Joe Francis (of Girls Gone Wild) Compares Self to Jesus Christ Sunday, Oct 28 2007

***PRAY FOR THE PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA who are affected by the
terrible fires, as well as those firefighters who are literally sacrificing their lives to bring these fires under control.

***POLITICAL COMMENTARY:  WHY WOULD SOMEONE WANT A LIAR AND A LUNATIC TO BE PRESIDENT?  As I watched the leading Republican candidates speak at the “Values” conference in Washington, DC Friday and Saturday, the debate in Orlando Sunday night, and the various men being interviewed, it hit me like a ton of bricks, why would anyone want a liar and a lunatic to be President?
Mitt Romney has time after time smiled, looked into the cameras, and lied through his teeth about what he calls “his faith,” and “his church.”  I won’t even get into his lies about what he says he believes on the issues, since his position changes depending on what is politically expedient.  I can only imagine the belly laughs he has with his wife when they are alone at the gullible Christians who eat his lies like a child eats candy, not to mention at those Christian leaders whose support he bought and paid for.

A comment I hear often is that Romney is so smart and intelligent.  Really? This is a man who believes the incredible fantasies spun by his cult’s founder Joey Smith.  Gold tablets that don’t exist, gods coming from other planets, men dying and becoming the god of their own plant full of women waiting to have sex with them to create spirit babies.  The fact is, you have to take a leave of your senses to buy into the theology of the Mormon cult.  My question is, do you really want a President who lies without conscience, since that is an attribute of satan the father of lies (John 8:44)?  Do you really want a President who has put his faith in a theology dreamed up by a conman 200 years ago that is so incredible nobody with any common sense or logic could believe it?  Do you really want a President who 24/7 wears magical underwear with the signs of satan on them?

“Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that
suffering produces perseverance.”  Romans 5:3 (NIV)

The suffering we all experience in this life.  Sadly, many people enjoy the suffering of others.  Even though they won’t admit it, some people take a certain amount of sick pleasure in seeing others suffer.  Somehow they feel better about their own life when they see someone else in pain.  Why else would pure garbage like Jerry Springer be so popular?  It is the explanation for why the judge programs have always been a staple of daytime television. It also explains why people become hooked on soap operas.  It is THE reason people are fascinated by reality TV programs that dominate television today. I know for a fact that it is why some people watch the Liveprayer television program, to hear the pain of others as they call in for prayer and counsel.

Suffering is something all who live in this sin-filled and fallen world will experience to some degree at various times in their life.  Some of our suffering in life is caused by others, and some is caused by ourselves. Dealing daily with the pain and suffering of so many people, I have such compassion for those who are going through those difficult times in life. Even when they are the cause of their suffering, it is still difficult to see someone in pain.  I have to be honest with you.  The other night I watched Scientology cult member Greta Van Susteren’s jailhouse interview with Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis for her “On the Record” program on the Fox News Channel.  I started watching the interview and prayed for Joe and that this might be a breaking point in his life.  By the end of the
interview I still prayed for his soul, but had ZERO compassion for him and the trials the was facing in his life.

Francis was initially jailed 6 months ago for contempt of court stemming from a civil action in Panama City, Florida for filming a sex act between two underage girls.  Subsequently, Francis has been charged with failure to pay over $20 million in income tax and is currently being held in a Reno, Nevada jail awaiting trial on those charges.   Francis is probably right that he has been targeted and treated unfairly because of who he is.   It is not normal to be jailed in the course of a civil action and why he has not been able to bond out on his Federal income tax case is an interesting issue.  However, I couldn’t muster any real sympathy for Francis even though he probably has been treated unfairly, especially after he compared himself to Jesus Christ!!!

You see, Joe Francis is one of the leading producers of pornography in the world and a man whose company does apx. $40 million a year in sales of his videos that exploit and demean a seemingly unending stream of young women who are far too eager to bare their bodies for his cameras.  Sadly in this nation, what Francis does for a living is 100% legal.  That doesn’t mean everyone agrees with what he does or likes it.  The mayor of Panama City, a popular spring break destination, told Francis that he was not welcome there.  Like most who have lots of money, Francis felt invincible and went there anyway.  It will eventually come out in the course of the legal proceedings whether he was set up or actually broke the law, but the fact is he ended up with the legal problems he is facing in Panama City because of his pride and arrogance.

Where I lost any compassion for Francis was when he decided to compare his “suffering” to the suffering of Jesus Christ.  He described how in that Florida jail he would be stripped, handcuffed and shackled to go to the shower, which is how it is done in most jails.  He then talked about how he would fall down and have to get himself up.  At one point he said he was in tears and the Chaplin saw him and asked if he thought about Jesus.  Francis said he had and that this is what they did to Jesus.  GIVE ME A BREAK!  This porn king who made millions exploiting young women and polluting our culture with his garbage that has helped enslave and destroy the lives of those who consumed it, was now comparing his suffering to the suffering of Jesus?

Listen, I know what Francis went through, I had a similar experience 18 years ago.  It is called “the treatment.”  It is not illegal.  It is not inhumane.  It is demeaning and humiliating.  It is how you are “punished” in jail for being someone of notoriety.  I can tell you stories of what is known in the Federal system as “diesel therapy.”  It is when a US Attorney wants to make your life miserable after you are in custody and need to be
transferred from one point to another.  Rather than a 3 hour flight from Pensacola, Florida to Chicago after I was arrested on insider trading charges in December of 1989, I spent the next 40 days “on the road,” stopping every night in little county jails along the way, being kept in isolation at each stop.  You are shackled and handcuffed every moment you are not in your cell.  It is not fun, but never for a second did I equate what I was going through with Jesus.  I did this to myself, I was guilty, JESUS WAS AN INNOCENT MAN WHO DID IT FOR ME, YOU, AND EVERYONE ELSE!

When we think about suffering, we think about the suffering we do in this life from just living in an evil and sin infested world.  That is why our relationship with the Lord is so critical.  A byproduct of that relationship is the strength we get from within to endure the suffering of this life.  A byproduct of that relationship is the peace and the joy we can know despite the suffering we may be experiencing.  A byproduct of that relationship is
the victory we can know even in the midst of the suffering life often brings our way.  It is our relationship with the Lord that enables us to live a life of peace, joy, and victory even in the midst of the suffering we often have to endure!

Of course the Bible also talks about the suffering we do for the Lord.  It says we should count it as joy to suffer for Him.  My friend, you should rejoice if you are given the chance to truly suffer for Jesus.  After all, He suffered for you!  There is NO suffering you will ever do, even to the giving of your life, that will compare with the suffering He did in paying for your sins.  We should be grateful if we get the chance during our life to suffer for the cause of Christ.  There are many brothers and sisters in Christ around the world who suffer every second of their life to be called a follower of Christ.

Most in this country call suffering getting up for church on Sunday morning, or having to perform some act of service.  We haven’t got a clue what suffering for the Lord really is, but as our nation spirals deeper in the spiritual abyss it is in we may find out very soon.  If you ever get that opportunity, stand strong, know the Lord is with you, and boldly, proudly, and without fear, proclaim that Jesus is your Savior and He is the Lord of Lord and King of Kings!!!

I love you and care about you so much.  Pray for Joe Francis.  He is a very lost and confused young man.  Equating his suffering humiliation in jail only demonstrates that fact.  He has made millions exploiting young women and destroying the lives of those who consume his filth.  I pray that this truly will be a time of breaking for him and that whatever suffering he is going through, it truly will cause him to take inventory of his life and make a commitment to Christ.  What a testimony if Joe gets saved, turns his life to Christ, gives up his pornography empire, and becomes a spokesman for the Lord!

I will be praying for you as well.  I know this morning many are suffering from the trials and tribulations of life.  I pray today that God will give you His strength, peace, and joy despite the challenges you face today. That in the midst of your suffering, you will come to know His presence in a special way.  He loves you and has promised to never leave you nor forsake you, even in your suffering!  I will pray for you as well that if you are fortunate to get the opportunity to suffer for the Lord, you will embrace that opportunity.  It is one of life’s great honors to be able to suffer for Christ.  I pray that you will seize such a moment and let your life be a living sacrifice for Christ and that He will be glorified in your suffering.

These are the last days.  Great persecution will soon come upon the church and God’s people.  That is what the Bible says.  These are the times for those who know Christ to stand up and be counted.  Those who are playing games, those who are serving the Lord with the wrong motives, will all fall away.  It is that faithful remnant which will remain as they take their stand and truly suffer for being called a Christian.  This life is about one
thing, being faithful, even unto death.  Now is the time for those who love the Lord to let this world know that no matter what we have to face for simply being a follower of Christ, we will proudly suffer for Jesus just as Jesus proudly suffered for us!!!

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

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bkeller@liveprayer.com

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Update on Liveprayer Saturday, Oct 27 2007

“This day the LORD will hand you over to me, and I’ll strike you down and
cut off your head. Today I will give the carcasses of the Philistine army to
the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and the whole world will
know that there is a God in Israel. All those gathered here will know that
it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the
LORD’s, and he will give all of you into our hands.”   1 Samuel 17:46-47

In the heat of the battle for the eternal souls of men!  In the 78 days
since I shared with you on August 7th the vision to reach even more lost
souls ( http://www.liveprayer.com/ddarchive3.cfm?id=3019 ), satan’s legions
were  been unleashed and have come after me personally and Liveprayer
non-stop.  It has literally been 78 days of relentless warfare.  I realize
most people are simply living their lives, just dealing with the day-to-day
problems we all face and rarely are exposed to the intense, heated spiritual
warfare that takes place on the front lines in serving the Lord.  It is like
watching a football game on television, or even in person.  Unless you are
actually on the field, in the trenches, you can never really appreciate the
speed and violence of each play.  For those who have served our nation and
have actually been in combat, you understand and have experienced the heat
and raw emotions of being in combat and taking live fire.

This message today has several purposes.  The first is to encourage you to
keep fighting, especially if you are in the heat of life’s battles.  The
second is to help you realize that satan is a very real foe whose clear and
stated goal is to kill, steal, and destroy.  The third is to bring you up to
speed on Liveprayer and all that has been happening here over these past 11
tumultuous weeks.  Lastly, is to help you understand that while satan is a
very real foe, he is also a very defeated foe!  If you have put your faith
and trust in Jesus Christ you are assured of being on the winning team.  The
end of the book says that Jesus will rule and reign along with His followers
while satan and his followers are destined for the Lake of Fire for all
eternity.  That knowledge is what gives followers of Christ the ability to
go into battle for the Lord and fight on no matter what the odds may look
like, since we already know the final score!!!

With just 68 days left in 2007, this has been the most amazing year yet for
me personally and for Liveprayer.  Between the door God opened with Howard
Stern right after the year began, the bold and visible national stance I
have taken against having the member of a satanic cult as our next
President, the battles with those who follow the false religion of Islam who
want to silence me, Liveprayer has become nationally recognized in the
public square and a huge target for satan and his minions to try and
destroy.  One reporter said that “Liveprayer has gone from white hot to
nuclear.”  It has clearly demonstrated what I have been telling you for over
8 years now, that Biblical Truth which was once accepted by most people just
40 years ago, is now considered in the year 2007 as  “hateful,”
“intolerant,” “narrow minded,” and “bigoted,” by most who have chosen to
reject the Bible as Truth.  What used to be the commonly held beliefs by
most people is now a minority opinion that even many who claim to be
Christians don’t even share!

Let me update you on the 4 areas of focus I talked you about in that August
7th Devotional.  The first is my relationship with Howard Stern.  I am sill
in touch on a weekly basis with Howard’s key person, however, we have not
been able to finalize any new opportunities on Howard’s program or Sirius
channel.  The key issue that we have gone back and forth about is the
content of any new programs I would do on Howard’s channel.  While I am out
to reach his listeners, I am not going to let Liveprayer or myself be turned
into a joke or one of his radio gags.  I believe we may be close to coming
to an agreement on some new Liveprayer programs soon, so be praying.  I
still to this day am getting emails from his listeners, looking for prayer
and counsel.  It was an amazing opportunity to reach an audience that needs
to hear God’s Truth and the hope there is in Christ, so I am not surprised
based on the content of Howard’s program the devil is doing all he can to
stop any future Liveprayer programs.  The bottom line is satan unleashed one
of his agents on me and Liveprayer and it backfired on him big time!!!

The second is the Florida State Fair which is just 16 short weeks away.
While there is still lots of work to do, everything is on track.  Liveprayer
is going to be a title sponsor of next year’s Florida State Fair in
February. You do not understand what a HUGE deal this is. First of all, the
Florida State Fair is run by the State of Florida. Because it is a state-run
operation, there is the typical issue over any affiliation with a religious
organization. However, because of our presence last year, God gave us great
favor with Fair officials and we will be coming on board as a title sponsor
for the 2008 Fair. What that means is that Liveprayer and our logo will be
on every TV, radio, and print ad for the 2008 Fair. We will be on the
millions of pieces of printed material the Fair will put out. In addition to
that exposure and visibility, we will have a 50×100 (5,000 SF) structure in
the heart of the Midway that will be called the “Liveprayer Gospel Tent.”

At the LGT, the front will have a huge multi-media display to tell people
about Liveprayer and challenge them in their daily lives. Like last year, we
will hand out lots of promotional materials to Fair visitors. Inside the LGT
will be a stage with state-of-the-art sound and lighting and seating for
400. All 12 days of the fair we will have live music at 2, 5, and 8. There
will be a time of prayer after each performance, however, after the music at
8 p.m., we will have an old fashioned camp meeting type service where I will
bring a message each night dealing with issues everyone faces and challenge
those who come to make a commitment of their heart and life to Christ. Last
year, over 500,000 people attended the Fair! What an incredible opportunity
to bring Christ to this world in a bold and visible way!!!

The third is bringing Liveprayer to cell phones.  We have found out that the
technology in the United States for video over cell phones is still years
away from being something most people can access.  It has been widespread in
Europe and Asia for years, but the United States cell phone market is many
years behind those parts of the world.  All of the various opportunities we
have looked at all include us charging people to access our content and I am
simply not going to do that.  For several years now people have been able to
access the Daily Devotional on their cell phones and other wireless devices
by going to :   http://wapdd.com .  Every day we get hundreds of emails from
cell phones that have the ability to send text messages to my email address,
bkeller@liveprayer.com.  We send our response back to the email address that
ties in to the phone it came from.  It would be nice to bundle all of our
Liveprayer content into one icon on people’s phones, but most new phones can
go to the website, get the Daily Devotional, send and receive emails,
without me having to charge them.

The fourth area and the one that has been under the most ferocious attack to
literally take it out has been the Liveprayer TV program.  In the August 7th
Devotional I shared with you our plans to continue our late night program on
the CBS owned Tampa affiliate we had been on for 4 1/2 years and add a new
morning program on another station.  It was within only a week after that
Devotional came out we found out CBS was canceling our late night program
due to pressure they received from the extremist Muslim group CAIR.  But
God’s hand was on the program since we did our last program on CBS Friday
night August 31st and our first new morning program the following Monday.

It was 2 weeks into our new morning program on the Sinclair Broadcasting
owned station that I received a call telling me the Sinclair corporate
attorneys said we would no longer be allowed to take live phone calls, the
hallmark of the program since we started.  The people at the Sinclair
station in Tampa who negotiated with us a 2-year contract knew full well we
took live phone calls, and they were now telling us they had a corporate
policy that stated no program can take live phone calls.  So for the past 5
weeks I have had to do the program without being able to take any calls from
the viewers, which of course has always been the key ministry component of
the TV program and why we do it live.  It is also why it is called LIVE
PRAYER!

Despite satan’s attacks and efforts to destroy this TV program that for 1212
programs now has brought Biblical Truth to the secular TV airways and has
without shame or compromise told people that their only hope in this life
and for all eternity is a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, God has
kept His hand on this unique outreach unlike anything that is on TV today.
There is NOBODY on secular television today taking the Biblical stand we
take every day on Liveprayer and while it has caused those who are the
enemies of God to come against it, it has brought hope to millions over the
years and seen tens of thousands of people we know of come to the saving
knowledge of Jesus Christ by faith!

Here are the exciting plans for the TV program.  We will do our last morning
program on the Sinclair station Friday November 2nd.  Monday, November 5th
we will move the program to the “i” Network affiliate in the Tampa market.
It will still start at 7:30 a.m. as it does now, but will only be on for a
half-hour due to network commitments that start at 8 a.m.  WE WILL BE BACK
TAKING LIVE PHONE CALLS!  This is a short-term solution to get us through
November and December and keep the continuity of the program until Monday,
January 7th when we are planning to end the morning program…and be back on
nationwide on the “i” Network live from Midnight to 1 a.m. every Monday
through Friday!!!!  SATAN IS A LIAR AND A LOSER!!!

*Please be in prayer with me for the person or people God is calling to help
me with the $3 million we need by the end of November, that will enable the
Liveprayer TV program to be back on nationwide January 7th.  We proved last
year in jsut 10 weeks that this program will bring hope to millions of lost
and hurting people while helping to lead this nation back to God and
Biblical values.  Oprah became the most powerful woman in the entertainment
business and worth over $1 BILLION dollars from a single TV program.
Imagine a program whose motives and goal isn’t money and power but the
eternal souls of men and the soul of this nation!!!  I assure you that this
program is satan’s worst nightmare and why he is stopping at nothing to
destroy it!  Please be praying with me as God brings the right person or
people to help me in the coming weeks to take this critical step that will
give this nation a live, daily voice for God’s Truth in the marketplace that
the world won’t be able to ignore!  If God is calling you to help me, please
contact me right away at:  bkeller@liveprayer.com

I love you and care about you so much!  My word for you today is this.
Don’t give up, don’t ever give up!  No matter how fierce the battles get,
DON’T EVER GIVE UP!  God will see you through to victory!  I know most
people simply are not called to the front lines.  We all have our roles to
play.  This is where God has called me to do my work for the Kingdom,
literally battling for the souls of men 24/7/365!  I don’t have the luxury
of giving up or quitting.  This is the life I’ve been called to and
committed to live.  There is no turning back for me.  When the battle is
most fierce, when things are not looking good in the natural, that is when
my faith must become real.  Faith is believing God can and will do what He
has promised in His Word.  God promised He would fight for us.  God promised
that the battle is His.  What everyone else sees as impossible, I hold to
the promise that ALL things are possible with God.  God’s Word tells us that
we are the victors and not the defeated!

With just 68 days left this year, despite all of the attacks and battles and
frustrations, it has already been the most productive year ever for
Liveprayer as far as the number of people we have reached, the number of
emails we have received and responded to, the number of praise reports we
have received, and most important of all, the number of people we know of
who have accepted the Lord as their Savior.  We heard from right at 50,000
so far this year who have accepted Christ into their heart and life by
faith.  That my friend is what this is all about.  That is why I go through
all I do each day.  To not just bring God’s Truth back into the marketplace,
but to bring His hope to the hurting and the love of Christ to the lost.
The battle I fight on the front lines each day is literally a battle for the
souls of men!!!

While God may not have called you to the front lines, He may be calling you
to help me as I fight each day with satan for the souls of men.  We have
brave men and women in Iraq and Afghanistan this very moment fighting to
keep our nation free and safe.  They can only fight because they have the
resources they need to fight with.  If our government didn’t supply them
with their weapons and everything else they need, no matter how committed
they were it would be impossible for them to do what they were called to do.
I am in that same position.  As committed as I am to the Lord and the call
He has on my life, I can only fight each day because of the love, prayers,
and sacrifice so many in the Liveprayer family make each day to make that
possible!  It is amazing how God has raised up this one website to not only
reach millions of people around the world, but to bring a small group of
people together who love Jesus to make a huge impact on the eternal souls of
men and this world!!!

With just one week left in October, I still need to bring in just under
$50,000 to cover the rest of our October budget.  I really need right away
3-4 people to make the sacrifice of $5,000-$10,000, another 3-4 people to
make the sacrifice of $1,000, and everyone else who is able to make the
sacrifice of whatever God lays on your heart to help me with.  The only
reason I have made it through this difficult year, fighting the battles I
have had to fight, while still doing the work God has called us to each day
over the Internet and on secular television and seeing the great harvests of
fruit from that work, is because of so many in the Liveprayer family who
have faithfully prayed for me and God’s work here and made the sacrifice to
give what they could to support our efforts for Christ.  Please take a
moment right now and pray and seek the Lord what He is calling you to give
to help me insure all of our October needs are met.

TO GIVE A GIFT TO LIVEPRAYER, you can use your major credit card on our
secure server at: www.liveprayer.com under the “Donation” link, you can give
using your PayPal account using my email address: bkeller@liveprayer.com ,
or you can mail your gift to: Liveprayer, 6660 46th Ave. North, St.
Petersburg, Fl 33709. All gifts to Liveprayer are 100% tax deductible.

Thank you for helping me and for standing with me, you will never know how
much strength I draw from knowing that you are praying for me and each day
when I see the donation reports of the faithfulness of so many who literally
make great sacrifices to give what they can to help see souls snatched from
the flames of hell to a mansion on the gold paved streets of Heaven!  In the
end, all of these earthly battles will not matter.  The only thing that will
matter in eternity are those souls who have come to know Jesus as their
personal Lord and Savior!

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

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Jesus Has Already Won But Don’t Let That Stop You From Ministering To Those in Need Saturday, Oct 27 2007

The war to keep the sin of homosexuality from becoming accepted and
condoned, even celebrated, has been lost!  So you still think this is a
Christian nation?  Over the past 40 years prayer and Bible teaching have
been taken out of the public schools, we legally slaughter over 4,000
innocent babies a day, gambling and pornography are now socially acceptable,
profanity is no longer considered bad language, Jesus, the Bible, and the
Christian faith are openly mocked while the cults and false religions of the
world are now revered and protected, we have changed God’s definition of
what marriage and the family is, places that call themselves churches and
men and women who call themselves pastors don’t even believe the Bible and
operate in complete rebellion to God’s Word, and the sin of homosexuality is
now considered an acceptable mainstream lifestyle choice.

Hello!  Christians!  Think it is time we wake up???

How could all of this have happened in such a short period of time?  Simple.
Men and women who God called to lead his church and people have failed to do
so.  Many of them deny the inspiration, inerrancy, and Truth of the Bible
and have led people to accept and condone what God clearly calls sin.
Others have chosen to preach a gospel of motivation and prosperity  that
tickles the ears of the masses and garners them huge followings of people
who don’t want to hear about sin and sacrifice, only how to be successful
and rich by this world’s standards.

I watched with amazement these past few weeks as Joel Osteen has been out
hawking his new book that gives people 7 keys to be successful.  Funny, not
one of the 7 has a thing to do with Scripture or the real success of a
person, only temporal earthly success you would hear about in a Tony Robbins
meeting.  How a pastor can sit on nationwide TV for an hour and never ONCE
utter the name of Jesus is actually a pretty amazing feat.  Sadly, because
of his worldly success, you now have other “pastors” who go on national TV
and call themselves “life coaches” and other names, never once mentioning
the Bible or the name of Jesus or the fact that Christ is man’s only hope
now and for all eternity.

Still others have gravitated to a social gospel, seeking to solve the
problems of this fallen world like hunger and sickness and poverty, without
ever mentioning the greatest need a person has, to have a relationship with
Jesus since that “offends” people.  These are noble causes but wasn’t it
Jesus who said “the poor you will always have with you.”  That doesn’t mean
we don’t reach out to the poor and the sick, but the greatest need a man has
isn’t food and medicine, it is to know Jesus as their Savior.  Too many who
are navigating the waters of the social gospel, have had to compromise the
absolutes of the Bible and create unholy alliances in order to do the work
they are doing.

Never before has our silence and failure to lead been as evident as in the
war we have lost regarding making the sin of homosexuality an acceptable
mainstream lifestyle choice.  Don’t believe me?  Dear Abby is now on board
stating that it is OK to be gay (  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21212639/  ).
You say big deal, who cares what Dear Abby says?  It is just another example
of a long standing cultural icon who has reinforced that this choice of
sexual activity is acceptable and even desirable!

In case you missed it, this past weekend  Harry Potter author JK Rowling
revealed that her character Albus Dumbledore, the headmaster of Hogwarts
school for wizards in training, is gay!  She said her announcement was meant
to help people become more tolerant of gay people.   So now the Potter books
are not only helping to educate children on how witchcraft, wizardry, and
sorcery are acceptable, but so is the choice by men to have sex with other
men and women to have sex with other women.  All that is left is for Rowling
to announce Hermione had sex with Harry, got pregnant and had an abortion!

Need more?  How about the new ad campaign in Italy (
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=071024175433.inucp5pp&show_article=1
&catnum=0  )  to help spread the lie that people are born gay.  If you need
to be outraged today, check out this poster of a newborn baby with a
wristband that says HOMOSEXUAL to drive home the myth that people are born
gay, instead of telling the truth that taking your pants off to have sex is
a CHOICE!!!

Also, this Sunday Gospel singer Donnie McClurkin is supposed to sing at a
Barak Obama gathering.  His appearance has come under tremendous fire since
McClurkin takes a Biblical stand on the sin of homosexuality.  He was raped
by male relatives as a child and chose to live a gay lifestyle for many
years.  However, he turned to the Lord and has lived in freedom from that
bondage for years now and has been a wonderful living testimony of God’s
grace, preaching the Truth about this sin.  Obviously, his appearance has
outrage the homosexual community so to placate them, Obama has now invited
an openly gay “pastor” to also appear that night and speak.  My counsel to
Donnie is to RUN from this man who supports the slaughter of babies and the
sin of homosexuality, and DO NOT share the stage with a man who calls
himself a preacher but chooses to live in open and unrepentant rebellion to
God!

How did we get to this place as a nation?  Men and women God called to lead
who led the church into their own little subculture, apart from mainstream
society.  We retreated behind the four walls of the church into the comfort
and prosperity of the “Christian trough,” something satan was only too eager
to let us do since it removed the “salt” and “light” from the marketplace
and left it to his wolves to ravage.  Now when we step out of our
comfortable little subculture back into the real world, we are faced with
babies being slaughtered, men marrying men and women marrying women, porn
and gambling everywhere you turn, filthy language accepted as normal
conversation, all of the media vehicles being used to carry Satan’s lies to
the masses to insure their souls will end up in hell, and parades to
celebrate a sin like homosexuality!!!

I love you and care about you so much.  The sad fact is, we can’t turn back
the hands of time.  Things are never going to be the way they used to be.
Those days are gone and over.  However, in the wake of this gross and
unbridled sin are the destroyed lives of real people who bought the sweet
lies of sin and are now paying the price for their rebellion to God.   This
is a new opportunity for the church and for God’s people to be the true hope
and answer for those who are still breathing, whose lives have been
devastated by sin, and who yearn for the peace and joy that can only come
from having a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

A byproduct of all this sin is the coming wrath of God and great persecution
on the church and God’s people.  This is the time when all of the ways we
have figured out to divide ourselves will no longer be important, when those
who serve the Lord for mammon will fall away since it will no longer be
profitable, and those who aren’t serious about their faith will run from it.
Left will be a faithful remnant whose citizenship is not of this world and
whose goals are not earthly but Heavenly.  It is this faithful group who
will help bring in a great harvest of souls as the final moments of human
history unfold.

My prayer for you today is that you become more bold in your witness for
Christ.  Don’t emulate some of these so-called leaders who have been
programmed by their business handlers to never even utter the name of Jesus
so people aren’t offended and book sales aren’t hurt.  It is at the name of
JESUS that every knee shall bow and every tongue confess Him Lord!  The
Bible proclaims that there is only ONE NAME by which men are saved, the name
of JESUS!  If we are ashamed of Jesus, He will be ashamed of us.

Take your stand for Jesus my friend.  In a nation and world that has
rejected our Lord and His Truth, now more than ever He needs each one of his
true followers to stand for Him.  Yes, this nation is no longer a Christian
nation, and yes the war to stop the sin of homosexuality from becoming
mainstream has been lost, but when this world as we know it comes to an end,
sin will be defeated and the TRUTH will prevail!

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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Liveprayer Needs Saturday, Oct 27 2007

Blessings my friend,

“dear mr. keller i called you when your show first started .i believe that
was in 2004. myself and my boyfriend were both addicted to meth for many
years.i had attempted suicide several times throughout my life.i had lost
all of my children,i spoke with you on the air ,we prayed,i fell to my knees
and told god that i could not live this life anymore,and if he really loved
me to either change me ,or take me home.well i had a lot of things i had to
get right.now its been 4 years no drugs! praise god! ive got costudy of my
youngest daughter, they said i would never have a chance at having! my
boyfriend now my husband,completely changed and on fire for god ! ive had so
many people tell me that i would never be the same,meaning i was crazy and
messed up beyond repair,but god has truly changed my heart and my life, and
now i know, i will never be the same. thankyou for your prayers, i love your
show!”

Do you want to know why I have fought so hard for the TV program, why I have
been on my knees begging people to help me?  It is people like this and the
thousands of others just like her that I we have heard from, and knowing how
many more MILLIONS there are who we can reach!!!  This isn’t about money my
friend, this is about real lives, and real souls!!!

Since March of 2003 when we launched the Liveprayer TV program here in the
local Tampa market, to the expansion of the program around Florida in July
of 2005, to the 2 short runs nationally last year, I have asked for help
from and depended on dear friends like yourself to sacrifice to help me
create and sustain a special vehicle that would go into the secular
television arena and compete head-to-head with the programming of the world
to bring the uncompromised Truth of God’s Word and the love and hope of
Christ to the lost and hurting masses.

Through over 1200 programs we have fought each week to raise the finances to
sustain the program, dealt with the never ending attacks of satan, while
faithfully ministering to millions fo people, many whose lives have been
impacted and changed by the power of God, tens of thousands we know of who
have come to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ!!!

We are still working on putting 30 people together to each make a one-time
gift of $100,0000 to raise the $3 million we need for the first quarter,
however, God has also opened the door over these past months to a wonderful
group of Christians who have raised hundreds of millions in venture capital
for start-up ideas.  They have agreed to invest their time, effort, and
resources into helping me take the TV program national because they believe
in the work we are doing and due to the fact this is not a start-up idea,
but an ongoing work of God with a nearly 5-year track record.

They are raising $12 million to cover the entire first year.  As of January
when we go back nationwide, there will be no more local program, everything
will be focused on the national  program since we will have the funding to
sustain the program for the first year, giving it time to grow, attract the
audience we need, enabling our ad agency the sufficient time they need to
lock in the niche advertisers we will need for the program to continue past
that first year and not only sustain itself, but also throw off a nice
profit each year.

The wonderful new for me personally is that we already have a loyal base of
support at Liveprayer who can sustain our Internet budget each month without
me having to depend on large donations and special gifts each month that I
have needed to cover our TV budget.  Also, with the program going to a
half-hour in November and December, we will be saving some funds during
these two months as we keep the continuity of the program prior to going
back nationwide January 7th.

I am coming to you today to first thank you, since without your love,
prayers, and great sacrifice, the TV program would have never been possible.
Friends like you always came through when I need you to keep the program
going.  I know in my heart that this program has the ability to not only
impact millions of lives for Christ, but the spiritual direction of this
nation!  While it is has already impacted millions of live and led tens of
thousands to faith in Christ during these past 5 years, it is just the
beginning of the fruit we will see in years to come!   YOUR SACRIFICE HAS
KEPT IT ALIVE AND LAID THE FOUNDATION OF THIS UNIQUE VEHICLE GOD IS USING TO
SAVE SOULS AND BRING THIS NATION BACK TO GOD AND BIBLICAL VALUES!!!

As we are just 5 days before the end of our 98th month, we still need
$43,000 to cover the rest of our October financial obligations.  It is
critical that we keep up with our basic monthly needs so that the daily
ministry operations of Liveprayer don’t suffer.  Each month, it is friends
like yourself who God speaks to who make all we do for so many people around
the world each day possible.  I am sending you this special message today
because I really need your help immediately.

If you have given this month, THANK YOU!  If not, please help me today with
the best gift you possibly can.  It is not the amount you give God sees, but
your heart.  All I ask is that you pray, give according to your ability to
give, and give obediently and cheerfully as the Lord instructs you.  Don’t
expect someone else to do what God is asking you to do.  Never forget, our
blessings are tied to our obedience.

TO GIVE A GIFT TO LIVEPRAYER, you can use your major credit card on our
secure server at: www.liveprayer.com under the “Donation” link, you can give
using your PayPal account using my email address: bkeller@liveprayer.com ,
or you can mail your gift to: Liveprayer, 6660 46th Ave. North, St.
Petersburg, Fl 33709. All gifts to Liveprayer are 100% tax deductible.

*Don’t forget, we can take donations of stock which if you check with your
CPA, can actually help you with your taxes.

When our lives are over and we stand before God, the only thing we can hope
for is to hear Him say, “Well done, thou good an faithful servant, enter
into my rest.”  Those are the words I yearn to hear and I know you do as
well.  That is why I do all I can each day to serve Him faithfully and with
all that I have.  I never forget for a moment that it is dear friends like
you that help me to do that and you will never know how much it means to me.
Whatever rewards or crowns there may be when my journey is complete don’t
belong to me, they belong to you.  Your legacy is being sealed for all
eternity in the souls who will be forever in Glory because you were faithful
and obedient.

May you and your family be richly blessed and know that you are in my
prayers!

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

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Juice in Blue Thursday, Oct 25 2007

This week’s topics on the TV program:  Tuesday, September 25- Las Vegas-a
modern day Sodom and Gomorrah, Wednesday, September 26- A prayer and
blessing on where you live, Thursday, September 27- The rise of children
being sexually abused, Friday, September 28- Solomon’s summary of what life
is about

OJ…again!  How many thought you were in a time warp last week as you were
watching the endless coverage of OJ Simpson’s latest run-in with the law.
We even had the live cameras in the court as they marched “The Juice” into
the courtroom in his blue prison jumpsuit for his bond hearing.  Of course
there is no more Johnnie Cochran, he died several years ago.  However, there
was OJ’s new attorney, Yale Galanter, his oldest daughter Arnell, his
sister, his girlfriend of 12 years who just happens to look like his dead
wife Nicole, and even a now blonde and cosmetically enhanced Marcia Clark,
though this time she is part of the media instead of the lead prosecutor.

This just in, it is only starting!  I can assure you, between FOX News,
MSNBC, Court TV, CNN, TMZ and the rest of the celebrity expose programs, it
will be wall-to-wall OJ for the next year.  He is a dream-come-true for the
24-hour cable news networks and Hollywood magazine programs since there is
this insatiable voyeuristic appetite for celebrities.  People like OJ,
Paris, Britney, Lindsey drive ratings as people can’t get enough of knowing
every detail about their lives.

*Do you know a revival would hit this nation and millions would come to
Christ if the same people who read the supermarket rags like the National
Enquirer each week would read the Bible instead.  If the same people who
follow every detail of the lives of celebrites would follow every detail of
God’s Word this world would be turned upsdie down overnight!!!!!!

Let me tell you something my friend. The OJ Simpson case was a horrible
tragedy for everyone involved. The public couldn’t get enough of it. Jon
Benet Ramsey was a horrible story. The public ate up every detail. The Laci
Peterson case is another tragedy with no winners. The public couldn’t get
enough of it. Politics has never been a world for the faint-hearted. But
whatever level of decorum there used to be is long gone and it is simply now
an all out war with no boundaries. Sports used to be wonderful family
entertainment. It has now sunk down to the depths of the garbage Vince
McMahon produces which is designed to appeal directly to the most base
desires in man. “Reality television” is nothing but the glorification of man
’s misery.

THERE IS NO PLACE LEFT FOR THE “ENTERTAINMENT” WORLD TO GO BUT TO START
HAVING PEOPLE DIE FOR THE PLEASURE OF THE VIEWERS! WE LIKE TO THINK WE ARE
MORE ADVANCED THAN THOSE PEOPLE WHO USED TO SPEND THEIR AFTERNOONS IN THE
COLISEUM WATCHING PEOPLE DIE FOR SPORT-BUT MY FRIEND, WE ARE NOT!

The anchor scripture today from Paul’s second letter to Timothy gives us a
clear picture of what man will be like in the last days. The fact is, it is
a clear picture of what man is like TODAY! While we like to think of
ourselves as kind, good, sophisticated enough to live above and in control
of our base instincts and desires, the reality is there is a level of
depravity in men today greater than what anyone could imagine. Man’s
inhumane treatment of man is greater today than ever before in recorded
history. Sadly, I see too many examples of this each day in the emails we
receive here at Liveprayer.

We are clearly living in the last days. Simply reading the words of Jesus in
Matthew 24, Peter’s words in 2 Peter 3, the passage from 2 Timothy today
tell us we are in the last days and that Jesus is coming soon. Seeing the
events unfold in our world today are also clear indicators that time is
running out and at any moment we will hear that trump blow and the Lord
return. The fact is, things are not going to get better, only progressively
worse. But we should not be defeated by that fact, but emboldened since that
is exactly what the Bible says is going to happen. Our job is to be found
faithful, being about our Father’s business when He returns.

As a people, we have a growing and insatiable appetite to see others in
pain. We have a film industry that produces every kind or perversion man can
dream up, a video game industry that creates violent “games” for children
and young adults that desensitize them to death, a music industry that
churns out one CD and video after another promoting every kind of ungodly
act imaginable, a radio and television industry that has been more than
willing to be the main carrier of man’s depravity to the masses, and
publishers who are more than willing to lower themselves to the lowest
depths to feed man’s unending hunger to read about the tragedy others
experience.

The good news, however, is that when you come to know Christ as your Savior,
when you ask Christ into your life, He changes your heart. You no longer
enjoy the pain of others, but hurt when they hurt. Where once you were
apathetic about those around you, you now care for them. You can no longer
hate your neighbor, but now have a great love for them. Instead of wanting
to see people fail, you now cheer for them to succeed. Jesus Christ has
miraculously transformed you into someone who loves other people.

It is out of that love for other people that you become a servant to them.
Our purpose in this life is to serve and glorify God with our lives. We
accomplish that by serving others. The world says to be successful you have
to have others serve you. God says to be successful you have to serve
others. He has called us to serve others in many different ways, but they
are all based on sharing with them the love of Christ and that Jesus is
their answer for this life and for eternity.

I love you and care about you so much!  I will be praying for you today.
Praying that you will let Christ’s love flow through you to those you meet
in your life each day. While we are living in a world that becomes more
depraved with every passing day, eaten up by those who choose to live their
lives in rebellion to God, those who know Christ stand out like great
beacons of light in the darkness. It is in their darkest hours that many
will come seeking that light and looking for the hope only found in Jesus
Christ. That is why now more than ever we must continue to reach out to the
lost and hurting with His love, sharing with them the fact that Jesus loves
them and can take their hardened black heart and turn it into a heart of
flesh and love!

“Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to everyone
according to what he has done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and
the Last, the Beginning and the End. “Blessed are those who wash their
robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through
the gates into the city. Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic
arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who
loves and practices falsehood. “I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you
this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David,
and the bright Morning Star.” The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let
him who hears say, “Come!” Whoever is thirsty, let him come; and whoever
wishes, let him take the free gift of the water of life. – (Revelation
22:12-17 NIV)

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.cfm

***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/Audio.cfm
Also, you can now listen to the Daily Devotional by phone by calling,
1-727-342-5673

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Divestment is Working to Save Human Lives……. Thursday, Oct 11 2007

Divestment is catching on.

Dozens of cities, states and universities have announced policies to divest from companies that are helping to fund the genocide in Darfur.

Last week, we launched an aggressive ad campaign targeting the five U.S. firms most invested in genocide – Franklin Templeton, JPMorgan Chase, Capital Group/American Funds, Fidelity Investments, and Vanguard. These firms have the largest holdings in PetroChina, a Chinese oil company that helps fund the atrocities in Darfur.

We must make sure these firms know that it is unacceptable to invest in companies that fund genocide. Click here now to take a look at our hard-hitting, new ad and send all five firms a message.

In the six months since we launched Divest for Darfur, we’ve seen how effective our voices can be:

• The House passed (by 418 votes to 1!) a bill that would empower individual states to divest.
• Four companies announced they will cease operations in Sudan or significantly change their relationships with the country.
• Berkshire-Hathaway has sold significant portions of its holdings in PetroChina.

But we need your help to ratchet up the pressure – and continue this trend toward divestment.

Click here now to let these companies know they must do their part to help stop the violence in Darfur – and watch the ad that is bringing that message to a national audience.

We saw divestment help end apartheid in South Africa. With your help, we can use divestment to help end the violence in Darfur.

Please send your message to these five firms, then click here to ask your friends and family to join you in supporting Divest for Darfur.

Thank you again for your commitment to ending the violence.

Best regards,

Colleen Connors
Save Darfur Coalition

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Albert Einstein Tuesday, Oct 9 2007

“The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.”
                                                                                                                   

Albert Einstein

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Peacekeepers Attacked Saturday, Oct 6 2007

Once again the news from Darfur is tragic. Last weekend, 10 African Union peacekeepers were killed in an attack on their base.

This attack serves as a reminder of why we’re fighting to ensure the immediate deployment of a strong international peacekeeping force to Darfur. Darfurians have been living with such brutality for years, and will continue to do so until our world leaders act.

Join me in sending a strong message to President Bush and UN Secretary-General Ban, reminding them that the time to deploy the authorized peacekeeping force is NOW. Click here to sign the petition – we cannot wait any longer.

This attack only weakens an already overburdened African Union mission and threatens to delay the arrival of the international peacekeeping force that was authorized by the UN Security Council in July.

We cannot allow this deployment to be derailed. Urge President Bush and Secretary-General Ban to ramp up efforts to immediately deploy peacekeepers.

It is at times like this when the hope for peace is in danger of being drowned out by these headlines of despair. That is why, right now, speaking out is more crucial than ever.

Please send your message and then click here to ask your friends and family to join you in doing the same.

Thank you for your continued support for the effort to bring peace to Darfur.

Best regards,

Colleen Connors
Save Darfur Coalition

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