LivePrayerDaily Devotional for Friday August 2, 2024
The silence of the Pope and President! and, The boldness of Satan versus the meekness of most Christians!
CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF LIVEPRAYER!
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FRIDAY AUGUST 2, 2024
(Acts 19:8)
***PERSONAL MESSAGE FOR YOU FROM BILL KELLER: I DESPERATELY NEED YOUR HELP TODAY! I continue to walk in faith as I have each day for the past quarter century! As we begin our 25th anniversary month, we need to cover the final $50,000 from our June ministry operations. It is critical that we take care of this shortfall ASAP since those obligations are now 60 days past due! 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, help me to stand strong in these difficult days. I know that in the end, YOU...and YOU alone will have the final word. Give me boldness and courage to stand for You as evil abounds. In the name of Jesus I pray..AMEN!!!
***THE DAILY LIVEPRAYER TV NUGGET: People have emailed me all week about why the Olympic opening ceremonies felt no qualms about mocking and demeaning 2 billion Christians worldwide in their blasphemy of our Lord and the Last Supper. The answer my friend is simple. They know Christians will be outraged but the majority of people who have rejected faith in Christ and God’s Word either won’t care or will love it. THEY ARE CORRECT! Long gone are the days when the world considered the repercussions of such blasphemy. The days of respecting the beliefs of the followers of Christ are over. One of the big reasons for the lack of respect is the fact that one week later the leader of 1.6 billion Catholics worldwide, Pope Francis HAS NOT SAID A WORD! NOT ONE WORD OF CONDEMNATION OVER THE OPENING CEREMONIES! ZERO! Additionally, Joe Biden, the leader of the free world and a Catholic has also not said ONE WORD about the blasphemous opening of the Paris Olympics! As a matter of fact, his wife the first lady Jill Biden, also a Catholic, attended the opening ceremonies and though it was amazing. To be fair many Christian leaders here in the US, Catholic Bishops in France, and other Believers around the world did speak up about how disgusted they were at the opening ceremonies. However, many of the biggest voices in Christendom remained silent while those who supported the debauchery enjoyed every moment. This is a microcosm of the larger problem we have as Believers in Jesus. Those who serve satan are bold and fearless in their service to the wicked one. Meanwhile, too many Christians sit back in silence, are afraid to speak up in defense of our faith. For 3 decades of ministry I have been railing against the timidity of Christians who possess the truth of God’s Word, while the servants of satan are bold and loud in declaring the lies of their wicked master! Speak up brothers and sisters in Christ. IF NOT YOU, WHO???
“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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***AUGUST FINANCIAL UPDATE: We ended July still requiring the final $50,000 from our June ministry operations and the $55,000 we required for our July operations. That is a shortfall of $105,000 that we must cover ASAP, especially the $50,000 shortfall from June!
There have been 3 occasions over the past quarter century when Liveprayer was in a very serious financial situation. All 3 times God was faithful and sent several friends to help us get current. I am praying today for all of our friends to pray and make the most generous sacrifice you can as quickly as you can so we can get the $50,000 from June taken care of. Than we can turn our attention to the $55,000 from July. SATAN IS A LIAR!!! OUR GOD IS FAITHFUL!!!
*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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*LIVE ON AFTER YOU ARE IN HEAVEN!!! By remembering God's work here at Liveprayer in your will/estate planning, you can still help me share His Truth with the masses, be here for people in their time of greatest need, and help lead the lost to faith in Jesus even after God has called you home!!! God has led many of our friends in the Liveprayer family to remember His work here in their will. Please pray about this opportunity to continue and partner with me in the Lord's work at Liveprayer, even after you are enjoying your fewards and the eternal peace of Heaven! If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact me at: bkeller@liveprayer.com
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The boldness of Satan versus the meekness of most Christians. Very rarely do I take advantage of this forum to share my personal views, but today is an exception. If there is one thing in this world that upsets me more than anything else, it is the bold way that satan shares his message of sin with this world, and how afraid most Christians are to share our message!
Satan brings the world a message that is designed to kill, steal, and destroy lives. He has NO FEAR in presenting that message as boldly as he is able to. Yet we, those who have placed our faith in Christ, who have the ONLY true message of everlasting life, who have the ONLY message of hope for this hurting and lost world, meekly, almost ashamedly, present our message in the most low-key form possible! WHY??????
Satan knows the weaknesses of man. He has man's nature down to a science. Greed, sex, alcohol, drugs, gambling, food are the most base weaknesses. So satan uses the modern day media to flaunt his message of "greed is good," sex is great any way that you can get it no matter what form it takes, alcohol is socially acceptable, drugs are the "in thing," gambling is just harmless entertainment, and food is a necessity of life that we should enjoy no matter how much of it we eat.
These messages permeate the world that we live in. We are bombarded endlessly with them by the media to a point that we accept them as fact. Satan knows that this strategy works because there will be nobody bold enough to counter or challenge his message. His message in the mainstream media goes mostly unchallenged. HE REALIZES THAT VERY FEW CHRISTIANS IN A SECULAR FORUM WILL CHALLENGE WHAT HE SAYS!
The FACT IS, greed is NOT good, it is evil. Sex is designed ONLY in the confines of marriage. Alcohol affects your brain and is a crutch that many turn to, to numb their way thru life. Drugs are an escape from reality that will destroy you. Gambling is a misuse of the resources that God has entrusted to you and is poor stewardship. Food is necessary, but only when you consume the right kinds of food and the right amounts. Who out there is telling THIS SIDE, the TRUE SIDE, GOD'S SIDE of this story to the world at large???? Answer...not many!!!!
My friend, it is time for God's people to stand up, to say, "DEVIL, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH." Our churches are just as much to blame!!! Many don't even deal with the needs of their congregations, let alone the world outside the doors of the church. It is time to stand up and accept the responsibility God has given to those in leadership, those who call themselves Christians, and take His message of hope and everlasting life through Jesus Christ to this lost and sin-filled world. How can the devil be so bold with lies, and God's people so timid with the Truth????
I love you and care about you so much. Jesus in MANY parables told us that our time is short, we must be busy about our Father's business. Now is the time to be aggressive. Now is the time when those who God has placed in roles of leadership must be willing to sacrifice all to take HIS message to this world at large. EVEN IF IT MEANS LOSING ALL THAT WE HAVE. We can never lose everything when we have Jesus!!!!
The fact is, what we have is simply given to us by God to further His Kingdom, NOT to create our own personal fiefdoms. That is why when the opportunity came 25 years ago to start Liveprayer, my wife and I and the Board of my ministry had no problem committing ALL that we had to this ministry. It was a vehicle God could use to open hearts and share the everlasting message of faith through Jesus Christ with the lost and hurting of this world. It was a privilege to give all that we had to be able to share Christ with hurting people.
God is calling YOU today to be bold. Look around you. How bold is Satan with a message of destruction? How much bolder should YOU be with a message of everlasting life? DO NOT LET THESE WORDS GO UNHEEDED TODAY. GOD IS CALLING ME AND YOU TO A LEVEL OF BOLDNESS LIKE NEVER BEFORE.
It is time to take on the same mindset of Satan in regard to presenting our message. Satan has no fear, there are no limits to him. We must operate the same way. We must never tire, never lose sight of who the real audience is..the world at large!!! We must get outside the comfort zone of the existing church, Christian community, and be bold enough, creative enough, to share the message of hope and faith in Christ to this lost and hurting world. Now is the time, today is the day. Time is short!!! A lost and hurting world is waiting to hear the TRUTH!!!
In His love and service,
Your friend and co-laborer in His work,
Bill Keller