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Intro

Thursday, January 29 2026
from the Brisbane Revival Fellowship

Greetings earthlings and others.


Only 337 days to the year 2027

Scripture Of The Day

Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD. Psalms 4:5.

Read The Bible In a Year

Exodus 21-22; Matthew 19.

Thoughts For The Day

One man tells a falsehood, a hundred repeat it as true.

The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you except yourself.

Every day you are alive is a special occasion. Every minute, every breath, is a gift from God.

Motivation For The Day

God takes life's broken pieces and gives us unbroken peace.

On This Day

1781 - Wolfgang Mozart's dramatic opera "Idomeneo" premieres at the Cuvilliés Theatre in Munich, Germany.
1856 - Queen Victoria institutes Britain's highest military decoration, The 'Victoria Cross'.
1886 - Karl Benz patents the first practical car to be powered by a petrol driven internal combustion engine.
1892 - The Coca-Cola Company is incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia.
1963 - A French veto stops Britain joining the European Common Market.
1978 - Sweden bans the use of aerosol sprays because of their damaging effects on the environment.
1985 - Oxford University dons refuse to confer an honorary degree on British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher .
1988 - Failed opera singer, Bancho Bantchevsky, kills himself by leaping from the balcony of the Metropolitan Opera House in New York during a performance of Verdi's 'Macbeth'.
1998 - British Prime Minister Tony Blair announces a fresh inquiry into 'Bloody Sunday' - the killing of 14 people by British troops in Londonderry in 1972.
2014 - Scientists discover how to convert normal cells into stem cells in mice.
2024 - Chinese property giant Evergrande with more than $300 billion in debt is ordered to liquidate by a Hong Kong court .

Personal Story Of The Day

The Sky Is Not The Limit... There Isn't Any

When Jesus healed the paralysed man as proof of His authority to forgive and heal, the people who witnessed the event were amazed, and they "glorified God, saying, 'We never saw anything like this!'" (Mark 2:12). More than a dozen times in the gospel of Mark, we read accounts of people reacting in a similar way to the words and works of Jesus. The word translated as "amazed" or "astonished" carries the meaning of "being thrown into a state of surprise or fear, or both." 

We may sometimes feel that way when we face the realities in parts of God's Word. Like the disciples, we may be amazed when we read of Jesus saying, "How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!" (10:23). So often we think that having lots of money would solve all our problems. Those who saw a man delivered from a legion of demons reacted with amazement (5:20). But why? Did they think he was beyond God's power to save or heal? Do we feel the same way when God saves certain people? 

Jesus is not bound by our limitations nor expectations. No matter how long we have been spirit filled, He speaks and acts with authority and wisdom far beyond ours. We, likewise, can enjoy many answers to prayer, just don't limit what he can do. The more you read the word, the more you immerse yourself in its values and reality. The more you speak or share the word the more amazing God becomes. There is no limit to this!!

Jokes Of The Day

For the first time in many years, an old man traveled from his rural town to the city to attend a movie. After buying his ticket, he stopped at the concession stand to purchase some popcorn. Handing the attendant $1.50, he couldn't help but comment, "The last time I came to the movies, popcorn was only 15 cents."

"Well, sir," the attendant replied with a grin, "You're really going to enjoy yourself. We have sound now."

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A judge was instructing the jury that a witness was not necessarily to be regarded as untruthful because he changed his statement after he gave it to the police.

"For example," he said, "when I entered my chambers today, I was positive that I had my gold watch in my pocket. But then I remembered that I left in on my nightstand in my bedroom."

When the judge returned home that evening, his wife asked him, "Why so much urgency for your watch? Isn't sending three men to pick it up for you a bit extreme?"

"What?" said the judge, "I didn't send anyone for my watch, let alone three people. What did you do?"

"I gave it to the first one," said the wife, "he knew exactly where it was."

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Dept. of the Army
Regulations For Operation Of Aircraft
Commencing January 1920

1. Don't take the machine into the air unless you are satisfied it will fly.

2. Never leave the ground with the motor leaking.

3. Don't turn sharply when taxiing. Instead of turning sharp, have someone lift the tail around.

4. In taking off, look at the ground and the air.

5. Never get out of the machine with the motor running until the pilot relieving you can reach the motor controls.

6. Pilots should carry hankies in a handy place to wipe off goggles.

7. Riding on the steps, wings, or rail of the machine is prohibited.

8. In case the engine fails on takeoff, land straight ahead regardless of obstacles.

9. No machine must taxi faster than a man can walk.

10. Never run motor so that blast will blow on other machines.

11. Learn to gauge altitude, especially on landing.

12. If you see another machine near you, get out of the way.

13. No two cadets should ever ride together in the same machine.

14. Do not trust altitude instruments.

15. Before you begin a landing glide, see that no machines are under you.

16. Hedge-hopping will not be tolerated.

17. No spins on back or tail sides will be indulged in as they unnecessarily strain the machines.

18. If flying against the wind and you wish to fly with the wind, don't make a sharp turn near the ground. You may crash.

19. Motors have been known to stop during a long glide. If pilot wishes to use motor for landing, he should open the throttle.

20. Don't attempt to force the machine onto the ground with more than flying speed. The result is bounding and ricocheting.

21. Pilots will not wear spurs while flying.

22. Do not use aeronautical gasoline in cars or motorcycles.

23. You must not take off or land closer than 50 feet to the hanger.

24. Never take a machine into the air until you are familiar with it's controls and instruments.

25. If an emergency occurs while flying, land as soon as possible.
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Riddle Of The Day

What odd number becomes even when beheaded?

Answer to Yesterdays Riddle
Why is the letter E like London?
Because E is the capital of England.

Devotional Thoughts Of The Day

A Problem that Needed to Be Solved.

But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. Galatians 5:18. References from Galatians 5:16-18.

A five year old announced that he wanted to grow carrots in a corner of the garden. He dutifully watered his carrot patch, and his mum bought fertiliser. But no carrots emerged. As they puzzled over the absent carrots, his mum asked, when did you put the seeds in? I forgot about seeds! he exclaimed. But I thought if I watered and fed it right, the carrots could still grow! 

Just as the ground doesn't spontaneously produce carrots, our hearts cannot spontaneously produce obedience without fundamental change. Yesterday we saw that faith in the Gospel of Christ as expressed by love does not stand in opposition to the Law. We explored Paul's image of the child placed under a guardian. Yet Paul would find a fault in our illustration. The fundamental problem we overlooked concerns the child. While the guardians job was to train the child for maturity, it could not actually create the inner change necessary to achieve this goal. This failure was not due to a flaw in the guardian, but to one in the child... the sinful nature. 

To see this, we need to understand Paul's claim that the sinful nature opposes the Spirit (v17). Sinful nature refers to that inward tendency to rebel against God. This universal problem plagued Jews and Gentiles alike (see 4:22). The Law was given as the standard for the Jews to obey. With obedience came blessing; with disobedience came a curse (see Deut. 30:15-20). Paul notes that because of sin, the Law could not be obeyed and always brought a curse (see Gal. 5:10). The Law was good. The child was not good. No amount of correcting by the Law could change the fundamental problem. The situation seemed hopeless. How would the child ever become the adult heir?


Call Him Dad

And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Galatians 4:6. 

It often takes a long time for us to understand what a word means to us. This is the case in point with 'Dad'. Father always seemed so formal and nothing like my Dad. We were taught to call him Dad. In fact, in the dictionary, dad is the informal word for father. Not all men called dad are actually the biological fathers of the children who call them dad. Sometimes, a stepfather is much closer to a child than the child's own father. 

The child grows up with a stepfather living in the house and is loved by the man. The child learns to call him dad out of respect, because of the love and closeness felt in the relationship. The child often feels much closer to the stepfather than they do to their own dad. As Christians, we are called 'sons of God' (children of God) [Romans 8:16]. Therefore, we have a Heavenly Father who loves us. We should feel the same closeness in the relationship with our Heavenly Father as we do our earthly father. 

When you have this closeness in your spiritual life, you know that you are free to call Him Abba, Father -meaning Dad! Can't you see the love on the face of God when one of His children feels such a love that He looks up as says, "Hello, Dad"! Have you talked to your Dad today?

Facts Of The Day

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Closing Thought

The picture of health requires a happy frame of mind.

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