is a direct line to Heaven, but
in every state the price was $10,000 per call. Why is it so cheap here?"

The priest smiled and answered, "You're in Queensland now son, it's a local
call".
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Ned: What instructions did Noah give his sons about fishing off the ark?

Fred: I don't know?

Ned: Go easy on the bait, boys. I only have two worms.
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Two men were at a bar and one said, " Hey, I had my IQ checked and it was 175, The other responded " That's a coincidence so is mine, what do you do for a living?" " I'm a physicist." was the reply. Again came "that's a coincidence so am I." This was overheard at a nearby table and these two compared IQ's at 160 and were surprised that they were both brain surgeons. At another nearby table one man despondently said to the other "Did you hear that? I had my IQ checked and it was only 52." The other said, rather enthusiastically, "That's a coincidence. So is mine. What instrument do you play????"

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Riddle Of The Day

Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?

Answer to Yesterdays Riddle
They have not flesh, nor feathers, nor scales, nor bone. Yet they have fingers and thumbs of their own. What are they?
Gloves.

Devotional Thoughts Of The Day

Friends For Life

Jesus was having dinner one evening when many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Him (Matthew 9:10). The religious leaders of that day were outraged by His behaviour. Their conclusion was that Jesus was a friend of sinners, and as it turns out, He was. The Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost (Luke 19:10). Jesus was morally separate from sinners and never took part in their lifestyle. Yet He did not separate Himself physically from sinful people. 

He spent time with them and became their friend. Just like Jesus, you and I can't help but rub shoulders with all kinds of people in our daily activities. Tertullian, an early Roman writer, described the relationships between the Christians and non-Christians of his day this way: "We live among you, eat the same food, wear the same clothes... We sojourn with you in the world, renouncing neither forum, nor market, nor bath, nor booth, nor workshop, nor inn... We till the ground with you, we join with you in business ventures." 

We too must seek the unsaved, as Jesus did... and it doesn't take much effort. It's good to ask ourselves from time to time, "How many friends do I have who are lost?" 


Age Is No Problem

So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they anointed David king over Israel. David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. 2 Samuel 5:3-4.

Someone once defined middle age as "a brief period of time between being too young to do something and being too old to want to." And there's truth to that. It seems we spend the first part of our lives being told, "No, you're too young to date. You're too young to drive. You're too young to get married." Then we spend the latter years of our lives being told, "No, you're too old to start a new career. You're too old to go back to school. You're too old to live alone." In Western society, age is often a critical factor. 

I suspect when David began to reign at the age of 30 some said, "David, you're too young to be king. We need someone older." By the time he had ruled for 40 years and reached the respectable age of 70, others were probably saying, "David, you're too old to be king over Israel. It's time to turn it over to someone younger." But in God's sight, age is not really an issue. 

Scripture indicates that God uses the very young. The prophet Jeremiah said, "Ah, Lord God! Behold, I cannot speak, for I am a youth" (Jer1:6), but God used him anyway. On the other hand, there were men like Caleb, who at the age of 85 could still claim, "I wholly followed the Lord" (Josh 14:6-14). The apostle John continued to minister and according to tradition, wrote the Book of Revelation in his elder years. 

Is someone telling you that you're too young to serve the Lord? Don't believe it. Is someone telling you that you're too old to respond to God 's calling? Forget it. With God, age is never an excuse. Don't follow their advice; follow the spirit.

Facts Of The Day

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Closing Thought

The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.

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