Daily Devotional for Monday February 10, 2025

A war most true followers of Christ aren't prepared for! and, The key to what being a Christian is!

DAILY DEVOTIONAL MONDAY FEBRUARY 10, 2025

(Matthew 21:18-22)

***PERSONAL MESSAGE FOR YOU FROM BILL KELLER: Follow the Lord and His word today!

***DAILY PERSONAL PRAYER FOR YOU: Dear Lord, use me as an instrument to bring unity within Your Body. Help me to take my stand for You with other brothers and sisters in Christ who won't bow their knee to baal, or compromise their faith for ANY reason. Empower me through Your Holy Spirit and let me be part of Your Body, walking in unity for Your glory! In the name of Jesus I pray, AMEN!!!

***THE DAILY LIVEPRAYER TV NUGGET: God allowing Trump to rise to power wasn’t winning the war, IT WAS THE START OF THE WAR! Most true followers of Christ aren't prepared for war! Before we send our brave troops into a war setting, we prepare them. We prepare them mentally. We prepare them physically. We prepare them tactically. We would never just put them in a uniform, give them a weapon, and put them on the front lines. That would be sending them to their death!!! For 25+ yrs online, 22 yrs on the TV program, I have railed against and lambasted the gutless pastors of this generation. Why? Because of this very moment we are in right now! While the majority of pastors spend their time raising money and use Sunday morning to entertain their congregations, they have not been doing one of their most important jobs...TRAINING AND EQUIPPING THE SAINTS FOR BATTLE!!! It is not the fault of a large percentage of Christians who are afraid to speak up, afraid to take a stand. NOBODY HAS TAUGHT THEM, TRAINED THEM, OR PREPARED THEM TO DO BATTLE!!! We have been in a war for our culture over the past 5 decades. We have been losing that war because the only side really fighting has been the soldiers of satan. For the most part, Christ's army hasn't even been on the battlefield. In fairness, there has been a remnant doing their best to battle the demons of hell. Sadly, they are only a fraction of Christ's followers. Now, we are in a battle for our faith and for our nation! The minions of satan are trying to shut down Christianity in this nation. Anarchists are bringing violence to many of our cities to literally destroy them so they can be rebuilt in their satanically inspired image. We have a major political party that no longer loves our nation, they only want the power to neuter us to become part of a Godless global community that seeks to control the people by stripping us of the freedoms so many have given their lives to protect over the past 249 years. THE ENEMY IS ON OUR SOIL, TAKING TERRITORY, VIRTUALLY UNOPPOSED!!! The good news is that God's people have been under attack before and with God's help have defeated their enemies. General George Washington led a rag tag army that was totally unprepared for war and defeated the world's greatest military power of that day with God's help. MY FRIEND, THE WAR IS ON FOR OUR FAITH AND THIS NATION! GOD NEEDS EACH ONE OF HIS CHILDREN TO PICK UP THEIR MUSKET AND FIGHT!!! “For the Lord your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory." Deuteronomy 20:4

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**FEBRUARY FINANCIAL UPDATE: After covering the balance of our 2024 shortfall in the first week of January, we ended January with a shortfall of $35,000. As of today that shortfall is now down to the final $30,000. I am praying that we can clear up the balance of January in the next week so we can begin work on the $55,000 we require for our February ministry operation. That is $85,000 to end February with everything current. OUR GOD IS ABLE!!!

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 rewards 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 key to what being a Christian is really all about. Ever wonder if you are really saved? Ever think that you are doing most of the things you should each day but you are missing real joy in your life? Ever miss church a few Sundays, or didn't read the Bible for a week, and didn't miss it that much? Ever go days without praying, and when you do, all you pray about are the things you need? DO YOU EVER WONDER IF YOU REALLY ARE A CHRISTIAN?

Doubt is one of satan's most effective weapons. One of the common prayer requests that I get daily here at Liveprayer is from people struggling with doubt. Doubt that God exists. Doubt that the Bible is really the only Truth. Doubt they are even saved. These are very common and normal thoughts that ALL Christians deal with from time to time. Doubt becomes a tool the enemy uses to try and paralyze Believers from growing in their faith, from effectively serving the Lord, and from enjoying the joy of their salvation.

The answer to doubt of course is our faith. Faith in a God who created the heavens and earth. Faith in a God who created each one of us in His own image. Faith in a God who loved us so much that He sent His only Son to die for our sins so that we could be reconciled back into fellowship with Him for all eternity. Faith in a God who has given us His Word to guide and direct our journey here on earth.

While we all get weak at times and have doubts, the answer to those doubts is maturing in our relationship with the Lord. This is the key to what being a Christian is really all about. Many people who are truly saved and going to Heaven when they die are being constantly tormented with doubt, struggling in their daily lives, and not only missing so many blessings, but not fulfilling God's plan and purpose for their life because they have never experienced a real, intimate, personal relationship with the Lord! They are saved, but have never developed a real relationship with Christ.

The reality is, in many cases it is isn't even their fault. How is a person supposed to know what to do next after they get saved unless someone tells them? They feel the same, live in the same place, have the same job, hang out with the same friends, and most of the time keep doing all the same things they used to do. Mentoring new Believers, helping to disciple those who are new to the faith is something we have stopped doing.

Why? It takes time, effort, and commitment to disciple someone and people are simply too selfish to pour their lives into someone else's. Every Believer should be mentoring or finding a younger Believer to disciple! I have tens of thousands of emails from over the years sent by people who tell me they have been in church all their lives, but until they started reading the Daily Devotional, had no clue, no idea how they were supposed to live to make their faith in Christ real in their everyday lives.

Let me take a few minutes right now and give you the most important and basic element of what being a Christian is all about. It is about having a personal, intimate, vibrant, one-on-one relationship with Jesus Christ. Your relationship with Christ is like any earthly relationship you have.

IT REQUIRES AN INVESTMENT OF TIME, ENERGY, AND EMOTIONS if it is going to amount to anything. If you are married, think where your relationship is with your spouse today as opposed to the first time you met. What is the difference? Lots of time, energy, and emotion! YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST WILL ONLY BE WHAT YOU PUT INTO IT!

I love you and care about you so much. Most people never grow as Christians, get beaten down by the day-to-day problems of life, end up doubting their faith because they have never developed a real relationship with Jesus Christ. You don't do that in an hour on Sunday, or at a Bible study once a week. You grow in your relationship with Christ the same way you grow in any relationship, by investing the time and effort and emotion into it each day!

I counsel people to get up 45 minutes early each day and read the Bible and pray before you do anything else. Start your day with Jesus. It may take discipline at first, but after a while, you will look forward to that time when it is just you and the Lord. Spend 15-20 minutes in the Bible. Take the rest of that time and just hang out with Jesus. Share your needs with Him, make sure you take time to thank Him for all He does for you each day, and make some time to just be silent. You can't hear when you are talking. Be quiet so God can speak to you!

I will be praying for you today. Praying that God will really speak to you through these words and that you will begin to make the time EVERY DAY to invest in your relationship with the Lord. He loves you so much and desires to have a relationship with you! Imagine that. Jesus wants to have a relationship with you! All of the doubts, and fears, and questions will start to fade the stronger your relationship with the Lord becomes. You will live each day with great confidence in knowing that it is not you in control, but JESUS who is in control. That is what it means to walk by the Spirit and not the flesh.

The key to what being a Christian is all about lies in your daily, personal relationship with Jesus Christ. It will become not only the most important relationship you will have during this life, but never forget that it is the only thing that you will take from this life into eternity!

In His love and service,

Your friend and co-laborer in His work,

Bill Keller