Walking By Faith

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 25, 2004
(Ephesians 6:12)

For we are not fighting against people made of flesh and blood, but against persons without bodies--the evil rulers of the unseen world, those mighty satanic beings and great evil princes of darkness who rule this world; and against huge numbers of wicked spirits in the spirit world.

Walking by faith. I want to share with you a lesson I have learned over the years about our daily journey through this life. When the storms come, when the enemy attacks, THAT is the time that you must make your faith real. Faith is believing God can and do exactly what He says in His Word. You will be in a position at times when you have nothing but your faith in Christ to sustain you. It is during those times you will realize how much God loves you and that His promise to never leave you nor forsake you is true!

I have written this Devotional every day since Liveprayer signed on the 31st of August 1999. My normal day starts out very early in prayer and in the Word. After that time with the Lord, I sit down and type out the initial draft of the Devotional for the next day. It is reworked several times during the day at the office, reviewed by several on my staff so that I seem semi-literate, and finally is prayed over for God to use those words to touch peoples lives and sent out for distribution around midnight. This Devotional is different. I am actually writing it at 8 p.m. on Tuesday night, having had about 3 hours sleep in the last 48 hours, with no staff on hand so please excuse what I am sure will be many errors.

This is an important Devotional since it deals with handling the trials that we all face in this life, as well as confirming the truth of God's Word that the real battles we face in this life are not of flesh and blood, but are SPIRITUAL! Friday night was one of those spiritual mountaintop experiences for me, with the expectancy of an incredible week ahead. For the first time, we opened the television studio on Friday night to the general public to come be part of a live studio audience. We had around 50 people come out at 1 a.m. to be part of that night's Liveprayer television broadcast. It was one of our best programs ever. A young lady in bondage to drugs called and accepted Christ as her Savior live on the air, we had many praise reports from people who had called in the past, and had a wonderful evening ministering to those who called in with needs. After the program, I stayed to pray for the needs of those who had come to be part of the studio audience.

I could hardly wait for this week. Monday was the much anticipated launch of the new LPeMail service, it would also be the day my Devotional was on the new movie The Passion, and I had the honor of doing the eulogy at the gravesite of a dear friend of mine who died last week on my birthday after a long fight with cancer, being able to share the Gospel with his family and friends. Also, this week was the one year anniversary of the Liverprayer television program on the UPN station in Tampa. This Friday will be our 260th "live" broadcast. It has become the top rated program in our time slot over nationally syndicated programs, but more important, we have seen over 1,000 people we know of accept Christ as their Savior and tens of thousands of praise reports from an audience that is 95% non-Christian.

Monday, I got to my office at around 6:30 a.m. and turned on my computer and I heard that sickening clanking sound of a hard drive that had crashed. The latest back-up disk I had was almost 3 months old, and for anyone that has had this horrible experience, you know how helpless you feel. So as I was working to get the hard drive to a data recovery service to see what they could salvage, and getting ready to leave for the funeral, my phone rang and it was a dear brother that had been a huge blessing to the work of Liveprayer over the past 2 years. He and his wife had a very successful business and had donated close to $100,000 in the past 12 months. He informed me that in the past 3 months they had lost 3 contracts that represented about 70% of their annual revenues and they were in going to have to restructure their entire business and simply would not be able to continue the level of support they had been giving to Liveprayer. We prayed together for God to replace the contracts they loss with even larger ones, and I have no doubt the Lord will be faithful as they have been faithful.

When the attacks come my friend, that is when we must rely on our faith and trust God. So many of the battles we face in life are out of our control. Many of the battles that you are facing today are out of your control, but the Bible tells us the BATTLE IS THE LORD'S! Let me repeat that. You may be facing great battles in your life today, battles you can't imagine winning. BUT YOU WILL SEE VICTORY BECAUSE THE BATTLE IS THE LORD'S!

I love you and care about you so much. The data recovery specialists were able to at least salvage all of my Outlook Express files. The rest of my computer had to be reconstructed, but by noon today it was back on my desk and working. The graveside service for my friend was a blessing, many who would not hear the Gospel heard it that morning. I was able to get some work accomplished during the day by using my laptop I work on at home which is a partial mirror of my office computer. We had a GREAT television program Monday night.

Does that mean the battles are over, the attacks are finished? Nope. The wars in the heavenlies wage on. But I have learned over these many years of walking with the Lord and serving Him, that all He ever expects of me is to be faithful. *God doesn't expect me to do something I can't do, but He DOES expect me to do what I am supposed to do. All God expects of me is to be faithful each day to do what I am supposed to do to the best of my ability. THAT is something I do have total control over!

I will be praying for you today. I know many of you are in the midst of the battles today. God is not asking you to fight those battles alone. Actually He has promised to fight them for you. but He does expect you to be faithful to the things you are supposed to do each day. With God fighting for us, and with us being faithful, we can walk in His victory no matter what the battles may be. The real battles each day are unseen, they take place in the heavenlies because they are spiritual battles. But we already know the final outcome, God wins! That is why today we can claim 1 Corinthians 15:57, "But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ."

Please do me a favor. For those who have not made a gift to the ministry this month, I really need your help. We only have 4 days left this month, and we still need $9,100 to meet all of our obligations this month. the Bible clearly teaches to give according to your ability to give. All I ask is that you take a moment right now, ask God what He wants you to give to help me today, and than be obedient. Daily God uses this ministry to reach nearly 2 million people worldwide with the hope and love of Christ. YOU make that possible with your gifts. Please help me today with the most generous gift that you possibly can.

You can make a gift to Liveprayer on your major credit card at our website www.liveprayer.com under the "Donation" button, or you can give from your PayPal account by using my email address, bkeller@liveprayer.com, or you can mail a gift to:
Liveprayer
6660 46th Avenue North
St. Petersburg, Florida 33709
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Thank you for helping me. Please know that I am here for you. The attacks of the enemy, the spiritual battles, the challenges of every day life are simply part of this sinful world we are passing through. Never forget that in your hour of greatest need, it is your faith in Christ that will sustain you. He, and He alone is your hope. WALK BY FAITH!

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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