Daily Devotional for Tuesday November 9, 2004

Sharing How Good and Great Our God Is

(Acts 4:20; Revelation 12:11)

By far, the Devotional everyone looks forward to is the 4 times a year I share some of the incredible praise reports we receive every single day here at Liveprayer. One of the things that I wish I could do, is let you read all of these great praise reports. Even though we deal with email names and unseen people, I never forget for a moment that there is a very REAL person in need at the other end that God loves very much. It is amazing each day to see God healing people, restoring marriages, providing necessary finances, and meeting every kind of need imaginable.

We currently have an archive of over 1,400,000 Praise Reports that we have received in over 63 months of ministry here on the Internet. Satan hates the "word of testimony" because it gives people hope. No matter what you are facing in your life today, never forget that the same God who has brought someone else out of the valley and led them to victory, is the very same God that will lead YOU out of the valley and to victory. Please enjoy this special Devotional of PRAISE REPORTS!

"Dear Bill, Thank you for the encouragement you gave back in march 2003. Elizabeth went in to treatment in Oct 2003 and for one year she has been clean from drugs and alcohol. She left her "boyfriend" and seems to have waken up. She is working, going to school with plans to graduate, and associates with other sober friends. Her spiritual walk isn't where I would like -she's not in church etc. but her attitude and demeanor is so much nicer and sweeter. She does say she is a Christian. God is answering prayers."

"Bill, I'm a soldier in Iraq, and I get your devotionals daily, I admit unfortunately I don't get to read them daily, but I get to from time to time. They're great, they've really been uplifting to me. When I get down sometimes I can read one of those and the Word of God and the way you express it makes me feel uplifted. I just wanted to thank you for sacrificing your time and efforts to send a daily devotional. If I check my e-mail and I only have 1, I know for sure it's my daily devotional. I do ask for continued prayers over here for our safety and our safe return home, but know that as a Christian, I am happy to be serving and helping to rid the world of tyranny and oppression. Thanks again so much for your sacrifices and efforts."

"Hey Bill! Well, almost one year ago at this time, I sent you the email, and you replied with that life changing reply. Wow! In 2 days shy of one year, I am in my second semester of Bible College, and married. I have peace, no drugs, no alcohol, wow, I am blessed, praise God!"

"Our prayers have been answered! My husband was offered a job on Sept. 15th, we put our house up for sale on Sept. 24th, and we have a buyer as of yesterday!! We truly owe it all to him who loves us, no matter how what! Thank you again for your prayers."

"Back in January I asked you to pray for us and our desire to start a family. We finally became pregnant (The history of the e-mail is below). I am pleased to say that I gave birth to Dante'-Emmanuel on Saturday October 2, 2004. What a true gift from God. Thank you for your prayers and daily devotionals - they have been such an encouragement for me through my pregnancy and now into motherhood. I praise God for the amazing things he has done and I am praying that Dante'-Emmanuel will grow up to love the Lord first and foremost. I have attached some pics for you."

"You have received emails from my wife Melissa requesting prayer over our situation. I cheated on my wife. I stole from my family. I turned away from God. These things were my free will and my choice and I blame no one but myself. I am asking you to pray for her to understand she did nothing wrong. And that I fell week to sin. I ask for a prayer for our family. I am ashamed of myself. I will never be able make it up to her. Regardless of what her decision will be for us I ask for your prayer to help me find God again. I want to devote my life to Christ. I have decided to give this to him. And for what is best to happen."

"Thank God (and Brother Keller) for helping me through my recent divorce. I was very worried about finances and my children, but God always provided just enough just in time. I recently moved and the crisis is over....and without Bill and his daily devotional I would not have stayed in the Word every step. Thank you!"

"I prayed with your prayer line on Saturday that God work a miracle for me and TRUE TO HIS WORD HE DID."

"I have read the prayer and asked Jesus Christ to come into my heart and guide my soul to him. I am asking you to send me your free information."

"I asked you to pray a while back about my husband losing his job and that he would get another quickly and that it would be even better than his old job. Well, God answered your prayers and my husband has a new, good job that pays $1.50 more per hour and he gets a lot more hours per week. Thank you and thank the Lord."

"Praise Jesus! Thank you Bill for your daily word of encouragement and your challenges to grow in faith. It is through the help of your devotionals I was able to pray at the altar at church and give God my life and be free of my addiction. Thanks be to God!!!"

"She called me the next day! She found a house to rent! They even lowered the rent for her! And she's cleaning it herself for NO security deposit!! THANK-YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRAYERS!! May Almighty God be praised and glorified now and forever!"

"Thank you so much for the daily devotionals!! I've recently broken up with my boyfriend of 3 years because i became a Christian and wanted my body, my heart and my mind to be pure for my Savior. I've really learned the value and the wisdom of waiting until you're married to be involved sexually. Since i've stopped i'm a new person. Thank you for being faithful and obedient to your calling. You're words and your compassion glorify God and they've made a huge difference in my life. Never think that what you do isn't reaching people...because you reached me!!"

"Hi I have just decided to give up the life that I used to live and I want to commit myself to Christianity. I would like you to help grow spiritually as far as Christianity is concerned. Thank you!"

"Hi Bill, I just wanted to say thank you for your very encouraging e-mail the other day about my job search. I also wanted to let you know, not that you didn't already know, that God is fabulous!! I got a job offer today from a company and they even offered me $10,000 more a year then what I asked. I got on my knees right after the phone call and thanked God so much! He is just so wonderful!! I just wanted to also express my gratitude towards you and the work that you do. Please keep it up!"

"Bill Keller, It has now been several days since I wrote to you requesting prayer for the pain brought on by back surgery. I first want to thank you for believing in me, and standing with me in a prayer of healing. Next I want to report a very drastic change in the severity of my pain. Pain is measured by most medical personnel on a scale of 0 to 10, the stronger the pain, the higher the number. Of course my pain was staying around a 9 or 10 before I wrote to you. Within 24 hours it was dropping, and is now steadily between 2 and 3, or less! Even more fantastic, I am able to control it with OTC medications instead of the hard narcotics!"

"After I gave you my prayer request...2 hours maybe...someone came to buy the couch I was trying to sell. That gave me the money I needed for the car part. (over $100.00) My car will be on the road by tonight."

"Bill, I am the Fireman who wrote you back on 10/17/04 detailing the event of an adulteress incident that my wife had committed the night before. First of all, I want to thank you for your encouragement and your prayers. God is doing amazing things in our marriage right now. We have come a long way through this short period of time. Even before we started counseling, God started working in our marriage when I got into prayer with a Christian co-worker and I gave this situation over to the Lord. I know you get thousands of emails a day and I want to thank you for the personal acknowledgement you gave to mine."

"I requested prayer for Kenneth a few days ago. His heart was failing and the doctors had no hope for him but PRAISE be to GOD he's off of life-support and he"s coming home in a couple of days. Thank everyone for your prayers and GOD BLESS!!!!"

"I contacted you about a week ago as a friend and I had words, you advised me to call and say sorry I waited a few days and now she contacted me and we did lunch today and everything is fine, we agreed that since we are both Christians that made us forgiving each other easier. Thanks."

"I have prayed the prayer of salvation. I am ready to commit my life to Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ"

NOW YOU KNOW WHY I AM SO PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT I DO EACH DAY, AND WHY I AM WORKING SO HARD TO EXPAND THE OUTREACH OF LIVEPRAYER. GOD HAS RAISED UP THIS GREAT INSTRUMENT IN THESE LAST DAYS TO TRANSFORM LIVES. IT IS YOUR LOVE, YOUR PRAYERS, AND YOUR SACRIFICIAL GIFTS THAT MAKES ALL OF THIS POSSIBLE!

FOR THE MILLIONS WE ARE ABLE TO SHARE THE HOPE AND LOVE OF CHRIST WITH EACH DAY. THANK YOU!!!