(Proverbs 29:18)A vision to reach lost souls! One of the things that often gets delegated
to the bottom of my "to do" pile in the course of trying to get all of my
work done each day, is taking the time to get alone with God and get fresh
revelation, fresh direction, fresh vision. Liveprayer doesn't have
committees or teams or special boards who sit down and come up with ideas
and plan out the things we do. Everything about Liveprayer from the initial
vision for the ministry to everything we do each day to reach people for
Christ has come directly from God. Vision is critical in any ministry, but
especially in this type of prophetic ministry that isn't operated in glass
buildings by hundreds of employees and massive amounts of money, but simply
by the Spirit of the living God!
Over the past 4 months, God has given me a great passion and vision to reach
even more lost souls each day for Christ. Over that time, He has been
opening the right doors to make that vision a reality. I pray that you will
be as excited as I am as we continue to reach out literally 24/7/365 to this
lost world we are part of. Let me start with an update on our relationship
with shock jock Howard Stern. We were working towards a deal that would
allow us to simulcast the audio from the TV program each night on his Howard
101 Sirius channel. We came to an impasse over the content. They wanted
some control over the content of the program, and that was something I was
not going to give up to anyone. I understand they want to "Howard-ize"
everything they do, but Liveprayer is a serious work of God and not a
humorous radio bit. We've agreed to do a monthly Liveprayer special on
Howard 101 like the ones we have done in the past. So we will continue to
maintain a relationship with Howard via that monthly special and see how it
may evolve in the future.
I am really excited to announce that Liveprayer is going to be a title
sponsor of next year's Florida State Fair. You do not understand what a
HUGE deal this is. First of all, the Florida State Fair is run by the State
of Florida. Because it is a state-run operation, there is the typical issue
over any affiliation with a religious organization. However, because of our
presence last year, God gave us great favor with Fair officials and we will
be coming on board as a title sponsor for the 2008 Fair. What that means is
that Liveprayer and our logo will be on every TV, radio, and print ad for
the 2008 Fair. We will be on the millions of pieces of printed material the
Fair will put out. In addition to that exposure and visibility, we will
have a 50x100 (5,000 SF) structure in the heart of the Midway that will be
called the "Liveprayer Gospel Tent."
At the LGT, the front will have a huge multi-media display to tell people
about Liveprayer and challenge them in their daily lives. Like last year,
we will hand out lots of promotional materials to Fair visitors. Inside the
LGT will be a stage with state-of-the-art sound and lighting and seating for
400. All 12 days of the fair we will have live music at 2, 5, and 8. There
will be a time of prayer after each performance, however, after the music at
8 p.m., we will have an old fashioned camp meeting type service where I
will bring a message each night dealing with issues everyone faces and
challenge those who come to make a commitment of their heart and life to
Christ. Last year, over 500,000 people attended the Fair! What an
incredible opportunity to bring Christ to this world in a bold and visible
way!!!
You better sit down for this one. The next great announcement is that
Liveprayer will be doing a second hour-long LIVE program in the Tampa market
( 12 in the nation) starting Monday, September 3rd! Don't worry, I haven't
lost my mind. The second Liveprayer program will air on WTTA-TV38, a
MyNetworkTv affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcasting Group. It will be on
"live" every Monday thru Friday from 7:30-8:30 in the morning. This will
allow us to reach a whole new audience in what is known as the "morning
prime," as we go head-to-head with the Today Show, Good Morning America, Fox
and Friends, and the rest of the early morning programming geared to that
massive audience of people who is starting their day, many preparing to go
to work or school. WHAT AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!
This morning edition of Liveprayer will have the same basic format with live
calls from the viewers, however, there will be more guests and the topics
will be geared more to meeting the needs of the viewers as they prepare for
their day. So we will be on "live" every Monday thru Friday from 7:30-8:30
a.m. on WTTA-TV38, and then that night "live" from 1-2 a.m. on WTOG-CW44
where we have been for nearly 5 years now. Also, both programs will be
available when they are "live" to anyone in the world with Internet access
on Liveprayer.com, and both programs will be in our TV Show archives.
It is our plan to be back on nationwide on the "i" Network, "live" every
Monday thru Friday from Midnight to 1 a.m. EDT starting Monday, October 1.
The great thing about the new morning program is that it also opens up the
opportunity for us to pull in lots of advertisers that we simply could not
attract at 1 a.m., since that "morning prime" time slot is one of the most
viewed times of the day. I have recently hired a long time TV advertising
sales person to head up our in-house ad sales team. The advertising
revenues will help us to cover all of the costs of the new program by the
end of our first 30 days on the air. God is good!
Last, and actually the greatest news of all, is the launching in early
September of Liveprayer Mobile. There are right at 3 BILLION cell phones
worldwide. If you want to aggressively reach people, you have to
aggressively reach them with the technology they use. That has been the key
to the success of Liveprayer on the Internet, it has been the key to the
success of the Liveprayer TV program on secular television, and it will be
the key to our success in reaching the world in the coming years by bringing
Liveprayer directly to cell phones. The package we are working on will
include the ability to watch the TV program when it is on live, to view the
past archived TV programs, to receive the Daily Devotional, to send prayer
requests and receive answers on your cell phone, and for me to be able to
send a special message each day to those who are part of Liveprayer Mobile.
LM will also have a Bible right on your cell phone!
If the entertainment and porn industries can tap into people's lives through
their cell phones, why can't we? What an incredible opportunity to reach
people where they live, through the very device most people carry with them
24/7. How great will it be for people to be able to access any of the
unique daily content from Liveprayer wherever they are at on their phone?
How great will it be for people to be able to send a prayer request at any
time right from their phone and get an answer back on their phone? Being
able to reach people anywhere in the world, impact and change their lives by
being accessible on their cell phone is above anything I had ever imagined.
This is a war for souls and we have to reach out to people every possible
way we can.
We are partnering with a cutting edge mobile technology firm in Phoenix, run
by a man who loves the Lord and wants to see this technology used to reach
souls for Christ. As you can imagine, there are lots of challenges as we
bring this online in the coming weeks so be praying as God moves and gives
us favor and helps us to make great use of this modern day technology for
the Kingdom! Also, please be praying since the Phoenix company we are
partnering with to bring Liveprayer Mobile to the world, is working with its
investors to supply Liveprayer with the $3 million we need to get the TV
program back on nationwide October 1st. Pray as God works out all of the
details that will enable us to be back, this time for good, on a national
secular television network to bring God's Truth and the hope of Christ to
our nation live for an hour 5 days a week!!!
I love you and care about you so much. As you can see, I have been very
busy! I am more committed than ever to bringing the Truth of God's Word to
this world and the hope we have in Christ to the lost. Liveprayer could
have taken the same paved road everyone else did, preaching to the choir,
going on Christian TV where you can raise millions every year and have such
an abundance you can fly around in new private jets and live in 10 million
dollar mansions. I'm not here to build a kingdom for Bill Keller, I'm here
to build God's Kingdom! Even though I have to struggle just to survive from
one month to the next, I do it because every month Liveprayer exists
millions more lives around the world are impacted for Christ, thousands more
come to know Jesus as their Savior, and the Truth is being boldly, visibly,
and clearly broadcast in the marketplace! While everyone else battles to
come up with creative new messages and ways to get Christians to give them
money, I'll be at the State Fair, on Howard Stern, on the secular TV
networks, and on your cell phone to preach the simple Gospel to the lost!!!
One of the side benefits is that with our new sales team that is being
formed, the TV program will be able to sustain itself through advertising
dollars after we get that morning program started in September. We also
have our plans in place to be able to sustain the national program through
ad revenues once we get one quarter of ratings under our belts. Also, there
will be a nominal monthly fee for Liveprayer Mobile since we have to tap
into the systems of each cell phone provider to make our services available,
and unfortunately, they don't let you do that for free. So a byproduct of
all of these new opportunities will be some revenues that will help us
offset our monthly operating budget, taking much of the pressure off of that
end of the ministry each month. Praise God!
I do have a small hurdle during August that I am going to need several
people to help me overcome. We have apx $60,000 in air time and production
costs for the new morning program that need to be met in advance. The way I
keep control over the content of the program is by buying my way on to these
networks, so for them it is business deal. I am praying toddy that there
will be 12 people who by the end of the month who can send a one-time gif to
$5,000 to help me cover that additional $60,000 we have to raise this month.
I have no doubt there are 12 people who have been blessed by God and can
make that one-time gift between now and the end of the month. Please pray,
and seek the Lord about being one of those 12 I need.
Well, there you have it. God is good! Of course, this all means more work
each day for those of us at Liveprayer, but that is what we are here for, to
serve the Lord. Doing 2, hour-long "live" programs a day is not going to be
easy, but I am looking forward to the challenge. I am also looking forward
to our monthly special on Howard's Sirius channel, to the Florida State Fair
next February, and to the launch of Liveprayer Mobile in September. Please
be praying for me and all who are part of and associated with Liveprayer. I
will keep pressing on to my last breath to bring one more person the hope we
have in Christ. When my life is over and I stand before God, I don't want
to regret not giving it everything I had in my service to the Lord.
Of course, nothing I have done in nearly 20 years of ministry has been
possible without the prayers and support of so many wonderful friends like
yourself. These past 8 yrs of Liveprayer have been amazing, as we get ready
to launch into our 9th year, we are not slowing down or pulling back, but
forging ahead with everything we have! Now more than ever I covet your
prayers, and as you are led and able, your financial support so we don't
have to spend lots of time and energy dealing with the financial issues as
we work hard each day to make all of these new opportunities to reach the
lost and hurting part our daily workload. May you and your family be richly
blessed as we press forward to give every last soul the opportunity to know
Jesus!!!
