Daily Devotional for Sunday October 26, 2025

The church is supposed to lead the culture! and, To obey is better than sacrifice!

DAILY DEVOTIONAL SUNDAY OCTOBER 26, 2025

(1 Samuel 15:22)

***Liveprayer Church***

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***Personal Message For You From Bill Keller***

Matthew 5:11-12 says, "Blessed are ye when they may reproach and persecute you, and say every wicked thing against you, lying, for my sake. Rejoice and exult, for your reward is great in the heavens; for thus have they persecuted the prophets who were before you."

I need your help today. We are still trying to clear up the final $15,000 from our August shortfall and the $55,000 from September. I am praying for several of our friends who God has blessed and enabled to help me with a special gift in the coming days to insure we at least clear up the $15,000 balance of August this weekend and the $55,000 September shortfall by the end of next week. Pray, seek the Lord, and give as the Lord purposes in your heart! AMEN! To give a gift to Liveprayer at: http://liveprayer.com/donate.cfm

***Daily Personal Prayer For You***

Dear Lord, thank You for another day. Please let me never take even one day for granted, since each day is a gift from YOU! Help me to be a witness for You this day in my thoughts, words, and deeds. Let the Jesus in me shine bright during this day so that everyone I come in contact with knows that there is something different in my life. Help me to be a blessing to others and a bold witness for You. In the name of Jesus I pray...AMEN!

***The Daily Liveprayer TV Nugget***

A Bishop in the Church of England made a completely false statement recently that sadly rings true in too many churches in this country. He incorrectly stated, “the culture trumps the Bible!” Jesus tells us in the Gospels that WE are the “salt” and “light.” The church is supposed to affect the culture it is part of. The reality is, in 2025 it is the culture that is affecting the church. That has never been demonstrated more clearly than with the rise of the “fake church” I have spoken about on the TV program many times over the years. The “fake church” is the subject of the Daily Devotional today! I think that over 50% of our supposed Christian churches are now part of the “fake church,” churches who operate in rebellion to the Truth of God’s Word. These churches have risen up as real examples of how the Church of England Bishop falsely stated that the culture trumps the Bible. My friend, The Bible is the inspired, inerrant Word of God, representing Absolute Truth, and it is our FINAL AUTHORITY IN ALL MATTERS!!! THE TRUTH OF THE BIBLE TRUMPS THE LIES OF THE CULTURE!!!

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***October Financial Update***

I need your help today. We ended September still requiring the final $30,000 from our August shortfall and the $55,000 we required for our September ministry operations or $85,000. So far $15,000 of that has come in during the first weeks of October bringing our shortfall down to $70,000. I am praying that we can clear up this shortfall in the coming days so we can work on the $55,000 we require for our October ministry operations in the final days of the month. OUR GOD IS ABLE!

The Bible teaches us to “give according to our ability to give.” For some that may be $10 or $20. For others it may be $50 or $100. Still others it may be $200, $500, $1,000, $10,000 or more. God will bless your gift no matter the amount.

Also, don’t forget a gift of $1,800 covers one day of ministry at Liveprayer. I received this email recently, “Pastor Bill, My wife and I have just sold our last rental and God told us to tithe $1,800.00 to pay for a day of your ministry. Not looking for accolades, just that you know when you receive the check. Rest assured that we will still be making our regular weekly tithes."

To give a gift to Liveprayer you can use your major credit card at: http://liveprayer.com/donate.cfm or you can mail your gift to: Liveprayer, 6662 46th Ave. North, St. Petersburg, FL 33709. All gifts to Liveprayer are 100% tax deductible!

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Live on after you are in Heaven!!! By remembering God's work here at Liveprayer in your will/estate planning, you can still help me share His Truth with the masses, be here for people in their time of greatest need, and help lead the lost to faith in Jesus even after God has called you home!!! God has led many of our friends in the Liveprayer family to remember His work here in their will. Please pray about this opportunity to continue and partner with me in the Lord's work at Liveprayer, even after you are enjoying your rewards and the eternal peace of Heaven! If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact me at: bkeller@liveprayer.com

The Bible teaches us that to "obey is better than sacrifice." What an incredible truth this verse is for our day to day lives. It supports the verses of Ephesians 2:8 and 9 that tells us that our salvation is by faith and NOT of works. While God is concerned about what we do with our lives, the fruit that we can produce for the Kingdom from our efforts, He is first and foremost concerned with our obedience. You see, our obedience flows from a heart that is yielded to Him, a life that is surrendered to do HIS will and not OUR will.

This very day you will have a chance to obey or rebel against God. In reality, during the course of any given day there are many opportunities that we consciously choose to obey or rebel against God. But I want to focus on the very next decision that you have to make after reading these words.

IT IS NO ACCIDENT THAT GOD HAS ALLOWED YOU TO READ THESE WORDS. GOD IS PREPARING YOU FOR THE VERY NEXT DECISION THAT YOU WILL MAKE WHERE YOU CAN EITHER OBEY HIM, OR NOT!!!

The life of King Saul is a very sad commentary of someone that God anointed in a great way and chose to rebel against God. King Saul lived with the same free will that God gives to all of us. He had to make choices each day to obey or rebel against God. Sadly, there are ALWAYS consequences for our rebellion. These consequences come in many forms but there is always a price to pay when we choose not to obey God.

Likewise, blessings will always follow our obedience to God. The greatest blessing of all is that peace that passes all human understanding we receive when we are living our lives the way God has asked us to. When we are living for Him, making choices that honor God, there is a peace and joy that you could never put a price on!!!

I love you and care about you so much. Today's Devotional is a special warning for you to be aware of the choices that you will make today. You will have many opportunities today to choose to obey God, or rebel against God. I will be praying that you will make the choice to obey God. To set aside your will, your desires, for His will and His desires.

Jesus promised His followers a life of abundance. That abundance comes from living a life pleasing and acceptable to God. God loves us so very much. Like any parent, He only wants the best for us. When He asks us to obey Him, it is not for HIS good, but for OUR good.

In the Old Testament, many of God's children were quick to offer up sacrifices to Him, yet their hearts were far away from Him. They honored Him with their lips but God saw their hearts. We obey God out of our love for Him. All of our good works, our good deeds have little meaning to God if our hearts are not right.

When we have surrendered our lives to Him it is our DESIRE to love Him, and we show Him that love through our obedience. We can tell our mother or father how much we love them, but we SHOW that love through our obedience. God is the same way. We can sing praises to Him, do great works in His name, but it is our obedience that shows God how deep our love for Him really is.

As you go through the rest of this day, remember these words...TO OBEY IS BETTER THAN SACRIFICE. You will be making a choice very shortly in which you can obey God, or rebel against Him. Show God how much you love Him today, and OBEY.

In His love and service,

Your friend and co-laborer in His work,

Bill Keller