LivePrayerDaily Devotional for Monday July 29, 2024
The blasphemous opening ceremonies of the Paris Olympics! and, Praying in bad times and in good times!
DAILY DEVOTIONAL MONDAY JULY 29, 2024
(Deuteronomy 32:15)
***PERSONAL MESSAGE FOR YOU FROM BILL KELLER: I need your help today. As we head into the final days of July, we still have the final $51,000 from our June shortfall and the $55,000 we require for July. $13,000 of that June shortfall is critical! I need one or two of our friends who the Lord has blessed to help me today. If you are able to wire the funds we need today or overnight a check contact me and I can give you the necessary info. Of course, putting your gift on a credit card also gets us funds immediately. Everyone can pray, and those who are able please give the most generous gift you can today. Thank you and God bless! WE PRESS ON TOWARDS THE PRIZE!!!
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***DAILY PERSONAL PRAYER FOR YOU: Dear Lord, please help me to not take Your grace for granted. I am in awe of Your mercy and grace at work in my life and so thankful. Help me each day to do my best to honor You, that the unmerited favor You bestow upon me in not in vain. Thank You for this wonderful day of life. Help me to make it special since it is a day like none other and once over is gone. May my life today count for YOU! In the name of Jesus I pray...AMEN!
***THE DAILY LIVEPRAYER TV NUGGET: satan visits the opening ceremonies of the Paris Olympics! Over the last 60 years, I have had the joy and pleasure of watching many of the greatest athletes in the world perform in the winter and summer Olympic games. One of the highlights of the Olympics is the opening ceremonies. What began as a simple parade of nations into the main stadium, the lighting of the Olympic flame, and some fireworks, has evolved into an incredible spectacle costing tens of millions of dollars to produce. Over the last 30 years it became a time for families to gather together and even those who weren’t sports fans could enjoy the dazzling and highly produced opening ceremonies.
The current games in Paris was like no opening ceremonies ever seen. For the first time they were held OUTSIDE of main stadium. Instead, the opening took place on the river Seine and the many iconic buildings such as The Louvre. While the parade of nations took place with the athletes on boats ending at the Eiffel Tower, on the banks of the Seine different productions were taking place. The architect of the opening ceremonies was Thomas Jolly, a 42 year old queer actor, comedian, and theatre director. Over 1 billion people worldwide turned into the 4 hour opening ceremonies that took place in a torrential downpour for most of those 4 hours.
Other than the normal parade of nations, the lighting of the Olympic flame, the raising of the Olympic flag which the incorrectly raised upside down, viewers were treated to performances by Lady Gaga and Celine Dion amongst many famous French artists. Celine Dion closed the opening ceremonies with an incredible rendition of Edith Piaf’s classic “L’Hymnie A l’Amour.” This was even more moving due to the fact this was the first time Dion has performed in public in over 2 years after being diagnosed with Stiff Person Syndrome, rare a neurological disease. She also announced she will be back in Vegas in residency at Vegas World later this year.
Good so far! However, they couldn’t help themselves and had to destroy the opening ceremonies by mocking and demeaning 2 billion Christians worldwide with what can only be described as a satanically inspired productions that has Christians in France and around the world disgusted and angry. It started with the French heavy metal band Gojira performing “Ah! Ca Ira,” a popular song during the French Revolution alongside opera singer Marina Viotti. During the song, scenes of beheaded figures representing the slain Queen Marie Antoinette were being shown. A bit heavy for the opening ceremonies but it was part of French history.
A short while later satan had his moment in the sun. A scene unfolded with drag queens and artists recreating Leonardo DaVinci’s iconic painting the Last Supper, mocking Christ’s final meal with his disciples. A flamboyant nude French entertainer bathed in blue paint and sparkles covered only by a meager garland of leaves and fruit represented Dionysus, the god of fertility, ecstasy, and wine. There was another scene with drag queens dancing with children. These were clearly blasphemous shots at Christians worldwide. The outrage was immediate on social media with disgusted Christians and non-Christians alike blasting the French for such sacrilege.
The backlash became so fierce that the French Olympic Committee went into damage control demanding social media sites take down the videos of their satanic scenes claiming copyright laws. Jolly told reporters that he wasn’t aware of the criticism and his only aim was to “include everyone.” Meanwhile, the call to boycott watching the Paris Olympics is trending on social media. Christians in the US and around the world realize that their best action for this attack on their faith was to simply ignore the games. It should be noted that representing the United States at the opening ceremonies was lame duck first lady and supposed Catholic Jill Biden who called the opening ceremonies “outstanding” with no mention of the blasphemy.
NBC owns the broadcast rights to the Paris Olympics. It cost them in the neighborhood of $2 billion dollars. Mike Tirico, Kelly Clarkson, and NFL legend Peyton Manning hosted the opening ceremonies. I obviously don’t blame them for the content of the opening, however, these are not stupid people and when the highly offensive scenes were being played out they sat in silence or talked about other things. THEY DIDN’T HAVE THE GUTS TO SPEAK OUT AND CONDEMN SUCH BLATANT BLASPHEMY! NBC of course is owned by Comcast which also owns MSNBC. To be honest, I am not shocked since MSNBC 24/7 spews anti-Christian rhetoric and openly mocks and demeans the Christian faith. So it is not surprising that the disgusting mockery of the Christian faith in Paris was aired by NBC!
Galatians 6:7 tells us, “Don not be deceived, God cannont be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.”
“We are in a NY City “pub” at the time of the Revolution. This is where the patriots met to plot their freedom from King George. WELCOME TO THE LIVEPRAYER “PUB” OF 2023 AS THOSE WHO LOVE JESUS MEET DAILY TO TAKE DOWN sATAN AND HIS MINIONS!!! FIGHT ON MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN CHRIST!!!” (Liveprayer.com Tuesday June 13, 2023)
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***JULY FINANCIAL UPDATE: PRAISE GOD! A dear friend in the Liveprayer family sent a special gift in memory of her late husband to clear up the last $5,000 of May’s shortfall. AMEN!
We can now work on the $55,000 we required for June's ministry operations ($4,000 has come in) and the $55,000 for our July budget, leaving a total of $106,000 to end the July with all of our ministry obligations current. Every year we struggle during the summer months but OUR GOD IS FAITHFUL!!!
*As we are coming into the final days of July, I really need to at least cover the $55,000 from June by the end of this month, $17,000 of it ASAP!!! So far we have covered $4,000 of June’s $55,000 leaving the final $51,000, $13,000 of that is critical! Please pray and if you are able to help me with a special gift it would be greatly appreciated at this time. SATAN IS A LIAR! OUR GOD IS ABLE!!!
*AFTER 25 YEARS, A QUARTER OF A CENTURY OF FAITHFUL SERVICE, people who are part of the Liveprayer family know this is “good soil” to sow your seed! Please pray about a special gift of $25 or $1 for every year, $250 or $10 for every year, $2,500 or $100 for every year, $25,000 or $1,000 for every year!
The Bible teaches us to “give according to our ability to give.” For some that may be $10 or $20. For others it may be $50 or $100. Still others it may be $200, $500, $1,000, $10,000 or more. GOD WILL BLESS YOUR GIFT NO MATTER WHAT THE AMOUNT!!!
ALSO, DON'T FORGET A GIFT OF $1,800 COVERS ONE DAY OF MINISTRY AT LIVEPRAYER!!! I received this email recently, “Pastor Bill, My wife and I have just sold our last rental and God told us to tithe $1,800.00 to pay for a day of your ministry. Not looking for accolades, just that you know when you receive the check. Rest assured that we will still be making our regular weekly tithes."
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How often do we look to the Lord in our time of need, and once things are going better, seem to forget He even exists. When the pressure is on, when the world is crashing down around us, we will usually turn to God for help. We will usually turn to God to save us from, in most cases, the consequences of our own rebellion. God is faithful and loves us, and as things start to get better, we often forget His name.
So many days I address the problems and struggles of everyday life with you. Most days, I focus on how to get through the storms of life and be victorious. But today I want to focus on those times when things are NOT going bad. Those times when you are NOT in the midst of a storm or crisis.
Just as we need to turn to God in our hour of need, so we need to turn to God in our hour of blessing. It is usually those times of blessing that we end up getting in trouble because it is in the hour of blessing we often forget God. If you have ever listened to anything I have told you, listen to this.
IT IS USUALLY IN OUR HOUR OF BLESSING THAT WE END UP GETTING IN TROUBLE, BECAUSE IT IS IN OUR HOUR OF BLESSING THAT WE OFTEN FORGET GOD!!!
This is a very simple word for you today. It is not complicated. It is a simple warning for God to NEVER forget the Lord your God. Most of you are not in the middle of any great crisis and your life is going well. Many of you are enjoying the Lord's blessings in your life. Again I tell you. Don't forget God in the good times.
I have always used those seasons of blessing to try and focus even harder on my intimate daily relationship with the Lord because there are always going to be problems and challenges in this life. I have tried to strengthen myself in those seasons of rest so that when the storms do come, and they will come, I am better prepared to handle them. You might call it preventive spiritual maintenance.
I love you and care for you and am praying for you. My prayer for you today is that you will recognize your daily need for the Lord no matter how bad things may be presently, or how great things may be. Focus on Him each and every day. Let Him be the center of your life in the good times and the difficult times. He loves you, blesses you because of His love for you, and wants you to never ever forget that He is your God. Don't forget Him.
In His love and service,
Your friend and co-laborer in His work,
Bill Keller