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DAILY DEVOTIONAL TUESDAY NOVEMBER 21, 2006
( 2 Chronicles 7:14, 2 Timothy 3:16, John 3:16, John 14:6 )
***TONIGHT!!! Liveprayer is back on the "i" Network, "live" every
Monday
thru Friday Midnight to 1:00 a.m. ET/PT (11 p.m. to Midnight CT/MT) to
bring
a Biblical worldview to the issues of the day and the hope and love of
Jesus
Christ to the lost and hurting. For the station where you live, go
to:
TV PROGRAM UPDATE! Last Friday night, my message was on, "The ONLY
road to
God." After the message, I gave an invitation for the viewers to
accept
Christ into their heart by faith and over 500 people we know of made
that
decision. Praise God! This is a program you should get every
unsaved
family member and friend to watch! You can go see that powerful
program,
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***I KNOW YOU ARE BUSY, BUT THIS MESSAGE TODAY IS ONE YOU NEED TO TAKE
THE
TIME AND EFFORT TO READ AND PRAY OVER. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT
MESSAGES I HAVE EVER WRITTEN ON THE SPIRITUAL STATE OF OUR NATION.
GOD
CALLS EACH OF HIS CHILDREN TO SERVE HIM. AS YOU READ THESE WORDS
TODAY,
OPEN YOUR HEART TO HOW GOD CAN USE YOU TO HELP BRING THIS NATION BACK
TO
GOD, BIBLICAL TRUTH, AND FAITH IN HIS SON JESUS CHRIST!
The spiritual state of the United States on November 21, 2006. I am
fully
aware that as you read this today, your mind is in many different
places.
You are preparing for or may even be at work. Thanksgiving is only a
few
days away and you have lots of activities going on in the coming days
with
family and friends. You have whatever pressing issues there are in
your
life at this moment which are weighing on you. Actually, when you
think
about it, just dealing with your life and those in your immediate
family
each day can be a huge challenge. While you try to stay informed,
aware of
what is going on in the world around you, most of the time it is all you
can
do to simply live your own life. I totally understand that, and that
is why
today I want to share with you some of my insights to help you
understand
what the real spiritual condition of the United States is at this
very
moment.
Because of the unique work God has called me to these past 7+ years now,
I
am literally involved in hundreds of people's lives every single day.
Between Liveprayer.com and the TV ministry, I hear every day from
over
40,000 people. While I can't deal with each person individually, I do
get
good reporting every day what those 40,000 people are going through.
The
reason I still to this day personally handle anywhere from 250-300 emails
at
random is so that I never lose sight of what Liveprayer is about,
helping
people in their time of need, and keep very focused on what is really
going
on in this world so I can effectively minister to your life each
day
I am dealing on a daily basis with people from 14 to 94, men and
women,
people who have incredible wealth and those who have nothing at all,
those
from every walk of life, blacks, whites, Asians, Hispanics,
American-Indian,
and folks from every ethnic background you can name. Over 20% of the
people
we reach each day at Liveprayer.com are otuside the United States, so
each
day I am also dealing with people living in different countries who face
the
same problems those here in the US do, but with different cultural
issues
that have to be factored in.
It is in dealing with this vast and wide array of different people in
every
kind of situation you can imagine, and trust me, many you could never
imagine, each day for over 7 years now that I share these insights with
you.
Since I deal with many of these issues on a regular basis, I don't think
the
issues themselves will shock you, however, I really doubt most people
totally understand the degree of spiritual decay that we are seeing
month
after month in the United States. I also doubt most people
really
understand how void of God and Biblical Truth this nation really is.
That
void grows daily as does the hostility to those who do believe in
God,
Biblical Truth, and have faith in Jesus Christ.
Let me tell you what you may find most alarming. I laugh every time I
hear
Barna or any type of poll or study that says 80% of people in the
United
States believe in God, or go to church, or identify themselves as
Christians. As you know, you can make a poll or study say about
anything
you want it to say. Here is the raw truth. Most everyone agrees
there is a
God or some sort of Supreme Being. When you weed out the non-existent
false
gods like allah and the rest and are only talking about the God of
the
Bible, you are now at under 50% of the population that believe in the
one
true God of the Bible.
When you talk about those who go to church and break it down to those
who
regularly attend a Bible-teaching, Bible-believing church where faith
in
Jesus Christ alone is the only way to be saved, now you are dealing
with
less than 20% of the population. When you weed out those who go to
Mosques,
Temples, or are part of cults like the Jehovah's Witnesses and Mormons,
you
are left with less than 20% of the population who regularly go to a
Bible
teaching, believing church.
However, the most alarming issue that I have found in nearly 2 decades
of
ministry are those who identify themselves as "Christians." Let me
say up
front that being a Christian means you have made the conscious decision
to
ask God to forgive you of your sins and by faith ask Jesus Christ into
your
heart and life. You have made the conscious choice to give your life
to
Christ. THAT is what makes you a Christian. The fact your mom
and dad are
a Christian doesn't make you one. You don't become a Christian by
birth!
Going to church doesn't make you a Christian. The pews of
churches across
the nation are FULL of people every Sunday who are not saved, but think
they
are because they sit in that pew every Sunday. Just because you
were
"baptized" as a baby doesn't make you a Christian. Sprinkling water
on a
baby's head doesn't save them!
THE ONLY WAY YOU BECOME A CHRISTIAN IS BY MAKING THE DECISION TO
ACCEPT
JESUS CHRIST INTO YOUR HEART AND LIFE BY FAITH!
Having said that, let me take this whole "I'm a Christian" conversation
to
the next level, since this is what I deal with every day here at
Liveprayer.com and on the TV program. I get people who identify
themselves
as "Christians" every day telling me that there is nothing wrong with
homosexuality, nothing wrong with abortion, that people of other faiths
will
be in Heaven! If you are a Christian, that means you are a follower
of
Jesus Christ and have surrendered your heart and life to Him. It is
no
longer your life. It also means that you BELIEVE THE BIBLE! The
Bible is
God's inspired, inerrant Word, representing Absolute Truth and our
final
authority in all matters. It is the Book GOD WROTE! It is
inconsistent to
say, "I am a Christian but I do not believe what the Bible says."
The reason people who call themselves Christians deny the Bible is the
same
reason any lost person denies the Bible. It condemns their
choices and
holds them accountable for their actions. People hate being
held
accountable, and that is what the Bible does. So it is easier to
just
dismiss the Bible with the thousands of different reasons people come
up
with to try and make the case it is not really God's Word. Well, I
am
sorry, you can't be a Christian and deny the Bible! Jesus said you
can't
serve two masters. You need to decide if you belong to Christ or
not. If
you do, you need to follow His Word, not live in rebellion to it.
That
doesn't mean we don't sin or are perfect. It does mean we do our best
to
obey the Lord since Jesus said, "if you love me you will obey
me!"
Let me give you a quick summary of some of my other observations. The
drive
by those in the homosexual community to make their deviant choice of
sex
socially acceptable is working. The VAST majority of people in this
nation
do not see anything wrong with this choice of sex. Most alarming is
the
great job the pro-homosexual community has done in brainwashing kids
that
this is a perfectly acceptable way to live. Well over 80% of the
young
adults and school-age children in this nation see nothing wrong with
homosexuality. THIS INCLUDES KIDS WHO ARE IN CHURCH AND REGULARLY
ATTEND
YOUTH GROUPS! As I told you years ago, it will be very soon labeled
"hate
speech" in this nation to speak out against homosexuality, even from
the
Bible. That is already the case in Canada and many European
countries.
Still don't believe how ingrained this perversion has become? WE ARE
NOW
EVEN DEBATING WHAT MARRIAGE IS!
Killing babies via abortion is considered by the vast majority of people
to
be a choice left up to a woman. Whatever chance to see this practice
of
infanticide stopped has passed us by these last 6 years. We will
now
continue to legally slaughter over 4,000 babies a day in this nation
until
God finally decides to bring down His wrath on us. I still firmly
believe
it will be this one issue which will ultimately bring God's judgment on
the
United States. The majority of the people in this nation see nothing
wrong
with abortion and not only accept it, but will fight for it to
continue.
Sex otuside of God's intended plan for it to enjoyed by a man and woman
in
the bonds of marriage is so ingrained in our culture now, people who
decide
to follow God's plan represent a SMALL FRACTION of society, EVEN IN
THE
CHURCH! Sex otuside of marriage, adultery, and every kind of
perverted form
of sex is totally out of control in our nation. Living together
is
"normal." Sadly, sexual sin is just as big of a problem with people
in the
church since the church really has little impact on our culture any
longer
or even in the lives of those who attend. Most churches have turned
into
little more than entertainment venues, and have quit preaching holiness
and
righteousness and judgment so they won't "offend" anyone. Now it is
all
smiles, enjoy the show, drop in your dollar, and see you next week.
Meanwhile, lives are being destroyed daily by those who commit sexual
sins.
Speaking of the church, the biggest needs in the church are having an
altar
call at the end of every service, getting back to preaching the
unadulterated Truth of God's Word with boldness, and to provide the
people
free counseling. Many churches NEVER have an invitation for people
to
accept the Lord. NEVER! There are churches today that are so
far away from
the Bible, they don't even believe it is God's Word and condone
blatant
since like homosexuality and abortion. People who are coming to faith
in
Christ in 2006 have many more problems, issues, and baggage in their
lives
than people who came to Christ even 20 years ago. Churches need to
help
their people with professional counseling to get beyond their past lives
so
they can be free to live in victory and grow in their faith to lead
productive Christian lives.
Drug use (street drugs and abusing prescription medication) and
alcohol
consumption are both at all time highs. As people deal with the
problems in
their lives, tens of millions daily look to these forms of "escape."
Gambling and porn continue to grow and are destroying millions of lives
each
year. Other addictions like the abuse of food and shopping are on a
steep
rise. Again, these are simply ways people have found to try and
escape from
life's problems rather than dealing with them. Of course in the end,
not
only do they still have their original problems, they now have even
greater
problems due to their bondage to these different forms of escape.
So in the face of all of this, where is the hope? JESUS CHRIST!
I liken
this time in our nation's history to many of the times we read about in
the
Old Testament when the children of Israel began to slowly turn away from
God
and to this world. Over time, they drifted further and further from
God
until they were ultimately living in all out rebellion to Him and to
His
Truth. It was during this time of great apostasy that God would
eventually
bring down His wrath on Israel. I clearly see that same scenario
unfolding
here in the United States.
We are living in the last days, Jesus is coming very soon and the
last
chapters of human history are about to unfold. I believe prior to
that
happening, this nation will be judged rather harshly for our rebellion
to
God. What form that judgment takes I can't tell you, but I do know
God will
not be mocked. However, what I also see is an unparalleled time in
human
history to bring people to faith in Jesus Christ. It was during
God's
judgment on Israel that many turned back to the faith of their fathers,
and
I see that happening here in the United States.
I see the difficult days ahead being a catalyst to help many come back
to
the God of the Bible, His Truth, and faith in Jesus Christ. The bad
news is
this nation is living in open rebellion to God our Creator and His
Truth.
The good news is that it is in this time of rebellion, as lives are
being
destroyed, as God takes His hand of blessings off our land, there is a
great
opportunity to bring people the one true hope there is, faith in
Jesus
Christ! God has raised up Liveprayer at this moment in human history
to be
part of bringing in that last great harvest of souls. God has raised
YOU up
at this time for that same reason!
I love you and care about you so much! It pains me to bring you a
word like
the one today, but I have to be honest with you. I can't tell
you
everything is great when it isn't. I deal every day with the real
lives of
people who have turned away from God or never knew him at all, and
the
problems and consequences they live with due to their rebellion. I
can tell
you this from being on the front lines 7 days a week. Yes, there is
GREAT
hostility to those who preach the Word of God since those who choose to
live
in rebellion to the Bible don't want to be confronted with their sin.
However, there are many hurting and broken lives out there, more each
day,
who simply want answers, who simply are looking for hope. That is why
I
have given my life to the preaching of the Gospel!
That is also why I have been challenging you for nearly 2 years now
about
the Liveprayer TV program and the work here at Liveprayer.com. We
are
sitting on two of the most powerful communication vehicles man has
ever
known to reach the masses, the Internet, and a "live" hour- long TV
program
5 nights a week on a major secular TV network that is able to reach
90
million of the 100 million TV households in this nation. WE HAVE THE
TOOLS
TO REACH THE LOST AND HURTING MASSES AND I AM WILLING TO LITERALLY GIVE
MY
LIFE TO GO ON THE FRONT LINES DAY AFTER DAY TO BOLDLY PROCLAIM THE TRUTH
OF
GOD'S WORD, CALLING PEOPLE AND THIS NATION TO REPENTANCE, AND WITHOUT
COMPROMISE TELL PEOPLE THEIR ONLY HOPE IS A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH
JESUS
CHRIST!
Let me tell you where we are at with the TV program. First, thank you
for
all those who are responding to the "Liveprayer 3000"
program going until we are able to land a major title sponsor in the
next
few months. As you know, the major hurdle has been this second
month,
staying on thru December. I need $270K by Wednesday afternoon
to cover the
last 3 weeks of December. The "i" Network wanted $90k of that by
Friday
afternoon with the other $180K Tuesday, however, I convinced them to give
me
until Wednesday to come up with the entire $270. Over the weekend I
heard
from one family who is wiring $50,000 this morning, leaving me only
$220,000
short.
The family who gave the $50,000 wrote me this, "I kept saying to myself
that
we should contribute more to help solve your dilemma, but everyday I
would
hope and rationalize that someone else with much larger resources would
step
to the plate and for us to help out was too much of a stretch. I
kept
telling myself we should help more and not wait for others, but there
was
this uneasiness. But then came the answer to what to do.
Yesterday's
devotional (the one Saturday about the boldness of those who mock
Jesus)
hit me right between the eyes. I apologize for not stepping up
sooner."
My friend, we are in a WAR for the soul of this nation and its
people. I
will keep putting my life out there, declaring God's Truth and the hope
we
have in Christ, but I need friends like you to keep me out there on
the
front lines. I need your prayers and I need those who God has
blessed to
step up and help me financially. The Liveprayer TV program is the
ONLY
program on a major secular network that is bringing a Biblical worldview
to
the issues of this world and people's lives. Each night, it is making
an
eternal difference in the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and
in
the spiritual direction of this country.
Every night, I get emails like the one below. This is why I have
given my
life to serve the Lord and why I am asking you to help me.
"Dear Bill, Thank you for your prayer last night that saved me.
I had
lost faith because I've been through some hardships that took
everything
from me. Your show last night was exactly what I needed to
hear. I hadn't
been able to pray for months because I have felt so alone and maybe
like
I've done something I'm being punished for. I will be watching every
show
from today on. I don't ever want to feel like I did again where I
can't get
myself to pray. I need prayer to be able to exist. Thank you again!!
"
All I can ask is that you pray and see what you can do in the next few
days
to help me insure this last $220k is covered. I have the credibility
with
the people at the "i" Network to give them my word the money is coming,
even
if I don't have it all physically in my hands Wednesday. I realize
with the
holiday it may be difficult to get the funds, especially a large amount
to
me in the next 24 hours. (If you contact me, I would be happy to give
you
our FedEx or bank wire information). If you can help me, simply
email (
bkeller@liveprayer.com ) and let me know what you are able to give and
how
soon you are able to get it to me. Again, as long as I have the
commitments
to be able to insure the "i" Network these funds are coming, they will
work
with me.
TO GIVE A GIFT TO LIVEPRAYER, you can use your major credit card on
our
using your PayPal account using my email address: bkeller@liveprayer.com
,
or you can mail your gift to: Liveprayer, 6660 46th Ave. North, St.
Petersburg, Fl 33709. PLEASE MARK ALL GIFTS TV! All gifts to Liveprayer
are
100% tax deductible. (Don't forget I have copies of our last 2 yrs
audited
Financials I am happy to email you. Also, we can accept transfers of
stock
that could actually save you money on your taxes.)
Sadly, I see the spiritual state of this nation every day and the
damaged
and destroyed lives of so many. God has called me to reach this
nation and
to bring His Truth and hope to the lost and hurting. I am doing
everything
I can to do that, but need you to help me. When our lives are over,
the
only thing that will matter is our relationship with Jesus and the
only
lasting legacy we leave behind are those lives we touched for the Lord
along
our journey. All throughout human history, there have been those
heroes of
the faith who sold out and laid it all on the line for the Gospel. I
am
taking my stand for Jesus and am asking you today to stand with me as
together, we lead our nation back to God's Truth and the lost and hurting
to
a personal relationship with Jesus Christ!
Thank you and God bless you!
In His love and service,
Your friend and brother in Christ,
Bill Keller
***If I can help you in any way you can contact me through my personal
email
at bkeller@liveprayer.com
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