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Intro

Thursday, October 22 2026
from the Brisbane Revival Fellowship

Hello to you today


Only 71 days to the year 2027

Scripture Of The Day

Blessed [are] they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Matthew 5:6

Read The Bible In a Year

Isaiah 65-66 ; 1 Timothy 2

Thoughts For The Day

Whatever you do may seem insignificant, but it is most important that you do it.

Growing old is mandatory. Growing up is optional.

We must accept that this creative pulse within us is God's creative pulse itself.

Motivation For The Day

Take time in your day to reflect on what your purpose really is.

On This Day

1797 - Frenchman Andre-Jacques Garnerin makes the world's first parachute jump - launching himself from a balloon over the Parc Monceau in Paris.
1862 - A rebellion by Greek troops garrisoned in Athens forces King Otto I to resign.
1909 - Elise Deroche (who uses the self-created title of Baronne de la Roche) becomes the first woman pilot to fly 'solo'.
1937 - The Duke and Duchess of Windsor arrive in Berlin to meet German leader Adolf Hitler, study housing conditions and hear a concert.
1952 - In Kenya, British troops arrest the leader of the 'Mau Mau' rebels, Jomo Kenyatta.
1966 - KGB masterspy George Blake escapes from Wormwood Scrubs in London where he was serving a 40 year sentence for spying against the British Government.
1987 - The First Volume of the Gutenberg Bible is sold in New York for £3.26 million making it the most expensive printed book to be sold at auction.

Personal Story Of The Day

Now Is The Acceptable Hour

A friend of mine who has lived all of his life in an earthquake prone area, goes to sleep every night with his shoes and a torch under the bed. When he was a child, his father required every family member to be ready to leave the house if an earthquake were to come during the night. "During a tremor," my friend says, "windows shatter and electricity is lost. With shoes I can walk on broken glass and with a light I can find my way in the dark. I never go to bed without them. I'm ready."

When Jesus spoke to His followers about His return, He said, "Be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect" (Luke 12:40). What does it mean for a Christian to be ready for Christ's return? Jesus said that instead of worrying about material things, we are to trust God's provision and make His kingdom our priority (v22-31). Instead of living in fear, a mind set that restricts our outward ability to serve the Lord, we are to demonstrate faith... this expands our ability to give (v32-34). 

Like faithful servants, we should expect our Master at any time, because He will return at an unexpected hour (v35-40). It is most important to understand. that the warning to be ready is to the church, not to the unsaved. He is warning the servants of the house... the Spirit filled. 

I often ponder the fate of the large numbers of people who are out of fellowship, who plan to make a return when it becomes clear to them that things are getting close. It would seem that even those who are walking in the Spirit are going to be surprised... a time when you think not. This leaves the others in a terrible position.

No wonder the lord says... And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. Romans 13:11. Jesus promised to return and told us how to live as we wait for His coming. Our lives, more than our lips, are to say, "I'm ready!"

Jokes Of The Day

Two cannibals meet one day. The first cannibal says, 'You know, I just can't seem to get a tender Missionary. I've baked them, I've roasted them, I've stewed them, I've tried every sort of marinade. I just can't seem to get them tender.'

The second cannibal asks, 'What kind of Missionary do you use?'

The other replied, 'You know, the ones that hang out at that place at the bend of the river. They have those brown cloaks with a rope around the waist and they're sort of bald on top with a funny ring of hair on their heads.'

'Ah, ah!' the second cannibal replies. 'No wonder you're having problems cooking them......those are friars!'

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When Solomon said there was a time and a place for everything he had not encountered the problem of parking his automobile.

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The heaviest element known to science was recently discovered by
physicists. The element, tentatively named Administratum, has no
protons or electrons and thus has an atomic number of 0.
However it does have:

1 neutron.
125 assistant neutrons
75 vice-neutrons
111 assistant vice-neutrons

This gives it an atomic mass of 312. The 312 particles are held
together by a force that involves the continuous exchange of
meson-like particles called morons.

Since it has no electrons, Administratum is inert. However, it
can be detected chemically as it impedes every action with which
it comes in contact. According to the discoverers, a minute amount
of Administratum causes one reaction to take four days to complete
when it would have normally occurred in less than one second.

Administratum has a normal half-life of approximately three years,
at which time it does not actually decay but instead undergoes a
reorganization in which assistant neutrons, vice neutrons, and
assistant vice-neutrons exchange places. Some studies have shown
that atomic mass actually increases after each reorganization.
Research at other laboratories indicates that Administratum occurs
naturally in the atmosphere. It tends to concentrate at certain points
such as government agencies, large corporations, and universities,
and can usually be found in the newest, best appointed, and best
maintained buildings.

Scientists point out that Administratum is known to be toxic at any
level of concentration and can easily destroy any productive reaction
where it is allowed to accumulate. Attempts are being made to determine
how. Administratum can be controlled to prevent irreversible damage,
but results to date are not promising.
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Riddle Of The Day

I can run but not walk. Wherever I go, thought follows close behind. What am I?

Answer to Yesterdays Riddle
What goes around the world but stays in a corner?
A Stamp

Devotional Thoughts Of The Day

All God's Love Is Good Love

Has anything like this ever happened in your days or in the days of your forefathers?   Joel 1:2.

Some counsellors utilize a concept called tough love... a love that is strong enough to be tough when needed. Parents show tough love to a child when they refuse to give in to a temper tantrum. Tough love is strong enough to reprove one who needs correction, and it is willing to allow others to suffer the consequences of their foolish actions in the hope that they will learn from their experiences.

God often expresses tough love in the form of divine discipline. Jesus told the church of Laodicea, 'Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest, and repent' (Rev 3:19). This was also God's message to His people through the prophet Joel. We do not know when the book of Joel was written. The lack of any reference to Judah's king has prompted some people to suggest that it was written during the time when Joash, the boy king, ruled Judah (835-739 B.C., see 2 Kings 11-12). 

Other's think that the book was written some time after the Babylonian exile. All that is known of the book's author is that his name was Joel and that he was the son of Pethuel (Joel 1:1). Although we know little about Joel's personal life, we do know that he lived in a time when the people of Judah were experiencing unprecedented calamity (v2). A plague of locusts coming in stages and lasting for several years had laid waste the land (v4&7). 

The vine and the fig tree, both symbols of God's blessing, had been stripped bare. One of God's purposes in allowing this tragedy to occur was to get the attention of complacent sinners (v5). These disasters were meant to serve as a divine wake-up call to the people of Joel's generation and their descendants. God was showing His people that there were severe consequences to their sin. 

It was an expression of tough love and judgment, but also resulted in the application of the mercy of God. However, tough love without mercy is an act of hatred... worse than the original sin. That is why God forgives and restores.


Holy, Holy, Holy Is the Lord of Hosts

Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. Isaiah 6:5.

The prophet Isaiah became speechless, totally overawed and transformed by what he saw. He saw the Lord sitting on a high and exalted throne with the train (trailing rear section) of His robe filling the temple. He saw seraphim standing beside the Lord, crying 'Holy, holy, holy.' The temple was filled with smoke and the door frames shook. God's presence was extremely strong, and Isaiah was shaken to the core. 

What he saw penetrated his being and became a permanent part of him. With this vision, his image of himself changed. God's holiness caused the sin in his life to become blatantly apparent.

God's holy presence caused the standard to be raised in every area of Isaiah's life. What seemed okay before was now inappropriate. What was convenient before now appeared careless and lazy. What was of general interest before now became worldliness. What previously received general acceptance, was now unacceptable. Woe is me, for I am undone!

Isaiah was desperate over his spiritual situation even though he was the Lord's anointed prophet. He discovered carelessness and sin in his own speech, I am a man of unclean lips, and he realized his own speech has been no better than that of the rest of the people: I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips. Unless his lips were cleaned, he would be unable to continue serving God and speaking His word. 

An angel appeared and placed a coal from the altar on his lips, purifying his speech. Then Isaiah was able to speak God's Word. This is similar to the day of Pentecost when people were filled with the Holy Spirit and fire (like a coal off the alter of the Lord)... they spoke in tongues... a purifying language. They went out and preached this salvation everywhere, the Lord confirming these words with signs following.

The same is true for us; our standard is significantly lower than the Lord's standard. But when the Lord works in us, we are lifted up, high above where we otherwise would soar.

Facts Of The Day

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Closing Thought

Lord, today I will set aside petty grievances and look for solutions.

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