Welcome to the ULC Minister's Network

Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

Recent Entries

  • Sapphries

    Alone on the Roof Wednesday, July 21, 2021   Peter was staying at the house of Simon the Tanner and he went up on the roof to pray. So why did Peter go up on the roof to pray? He went up on the roof because he wanted to be alone with God. We often don't realize how important it...
  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Jesus: The Priest of the Most High God (El Elyon) For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him. Hebrews 7:1   Melchizedek was a priest of the Most High God; and b...
  • Daily Prayers

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear God,   You are the Creator and Ruler of all.   You are the Most High God, El Elyon, the God who rules Heaven and Earth.   I lift You up and praise You for who You are, for Your great works and for Your greate...
  • Verse of the Day

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him. Hebrews 7:1
  • Sapphries

    The Heart & the Day Tuesday, July 20, 2021   How's your day going? You probably think that if things are going bad you're having a bad day and if things are going good, it's a good day. But the Bible says something completely different. And it can change the way you live your l...
  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    The Father: God and Father With it [the tongue] we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God. James 3:9   The Lord is both your God and Father. He’s not just your God, who is powerful and far off. But H...
  • Daily Prayers

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Today I recall the children's song...   I am a promise, I am a possibility I am a promise with a capital “P,” I am a great big bundle of potentiality And I am learning to hear God&rs...
  • Verse of the Day

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day With it [the tongue] we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God. James 3:9
  • Sapphries

    God's Illegal Activities Monday, July 19, 2021   The Supreme Court ruled that kindergarten children can no longer verbalize a prayer of thanksgiving as they partake of their morning snack. The words that the Supreme Court ruled contraband is this: "We thank you for the flowers ...
  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Jesus: Our Peace For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation. Ephesians 2:14   Most people think that peace is the cessation of war or that peace is doing something enjoyable, such as sitting by a lake or...
  • Daily Prayers

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   Thank You for bringing Your peace to my heart and to my mind today.   Please help me to live in your peace...   Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, wit...
  • Verse of the Day

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds ...
  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Jesus: Potentate He will manifest in His own time, He who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords. 1 Timothy 6:15   There are different kinds of power that Jesus has as a leader. A judge has judicial power, because the entire police...
  • Daily Prayers

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   So often I hear what people are going through and I feel sad and sorry for them.   And when I’m going through tough times, I often become upset about it.   But when I look at the story Josep...
  • Verse of the Day

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive. Genesis 50:20
  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    The Trinity: The Judge of All the Earth Far be it from You (God) to do such a thing as this, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from You! Shall not their Judge of all the earth do right? Genesis 18:25 ...
  • Daily Prayers

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear God,   Please Search me and Know me...   Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties; And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 139:23-2...
  • Verse of the Day

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties; And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 139:23-24
  • Sapphries

    The Church pig Friday, July 16, 2021   In the German town of Wittenberg, you can find the Town Church in which Martin Luther used to preach to the German people. But if you walk around to the back of the church, you'll find a sandstone relief with an image of a pig, about three...
  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Jesus: Fullers' Soap But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap. Malachi 3:2   Jesus is likened to Fullers' Soap, which was the best cleansing and white...
  • Daily Prayers

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   This is the day that You have made and I will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalms 118:24   May I see all the good that You accomplish around me all day long.   I do not want to focus on anything n...
  • Verse of the Day

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if t...
  • Sapphries

    The Pilgrim's Souvenirs Thursday, July 15, 2021   One of the biggest problems in leading pilgrimages to Israel is that of souvenirs. The Promised Land is filled with souvenirs, even in some of the holiest of sites. There was always the danger that some of the pilgrims would be ...
  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Jesus: He Who Fills All in All Which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all. Ephesians 1:23   Jesus is He Who Fills All in All. Think of all you want to do for God; you can do it if you have faith to move mountains (1 Corinthians 13:2). Think of all you...
  • Daily Prayers

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Pray Dear Lord Jesus,   Please be with me and guide me throughout this day.   I submit to You, I resist all evil and I want to draw near to you, I humbly ask you to draw near to me...   Therefore submit to God. Resi...
  • Verse of the Day

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. James 1:5   Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Dr...
  • Sapphries

    Thou Shalt be Loved Wednesday, July 14, 2021   Many commandments out there are not from the Bible. For instance, some of you went to Mt. Sinai and received a tablet that read, "Thou shalt be loved by everyone. Everyone shalt thou please and verily cause them to likest thee." It...
  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    The Holy Spirit: He But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you. John 14:26   The Holy Spirit is a person. He is not like smoke, fog, a...
  • Daily Prayers

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   I pray that as two people come together to join in holy marriage, that they will take their covenant and their responsibilities seriously, as Jesus taught...   Have you not read that He who made them at t...
  • Verse of the Day

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh&r...
  • Sapphries

    Heaven & Earth at the Same Time Tuesday, July 13, 2021   The Feast of Tabernacles is a beautiful and even mystical feast. For it celebrated two things at once. They would celebrate God's faithfulness to them in the wilderness while living in the Promised Land. The sukkah, or ta...
  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Jesus: He Who Comes in the Name of the Lord Then the multitudes who went before and those who followed cried out, saying… baruch haba beshem Adonai (in Hebrew) "Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD!" Matthew 21:9   On Palm Sunday Jesus rod...
  • Daily Prayers

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   Thank You for this new day.   Thank You that in You I "live and move and have (my) being." Acts 17:28   I am blessed because You are a forgiving and loving God.   You have done so m...
  • Verse of the Day

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day for in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also His offspring.’ Acts 17:28 NKJV
  • Sapphries

    The Butterfly's Rage Monday, July 12, 2021   Alright, you're not really satisfied with your walk, not real happy with the way you act. You're sick and tired of living less than joyous, less than holy, less than consistent, and less than victorious. It's not a bad thing. It's a ...
  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Jesus: Greater Than Solomon The queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and indeed a greater than Solomon is here. Matthew 12:42   Solo...
  • Daily Prayers

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   I don't want to strive against You with my own self-efforts.   I want to totally rely on You.   Please increase my faith.   Please forgive my unbelief.   James writes...
  • Verse of the Day

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. James 1:5
  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    The Father: Our Father in Heaven Your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him. In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven... Matthew 6:8-9   Not only were you born of an earthly father, but also you have a Father in Heaven. Whe...
  • Daily Prayers

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father in Heaven,   Today, I am praying for people in this world who do not have earthly fathers.   They may have never known their father, or their father was taken from them, or he may have left them at some point, or a m...
  • Verse of the Day

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of The Day Your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him. In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven... Matthew 6:8-9
  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Jesus: Greater Than Our Father Jacob Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, as well as his sons and his livestock? John 4:12   The woman at the well asked Jesus if He was greater than Jacob. She was being sarcasti...
  • Daily Prayers

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Good morning Father God,   Thank You for another beautiful day of life with You...   This is the day the LORD has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24   I pray that I will live this day ...
  • Verse of the Day

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day This is the day the LORD has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24   Bless the Lord , O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name! Psalm 103:1
  • Sapphries

    The Unrobing of the High Priest Friday, July 9, 2021   The High Priest of Israel was told to wear holy garments: garments of blue and white, a breastplate of twelve precious gems, and a white turban framed by a golden crown with a golden plate on the front which read, "Holy to ...
  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Jesus: Greater Than Our Father Abraham "Are You greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? And the prophets are dead. Who do You make Yourself out to be?" ...Then the Jews said to Him, "You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham?" Jesus said to...
  • Daily Prayers

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Please give me an insatiable desire and thirst for spending more time with You in prayer, worship and reading my Bible...   The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, To all who call upon Him in truth. ...
  • Verse of the Day

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, To all who call upon Him in truth. Psalm 145:18   Seek the Lord while He may be found, Call upon Him while He is near. Isaiah 55:6
  • Sapphries

    Being Truly Diabolical Thursday, July 8, 2021   What is the nature of the devil? The English word "devil" comes from the Greek word "diabolos" which comes from two Greek words: "dia" which means "against," and "bolos" which means "to cast." Together you get "to cast against" - ...
  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    The Trinity: God of My Praise (Elohim Tehilati) Don’t stand by silently, O God of my praise, while wicked people slander me and tell lies about me. Psalm 109:1-2 author's translation   David made it a habit to praise God all the time. David called the Lord...
  • Daily Prayers

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear God of My Praise,   I lift up Your name and praise You this day,   Today and everyday are Your days.   You are the mighty God, creator of the universe, lover of mankind, sustainer of all, most magnificent and...
  • Verse of the Day

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Don’t stand by silently, O God of my praise, while wicked people slander me and tell lies about me. Psalm 109:1-2 author's translation
  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Jesus: Greater than Jonah The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and indeed a greater than Jonah is here. Matthew 12:41   Jonah was one of the greatest preachers....
  • Daily Prayers

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord,   I am so aware of how the devil picks at me and tries to trip me all the time.   Please help me to...   Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion...
  • Daily Prayers

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord,   I am so aware of how the devil picks at me and tries to trip me all the time.   Please help me to...   Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion...
  • Verse of the Day

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. 1 Peter 5:8   Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.​ James 4...
  • Sapphries

    Shadowing the Snow Plough Tuesday, July 6, 2021   A friend of mine in ministry lived in upstate New York. When winter came, the snowfall would become so great that he couldn't continue driving. He'd pull over and wait until a snow plough came. As soon as the snow plough passed ...
  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Jesus: That Great Shepherd of the Sheep Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant... Hebrews 13:20   There are many roles for the Great Shepherd of th...
  • Daily Prayers

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father in Heaven,   Too many times I find myself, or I notice others becoming concerned about what someone else is or is not doing.   Some people will complain and refuse to go out of their way or beyond the call of duty to...
  • Verse of the Day

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant... Hebrews 13:20
  • Sapphries

    The one you Have to get out of the way Monday, July 5, 2021   An old man stands in the desert before a burning bush and the voice of God calls him to a great mission. Moses answered the call of God by saying, ""Who am I, that I, should go to Pharaoh and that I should bring the ...
  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    The Holy Spirit: The Glory of the Lord But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord. 2 Corinthians 3:18   The Holy Spirit is ...
  • Daily Prayers

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   As You instruct us in 2 Chronicles 7:14...   ...if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from ...
  • Verse of the Day

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day …if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14
  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Jesus: The Good Shepherd I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. John 10:11   Jesus called Himself the Good Shepherd, because He does what good shepherds do: They give their lives for their sheep. They give up the pleasures of home to l...
  • Daily Prayers

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Today I am thinking about how people try so hard to be independent.   We want to be individuals, to “do it ourselves.”   It starts when we are children.   We are child...
  • Verse of the Day

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God... Romans 8:16
  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Jesus: Good Master Now behold, one came and said to Him, "Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?" Matthew 19:16   The rich young ruler went to Jesus asking, “Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal li...
  • Daily Prayers

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father,   Thank You that You have given so much.   I am so thankful for Your love and the salvation that You provide for me...   In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent...
  • Verse of the Day

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 1 John 4:10
  • Prayer for our Nation

    A Prayer for our Nation By Debbie McDaniel's Dear God, Thank you for your great power. We praise you for your Truth. We’re grateful that you have set us free from the clutching grasp of sin and death. Would you be with your people, extending your grace, granting your freedom, prov...
  • Sapphries

    The Presence in the Present Friday, July 2, 2021   Do you want to enter the presence of God? Past, present, and future - which one sounds like the presence of God? The present is linked to 'the presence.' If you want to enter the 'presence' of God, you have to enter the 'presen...
  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    The Father: Our Spiritual Father Our earthly fathers correct us, and we still respect them. Isn’t it even better to be given true life by letting our spiritual Father correct us? Hebrews 12:9   The Lord is called our Spiritual Father. All spirits in t...
  • Daily Prayers

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father in Heaven,   Thank You for Your loving hand of guidance on my life.   And, thank You for Your love and discipline in my life...   ...the LORD disciplines those he loves... Proverbs 3:12  ...
  • Verse of the Day

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day All things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. Romans 8:28
  • Sapphries

    The Ominous Case of Pastor Latzel Thursday, July 1, 2021   Shalom, to you my Friend and Co-Minister in the Great Commission...   For years there had been warnings. For years it was said we were heading to it - but now it's happened. It happened in Germany. It inv...
  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Jesus: Rock of Spiritual Refreshment And by a miracle, God sent them food to eat and water to drink there in the desert; they drank the water that Christ gave them. He was there with them as a mighty Rock of spiritual refreshment. 1 Corinthians 10:3-4  ...
  • Daily Prayers

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus,   My Rock of Spiritual Refreshment, I'm thirsty.   I'm thirsty for Your Living Water of life my Lord Jesus...   He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow ri...
  • Verse of the Day

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst." John 6:35
  • Sapphries

    God's Feet on Your Thoughts Wednesday, June 30, 2021   It is written in Isaiah 66:1: "Heaven is my throne, earth is my footstool." That means that this whole world is, to God... a footstool. All our lives we've been living on a footstool; our thoughts in this world are footstoo...
  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Jesus: He Who Has the Bride He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. John 3:29   The Bride is the Church—born-again believers, those who hav...
  • Daily Prayers

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear God,   I praise You today for who You are.   I come to You today in prayer for married couples.​   You created marriage, as Jesus taught us...   And He answered and said to them, “Have yo...
  • Verse of the Day

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day And He answered and said to them, “Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two sha...
  • Sapphries

    Proceeding Without Pleasure Tuesday, June 29, 2021   Thomas More relays the incident when Lord Ellensborough, the presiding judge in a court case sat listening to a boring presentation by a lawyer. The lawyer asked, "Is it the pleasure of the court that I should proceed with my...
  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    The Trinity: My Helper So we may boldly say: ‘The LORD is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me? Hebrews 13:6   Hear, O LORD, and have mercy on me; LORD, be my helper! Psalm 30:10   The Lord is your Helper; He is the One who ...
  • Daily Prayers

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   Thank You for being my helper...   So we may boldly say: ‘The LORD is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me? Hebrews 13:6   Thank You for opening Your arms and welcomin...
  • Verse of the Day

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day So we may boldly say: ‘The LORD is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me? Hebrews 13:6
  • Sapphries

    Your Problem is a Plough Monday, June 28, 2021   The ancient Hebrews rejoiced in the reaping of their harvests. But before they could reap, they had to sow, and before they could sow, they had to plough. It was the ploughing that readied the ground by turning the soil over and ...
  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Jesus: The Holy One and The Just But you denied the Holy One and the Just, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you. Acts 3:14   The Jewish leaders rejected Jesus, the Holy One and the Just. They accused Jesus of being a blasphemer of God and a traitor to His na...
  • Daily Prayers

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   There are so many injustices in this world which I am burdened by and which I must place before You...   Increasingly governments make decisions contrary to the instruction of Your Word. People make choices...
  • Verse of the Day

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of you But to do justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with your God? Micah 6:8
  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Jesus: A Name for Salvation ...but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name. John 20:31   The angel commanded Joseph in a dream, “Call His name Jesus, for He will...
  • Daily Prayers

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Thank You for this new day.   I am in awe of Your creation...   Brilliant blue skies and the clouds that bring rain, Thunderstorms that send lightning and thunder crashing, Winds that ...
  • Verse of the Day

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. Genesis 1:31
  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Coffee Time with Jesus The Holy Spirit: The Gift of God If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water. John 4:10   The Holy Spirit is the Gif...
  • Daily Prayers

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father in Heaven,   Thank You for Your Holy Spirit, Your Gift to me.   I know that You have given to me spiritual gifts, talents, and abilities to use in Your service.   Please stir up the gift within me... ...
  • Verse of the Day

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day ‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ Says the Lord of hosts. Zechariah 4:6   Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you 2 Timothy 1:6
  • Sapphries

    The Non-Commandments Friday, June 25, 2021   There are times in ministry where people are carrying out a directive which they were told came from me. One day they tell me about it and I say, "I never said that." They say, "But I've been doing things this way because I was told ...
  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Jesus: The King of Peace To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all, first being translated "king of righteousness," and then also king of Salem, meaning "king of peace." Hebrews 7:2   Jesus is the King of Peace; no one can have peace apart from Him, be...
  • Daily Prayers

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   I want to experience Your peace in my life today.   And, we desperately need Jesus, The King of Peace, to bring His Peace to every home and nation today.   I desire Your perfect peace to guard m...