Tired of Fighting the Battles of Life and Having Someone Like Me Tell You to Just Have Faith

(1 Thessalonians 5:17)

***ASK BILL: Pastor Bill, it seems to me that one of the things the parable of the Wheat and Tares is telling us is that some people are just “born bad.”

ANSWER: We are ALL born with “original sin” or the sin of Adam. The Bible clearly tells us that there is NONE who is good, no not one! We are all sinners and in need of a Savior.

Tired of fighting the battles of life and having someone like me tell you to “just have faith,” or, “trust the Lord,” or, “God will guide you.” What do you do when you don’t have any more faith, when you can’t trust the Lord, when God is not guiding you? How do you really fight thru the battles of life?

It is easy to sit back when everything is calm, relatively quiet, going as smooth as life can ever go, and tell someone who is in the heat of the battle to “trust God,” or to “have more faith.” When the attacks are coming relentlessly, when you are fighting one battle and at the same time a new one starts, and in the midst of dealing with that one, another one starts, and all of a sudden you find yourself consumed, what do you do?

As I write this Devotional today, I am literally in my foxhole taking a quick break from the battles, having had only about 2 hours sleep in the last 2 days. Over these last 14 years of Liveprayer, I have learned how to fight the daily battles associated with being on the front lines of the Lord’s work, while finding those pockets of “down time” each day, find a little time each day to keep my physical body in the best shape I can, get my 4 hours of sleep each night, have a meaningful relationship with my wife, and accomplish all that I need to for the Lord for that day.

Of course there are times when the attacks come and the daily routine has to be forfeited in order to fight. It has been several years since the attacks have come with such intensity, in endless waves, and from many different directions at the same time. No doubt, the re-launch of the TV program is a big reason for the recent onslaught of attacks from many different fronts I have been dealing with as of late.

Today, I want to help you how to fight when you are in the heat of battle, when the enemy is attacking you from all sides, when there is no time to even think, when you are weary from fighting, when you have thoughts of giving up, when you start to feel defeated, when you start to feel your strength ebbing away and you begin to lose hope, when simply gaining an inch is a victory. How do you fight when satan is coming after you with the sole intent of taking you out? I know today many of you are dealing with non-stop attacks from many directions. How do you not only fight..but win???

Here is the most important things to never forget, it is the key, PRAY! The boxer Mike Tyson actually said one thing in his life that was very profound. Tyson said you can train for a fight, prepare, study film, put together a great strategy, and do all you can to get ready. However, all the planning and strategy is gone the second you get hit in the mouth. I’m not saying we shouldn’t be prepared for the attacks of satan, or spiritually train, or plan how we will fight. What I am saying is that the moment you get hit, it is no longer a hypothetical, it is really happening. How are you going to respond when satan hits you in the mouth?

Obviously, of the 40,000 or so people who contact Liveprayer every day for prayer, the vast majority are in the midst of great battles in their life. The biggest mistake I see people make, the biggest mistake I sometimes make, is forgetting to pray. Once the battle begins we start fighting. That is our survival instincts kicking in. That is why when you start to fight multiple battles on many different fronts, you get overwhelmed, fatigued, frustrated, and eventually despair sets in, hopelessness sets in, and soon you begin to think about where to run and hide.

I can’t stress enough that your first response MUST BE PRAYER! John 15:5, “without me you can do nothing!” When we are weak, He is strong. God will fight for us. God will give us wisdom. There is victory in Jesus. These are all great truths but we need to first call on that name above all names and ask Him to help us. We need to ask Him to make us strong! We need to ask Him to fight for us! We need to ask Him for wisdom! We need to declare that there is victory in Jesus! If you don’t pray you are already defeated. You can’t do it on your own, nor do you have to. This is the time to make your faith real. You say you trust God, that your faith is in Jesus, now is the time to prove it. PRAY LIKE YOU TRUST GOD AND BELIEVE IN JESUS!!!

Will praying make the attacks stop, make the devil go away? Nope. It will probably make him come after you even harder. What it does do is gives you renewed strength and energy. It also helps to clear your mind. How you look at a situation is critical. You can either look at a situation as hopeless or simply a hurdle that needs to be overcome. The power of prayer is that it gives you the increased faith, the confidence, the ability to look at the attacks you are under not as hopeless but as hurdles.

The Bible says that if we ask God for wisdom, He will give it to us liberally. That means A LOT! One of the byproducts of not praying while in the battle is that you are trying to figure out how to fight, how to win, in your own mind. You need to put on the mind of Christ, not the mind of man! I can guarantee you that whatever plan God gives you will be better and more effective than anything you come up with. Knowing that, why do we fight and fight and fight until we are thoroughly frustrated because of the poor decisions we make as the battle is raging on.

ASK GOD FOR WISDOM AND HE WILL GIVE IT TO YOU LIBERALLY! When is a good time for wisdom? Well, all the time, but especially when you are fighting the enemy on many different fronts and start to lose sight of what battles you are even fighting. Pray for wisdom and God will give it to you!

I love you and care about you so much. We all fight battles throughout the course of our journey through this life. We all have those wonderful seasons of peace. We also have those intense times when the attacks come from all sides at once. Those are the times when the faith we claim to have must sustain us and guide us to victory. As the battles begin to intensify, stop and crawl into your foxhole for a moment and pray, seek the Lord. Ask Him to give you strength, and courage, and wisdom. Ask Him to be your shield and buckler, your strong tower. Ask Him to fight for you. ASK HIM FOR VICTORY OVER YOUR ENEMIES!!!

The wonderful thing is God has already given us all that we need to fight with. In Ephesians 6 we read these great words, “Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.”

You will notice there is one thing missing in God’s armor. There is nothing for the back. GOD’S ARMY FIGHTS GOING FORWARD! GOD’S ARMY DOES NOT RETREAT! Cowards run, men and women of God stand and fight to victory!!!

I will be praying for you today. For those of you who are in the midst of the battle, facing great attacks on all sides, be of good cheer and know that the Lord is with you. Call on the Lord of hosts to stand and fight for you. Pray without ceasing. If you never prayed much before, now is the time to learn how to pray, and not stop praying!!! I will be praying for the Lord to give you His strength, His wisdom, and His victory over your enemies today. When the dust settles know that you will be standing as a living testimony of your faith in Jesus Christ!!!

In His love and service,

Your friend and brother in Christ,

Bill Keller

(C)opryright 2013, Live Prayer Church, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

God is the Giver of All Gifts to Carry Out His Plan and Purpose

(1 Thessalonians 4:16-17)

***ASK BILL: Pastor Bill, I ask God daily to fill me with His Holy Spirit but I have never been given the gift of tongues. Will this make me a reject for the Kingdom of Heaven?

ANSWER: NO! The Devotional link included is about spiritual gifts, an issue there has been so much erroneous teaching about.
http://www.liveprayer.com/ddarchive3.cfm?id=4845

GOD is the giver of all gifts to carry out His plan and purpose. I pray that this prophetic word God has spoken through me today will open your hearts to the TRUTH of His Word and the imminent return of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. This is a word the believer and non-believer alike MUST read. Please do your part to get it to everyone that you know, post it on every message board and chat room you can. GOD IS TELLING US THAT JESUS IS COMING BACK AT ANY MOMENT!!!

The other day I read the most accurate description of our world today I have EVER SEEN. Let me share it with you, “For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles. Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator, who is forever praised. Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion. Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless. Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.”

Actually, this came from GOD Himself in Romans 1:21-32. I, especially, like the line in verse 25, “They exchanged the truth of God for a lie.” If that doesn’t describe our culture today perfectly, I don’t know what does. Satan, the great perverter, has told the lie enough times that people have now accepted the lie as the truth, and rejected the truth as a lie exactly as God said they would.

I know there is much debate and controversy within the Body of Christ as to exactly how the events of the end times will unfold. One of the interesting things about Bible prophecy is that you really can’t tell someone they are wrong since these are events yet to occur. While the study of eschatology or the end times is interesting, my focus is on our real day to day lives and how to live victoriously in the context of the Christian faith. However, there are some end time events nobody will dispute and one of those is the imminent return of Jesus Christ.

The Bible clearly teaches that NO MAN, only God knows the hour of Christ’s return. But make no mistake, this is NOT a Hollywood movie, it is a very real event that will take place. One thing is certain, when Christ returns whatever final events that must take place will quickly unfold and this world as we know it will no longer exist. Even though only God knows the exact moment Christ will return, the Bible clearly tells us what the last days prior to His return will be like. My friend, you do not have to have a Doctorate in Theology to read God’s Word and know that without a doubt, WE ARE IN THE LAST DAYS.

In Paul’s second letter to his young disciple Timothy, in chapter 3 verses 1-5, he describes the last days. “But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God? having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them.”

Peter also shared the signs of the last days in 2 Peter 3:3, “First of all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.” Peter and Paul could have been writers for the USA Today commenting on the state of our world in the year 2013 with their words.

Jesus commented as well on the signs of the last days in Matthew Chapter 24. His disciples asked Him point blank what will be the sign of His return and the end of the age. Jesus answered in verses 4-14, “Watch out that no one deceives you. For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many. You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains. Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me. At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.”

You see my friend, this is why those who know Christ as their Savior have to be busy about the work of the Kingdom. We are clearly in the last days, the night is coming and we must work while it is still light. The imminent return of Jesus Christ is a message you will not hear in the church very often because too many pastors either don’t believe He is coming back, or they have lost sight of how soon it will happen.

God’s people need to not only be ready themselves for Christ’s return, but must be busy sharing this Good News with the lost and dying world that we live in. The Bible tells us it is only God’s patience that is delaying the last chapter from being played out because it is His desire that none perish and ALL come to repentance.

I love you and care about you so much. I will be praying for you to take some time today and PRAY over these words. It is no accident or coincidence that you are reading this today, God is speaking to you. For those who have never made a commitment of your heart and life to Jesus Christ by faith, the Bible says that TODAY is the day of salvation. Take a moment right now, pray and ask God to open your heart and go to the following link and read the words there: http://www.liveprayer.com/plan.cfm .

For those who know Christ as your Savior, this is a wake-up call from God that the time is short and you need to be giving all you have each day in serving Christ. Serving Him is not an option but a requirement of ALL His children. God calls most to serve Him right where they are at, in your neighborhood, at school, on the job, where you recreate, in the various hobbies you have.

Every day the Lord brings people into your life who will never go to church, never read a Bible, or never watch Christian media. You are the only connection to God they have. God has put them into your life so that you can share with them the hope and love of Christ. Never forget, when your life is over the ONLY thing that will matter for eternity are those lives you impacted for Christ.

Based on what God’s Word tells us about the last days, you can hear the trumpeter in the back room warming up. Christ came to this earth the first time unannounced to the world, born in a lowly manger in an obscure village. However, He is preparing for a triumphant return at any moment that the entire world will witness as He comes back, “with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God.”

In His love and service,

Your friend and brother in Christ,

Bill Keller

(C)opryright 2013, Live Prayer Church, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Is it Ok for Husbands and Wives to Watch Pornography Together

(Matthew 5:28)

***ASK BILL: Pastor Bill, after a recent disagreement, I was told by my spouse that he could go anywhere he wants, whenever he wants, see whoever he wants, stay as long as he wants, and make any decisions he wants without consulting me. Don’t spouses owe each other that type of consideration and communication?

ANSWER: That is not a spouse, it is a dictator, and it is certainly NOT the way God designed marriage. A husband and wife are 100% equal, with different roles to play. Those who want to disregard the Bible point to passages about a wife being obedient. What they fail to mention, is that on the other side, the man is to love his wife as Christ loves the church. MARRIAGE IS A MUTUAL RELATIONSHIP OF LOVE, PATIENCE, UNDERSTANDING, NURTURING, BASED ON A SHARED FAITH IN CHRIST!

Is it OK for husbands and wives to watch pornography together? This is a question I get hundreds of times every week. The answer is NO. The reason is because pornography involves sexual fantasies with someone OTHER than your spouse. THAT is why it is a sin. This Devotional will spark the natural question, “What is acceptable between a husband and wife?”

God created sex. It is beautiful and perfect when enjoyed in the CONTEXT GOD CREATED IT. That context is a man and women, who are married! I have always held that whatever a husband and wife enjoy sexually is fine as long as it is done in private and they BOTH are open to it. No spouse should be forced to engage in sexual acts that they are not comfortable with. Also, the line is drawn when it gets into fantasies involving other people.

THAT is why pornography is not acceptable for a husband and wife, since by its VERY nature, pornography is fantasizing about other people. FIND YOUR FULFILLMENT IN EACH OTHER!

Pornography is a problem many men and women have battled for a long time. With the advent of the Internet, it has made accessibility to pornography incredibly easy and has now become a very real societal problem. As with all problems in society, many Christians also end up caught in the traps the enemy has laid to destroy people’s lives. Let me say up front, DO NOT underestimate the destructive power of pornography.

Like all sin, it starts almost innocently, but always escalates. One day you are browsing through X-rated pictures, and the next you are actually involved in a real physical relationship. One day you are chatting with someone, the next day your chat becomes more graphic, and then you are actually sitting next to them. Like all sin, there is a seductiveness that eases you into it, and one day you wake up in total bondage to that sin.

The reason pornography is a sin is because God’s plan for sexuality is for one man, with one woman, for one lifetime. Our sexual thoughts are to be only about that person God gives us to share our life with. ALL other thoughts are impure. Fantasies take our mind to places we shouldn’t be going, even if we never act on them. The reason is, Jesus said if you lust in your heart you have already committed the act.

Is it a high standard? Yes! But God has called us to live at a high level in our life. We are to live above the low standards of this world. We are to find our sexual satisfaction in the mate God gives us to share our life with as our husband or wife. That means very simply this. First of all, if you are NOT married, you need to keep your thoughts pure and save not only your body, but your mind for the one God has for your life. If you are married, your sexual thoughts and activities are to be ONLY with your husband or wife. Anything else is not God’s plan and is sin!!!

Now that we know what God expects, let’s talk about real life. Read, and re-read the second paragraph. There is to be NO compromise. This is what God expects from us. Now, how do we get to that point? The best case is you are still young, have not been exposed to pornography, and you have the warning of this message to guard yourself against it.

For those who have been exposed in the past to pornography, the key is to “renew your mind” and flush it out. We do that each day using the spiritual detergent of God’s Word. Stay away from and guard your thought life. There are those who are currently involved in pornography at some level. It is bondage.

Before you can get victory over it, you have to want to quit. Once you get to that point, than realize it is a battle. Like any battle, to see victory you need a battle plan. You need one or several people in your life to be accountable to. You need the strength each day only the Lord can give you. There is victory over pornography just like any other sin.

I love you and will be praying for you. I realize this is hitting home with many of you. Let it be a special tap on the shoulder from God that now is the time to deal with this issue in your file. It isn’t going to change until YOU decide to change. As you know, any time we pervert the original plan of God, things never really work. We always get cheated out of the best God has for us when we settle for what the world offers. You can only know the true blessings of God and the fullness of what life can give, when we are in His will, living life His way.

God is in the deliverance business, and I know that He can deliver you from the bondage of pornography. I will be praying for those people fighting this sin in their life and believing God to touch their hearts, to bring them under conviction, and to help them have the courage to take the steps necessary to walk away from this sin and live a victorious life.

He is able, and can set you free. God is STILL in the deliverance business!!! God gave a man and woman who are married the gift of sex. God is the giver of all good and perfect gifts. Enjoy this wonderful gift, and don’t pervert it or abuse it by polluting it with pornography.

In His love and service,
Your friend and brother in Christ,

Bill Keller

(C)opryright 2013, Live Prayer Church, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Why are People Shocked the IRS is Being Used to Silence Those the Govt. Disagrees With

(Ephesians 6:12)

***ASK BILL: Pastor Bill, what do the Jehovah Witness’ believe?

ANSWER: It is a cult also known as the Watchtower Society founded by a heretic named Charles Taze Russell. A critical belief they share with the Mormon cult is denying the deity of Christ which automatically makes them a non-Christian cult. I suggest going to Google and type in “Jehovah Witness cult.” You will get tons of links to study further their false beliefs.

Why are people shocked the IRS is being used to try and silence those the government disagrees with??? Back in 2009, Liveprayer became the target of an IRS investigation for taking a stand against Barack Obama who became President in the 2008 election. After nearly 5 yrs, they have still refused to settle the case, simply putting everything on “hold,” taking no action as a form of intimidation and harassment.

The fact is, I have every legal right to educate and preach on the social issues of our day as they pertain to the Bible, even issues that transcend into the political arena. No church has EVER lost their tax exempt status, and our attorneys are fully confident that we did absolutely nothing to even come close to breaking the law. Unlike many Christian leaders, I have never or ever will endorse anyone for public office, and have never told people who to or not to vote for.

However, I refuse to be intimidated into silence like so many in the ministry who fear any scrutiny that may upset their “business” operations which brings in millions of dollars each year. Why do you think most ministers and very few in the Christian media ever speak out of these critical spiritual issues of our day? They are more interested in being popular, not offending the people who might give them money, than delivering the Truth of the Bible.

Liveprayer has been under some form of attack or another since we signed on the Internet on August 31, 1999. Sharing the Truth of God’s Word has always brought opposition of every kind imaginable since the very beginning. This is nothing new or particularly unique. However, most Christians, they live such sheltered lives, especially here in the United States, and they rarely get a chance to see real persecution simply for sharing the Truth of God’s Word with the world.

That is why most in the Kingdom stay safely behind the 4 walls of the church and rarely venture out into the world. Of course, the mission of Liveprayer is to bring the lost to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. You can’t do that by staying behind the pulpit or hiding in the Christian media.

Those who are part of the Liveprayer family have had a great opportunity to see the very real opposition of this fallen world to God’s Truth. They have had a chance to witness countless times the forces of evil coming against God’s work here in so many different ways. For the homosexual activists, to the abortion rights people, to atheists, to those who advocate for the false religion of Islam and cults like Mormonism, Scientology, and the New Age movement.

***This is why I ask you to pray for me, and to make the sacrifce to support God’s work here at Liveprayer!!! WE STAND UP TO SATAN AND HIS MINIONS DAILY AND WILL NOT BACK DOWN!!! It is your love and prayers that allows us to be here each day, bringing God’s Truth to the marketplace, hope to the hurting, and salvation to the lost!!! Please pray about helping me with the most generous gift you can today!

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In openly and transparently sharing my life and giving you an intimate inside look each day at the inner workings of Liveprayer, I pray that it has challenged you and inspired you in your daily walk with the Lord and in fulfilling all He has called you to do with your life. One of the most important truths in God’s Word for the soldier of Christ is the 12th verse of the 6th chapter in Paul’s letter to the church at Ephesus. Paul writes, “For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.”

Serving the Lord is NOT A GAME! It is literally a life and death struggle and we have a very real enemy who does not play by any rules and is out to “kill, steal, and destroy” anyone who takes him on! We can never lose sight of the fact that while we may fight battles in the natural, the real battles are spiritual and are being fought in the heavenlies.

This is why I admonish you, encourage you, implore you most days to stay close to the Lord. You HAVE to be prayed up. You HAVE to be in the Word. You HAVE to be doing your best to live a life pleasing to the Lord. There is a very real enemy who is after anyone who has accepted the Lord as their Savior. When you made that commitment to Christ, you automatically became an enemy of satan. The more you live for the Lord, the more you do for the Lord, the more of a threat you are to satan. The pure evil of satan will be unleashed against you in ways you never could have imagined.

Let me say it again, this is NOT A GAME! You may be playing, but I can assure you satan is not. His only goal is to see those who follow the Lord destroyed. Most Believers don’t have any real understanding about the spiritual forces working around them. It is like deciding to take a vacation to Baghdad if you were able. It wouldn’t be long before something very bad happened to you.

This is why most followers of Christ chose to sit on the sidelines. They simply don’t want to have to deal with the attacks of satan. I want to give you some wisdom today and help you find the courage you need to allow God to use your life to make a real impact in this world for the few days He blesses you with.

First, while satan does want you dead, if you know Christ as your Savior you have nothing to fear from death. As a matter of fact, death is something the child of God should actually look forward to since our eternal home with the Lord has already been prepared for us. Death has no hold on the follower of Christ. We also have the great promise from God’s Word in 1 John 4:4 that, “You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.”

The power of the Holy Spirit that resides within the Believer is greater than any power the evil one has. That allows the followers of Christ to go boldly, without fear, and take on the powers of darkness. It is like being 10 years old and having a big brother who will protect you. While most of the kids live in fear of the neighborhood bully, you laugh in his face because you know your big brother will watch over you and protect you. We have the promises of God in His Word that He will fight for us. He promised to never leave us or forsake us. On top of that God has supplied His children with all they would need to fight with each day,

“Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.” Ephesians 6:11-17

You see my friend, God has given you victory over death, His power is residing within you, you have the promises in the Word that He will always be with you and fight for you, and He has even supplied you the “armor of God.” THE CHILD OF GOD HAS NO EXCUSE NOT TO BE ON THE BATTLEFIELD FIGHTING FOR THE LORD!

This is what God has called all of His children to do. He has given each of us unique and special gifts and talents, called us to serve Him in different ways, but we have ALL been called to serve our Lord. That is our ultimate purpose in this life, to serve and glorify the Lord with our lives. So my word to you today is to fear not, and step out in faith and allow God to use your life to make an impact for the Kingdom. This life is brief and is over very quick. When you take your last breath, the only thing that will matter is do you know Jesus, and the only real legacy you will leave behind are those lives you have impacted for the Lord!

I love you and care about you so much. We can never forget that we have a very real enemy who is out to get anyone who is serving the Lord. The good news is that we don’t have to fear satan, but we do need to be prepared for him. The great encouragement for the child of God is that we already know how it ends. GOD WINS!

Let me say that again because I really wonder some days if most Christians have ever read the end of the book. WE WIN! The final chapter has already been written. If you have given your heart and life to Jesus by faith, you are on the winning team! That is what frustrates me so much. Most who live in the world and are serving satan, who only have the flames of hell to look forward to for all eternity, live like they will win. In the meantime, the real winners, the followers of Christ who have a mansion in Glory awaiting them, live like they have lost.

IF YOU HAVE ACCEPTED JESUS AS YOUR SAVIOR BY FAITH, YOU WIN! ONE MORE TIME. IF YOU HAVE ACCEPTED JESUS AS YOUR SAVIOR BY FAITH, YOU WIN! WE CAN’T LOSE! IT IS TIME WE AS CHRISTIANS WHO HAVE THE GLORIES OF HEAVEN AWAITING US STARTED TO LIVE LIKE THE VICTORS AND NOT THE LOSERS!!!

I will be praying for you today. Praying that God will really speak to you through these words and that you hear Him saying to you, “Start living like the winner and not the loser!” Yes there is a very real enemy who wants to destroy you, yes you will be persecuted for the sake of the Gospel, yes the world will hate and despise you, but when you die it is not satan who will judge you, or any man, it is God your Creator! He is the one you will stand before on that day and it is God you should be trying to please each day. I pray that you will spend some time with the Lord and really seek Him regarding what He wants you to be doing with your life. Remember, you are here to serve Him.

I have no illusions that as long as I keep doing what God has called me to do, we will always be attacked, persecuted, be the target of those who hate God and the Truth. That is simply part of the price that you pay when you serve the Lord. In the end, it is not the applause of men I seek, or the adulation of this fallen world, or any of the temporal pleasures this life can offer. No my friend, I am happy to wait for whatever rewards there may be in Glory, hear the angelic host singing their praises to God, and hear my Lord say, “Well done thou good and faithful servant!”

In His love and service,
Your friend and brother in Christ,

Bill Keller

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Give the Gift of Life

(1 John 4:21, 2:10; 1 Thessalonians 4:9; Matthew 25:25)

***ASK BILL: Pastor Bill, few are chosen? What exactly does that mean? It makes it sound like only a few select people will be saved.

ANSWER: Scripture teaches that it is God’s desire for ALL to be saved, that none be lost. Sadly, it is man exercising his freewill who makes that decision by faith to accept Jesus or reject Him. Those who will be saved have made the conscious, freewill choice to accept the Lord by faith. The “few” refers to the fact a large percentage will sadly reject faith in Christ. It also refers to the fact that even amongst Believers, God calls each of us to serve Him in various ways. Many however, choose NOT to fulfill his plan for their life by never fully surrendering to His will and serving Him as they are called!

The Bible is full of admonitions to love your brother; to love others. What an incredible way to show your love to someone whom you’ve never even met in this lifetime than by donating your organs and giving the gift of life! What does God say about this? Obviously, there are no passages of scripture that speak directly for or against donating your organs after you die. So, as is often the case, we need to take the whole counsel of God into consideration in looking at this issue.

Our bodies serve two purposes during this life. They are the clay shells that we occupy during our brief journey, and for the believer, they become the temple of the Holy Spirit during this life. The Bible is quite clear that when this life is over, it is our soul that lives on for eternity and our bodies will return to the ?dust of the earth? as God mandated. Our bodies serve no further purpose once we are dead.

Many ask about the “body” we will have after death. Scripture is clear that whatever body we will have will be a glorified body. Many people have their bodies destroyed in death. Whether you choose to be buried or cremated, your body will be destroyed. In cremation it is burned, in burial it slowly decomposes until it is nothing more than dust. So, the body we will possess post-death will be a glorified body.

Since our bodies serve no further purpose once we are dead, it simply becomes an issue for each person to decide how they will have their bodies disposed of. This means that before you are buried or cremated, donating your organs simply comes down to a choice each person has to make. If your organs are healthy and able to be used by someone else, there is really no good reason NOT to donate them. The reality is, when you are dead, you won’t need them any longer.

What a great way to show love for someone than by literally giving of yourself so that they can continue to live. God clearly calls us to love one another; to serve others. Donating your organs is an incredible act of love and service.

I love you and care about you so much. I will be praying for you today that you will seriously pray about this special act of love. God gives us many opportunities in our life to serve others. This is the last act of service that we can perform, one that can literally save the life of someone else. Remember this, all that we have is from God and is simply on loan to us during this brief journey. That includes our organs. I pray, today, that you will seriously consider donating your organs once you die and give the gift of life.

Thank you so much for your love, for your prayers, and for your generous and sacrificial gifts to the work God is doing literally 24/7/365 here at Liveprayer. All we have done in millions of lives worldwide these past 165 months is because of YOU. Thank you for giving the gift of ETERNAL life to others when you pray for and give to Liveprayer!

In His love and service,
Your friend and brother in Christ,

Bill Keller

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Consequences of Sin

(Proverbs 11:21)

***ASK BILL: Pastor Bill, when attending church last Sunday I found out that my church is promoting Rick Warren’s “40 Days in the Word” program for our church home study groups, After hearing all the New Age heresies he’s bringing to the churches this got me pretty upset. Then I was watching Jack Van Impe and he showed a news report about Rick Warren calling God Allah and cozying up to Muslims. What should I do?

ANSWER: I have been warning people for the past decade about Warren’s man-made Purpose Driven marketing scheme and subsequent “plans” that have destroyed many churches and is designed to fill pews with warm bodies, not converts. I have also detailed over the years his unGodly associations to enable him to pursue his global social agenda, including his fear of telling the truth about Islam. I find it sad that ANY church has to use materials from someone else. It simply tells me the pastor and staff are too lazy to get their own vision from God for their church. A church is NOT a McDonalds franchise, though people like Warren would like you to think so, and that they are the owner of the franchise! Pray, I know God will guide you what to do.

Consequences of sin. The destructive nature of sin is that it does not happen in a vacuum. I hear many say that it is my sin, my problem. Unfortunately, that is not true. When you sin, it is like throwing a pebble into a still pond. There is the initial ring it produces, but slowly the ring spreads out, and it gets bigger and bigger and produces more rings inside it.

The initial pebble may not have been that much and the initial ring may have started small, but in the end it has grown to encompass a very large area. The point I am trying to make is that sin is not just your problem. At the very least, your sin is against God first and yourself second. Almost always though, it involves other people that you are either sinning with or sinning against.

I do not have to tell any of you about the pain, heartache, and problems that evolve from our sin, the lives we injure, the lost trust from those we care about. The damages are great. On top of everything else though, we end up missing the blessings of God. God has blessings beyond our ability to imagine for each one of us.

He loves to bless His children. But God cannot and will not bless disobedience. On top of everything else, your sin is keeping you from enjoying the blessings of God. We are so stubborn, so full of ourselves, that we usually try to do things our way, ignoring what God has to say. We accept at best some very little, temporary pleasure from our sin, and miss the greater blessings God has for us if we had been obedient. The Bible tells us that to “obey is better than sacrifice.”

I want to encourage you today to pray about whatever sin there may be in your life today. I want to pray for you as well, for God to strengthen you and give you the courage to walk away from your sins and into obedience to His word. I want to encourage you to leave behind the temporary pleasures of sin for the eternal joy of obeying our Lord.

There is no greater joy than when you are in obedience to what God has asked, knowing that He is as proud of you as a father or mother is of a child who is obedient. Being obedient is the ultimate act of a child of God saying not my will Father, but thy will be done. As a believer, our ultimate objective should be to enter heaven one day and hear God proclaim, “Well done thou good and faithful servant.”

I love and care about you. Thank you all for praying for this work. We are seeing God move in people’s lives daily. I am praying for you and believing God for your needs. Never hesitate to email me if I can help in any way. May his richest blessings be with you today as we work to become the obedient children God has called us to be.

In His love and service,

Your friend and brother in Christ,

Bill Keller

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Why is Everyone So Upset that Babies were Slaughtered at Gosnell’s Philly Murder House

Psalms 139:13-15; Jeremiah 1:4-5

***ASK BILL: Pastor Bill, I believe that there is a devil and demons. I know Jesus cast out demons. People tell me ‘there are no demons’, ‘they are just dead souls who haven’t gone to the light yet’ and so on. My reply is Jesus cast out demons, Paul did the same, so when did demons stop their dirty work on earth?

ANSWER: One of satan’s greatest scams is to get people to believe he is just a mythical figure, that he doesn’t exist. Satan is VERY REAL, and so are demons, the third of the angels who got booted out of Heaven with him for their rebellion! Until God ends this world as we know it, satan and his demons will continue, but we already know their fate, the Lake of Fire for all eternity. That is why it is so sad when a person dies rejecting Christ. They end up in the same place, a place that wasn’t created for man, but satan and his demons.

Why is everyone so upset that babies were slaughtered at Gosnell’s Philly murder house? What do you think happens in an abortion clinic??? BABIES ARE SLAUGHTERED!!! The funny thing is, Gosnell is on trial for murder. Even more ironic are those in the pro-death movement who are denouncing the death of babies at his slaughterhouse as a horrible tragedy. Give me a break! The pro death movement, led by Planned Parenthood and President Barack Hussein Obama supports 4,000 horrible tragedies in this nation every 24 hours!!!!

I am grateful this Gosnell story has come to the light of day. It shows clearly what happens in these abortion mills. Babies are murdered in these places! What happened in his Philly abortion mill is no different than what happens 4,000 times a day across this nation!!! This pathetic excuse for a “doctor” should be put to death for MURDER, ALONG WITH EVERY OTHER “DOCTOR” WHO KILLS BABIES!!!

The reality is, in the United States, the life of a dog is worth more than the life of a human being! In the United States in the year 2013, it is illegal to kill a dog but legal to kill a baby! Let me say that one more time since I want this FACT to really sink in. In the United States in the year 2013, it is illegal to kill a dog, but legal to kill a baby! WOW! Does that fact show just how spiritually bankrupt we are as a nation? Want more? Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick went to prison for several years for killing dogs, yet every single day all over this nation, “doctors” are slaughtering 4,000 babies and going home to their families at the end of the day.

Abortion is a big deal. I am getting sick and tired of people telling me to stop talking about abortion. I am getting even more sick and tired of people like Rick Warren and others on the “religious left” who say talking about abortion is too divisive and that we need to stick to issues most people agree on like poverty and AIDS in Africa. I fully understand why people don’t want to talk about abortion. INFANTICIDE is not a pleasant subject! But we can’t just be silent and act like it doesn’t exist, especially when every 24 hours another 4,000 innocent babies are being slaughtered in this nation!!!

I would love to stop talking about abortion. Let’s get the US Govt out of the baby killing business and let each state decide whether they want to kill babies in their state. This will not end abortion, but it will at least not allow men and women treat it any longer like a trip to the dentist to have a cavity filled! It will also cause the adoption industry to be reformed so adopting a child doesn’t require 5 lawyers, 6 years, and the amount of money it costs to by a small home. It will also cause the church to start taking responsibility for putting together programs to help deal with babies that need to be cared for and placed in the home of a loving mother and father.

However, until we get to that place, I refuse to be silent and it is a subject that MUST be talked about. Every time there is some sort of natural disaster with people dying, the news media is all over the story. Any death is sad, but it always makes me wonder why so much is made of 5, 10, 50 people tragically losing their life, and nobody even thinks about the fact that every 24 hours we murder apx 4,000 innocent babies in this nation. I am virtually certain that there are only a handful of people out of the several million who will read these words today, that even stopped for a second to reflect that in the last day we killed 4,000 babies in this country. We have become so desensitized, have come to accept abortion to the point we don’t even think about it any longer.

Here is why abortion IS a big deal. Did you ever wonder if there is a correlation between the fact we started to legally kill babies in this nation in 1973, about the same time we began to see a massive spiritual decline in his nation? Coincidence? I think not! Just like in our individual lives, our nation’s blessings are tied to our obedience to God. Legally killing babies is a big deal since how can we ever expect God to bless a land that is flooded with the blood of incident babies?

I know that it is not politically correct to talk about abortion any longer. Sadly, very few nationally known pastors will EVER talk about this issue. It is bad for their business. Those who now make up this growing group known as the religious left who fill their churches with the seeker/purpose driven/emerging church watered down message don’t like this issue since it hurts their marketing efforts for warm bodies. Except for a handful of brave Catholic bishops and priests, you hear virtually nobody in the marketplace taking a stand against this blatant act of murder.

I have been saying for years that this one issue alone is enough to bring down God’s wrath and judgment on this nation. Sadly, President Bush lied to those who voted for him and squandered our last real opportunity we may ever have to deal with this issue politically. President Obama is a stanch defender of the practice of infanticide. He is a hero to those in the pro death movement. The business of killing babies around the world will flourish under Obama.

Those who defend him state that it is the law, that he is only upholding the law. The fact is, he has voted 100% of the time during his political career to uphold the legalized killing of babies. If he truly believed in life, he could have voted to make abortion illegal and work towards that end. I contend that any politician who votes to uphold abortion has the blood of innocent babies on their hands and is truly an evil person!!!

As a side note. For those in the pro death movement who want to make believe this is about women’s health rights, that is a bunch of garbage. This is about the LIFE OF A HUMAN BEING! I agree a woman has the right to do whatever she wants with her body, BUT NOT THE BODY OF SOMEONE ELSE! That baby may be inside her, but it is still a separate human life created by God!

I love you and care about you so much. I refuse to be bullied into silence on what is by far the most critical spiritual issue there is. You simply can’t close your eyes and act like this brutal act of murder doesn’t exist. I see the Hollywood crowd and people who normally spit in the face of God get so upset about the atrocities in Darfur and other places on the globe. Why aren’t these same people as upset with the fact every 24 hours we slaughter 4,000 innocent babies??? Where is their outrage about that???

On the Liveprayer.com homepage, we have a special 55 second video clip of an actual abortion being performed. If you have not watched it, YOU MUST! This is what happens to over 4,000 innocent babies EVERY DAY in this nation! Since God led me to get this footage and put it on the website nearly two years ago, we have had over 15,000 emails from women who were contemplating having an abortion, watched the video, and changed their mind (Watch the incredible testimony of baby Delilah also on that same link).

Link: http://www.liveprayer.com/aborsion.cfm

Despite the several death threats and scathing emails I get every month just from having that video on my website, I want the world to see what really happens to millions of babies here in the United Sates and around the world every year. Abortion is a big deal since it not only kills 1.5 million babies in this nation alone, but it is already bringing down the wrath and judgment of God on this nation for practicing infanticide, unless you are as spiritually blind as our leaders in Washington who think they can fix the problem. The only way to fix the problem is to stop killing babies and turn back to God and His Truth!!!

In His love and service, Your friend and brother in Christ,

Bill Keller

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