Daily Devotional for Thursday January 8, 2026

Minneapolis has their next “George Floyd” event! and, Is abstinence possible?

DAILY DEVOTIONAL THURSDAY JANUARY 8, 2026

(1 Corinthians 6:18, Hebrews 13:4)

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

Everything we cover each day boils down to the oldest battle of all, good versus evil! We are grateful that in the end, good/God wins!

***Daily Personal Prayer For You***

Father, help me to be a person of TRUTH. I know that satan is the father of lies and You are the author of TRUTH. Help me each day to be truthful in my speech, and bold in proclaiming YOUR TRUTH to those You bring into my life each day. I ask this in the name of Jesus...AMEN!

***The Daily Liveprayer TV Nugget***

It is time for President Trump to declare the Insurrection Act nationwide! After what happened in Minneapolis Wednesday, a middle aged white woman trying to run down an ICE agent with her car and when she refused the officers order to stop the car and get out was shot and killed, it was the event ANTIFA and the radical Democrats and globalists have been dreaming about. This was their latest “George Floyd moment” justifying their call for ICE officers to be shot and killed and engage in violent and deadly riots across the country just like they did in 2020!

I am finishing up this Daily Devotional around 5pm est on Wednesday January 7th, but I will be shocked if after the sun goes down Wednesday ANTIFA doesn’t riot and burn buildings to the ground in Minneapolis. Don’t forget it was that same soy boy Mayor Jacob Frey who was mayor in 2020 and allowed a Minneapolis police precinct to be burned to the ground. He literally issued a stand down order, had the precinct evacuated so ANTIFA could burn it to the ground!

By the way, after a year why haven’t Patel, recent quitter Bongino, and AG Bondi held early dawn raids arresting the leaders of ANTIFA while freezing all of their bank accounts here and around the world? PRESIDENT TRUMP NAMED ANTIFA AS A TERROR ORGANIZATION IN THE FIRST WEEKS OF HIS ADMINISTRATION GIVING THE GOVERNMENT THE TOOLS NECESSARY TO TAKE IT DOWN! Like everything else that happened during the decade prior to Trump’s 2nd term, the FBI and DOJ has done NOTHING to take down ANTIFA...why? Who is stopping them?

Gov. Walz, AG Ellison, probably Minneapolis Mayor Frey, are all up to their necks in fraud. This event Wednesday is a nice distraction but in the end they should all be prosecuted for whatever their role was in the multi-billion dollar fraud that has taken place in Minnesota. I hate to say this, but my guess is that while they may prosecute some Somali’s, others involved in the various frauds to steal money from government social programs, Walz and Ellison will walk. I firmly believe that if things did heat up on Walz he would resign as Governor and flee to his beloved China. Time will tell.

After a year it is clear that well organized and financed globalist groups will continue to fight with lawfare and hand-picked rogue judges, all efforts by the Trump Administration to track down and deport as many of the 20 million illegals who invaded our country during the 4 years of the illegitimate Biden regime. At the other end of that fight, they will continue to mobilize paid protestors around the country to harass, attack, even kill ICE agents simply performing their jobs to enforce our nation’s immigration laws.

IT IS TIME FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP TO DECLARE THE INSURRECTION ACT THAT ENABLES THE MILITARY TO PERFORM BASIC LAW ENFORCEMENT DUTIES, ESPECIALLY IN THESE SANCTUARY CITIES AND STATES THAT NOT ONLY REFUSE TO COOPERATE WITH ICE BUT HAVE GIVEN THEIR LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT STAND DOWN ORDERS WHEN ICE IS INVOLVED!

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***January Financial Update***

Praise the Lord! Thanks to the prayers and generous sacrifices of many in the Liveprayer family, we ended 2025 with a shortfall of just $80,000. So far we have covered $20,000 leaving a 2025 balance of $60,000. I am praying that we can clear up the balance of our 2025 shortfall in the first days of this new year so we can begin to work on the $55,000 we require for our January ministry operations. 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

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

Abstinence, teen mothers and fathers. I remember several years ago when Liveprayer had a great Gospel Tent at the Florida State Fair, one of the things God showed me through my spiritual eyes was the incredible number of young girls, 18 and under, pushing a stroller. It seemed like there was an endless stream of young white, black, Hispanic, and Asian girls passing by the Liveprayer Gospel Tent with their babies. It became so heavy on my heart, that it drove home the Biblical teaching of abstinence.

I remember several years ago watching an interview with Bristol Palin, who at that time was 18-years-old, regarding the birth of her baby boy. Bristol is the daughter of former Alaska Governor and former VP candidate Sarah Palin. The critical comment in that interview about being a single teen mom came when she spoke of abstinence. Bristol stated, "Abstinence is the best option but not realistic at all.

Now you have to remember, this is a young girl who was raised in the church. She comes from a Christian home. This is important to point out since even kids who have Christian parents and brought up in the church, have been so brainwashed by our culture from birth that they look at abstinence as totally unrealistic if they even consider it at all. If this is the mindset of kids who have been raised in the church and from Christian homes, how can we be shocked when the vast majority of teens and young adults who don't have Christian parents and have never even been to church view abstinence as a joke?

Once again, much of the blame has to go to the church for allowing the culture to dictate our beliefs, instead of the church dictating our beliefs to the culture. Just 60 years ago, it was understood that sex was to be experienced in the bonds of marriage. Did that mean teens and young adults didn't have sex outside of marriage? Of course not. However, it was UNDERSTOOD BY SOCIETY that it was not God's plan and it was a sin. 60 years later, anyone who advocates abstinence is viewed as out of touch and believing in the impossible, and the church to "be accepted," has done a miserable job of fighting the lies of satan regarding sex and abstinence.

One of the key points I have raised with you for over 25 years now is that God's way works, our way doesn't. THE BIBLE WORKS IN ALL AREAS OF LIFE! The Bible teaches abstinence from all sexual relations until marriage. If people followed God's plan, there would be no out of wedlock births, there would be no STDs, abortions would virtually cease to exist, the lives of so many teens and young adults would not be dramatically altered by having a child when they themselves are still children, not to mention the harm growing up in such an environment does to the baby. An incredible amount of pain and heartache and damaged lives would be avoided.

Here is the bottom line to the abstinence issue. Simply preaching a message of abstinence is not good enough. From the time a child has the ability to understand the difference between a boy and a girl, they need to be taught what God's plan is for sex and why it is the best choice. Is elementary school too early to be teaching children about abstinence? Probably. But the problem is the world is already bombarding them with the lies of satan on this issue, so those lies must be exposed and challenged. Children must be taught not only that abstinence is the best choice, but why.

Even by taking a proactive stance on this issue, it is a battle. Children, teens, and young adults are slammed virtually 24/7 with the message that sex is good any time, any place, in any way, and with any person from birth. Due to the fact the better percentage of two full generations don't go to church, the vast majority of kids are never even going to hear the abstinence message. Their only point of reference on sex are the lies they are fed by the world. So between the media, friends, and the culture in general, children, teens, and young adults who are hearing the abstinence message at home and at church, are being told it is an outdated and unrealistic concept.

The fact is, Bristol Palin was correct in stating that abstinence IS unrealistic unless a person has a real, personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Without the strength of Christ, we are susceptible to falling into all types of sin. Does this mean that teens and young adults who are saved will never have sex outside of marriage? Of course not. However, without a real daily walk with Christ, falling into sexual sins and every other type of sin is inevitable. It is only when we are living a committed life for Christ, yielded daily to the power of the Holy Spirit, that we can live victoriously and abstaining from sex outside of marriage is possible.

I love you and care about you so much. We are living in a nation that has totally bought the lies of satan regarding sex. God's plan for sex only in the bonds of marriage is no longer accepted by society, and the byproduct is an ever growing number of teen moms and dads, babies growing up in all kinds of unhealthy environments, and a cycle of sin and destroyed lives that continues with each generation. It is too late to turn society back to God's standards, so the efforts have to be made at home and in the churches to impact the lives of as many children, teens, and young adults as possible with God's plan for sex.

For those teens and young adults who are currently pregnant and preparing to have a child. I will be praying for you as you turn to the Lord and find His strength and guidance to help you be the best mom and dad you can to your baby. For those teens and young adults who already have a child, now is the time to realize the Lord is calling you to be a Godly mom and dad to your child and that your greatest job is to raise that child in the admonition of the Lord and in His love.

For those teens and young adults who have not sinned in this area, pray daily for the Lord to give you strength to stand firm in His Truth and know that His way is the best way. The world has lied to you about sex in order to destroy your life! Live your life according to His word and wait for marriage to have sex and it will be the wonderful gift God designed it to be, and any children will be a blessing of your marriage.

I am also praying today for those courageous servants of the Lord who have taken this fight to the culture. Fighting to teach abstinence in our schools. Fighting to teach abstinence in our churches. Fighting to teach abstinence in our homes. Let me remind you that while we must take this message to the culture, we must also make sure that these teens and young adults understand that not only is abstinence their best choice, but it is a choice that has to be made in conjunction with a real, vibrant, daily, personal walk with Christ. A personal faith in Jesus is the key to making abstinence work!

In His love and service,

Your friend and co-laborer in His work,

Bill Keller