CELEBRATING 26 YEARS OF LIVEPRAYER!

DAILY DEVOTIONAL WEDNESDAY AUGUST 27, 2025

(Mark 10:9; Ephesians 5:25; Ephesians 5:22; Isaiah 41:10; 2 Corinthians 12:9-10)

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

The Lord is your protector!

***Daily Personal Prayer For You***

Dear Lord, please open my heart to know You better today and each day. Let me take time this weekend to get alone, just You and me. You know I love You and only want to be the best servant of Yours I can be. Show me oh Lord, guide my steps, use my life to be a blessing to others. Let others see You thru my life each day I ask and pray in Jesus name…AMEN!!!

***The Daily Liveprayer TV Nugget***

The Monday night August 25th TV program was critical in dealing with all of the various issues we are facing like the war in Ukraine, Florida’s aggressive move to have ICE at truck weigh stations looking for illegal semi dri! vers, ODNI
Gabbard banning US intel agencies from sharing classified Ukraine war info with our 5 eyes partners, the latest on the “Maryland dad” who is actually a wife beating, human trafficker, gang banger the Dems love, Trump targets Chicago as the next city to target with Federal operations to cut down crime, the 4 year anniversary of the abominable withdraw from Afghanistan, and Cracker Barrel’s stock continues to get hammered. Critical details on these issues and much more! Liveprayer TV 8/25/2025: https://www.facebook.com/liveprayer/videos/2127104237715585/

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

***The audio of the TV program is now available on major Podcasting platforms: APPLE/I-TUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/liveprayer-with-bill-keller/id1696! 186297 SPOTIFY:
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***August Financial Update***

Blessings! Thank you to all of those who have been praying and those able to help me during this challenging time. By the grace of God we covered the balance of our June shortfall! AMEN!!! So that give us the final 4 days of our anniversary month of August to cover the $55,000 from our July ministry operations and the $55,000 from our August ministry operations.

So far we have covered the first $10,000 of our July shortfall leaving the final $45,000. That plus the! $55,000
for our August ministry operations leaves us $100,000 to end our anniversary month with all of our financial obligations current. OUR GOD IS WORTH TO BE PRAISED!

26TH Anniversary month! As we head into August, our 26th anniversary month, please pray about helping me with a special one-time gift of $26, $1 for every year, or $260, $10 for every year, or $2,600, $100 for every year, or $26,000, $1,000 for every year.

The Bible teaches us to “give according to our ability to give.” For some that may be $10 or $20. For others it may be $50 or $100. Still others it may be $200, $500, $1,000, $10,000 or more. God will bless your gift no matter the amount.

Also, don’t forget a gift of $1,800 covers one day of ministry at Liveprayer. I received this email recently, “Pastor Bill, My wife and I have just sold our last rental and God told us to tithe $1,800.00 to pay for a day of your ministry. Not looking for accolades, just that you know when you receive! the check. Rest
assured that we will still be making our regular weekly tithes.”

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

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

Live on after you are in Heaven!!! By remembering God’s work here at Liveprayer in your will/estate planning, you can still help me share His Truth with the masses, be here for people in their time of greatest need, and help lead the lost to faith in Jesus even after God has called you home!!! God has led many of! our
friends in the Liveprayer family to remember His work here in their will. Please pray about this opportunity to continue and partner with me in the Lord’s work at Liveprayer, even after you are enjoying your rewards and the eternal peace of Heaven! If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact me at: bkeller@liveprayer.com

PART ONE OF TWO, “FOR BETTER, FOR WORSE”

Having had the honor and privilege to marry dozens of couples during my years in ministry, without a doubt the most critical part of the marriage ceremony is when the bride and groom make their vows to each other and to God. Often, the importance of those vows is underestimated, the words taken lightly. When I have the opportunity to counsel a couple prior to them getting married, I always make sure they fully understand what they are saying when they vow, “for better, for worse.” It means exactly that, “FOR BETTER, FOR WORSE.”

Marriage is God’s Holy Institution betwee! n a man and
a woman for life. Other than your relationship with Christ, it is the most important relationship a person will have during this lifetime. God’s plan for marriage is one man, one woman, for one lifetime. Anything else is a perversion of that plan. That is why no matter how man may try, marriage will never be between two people of the same sex. God’s definition of marriage will always be a man and a woman.

Another perversion of God’s plan for marriage is divorce. The most important thing to understand about divorce is that it was never, is not now, nor ever will be part of God’s plan for marriage. God clearly expresses His feelings on divorce in Malachi 2:16 by simply stating that “He hates divorce.” Divorce is a sin — period. The biggest misconception about divorce comes from the poor teaching that there are Biblical reasons for divorce. This is mainly due to a misunderstanding of the passages in Matthew chapters 5 and 19 where it appears like adultery is a legitimat! e reason
to get divorced.

Let me say this as clear and concise as I can. There are NO, ZERO, NADA reasons for divorce. Marriage is a LIFETIME commitment. In all of the weddings I have performed over my years in the ministry, I have never yet said “till death do us part… unless.” There are no “unlesses” in the marriage vows you make to your spouse and to God. The exception for adultery is NOT from God, it is an exception from man. It comes from the Jewish laws of marriage and divorcement and is a MAN-MADE reason for divorce. That is why Jesus said in Matthew 19:8, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning.”

That is why when you say “for better, for worse” you better understand the commitment you are making to your spouse and to God. Of course nobody ever has a problem with the “for better” part. We all look forward to and enjoy the “for better” days of marriage. A husband and wife sharing the
accomplishment of doing well in their careers, making the home you live in a special place, taking time off to travel, the incredible blessing of having children, the joy of seeing each other grow in your relationship with the Lord, and just sharing your love with the one you have committed to spend the rest of your life with.

It is the “for worse” days that people struggle with. Nobody stands at the altar on their wedding day thinking for a moment that “for worse” will ever happen to them. I want to encourage you today that if your spouse has left you, if your spouse has committed adultery, if your spouse is in bondage to alcohol, drugs, pornography, gambling, or anything else, if your spouse has become ill and you are their primary care giver, if your spouse is not working and finances are a problem, if your spouse is not following Christ and living for Him, if the intimacy and love is missing from your marriage, if you and your spouse can’t agree on raising your ch! ildren .
. . these are some of the “for worse” days that you promised to endure when you made that vow to your spouse and to God!

It is during these “for worse” days that we need to find our hope and strength in the Lord and make our faith real since only He can sustain us. Let me share a powerful truth with you today. The same God who is God during the “for better” days, is the very same God who is God during the “for worse” days. The same God who sees you through the “for better” days, is the very same God who will see you through the “for worse” days.

I love you and care about you so much. This is why I have tried so hard in past Devotionals to share with you how serious the decision to get married is. It is for LIFE. You are making a lifetime commitment to your spouse and to God. That is why I encourage you to take it slow when you are in a relationship that may lead to marriage. Don’t rush into anything. First of all, don’t ignore God’s warning in 2 Corinthians 6:1! 4 by
getting involved with a non-Christian. Take the time to build a spiritual foundation to your relationship. Get to know the other person over TIME. So many of the problems I see each day in marriages could have been avoided if people would have only been patient and taken the time to get to know their spouse BEFORE they got married.

I am well aware that this does not insure you will have a perfect marriage. There is no such thing. People make choices every day. Sadly, even people who know the Lord make the choice each day to live in rebellion to God. You are NOT responsible for the choices your spouse makes if at some point in your marriage they choose to rebel against God. However, you can be much more assured of who your spouse is if you are patient and build a spiritual foundation to your relationship prior to getting married.

My heart breaks today knowing how many people are going through “for worse” days in their marriage right now. I will be praying for yo! u. If you
are having problems in your marriage today, please know that God is your hope and strength. He is still a God that changes lives and can bring healing and restoration to your marriage. It is satan who is lying to you, telling you to just give up.

It is God who speaks truth when He says, “But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.” – (2 Corinthians 12:9-10 NIV)

May God’s blessings be upon you as you honor your vows “for better, for worse.”

DON’T MISS PART TWO TOMORROW!!!

In His love and service,

Your friend and co-laborer in His work,

Bill Keller