Daily Devotional for Sunday April 19, 2026

Pray for the Liveprayer TV program! and, Your responsibility to your family!

DAILY DEVOTIONAL SUNDAY APRIL 19, 2026

(1 Timothy 5:8)

***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: “Powerless Lives!” 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***

Seek the Lord today to ask HIS blessings over your family today!

THANK YOU to everyone who has been praying and those able to help me with a gift recently. We have cleared up the balance of our February shortfall, PRAISE THE LORD! That means we can start working on the $55,000 from our March ministry operations and then our April’s finances. That is $110,000 over the last 2 weeks of April to end the month with all of our ministry operations current. OUR GOD IS ABLE! AMEN!

*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, help me to be a good father, mother, son, and/or daughter today. It is no accident who our family members are, and You have given me these special people to bless my life, and for me to bless their life. Lord, today I pray for those members of my family who have not made a decision to come to You by faith, and I pray for their salvation. Help me, others You place in their life, to open their heart to Your love and make that decision to accept You by faith. Thank You for my family and I ask your blessings on each one of us today. In Jesus name..AMEN!

***The Daily Liveprayer TV Nugget***

Most news broadcasts, podcasts you follow deal with one or two issues each day because half of the time is spent trying to sell you things, and the rest is the bias of a given issue based on who pays the outlet or podcast. Here at Liveprayer TV we cover an average of 20 issues each night and give you the why things are happening and in many cases where issues may be heading in the future.

Many issues are ignored by the mainstream news sites. While some may seem “fringe,” the fact is they are important in the overall scheme of things. What is one man's fringe is another man's critical issue! More important, all of the issues of the day we deal with are in the context of a Biblical worldview!

Please continue to pray for the Liveprayer TV program, share with others how to get the Liveprayer Daily Devotional, tell those you know how to watch the program, and pray about supporting the program with your sacrificial gifts. After 23 years of the Liveprayer TV, never before has the program been as needed as it is today!!!

*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

***April Financial Update***

Praise the Lord! Thanks for many of our friends stepping up we have finally cleared up the balance of our February shortfall. Now we can work on the $55,000 we required for our March ministry operations and the $55,000 we will require during April. That is $110,000 to end April 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

For men and women that God has given a great amount of energy and ability to, one of the biggest traps the enemy uses is getting them so focused on daily work, that they neglect other aspects of their life. It is common to minimize and not give enough time to that daily, intimate contact with the Lord that is so critical to anyone who professes Christ as their Savior.

The other area that suffers is the responsibility to the home. As one who fights this battle daily, I can personally attest to how easy it is to get caught up in our job, our career. It is something that can happen in a very subtle way over a period of time and without any bad intentions or motives. It is a very clever trap of the enemy that I want to expose today and share with you how to avoid at all costs.

The passage of scripture today very clearly lays out how God feels about those who neglect their home. If you notice, there are no exceptions. It doesn't say you are exempt from being an infidel if you are in the ministry. Or you are exempt from being an infidel if you have an important job. Or you are exempt from being an infidel if many people at work depend on you. men, God was clear and concise that taking care of our home is a major priority in our life...without exception.

I am totally convinced in my own heart, that the reason our society is in such a bad state today, is because we are now reaping what we sowed, as far as the family is concerned, since the mid-60's. From the free-love, anti-authority days of the 60's and 70's, to the "me-first" 80's, to the self-indulgence of the 90's....we now have a generation that grew up without the love and nurturing of two parents.

Whether it be from divorce or parents driven to succeed at any cost, our society now is dealing with the problems of the breakdown of God's family plan. God tries to tell us in His word, that after our personal relationship with Him, the next priority in our life MUST be our home. There is nothing more important we do each day than operate as the spiritual head of our house.

IT IS OUR FIRST JOB, AND TAKES PRIORITY OVER ALL OTHER EARTHLY JOBS AND PURSUITS.

How do we avoid falling into this trap? The best way I know is a two-fold approach. I HAVE to start each day in prayer and the Word, or it doesn't happen. It has become a discipline of mine over the years. That helps me to zero in on what is really important, and throughout the day gives me the type of God-centered focus I need to keep me where the Lord wants me to be. Having started out that way each day, I then am reminded of my duty as the spiritual head of my home.

To properly operate in that role requires sacrifice and planning on my part. I am very busy. I put in long days. But it is a priority each day to fulfill my role and obligation as the spiritual head of my house, so I plan into my day the things necessary to make that happen. It boils down to time management, planning, and prioritizing. It is funny how we can always find the time to do the things we really want to do, the things that please us.

That simply proves that it really boils down to our priorities. If we follow God's Word and our home is a top priority, than we will find the time to provide the spiritual leadership in our home God has called us to provide, regardless what else we do in our daily life.

I know that this is difficult for many to read. For many, you are saying that it sounds good, but it is not realistic in your case. Let me reiterate. It MUST be realistic because it is what God has instructed us to do. Of course, I have not even addressed the issue of single parent homes in all of this, but that doesn't change God's command. There are NO exceptions. One thing I have found in my personal journey with the Lord, when we are trying to follow His word, attempting to live in obedience to His commands, He will help us.

I love you and care for you, and am praying that He opens your eyes and heart to fulfill your responsibility to your home each day. Again, there may be sacrifice involved and it may not be easy, but God will strengthen you, give you wisdom, and part the seas to help you follow Him. I pray that you will read these words today, sit down and pray.

Ask God how you can fulfill what He has asked you to do in relationship to your responsibilities at home. In some cases, you may have to totally readjust your lifestyle. Again, God will help you. There are several passages of scripture that are very strong and very clear. 1 Timothy 5:8 is one of those passages that says, “Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever!"

In His love and service,

Your friend and brother in Christ,

Bill Keller