Daily Devotional for Wednesday September 4, 2024

Two critical TV Nuggets today! and, When you fall, get back up!!!

DAILY DEVOTIONAL WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

(1 Corinthians 10:12)

***PERSONAL MESSAGE FOR YOU FROM BILL KELLER: Stand strong for the Lord today. He needs men and women of God who will take a stand against evil and not waiver or falter no matter the consequences!

***DAILY PERSONAL PRAYER FOR YOU: Dear Lord, help me to always be prepared to serve You in any way that I can. My life belongs to You. I am ready, willing, and able to answer Your call as I go through my life each day. Use me for Your glory. I am Yours! In the name of Jesus I pray...AMEN!

***THE DAILY LIVEPRAYER TV NUGGET: Two critical TV Nuggets for you today! First, the Ukraine Defense Minister told CNN he has presented the United States a list of targets deep in Russia they want to strike and is awaiting approval. In case you aren’t paying attention, just like Hamas is a proxy of Iran, Ukraine is a proxy, a puppet of the United States and is controlled by our State Department and CIA! On this same topic, Putin announced he is updating Russia’s “Doctrine of Nuclear Weapons Use” due to the fact the United States is escalating the war via their proxy Ukraine. I have stated for years now that if it looks like the Democrats are going to lose the election this November, they will unleash some sort of major operation in order to try and suspend the election. The only thing they could possibly due to achieve that goal would be a nuclear war with Russia that could kill millions of people. Biden would declare martial law and suspend the November elections creating a Constitutional crisis. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE DEPTHS THE DEMOCRATS/GLOBALISTS WILL GO TO HOLD ON TO POWER! Second, The SAVE ACT is a Republican bill to state what is already the law and that is only US citizens can vote. IT IS ALREADY AGAINST THE LAW FOR ILLEGALS TO VOTE BUT THE DEMOCRATS ARE NOT LETTING THAT FACT STOP THEM FROM REGISTERING ILLEGALS TO VOTE IN THE UPCOMING NOVEMBER ELECTIONS! The Democrats will never vote for the SAVE ACT since they want illegals voting, so the Republicans are planning and attaching the SAVE ACT to the upcoming bill to keep the government funded past September 30th when funding runs out. This is another moment to see if Speaker Johnson will be a leader or just another gutless disappointment. As of today he says he will attach the SAVE ACT which of course the Democrats will not support, meaning the government could be shut down on the 30th. As we know from history, the fear mongering by the Democrats that the military won’t get paid, Social Security checks won’t go out, vital government agencies won’t be able to operate are all LIES! History has shown that despite the scare tactics the Republicans have never been hurt by taking a righteous stand that led to a government shutdown. Military, Social Security and other essential government operations are still paid and operate and once the shutdown ends any government employees who weren’t paid get their full back pay. So today there are 2 prayer focuses. Pray for God to not allow nuclear WW3 to start until He hopefully allows President Trump to regain power and quickly ends the war between Ukraine and Russia. Also pray that Speaker Johnson will show a steel spine and attach the SAVE ACE to the upcoming spending authorization and not fold, even if it means shutting down the government. While the Democrats and their media allies will blame the Republicans, the people will reward them for their courage and stand not to allow illegals to vote in the upcoming November elections!

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***SEPTEMBER FINANCIAL UPDATE: Thank you to everyone who prayed and those able to help me as we wound down the month of August. By God’s grace we cut down our July shortfall to the final $20,000. Obviously it is critical that we clear that up immediately so we can focus on the $55,000 we required for our August operations. That is a total of $75,000 to clear up our total shortfall so we can focus on the $55,000 we require for September’s ministry operations.

$130,000 by the end of September allows us to enter the final 3 months of 2024 totally current. OUR GOD IS ABLE!!!

*I NEED YOUR HELP to insure that final $20,000 to clear up the balance of July and the $55,000 to take care of August. Everyone can pray, and for those able please help me with the most generous gift you can. NOTHING CAN STOP GOD’S WORK HERE AT LIVEPRAYER, CERTIANLY NOT $130,000 WHICH IN T HE SCHEME OF THE WORLD’S ECONOMY IS NOTHING. SADLY, YOU HAVE MINISTRIES WHO SPEND 4-5X THAT AMOUNT JUST ON FUEL FOR THEIR PRIVATE JET OR BASIC UPKEEP ON THEIR MULTIPLE MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR MANSIONS!

WE JUST CELEBRATED 25 YEARS OF LIVEPRAYER, 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!!!

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"Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall." (1 Corinthians 10:12)

You have a battle with alcohol and promise the Lord you will stop drinking, 12 days later you drink. You have a battle with prescription drugs and promise the Lord you will quit, 4 days later you take some more. You have a battle with pornography and vow to the Lord you won't look at porn any more, 17 days later you are looking at porn.

You have a battle with your weight and tell the Lord no more sweets, 2 nights later you are sitting at your kitchen table eating a quart of Haagen Dazs. You have a battle with smoking and finally tell the Lord you won't smoke again, 24 days later you are having a cigarette. What do you do when you decide once and for all to take a stand over whatever bondage you may be battling in your life, to start living in victory over that bondage, and then fall off the wagon?

When you fall off the wagon, you feel like a failure. You are consumed with guilt and shame. You can't believe after you did so good you fell. You are disgusted with yourself for being so weak. You know in your heart you not only let the Lord down, but broke your promise to Him. On top of all of those feelings and emotions, here comes your old buddy the devil to pour salt in the fresh wound.

He reemphasizes what a failure you are, how you lied to Jesus and now He wants nothing to do with you, that whatever goes wrong in your life is God punishing you for falling, how the Bible is lie otherwise you would have been delivered from this bondage, that it is OK to give in to your carnal urges, God really doesn't expect you to be perfect, and oh yes the best of all, you aren't really saved or you wouldn't sin like that.

WOW, are you still with me or did you stop reading and delete this already? The fact is, EVERYONE needs to hang in there and get through this message today since EVERYONE has bondages that we fight throughout the course of our life. Just so you know, lying is as much of a bondage as drugs. Gossiping is as much of a bondage as homosexuality. Anger is as much of a bondage as alcohol.

Being mean to people is as much of a bondage as pornography. The fact is, we all have bondages in our life. Some people may not be fighting the more visible and popular bondages, but anything that is keeping you from being like Jesus and living in obedience to God's Word is a bondage!

Since we all fight different bondages during our life, it is critical to talk about what happens when we fall off the wagon or fail since that is part of the battle. Let me say right up front, when you fail it doesn't mean you don't love the Lord or aren't really saved, it simply means your flesh is weak.

Paul summed up this classic battle between our flesh and the Spirit in Romans 7 when he stated that, "He did the things he didn't want to do and didn't do the things he wanted to do." My friend, we are men and women of flesh and blood. Our flesh is weak. Failure is part of the human experience.

Does that make is OK to sin? OF COURSE NOT! Is it an excuse to sin? OF COURSE NOT! Does it mean we are doomed to failure? OF COURSE NOT! It simply means that in the course of battling with whatever bondage you may be dealing with, you may have a moment of weakness and fail God. What I want to do today is share with you how to respond to your failure. What do you do when you fall off the wagon?

The first thing you do is go to God and ask Him to forgive you. 1 John 1:9 tells us that if we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us and cleanse us of all unrighteousness. After you go to God and confess your sins, asking Him to forgive you, the next step is to go back to living in victory over your bondage as you were before you fell.

It is the old adage of when you fall off a horse get right back on. Don't ever forget, you have an enemy that wants to see you fail, that takes delight when you fail. If you do fall off the wagon, ask the Lord's forgiveness and then get right back to living in victory and freedom over your bondage.

This is where your faith has to take over and becomes so important. You have to realize that even though your bondage is in the natural, what you are really fighting is a spiritual battle. While you need to have the practical day-to-day pieces in place to live in victory, things like being accountable to others, staying away from people, places, or things that could cause you to fall, working hard to keep from being in a position to be tempted, you also have to work on the spiritual aspects of walking in victory.

The Bible tells us that our battles are NOT against flesh and blood, but they are spiritual!!!

That is why we have to be praying every day, all throughout the day. We have to be in the Word of God every day, taking time to study and meditate on His Truth. We have to be part of a local church to be fed and grow spiritually, to have fellowship with other Believers, to serve the Lord. These are the basics we have to be doing to stay connected to the Lord each day and stay strong spiritually.

We already know our flesh is weak, so we can never lose sight that it is a constant daily battle to live in victory. We can never take for granted that we have won and are safe, since the second we stop doing the things necessary to keep our faith strong, that is when we will fall.

Today's anchor verse from 1 Corinthians is the key. We can never stop doing the things we must do to stay strong spiritually or we will fail God. I know in my own life as I have worked to overcome different bondages in my life, to try to become more like Jesus each day, when I am not praying as hard as I should, or when I am not reading and studying the Word like I should, or when I am not doing all the things to stay strong spiritually that I should, that is when I fail God.

When you stop doing all the things you need to do each day to stay strong spiritually, that is when you will fall off the wagon!!!

I love you and care about you so much. Everyone reading these words today knows what it is like to fight some bondage in your life, get victory for a period of time, then fail. That is part of life my friend. The Book of First John was written to Believers and tells us that if we say we don't sin then we are a liar.

God doesn't stop loving you or caring about you. His promises didn't change, they are still true. YOU ARE MORE THAN A CONQUEROR IN CHRIST JESUS! My word for you today is that when you are in the battle over some bondage in your life and fall off the wagon, go to God and tell Him you are sorry and then get back on that road to victory!

Don't waste precious time having a pity party and being discouraged. Don't sit there and listen to satan lie to you. Get back to doing the practical and spiritual things you need to do in your life each day and start enjoying the great feeling it is to live your life in obedience to God and His Word and in victory over those weaknesses in your life.

God has much work for you to do, so the quicker you get back to walking on the road of victory, the quicker you can get back to fulfilling your purpose in this life which is to serve and glorify Him!

I will be praying for you today. Praying especially for those who have fallen off the wagon. God is a God of restoration and He wants to restore you today so that you can not only live in victory over your bondage, but know the peace and joy of your relationship with Him. We all wish we could go back and do things different in our life but that is not reality.

The reality is if you have fallen off the wagon it is time to get up, dust yourself off, and get back into that close, intimate daily walk with the Lord so that you are operating in His strength and not your own. In your strength it is only a matter of time before you fail. In His strength, you will not fail but live in VICTORY!!!

In His love and service,

Your friend and co-laborer in His work,

Bill Keller