(John 15:20, 16:2; 1 Timothy 3:12)

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

***THE DAILY LIVEPRAYER TV NUGGET: Many years ago I preached a sermon on “When they padlock the doors of the church!” It is a sermon that I turned into a Daily Devotional many years ago and have shared several times over the past 22 yrs. Today, I have a new, more updated statement for you, “When you can’t go to church without a Vax Passport!” Do you think I am joking? I AM NOT!!! It is already happening in certain European countries and in the near future will be the norm all across Europe. Based on the actions of the Canadian government towards churches since the Chinese Flu pandemic hit, I can virtually guarantee you proving you ! have been
vaccinated will be a requirement to attend church in Canada. That begs the question, how long before churches in the United States begin requiring proof of being vaccinated in order to attend services? This will once again be proof of the modern day civil war taking place in our nation between red states and blue states. Any sort of vax proof to attend church will start in the Democratic controlled states and be opposed in the Republican controlled states. I have questioned readers of the Daily Devotional over the years about what they will do when confronted with real persecution. Even though a vax passport to attend church may be seen as a very low level of persecution, that is how it starts! Of course many people will say, “My church would never do that!” Really? I will bet 3 Chicago hot dogs that your church shut down live services for at least a month, some much longer, SOME ARE STILL SHUTTERED!!! God bless those few brave pastors who refused to honor the shutdown ! order from
day one forgoing their Constitutionally protected right to worship, and God bless those who tried to follow the states mandates but finally had enough and opened, many going to court to do so. WE ARE GOING TO NEED THAT SAME BRAVERY NOW AND IN THE DAYS TO COME! As I have said from day one, getting vaccinated for the Chinese Flu is a personal choice. Each family needs to make that choice thru prayer, thru consulting with their family doctor and possibly getting several medical opinions, and more prayer as God leads you. Listen, we have known from almost day one that 98% of the people who have died from the Chinese Flu are 65 and over and/or have some pre-existing medical issues such as obesity, auto-immune issues, and asthma to name a few. IF YOU ARE IN THIS CRITICAL DEMOGRAPHIC, THE DECISION TO GET VACCINATED IS MUCH MORE CRITICAL AND URGENT THAN IF YOU ARE A HEALTHY 40 YEAR OLD! Again, at the end of the day it is a personal choice each person needs to make after doing thei! r medical
due diligence and praying. I have already been warning you about the nuclear bomb that is about to go off when kids go back to school in a few weeks and are mandated to be vaccinated. That is in addition to the existing issue which is only going to get worse in regards to companies who are requiring their employees be vaccinated or be fired. Both of those situations are destined to end up in the Supreme Court, my guess fast-tracked so it is ruled on in the coming fall term. So be in prayer my friend and just be prepared that the current government, state and Federal, is going to either directly or indirectly be trying to mandate you be vaccinated to live the normal life you have been used to, AND THAT INCLUDES GOING TO CHURCH!!!

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(*I first wrote this Daily Devotional 18 years ago. How prophetic these words have become!!!)

The day they padlock the doors of the church is closer than you think!!! Impossible you say? If you would have told someone just 50 years ago, that there would no longer be prayer in our schools, they would have called you crazy. If you would have told someone 50 years ago, that crosses and manger scenes would be banned from public buildings, they would have called you crazy. If you would have told someone 50 years ago, that it would be illegal to display the 10 commandments in a courthouse, they would have called you crazy. If you would have told someone 50 years ago, that there would be major efforts to take “under God ” out of the Pledge of Allegiance and “In God We Trust” off of our money, they would have called you crazy. However, 50 years later, these are all a reality!

Here is some more reality for you. Things are NOT going to get any better. I! am
thankful for all of those who love God and work so diligently in the public arena. We MUST continue to fight for the issues that support God’s Word. We must never vacate the political arena, and support those who are in public office that support the agenda of God. We have to maintain that voice. But here is the problem. Despite the numbers that Barna puts out, this nation is becoming more Godless every single day! It happened in Europe, it happened in Canada, and it is happening right before our very eyes here in the United States. We are fast becoming a Godless society.

There is now a large percentage of two full generations in our nation that do not go to church. The generation that is in their 20’s and 30’s has a large percentage that has never been to church. They grew up in homes void of God. They are now having children that are growing up in homes void of God, which means the coming generation will also grow up in homes void of God. On top of that, the vast maj! ority of
those in these two generations that DO go to church, are NOT in a committed 24/7 relationship with Christ. They range from the Christmas/Easter churchgoers, to those who simply put in their “hour” each week. Their day in and day out lives really are no different than those who don’t go to church at all.

So what is next for our nation? The false religions will continue to grow. The false religions are based on the writings of men and prey on the fact people are looking for God, but use man’s sinful condition to lead them into deception. They tell them they can buy their way into Heaven, they will have sex with virgins, they can work to become a god, and numerous other lies. Perverting the things of God that we used to honor will continue to get worse. Marriage has already become little more than a legal date to most people. Sex with people you are not married to, with the same sex, are now the mainstream norm. This will continue to destroy the family and simply create m! ore
generations of people totally void of God in their life, meaning the nation will adopt their Godless values and view of life.

IF YOU THINK I AM CRAZY, LET ME SUGGEST YOU READ YOUR BIBLE! IF THIS HAPPENED TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, THAT WERE BORN OUT OF THE PROMISE OF GOD AND WITNESS TO HIS GREAT MIRACLES, WHY DON’T YOU THINK THIS CAN HAPPEN TO US?

The answer my friend is this. We still enjoy amazing freedoms in this nation to share the Word of God. WE MUST TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT! Jesus said that we had to work while it was still light because the night was coming. We have got to stop playing games and get serious, because we have a very real enemy who is deadly serious. Oh how I wish the church was as committed to building the lives of people, to building the Kingdom of God, as it is in building great structures of brick and mortar. It is amazing how a church can find 20 million dollars to build a new building, but not $200 to help pay someone’s rent! It is time fo! r pastors
to stop worrying about being politically correct and start being Biblically correct! Churches need to take out the theater seating and make people stand up in the presence of God. God’s church was never supposed to be a place where people are entertained, but a place where they are trained up to do the work of God.

I love you and care about you so much. The Holy Spirit has prompted me to give you this word. I sense in my Spirit a great sense of urgency, that the time is truly very short now. Jesus is coming back at any moment for His church. We are living in a very evil and dark world. This nation has rapidly deteriorated spiritually right before our very eyes over the past 50 years. BUT GOD HAS ALWAYS HAD A PEOPLE! GOD HAS ALWAYS HAD A REMNANT! I pray today that you will be part of that remnant God will use to bring in this last great harvest.

Now more than ever, those who refuse to bow their knee to Baal need to stand up and be counted. The Bible proclaims that! the
gates of hell shall not prevail against the church. That is because the church is not a building, it is all those people that have accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior and will follow Him to their death. THAT is the true church, and that is why they can padlock the doors of a building, but they will never stop the work of God!!! GOD WILL HAVE THE LAST WORD!!!

In His love and service,

Your friend and brother in Christ,

Bill Keller