Saturday, June 24, 2006

Raise Your Spiritual Sights by Focusing More on Jesus!

Bill Keller wrote a devotional today that I recommend to
you for your consideration. It has food for thought. He
has given me permission to copy his e-mails, and I'm sure
he would be happy if
you would share this with people you
know as well.

Is it enough to get to Heaven? Jesus wants more for us.

I would like personally thank Jesus for healing my ailing
right shoulder that has been very painful for 18 months.
I was scheduled to go the doctor on Monday, but on Sunday,
June 4, I listened to two healing services . . . and
during the prayer for healing in the second one my pain,
stiffness and loss of movement all disappeared.

Thank you, Jesus!

Since then, I had a dream in which I finally realized
how I had hurt my shoulder . . . so now I won't repeat
that mistake.

Thank you again, Jesus!

Please read on.

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL SATURDAY JUNE 24, 2006
(Matthew 14:22-33)

***COMING TOMORROW! Part Two of the powerful and
dynamic two-part Devotional on "Walking on Water."
Don't miss it!!!

***9 DAYS UNTIL THE NATIONWIDE LAUNCH OF THE LIVEPRAYER
TV PROGRAM ON THE i (formerly PAX) Network! To find the
station in your area, go to:
http://www.liveprayer.com/coverage.cfm

***JUNE...A MONTH OF PRAYER AND FASTING! I am asking
everyone in the Liveprayer family to make and take time
each day in June to pray for me, for Liveprayer, for
everyone who works with us in any capacity, for our
advertisers, and most of all for the millions of souls
we will be reaching when the TV program goes nationwide
on July 3rd. In addition to praying each day, as the
Holy Spirit leads you please fast during the month and
spend that time of fasting praying for the lost souls we
will reach to open their hearts to Christ's love. May
the Lord guide us and lead us each day as we bring His
Truth and the hope and love of Jesus to the lost and
hurting throughout our nation.

***REACH THE NATION WITH YOUR PRODUCT OR SERVICE FOR AS
LITTLE AS $5,000 A WEEK WITH ONLY A ONE WEEK MINIMUM ON
THE LIVEPRAYER TV PROGRAM! For all the details, email me
at: bkeller@liveprayer.com


***THIS WORD IS FOR YOU!!! Please, take a moment and ask
God to open your heart to receive this word of
encouragement for your life today!

WALKING ON WATER PART ONE OF TWO

When you focus on Jesus, you can walk on water. This
week, the Lord has been helping me grow in my own personal
relationship with Him. Our life from the moment we accept
Christ into our hearts becomes a journey of growing and
maturing to become more like our Lord. That process
continues right up until the moment we take our last
breath. It is like climbing a ladder that has an infinite
number of rungs on it. No matter how high you get, there
is always another rung to work towards. That is why we
can never become complacent or apathetic in our relationship
with Christ. It should be the desire of every Believer to
become more like our Savior each day.

God has helped me learn over these past 15 years of
serving Him, to not allow the distractions of this life to
keep me from doing my best at what He has called me to do
that day. Between the time I spend with the Lord,
overseeing the daily operations of Liveprayer, the 4-5
hours I commit each day to ministering to people
personally, doing the TV program "live" 5 nights a week,
trying my best to be a Godly husband to my wife, keeping
my physical body in shape, and simply having a bit of
"down time," each day is very full.

You can only imagine the number of distractions that come
from every conceivable direction each day. Satan is a
master at using distractions to keep our focus off of the
Lord. This week has been a difficult one for me. This
morning as I finished up my time in the Word, the Holy
Spirit had me in the 14th Chapter of Matthew. I was
looking for a passage, and after finding it, my eyes were
drawn to the anchor verses for this Devotional today. It
is that wonderful story of Peter wanting to walk on the
water like Jesus did.

Peter, a man of incredible faith one moment, and no faith
the next. I have read and studied this passage of
Scripture scores of times, preached on it over the years.
But today as I read it, the Holy Spirit said to me, "Bill,
there you are. Like Peter, you are a man of great faith
one minute, and of no faith the next. When you keep your
eyes on Jesus, you can walk on water. When you take your
eyes off of Jesus, you will sink."

I closed my Bible, got on my knees, and asked God to
forgive me for allowing the distractions of this life to
take my eyes off of Jesus. I asked the Lord to give me
His strength, that no matter what may be going on
around me, I will never take my eyes off of Jesus. I
cried out for Him to increase my faith so that I would
never lose sight of the Lord again. As I got up, I
felt a renewed sense of strength. My mind was crystal
clear. My spiritual eyes were locked in on Jesus and I
knew that through Him, ALL things were possible.

My friend, let me share this word with you today. YOU
CAN WALK ON WATER LIKE PETER. Please, listen to this
again and let the words sink into your Spirit. YOU CAN
WALK ON WATER LIKE PETER. The only thing stopping you
is your lack of faith. Peter was just a man of flesh
and blood like you and I. He had the same problems, the
same struggles we do. The Bible says that Peter got out
of the boat and walked on the water. How? His faith!
Why did Peter walk on the water and you haven't? Peter
had the faith in Jesus to believe he could walk on the
water when the Lord said, "come."

Please take note that Peter only began to sink when he
took his eyes off of Jesus and focused instead on the
storm around him. When he allowed the storm around him
to distract him, that is when he began to sink. As
long as you stay focused on Jesus and don't allow the
storms in your life to distract you, YOU CAN WALK ON
WATER LIKE PETER!!!

I love you and care about you so much. This will be a
difficult word for many people today because they do not
even have the goal of walking on water. They have set
their spiritual goals so low, they are simply satisfied
being saved and knowing they will get to Heaven. But
for those reading this today who are looking for a
challenge, here it is. Don't be satisfied with anything
less than walking on water! It is not a matter of is it
possible. We already know that it is because Peter did
it. God is no respecter of persons. If Peter did it, you
can as well. Set your goal to walk on water.

God has called each one of His children to serve Him.
Everyone has a different calling on their life and serves
God in different ways. Whatever way God has called you to
serve Him, set your goal to walk on water, meaning have
the faith to serve God to the best of your ability, knowing
that as long as you are keeping your focus on Jesus you
will walk on the water. Can you serve the Lord sitting in
the boat? Sure. But if you are going to serve the Lord,
why not get out of the boat and walk on the water?
Sitting in the boat doesn't require much faith at all,
walking on the water requires great faith. If you want to
be the best for the Lord, you have to give your best to
the Lord.

I am praying for you today. Praying that you will hear,
and respond to this word of encouragement from God today.
He loves you, cares about you, and wants the best for your
life. We will always have storms in our life. That is
never going to change. We can either spend our life
focusing on the storms, or spend our life focusing on the
One who can calm the storms. The fact is, you will never
be all God has called you to be as long as you are focusing
on the storms. Keep your eyes on Jesus and YOU can walk on
the water!!!

In His love and service,
Your friend and brother in Christ,
Bill Keller


***If I can help you in any way you can contact me
through my personal email at bkeller@liveprayer.com

***ARE YOU 100% CERTAIN WHERE YOU WILL SPEND
ETERNITY? The fact is you will die one day. At
that moment, you will either spend eternity with
the Lord or be cast into everlasting darkness
forever separated from God your creator. To know
for certain you will be forever with Jesus, go to:
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(C) Copyright 2006, Bill Keller Ministries.
All rights reserved

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May God bless you as you learn from this message!

Donald W. Mitchell, Your Dream Concierge

Copyright 2006 Donald W. Mitchell

Friday, June 23, 2006

Pray . . . And Act!

Bill Keller wrote a devotional today that I recommend to
you for your consideration. It has food for thought. He
has given me permission to copy his e-mails, and I'm sure
he would be happy if
you would share this with people you
know as well.

Is prayer enough? Sometimes. But other times, we also
need to act on our own behalf.

I would like personally thank Jesus for healing my ailing
right shoulder that has been very painful for 18 months.
I was scheduled to go the doctor on Monday, but on Sunday,
June 4, I listened to two healing services . . . and
during the prayer for healing in the second one my pain,
stiffness and loss of movement all disappeared.

Thank you, Jesus!

Since then, I had a dream in which I finally realized
how I had hurt my shoulder . . . so now I won't repeat
that mistake.

Thank you again, Jesus!

Please read on.

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL FRIDAY JUNE 23, 2006
( 1 Chronicles 16:11, Matthew 7:7, Mark 11:24 )

***10 DAYS UNTIL THE NATIONWIDE LAUNCH OF THE LIVEPRAYER
TV PROGRAM ON THE i (formerly PAX) Network! To find the
station in your area, go to:
http://www.liveprayer.com/coverage.cfm

***JUNE...A MONTH OF PRAYER AND FASTING! I am asking
everyone in the Liveprayer family to make and take time
each day in June to pray for me, for Liveprayer, for
everyone who works with us in any capacity, for our
advertisers, and most of all for the millions of souls we
will be reaching when the TV program goes nationwide on
July 3rd. In addition to praying each day, as the Holy
Spirit leads you please fast during the month and spend
that time of fasting praying for the lost souls we will
reach to open their hearts to Christ's love. May the
Lord guide us and lead us each day as we bring His Truth
and the hope and love of Jesus to the lost and hurting
throughout our nation.

"Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always."
(1 Chronicles 16:11)

"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find;
knock and the door will be opened to you." (Matthew 7:7)

"Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer,
believe that you have received it, and it will be yours."
(Mark 11:24)


Prayer requires action. Today, I want to help you with a
simple but powerful truth that could revolutionize your
prayer life. So much of the time we treat our prayer life
like we are rubbing a magical lamp and asking the genie
inside for our wishes to be granted. Even mature
Believers often fall into the trap of treating God like
some kind of cosmic concierge who is there at our beck and
call to fulfill our every whim and desire. The truth that
I want to share with you today is that prayer requires
action on our part.

When we pray, we are demonstrating our dependence upon
God. We are saying to God that "we need you," that
"without you we can do nothing." Prayer is also an act
of faith. What is the use in praying unless you have
faith there is a God who hears you and faith there is a
God who can help you? So when we pray we not only
demonstrate our dependence upon God, but also our faith
in God.

The key moment comes AFTER we have prayed. What do we
do then? This is the critical point where many Believers
fail. Prayer requires action on our part. Too many who
pray, fail to follow up their prayers with ACTION! They
pray and seek God for a need in their life, finish
praying, and then sit back waiting for God to meet their
need. Is God able? Of course, He is God! However, never
forget that we pray out of faith, and true Biblical faith
requires ACTION!

If you are praying for God to heal your body, pray, but
then ACT! Go see the doctors and specialists that are
out there to help you heal. Go research what your health
issue is and find the best people possible to help bring
complete and total healing to your body. God heals in
many ways and by far the most common way God heals is
through human instruments called doctors. So if you need
healing, pray, ask God to heal you, and then put your
faith into action and do all you can in seeing your body
healed.

If you are praying for God to meet your financial needs,
pray, but then ACT! Seek out successful men and women
and get their wise counsel. Sit down and put a game plan
together to help you meet your financial needs and
achieve your financial goals. God can provide for us in
many ways, but His most common form of provision is through
our hard work. So if you have financial needs, pray, ask
God to provide for you, then put your faith into action
and do all you can to see that your financial needs are
met.

If you are praying for your marriage or for a relationship,
pray, but then ACT! Seek out Godly counsel from your
pastor or some other qualified Christian counselor. Get
away with your spouse or the person you are in a
relationship with and spend quality time openly and
honestly communicating with each other. The root cause
of every marital and relationship problem I have seen in
over 17 years of ministry stems from a lack of pure,
honest, and open communication. So if you have a problem
with your marriage or a relationship, pray, ask God to
bring healing and restoration to your marriage or
relationship, then put your faith into action and do all
you can to have a healthy marriage or relationship.

Never forget that it is God who is the One who will heal
you, provide for you, restore your marriage or
relationship, but God uses our faith in action. Prayer is
not a passive exercise but an active one! We are active
participants in God answering our prayers. It requires
action on our part. It is God who is answering our
prayers, but our faith requires us to be involved in that
process. Just as James wrote to Believers that "faith
without works is dead," I tell you today that PRAYER
WITHOUT ACTION IS POWERLESS!!!

I love you and care about you so much. Most people are
far too passive in their prayer life. They pray and then
sit back waiting for God to answer. No doubt there are
some things we pray about that are completely out of
our control and we must simply trust God to move on those
needs. But much of what we pray about we have the ability
to put action to our prayers. It is still God who is
answering our prayers, but He is working through our
actions.

It needs to be stressed again, we are not just praying out
of dependence upon God, but out of FAITH in God. True
Biblical faith requires ACTION on our part. If you really
believe something, you will live it. If we truly believe
God will heal us, or provide for our needs, or heal our
marriage or relationship, or whatever the need may be, we
will be active participants in seeing our prayers answered.
God honors our faith. God is moved by our faith. God
blesses our faith. We pray in faith, therefore our
prayers require action!!!

As we end our 82nd month of Liveprayer, these are very
exciting times for the ministry. One week from Monday on
July 3rd, the TV program will be seen "live" for an hour
every Monday-Friday from Midnight-1 a.m. EST all over the
nation on the "i" Network, formerly Pax Tv! Today, I am
simply asking you to take a moment, pray, and ask God what
He would have you do to help me as we raise this last
$870,000 we need to raise.

I only ask that you are obedient, give according to your
ability to give, and give what God is asking you to give.
If it is $20 or $50, fine. If it is $100 or $250, fine.
If it is $500, $1,000, $5,000 or becoming part of "The
300" with a gift of $10,000 or more, fine. The fact is,
it will only take 87 people to commit to one unit to pay
off this balance. All I ask is that you pray and are
obedient to give what God is asking you to give today.
It is NOT the amount that is important, but your heart.

Also, don't forget that you can give to Liveprayer by
transferring stock to us which could be a help to you on
your taxes. We can also accept gifts of real estate,
again saving you in taxes by simply transferring your
property to us. Please be praying what you can do in the
coming weeks to help me.

***Don't expect someone else to do what God is asking YOU
to do. I need your help, so please give your very best
gift today!

You can put your gift on your major credit card on a
secure server by going to my website, www.liveprayer.com
under the "Donation" button, you can give via PayPal
using my email address, bkeller@liveprayer.com ,or you
can mail a gift to:

Liveprayer
6660 46th Avenue North
St. Petersburg, Florida 33709

All gifts to Liveprayer are 100% tax deductible.

In closing, I want you to know that for those who are led
by God to sacrifice some of what He has entrusted into
your care to help His work here at Liveprayer, I pray for
the Lord to abundantly bless your finances so that you can
continue to be a blessing to people worldwide that are
lost and hurting. I know people are attacked in their
finances for supporting God's work here, and I pray a
hedge of protection around your finances. May you and
your family be richly blessed as you have richly blessed
others in your giving.


In His love and service,
Your friend and brother in Christ,
Bill Keller


***If I can help you in any way you can contact me
through my personal email at bkeller@liveprayer.com

***ARE YOU 100% CERTAIN WHERE YOU WILL SPEND
ETERNITY? The fact is you will die one day. At
that moment, you will either spend eternity with
the Lord or be cast into everlasting darkness
forever separated from God your creator. To know
for certain you will be forever with Jesus, go to:
http://www.liveprayer.com/bdy_salvatn.html

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receiving your Daily Devotional again. LPeMail is
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***I am excited to let you know that the Liveprayer
Daily Devotional is now available via AUDIO each
day. Simply go to
http://www.liveprayer.com/DailyDevotionalAudio.html
Also, you can now listen to the Daily Devotional by
phone by calling toll-free, 1-888-382-4662, or
access it on your wireless device by going to:
http://wapdd.com

(C) Copyright 2006, Bill Keller Ministries.
All rights reserved

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May God bless you as you learn from this message!

Donald W. Mitchell, Your Dream Concierge

Copyright 2006 Donald W. Mitchell

Monday, June 19, 2006

Choose Life

Bill Keller wrote a devotional today that I recommend to
you for your consideration. It has food for thought. He
has given me permission to copy his e-mails, and I'm sure
he would be happy if
you would share this with people you
know as well.

Despair can affect anyone. God wants the best for you.
Let him into your life so your despair can be lifted!

Parents, help your children heal their hidden pain.

I would like personally thank Jesus for healing my ailing
right shoulder that has been very painful for 18 months.
I was scheduled to go the doctor on Monday, but on Sunday,
June 4, I listened to two healing services . . . and
during the prayer for healing in the second one my pain,
stiffness and loss of movement all disappeared.

Thank you, Jesus!

Since then, I had a dream in which I finally realized
how I had hurt my shoulder . . . so now I won't repeat
that mistake.

Thank you, Jesus!

Please read on.

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL MONDAY JUNE 19, 2006
(John 8:44, 10:10)

***PARENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS! SIX MONTHS AGO, JAMES
DUNGY, SON OF INDIANAPOLIS COLTS HEAD FOOTBALL COACH
TONY DUNGY, TRAGICALLY TOOK HIS LIFE. THIS DEVOTIONAL
TODAY IS ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL I HAVE EVER WRITTEN
IN DEALING WITH THE REAL LIVES OUR YOUNG ADULTS ARE
LIVING EACH DAY, AND HOW PARENTS CAN HELP THEM THROUGH
THOSE DIFFICULT TEEN YEARS. THIS IS A DEVOTIONAL
FAMILIES SHOULD READ AND DISCUSS TOGETHER. ALSO, PLEASE
FORWARD IT TO EVERY PARENT AND YOUNG ADULT YOU KNOW.
IT COULD SAVE SOMEONE'S LIFE!

This email comes from: bloody_vampiric_mistress@

"there is no problem with myspace look mine up at
it is a place for people of all ages to meet
friends so what people use profile to express themselves
just because were all not perfect like you want us to be
so what no ones perfect and you know what there is
nothing wrong with what kind of music we listen to or
what religion we have everyone is an individual in there
own way everyone is expressive in there own way and who
in the hell are you to judge others for there
individuality you are nothing your life is meaningless
you are nothing but a worthless peace of shi# and i hope
you die a slow and painful death you nasty bastar*"


The tragic death of James Dungy and the teen internet
site MySpace. I was already finishing a Devotional I had
been working on for months on the teen internet site
MySpace.com, when the tragic news came last December that
James Dungy, the 18-year-old son of Indianapolis Colts'
Head Football Coach Tony Dungy was found dead of an
apparent suicide. As the details of his death began to
emerge, it was learned that James had overdosed on
prescription medication just a few months earlier.
Another critical detail that came to light was the content
of James' personal webpage on the popular teen internet
site MySpace.com. Today, I want to speak directly to
young adults about how precious this life is, and to
parents about how critical it is to know what is really
in your child's heart and head.

Let me speak first to the young adults. Please, listen
to what I am telling you today. Your life is a gift
from God. It is special. It is precious. You only get
one. That is why I warn you all the time about the
things out there that can damage, even destroy your one
and only life. Things like alcohol, drugs, and sex. Never
forget that satan's mission is to kill, steal, and destroy
(John 10:10), and that means YOU! Satan is not some
Disney cartoon character, some loveable class clown. He is
the enemy of your soul and wants you destroyed and DEAD!

Satan masterfully uses the media to feed his lies to the
masses 24/7/365 through music, TV, radio, movies,
advertising, and the Internet. Never forget that Jesus
exposed him for who he really is, a LIAR (John 8:44).
He tells you the same lies he told Adam and Eve in the
Garden of Eden. "God really didn't mean that," God doesn't
want you to have fun," "it won't hurt you, "and on and on
his lies go. He is often called the "tempter." Satan
also plays on your youth and the fact you simply don't have
enough life experiences to comprehend how dangerous some of
the things you do really are. Not ONE adult in their 40s
or 50s would honestly tell you they would make the same
choices they did at 16 if they had known then what they
know now!

Here is the bottom line. Satan is a liar and wants you
DEAD. God is Truth and wants you to LIVE. This is
really simple. Satan's goal is to destroy you and kill
you. God wants to bless you and have a relationship with
you for all eternity. If you ever think of killing
yourself, those thoughts are from satan, NOT God. Satan
will lie to you and tell you that you are better off
dead, that your life has no meaning, that nobody cares
about you or loves you. ALL LIES! The Truth is God
wants you to have life, and life more abundantly. The
Truth is that your life has meaning and purpose. The
Truth is that there are people who care about you and
love you. The Truth is that God loves you and cares
about you more than you will ever know!!!

Parents, let me speak to you for a moment. The greatest
need your child has is for you to love them and nurture
them. You do that by praying for your child every day,
by raising your child in the admonition of the Lord and
in the Truth of His Word. You do that by protecting your
child from the evils of this world. You do that by
providing for your child's needs. You do that by having
a RELATIONSHIP with your child, and that only happens
through open and honest communication. The greatest need
I see daily in the relationship of parents and their
children is more open and honest communication. There is
no substitute for taking the time to sit down and
COMMUNICATE with your child. The younger they are when
you start really communicating with them, the better that
communication is as they get older.

OK parents, now I am going to give you perhaps the
greatest information I ever will other than what is in
the Bible. I assure you, unknown to 90% of the parents
reading this today is a teen internet site called MySpace
( www.myspace.com ). It is a website designed
predominantly for young adults to go and create their
own custom webpage. There is a basic template that they
fill in with pictures, with information on their likes
and dislikes, with their blog ( a modern day "dear diary")
that others can read and respond to, in addition to links
to their friend's MySpace pages. I assure you that 70%
of the kids between 14-20 who are on the computer have a
MySpace. Of course, there are other comparable sites,
but by far MySpace is the most popular of all in this
genre of websites.

Let me make sure you understand what I am telling you.
If your child has a MySpace, you will find out more about
your child, what is really going on in their heart and
head than you ever dreamed you would know. This is their
personal signature, who they are, and in many cases a
side of them that you never knew existed. By following
the links to their friend's MySpace, you will also get a
keen insight into who they really are and what is in
their hearts and heads as well.

I would encourage every parent with a child between 14-20
that is on the computer at all to ask your child if they
have a MySpace or something comparable, and that you want
to read their page. Be prepared for your child to lie that
they don't have one. Be prepared that if they do, they
will probably put up a huge fight about letting you read
it. Be prepared that if you do read it, what you will
find out. Based on what is on your child's MySpace, you
have the perfect opportunity to really start openly and
honestly communicating with your child, since again, what
you will read is in most cases their innermost thoughts
and what is in their heart.

For privacy reasons, I chose not to reveal the MySpace
page of the sad young girl who wrote that email I shared
with you at the beginning. However, having viewed her
MySpace, it was VERY chilling. Glorification of death,
of promiscuous sex, a page that reeked of satan and utter
rebellion to God and his Word. I am fairly certain that
this girl's parents have never read her MySpace, though
they need to since she is very troubled and is in for a
difficult and rough life unless she turns her life around
and to the Lord. In most cases I deal with, young adults
like this troubled girl don't have anyone in their life
who really cares about them and they grow up in homes
void of God and His love and Truth. They are simply
looking for attention in their rebellion. Pray for her,
since she needs to come to know the love of Jesus Christ
in her heart and life.

I would be shocked if Coach Dungy or his wife had any
knowledge of James' MySpace. It was full of thug and
gangster themes, glorifying smoking pot, adulation of
thug rappers like Tupac and Snoop Dogg. No doubt some of
it may have been a "front," or simply an effort to be
someone he really wasn't. Many young adults will use
this type of site to portray themselves as someone they
fantasize about being. But there is still much truth to
be gained about a person from what is on these sites.

James Dungy's MySpace was disturbing enough to know that
something wrong was going on in this young man's heart
and life. The scary thing is that this is a young man
who was raised by two loving, nurturing, and Godly
parents. He was afforded all of the possible blessings
life could offer a young person. He was raised in the
church! Yet despite all he had going for him, James had
some serious issues going on in his life. His very last
post on his blog talked about not having "ne one to talk
to."

Parents, listen to me carefully. YOU ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE CHOICES YOUR CHILD MAKES. God gave them the same
free will He has given you and each person. That is why
raising your child in the admonition of the Lord, in His
Word, is so critical. So you can hopefully start shaping
at a young age those choices your child will make later
in their life. James Dungy was 18, living on his own in
a campus apartment. Coach Tony Dungy and his wife are
NOT responsible for his choice to take his life. It was
his choice, and his choice alone. If you had a child take
their life, YOU ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CHOICE YOUR
CHILD MADE! You can only do your best, and at some point,
leave them to the Lord and pray for them.

I love you and care about you so much. The death of
James Dungy is a sad reminder of how busy satan is in
trying to destroy the lives of our children. It is also
another reminder of how raising your children is the
greatest ministry that a mother and father will ever
have in this life. Young adults need to understand that
life is not a game, it is a precious gift from God and
this one life we each have will be over sooner than we
think. The key is to fulfill our Divine purpose of
serving and glorifying God with our life and living it
each day for Him. Parents need to do the best job they
can at laying a foundation of faith in their child's
life, and doing their best to openly and honestly
communicate with their child.

For any young adult reading this today that has had
thoughts of killing yourself, STOP AND LISTEN TO ME.
That message to kill yourself is coming from the lips of
satan who wants you dead. NOTHING IN YOUR LIFE IS WORTH
KILLING YOURSELF OVER. You are not alone! God loves
you very much. If you feel there is nobody to listen to
you, email me! I am here for you. My email address is
bkeller@liveprayer.com . Everything you say is 100%
confidential. I will do my best to help you. Killing
yourself is NEVER the answer. There is always hope and
God will always provide an answer. I am praying for you.

For you parents, again I can only encourage you to do
your best to instill God's Truth in your children
starting when they are in the womb. The more you openly
and honestly communicate with your child, the better your
relationship will be and your child will never feel like
they have nobody to talk to. The greatest gift you will
ever give your child is YOURSELF! Don't ever get so busy
with your own life that you neglect your child. This is
a wicked, sinful, and evil world that we live in. Your
child needs you to help guide them and protect them from
the traps satan has layed to destroy, even kill them. I
am praying for you as God gives you His wisdom and
strength each day in raising your children.


In His love and service,
Your friend and brother in Christ,
Bill Keller


***If I can help you in any way you can contact me
through my personal email at bkeller@liveprayer.com

***ARE YOU 100% CERTAIN WHERE YOU WILL SPEND
ETERNITY? The fact is you will die one day. At
that moment, you will either spend eternity with
the Lord or be cast into everlasting darkness
forever separated from God your creator. To know
for certain you will be forever with Jesus, go to:
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Donald W. Mitchell, Your Dream Concierge

Copyright 2006 Donald W. Mitchell

Sunday, June 18, 2006

Father's Day Message

Bill Keller wrote a devotional today that I recommend to
you for your consideration. It has food for thought. He
has given me permission to copy his e-mails, and I'm sure
he would be happy if
you would share this with people you
know as well.

Whether you are a father, have a father, wish you still
had a father or wish you had a better father, this is a
wonderful message to you.

May God bless all fathers and their children today!

I would like personally thank Jesus for healing my ailing
right shoulder that has been very painful for 18 months.
I was scheduled to go the doctor on Monday, but on Sunday,
June 4, I listened to two healing services . . . and
during the prayer for healing in the second one my pain,
stiffness and loss of movement all disappeared.

Thank you, Jesus!

Since then, I had a dream in which I finally realized
how I had hurt my shoulder . . . so now I won't repeat
that mistake.

Thank you, Jesus!

It felt so good this morning to be able to hold my Bible
straight up in the air with no pain and no restriction in
movement.

Thank you, Jesus!

Please read on.

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL SUNDAY JUNE 18, 2006
(Ephesians 6:4)

Honoring our fathers. Today is the day the world
celebrates Father's Day. In our busy lives, it is good
that we are forced to take a moment and recognize our
dads. I had a wonderful father that unfortunately passed
away when I was 16. Even though I missed sharing those
young adult years with my dad, it was his love and
nurturing in my early years that helped build the
spiritual foundation in my life. After praying about
today's Devotional, the Lord has directed me to use it as
a special encouragement to the dads out there.

How often do we take what dad does for granted? There are
Godly men out there who are the spiritual heads of their
homes. They work hard to provide the income needed to
sustain day to day life. They love and honor their wife.
They realize their children are gifts from God and help
nurture and mold their lives. These dads realize that
serving God is their divine purpose and being the head of
their home is their first and most important ministry.
Today is a day to make sure dad knows just how much we
love and appreciate him.

For those dads out there who are working hard to be the
kind of dad I just described, know that you are in my
prayers. Know that each day as you spend that special
time alone with the Lord, He will encourage you, prepare
you, and make you adequate for that day. You are on the
path God wants you to be on as you strive each day to
serve Him, making your wife and children your number one
priorities. Balance is one of the biggest hurdles you
face each day, and I pray the Lord will help you find that
perfect balance between work, home, serving Him, and
relaxing.

The other big hurdle is being able to give God control.
Having so much responsibility each day, letting go and
really trusting God at certain times is not easy. Just
remember, in John 15:5 it says "without me you can do
nothing." God has given you great talents, great gifts,
but without the Lord's strength, and He being in charge,
it won't make any difference. Make your faith real daily
as you learn to trust Him more each day.

I recognize today that there are also many dads who aren't
the kind of dad I described. Unless someone is totally
committed and surrendered to the Lord, overseeing the
responsibilities of marriage and children often suffer.
Without the Lord leading your life, getting caught up in
all of the traps of this world happen frequently, and life
really never makes much sense. The importance of being a
husband, a father, doesn't have the significance it should.
That is why so many men have left the home, abandoned their
children, and continually are caught up in every kind of
sin imaginable.

To those dads I want you to know that if you are tired of
running from God, tired of the pain, tired of the
heartache, tired of nothing working...this is the perfect
day to turn it all around. Even though this is a day we
celebrate our earthly fathers, there is a Heavenly Father
who loves you so much, and if you call out to Him, He will
help you straighten your life out.

For those wives, ex-wives, and children of dads who haven't
been the Godly dad the Bible talks of, pray for your dad.
Know that deep down he is hurting, and only surrendering to
Christ will change that. God loves your dad more than you
do, and He is the one who can change your dad's heart.
I'll pray with you for your dad.

I want you to know that I love you and do care about you.
For you dads out there today, let me encourage you by
telling you...if you keep Jesus first in your life, He
will help you overcome the trials of this life, and
allow you to see victories in every area of your life.
In your marriage, in your children, in your career, in
your service for Him....if you will simply trust Him and
operate in His strength, you will know blessings and joy
above and beyond anything you ever imagined.

Please know that I will be praying for you today, and if
you need any special prayer to be the man, the husband,
the father, the servant God has called you to be....please
don't hesitate to email me at: bkeller@liveprayer.com .
God has given us many great examples of how to be a true
father. Follow Him each day and He will mold you and make
you into the father He has raised you up to be.


In His love and service,
Your friend and brother in Christ,
Bill Keller


***If I can help you in any way you can contact me
through my personal email at bkeller@liveprayer.com

***ARE YOU 100% CERTAIN WHERE YOU WILL SPEND
ETERNITY? The fact is you will die one day. At
that moment, you will either spend eternity with
the Lord or be cast into everlasting darkness
forever separated from God your creator. To know
for certain you will be forever with Jesus, go to:
http://www.liveprayer.com/bdy_salvatn.html

***GET YOUR FREE LPeMAIL ACCOUNT! Never miss
receiving your Daily Devotional again. LPeMail is
an effective email SPAM filtering application
that most ISP's charge $10/mo, for FREE! Get your
LPeMail account now at: www.lpemail.com.

***I am excited to let you know that the Liveprayer
Daily Devotional is now available via AUDIO each
day. Simply go to
http://www.liveprayer.com/DailyDevotionalAudio.html
Also, you can now listen to the Daily Devotional by
phone by calling toll-free, 1-888-382-4662, or
access it on your wireless device by going to:
http://wapdd.com

(C) Copyright 2006, Bill Keller Ministries.
All rights reserved

************************************************

May God bless you as you learn from this message!

Donald W. Mitchell, Your Dream Concierge

Copyright 2006 Donald W. Mitchell