WEDNESDAY AUGUST 20, 2003

My Friend,

As our fourth year of ministry ends, I want to say to you... THANK YOU. Thank you for standing with me these past 48 months. Thank you for your love. Thank you for your prayers. Thank you for your kind words of encouragement at just the right time. Thank you for your sacrificial gifts that have made this ministry possible. Most of all, thank you for being my friend!!!

WHY SHOULD YOU GIVE TO LIVEPRAYER.... BECAUSE YOUR GIFT ALLOWS THIS TO HAPPEN:

"Bill Keller, Thank you for all of your prayers.... He heard them and He answered them... My x-rays today were perfectly clear... no sign of fungus.. just healthy lungs... Praise be to God for answered prayers!!"

"Brother Bill, I send you an email yesterday to ask you to pray for my finances. I fasted last week as well. GOD BLESS, GOG IS GREAT, GOD ANSWERS OUR PRAYERS. HE answered my prayers yesterday. We received the funds to start the business, we will be able to pay the school fees next week. PRAISE GOD. Thank you for being part of the prayers as well."

"Thank you! About five minutes after I put in this prayer request I got a job offer!"

"Thank-you for your devotions and thoughts, Mr. Keller. They have changed my life. God bless you!"

"Dear Bill, I am writing to proudly let you know that I passed my nursing boards and now am officially an RN!!!!!!!! Yes I had doubt and was very nervous and scared but human emotion usually gets the best of me. Thank you for your continued guidance and unfailing support through this trial for me. It is very deeply appreciated!"

"Dear Mr. Keller, I have not written for awhile but your devotionals continue to undergird me.  Because of your daily reminders I have started going to a Bible church each week, and now have daily devotions and prayer time which have become priceless in my life. I now take each day very seriously ~ realizing that the hour very well could be late and that what I do for Jesus is what I will take with me to heaven, not a new car, a new outfit or even a new recipe. I try to live each moment, even the daily routine, with special awareness that I must be sold out completely to doing God's will."

"Thank you for your faithfulness. Please be blessed by the knowledge that because of your faithfulness, others are becoming faithful, dedicated individuals that are growing and living for Jesus."

"Chuck Benslay says thank you for your prayers. His surgery went well, no cancer, tumor removed and bone repaired and should heal with no problems. He is a firefighter and is thankful to God for the continued use of his hand."

"I'm writing to thank you for your prayers - I wrote to you a few times at the beginning of the year. My husband had left me, our 8 yr. old daughter, and then newborn son for a life of drugs and adultery. A once truly amazing husband and father, somehow fell and turned into nightmare seemingly overnight and w/out warning. When I wrote to you, I was truly in the depths of despair. Dealing w/not only the loss of my husband, but healing from a botched c-section and in great financial trouble trying to support both of my children alone. Well... I wanted to share w/you a true testiment to God's grace and mercy. After almost 10 months of seperation, my husband is moving home this weekend. He has truly repented, to both God and me, and asked both God's and my forgiveness. He hasn't used drugs or committed adultery since before Christmas and has spent the last 7 months trying to deal w/the demons from his past and in his own mind. I know w/ 100% certainty is truly committed not only to our marriage but his role as father and head of our household. He still harbors a lot of guilt and remorse but is determined to stay w/in God's will, and get the help he needs to assure nothing like this ever happens again."

"I want to thank you for all of you prayers. About 2 weeks ago I asked that you for my boyfriend's healing on his brain tumor. We found out yesterday after his surgery hes going to live. I thank you once again for your prayers and God bless."

"I have just completed the Plan of Salvation Prayer. Thank you, and continue to be blessed in your work."

..and over 1,000,000 more Praise Reports just like it where God has answered every prayer imaginable. This has all happened in 4 short years, through this little ministry that YOUR GIFTS made possible!!!!

I never imagined when Liveprayer signed on August 31, 1999, what God had planned. We were at the moment we signed on the only non-adult Internet site to literally broadcast LIVE 24/7. We still are today, and over 20,000 unique visitors come to the website every day. The Daily Devotional was originally intended to just be posted to the www.liveprayer.com website. We now send it to over 1.7 million email accounts worldwide every day. We had nothing in place to handle incoming prayers requests. We now have a tremendous ministry team that sends personal responses to over 40,000 prayers requests that we receive every single day.

I really had no idea how God would use this ministry to reach people. 4 years later, I am in awe that over 38,000 we know of have accepted Jesus Christ as their personal Savior. I am in awe of over 1,000,000 praise reports that we have archived from people who contacted us for prayer, and emailed us back how God met their need. Every need that you could ever imagine. GOD IS INCREDIBLE!!!

This has been an incredible walk of faith for me personally. It has been the most difficult, yet at the same time, rewarding 4 years of my life. God knew that I could never fulfill all that He had in mind alone. He brought YOU into the life of this ministry to help build the foundation that has allowed us to provide all of the ministry that we do for just under 2 million people worldwide 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. You have played a BIG PART in allowing Liveprayer to share the hope and love of Jesus Christ with tens of millions worldwide over these past 4 years.

As we enter the last 11 days of our 3rd year, we are still $9,000 short of meeting all of the financial obligations for this month. I only want to ask you to do what you can to help me today. EVERYONE can do something, even if it is only $10. Simply give according to your ability to give. That is what the Bible teaches. Pray, and give as the Lord leads you. Some can give $10 or $20. Others can give $50 or $100. Still others can give $250, $500, $1,000, or even the last $9,000. The amount is between you and God. All I ask is that you be obedient to what He asks you to give today.

***OVER 1/3 OF THE 1.7 MILLION WHO GET THIS DEVOTIONAL EACH DAY ARE NOT SAVED OR IN CHURCH. ABOUT 20% ARE YOUNG ADULTS UNDER 18. YOUR GIVING MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO REACH THOSE WHO WOULD OTHERWISE NEVER BE ABLE TO GET THIS DAILY INSPIRATION FROM THE LORD!!! DON'T EXPECT SOMEONE ELSE TO DO WHAT GOD HAS TOLD YOU TO DO!!!

You can make your gift with a major credit card on a secure server at my website, www.liveprayer.com under the "Donation" button, or, you can give via your PayPal account to my email address, bkeller@liveprayer.com, or you can mail your gift to:
Liveprayer
6660 46th Avenue North
St. Petersburg, Florida 33709
All gifts to Liveprayer are 100% tax deductible.

Please help me today with the best gift that you can possibly give!

I love you, and care about you so much!!! Even though I say this to you each day, I REALLY MEAN IT! You have made these incredible last 4 years not only memorable, but an incredible blessing in my life. I have a glimpse of what God wants to do in the future with Liveprayer, and am focusing on the goal of reaching more people each day for Him. But if I die today, I know that I have given my very best to Him these last 4 years, and so have you. In the end, that is ALL God ever asks us to do.

I have been blessed to have you part of this great last days ministry, blessed to have you as a friend, and blessed by God beyond all that I could have ever asked Him in allowing me to play a small part in His work. As I close, I can only say one last time, THANK YOU!!!

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.

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