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DAILY DEVOTIONAL FRIDAY JULY 5, 2002
(Deuteronomy 30:19)

I call heaven and earth to witness against you that today I have set before you life or death, blessing or curse. Oh, that you would choose life; that you and your children might live!

Last January, in Tampa Florida across the bay from where Liveprayer is located in St. Petersburg, a 15 year old young man flew a stolen single engine plane into a 41 story office building. He died instantly, but fortunately nobody else was killed or injured. As I spent some time that night in prayer for his family, it brought to my mind the realization that each day we wake up, and during the course of that day, we can choose to do something great for God... or we can choose to do something totally in rebellion to God.

This tragic event actually has motivated me more than you can imagine how we have the ability each day to CHOOSE to do something GREAT FOR GOD. We don't have to just sit back, and allow the flow of life to move us along. Those who do evil acts such as this young man did, made a choice to not just live out the day like every other day, but decided to do something different. Sadly, the choice this young man made was to do something totally destructive that cost him his life and hurt many people. But we also have the choice each day to do something POSITIVE.. something GREAT FOR GOD!!!!!

This morning, you woke up. You had had your normal Friday schedule in front of you. Chances are great that at the end of the day you will go to sleep. At the end of the day, WHAT DID YOU REALLY ACCOMPLISH OTHER THAN LIVE ANOTHER DAY??? One of the points I try to drive home in my Devotionals is that tomorrow is promised to none of us. We all are guilty of taking our days for granted. We all WASTE the better portion of the day just "getting by". Most will one day grow old, get sick, and lay on their death bed wondering where the time went, where all the days of their life went. The other night as I got out of the shower, I took my washcloth and began to wring the water out of it. As I did that over and over, I realized that this is what we must do to each day. GET EVERY DROP OF LIFE OUT OF EACH DAY BECAUSE ONE DAY, THIS LIFE AS WE KNOW IT WILL BE OVER.

So the challenge that I bring to you today is this. TODAY.. DO SOMETHING GREAT FOR GOD!!!! God has given each of us, given YOU, special gifts. The Bible says that people perish for lack of vision. Where does vision come from? God!!! Where did the vision for Liveprayer come from? God!!! Where will the vision you need to do something great for God to come from? God!!! Start praying. God will give you the vision, He will open the doors; the ONLY thing stopping you from doing something great for God TODAY is YOU!!!! I don't care if you are 15 or 95... today you can do something great for God!!!! In this life, we can either sit back and let our life pass us by, we can sit back and simply go with the flow and let each day slip past us until life is over, or we can take control of our life and make a difference. We can make a difference for God!!!!

I love you and care about you so much. I will be praying for you today. In the name of Jesus, the Son of the living God, you are here to make a difference for God. It is what God has called each of us to do. Peter made a difference for God. Paul made a difference for God. John Wesley made a difference for God. Billy Graham is making a difference for God. What is the difference between you and Peter, or Paul, or John Wesley, or Billy Graham? NOTHING!!!!! The ONLY difference is that these men made a decision to make their life count for the Kingdom!

I prayed this morning as I typed these words that if only ONE person, only ONE person of over 1 million that will read these words in the next days will accept this challenge.... millions of lives can be changed for eternity!!!! YOU CAN BE THAT ONE!!! Many of you have been called by God but have run, just like I did for many years. God is speaking to you today to stop running and give Him your life. The Bible says that what man meant for evil, God meant for good. Even though Charles Bishop chose to rebel against God last Saturday, today, you can choose to something GREAT FOR GOD!!!!

I just want you to know how deeply I appreciate your love, prayers, and support for what we have literally been doing 24/7/365 these last 34 months. Whatever God has done in the lives of millions of peoples hearts worldwide since we "kicked in the door" is because of you. As you know, it takes $30,000 each month for us to cover all of our operational costs. To operate the ONLY LIVE 24/7 non-adult video feed on the Internet, to send this Devotional EVER DAY to over 1.1 million email accounts worldwide, to send personal answers to over 30,000 incoming prayers requests every day, ALL for only $1,000 a day is a modern day miracle. YOU make that happen!!!

I am asking you to simply take a moment today and ask God what He would have you do today to help us this month. The Bible teaches to give according to our ability to give. For some, that may be $30 or $50, for others it may be $100 or $200, for others it may be $1,000 or even $5,000. God is not concerned with the amount but your heart! Simply pray, ask God what He wants you to do today to help us, and then be obedient.

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Thank you for caring about others! Because so many of you cared, even though we had a long way to go late in the month, we ended up only $142 short of what we needed to meet all of our obligations. Thank you. Today... YOU can do something great for God!!!!

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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