LivePrayerDaily Devotional for Thursday August 11, 2022
A modern day slave master, Alex Jones, and the “remnant!” and, The death of Olivia Newton-John!
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DAILY DEVOTIONAL THURSDAY AUGUST 11, 2022
(2 Corinthians 5:6-8; Luke 16:19-31)
***DAILY PERSONAL PRAYER FOR YOU: Dear Lord, I know I have only one life, one life to live for You. This is my moment in human history. Please Lord, let me make the most if it. Use my life to do great things for You as I surrender it afresh to You each morning. When I take my last breath, let there be no regrets, no sadness, that I didn't use my life fully for Your Glory! In the name of Jesus I pray...AMEN!
***THE DAILY LIVEPRAYER TV NUGGET: Several topics for today’s TV Nugget. First, where is the outrage by those who want to litigate our nation’s past history of slavery in what today is slavery on a scale we haven’t seen since those dark days, LED BY SLAVE MASTER JOSEPH ROBINETTE BIDEN JUNIOR!!! What am I talking about you ask? In failing to uphold his oath of office to enforce the immigration laws, leaving our southern border wide open for anyone to enter our country illegally, “avatar” Biden has become a slave master like nothing this country has ever seen. Are you aware of the HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of people, that number growing daily, of people enslaved by the Mexican cartels? No, they aren’t picking cotton or working on plantations, they are enslaved in the drug industry, running weapons, human trafficking, prostitution, as well as working menial jobs where 90% of their wages go to the cartels. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF ILLEGALS WHO ARE IN DEBT TO THE CARTELS AND ARE LITERALLY ENSLAVED TO REPAY THAT DEBT! Second, I have always viewed Alex Jones like the National Enquirer. Mostly sensational nonsense, but every now and actually breaks real news. I agree with little of what Jones says, but he has a 1st Amendment right to say what he does. Some of his commentary is offensive, however nobody is forced to listen to him. Jones became the first real target of Big Tech to silence someone whose beliefs they disagreed with. He was an easy target and they shut him down. Most people didn’t care about Jones being silenced, but that ultimately led to Big Tech censoring and silencing others whose beliefs they disagreed with. ANYONE WHO DOESN’T UNDERSTAND THE DAY IS COMING WHEN CHRISTIAN BELIEFS WILL BE SILENCED HASN’T BEEN PAYING ATTENTION. Yesterday it was Alex Jones they silenced, today it is people telling the truth about the Chi-Flu vaccine, tomorrow it will be you and your beliefs! Third and last, we are currently living under the judgment of God for our sins and wickedness. I can only imagine those children of Israel in the remnant, watching the masses around them blaspheme God, worship false gods and idols, embracing the practices of the heathens, knowing God’s judgment was falling and at some point he would be done with them. Frustrating! Sadly we know many times the children of Israel were in this state and every time the masses refused to repent and turn back to God and suffered generations of punishment. That is why I am inspired by what happened in Nineveh. Those people DID repent and God spared them! I wake up daily knowing that we don’t have to be like Israel, that we can be like Nineveh. May the Lord be patient from unleashing his full wrath on our land for a moment longer as we call the people to repentance and back to our Creator and His Truth!!!
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In August of 1974, I was 16 years old and took several buses from my home on the east side of Columbus, Ohio to the Ohio State Fair. I was going to the fair for one reason, to see singer Olivia Newton-John. I had all of her records at that time and brought them with me in hopes of getting her to sign them. Olivia was supposed to go on stage at 6pm, but around 5pm an incredible summer storm began pouring buckets of rain on the fairgrounds. The rain didn’t let up until around 7pm.
A crew came out to clean up the stage so they could go on with the performance. I had staked out a position on the side of the stage near the trailer where Olivia was getting ready. I had managed to find some plastic at one of the food booths to keep the records from being destroyed, but I was drenched, like a wet dog and standing in mud. All of a sudden, there was some movement by the trailer and the door opened. Out came Olivia Newton-John.
She was walking right by the place I had staked out and when I asked her if she would please autograph my albums, I realized I didn’t even have a pen! She laughed and was very nice. She called one of the people on stage and he gave her something to write with and she autographed my albums! Sadly, those precious albums were lost in a move several years later, but it was one of those moments in a 16 year old boys life you never forget.
So, it was with sadness to hear Olivia passed away a few days ago at 73. She had battled breast cancer for 30 years and had brought lots of awareness to that issue in the early 90s when it really wasn’t on most women’s radar. She generously gave of her time and resources over the decades to help fight breast cancer.
The saddest part of Olivia’s passing is the fact that unless she had a conversion experience with Jesus in those final days of her life she is forever in hell. She had a very public history of being “spiritual,” a label for someone who has a hodgepodge of beliefs. From all published accounts, she dabbled in many different faith beliefs over the years, but really never embraced any of them totally.
Olivia never identified herself as a Christian, although the heretical website Belief.net (NOT a Christian site or operated by Christians) claims she was. There are dozens of other public reports about her beliefs and they all concur she was all over the map when it came to faith beliefs, also summarizing her as a “spiritual” person.
While man sees the outer, God sees the heart. For a true Christian, there are no other beliefs, there are no other faiths. There is only one Truth and that is what is found in the Bible. The Bible teaches that only God knows a heart as to salvation. However, if a person has professed a belief in anything but Jesus, if during their life they have rejected the Christian faith alone for other beliefs, the Bible is crystal clear that they will be forever lost since faith in Jesus alone is the only way to salvation.
It is easy to talk about Hitler being in hell, Stalin being in hell, some evil person being in hell. IT IS NOT EASY TO TALK ABOUT SOMEONE WHO SEEMED TO BE SUCH A GOOD PERSON LIKE OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN BEING IN HELL. IT IS REALLY NOT EASY TO TALK ABOUT A FAMILY MEMBER OR GOOD FRIEND BEING IN HELL!
That is why the Bible tells us that there are no “good people.” We have ALL sinned and come short of the glory of God, and it was Jesus and Jesus alone who God sent as that one-time payment for the sins of all mankind. The most critical decision you will make in this life is what you do with Jesus. There is only one road to Heaven, there is only one way to be saved, and that is through our faith in Jesus Christ. PERIOD!
Some people may feel this is a very cold Devotional. Quite the opposite. It is because we have a generation of gutless pastors that I MUST share this message with you today. What I am sharing with you today is the most important issue in life, and one that needs to be discussed since death is a very real part of our life, and something each person reading these words today will experience in the future.
The Bible clearly tells us that tomorrow is promised to none of us. The fact is, the moment we take our last breath we will stand before God. At that instant, there is only one thing that will matter and that is whether you have accepted Jesus Christ into your heart and life by faith. At that moment, those who have accepted Him will be forever with God their Creator, those who have rejected Him will be forever separated from God their Creator.
It is impossible for us with our finite minds to even begin to comprehend the glory of Heaven, being with God our Creator for eternity. Likewise, it is impossible for us to even begin to imagine the horrors of Hell, being separated from God our Creator for eternity.
HELL IS NOT A BAD VACATION, IT IS ETERNAL SEPARATION FROM GOD YOUR CREATOR AND THERE ARE NO WORDS THAT COULD EVER DESCRIBE THAT HORROR!!!
The Bible, which is our final authority in ALL matters is very clear on death. It is final. There is no such thing as reincarnation, we are not coming back as a petunia. We don't die and go to some special place where people can pray us into Heaven over time. The moment we die our body is no longer of any use and our soul lives on for eternity, either forever with God, or forever separated from Him. That eternal destination is determined by only ONE THING, our relationship with Jesus Christ.
Being a member of a certain church CANNOT save you. Being baptized as a baby CANNOT save you. The faith of your parents CANNOT save you. Good works CANNOT save you. A pastor or priest simply praying over you while you are dying CANNOT save you. The ONLY THING that can save you is putting your faith in Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior. It is a choice, a conscious choice, that YOU and YOU ALONE have to make BEFORE you die.
No doubt a woman as well traveled as Olivia Newton-John had to come across many people over the years who shared with her that faith in Jesus Christ is the only way to Heaven. Again, only God knows our heart, and only God knows if at some point at the very end of her life Olivia made a commitment to Christ. But let me reiterate, as great of a life as she lived, as loved as she was, it all meant nothing the moment she died.
I have no doubt that somewhere in the world, within a few minutes of the passing of Olivia Newton-John a woman who had accepted Jesus Christ as her Savior also died. This woman was not known by the world, she did not have great wealth, but death is the great equalizer. If Olivia died without Christ, this woman who was known and loved by the world, this woman who had all the wealth this world could offer, was instantly cast into eternal darkness.
At the same time, the woman who DID know Jesus as her Savior by faith, who had no fame or fortune in this life, was instantly ushered into the presence of Almighty God for eternity. "What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, but lose his soul?" (Luke 16:19-31)
I love you and care about you so much. Being a famous person in this life does NOT guarantee you anything when this brief journey is over. Each person is responsible for their own eternal destination by their choice in regard to Jesus Christ. You see, it was Jesus that died on a cross 2,000 years ago for your sins and mine. That is why ONLY faith in Jesus can save you.
If right now, this very moment, you do not have the assurance that when your life is over, you will be forever with God, the Bible says that TODAY is the day of salvation. You never have to doubt or wonder again, Bow your head right now, ask God to open your heart, and read the words at this following link, Plan of Salvation: https://www.liveprayer.com/salvation.cfm
In His love and service,
Your friend and brother in Christ,
Bill Keller