LivePrayerDaily Devotional for Tuesday October 28, 2025
Three TV Nuggets for you today! and, Never get focused on a man, only THE MAN!
DAILY DEVOTIONAL TUESDAY OCTOBER 28, 2025
(John 13:12-17, Hebrews 12:2, 1 Peter 2:21)
***Personal Message For You From Bill Keller***
Stand strong in the Lord in these challenging days we live in. The Lord is your strength!
I need your help today. Praise the Lord! Over the weekend we covered the last $15,000 of our August shortfall. So in these final days of October we can now work on the $55,000 from September’s ministry operations and the $55,000 for October. That is a total of $110,000 to end the month with all of our financial obligations current. AMEN! I am praying for several of our friends who God has blessed and enabled to help me with a special gift in the coming days. Pray, seek the Lord, and give as the Lord purposes in your heart! AMEN! To give a gift to Liveprayer at: http://liveprayer.com/donate.cfm
***Daily Personal Prayer For You***
Dear Lord, please watch over me today and keep me from all harm. I look to You for protection from the evil in this world. Father, You know my challenges today. I give them to You. Let me be about Your business today, as I know You will be about mine. In the name of Jesus I pray...AMEN!
***The Daily Liveprayer TV Nugget***
Three TV Nuggets for you today! First, your next mayor of NYC Mamdani shed tears as he told the story of his dear aunt who after 9/11 was fearful to ride the subway because of her burka and how people looked at her. Only problem, his aunt lived in Tanzania! Second, 19 states and DC gives drivers licenses to illegals. How can someone who is a criminal, in the country illegally, be issued a government document? TO ILLEGALLY VOTE SINCE MOST STATES NOW AUTOMATICALLY REGISTER PEOPLE TO VOTE THRU THE DMV! Third, the litmus test for all Democratic candidates for President in 2028 must vow to destroy the new White House ballroom on day one. Trump has literally driven half of the country insane!
*Liveprayer TV is back on YouTube! The Liveprayer TV channel was on YouTube for 15 yrs until they banned us 5 yrs ago. The Liveprayer TV Show channel has been reinstated! We will be airing LIVE each night starting Monday 10/6 with all previous programs available for On Demand viewing. As of last Friday 9/26, we are posting each night’s program 10 minutes after it is over. Here is the direct link to the “Liveprayer Show” YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_BYkxZ95HKePlWilY5eVdQ
*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/id1696186297 SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/75xloMRrL3azW89aKpR3h0
*REVIVAL TOOL: Do your part in helping to bring revival to our nation each day in less than 15 minutes and without costing you one penny! Visit the Liveprayer Revival Tool and share it with others at: www.liveprayer.com/revival.cfm The database that gives you the past 30 days of the Revival Tool verse for the day, daily task, and prayer is at: https://liveprayer.com/bill/revivalcheck.cfm
***October Financial Update***
Over the weekend we covered the last $15,000 of our August shortfall. AMEN! So in these final days of October we can now work on the $55,000 from September’s ministry operations and the $55,000 for October. That is a total of $110,000 to end the month with all of our financial obligations current. 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 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."
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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
Keep focused on THE man, and never A man. One of the major complaints of non-believers is that Christians are hypocrites. Those who don't even know the great stories of the Bible, can tell you in great detail the stories from decades ago about Jim Bakker, Jimmy Swaggart, and the preacher down the street who ran off with his secretary. It is one of the most common objections of someone who has rejected Christ and the truth of God's Word.
They say that they would be a Christian, but those who claim to be a Christian don't act like a Christian should act. I am sure there were many in the first days of the church who said, "I would be a Christian, but look at what Peter did. This man who claimed to be a follower of Jesus denied him, not once, but THREE times!!"
They make a valid point. The fact is however, a Christian is nothing more than a sinner who is saved by grace. Even though we are saved, we are still frail, prone-to-sin creatures living in a sin-filled environment. That in no way excuses our sin, but it is the reality of who we are.
By the way, a note for those non-believers that love to use this excuse for rejecting Christ in their life. God is not going to be interested that you rejected Jesus because of what someone else did. We are each going to be held accountable for our free will choice to accept or reject Christ in our hearts and lives.
One of the quickest way to fall away from your faith, is to put too much emphasis on a man or woman of God. God uses human instruments to plant the seeds of salvation. He uses human instruments to disciple us in our new found faith. He uses human instruments to impact our spiritual lives. In a society that is prone to idolize others, such as entertainers, athletes, and successful people, we take that into our Christian lives as well. We place our spiritual leaders on pedestals.
Let me stop for a moment and say something important. God does not share His glory with ANYONE. I realize that in the drive to amass numbers, in the drive to generate dollars, many people fall into the trap of ALLOWING people to idolize or worship them. Some actually encourage this. God does not share His glory with ANYONE!!!
It is the responsibility of those in Christian leadership to always keep the focus on Christ, and never allow the people to worship them, but remind them they are only to worship Christ. The true Christian leader comes to SERVE, NOT BE SERVED!!!
We normally only see those God has called into spiritual leadership when they are "on," when they are doing what God has called them to do. Because of that, we almost tend to forget they are human. Men and women who walk in the same frail clay bodies as everyone else. Prone to the same weaknesses that every person is.
Since we rarely see these spiritual leaders other than the times they are doing the Lord's work, we lose sight that those moments are only a part of their life. They have lives outside of their work for the Lord. THEY ARE ONLY AS CLOSE TO GOD AS THEIR OWN PERSONAL DAILY WALK WITH THE LORD!!!
Because they are in the spotlight, when they fail, when they sin, it is often made known to the public. Our first reaction is, "how can that be possible?" Nobody is immune to sin. No matter who you are, your life flows from your personal relationship with Christ. A minister, a priest, a spiritual leader is only as close to God as his or her daily walk. Like anyone, if they neglect their daily time with the Lord, they get farther away from God.
It is only possible to minister to others from your own personal walk with Christ. As you neglect that daily time with the Lord, you start to be disconnected. You may have some spiritual gasoline left in your tank, but eventually you will use that up. Those spiritual leaders who fail, fail because they have neglected to invest time with God one on one.
Someone who is in the Lord's work, cannot afford to neglect their daily time with Christ. There is a very real enemy who is out to kill, steal, and destroy. The enemy is very wise in the art of warfare. Why waste time working on taking out people one by one, when if you can take out a leader, you can wipe out many people at once. The enemy knows that if he can take down the pastor of a local church, he can take out many people at one time.
The key point I want you to understand today is that you must keep focused on THE man, and not A man. Christ was the only one who did it perfect. My personal philosophy is to take the spiritual wisdom from other men and women of God, but never idolize them, never expect them to be more than the man or woman of flesh and blood they are, but realize that God has touched them in a special way and given them something that can benefit my spiritual life. I have always called it my spiritual filter.
Being in full-time ministry for the last 33 years, having preached in over 500 churches of every type of denomination, having spoken at hundreds of conventions, being involved for many years in the Christian TV world, I have had the unique opportunity to meet and know an incredible number of the Christian leaders of our day.
However, no matter who the person is, I always do two things. I always line up what they said with the Word of God. That is number one. I don't care who it is. If it is not in line with the Word of God, it is not something I want!!!
Second, I always look at the man or woman of God as an instrument God was using. I never expected them to be supernatural, or anything other than a vessel God was using to bring spiritual truths into my life. The only person I ever idolized, or tried to pattern my life after was Christ. I have always taken what I can from men and women of God, and tried to use that to help me in my quest to be more like Christ each and every day.
I love you, and care about you so much. Today's word is an important reminder to never get so focused on a man or woman of flesh and blood, that you let it get in the way of your own personal walk with Christ. God has placed men and women of God in our lives to help teach us, show us the truths of His Word. However, no matter how close to the Lord they may be, the only one we should ever try to pattern our lives after is Jesus Christ, because He is the only one who lived this life without sin. He is our example and the one each one of us should strive to be like.
Take time today to pray for those God has placed in spiritual leadership over you, your pastor or priest. Pray for those that God brings into your life to share the truths of His Word and to help you grow spiritually. But never lose sight that they are mere mortals. Men and women of flesh and blood like you.
Never let your eyes focus so much on a man, that you lose sight of THE man. After all, no man could die for your sins. No man did die for your sins. It was THE man who loved you so much, that He willingly bled and died so that you might have everlasting life. Keep your eyes focused on HIM.
Thank you for standing with me to make this ministry available 27/7/365 for so many all over the world each and every day who need the love Truth of God’s Word and the love of Jesus. It is YOUR PRAYERS and YOUR GIFTS that make all that we do for so many possible. In closing, remember to stay focused on THE man, and never A man!
In His love and service,
Your friend and co-laborer in His work,
Bill Keller