Daily Devotional for Saturday May 9, 2026

A warning about the coming America 250 celebration! and, The devil has read the whole Bible, have you?

DAILY DEVOTIONAL SATURDAY MAY 9, 2026

(Genesis 3:1-6)

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

Jeremiah 18:8: “If that nation against whom I have pronounced , turns from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them!”

*As people are already starting to receive their tax refunds, many receiving much more than expected due to the Trump tax cuts, please be praying about sending a tithe to God’s work here at Liveprayer to me save souls off of that tax refund! Amen!

***Prayer***

Dear Lord, give me a hunger for Your Word like never before. It is a lamp unto my feet. Give me a HUNGER FOR YOUR PRECIOUS LIVING WORD! May I make it a priority each day to spend time in the Bible during this new year. Let me know You better and hear Your voice clearer. In the name of Jesus I pray…AMEN!

***The Daily Liveprayer TV Nugget***

I was 18 in 1976 when the nation celebrated its 200th birthday. I remember it was a time of national unity. Over 90% of the people in the country were proud to be Americans, including most who came here from other countries. The media was all on board with the national celebration of our bicentennial and promoted the raw patriotism of the moment. It was a beautiful time.

As the various events of our 250th birthday begin to unfold in June, with the biggest celebrations planned for the 4th of July, I want to prepare you for the reality that this year’s celebrations will NOT be like those in 1976. That national pride and unity we experienced on our 200th birthday will be clearly missing. Sadly, we could also see organized violence at some events.

The fact is we have apx. 40% of our nation who are NOT proud to be Americans. The greatest percentage of people here who were born in another country are NOT proud to be called an American. If you go to Los Angeles, you will see 10 Mexican flags for every 1 American flag. After Biden opened the borders to invaders from all over the world, it not only invited in criminals and the mentally ill, but people who came here to simply rip off our country for whatever they could take!

Over 90% of Muslims in the United States born in another country hate the United States and publicly declare that hatred. This should not be a shock since in their 1400 year history, the satanically inspired false religion of Islam has NEVER assimilated into any land where they settled!

Sadly, a large percentage of those 30 and under have been brainwashed into believing this is an evil country and there is nothing to be proud of. This has been taught and reinforced in our school systems all over the country and has been the reality in virtually all of our college classrooms for the last 3 decades now!

Leading the way for the America haters will be the corporate/globalist spewing their negativity 24/7. They will find something to complain about in every event celebrating USA 250. Obviously with Donald Trump as President leading many of these historic events celebrating our 250 year birthday, the press hatred for him will force them to present every celebration in a negative light. A MOMENT THAT SHOULD UNIFY THE NATION, WILL SADLY DIVIDE US AS THE MEDIA AND DEMOCRATIC/GLOBALIST PARTY WILL BE LEADING THAT DIVISION.

God’s people need to be praying. Pray for God to thwart those who are plotting violence at America 250 events. Pray not just for the nation to repent of our sins and turn back to Almighty God and His Truth, but that as Jesus Himself prayed in John 17:21, "...that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you". May that be our prayer for this nation as well. Amen!!!

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***May Financial Update***

Praise the Lord! Thanks to the prayers and sacrifice of many friends along with a special gift, we have covered our March shortfall AND our April ministry operations one week early!!! WE SERVE A GREAT AND MIGHTY GOD!!! We enter May with all of our ministry operations current and will be praying as the Lord moves on the hearts of friends like you to insure we cover the $55,000 we require for our May ministry operations!

So far we have covered the first $5,000 of our May operations, leaving the final $50,000 by the end of the month! 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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*By the way I have been seeking the Lord since the start of this year for God to lead someone He has blessed richly to make a legacy gift of $15,000,000 to Liveprayer. That would insure that when God decides to call me home Liveprayer will continue to impact lives and lead lost souls to faith in Jesus for a minimum of 20 years. Please stand in agreement with me for the Lord to raise up that person!

*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

One of the most stupid things we can do in his life is try to negotiate with or talk with Satan. Now I realize many people doubt that there really is a Satan, that he is some mythical character with horns, a red cape, and a pitchfork. Some think that Satan is not real, but what we call the evil side of life, something to blame all of the pain and suffering on.

As in everything, rather than try to sort through what we think Satan is, let's go to the Bible and see who he really is. In Ezekiel chapter 28, we find out that the devil was at one time an angel, with access to the very throne room of God. Isaiah the prophet tells of his fall in chapter 14, after Satan desired the very throne of God and is cast out of Heaven because of pride, taking along 1/3 of the angels who followed him.

A quick side note. Maybe now you can see why pride is so dangerous; it was the original sin in the universe. Satan is intelligent, has a memory, a will, emotions, and great organizational ability. THE DEVIL HAS READ THE BIBLE!!!

Think about that. If your enemy has read the Bible, how much more do we have to? He is busy. He imitates God, perverts the Word of God, hinders the works of God's servants, blinds men to the Truth, accuses Christians before God, tempts, afflicts, deceives, undermines the sanctity of the home, and tries to disrupt the prayers of God's people. Can you see why he is so dangerous?

However, let me clearly tell you that his powers are limited. He is NOT omnipresent. He cannot be in more than one place at a time. He is NOT omniscient. He does not know everything. He is NOT omnipotent. He is not all powerful. These are only attributes of God himself. Also, and hear this clearly . . . Satan can DO NOTHING apart from God allowing it to happen as in the example of Job.

The good news is that he has already been defeated by Christ. God foretold of Satan's demise even as early as Genesis 3:15. Knowing that prophecy, Satan and his demons must have been rejoicing as Christ took His last breath on the cross. However, their rejoicing turned to terror just 3 days later when Christ rose from the dead. The resurrection of Jesus Christ sealed Satan's doom once and for all.

The Bible tells us that his final destination is the Lake of Fire for eternity. That is why it is so sad to see people reject Christ. They are going to spend eternity in a place that was never created for man, but for Satan and his fallen demons.

I love you and care about you so much. My prayer for you today is that you will recognize who your enemy is and stand in the midst of whatever he may try to throw at you. Satan's final resting place will not occur until after the millennium, which is after the 7 year Tribulation, which happens after the Rapture.

Until then, we still have to contend with Satan and his hosts. Satan claims authority over this world, which is why he is called the god of this world. He has the power to blind sinners to the truth, contends for the saints to destroy their lives of service and their testimony. He is a very real foe that we must contend with.

That is why the Bible warns us to be self-controlled and alert, to submit to God and resist the devil..to stand firm in the faith. Ephesians 6:11 tells us to "put on the whole armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes." Ephesians 4:27 says " . . . do not give the devil a foothold."

Those who have put their faith and trust in Jesus Christ are protected by His blood. We do not have to live in fear, but in victory. When Jesus was in the wilderness and Satan came to tempt Him, Jesus didn't try to negotiate with him or debate him. He simply stood on the Word of God. Stand on that word today that says "greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world." The best way to deal with Satan is by taking souls on the way to Hell, and reroute them to Heaven.

Live in the victory that Jesus Christ has given us each and every day!!!

In His love and service,

Your friend and brother in Christ,

Bill Keller