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Intro
Friday, April 4 2025from the Brisbane Revival Fellowship
Good morning, Isn't today wonderful?
Only 272 days to the year 2026
Scripture Of The Day
For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward. 2 Corinthians 1:12.Read The Bible In a Year
Ruth 1-4; Luke 8:1-25.Thoughts For The Day
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love and something to hope for.The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase: If you pursue happiness you'll never find it.
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that's the stuff life is made of.
Motivation For The Day
Every minute you are thinking of evil, you might have been thinking of good instead. Refuse to pander to a morbid interest in your own misdeeds. Pick yourself up, be sorry, shake yourself, and go on again.On This Day
1581 - Francis Drake knighted by Queen Elizabeth I aboard his galleon "Golden Hind" at Deptford, England.1828 - Casparus van Wooden patents chocolate milk powder in Amsterdam.
1896 - Announcement of the discovery of gold in the Yukon.
1905 - Earthquake in Kangra India, kills 20,000.
1947 - Largest group of sunspots on record
1968 - Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated.
1973 - The ribbon was cut to open the World Trade Center in New York City.
1975 - Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800.
1947 - Largest group of sunspots on record
1968 - Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated.
1973 - The ribbon was cut to open the World Trade Center in New York City.
1975 - Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800.
2022 - Elon Musk buys 9.2% of Twitter stock, making him the company's largest shareholder.
Personal Story Of The Day
Changes That Work
Actor Sylvester Stallone is applauded for his strongman movie roles as Rocky and Rambo. But what is he really like in his personal life? During an interview he honestly admitted, "If I were watching a home movie of my life, I would shake my head in despair and wonderment. It's a comedy of errors."
Suppose a movie were made of your life or mine. Would it reveal not only errors and poor choices but also a sinful person who doesn't even act like a follower of Christ on some occasions? Would we be ashamed of some scenes? Would we be motivated, as Stallone says he was, to shift our values and start paying attention to "relationships... and putting someone else first"?
Jesus wants to be the "someone else" in our lives whom we put first (Matthew 6:24,33). But how do we do that? It starts with confession of any sin that is between us and Him, and then experiencing the Lord's cleansing and forgiveness (Psalm 32:5). Then we are gradually changed by Him through the work of the Holy Spirit and by the Word of God (Galatians 5:22-23; Hebrews 4:12).
Actor Sylvester Stallone is applauded for his strongman movie roles as Rocky and Rambo. But what is he really like in his personal life? During an interview he honestly admitted, "If I were watching a home movie of my life, I would shake my head in despair and wonderment. It's a comedy of errors."
Suppose a movie were made of your life or mine. Would it reveal not only errors and poor choices but also a sinful person who doesn't even act like a follower of Christ on some occasions? Would we be ashamed of some scenes? Would we be motivated, as Stallone says he was, to shift our values and start paying attention to "relationships... and putting someone else first"?
Jesus wants to be the "someone else" in our lives whom we put first (Matthew 6:24,33). But how do we do that? It starts with confession of any sin that is between us and Him, and then experiencing the Lord's cleansing and forgiveness (Psalm 32:5). Then we are gradually changed by Him through the work of the Holy Spirit and by the Word of God (Galatians 5:22-23; Hebrews 4:12).
If we make our relationship with the Lord our first priority, He will make us into the kind of people He wants us to be (Philippians 2:3-8). The power of the Holy Spirit cannot be limited.
Jokes Of The Day
"My daughter was to marry a man, but this woman claims that the man was to
marry HER daughter!" one of them yelled.
"There is a simple solution," said the King. "I shall cut the man in two and
each of your daughters can have a piece."
"Fine by me!" said the first woman.
"No, don't, I would rather let the other girl marry him than that!" cried
the second.
The King didn't hesitate for a minute. "Fine." he said. "The first woman my
have him."
"What?" protested the other? "She wanted him cut in two!"
"Indeed." said the king. "She shows the true spirit of a mother-in-law!"
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One Sunday, a pastor told his congregation that the church needed some extra
money. He asked the people to consider donating a little more than usual
into the offering plate. He said that whoever gave the most would be able to
pick out three hymns. After the offering plates were passed, the pastor
glanced down and noticed that someone had placed a $1,000 bill in the
offering.
He was so excited that he immediately shared his joy with his congregation
and said he'd like to personally thank the person who placed the money in
the plate. A very quiet, elderly, saintly looking lady all the way in the
back shyly raised her hand. The pastor asked her to come to the front.
Slowly she made her way to the pastor. He told her how wonderful it was that
she gave so much and in thanks asked her to pick out three hymns.
Her eyes brightened as she looked over the congregation, pointed to the
three most handsome men in the building and said, "I'll take him and him and
him."
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Two Irishmen were standing at the base of a flagpole, looking up.
A blonde walks by and asks what they are doing.
Paddy: "We're supposed to find the height of this flagpole, but we don't have a ladder."
The blonde took a spanner from her purse, loosened a few bolts and laid The flagpole down. She pulled a tape measure from her pocket, took a few Measurements and announced that it was eighteen feet and six inches. She Then walked off.
Mick: "Ain't that just like a blonde! We need the height and she gives us The length."
TO BE SURE!
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Riddle Of The Day
How do you get down from an elephant?Answer to Yesterday's Riddle
A cabbage, a faucet and a tomato had a race. How did it go?
The cabbage was ahead, the faucet was running, and the tomato tried to ketchup.
Devotional Thoughts Of The Day
The Nature Of Paul.
The Lame Man at the Beautiful Gate
And all the people saw him walking and praising God: And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him. Acts 3:9-10.
Jesus must have passed by this man many times. Now He passed by again, only this time He was present through His disciples. The rivers of living water, which began to flow on the day of Pentecost, were now stirred. When Peter saw the man, he did what he had seen Jesus do. Jesus had said and promised that those who believed in Him would do the same works He had done.
They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. Romans 12:3. References from 1 Corinthians 4:6-21
Winston Churchill once awarded the Victoria Cross to an Air Force sergeant who had climbed out onto the wing of his bomber while it was thirteen thousand feet above the sea with only a rope attached to his waist. His effort saved both the plane and its crew. At the ceremony the man was so overwhelmed by Churchill's presence that he could barely speak.
Winston Churchill once awarded the Victoria Cross to an Air Force sergeant who had climbed out onto the wing of his bomber while it was thirteen thousand feet above the sea with only a rope attached to his waist. His effort saved both the plane and its crew. At the ceremony the man was so overwhelmed by Churchill's presence that he could barely speak.
'You must be feeling very humble and awkward in my presence', Churchill observed. 'Yes, sir', the sergeant replied. 'Then you can imagine how humble and awkward I feel in yours', Churchill humbly responded.
It is often the characteristic of great men and women that they possess a genuine sense of humility. Humility is one of the things that makes them great. The apostle Paul was a person like that. He not only thought of himself as a servant, he lived the life of a servant by spending himself for the well-being of the church. For Paul this often meant a life filled with hardships, including poverty, hunger, rough treatment, and homelessness (v11).
It is often the characteristic of great men and women that they possess a genuine sense of humility. Humility is one of the things that makes them great. The apostle Paul was a person like that. He not only thought of himself as a servant, he lived the life of a servant by spending himself for the well-being of the church. For Paul this often meant a life filled with hardships, including poverty, hunger, rough treatment, and homelessness (v11).
Paul reminded the Corinthians of this, not to rouse their pity, but to motivate them to imitate his example (v14).
True humility is marked by a realistic assessment of one's position and abilities. Paul understood the nature of his gifts as well as the grace that had endowed him with them. As a result, he could urge the Corinthians to follow his example without being conceited.
The Corinthians, on the other hand, failed to look at their gifts through the lens of God's grace and did not appreciate the sacrifices others had made while ministering to them. The abilities that had become a source of church pride had been gifts given on the basis of grace rather than merit (v7). Others had laboured to make them what they were, but the Corinthians had begun to take the credit. They were acting like kings, when Christ had called them to live like servants.
It is a measure of Paul's humility that, instead of abandoning the Corinthians to their overblown opinion of themselves, he sent Timothy to remind them of the kind of humility Christ expects from His followers (v17).
True humility is marked by a realistic assessment of one's position and abilities. Paul understood the nature of his gifts as well as the grace that had endowed him with them. As a result, he could urge the Corinthians to follow his example without being conceited.
The Corinthians, on the other hand, failed to look at their gifts through the lens of God's grace and did not appreciate the sacrifices others had made while ministering to them. The abilities that had become a source of church pride had been gifts given on the basis of grace rather than merit (v7). Others had laboured to make them what they were, but the Corinthians had begun to take the credit. They were acting like kings, when Christ had called them to live like servants.
It is a measure of Paul's humility that, instead of abandoning the Corinthians to their overblown opinion of themselves, he sent Timothy to remind them of the kind of humility Christ expects from His followers (v17).
The Lame Man at the Beautiful Gate
And all the people saw him walking and praising God: And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him. Acts 3:9-10.
Jesus must have passed by this man many times. Now He passed by again, only this time He was present through His disciples. The rivers of living water, which began to flow on the day of Pentecost, were now stirred. When Peter saw the man, he did what he had seen Jesus do. Jesus had said and promised that those who believed in Him would do the same works He had done.
This is true for all believers in all times. Now things started to happen. Peter did not walk up to the lame man to ask if he wanted prayer. He looked at him and said, 'Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you'. (Acts 3:6).
What did he have? He had the Holy Spirit. He had rivers of living water. He had the same Spirit, the same anointing, that had been within Jesus when He healed the sick. Now it was upon Peter and all the disciples. It was the same power that went out from Jesus when the woman with the issue of blood touched Him. Now it was Peter who delivered this healing power. The lame man stood up and began to run around, praising and worshiping God. And because of this miracle, many people were saved.
The Lord wants to do exactly the same today. He wants to take normal people, like you and me, and fill us with His Spirit so we can be vehicles for His life. Through us He can do what we never would be able to do in our own power. People do not need our skills or wisdom; they need a touch by Jesus through us. God wants to perform miracles every day.
What did he have? He had the Holy Spirit. He had rivers of living water. He had the same Spirit, the same anointing, that had been within Jesus when He healed the sick. Now it was upon Peter and all the disciples. It was the same power that went out from Jesus when the woman with the issue of blood touched Him. Now it was Peter who delivered this healing power. The lame man stood up and began to run around, praising and worshiping God. And because of this miracle, many people were saved.
The Lord wants to do exactly the same today. He wants to take normal people, like you and me, and fill us with His Spirit so we can be vehicles for His life. Through us He can do what we never would be able to do in our own power. People do not need our skills or wisdom; they need a touch by Jesus through us. God wants to perform miracles every day.
Every day there is someone who, through you, can have a supernatural encounter with Jesus Christ. Salvation is the greatest miracle of all.
Facts Of The Day
Man can force the oyster to produce a pearl by inserting an irritant into the shell. It takes the oyster two to three years to produce a good size pearl. Cultured pearls are usually not perfect, but the Japanese have discovered that if you surgically insert an irritant directly into the body of the oyster this will produce a perfect pearl.
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