Monday November 4, 2002

 

Blessings,

As Liveprayer is starting our 39th month of ministry on the Internet, I look back in amazement at the miracle that is Liveprayer.com. One day, I will write a book about this miracle. It will be an amazing testimony of how when God is involved, NOTHING... can stop Him from accomplishing His purpose. That includes the stubbornness, sin, and mistakes of the human instruments He uses. We all know if God wants to do something, God can do it without our involvement. But for some reason, all throughout human history, God has chosen to use people to bring about His plan and purpose. Personally, if I was Him, I would be too frustrated with people to do it that way. But if you know God, it makes sense. God loves His creation. He loves us so much He allows us to participate in His plan. We usually don't deserve this consideration, we often let Him down, but the true peace, joy, and abundance of this life comes from serving Him with our lives. After all, that is our purpose in this life, to serve and glorify our Creator.

Liveprayer.com is a division of Bill Keller Ministries, now 10 years old. It was formed as an entity to oversee my public ministry as I was on the road doing evangelistic crusades nationwide for the first 3 years. The next 3 years the Lord had us primarily involved in producing programming for Christian television stations nationwide. Than came the vision for Liveprayer.com. I have been blessed to have a wonderful Board of Directors of dedicated servants of God. As I shared with them the vision, I also shared that it would take a major commitment to see the vision fulfilled. These wonderful men agreed with what God was asking us to do. We agreed to commit all of the resources the ministry had, my wife and I liquidated all that we had, and our board secured loans from several Godly people and organizations to put together the $600,000 we needed to launch and sustain for the first year the incredible ministry of Liveprayer.com.

This is still the only non-adult website in the world with a LIVE person literally on camera 24/7/365. Live video on the Internet is very expensive because of bandwidth costs, but since we signed on, we have had a Godly man or woman every second to pray for the needs of those who log-on to the website, many in their hour of great need. We are grateful to God for this wonderful team of 52 men and women who host the LIVE portion of the website. Over 15,000 from all over the world come to Liveprayer.com each day for prayer, to visit our chatroom, the Miracle Center, and other areas of the website. The Daily Devotional you read now goes to over 1,500,000 email accounts worldwide each day. We receive over 30,000 prayer requests daily that my ministry team sends personal responses to. We are able to provide all of this ministry for only $30,000 per month!

As you can imagine, I get inundated with requests daily from businesses that want to advertise on our website, in our daily devotional, and to our subscriber list. I MADE A COMMITMENT YOU CAN BE ASSURED OT. NEVER WILL WE EVER, UNDER ANY CONDITION SELL OR RENT OUR MAILING LIST. Many multi-level marketing organizations like Amway, Quixtar, Excel, Mary Kay, to name a few have offered us substantial dollars to tap into the people we minister to each day. God told me from day one, that this ministry would be funded the same way the Tabernacle and the Temple in Jerusalem were funded.... BY GOD'S PEOPLE! We don't charge for any of the ministry we provide, nor do we accept any advertising, because from day #1 we have simply relied on God's people to support HIS work.... and THAT is why the Lord has blessed all that we have done these last 38 months!

Carrying a debt of $600,000 which included all of the resources of my ministry and personal assets, having to raise $30,000 each month to sustain our operations, it was very tempting to accept some of these offers. But God was clear, this ministry was to be funded by the gifts of God's people and was not to become a commercial venture. The funny thing is, after 38 months, commercial websites, including many that were faith-based, have burned through hundreds of millions of dollars and no longer exist. Yet, Liveprayer is still here, still ministering to hurting people worldwide each day, and stronger than ever. To God be the glory!

So today I come to you without any hesitation and ask you to do one thing for me. Take a few minutes right now, and ask God what he would have you to do to help us in our efforts that is helping so many people each day in their time of need. The Bible clearly teaches we are to give according to our ability. I am not asking you to send me your rent money, or your grocery money. God does not expect you to give what you don't have, but give of what you do have. I got a wonderful letter form a 14yo girl last week with a $5 bill. The note said that she would spend $5 without even knowing it on different things, so she was sending this $5 to help in the work of God here at Liveprayer so we can help someone who is hurting. The fact is, everyone can do something!!!

For some, $5 is a real sacrifice. For others, it may be $20, or $50, or $100. For those God has richly blessed, a sacrifice may be $500, or $1,000, or even $5,000. Someone reading these words right now could give 1 million dollars and not even miss it. Again, everyone is able to do something. All I ask you to do is take a few minutes and ask God what He wants you to do to help us this month. Pray, and ask God how He might use you to help us make sure we meet our $30,000 monthly budget this month.

You can make your gift on a major credit card on a secure server on our website at www.liveprayer.com under the "Donation" button. Or you can mail your gift to:

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

We are still her after 38 months because of friends like you. Friends that have prayed for this ministry. Friends that have given sacrificially to this ministry. Over 20,000 that we know of have accepted Christ as their savior in the last 38 months. I have archives of over 700,000 praise reports of every type of answered prayer you can imagine. People worldwide are being ministered to daily through Liveprayer.com. All of this has happened because of the faithfulness of God's people.

***The Bible teaches that it is God's people, who are to support God's work.

For all of those we have helped lead to Christ, helped in their hour of need, on behalf of them, let me say thank you! But we have only scratched the surface. NOW is the time to move forward. The Bible says we must work while it is still light, for night is coming. The opportunity to minister to the hurting is NOW. The time is NOW. I can't do this alone, I need you to help today. Please, take a few minutes right now and pray, than simply be obedient and give what God is laying on your heart to give. Together we are making a difference. Rather than be satisfied with what we have accomplished together, now is the time to press forward with everything we have.

I love you, and care about you so much. Thank you for your love, your prayers, and your support. I have said it often, but it motivates me daily. God took a handful of men, many without much education. But they were all sold-out for Him, and God used them to bring His message of hope and love through Christ to the world. Today, with a few thousand sold out people, with the great technology we have at our fingertips, we can bring that same message of hope and love through Christ to the world we live in. Will you stand with me?

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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