Daily Devotional for Wednesday November 12, 2025

Bill Keller’s counsel how to read the Bible! and, Where does sin start?

DAILY DEVOTIONAL WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 12, 2025

(James Chapter 3)

***Personal Message For You From Bill Keller***

Take the time EVERY DAY to spend time reading God's Word!

As we are now 12 days into the month of November, we have just 50 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 49 days of 2025 to end the year with all of our ministry operations current. OUR GOD IS ABLE!

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***

Dear Lord, YOU are my provider. You know my daily needs. You promised to care what I need each day for life....food, shelter, clothing. I put my trust in You. You own the cattle on a thousand hills, and I come to You today to thank You for providing for my needs in the past, and knowing my needs today. Today, I come to You, asking You to meet those needs as I glorify You for your provision. In the name of Jesus I pray...AMEN!

***The Daily Liveprayer TV Nugget***

A recent poll stated that in the last 3 years more people than every have bought a Bible and more people than ever are reading the Bible. That same poll also states a very small percentage of those people accept the Bible literally, with most saying it is a good “moral” book. While that is true it is a good moral book, what is also true is that the Bible is the inspired, inerrant Word or God, representing Absolute Truth, and our FINAL AUTHORITY IN ALL MATTERS! Either every word in the Bible is true, or NONE of it is true!

I have always counseled people who want to read and understand the Bible to also get a book that is relatively cheap (less than $10) called “What the Bible is All About” by an incredible woman of God Henrietta Mears. Who is Henrietta Mears? Henrietta Cornelia Mears (October 23, 1890 – March 20, 1963) was a Christian educator, evangelist, and author who had a significant impact on evangelical Christianity in the 20th century and is one of the founders of the National Sunday School Association.

Mears book “What the Bible is All About” goes thru every Book of the Bible and helps the reader understand when that Book was written, the author of the Book, and breaks down what that Book is all about.

For instance, I advise people to read Mears breakdown of the Book of Genesis to understand everything about the Book, THAN actually read the Book of Genesis from the Bible. Do that for each of the 66 Books of the Bible. It will make all the difference in the world and while there will always be questions about some passages in God’s Word, it gives the reader an incredible foundation to each Book as you read it. Psalms 119:105 tells us, "Your word is a lamp for my feet, and a light on my path"

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***November Financial Update***

As we are now 12 days into the month of November, we have just 49 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 50 days of 2025 to end the year with all of our ministry operations 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."

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

Here is one that I could probably do a month's worth of Devotionals around. You can read the entire 3rd Chapter of the Book of James in less than 5 minutes. Please, take that 5 minutes today and do it. It is amazing how living a successful Christian life really boils down to a few things. The foundation, of course, is our daily relationship with Christ. It ALL starts there.

Sin, as we know, is a manifestation of what is in our hearts. You don't commit the act of adultery until it starts in your heart, moves to your head, and finally is performed by your body. Hatred is a condition of the heart. Having your heart right is the key to how you live your life and the actions you perform day in and day out.

Even though we are talking, today, about our tongue, that organ that we use to speak with, the things we say start in our heart, move to our head, and are manifested in our conversation. We can never talk about taming our tongue until we talk about taming our heart. We can never talk about the things we say until we talk about the genesis of those words.

As long as I have breath and you read these Devotionals, I will implore you to realize that the key to having a pure heart is having a daily relationship with Christ. An intimate, vibrant, real relationship from which our heart and life are guided by.

Understanding that what we say is born in our heart, then in our thoughts, let me encourage you today to understand the power of the things you say to other people. We can accomplish so much with our conversation while we can also destroy so much. I believe it is critical to use our conversation to build people up. There is so much negative in the world today.

We should always take the opportunity when speaking to people to encourage them, lift them up, and be an encouragement to them. I also believe that we have to use our conversation to be honest with people. Most counseling situations I am in are as a result of lack of communication. For whatever reason, we don't say what we should, we aren't clear about our feelings, or we don't express our thoughts enough, and the lack of communication over a period of time festers into major conflicts.

I am a firm believer of being up front and honest. Even if it is uncomfortable and painful, it is better to get it out and deal with it, before it becomes an even larger problem. Of course, our conversation is also the gift the Lord has given us to tell others He is our hope and reason for life. I have talked the last few days about witnessing.

While we witness through how we live our life, we also witness by communicating the hope we have in Jesus Christ. The easiest and most effective way is simply to tell others what Jesus has done in our life. You don't need to be a bible scholar to tell people how He has impacted your life.

I love you, I care for you, and I pray for you daily. My encouragement for you, today, is to take inventory of your conversation. Be aware of the things you say, how you say it, and the impact it has on others. Sometimes you have situations where you just have to sit down and have a serious conversation. You can always use God's gift of communication to build someone up and encourage them. NEVER miss that opportunity.

People need someone to lift them up and encourage them along the way. It can make all the difference in their day. Be aware of how powerful what you say is. Be aware of what you say before you say it. Be aware that if you are not happy with the things that come out of your mouth, then you need to pray for the Lord to show you what is really in your heart. You don't speak by accident. It starts in your heart.

Pray that prayer today, "Create in me a clean heart Lord." God will always honor the prayer of His child to be like Him.

In His love and service,

Your friend and co-laborer in His work,

Bill Keller