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		<title>A Prophet is a Spiritual Office like a Pastor, Teacher, or Evangelist</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[(2 Timothy 3:1) *This is a Devotional I wrote Feb 28th, 2002&#8230;.nearly 10 years ago. The words I wrote on that day were true than, and still true today. Sadly, the things I have been writing about and warning you about over the nearly 13 years of Liveprayer have or are coming to pass. I <a href="http://lpdaily.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/a-prophet-is-a-spiritual-office-like-a-pastor-teacher-or-evangelist/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lpdaily.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14991269&amp;post=1306&amp;subd=lpdaily&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>(2 Timothy 3:1)</p>
<p>*This is a Devotional I wrote Feb 28th, 2002&#8230;.nearly 10 years ago. The words I wrote on that day were true than, and still true today. Sadly, the things I have been writing about and warning you about over the nearly 13 years of Liveprayer have or are coming to pass. I can only pray people will wake up and realize that our time is very short, and God&#8217;s wrath and judgment on this wicked nation is imminent. May he who has ears to hear and eyes to see stand with me!</p>
<p>(from 2/28/02)</p>
<p>A prophet is a spiritual office like a pastor, teacher, or evangelist. A prophet is a person who declares the oracles of God to the people of his or her day. An interesting side note for those in the ministry who have this idea they are here to be served. The Bible says the meal of the prophet was cow dung, not cow meat! There is also the gift of prophecy. It is a spiritual gift. Like all spiritual gifts, every child of God has some but not all.</p>
<p>There is great controversy within the body of Christ regarding gifts, but let me say that the Bible clearly says God gives people spiritual gifts to accomplish His plan and purpose. He gives someone the gift of prophecy to tell people about future events. It is NOT fortune telling or being a psychic. A prophetic word will ALWAYS be supported by scripture.</p>
<p>Of course, since it is something that will happen in the future, the prophetic passages of the Bible can be interpreted many different ways and are highly subjective. I think we should go to the Biblical standard for a prophetic word. Those who gave prophetic words were never given the chance to be wrong twice, since they were stoned to death after their first miss! I wonder how many &#8220;prophets&#8221; would be out in our churches today under those conditions? Quite a few would not have made it past the Y2K crisis they foretold. My purpose today is not to debate end-times events, but share a word God has for you.</p>
<p>We have two very real events in the world today that God has shown me will play a major role in the last days. Both concern the United States. Even though we are relatively young as a nation, because this is a nation that was founded on the Word of God and has seen so much of God&#8217;s blessings, we will play a role in the last days. The first event on the horizon is our relationship with China. The issue of Taiwan could be the trigger to put us in a full-blown adversarial relationship with China. With the incredible advances they have made in the last 10 years in their nuclear program, and having now almost 1.3 billion people, they have the ability to be the dominant force on our planet in these last days.</p>
<p>The second event is the energy crisis we are not only facing in our country, but in the world. World energy consumption is at an all time high, and increasing daily. Not only is China demanding incredible amounts of energy, but many African and South American countries have vastly increased their energy consumption over the last 10 years as well. These two factors are part of the very world we live in today, this minute. The emergence of China as the dominant global power, and the worldwide energy shortage, will be playing significant roles in the last days.</p>
<p>So, putting it in perspective to your daily life, what does it mean? This. Time is short. Read the words of Christ in Matthew Chapters 24 and 25, read 2 Timothy 3:1-5, just for starters. You don&#8217;t have to be a biblical scholar to know that</p>
<p>WE ARE LIVING IN THE LAST DAYS. THEY ARE HERE NOW!!!</p>
<p>That is why each day I do my best to encourage you, challenge you, and push you in your daily walk with Christ. God needs every one of His children, now more than ever, working hard for the Kingdom. As a child of God, we have the power and ability to turn from sin. The reason I focus so much on sin is because it is the weapon the enemy uses to keep you from being a productive member of God&#8217;s army. He gets you so consumed in your own problems, in your own situations, that you are not able to be part of fighting the larger war for the eternal souls of people.</p>
<p>God gives us glimpses of the future, of the last days, so that we can be motivated to get busy and work while we still have an opportunity to make a difference. There is no time to sleep or rest, because time is quickly running out!</p>
<p>I love you, and care about you so very much. Now more than ever God needs you, needs each one of His children on the battlefield each day. Once we accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, we are immediately drafted into God&#8217;s army. It is not an option, but a responsibility. It is not something we should even hesitate wanting to do. After all, we know that those who die in their sin are destined to eternal separation. If we can help even one person avoid eternal damnation, how can we say no?</p>
<p>God has strategically placed you exactly where you are supposed to be. It is no accident you live where you live, work where you work, go to school where you go to school. That is your battle station. As we watch the last days unfold, as we anticipate the return of Christ at any moment, let us get serious about serving Him. He will guide you, equip you, and make you adequate for the job He has given you to do. All He needs is your obedience and surrender to His plan for your life. I will pray for you today to open your heart and ask God how you can be the best soldier possible.</p>
<p>&#8220;Thus sayeth the Lord God of Hosts, I have called you forth in these last days to be my people, to show the lost of this world that I am the hope they seek. Go share that message.&#8221;</p>
<p>In His love and service,</p>
<p>Your friend and brother in Christ,</p>
<p>Bill Keller</p>
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		<title>So Many Christians are Content to Sit on the Sidelines</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[(James 1:22) So many Christians are content to sit on the sidelines, listening, watching, and experiencing the fullness of the Christian life vicariously through others. What I am about to say is going to get me in trouble, but it won&#8217;t be the first time. One of the popular Christian magazines each month has become <a href="http://lpdaily.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/so-many-christians-are-content-to-sit-on-the-sidelines-2/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lpdaily.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14991269&amp;post=1305&amp;subd=lpdaily&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>(James 1:22)</p>
<p>So many Christians are content to sit on the sidelines, listening, watching, and experiencing the fullness of the Christian life vicariously through others. What I am about to say is going to get me in trouble, but it won&#8217;t be the first time. One of the popular Christian magazines each month has become little more than an advertising vehicle for this Holy Ghost Conference, that Camp meeting of the Millennium, the annual Partners Only Crusade, Women&#8217;s meetings, men&#8217;s meetings, and on..and on..and on.</p>
<p>Listen, I am in no way trying to minimize, judge, or criticize what other ministries are doing. My Bible says that we need to be united, support one another, and God is working through many different types of instruments. The point I want to make is that the people of God have gotten very fat and lazy with all of the Christian celebrities and the Christian entertainment that our culture has produced.</p>
<p>Again, there is nothing wrong with producing the finest quality radio, television, movie, and stage productions to help share the message of Christ. The point I am trying to get across is that it has made too many of God&#8217;s people lazy and more comfortable sitting on the sidelines watching, which was never God&#8217;s plan.</p>
<p>I am a big believer in education, in listening to God&#8217;s anointed teachers of the Word to learn all we can. But while we are hearing the Word, we also must be doing the Word. All of the commands in the Gospels, the Book of Acts, Paul&#8217;s letters, and the other New Testament writings were to be active participants in our faith&#8230;helping others, witnessing, teaching new believers.</p>
<p>Spiritual gifts have become such a controversial topic, and I will deal with that issue soon, but God gave gifts to His people to be active DOERS of the Word, not idle bystanders. He has given each one of His children gifts, abilities to help advance the Kingdom of God. Jesus taught in many parables that it is a sin to not utilize the gifts God has given you.</p>
<p>In past Devotionals I have spoken about the sin of omission. I want to make sure you clearly understand today, that it is a sin to not use the gifts and talents God has blessed you with to serve Him. That does not mean you have to quit your job and become a missionary to a third-world country or sell everything to start a ministry. God may call you to do that.</p>
<p>However, for most of His children, He has called you to serve Him exactly where you are today. It is no accident you live where you live, go to school where you do, work where you do, recreate and shop where you do. God has placed you there strategically to be a light to others. The most effective way we can serve God is in our normal day-to-day life. Letting our Godly- lifestyle be a living testimony to those we come in contact with. Helping those around us in a time of need. Getting involved in projects and ministries through our local church.</p>
<p>I love you and care about you so much. I will be praying for you today, that these words will cause you to stop and reflect on your life. Ask yourself if you are on the sidelines or actively living the Christian life God has called you to live. Are you using your gifts and talents for Him? Take inventory today of whether you are not only hearing the Word, but DOING the Word.</p>
<p>I want to see you be all you can be and all God has called you to be for Him. Remember, our greatest and most effective service are rarely those big things we may be involved in for the Kingdom, but the quiet, one-on-one ministry to someone who is hurting and looking for hope. Everyone who knows Christ can tell someone that Jesus loves them. Everyone that knows Christ can testify to what Jesus has meant in their life. Everyone who knows Christ can share the love and hope we have in Him with someone. Doing that makes you a DOER of the Word.</p>
<p>In His love and service,<br />
Your friend and brother in Christ,</p>
<p>Bill Keller</p>
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		<title>The Ultimate Goal of Every Follower of Christ is to become More Like Him Each Day</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Acts 7:54-60) The ultimate goal of every follower of Christ is to become more like Him each day. We read about how Jesus lived His life. We study the way He handled different situations. We carefully dissect His words. The whole point is to become more like Him. The popular phrase &#8220;what would Jesus do&#8221; <a href="http://lpdaily.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/the-ultimate-goal-of-every-follower-of-christ-is-to-become-more-like-him-each-day/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lpdaily.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14991269&amp;post=1304&amp;subd=lpdaily&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>(Acts 7:54-60)</p>
<p>The ultimate goal of every follower of Christ is to become more like Him each day. We read about how Jesus lived His life. We study the way He handled different situations. We carefully dissect His words. The whole point is to become more like Him. The popular phrase &#8220;what would Jesus do&#8221; helps to remind us during our busy days that when we face decisions, we should stop and ask, what would Jesus do?</p>
<p>You see, Jesus came to this earth and lived as a man. He walked the same roads we walk. He saw the same things we see. He felt the feelings we have. While remaining 100% God, He was also 100% man and comprehends what we go through in our day-to-day lives. Because of His virgin birth, He was born without sin, and then proceeded to live His life without sin. He set the example for all of us to follow. He gave us the standard by which we all should be striving to live up to each day.</p>
<p>By living like He did, we make our Lord proud of us. Many see this as an unrealistic goal. While in our own strength I agree; however, when we are living in His strength&#8230;it becomes very real!!! You see, when Jesus left this earth, He promised a comforter&#8230;someone to come along side to help. That promise was fulfilled on the day we celebrate as Pentecost with the advent of the Holy Spirit.</p>
<p>One of the benefits of accepting Jesus Christ into your life is to receive the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit give you power to live beyond yourself when you are yielded to that power. The Holy Spirit is what brings you under conviction when you are not living a life pleasing and acceptable to the Lord. It is the Holy Spirit that enables you to live a Christ-like life, thus making Jesus proud of you!</p>
<p>The person and power of the Holy Spirit has been the subject of much poor teaching. I am not going to get into any theological debates over this issue, instead, I will stick strictly to what the Bible clearly teaches. At that moment of being &#8220;born again&#8221;, you receive the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. There are Biblically documented gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit now available to those who will allow the Spirit of God to rule and reign in your life.</p>
<p>It is the Spirit of the living God now residing with you that gives you the supernatural power to love your enemies, forgive those who harm you, overcome the trials of day-to-day life, defeat sin in your life, and know God&#8217;s love in ways you never experienced before. It is the Holy Spirit that guides and directs you throughout the day, to keep you on the path God has chosen for your life. It is only because of the Holy Spirit that we can live like Jesus did, and make Him proud of us.</p>
<p>I love you and care about you so much. You will be in my prayers today as you think about these words. The most effective way to make Jesus proud of you is to live like He did. In today&#8217;s scripture, we see Stephen being stoned to death and asking God to forgive those who were killing him. This is exactly what Jesus did on the cross. It was only because of the power of God living in Stephen that he was able to do that.</p>
<p>Was Jesus proud? There is no other place in scripture that says Jesus was standing. Search the Bible. It always says Jesus was sitting. Why was Jesus standing in this instance? I believe it was because He was so proud of his servant Stephan that He actually stood to welcome him into Heaven. My challenge to you today is to act like Jesus and make him proud of you.</p>
<p>In His love and service,<br />
Your friend and brother in Christ,</p>
<p>Bill Keller</p>
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		<title>President Obama Leads the Nation in Celebrating Roe vs. Wade</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Psalms 139:13-15; Jeremiah 1:4-5) This week, President Obama, the most pro-death President in the nation&#8217;s history, leads the nation in celebrating the 39th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade. This is the Supreme Court decision that put the federal government in the business of legalized infanticide, with over 55 MILLION babies slaughtered in that time. Every <a href="http://lpdaily.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/president-obama-leads-the-nation-in-celebrating-roe-vs-wade/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lpdaily.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14991269&amp;post=1303&amp;subd=lpdaily&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>(Psalms 139:13-15; Jeremiah 1:4-5)</p>
<p>This week, President Obama, the most pro-death President in the nation&#8217;s history, leads the nation in celebrating the 39th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade. This is the Supreme Court decision that put the federal government in the business of legalized infanticide, with over 55 MILLION babies slaughtered in that time. Every 24 hours, apx. 4,000 innocent babies are &#8220;legally&#8221; murdered in this nation!</p>
<p>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 &#8220;religious left&#8221; 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.</p>
<p>I fully understand why people don&#8217;t want to talk about abortion. INFANTICIDE is not a pleasant subject! But we can&#8217;t just be silent and act like it doesn&#8217;t exist, especially due to the FACT that in the next 24 hours, another 4,000 innocent babies will be slaughtered in this nation!!!</p>
<p>I would love to stop talking about abortion. Let&#8217;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!</p>
<p>It will also cause the adoption industry to be reformed so adopting a child doesn&#8217;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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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 24 hours we killed 4,000 babies in this country. We have become so desensitized, have come to accept abortion to the point we don&#8217;t even think about it any longer.</p>
<p>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 nations 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?</p>
<p>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&#8217;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.</p>
<p>I have been saying for years that this one issue alone is enough to bring down God&#8217;s wrath and judgment on this nation. Sadly, President Bush 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 has flourished under Obama.</p>
<p>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!!!</p>
<p>As a side note. For those in the pro death movement who want to make believe this is about women&#8217;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!</p>
<p>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&#8217;t close your eyes and act like this brutal act of murder doesn&#8217;t exist. I see the Hollywood crowd and people who normally spit in the face of God get so upset about the atrocities committed to on animals. Why aren&#8217;t these same people as upset with the fact every 24 hours we slaughter 4,000 innocent babies??? Where is their outrage about that???</p>
<p>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 3,000 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). <a href="http://www.liveprayer.com/aborsion.cfm">http://www.liveprayer.com/aborsion.cfm</a></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>The only way to fix the problem is to stop killing babies and turn back to God and His Truth!!!</p>
<p>***JANUARY FINANCIAL UPDATE: With only 1 week left in January, we still need to make up the final $3,000 of our December shortfall in addition to the $40,000 we need for our basic January operations. We desperately need to clear up the December balance and $10,000 of our January budget immediately. I am asking 3 people who are able to pray about sending a special gift of $5,000 today to help me with this balance. Please take a moment today and pray about sending a gift to support God&#8217;s work here at Liveprayer so that we can start this year with all of our basic operations current. To make a special gift to Liveprayer, you can send your gift to Liveprayer on your major credit card at our website www.liveprayer.com under the &#8220;Donation&#8221; button, or you can give from your PayPal account by using my email address, bkeller@liveprayer.com , or you can mail it to: Liveprayer, 6660 46th Avenue North, St. Petersburg, Florida 33709. All gifts to Liveprayer are 100% tax deductible.</p>
<p>Thank you to everyone who has prayed for me and Liveprayer during 2011, and for those God has led and were able to help me financially during the year. It was another year of faithfully serving the Lord 24/7, impacting millions of lives worldwide while seeing over 80,000 souls we know of come to faith in Jesus, bringing the total to over 600,000 since we began over 12 years ago. All of that has only been possible because of YOUR prayers and YOUR faithful sacrifce.</p>
<p>Please pray about helping me today, since the year of 2012 is our year to help lead this nation back to God and His Truth while saving lost souls!!!</p>
<p>In His love and service,<br />
Your friend and brother in Christ,</p>
<p>Bill Keller</p>
<p>(C)opryright 2012, Live Prayer Church, Inc. All Rights Reserved.</p>
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		<title>I have Warned You for Years about Net Neutrality</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:15:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Luke 19:40) I have warned you for years about &#8220;net neutrality,&#8221; a fancy name for the government to control the content on the internet. Since they have not been successful, YET, they are now trying to control the content on the internet due to the few websites that pirate copywritten material. Due to the stand <a href="http://lpdaily.wordpress.com/2012/01/23/i-have-warned-you-for-years-about-net-neutrality/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lpdaily.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14991269&amp;post=1302&amp;subd=lpdaily&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>(Luke 19:40)</p>
<p>I have warned you for years about &#8220;net neutrality,&#8221; a fancy name for the government to control the content on the internet. Since they have not been successful, YET, they are now trying to control the content on the internet due to the few websites that pirate copywritten material. Due to the stand many large internet companies have taken, their attempts have not been successful, YET!</p>
<p>The Lord showed me soon after Liveprayer signed on nearly 13 years ago, that there would come a day when you could access every time of filth and garbage known to man, but not the Truth of the Bible. You see, pornography, gambling, shopping sites will never have to fear being regulated. However, what will start out as protecting copywritten material, will soon expand to &#8220;hate speech,&#8221; which is exactly what the mainstream culture now labels Biblical Truth.</p>
<p>That is why the window we have is SO SHORT, and why we must be in high gear every day since our time to lead this nation back to God and His Truth is winding down. Our opportunity to openly and freely share the Gospel is winding down. Don&#8217;t doubt what I am telling you. If you look back over these past 12+ years, God has showed me exactly what was coming and what many would call being paranoid, hyperbole, fear tactics, has all come to pass exactly as I said it would.</p>
<p>Last year, the Senate passed the addition to the existing hate-crimes legislation to add gay, lesbian, and transgender people to that protected list. I have told you for many years now that it won&#8217;t be long before simply preaching against the sin of homosexuality from the Bible will land you in jail. President Obama, a strong advocate for the radical homosexual lobby, signed that bill and you will see very quickly how the gay community will use it as a hammer to silence people like myself who go into the marketplace and speak out against their sinful choice. They will claim that my speech induces people to violence towards homosexuals. This is how they will use this new legislation to try and silence anyone who speaks out regarding this sinful choice.</p>
<p>They will be very effective because you now have a generation of &#8220;faux&#8221; churches and pastors who actually support and glorify this sin. They make a mockery of Christ by doing so, but it also makes someone like myself who speaks out, look like a crazed hate monger who wants to see homosexuals beaten and killed. The reality is, we help men and women in bondage to this sin find deliverance and freedom through Christ every month. We minister to the broken lives of so many who have been bound by this sin. Yet, because we take a Biblical stand on this issue we are castigated and will be a very real target once this new legislation becomes law.</p>
<p>We are now living in a day I feared would come, and that is when the government would determine what content will be on the Internet. The ultimate goal is for the government to determine what content can be on the Internet. Instead of running Liveprayer from an actual office, I see a day very soon when I will be using special connections linked to servers in foreign lands, having to use creative technology to get the Daily Devotiaonl out each day. THAT DAY IS NOT FAR AWAY!</p>
<p>I love you and care about you so much. This is why I implore you daily to take your faith seriously. Speak out whenever you can. Don&#8217;t be shy about sharing God&#8217;s Truth with others. This is also why I challenge you to stand with me. God has given us a great platform to reach millions worldwide daily, and we MUST keep doing that while we still can. Will this become like China or North Korean where people like myself are put in prison for life, simply because I preach the Gospel? Not sure, but we are definitely heading in that direction. These are the last days, the time is short, our freedom to proclaim the Word of God and the love of Christ is disappearing right before our eyes.</p>
<p>WAKE UP!!! For the one or two people reading this today who God has richly blessed financially and who want to make a REAL impact with your life before your journey is over, contact me. You can give away millions to have a building named after you, but your only true lasting legacy are those lives you will impact for Christ for all eternity. Liveprayer has an 12+ year track record of results, we have the proven pieces in place to literally turn this nation back to God and HIS truth in a matter of months if we had the resources.</p>
<p>Preaching to the choir has proven to not change the spiritual course of this nation. However, we have proven over the years we have the way to not only impact hundreds of millions of lives, save souls, but turn our nation back to God and His Truth.</p>
<p>In His love and service,<br />
Your friend and brother in Christ,</p>
<p>Bill Keller</p>
<p>(C)opryright 2012, Live Prayer Church, Inc. All Rights Reserved.</p>
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		<title>God Gave His Best in Offering Jesus as a Sacrifice for Our Sins</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:15:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Malachi 1:1-9) Those who have put their faith in Christ and accepted God&#8217;s free gift of everlasting life, understand that God has given His very best in offering Jesus as a sacrifice for our sins. He gave it all in order that we would have a way to be reconciled back to our creator and <a href="http://lpdaily.wordpress.com/2012/01/22/god-gave-his-best-in-offering-jesus-as-a-sacrifice-for-our-sins/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lpdaily.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14991269&amp;post=1301&amp;subd=lpdaily&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>(Malachi 1:1-9)</p>
<p>Those who have put their faith in Christ and accepted God&#8217;s free gift of everlasting life, understand that God has given His very best in offering Jesus as a sacrifice for our sins. He gave it all in order that we would have a way to be reconciled back to our creator and live for eternity with Him. God gave His very best, but each day do we give our very best to Him?</p>
<p>The priests in the Old Testament were often guilty of offering up to God during their sacrifices, the worst crops, the worst animals, the bare minimum they could. How often are we guilty of the same behavior? Today we don&#8217;t follow the Old Testament laws, but our daily sacrifice is our lives.. our time&#8230;our talents. How many days do we do the minimal amount for God, giving Him less than our best???</p>
<p>All I am trying to do is to get you to realize that God has done so much for us, and we get comfortable doing the least amount for Him in return. We grudgingly go to church to be fed spiritually, we complain about giving to those causes which God is using to bless people, and we hesitate to volunteer our precious time to help others. We live our lives in a way to give God as little as possible.</p>
<p>Pray today that you might begin to give God your very best. He has blessed many of you with incredible talents to do many things. Don&#8217;t hoard those talents for your own benefit, but use those talents for the benefit of the Kingdom. He hasn&#8217;t blessed you so you can hold onto those blessings, but that you might in return bless others. Give God your very best today.</p>
<p>I love you and care about you so much. I will be praying for you, praying that you will spend a few minutes giving thought to how much more you could and should be giving God. He gave His very best for you, is it to much to ask for you to give your very best to Him?</p>
<p>Trust me, you can&#8217;t outgive God. The more you give, the more you receive. Don&#8217;t hold back and don&#8217;t hang on. God gave it to you so that you could use it to give to others. After all, when this life is over, the only thing any believer should want to hear is, &#8220;well done, thou good and faithful servant.&#8221;</p>
<p>May His richest blessings be with you today. I will be praying for you to open up and give your best to God!!!</p>
<p>In His love and service,<br />
Your friend and brother in Christ,</p>
<p>Bill Keller</p>
<p>(C)opryright 2012, Live Prayer Church, Inc. All Rights Reserved.</p>
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		<title>Like Never Before, Rehab is in the News</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(John 8:34, Romans 6:16, 2 Peter 2:19, John 8:32, Romans 8:2) Like never before, rehab is in the news. Rehab, is a critical and serious place for many to find hope, help, and deliverance from the bondages people become enslaved to during this life. Lately, it has been turned into a joke by Hollywood stars <a href="http://lpdaily.wordpress.com/2012/01/21/like-never-before-rehab-is-in-the-news-2/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lpdaily.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14991269&amp;post=1300&amp;subd=lpdaily&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>(John 8:34, Romans 6:16, 2 Peter 2:19, John 8:32, Romans 8:2)</p>
<p>Like never before, rehab is in the news. Rehab, is a critical and serious place for many to find hope, help, and deliverance from the bondages people become enslaved to during this life. Lately, it has been turned into a joke by Hollywood stars who use rehab as a place to hide when their addictions and poor choices catch up to them and are exposed to the world. A few weeks later they emerge, claiming they are &#8220;cured&#8221; when nothing has really changed. So this does raise the legitimate question, does going to rehab really cure people of their addictions, does rehab really work?</p>
<p>It is important to understand, there is no magical place to go to be delivered from an addiction. That place doesn&#8217;t exist. Please listen to me. Nobody will ever be delivered from whatever they are in bondage to until they want to be delivered. I have to say this again since this goes to the very heart of the issues today. NOBODY WILL EVER BE DELIVERED FROM WHATEVER THEY ARE IN BONDAGE TO UNTIL THEY WANT TO BE DELIVERED!</p>
<p>Here is another very important truth for you today. Even God won&#8217;t deliver you unless you want to be delivered and set free. Why? Free will. God gave you the free will to make your own choices. You are the one who chooses to take drugs, drink, smoke, overeat, engage in sinful sexual activities, shop for things you don&#8217;t need, gamble, and anything else that you become enslaved to. When YOU are ready to stop, to be set free, God will be there to strengthen you and help you find the deliverance you seek. But YOU have to first make the choice to stop and seek the Lord&#8217;s help. Until you come to that place, NOTHING will change.</p>
<p>Please don&#8217;t underestimate the &#8220;God factor&#8221; in people being set free from their addictions. IT IS THE KEY once a person decides to seek freedom from their bondage. That is why Christ-centered rehab programs have a dramatically lower recidivism rate than secular rehab programs. Once you take your stand and are determined to be free from your addiction, you need a power greater than yourself to be able to walk in victory day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year.</p>
<p>The clich? &#8220;one day at a time&#8221; is real. For the person who has fought and won the battle over their addiction, they are acutely aware that the battle never stops. The reason people &#8220;relapse&#8221; or &#8220;fall off the wagon&#8221; is because they quit doing the things they need to on a daily basis to walk in victory. For someone who has been delivered from an addiction, they MUST do the things they need on a daily basis to live in victory, or they will wake up one morning back in the jaws of their addiction.</p>
<p>The good thing all rehab programs do is help educate a person about their addiction. It helps them to understand the psychological and physiological factors involved. It also gives a person the practical tools to live &#8220;clean.&#8221; The greatest of those tools is accountability. None of us can walk through this journey of life alone. We all need others in our life to guide us, strengthen us, and encourage us along the way. That is especially true for someone who is battling to live in freedom from some addiction. Having someone in your life to hold you accountable who has fought the battle and is living in victory over their addiction, is critical to helping you live in that same victory.</p>
<p>I love you and care about you so much. The reality is no place or program will ever work until you are ready to live in freedom from whatever your bondage may be. The same free will you use to make the choice to drink, do drugs, gamble, smoke, overeat, shop for things you don&#8217;t need, engage in sinful sexual activities, or whatever your bondage may be, is the same free will you have to exercise to make the choice to live in freedom from that bondage.</p>
<p>When you make that choice to be free, rehab and programs like AA can be very effective in helping educate you and giving you the basic tools you need to live your life in freedom. The critical element at that point in finding your life again is a relationship with Jesus Christ. Without Christ you can be delivered from your bondage and live in freedom . However, like all who live without Christ you can never know the true joy, peace, and abundance of this life, and when this brief journey is over you will be forever separated from God your Creator in hell. *There is no rehab or programs to escape from hell once you die and are there!</p>
<p>By surrendering your heart and life to Christ by faith, you will not only find freedom from your addiction, but you will find the strength to live a victorious life each day. This life is not about just living until we die, but living in victory and making our lives count. Without Christ, that is impossible, with Christ, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE!</p>
<p>I will be praying for you today. If you are currently battling with an addiction, I pray that you will open your heart today and hear God&#8217;s voice speaking to you through these word&#8217;s He is telling you that you don&#8217;t have to be a slave to your addiction any longer. You can be free. Freedom from your addiction is only a prayer away! The fact is your life is a mess right now, you have nothing to lose and everything to gain. God will help you, but YOU have to be ready to live in freedom from your bondage. Ask God to open your heart to His love and Truth and watch this video clip: <a href="http://www.liveprayer.com/altarcall.cfm">http://www.liveprayer.com/altarcall.cfm</a></p>
<p>I will also be praying today for all those who are in rehab or some program today, trying to be free from whatever has enslaved them. I pray that they will open their hearts to the Lord who loves them and wants them to not only be free from their addiction, but know the true joy, and peace, and abundance this life can offer through a relationship with Him. No place or program will ever work until the person is ready to quit, and no victory will ever be complete without Christ!</p>
<p>In His love and service,<br />
Your friend and brother in Christ,</p>
<p>Bill Keller</p>
<p>(C)opryright 2012, Live Prayer Church, Inc. All Rights Reserved.</p>
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