Daily Devotional for Monday August 3, 2026

“THE SCHEMES OF SATAN HAVEN’T CHANGED, THE NUMBER OF GOD’S WARRIORS FIGHTING AGAINST THEM HAVE!!!” and, Who is Obed-Edom?

DAILY DEVOTIONAL MONDAY AUGUST 3, 2026

(2 Samuel 6:10-12)

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

Be prepared! God will bring someone into your life today so you can give them a kind word, or a prayer for their needs.

I need your help today! Thank you to those who were able to help me with a gift during July! Over July we finally covered the balance of our May operations and received the first $5,000 of our June ministry operations. We ended July requiring the final $50,000 from June and the $55,000 for July’s operations. I am praying in the first weeks of August we can cover that $105,000 shortfall so we can begin working on the $55,000 we will require during our anniversary month of August. Traditionally each year we struggle during the summer months of June, July, and August, so I can really use your help especially in this first week of August with that $105,000 getting seriously past due! OUR GOD IS ABLE!!!

*27TH ANNIVERSARY MONTH! As we head into August, our 27h anniversary month, please pray about helping me with a special one-time gift of $27, $1 for every year, or $270, $10 for every year, or $2,700, $100 for every year, or $27,000, $1,000 for every year.

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!

***Prayer***

Dear Lord, help me to do whatever part You are asking me to play in helping to turn this nation back to You and Your Truth! I know that Your judgment is upon our nation, and that our time is very short. Leading our nation back to You oh God can bring a "stay" of Your hand of judgment for a season and we can see a mighty harvest of souls for the Kingdom here and around the world. In the fact of such blatant evil that exists, show Yourself strong oh Lord, rise up, use me and those who will not bow our knee to baal for Your glory. May this world see the power, might, and majesty of Almighty God, a God who will not be mocked! USE ME OH GOD...USE MY LIFE! In the name of Jesus I pray...AMEN!

***The Daily Liveprayer TV Nugget***

The Southern Baptist Convention is the largest denomination in the United States. Sadly, like all churches, they have been losing members for 13 straight years now with this past year being their biggest decline yet. However, this should not come as a shock to anyone who has been part of the Liveprayer family for any length of time.

One of the foundational truths of our culture is that the better % of the past 3 generations have never been to church. The simply reality is as the older saints finish their work and are called home, they aren’t being replaced. Years ago the church replace evangelism with entertainment. They quit reaching out to the lost and simply preached to the choir.

So as we watch the chaos and confusion unfold in the culture around us, the lost world ruled by satan for this brief moment is lying to you about what is causing that chaos and confusion. The TRUTH is that the foundation of our culture, marriage and the family has been decimated, leading both parents and their children not going to church. This is why are now a post-Christian, post-God nation!

“THE SCHEMES OF SATAN HAVEN’T CHANGED...THE NUMBER OF GOD’S WARRIORS FIGHTING AGAINST THEM HAVE!!!” Rev. Bill Keller, Founder of Liveprayer.com

***I have issued TWO major warnings in June for people to wake up before God unleashes His wrath and punishment on our land for our sins and wickedness. The first was on the Liveprayer TV program Tuesday June 2nd. The warning starts at the 11:40 mark of the program and goes on for 20 minutes. Here is the link to that program: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVuURi7A4Uk&t=722s The second was on the Liveprayaer TV program Wednesday June 24th. The warning starts at the 9:40 mark of the program and goes on for 20 minutes. Here is the link to that program: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMs1gyuIMto&t=590s

***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

***August Financial Update***

Thank you to those who were able to help me with a gift during July! Over July we finally covered the balance of our May operations and received the first $5,000 of our June ministry operations. We ended July requiring the final $50,000 from June and the $55,000 for July’s operations. I am praying in the first weeks of August we can cover that $105,000 shortfall so we can begin working on the $55,000 we will require during our anniversary month of August.

Traditionally each year we struggle during the summer months of June, July, and August, so I can really use your help especially in this first week of August with that $105,000 getting seriously past due! OUR GOD IS ABLE!!!

*27TH ANNIVERSARY MONTH! As we head into August, our 27th anniversary month, please pray about helping me with a special one-time gift of $27, $1 for every year, or $270, $10 for every year, or $2,700, $100 for every year, or $27,000, $1,000 for every year.

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

*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

I would assume that many reading this today have no clue who Obed-Edom was. If you turn in your Bible to the sixth chapter of the book of Second Samuel, you will read about Obed-Edom in verses 10-12. He was a Gittite, a native of the Philistine city of Gath and it was in his home that David stored the Ark of the Covenant for 90 days. Interesting Bible trivia you say? NO! The reason Obed-Edom is important to YOU today is because the Bible says that, "The LORD has blessed the household of Obed-Edom and everything he has, because of the Ark of God."

Let me say that again. The reason Obed-Edom is important to YOU today is because the Bible says that, "The LORD has blessed the household of Obed-Edom and everything he has, because of the Ark of God!!!"

You see my friend, in the Old Testament there was no Holy Spirit. God did not dwell with men, men had to dwell with God. Prior to the day of Pentecost and the promise of the "comforter" (the Holy Spirit that now indwells a believer at the moment of salvation), man had to physically go to be in the presence of God. God's people followed the Shekinah cloud of glory, signifying God's presence, protection, and guidance. The Ark of the Covenant was where God's presence was found. Man had to physically go to be in the presence of God.

The Bible tells us that the "Ark of God" was in the house of Obed-Edom for 90 days. Please, I do not want you to miss this. Because the "Ark" was in his house, the Bible actually tells us that not only was the household of Obed-Edom blessed, but EVERYTHING he had. Most people just gloss over this. I want you to stop for a moment and consider what the Bible says. His household and everything he had was blessed. Why? Because of the presence of God!!!

WHERE YOU FIND GOD, YOU WILL FIND HIS BLESSINGS!!!

Do you want your house to be blessed today? Do you want "everything you have" to be blessed today? Then you must bring the presence of God into your home!!! God's presence is no longer a "pillar of cloud" that you must follow, but it resides in every person that has accepted Christ as their Savior. This is very heavy so listen to me carefully. If you know Jesus Christ as your Savior by faith, the presence of God resides within you. You are bringing the presence of God into your home every time you step inside the door.

Never forget what I tell you so often. Rebellion to God brings consequences, obedience to God brings blessings. If you want God's blessings on your household and everything you have, you have to be living in obedience to God. Are you being a Godly husband or wife in your home? Are you being a Godly son or daughter in your home? If you have children, are you being a Godly parent to your children? Is God honored in your home? Is what plays on your television, on your radio, on your computer, honoring God? Are the activities that take place in your home honoring God?

If you want God's blessings, you have to live a life of obedience to God. If you want your home to be blessed, you have to have a home where God is welcome and honored. If you want God's blessings on everything you have, you have to honor God in everything that you do. God loves to bless His children, and God wants to bless you today. Not just you, but your household and everything you have!

I love you and care about you so much. We are so blessed that we don't have to physically go to be in the presence of God any longer, but God's presence actually dwells with us if we know Jesus Christ as our Savior by faith. You don't have to have the Ark of the Covenant in your home to have God's presence. God's presence exists because you are there. If God is not blessing your household and everything you have, it is because you are not honoring God with your life!

I want to challenge you today. God blessed the household of Obed-Edom and everything he had because the presence of God was in his home for those 90 days. In just 90 days, having God in his home brought God's blessings! If you want the blessings of God in your home, on everything you have, then take these next 90 days and make your home a place where God is honored.

God blesses our obedience. As you invite His presence into your home, He will bless your household and everything you have!!!

In His love and service,

Your friend and brother in Christ,

Bill Keller