Daily Devotional for Tuesday December 13, 2011

At the Name of Jesus Every Knee Shall Bow and Every Tongue Confess that Jesus Christ is Lord

(Philippians 2:10-11)

The Bible says at the name of Jesus EVERY knee should bow, and EVERY tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. The actual Greek in this passage says MUST bow. The fact is my friend, there will come a day in the life of EVERY living person when they will bow their knee to Jesus and confess Him as Lord! The only question that remains is WHEN they will do it.

God has given man the free will to accept His free gift of everlasting life through faith in Jesus Christ, or reject that gift. That is a choice each person must make during their life. The fact is, the Bible warns us that tomorrow is promised to none of us. That is why the Word says TODAY is the day of salvation. The reality is, you may not see tomorrow. So the ultimate choice each living person has to make is to bow their knee to Jesus and confess Him Lord and receive God's free gift of everlasting life, or reject Christ in this life and spend eternity separated from God.

EVEN THOUGH A PERSON MAY CHOOSE TO REJECT CHRIST DURING THIS LIFE, THERE WILL COME A MOMENT WHEN THEY DIE AND STAND BEFORE GOD WHEN THEY WILL BOW THEIR KNEE TO JESUS AND CONFESS HIM TO BE LORD BEFORE THEY ARE SENTENCED TO ETERNITY IN HELL!!!

When Pontius Pilate died, he bowed his knee to Jesus and confessed Him to be Lord! When Nero died, he bowed his knee to Jesus and confessed Him to be Lord! When Buddha died, he bowed his knee to Jesus and confessed Him to be Lord! When Gandhi died, he bowed his knee to Jesus and confessed Him to be Lord! When Hitler died, he bowed his knee to Jesus and confessed Him to be Lord! When Madelyn Murray O'Hare died, she bowed her knee to Jesus and confessed Him to be Lord! When Mohammad Attah died, he bowed his knee to Jesus and confessed Him to be Lord! When any person dies that has rejected Christ, before they are cast into everlasting darkness they will bow their knee to Jesus and confess Him to be Lord!!!

Sadly, there are many people walking this planet today that have chosen to live their lives in complete rebellion to God and to His Word. They have rejected Jesus Christ in their life and refuse to acknowledge Him for who He is. You can't force anyone to believe, you can only share with them the Good News and the truth of God's Word and pray for them to open their heart to that truth. But the fact remains, they will at some point bow their knee to Jesus and confess Him to be Lord.

I love you and care about you so much. For those who have already bowed your knee to Jesus and confessed Him to be Lord, you have the assurance of everlasting life with your Savior when this brief journey here is over. That is why no matter what may be happening in this world, we can never lose sight of the fact that our hope is in a better place. Like those heroes of faith we read about in Hebrews 11, we long for a better country, a heavenly one. A place where we will dwell with God our Creator for all of eternity.

For those who are reading this today that have not bowed your knee to Jesus and have not confessed Him to be Lord, I am praying for you. He loved you enough to die for your sins so that you could not only receive everlasting life, but know true joy, true peace, and true abundance in this life as well. I pray that you will take a moment right now and ask God to open your heart and then read the words at this link: http://www.liveprayer.com/bdy_salvatn.html.

May God richly bless you today and let me leave you with this most beautiful passage of Scripture from the Book of Philippians, "Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death, even death on a cross! Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." (Philippians 2:6-11)

***With Christmas only 12 days away, we really only have a few weeks left in December since most people are out of contact between Christmas and New Years. We still have to cover the last $10,000 of our November operational shortfall, in addition to the $40,000 we need for our basic December operations. We desperately need $10,000 immediately for past due operational expenses, and I am praying for the Lord to send 2 people who can make a one-time sacrifice today to help me with this critical need.

Please pray about making a special year-end gift to Liveprayer, especially if it will help you with your 2011 taxes. Over these 12 years, God has always risen up key people at critical moments in order for us to advance His work here. We are on the verge of seeing the culmination of our many years of faithfulness, as we boldly step on a major platform the world won't be able to ignore, and call this nation back to God and His Truth. It is friends like you who have brought us to this place, and friends like you who obediently answer His call who will help me lead this nation back to our only hope and answer, the GOD OF THE BIBLE!!!

Everyone can pray, most everyone can sacrifce something to help me, and there are a few who God has richly blessed who are in a position to help me in a significant way. I have literally given my life, my time, talent, and treasure the past 20 yrs to serve the Lord and bring the lost to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ, and need those who are able to take your stand with me today!!!

TO GIVE A GIFT TO LIVEPRAYER, you can use your major credit card on our secure server at: www.liveprayer.com under the "Donation" link, you can give using your PayPal account using my email address: bkeller@liveprayer.com or, you can mail your gift to: Liveprayer, 6660 46th Ave. North, St.Petersburg, FL 33709. All gifts to Liveprayer are 100% tax deductible.

Thank you for taking your stand for Christ with me. Know that you and your family are in my prayers each day. Together, we can see this nation turn back to the Almighty and His Truth!

In His love and service, Your friend and brother in Christ,

Bill Keller