Daily Devotional for Sunday March 8, 2026

A Biblical worldview! and, “The devil made me do it!”

DAILY DEVOTIONAL SUNDAY MARCH 8, 2026

(1 Corinthians 10:13)

***NEW Liveprayer Prayer by Phone!!!***

Liveprayer founder Rev. Bill Keller is now making available a FREE daily personal prayer by phone! Each day at the time you designate, you will get a personal call from Bill with a special prayer for you. If you don’t answer, the special prayer will go to your voicemail or you can simply call back the number to listen to that day’s prayer for you. How encouraging will be it in the midst of your day to get a call from Rev. Bill Keller with a special pray for you that day! To sign up, go to: https://asterisk.liveprayer.com/index.cfm

***Liveprayer Church***

Haven't been to church yet this week? Join me for this week's service at the LivePrayer Church. This week's message is: “Will good people go to heaven?” Please visit the website at: http://liveprayerchurch.com and be part this week's worship service. Each Sunday there will be a new service at 12:01am EST

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

It is the weekend, live each day with a sober mind, free from the addictions that seek to ensnare and destroy men (and women)!

*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***

Thank You for the strength You give me each day to be victorious over my enemies. I know satan is out to kill, steal, and destroy, but he is a defeated foe. Through You, I HAVE THE VICTORY! No matter what things may look like in the natural, let me never forget that there is victory in Jesus. Because You have won the victory, I have won the victory. Thank You Jesus! It is in your name I pray. AMEN!

***The Daily Liveprayer TV Nugget***

A Biblical worldview, looking at life and the events in this world thru a Biblical lens! A very legitimate poll recently was released showing out of all American people, only 4% hold to a Biblical worldview, with less than 1% of those in Generation Z or ages 14-29. In 2020 only 21% of churchgoers held to a Biblical worldview, that percentage went down to 11% just 5 yrs later. Most alarming is that only 53% of professing Christians believe you need to ask Jesus for the forgiveness of your sins, repent or turn from your sins, and accept Jesus into your heart by faith (Ephesians 2:8,9) to be saved.

Based on serving the Lord literally 7 days a week for over 33 years, with the millions we have ministered to worldwide for nearly 27 years of Liveprayer.com and having celebrated the 23rd anniversary of the Liveprayer TV program on March 3rd, I am as qualified as anyone on the planet to speak to such an issue. I can personally attest that these sad percentages are pretty accurate.

I remember the Sunday after 9/11 our churches were overflowing. In less than 2 months the attendance numbers were back to pre-9/11 levels. I am well aware of the Christian fervor after the assassination of Charlie Kirk last September. Again, there was a big uptick in church attendance, Bible sales, and people turning towards the Christian faith, especially younger people in that Gen Z demographic. There is no doubt there was an increased interest in Christianity and in some pockets of the country there were people, mostly younger Americans turning to Christ, but overall by the end of the year those increased numbers simply never held.

There are lots of reasons why, mostly the fact that over 50% of our Christian churches today are compromised and do not hold to God’s Word as the inspired, inerrant Word of God representing Absolute Truth and our final authority in all matters. That is sadly an indictment on the spiritual leaders of our day. In my nearly 7 decades of life I have lived thru the church being a force in our culture to the present day when the culture is barely influenced by the church. Actually, the exact opposite is true.

I have warned this nation for a third of a century now that unless we as a people turn back to God and His Truth, the wrath and judgement of God will fall on this land like it did many times on the children of Israel in the Old Testament. That punishment wasn’t for a few weeks, or for a few months, or for even a few years...IT WAS FOR GENERATIONS!

God had mercy our nation in 2016 allowing Donald Trump to become President instead of Hillary Clinton. He warned us in 2020 by allowing the election to be stolen and allowing a wicked leader like Joe Biden to rise to power. Once again in 2024 he had mercy on this country allowing Trump to once again rise to power over Kamala Harris. I warned the people that this merciful act was only for two years, since if he allows the Democrats to rise to power this November it would be a sign of His disgust with our sin and rebellion.

Only a true revival by the people can save our nation. We have 8 months until the November midterms. Will the people of the United States go to their knees, repent of their sins, and turn back to God and His Truth as the people of Nineveh did in the Book of Jonah? Time will tell. I will be doing everything in my power to help lead this land back to God our Creator and ask you to pray with me that we will “humble ourselves, and pray, and seek His face, and turn from our wicked ways, so that He will hear from Heaven, and will forgive our sin and heal our land!” AMEN!!!

*On the Monday night 3/2, Tuesday night 3/3, Wednesday night 3/4, and Thursday night 3/5 Liveprayer TV programs, I shared all of the critical and many details on the war in Iran and the Middle East, insight that you aren’t getting on the commercial news broadcasts. You can access these programs for On Demand viewing at: https://www.youtube.com/@TheLivePrayerShow/streams

*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

***March Financial Update***

Praise the Lord! Thanks to the prayers and sacrifices of many in the Liveprayer family, we have covered the balance of our January shortfall. Amen! That means we can begin to work on the $55,000 we required during February and the $55,000 we will require during March. That is $110,000 to end March with all of our finances 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

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

Flip Wilson was a comedian in the '70s who made famous the line, "the devil made me do it." Flip Wilson incorporated into his comedy routine the common excuse many make when they sin, blaming their actions on the devil. In reality, while the devil may tempt you, YOU are the one who makes the choice to sin or to not sin. The devil can't make you sin, he can only entice you to sin. You are the one who ultimately has to make the choice to follow God, or follow satan.

Let me give you a word of encouragement this morning. Satan is never subtle when he sends people or when he sends circumstances into your life. This is a very important point for you to understand. Satan is NEVER subtle when he sends people or when he sends circumstances designed to destroy you. Never forget that Jesus clearly exposed the goal of satan in John chapter 10 when He told us that satan comes to kill, steal, and destroy. Please never lose sight that satan is out to destroy YOU!

The fact remains however, that when satan sends a person or people, when he sends circumstances to destroy you, there is that moment in time where there is NO DOUBT this is NOT coming from God but from the enemy of our souls. People give satan way too much credit. Yes he can be clever, yes he can be subtle, but think with me for a minute. Look back on your own life and experiences. Whether you were saved or not, when satan sent a person or circumstance into your life it was like the jackpot on a slot machine, lights flashing, whistles and bells going off. Even if it was only for one of those "frozen moments in time," you KNEW that person or that circumstance was NOT from God.

This is so important, I want to make sure you don't miss what I am saying to you. We all have that "still small voice" that speaks to us. When you are saved, in that daily intimate relationship with Christ, you hear that voice loud and clear. But even for those who are not saved, not walking with the Lord, actually living their lives in rebellion to God and His Word, that voice still exists. Though it may be faint, though that person may not understand who it is, God speaks to all of us. When satan sends a person and circumstance into your life, God will tell you this is NOT from Him. The key becomes, do we listen to that "still small voice" or do we simply ignore it.

Now we are at that place I speak of so often when during the course of the day we have many opportunities to follow God or follow satan. Whether you like to hear it or not, when you are not following God, YOU ARE FOLLOWING SATAN. When you choose sin, YOU CHOOSE SATAN. It is the free will God has given to us to obey Him or to not obey Him. We get those opportunities many times throughout the course of every day. It is our opportunity to prove that we really do love the Lord as we claim to, since Jesus said, "if you love me you will obey me."

I love you and care about you so much. I will be praying for you today. Praying that you will not succumb to the temptations satan will send into your life. If you look back on your life, look back on those people, those circumstances that clearly were not from God but from the enemy, you will remember that "frozen moment in time" when that "still small voice" was speaking to you, trying to warn you. In that moment, you KNEW, you KNEW, you KNEW, that this person, this circumstance was NOT from God and you should RUN. Like I shared with you one day last week, we must run FROM sin, not run TO sin.

Know that God loves you very much and has given us wonderful defense mechanisms to protect us from the evil one. God has given us a built-in alarm system like you have on your home. When someone tries to break in, the alarm sounds, lights come on, the police are called, it is obvious someone is trying to break in. Likewise, when satan sends a person, sends a circumstance into our lives, the alarm sounds within us as God's way of trying to protect us from falling into sin and destroying our life. God clearly warns us that that person, that circumstance is NOT from Him. It now becomes our choice to listen to God's warning or to ignore it.

Again, I will be praying for you today as God reveals to you those people and circumstances sent by satan. I will be praying that you will call upon His strength to not fall into satan's trap. Don't forget, the devil can't make you do anything. He can try and tempt you, try and trap you, but in the end, it is YOUR CHOICE. Satan is not subtle when he sends people and circumstances to destroy you, the key is for you to listen to God's warnings when they come and flee from temptation.

In His love and service,

Your friend and brother in Christ,

Bill Keller