Daily Devotional for Thursday September 28, 2023

Don’t fall Joe! and, Overcoming materialism!

DAILY DEVOTIONAL THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

(2 Corinthians 4:18)

***PERSONAL MESSAGE FOR YOU FROM BILL KELLER: God’s best days for you are still ahead, so wake up each morning knowing His blessings for that day await you.

***DAILY PERSONAL PRAYER FOR YOU: Dear Lord, thank You for Your love and blessings. I pray today that You help me to touch even just ONE life for You. If it is a kind act, a kind word, or the opportunity to tell someone about Your love, USE ME TODAY FOR YOUR GLORY! In the name of Jesus...AMEN!!! *Salvation message from Ground Zero: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqZ9oaqJNJg

***THE DAILY LIVEPRAYER TV NUGGET: The closest staff to Joe Biden have one job to perform these days and it has nothing to do policies or running our country. That job is to make sure Joe doesn’t fall down again! Months ago I began noticing and sharing with the TV audience that Biden no longer uses the majestic staircase to enter Air Force One, but was using a small staircase that allows people to exit AF1 from the rear. Just in the past week the media has actually been reporting on this fact, adding that he also now wears some sort of a sports shoe with a rubber sole. THESE CHANGES WERE OFFICIALLY IMPLEMENTED AND MADE PUBLIC OUT OF A FEAR THAT ONE MORE PUBLIC “FALL” COULD BE THE END OF BIDEN’S POLITICAL CAREER. Yesterday Biden went to Michigan to walk the picket line with the striking United Auto Workers. He was there for a full 5 minutes! What a joke. In contrast, FOX is putting on a debate Wednesday night with a group of Republicans running vanity campaigns who have ZERO chance of being the nominee of the party unless Trump is assassinated. During the FOX debate, Trump will be in Michigan holding a rally for the striking auto workers. That event will be further evidence the globalist Republicans along with the Murdoch media empire and a host of Trump-hating cabals have failed to stop Trump from becoming the Republican nominee. In the process, they will have literally flushed down the toilet $1 BILLION DOLLARS that could have been used to insure the Democrats don’t steal the 2024 election like they did 2020! The future course of our nation will determined on November 5th of 2024. God will decide who rises to power and who is taken out of power. God’s people can move His hand to spare our nation if we will rise up and start to lead the millions of lost and hurting people in our land back to God their Creator and His Truth!

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*A top Christian artist, Natasha Owens, put out a song regarding the 2020 election. It is called, “Trump Won and You Know It!” Here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxVxoSNHjKk

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***SEPTEMBER FINANCIAL UPDATE: As we wind down the final days of September, we are still trying to cover the final $30,000 from August, and of course the $55,000 we require for our September ministry operations. That is a total of $85,000 to end September with all of our ministry operations current heading into the final 3 months of 2023. GOD USES HUMAN INSTRUMENTS AND WITH YOUR PRAYERS AND GENEROUS SACRIFICE OUR GOD IS ABLE!!!

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 WHAT THE AMOUNT!!!

*After 24 years of faithful service, people who are part of the Liveprayer family know this is “good soil” to sow your seed! Pray about a special gift of $24 or $1 for every year, $240 or $10 for every year, $2,400 or $100 for every year, $24,000 or $1,000 for every year!

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."

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*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

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Nobody would even try to argue that in the year 2023, the United States is a highly materialistic society. We have taken materialism to unprecedented levels over the last 50 years. The Bible has much to say about the "temporal things of this world." The temporal things of this world are the material things of this life that not only come and go, but will be meaningless when this brief journey is over. Nothing drives home the truth of God's Word about how fleeting the temporal things of this world are better than natural disasters like hurricanes, tornados, and floods.

Sadly, many have taken for granted not only the most basic material needs of life, but so many people act like they must have every material thing this world produces. We get so focused on acquiring "things," on having the most current "thing," that we lose sight of the fact that these material "things" of this world come and go. They are here today and gone tomorrow. In our drive to have the temporal things of this world, we end up paying very little attention to the eternal things of God.

Every day here at Liveprayer we deal with people who have "lost everything." Each day I deal with people who have lost ALL of the material possessions they owned overnight through natural disasters like hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods, to tragic events like house fires, to being burglarized, to a divorce where a spouse take everything. It is at those moments in life that a person realizes what really is important, what really matters. It is at those moments in life a person realizes that the temporary things of this world can come and go, but the relationship we have with the Lord is the only thing we can always count on being there.

Let me ask you a question. Is there something in this world that you love more than the Lord? I have no doubt some people will pause as they think of the love they have for their spouse, for their parents, for their children. As much as we may love those special people God blesses us with during our brief journey through life, our love for Christ MUST always be first. This is a truth most people are able to understand and accept.

More to the point however, is there some THING in this world that you love more than the Lord? We say we love Christ, we say Christ is first in our life, but is He really? Let me be a bit more specific. Is Christ first in your life, ahead of your career? Is Christ first in your life, ahead of your hobbies and special interests? Is Christ first in your life, ahead of your "things!" Be careful now, we know what the RIGHT answers to these questions are, but are they the TRUE answers?

Even though I know you don't want to, let's go a bit deeper. Does your work or career take priority over the Lord in your normal day-to-day life? Do you invest as much time each week into the Lord as you do your hobbies and special interests? Do you invest as much time each week into the Lord as you do the temporal things of this world that will one day be meaningless? One of the profound statements Jesus made was, "for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." Since that is a great measuring stick of where our heart is, how much of your treasure goes to the Lord as opposed to the pleasures of this world?

Listen, PLEASE do not misunderstand what my message to you today is. I am NOT saying that your career is not important. After all, it was God who gave you the gifts and talents you have to be successful in your career, it was God who opened the doors for you to be where you are at, and it is God who gives you favor and blessings each day in your career. I am also NOT saying that your hobbies and special interests are not important. Again, it was God who gave you the desires and passions for the things you enjoy in this life. Nor am I saying you should not use some of the resources God has entrusted to you to enjoy the abundance of this life.

What I AM saying is that we have to take inventory of our life from time to time and ensure that we are keeping Christ first at all times, in all things. We can fall into patterns at times and slowly ease the Lord out of our day-to-day life. Not consciously, but often without even realizing it put other things in our life ahead of Him. This is a subtle trap of the enemy since once the Lord is no longer first in your life, you are wide open to be attacked. This becomes an open door for satan to enter your life and harm you.

I love you and care about you so much. It is out of that love that I am sending you this warning today. Simply take a moment and ask yourself the tough questions in regard to where Christ fits in your life. Is He first in ALL areas of your life? Don't play games with yourself, since this is for YOUR benefit, not the Lord's. This is to protect YOU from giving the enemy any room to operate in your life. It is critical to never lose sight of what is truly important to us. The things of this world that will one day pass away, or our relationship with the Lord which will last for all eternity?

I will be praying for you today. Praying that you will never forget that Christ MUST be first in your life at all times, in all things. We can never allow any person, our career, our hobbies or interests, or the "things of this world to become more important than Jesus. He has got to be our first priority and our first love at all times. The Lord gives us special people to share this life with, He gives us gifts and talents to use in our careers, He gives us passions and desires for the things we enjoy in this life, and it is the Lord who blesses us with the material goods we have during our life.

We must never fall into the trap of loving the things of this world more than we love Jesus. When this life is over, the things of this world will pass away and it is only our relationship with Jesus Christ that will last for all eternity. Don't get so focused on the "temporal things of this world" that you miss the eternal things of God!

In His love and service,

Your friend and brother in Christ,

Bill Keller