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Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

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  • Verse of the Day

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 19:4
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    Exchanging Your Currency Tuesday, June 23, 2020 I once went on a mission trip to Russia. We were coming to the end of our trip and had lots of rubles. We went to a market and I found a book I wanted to buy. I hesitated because I thought it cost too many rubles. I negotiated with the man,...
  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    God: The Father Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. 1 John 3:1   The Father in Heaven is likened to an earthly father wh...
  • Daily Prayers

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   The hymn Faith of Our Fathers inspires me to trust You, my Father in Heaven...   Faith of our fathers, living still, In spite of dungeon, fire, and sword; Oh, how our hearts beat high with joy Whe...
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    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Hebrews 11:8-10 New King James Version (NKJV) Faithful Abraham 8 By faith, Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. 9 By faith he dwelt i...
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    The Manger And The Inn Monday, June 22, 2020   It's 2000 years ago in Bethlehem. The inn is filled with people, and probably noise, maybe even some celebrations. It would seem the center of activity, the place to be, where the action was, the focal point. Outside, away from the...
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    Jesus: Jesus of Galilee Now Peter sat outside in the courtyard. And a servant girl came to him, saying, "You also were with Jesus of Galilee.” Matthew 26:69   Jesus of Galilee was both His name and address. The angel told Mary to name Him Jesus. His name ...
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    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father,   The Bible teaches that "faith without works is dead." James 2:26   Please give to me the wisdom and motivation to step out of my comfort zone and to put my faith into action.   I don&rsquo...
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    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day "faith without works is dead." James 2:26
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    Jesus: Jesus Christ Our Lord I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with the mind, I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin. Romans 7:25   His name was Jesus. That’s the name given to Him by Mary and Joseph. Throu...
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    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Jesus Christ my Lord,   Thank You for teaching us about how to be great in Your Kingdom...   ...whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant. And whoever desires to be first among you, l...
  • Verse of the Day

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day ...whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant. And whoever desires to be first among you, let him be your slave— just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His l...
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    The Trinity: Leader The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters. He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake. Yea, though I walk through the va...
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    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father in Heaven,   You sent Your Son, my Lord Jesus Christ, who gave His all for me on the Cross.   Jesus tells us...   "...take up the cross and follow me." Mark 10:21   My precious Savi...
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    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day "...take up the cross and follow me." Mark 10:21
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    The Time Of The Fig Tree Friday, June 19, 2020 The sacred Hebrew Biblical year ends around the month of September and October, the end of summer, the beginning of autumn. This is also the time of the fig harvest. In the New Testament, we read about a fig tree that doesn't bear it...
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    Jesus: God With Us (Immanuel) They shall call His name Immanuel, which is translated, "God with us." Matthew 1:23   The angel told Joseph to name Jesus Immanuel, which means “God with us.” When Jesus was born, God visited humanity. He came to live with pe...
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    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father,   Thank You for always being with me, as Jesus promised...   For He, Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” Hebrews 13:5   You are in control, even...
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    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day For He, Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” Hebrews 13:5
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    Fear Or Thanksgiving Thursday, June 18, 2020 Recent scientific tests revealed something totally consistent with the Bible. They studied fear and anxiety. What they found was that it's pretty impossible to be thankful and fearful at the same time. If you're giving thanks from your heart, ...
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    Jesus: I Am Now when He said to them, "I am He," they drew back and fell to the ground. John 18:6   Jesus is the I AM, the eternal all-powerful LORD. Moses asked the Lord what His name was. The Lord answered, “I AM WHO I AM…Thus you shall say to th...
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    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father in Heaven,   You sent your only Son to save me.   My Lord Jesus is the great I AM.   Jesus is without beginning, and without end...   “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Begin...
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    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day John 3:16-17 New King James Version (NKJV)   16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.   17 For God did not send His Son into...
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    Yom Kippur Comes At The End Wednesday, June 17, 2020 Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement is the most holy day of the Hebrew year. It is the day that the Jewish people find atonement, forgiveness, cleansing, reconciliation, and peace with God. It falls near the very end of the sacred Biblica...
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    The Holy Spirit: The Fullness of God To know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Ephesians 3:19   The Holy Spirit is the Fullness of God. He is sent into your life by the Father and Son to fill you with all ...
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    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father in Heaven,   I want to be holy like You.   ...it is written, 'Be holy, for I am holy' 1 Peter 1:16   Please fill me with Your Holy Spirit.   Please lead me to live for You in ...
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    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
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    Hollywood's Broken Hedge Tuesday, June 16, 2020 Do you know that there was in Hollywood something called the Production Code? The Production Code of Hollywood stated, among other things, "No film or episode may throw ridicule on any religious faith. Ministers of religion in their charact...
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    Jesus: The Commander of the Hosts of the Lord So He [Jesus] said, "No, but as Commander of the army of the LORD I have now come." And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped, and said to Him, "What does my Lord say to His servant?" Then the Commander of t...
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    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father,   Too often I beg You for help in my plans.   Please teach me to submit my plans to You and to seek Your wisdom and direction for my life...   Commit your works to the Lord, And your th...
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    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Commit your works to the Lord, And your thoughts will be established. Proverbs 16:3
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    The Unseen Clothes Monday, June 15, 2020 In Exodus 28, the Lord speaks about the dress of the priests of Israel. The instructions not only cover the outer clothes but also the inner clothes. The priests had to wear holy undergarments. Even though no one would see them, even these underga...
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    Jesus: Cloud I don’t want you to forget, dear brothers and sisters, about our ancestors in the wilderness long ago. All of them were guided by a cloud that moved ahead of them, and all of them walked through the sea on dry ground. 1 Corinthians 10:1 &...
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    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Let me begin by thanking You for taking care of me, my family, and my loved ones.   Thank You for always being there to carry us, to protect us, and for loving us for eternity.   Please lead me,...
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    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such, there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23
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    The Father: The Ancient of Days I was watching in the night visions, and behold, One like the Son of Man, coming with the clouds of heaven! He came to the Ancient of Days. Daniel 7:13   The Lord is called the Ancient of Days. He is eternal; He knows everyt...
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    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Thank You for loving me as my perfect Father in Heaven.   I don't want to strive against You with my own self-efforts.   I want to totally obey You and fully depend on You.   Plea...
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    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
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    Jesus: The Deliverance of Zion And it shall come to pass that whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be deliverance, as the LORD has said, among the remnant whom the LORD calls. Joel 2:32   ...
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    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   Thank You for all of Your promises that are new every morning.   Thank You for opening Your arms and welcoming me to come to You, to find rest in You, to find freedom in You, to have abundant life in You. &...
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    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day The Lord upholds all who fall, And raises up all who are bowed down. Psalm 145:14
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    Finding His Henna Friday, June 12, 2020   In the Song of Solomon, the bride says of the bridegroom, "My Beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi." Why the henna blossoms of En Gedi? Why not the henna blossoms of Galilee? Why not just henna blos...
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    Coffee Time with Jesus Jesus: The Consolation of Israel And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was just and devout, waiting for the Consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. Luke 2:25   Jesus w...
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  • Daily Prayers

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   You know my mind, my heart, and my heartaches.   You have showered me with blessings and carried me through many valleys of pain and sadness.   Thank You for the godly influences of special peop...
  • Verse of the Day

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. Psalm 23:4
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    Messiah, His Pouring Name Thursday, June 11, 2020 Today's Hebrew word is "Shemen," which means OIL. In the Song of Solomon, the bride says to the bridegroom, "Your name is like Pure Oil." It means that the bride is so much in love with the bridegroom that she finds his name to be as gent...
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    Jesus: A Good Man And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people. John 7:12   As the Feast of Tabernacles approached, Jesus was the main topic of discussion. The pe...
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    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   You are my Creator and I am blessed and amazed to read this beautiful Bible passage about my Savior Jesus...   In the beginning, was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. H...
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    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day In the beginning, was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him, nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and th...
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    Paper Like A Knife Wednesday, June 10, 2020 A piece of paper is one of the weakest and most flimsy things in the world. But paper can be dangerous. You don't believe it? Have you ever been cut by a piece of paper? Have you ever had a paper cut? How can something so weak as a piece of pap...
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    Jesus: The Lawgiver There is one Lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. Who are you to judge another? James 4:12   The Lord Jesus is the Lawgiver; He runs the world through natural laws such as the law of gravity. No one can break these laws without suffe...
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    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father in Heaven,   Thank you for giving us Your laws to keep us on track, to keep us safe, to help our lives to be more orderly, secure, and happy…and to protect us.   Please help me to focus on Jesus: The Lawgiver ...
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    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Judge not, that you be not judged. For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. Matthew 7:1-2
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    Performing The Zarak Tuesday, June 9, 2020 In the sacrifices of the Bible, there was often a special act performed at the end of the offering called the Zarak. It was the sprinkling or the applying of the blood. The blood of the sacrifice had to be sprinkled or applied to the altar - spr...
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    Jesus: The Life Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.' John 14:6   Jesus is the Life; He is the source of life. He embedded the world with His life when He created it (Colossians 1:16)...
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    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father,   Thank You that Jesus paid the price to save me.   For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:23   Thank You for You...
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    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:23
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    Waiting For The Bride Monday, June 8, 2020 When I got married, there was a malfunction with the preparation of the bridesmaids. Something went wrong and they ended up looking like something out of the bride of Frankenstein. Because of the malfunction, the wedding was held up by two hours...
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    Coffee Time with Jesus The Holy Spirit: The Breath of God's Nostrils The foundations of the world were uncovered at Your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils. Psalm 18:15   The Holy Spirit is the Breath of God’s Nostrils. When ...
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    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father,   I pray that I will always have a testimony that points to You.   Help me to live as if today were my last before entering eternity, for I know not what tomorrow may bring.   I pray... ...
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    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day The foundations of the world were uncovered at Your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils. Psalm 18:15
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    Coffee Time With Jesus Jesus: The Lamb Slain from the Foundation of the World All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. Revelation 13:8   As Israel faced ...
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    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   I join with all of Heaven in proclaiming...   Worthy is the Lamb who was slain To receive power and riches and wisdom, And strength and honor and glory and blessing! Revelation 5:12   ...
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    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Worthy is the Lamb who was slain To receive power and riches and wisdom, And strength and honor and glory and blessing! Revelation 5:12
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    Jesus: The Head of All Principality and Power And you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power. Colossians 2:10   Jesus is the Head of All Principality and Power, which means that laws and authority originally came from Him. Because He is ri...
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    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Because You are for me, who can be against me?   What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us al...
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    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? Romans 8:31-32
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    One Sin Never To Commit Friday, June 5, 2020 There were a number of ministers of the Gospel in prison for their faith under Communist rule. One of the younger pastors was troubled by his sins and confessed them to an older minister. This older minister replied: "You have indeed sinned". ...
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    The Father: The Father of Spirits Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live? Hebrews 12:9   When you worship the Father, remember that...
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    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   I pray for all those who are reading this prayer today.   Please touch their lives in great and mighty ways.   Please draw them closer to You and provide......Comfort on difficult days, &nb...
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    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Every time we think of you, we thank God for you. Day and night you’re in our prayers as we call to mind your work of faith, your labor of love, and your patience of hope in following our Master, Jesus Christ, before God our Father. It is clear to ...
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    The Blessings Of The Shalem Thursday, June 4, 2020 Among the sacrifices of the Bible, one was called the Shalem. The root word behind this sacrifice means "peace" but also "to make complete." Messiah is the fulfillment of all the sacrifices of the Bible, and certainly of the Shalem. If y...
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    Jesus: The Head of the Body And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence. Colossians 1:18   Jesus is the Head of the Body; the One who gives direction to the Ch...
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    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   I need to learn to take one day at a time and not to worry about tomorrow.   Jesus reminds me...   Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?...
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    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ ...For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and ...
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    The Scare House Wednesday, June 3, 2020 Did you ever as a child, go through an attraction that was supposed to scare you? It may have been called a scare house or a haunted house. And you rode or walked through it, and it was dark. You might have even felt hands touching you and heard sc...
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    Jesus: The Hidden Manna He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give some of the hidden manna to eat. And I will give him a white stone, and on the stone, a new name is written which no one knows except ...
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    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Dear Father God, Please help me to develop a thirst for You. Please give me a hunger for Your daily Manna. Please increase my desire to spend time with You today. Draw near to Godand He will draw near to you.James 4:8 Please make me aware of Your presence...
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    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. James 4:8
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    You Are Not What You Don't Eat Tuesday, June 2, 2020 You've heard the expression, "You are what you eat." Of course, it's true. Whatever you eat, that's what you are. That's true in the physical realm and also in the spiritual. If you partake of spiritually bad food, if you receive into ...
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    The Father: Father of the FatherlessA father of the fatherless,a defender of widows,is God in His holy habitation.Psalm 68:5 God is the Father of the Fatherless; He cares for the poor and needy. The Father cares for those who can’t look after themselves, and for all people who belong to Him...
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    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father,   You are Father of the Fatherless.   A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in His holy habitation. Psalm 68:5   I pray for those who have a void in their ...
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    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the day A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in His holy habitation. Psalm 68:5
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    LOCUSTS, PESTILENCE, & THE CALL OF GOD Monday, June 1, 2020 I always seek to be careful with regard to speaking of the future. But months before 2020 began I told others that I believed 2020 would be a dramatic year, an important year, a critical year, and a year of shaking. I shared thi...
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    Jesus: The Hope of Glory To them, God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. Colossians 1:27   Jesus is the Hope of Glory. All people will die, except those who m...
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    Dear Father God, Truly blessed are those who share the Good News of Jesus Christ... How beautiful upon the mountainsAre the feet of him who brings good news,Who proclaims peace,Who brings glad tidings of good things,Who proclaims salvation,Who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”Isa...
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    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the DayHow beautiful upon the mountainsAre the feet of him who brings good news,Who proclaims peace,Who brings glad tidings of good things,Who proclaims salvation,Who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”Isaiah 52:7
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    Jesus: The Image of the Invisible God He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. Colossians 1:15   Jesus is the Image of the Invisible God whom you can’t see. Throughout history, people have asked to see God, but God has protected th...
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    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   I want to know You more.   You are great and You do great things.   I want to spend more time with You each day.   Please remind me...   ...to make time to sit befo...
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    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. John 10:27
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    The Holy Spirit: The Breath of the Almighty The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life. Job 33:4   The Holy Spirit is the Breath of the Almighty; He gives life to all living things. When Adam was originally created, God breathed into ...
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    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Oh Breath of God,   Please breathe on me.   Fill me with life anew, that I may love what You love, and do what You do.   Please breathe on me, Breath of God, until my heart is pure, until my will becomes one with...
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    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Again he said, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I am sending you.” Then he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. – John 20:21-22
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    The Fruit Of Adam And Messiah Friday, May 29, 2020 In Genesis, we read of the fall of man. It all centers on the partaking of the forbidden fruit. All sin comes from this act, the partaking of the fruit. What about redemption? Before He gave His life to bring redemption, Messiah celebrat...
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    Jesus: The Just One Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you now have become the betrayers and murderers. Acts 7:52   Stephen preached a convicting sermon to t...
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    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   Please work through me today and guide me so that I will have the mind of Christ in all I do today.   Help me, that I will not do anything in my flesh, nor out of any selfish ambition or vain conceit... &nb...
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    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others. Let th...
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    The Zeroah Of Israel's Gathering Thursday, May 28, 2020 In Ezekiel 20, it's written: "I will bring you out from the nations and will gather you out of the nations from which you are scattered... with an extended arm, and with fury poured out." This is a prophecy of the regathering of the...
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    Jesus: A Prophet Mighty in Deed and Word And He said to them, “What things?” And they said to Him, “The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a Prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people.” Luke 24:19   ...
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    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   You are the Almighty Father God who sent His only Son Jesus who was Mighty in Deed and Word.   You are Mighty to save, Mighty to heal, Mighty to provide, Mighty to redeem, Mighty to love.   You ...