Daily Devotional for Tuesday February 17, 2026

A question only you can answer! and, Bill Keller’s recommendation for a great book to read!

DAILY DEVOTIONAL TUESDAY FEBRUARY 17, 2026

(2 Timothy 3:16,17)

***ATTENTION GMAIL SUBSCRIBERS!

If you do not see the Daily Devotional in your INBOX, check your ALL MAIL and SPAM folders since for some reason GMail some reason delivers it to those folders. Blessings!

***Personal Message For You From Bill Keller***

Never forget that God is the supplier of all of the things that we require to live each day. Make sure you thank Him for His provision today!

As people are already starting to receive their tax refunds, many receiving much more than expected due to the Trump tax cuts, please be praying about sending a tithe to God’s work here at Liveprayer to me save souls off of that tax refund! Amen!

***Daily Personal Prayer For You***

Dear Lord, give me a hunger for Your Word like never before. It is a lamp unto my feet. Give me a HUNGER FOR YOUR PRECIOUS LIVING WORD! May I make it a priority each day to spend time in the Bible during this year. Let me know You better and hear Your voice clearer. In the name of Jesus I pray…AMEN!

***The Daily Liveprayer TV Nugget***

With all of the important news stories active right now that affect global finances, peace deals to end wars that have literally killed millions of people, which political ideologies will prevail to govern the people, the most important issue for me to share with you comes from a Lifeway Research study. That study concluded that only apx. 32% of US Protestant churchgoers read the Bible daily. THAT MEANS OVER TWO-THIRDS DO NOT!

I have one question today that only YOU can answer. ARE YOU IN THE 1/3 WHO READ THE BIBLE DAILY OR THE 2/3 THAT DO NOT??? God knows the answer!

*Liveprayer TV is back on YouTube! The Liveprayer TV channel was on YouTube for 15 yrs until they banned us 5 yrs ago. The Liveprayer TV Show channel has been reinstated! We will be airing LIVE each night starting Monday 10/6 with all previous programs available for On Demand viewing. As of last Friday 9/26, we are posting each night's program 10 minutes after it is over. Here is the direct link to the “Liveprayer Show” YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_BYkxZ95HKePlWilY5eVdQ

*Liveprayer TV Program airs “LIVE” every Monday thru Friday from 11pm EDT to Midnight! For details on viewing options for the Liveprayer TV program, “LIVE” or “On Demand,” go to: https://liveprayer.com/liveprayer-show-about.cfm

*The audio of the TV program is now available on major Podcasting platforms: APPLE/I-TUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/liveprayer-with-bill-keller/id1696186297 SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/75xloMRrL3azW89aKpR3h0

*REVIVAL TOOL: Do your part in helping to bring revival to our nation each day in less than 15 minutes and without costing you one penny! Visit the Liveprayer Revival Tool and share it with others at: www.liveprayer.com/revival.cfm The database that gives you the past 30 days of the Revival Tool verse for the day, daily task, and prayer is at: https://liveprayer.com/bill/revivalcheck.cfm

***February Financial Update***

After covering the balance of our 2025 shortfall, we have been able to take care of $30,000 of our January shortfall leaving the final $25,000 to end January with all of our ministry operations current. I am praying we can clear that balance so we can begin working on the $55,000 we require for our February ministry operations. That is $80,000 to end the month with all of our financials current. PRAISE THE LORD!

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 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."

To give a gift to Liveprayer you can use your major credit card at: http://liveprayer.com/donate.cfm or you can mail your gift to: Liveprayer, 6662 46th Ave. North, St. Petersburg, FL 33709. All gifts to Liveprayer are 100% tax deductible!

Stocks! A great way to help Liveprayer is by donating stock. The transfer can be made in a way you get the full credit for your donation without having to pay any of the taxes you normally would on gains your stocks may have enjoyed. Contact me for information about this incredible way to help God's work here at Liveprayer: bkeller@liveprayer.com

By the way I have been seeking the Lord since the start of this year for God to lead someone He has blessed richly to make a legacy gift of $15,000,000 to Liveprayer. That would insure that when God decides to call me home Liveprayer will continue to impact lives and lead lost souls to faith in Jesus for a minimum of 20 years. Please stand in agreement with me for the Lord to raise up that person!

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

"All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work." 2 Timothy 3:16,17

Why are people always looking for a book to change their life when the greatest life-changing book has already been written??? If I had $1 for every email I get a month from people asking me what book they can read to help them in their walk with the Lord, I would never have to worry about the finances of Liveprayer again.

Every day I get emails from people who are going through problems with their marriage, with their children, with their finances, with their health, in their job, with some addiction, and about every other issue you can imagine. Inevitably they will ask me if there is a good book they can read to help them with their problem.

Of course, I tell them that I know the PERFECT book and even know the author personally. Unless this is the very first Daily Devotional you have ever read, you already know what book I tell them to read...THE BIBLE!!! There has never been a book written that will ever compete with the book written by God Himself through the pens of those men He Divinely inspired, that will guide you and instruct you on every problem and issue you will face in this life. NONE!

So let me say right up front that when you are going through problems in your life, facing the trials and tribulations of life we all face, the best book you can read to help you and guide you is the Bible!!!

Please, don't take this word today to think I am dissing all other books, I am not. God has gifted many men and women over the centuries to write brilliant works. Today, we are blessed to have so many authors who have a true gift from Gold to be able to communicate through the written word. I've had a love for reading since I was young and growing up was always reading everything I could get my hands on.

I will never forget summer vacations, making weekly trips to the library to return the 7-8 books I had read that week and getting 7-8 more. While each day I have to read a tremendous amount of material in connection with the work I do for the Lord, sadly I don't get to read for pleasure near as much as I would like to.

The Bible can be very intimidating to many people, hard to understand. God has blessed some men and women to be able to take the truths we find in God's Word and break them down in very easy to understand language and concepts. So it is good that we have literally hundreds and thousands of books out there that deal with every issue of life you can imagine from a Biblical perspective. The key point today, however, is that for any of these books to be effective, they MUST be based on Scripture. Once we get away from the Absolute Truth of God's Word, we are simply following the guidance of men and not God.

Remember this, there is only ONE TRUTH and God gave that to us in the Bible. The answer to all of life's problems are found on the pages of that great Book. There is no other source of Truth. Men can expound on God's Truths, present them in different ways, but men can't create Truth. I hate to break this to you but there are no magical prayers you can say to get wealth and prosperity as some mislead people to think.

The Bible is not a book of magic words. That is why you must be very careful about the books you decide to read. Who is the author and what is his or her credentials. More important, what is their theological background and training. The reality of today is that ANYONE can write a book. Just because it is supposed to be "Biblically based," doesn't mean it is.

*WARNING! It is dangerous to read books without having a good Biblical foundation so that you can immediately spot error and not let some human author lead you away from the real Truth you find when you read the Divine Author!

Here is the litmus test I share with people all the time. Does what the author say line up with what THE AUTHOR says? In other words, is what the author saying in line with God's Word, since that is our ultimate standard. Of course to know that, you must what? READ AND STUDY THE BIBLE! This is why I challenge you daily to read the Bible EVERY DAY!!!

You should be in a good Bible study either through your church or with a group that has someone leading it who has the theological training to help guide you in studying God's Word. If you visit your local Christian bookstore, you will find TONS of great resources to help you read and study God's Word. THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR READING AND STUDYING THE BIBLE FOR YOURSELF!!!

I love you and care about you so much. There are so many great books being written all the time to help guide us and encourage us in our faith in Christ. There are also lots of books being written all the time that are leading people AWAY from the Absolute Truth we find in God's Word.

My counsel to you today is simply this. Make reading and studying the Bible a priority in your life EVERY DAY. It is the greatest, most important, and life-changing book ever created because it was written by God Himself through those human hands He Divinely inspired over many years.

THE BIBLE IS THE INSPIRED, INERRANT WORD OF GOD, REPRESENTING ABSOLUTE TRUTH AND OUR FINAL AUTHORITY IN ALL MATTERS!!!

In His love and service,

Your friend and co-laborer in His work,

Bill Keller