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On Monday, March 26th, I was witness to a remarkable move of God. My client  Bill Keller host of " Live Prayer with Bill Keller" went live for one hour on the Howard Stern Network, counseling and praying for Stern listeners.  Bill faced off with the toughest audience on the planet -- Stern listeners. And I'm here to tell you, God showed up, and showed off!  The heart of an evangelist shined through, as did Stern's genuine concern for one of his regular listeners "Jeff the drunk," who Bill (with Stern's support) made a public commitment on the air to find Jeff a job as a Carpenters apprentice . . . a lifelong dream of Jeff's. 

My hat is off to Howard Stern, for presenting a one-hour live prayer special on his network.  Say what you will about Stern but in this instance, he showed a heart of compassion.  "Be blessed Howard..... May the Lord Jesus Christ bless you in a mighty way. You did good!"   

Below is the clip of the Stern 101 Special featuring "Live Prayer with Bill Keller."  Be forewarned this is uncensored and not suitable for children or easily offended Christians (you know who you are!!!). Bill's appearance on the Stern network was raw,  real and remarkable.  What you'll hear is a man of God dealing head-on with topics that range from sex changes, to addictions, to homosexuality, all from a biblical worldview --God's view.

I hope the Howard Stern special touches you as it did me.  http://www.liveprayer.com/stern1.cfm   

Below are Bill's reflections on Times Square and on being on the Howard Stern Network. 

Susan Zahn
President/CEO
WDC Media

Into the Lion's Den 

By Bill Keller.

This is going to be a little different Devotional today than most days. It is more a collection of my personal thoughts about my trip to New York City, the Liveprayer special on Howard Stern's Sirius Satellite Radio channel, and God's calling on my life. Please pray, and open your heart as you read these words today. What I am sharing with you really encapsulates the whole vision of what Liveprayer is about and the vision God has given me for His work here. I can tell you this, I have come back from NYC and the Stern experience even more focused, more sold out and fired up about what God has called me to do with my life . The past few days were God's clear affirmation on all that we have done through Liveprayer for nearly 8 years now and the green light to move forward in bringing His Truth to the masses and the hope of Christ to the lost and hurting!

Let me start first with my reflections on being in New York City. Twenty years ago when I was running from God, I made many trips to NYC for business and pleasure. This was my first trip to NYC since going into the ministry. Obviously, I had a whole new perspective and saw things with a very different mindset. My wife and I flew to NYC on Saturday evening and were blessed to be staying at the Trump International at Central Park. I remember getting up early Sunday and looking out over Central Park, watching the tens of thousands of people in the park walking, running, riding their bikes, and walking their dogs. For a second, God gave me "spiritual eyes," and instead of seeing tens of thousands of people, I saw tens of thousands of souls! So many of them simply living their lives oblivious to the fact that they would die one day soon and spend eternity in hell.

How sad and how unnecessary. Jesus already paid the price for the sins of all mankind. Watching the throngs of people in Central Park that Sunday morning, my heart was breaking knowing so many of them would perish for all eternity when they could just as easily be heading towards a mansion in Glory when their life here is over. Some, of course, have heard and rejected God's love. Many have bought the lies of different false religions, cults, and New Age philosophies. However, there were so many who have simply never clearly heard that Jesus loves them, died for their sins, and has a wonderful plan and purpose for their life. Every day, so many people die and go to hell needlessly because they have simply never been confronted and challenged and given the opportunity to commit their lives to Jesus!

Sunday night my wife and I went to dinner and we had to drive through Times Square. As we sat in the taxi, crawling along Broadway inch by inch, I was mesmerized by the endless attempts to get my attention. A 50 foot picture of P-Diddy advertising his clothing line. Huge billboards advertising Broadway shows and the newest movies. Huge lit banners promoting Sony, Nike, Revlon, and scores of other products. Several 20-30 foot TV monitors playing ads for cars, jeans, alcohol, and various TV programs. It was actually sensory overload as these Madison Avenue creations were all competing for the hundreds of thousands of eyeballs in Times Square.

As I sat there taking it all in, something was clearly missing in all of these images. Glaringly absent was any message that when you are hurting, dealing with life's problems, there are answers and hope in Jesus. THERE WAS NOTHING, NOT EVEN ONE SIGN, TELLING PEOPLE THAT JESUS IS THEIR HOPE AND ANSWER! P-Diddy won't save anyone's soul. Sony won't save your marriage. Nike isn't going to help you find freedom from some addiction. Versace wants to take your money not help you when you need to pay your mortgage. Chivas Regal is not the answer you need. Where is the vision of the Body of Christ? In the midst of all the bright lights, the billboards, the modern day electronics, the only real hope and answer for people's lives WAS MISSING!!!

( I assure you, one day VERY SOON, Liveprayer WILL have a very visible presence in Times Square and Jesus will be represented!!!) 

Monday afternoon, I had the joy of spending some time with a man who is part of the Liveprayer family who has sacrificed greatly to help us reach the lost and hurting people around the world we do each day. His office was on 5th Avenue across from St. Patrick's Cathedral. I mentioned to him that St. Pat's would be an incredible place to open up during the day and night and hold a great revival. What a wasted facility. Again, as we talked, I looked at the teeming masses down on 5th Avenue, seeing lost souls, not people. So many lost souls on a conveyor belt to hell, many oblivious of what awaits them when they take their last breath. I told my friend that while it is great we go to foreign countries to bring those people the Gospel, we don't need to go any further than next door to reach the lost for Christ. I've stated before, the greatest mission field in 2007 is not some remote jungle or isolated country, but right here in the United States!

The hour special on Howard Stern's Sirius Satellite Radio channel Monday night was exactly what I expected, and other than having two of the people live in the studio with me, pretty much what I deal with each night on the Liveprayer TV program. If you have not heard the program, the audio for the hour special is located at: http://www.liveprayer.com/stern1.cfm In the aftermath of the program, we received over 2200 emails for prayer, 80% were from people who were seriously looking for prayer, counsel and guidance. We had 5 people we know of pray with me at the end of the program to accept the Lord. One person summed it up pretty well when he stated" When I heard that Howard Stern let a man preach the Bible and Jesus to his audience I knew hell had just frozen over and there had to be a God!"

In the end, Stern and his audience are all just people. Clearly many have thoroughly rejected God's Truth and Christ's love, but they still have problems, trials, issues like all people do. In their time of need, many are willing to reach out. I was there to do what I do every day here on Liveprayer.com and on the TV program each night, reach the masses with God's Truth and the lost and hurting to let them know they are not alone, someone cares, and there is hope. One of Stern's regulars who was with me in the studio was a man they call "Jeff the drunk." Jeff had a car accident years ago and lost the use of his right arm. Every day Jeff drinks and smokes pot and is literally floating through life until he dies.

After Jeff got past his persona and I was able to get him to really open up (Howard actually called in and was supportive of Jeff reaching out. That was one of the amazing moments of the hour.), he admitted he would love to be a carpenter. I got all of Jeff's information after the program. He actually lives in E. Berne, outside of Albany, New York. I have made it my mission to get Jeff into some sort of carpenter's apprentice program in Albany and plugged into a church that will truly reach out to him and help him find the hope he needs each day to turn his life around. So if anyone in the Liveprayer family is in the Albany area, please let me know (email me at: bkeller@liveprayer.com ).

The rest of the program consisted of a man who had a sex change operation and clearly had no desire to change his very confused life and a prostitute from Montana who thinks she is the Messiah and was also not interested in any real help. They were both part of Howard's infamous "Wack Pack." The phone calls were across the board, no different than what I get every night on the TV program. One that stood out said he had called to make fun of the program but after hearing Jeff and the fact we were gong to try and help him turn his life around, decided not to. I closed the program like I do my TV program every night, asking people to think about their eternal souls and giving them the opportunity to accept the Lord as their personal Savior by faith. All in all, it was a great hour and the name of Jesus was lifted up and glorified!

I love you and care about you so much. This was a powerful weekend for me personally. As motivated and pumped up as I am every day to do all God has called me to do, I came back Tuesday even more fired up. I didn't think was possible. I have an even greater sense of urgency in what we are doing in these last days. Having literally seen the lost masses I speak of so often, it has given me a greater passion and desire to reach those who are hurting and will die and spend eternity in hell without the Lord. I have the answers they are searching for, God's Word, and I can point them to the hope they want, a personal relationship with Jesus Christ! 
 

To learn more about Bill Keller and Live Prayer, or to sign up for his daily Devotional, please visit www.liveprayer.com.