Daily Devotional for Monday August 17, 2020

The "spiritually poor!"

(Psalms 41:1)

***DAILY PERSONAL PRAYER FOR YOU: “Dear Lord, YOU are my provider. You know my daily needs. You promised to care what I need each day for life....food, shelter, clothing. I put my trust in You. You own the cattle on a thousand hills, and I come to You today to Thank You for providing for my needs in the past, and knowing my needs today. Today, I come to You, asking You to meet those needs as You promised in Your Word! In the name of Jesus I pray...AMEN!”

***THE DAILY LIVEPRAYER TV NUGGET: Psychological groups are reporting a huge uptick in mental health issues amongst children and teens. This is a group that even before the Chinese Flu hit was dealing with a high rate of mental health issues. In the past couple of years, suicide rates amongst children and teens have been on the rise. The psych groups have stated that the shutdown of the schools have had a serious negative affect on kids that hasn’t been widely reported on. They stressed that getting the schools back open this fall is really critical to the mental well-being of students. Those forces, the media and Democratic Party, who are using this generational pandemic for purely political means knows no bounds. Insuring President Trump is not re-elected is the only thing that matters no matter who or how many are hurt in the process. This is why the last states to open their economy were ALL states with Democratic governors. Half of the Chinese Flu deaths have occurred in nursing homes and long-term care facilities in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan, California, and Washington state. Six states, ALL highly political Democratic governors, and 8 counties out of the 3,141 counties in the country! As I have shared on the TV program, the media and Democratic party will do everything they can to force states to shut-down various states economies. They fear-monger the meaningless “case number,” not telling people the most important number which is how many have died. That graph has been on a steady DECLINE since early May. Also, never forget that 95% of those who have died are over 67, 98% with pre-existing medical issues. So watch the media to push for the schools to stay shut-down since that makes it difficult for many parents who have to work. Despite the serious mental health problems with children and teens BEFORE life as they knew it was turned upside down, those problems have gotten even worse during the pandemic and will only get more worse if the schools don’t open this fall. Pray for our children and teens. Due to the breakdown of marriage and the family that had a large percentage of them already living challenging lives, those challenges have been multiplied exponentially in just the last few months.

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Helping the poor. I want to encourage you today to take about an hour, and sit down with your Bible, and look at all the scriptures concerning care for the poor and needy. One thing I have learned about God and the way that He has Divinely given us His Word, is when you see the same issue talked about over and over, especially throughout the Bible from the Old to New Testament, God is trying to emphasize a point.

He could not be clearer as to our responsibility to help the poor. Now of course, this immediately brings to mind mental images of the homeless, those begging on corners for food, the ones who occupy the shelters at night. But I want you to focus today not only on those who are financially poor, but also those who are SPIRITUALLY POOR.

Throughout Jesus' earthly ministry, He reached out to all segments of society. To those who had wealth and resources, He tried to focus them on their bankrupt spiritual life. Jesus said, "What shall it profit a man to gain the whole world, and lose his soul?" Today, I want you to be aware of the "poor" people you may come in contact with everyday. Not just those who are financially poor, but those who are spiritually poor as well.

We have a responsibility to share the Good News of Jesus Christ, the hope and love of Christ with these people just as we would share a meal with someone who was hungry. It is not an option, but an obligation that we have as followers of Christ to reach out to those who are hurting and need to know there are answers beyond the things of this world.

I am going to pray today that you take this challenge during the Christmas season to heart and really focus, not just on the visibly poor that you may see each day, but also those who may have worldly riches, but be flat broke spiritually. You see, in those difficult times that we all face in life, losing a loved one, health problems, changing jobs, troubles at home, whatever the issue may be, power, prestige, and money are not the answer.

Only the strength, wisdom, and love of Christ can get us through those most difficult times in our life. Open your eyes today and look at those around you who may need a spiritual handout today just to make it to tomorrow. God has called us to help the poor. Not just the financially poor, but also the spiritually poor!

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Thank you for all that you do. I deeply care about you. Pray today about helping those who are spiritually poor in your life. Pray about standing with me today in support of our work here at Liveprayer.com that is ministering to the spiritually poor every day. It is no accident you are receiving these Devotionals each day, and no accident God is speaking to your heart right now to help. Listen and be obedient. Your gift to Liveprayer.com will help someone that is spiritually poor today!

In His love and service,

Your friend and brother in Christ,

Bill Keller