LivePrayerDaily Devotional for Sunday November 16, 2025
Putting your hand to the plow and not looking back! and, Our priorities in life!
DAILY DEVOTIONAL SUNDAY NOVEMBER 16, 2025
(Isaiah 25:1)
***Liveprayer Church***
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***Personal Message For You From Bill Keller***
Live each day with a sober mind, free from the addictions that seek to ensnare and destroy people’s lives!
As we are now 16 days into the month of November, we have just 45 days until the end of the year. We still have the final $45,000 from our September operations to take care of. Obviously that is way past due. That means we also have the full $55,000 from October, the $55,000 from this month, and the $55,000 we will require in December. That is a total of $210,000 we need to bring in over the final 45 days of 2025 to end the year with all of our ministry operations current. OUR GOD IS ABLE!
So far we have covered the first $5,000 of our $45,000 September shortfall leaving the final $40,000 to clear up September and $205,000 to end the year with all of ministry operations current!
With less than 2 months left until the end of 2025, please be praying about a special year-end gift to Livprayer! For many, a gift to God's work here will help on your taxes since you are either going to give the money to the government to waste, or to Liveprayer to get HIS Truth out to the masses and save souls!!! To give a gift to Liveprayer: http://liveprayer.com/donate.cfm
***Daily Personal Prayer For You***
Oh Lord, give us Your strength in these difficult days. We know You and You alone are our provider and our protector. Please watch over me, my family, and loved ones as we trust You each day. I know You will deliver us one day very soon. Let us never forget these perilous days where we have been reminded of our dependence upon You. Our faith and hope is in You oh Lord...AMEN!!!
***The Daily Liveprayer TV Nugget***
In Luke 9:62, Jesus replied, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.” I have a very short but powerful word for you today. Luke 9:62 is one of the most critical verses in all of God's Word for those who serve Him. Remember, if you have accepted Jesus as your Savior by faith, YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY A SERVANT OF CHRIST!
The Bible tells us that it is no longer our life, it belongs to Jesus! So just because you aren't a pastor, an evangelist, or in some other full-time position of service, don't think this verse doesn't apply to you, IT DOES! The verse doesn't require any complicated exegesis. Like much of the Bible it says what it means and means what it says. IT IS TO BE TAKEN LITERALLY! Once you accept Jesus, you are putting your hands on the plow (of service) and for the plow to accomplish its' job you must be pushing FORWARD! THE PLOW DOESN'T MOVE IF YOU ARE LOOKING BEHIND YOU!
Looking back is also a reference to looking back at the world, on your life BEFORE you accepted Jesus. In past Daily Devotionals I spoke to you about a tragic figure in the Bible by the name of Demas. Demas is a classic example of someone who put his hand on the plow and looked back at the world he had left behind. Sadly, Demas left the plow to return to the world. Such a heartbreaking testimony.
Every morning that the Lord wakes me up, I commit the day to Him, put my hands on the plow, and push forward. After 33 years of serving the Lord, over 26 yrs at Liveprayer and 23 yrs on the TV program, I simply don't know any other way to live. In Ephesians 6 we read about the full armor of God. When you do an inventory of what God provided for His soldiers, you realize right away that there is nothing to protect your back. THAT IS BECAUSE THE CHRISTIAN SOLDIER DOESN'T RETREAT, DOESN'T TURN TAIL AND RUN. THE CHRISTIAN SOLDIER ONLY HAS ONE GEAR...FORWARD...IN THE STRENGTH AND POWER OF ALMIGHTY GOD!!!
As a mere man of flesh and blood, I fall short every single day. There is rarely a day that goes by that I don't fail the Lord in some way. It keeps me humble as I strive to be like my Lord. Despite my many failings, one thing I make sure I never do and that is look back. As I set my hands on the plow each morning, my face is set looking straight ahead. I never turn to the right or the left nor do I look backwards since I know victory is not the world I left behind but the Kingdom of God that is in front of me!!! THAT IS TRUE FOR YOU ALSO!!! AMEN!!!
*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
***November Financial Update***
As we are now 16 days into the month of November, we have just 45 days until the end of the year. We still have the final $45,000 from our September operations to take care of. Obviously that is way past due. That means we also have the full $55,000 from October, the $55,000 from this month, and the $55,000 we will require in December. That is a total of $210,000 we need to bring in over the final 45 days of 2025 to end the year with all of our ministry operations current. OUR GOD IS ABLE!
So far we have covered the first $5,000 of our $45,000 September shortfall leaving the final $40,000 to clear up September and $205,000 to end the year with all of ministry operations current!
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."
To give a gift to Liveprayer you can use your major credit card at: http://liveprayer.com/donate.cfm or you can mail your gift to: Liveprayer, 6662 46th Ave. North, St. Petersburg, FL 33709. All gifts to Liveprayer are 100% tax deductible!
Stocks! A great way to help Liveprayer is by donating stock. The transfer can be made in a way you get the full credit for your donation without having to pay any of the taxes you normally would on gains your stocks may have enjoyed. Contact me for information about this incredible way to help God's work here at Liveprayer: bkeller@liveprayer.com
After writing the Daily Devotional every day for over 26 years now, I already know when I am going to catch lots of grief from what I write. This is going to be one of those days so I am prepared for it. Let me start, today, by asking you a fair question. Is there something in this world that you love more than God?
I have no doubt some people will pause as they think of the love they have for their spouse, for their parents, and their children. As much as we may love those special people God blesses us with during our brief journey through life, our love for God 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 God? We say we love God, we say God is first in our life, but is He really? Let me be a bit more specific. Is God first in your life, ahead of your career? Is God first in your life, ahead of your hobbies and special interests? 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 God in your normal day to day life? Do you invest as much time each week into God as you do your hobbies and special interests? 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 God 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 God first at all times, in all things. We can fall into patterns at times and slowly ease God out of our day-to-day life. Not consciously, but often without even realizing it put other things in our life ahead of God. This is a subtle trap of the enemy since once God 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 God 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 Gods. This is to protect YOU from giving the enemy any room to operate in your life.
I will be praying for you today. Praying that you will never forget that God MUST be first in your life at all times, in all things. We can never allow any person, our career, our hobbies or interests to become more important than God. He has got to be our first priority and our first love at all times.
God gives us special people to share this life with, He gives us gifts and talents to use in our careers, and it is God who gives us passions and desires for the things we enjoy in this life. We must never fall into the trap of loving the things of this world more than we love God.
In His love and service,
Your friend and co-laborer in His work,
Bill Keller