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• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 27, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Please give me a desire to be generous today and in the days to come as I follow Your example   You freely gave to me the very special gift of Jesus because of Your love for me.   Please help me...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 27, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day 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. John 3:16

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 26, 2019
  The Prisoner’s Love Tuesday, November 26, 2019 Annmarie was a young Slovak Christian imprisoned for her faith in Communist Eastern Europe. While imprisoned, her main desire was to see her torturer saved. So she spoke of the beauty and love of the Lord. Her torturer responded with m...

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 26, 2019
  A Done Deal and a Daily Development by Max Lucado   Are a bride and groom ever more married than they are the first day? The vows are made and the certificate signed—could they be any more married than that? Imagine fifty years later. They finish each other’s senten...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 26, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is through him that we utter our Amen to God for his glory. 2 Corinthians 1:20 ESV   A Time to Think Sometimes the only means of transportation is a leap of faith. —S...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 26, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father,   You are the Wisdom of God, the One who knows everything.   I don't want to strive against You by my own self-efforts.   I want to totally depend on You.   Please increase my ...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 26, 2019
  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

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 25, 2019
  God's No-Tolerance Policy by Max Lucado   Hypocrisy turns people against God, so he has a no-tolerance policy. Let’s take hypocrisy as seriously as God does. For starters, expect no credit for good deeds. None! If no one notices, you aren’t disappointed. If someone ...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 25, 2019
  Your Heavenly Genes Monday, November 25, 2019 When I was 5 years old, I saw a girl extremely tall for her age, and we were the same age. My mother told me the reason she was so tall was because of her genes. I thought to myself, “Why would she be tall just because of the pants she ...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 25, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. Hebrews 4:16   A Time to Think God shapes the world by prayer. The more prayer there is in the world, the bett...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 25, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   I present to You my body as a living sacrifice unto You.   Please help me to be holy and acceptable to You...   I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you prese...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 25, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. Romans 12:1

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 24, 2019
  He is Preparing a Place by Max Lucado   God’s purpose from all eternity is to prepare a family to indwell the kingdom of God. “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you a hope and a...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 24, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. Romans 8:1–2 NIV   A Time to Think Every burden...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 24, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father in Heaven,   Please help me to develop a deeper longing for time with You in worship, prayer and reading my Bible.   I want to spend more time with You EVERY day.   Please help me to be aware of Your p...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 24, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day That I may proclaim with the voice of thanksgiving, And tell of all Your wondrous works. Psalm 26:7

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 23, 2019
  God Knows More by Max Lucado   A young woman wrote to me, “My boyfriend and I split up. I applied for a job and was rejected. Is God even listening to me?   You need to know that God knows more about life than we do! And, yes, He’s listening! One day, my then...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 23, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection If you, God, kept records on wrongdoings, who would stand a chance? As it turns out, forgiveness is your habit, and that’s why you’re worshiped. Psalm 130:3–4 MSG   A Time to Think Man has two great spiritual needs. One is for...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 23, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear God, You created this world to be a beautiful place; a place where You would come and fellowship with Your beautiful creation.   But I and every person have disobeyed You and given in to the deceitful voice of Satan's temptation to S...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 23, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day And I heard another voice from heaven saying, "Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins, so that you will not receive any of her plagues; for her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her crimes...

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 21, 2019
  He Loves to Be with the Ones He Loves by Max Lucado Holiday travel. It isn’t easy. Then why do we do it? Why cram the trunks and endure the airports? You know the answer. We love to be with the ones we love.   The four-year-old running up the sidewalk into the arms o...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 21, 2019
  Leaving The Bird’s Nest Thursday, November 21, 2019 Proverbs 27: 8 says, ‘Like a bird wandering from its nest is a man who wanders from his place.” There are many truths in this Scripture, some for the individual, and some, much larger; true not only of men but of civil...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 21, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection The seed that fell among the thorns represents others who hear God’s word, but all too quickly the message is crowded out by the worries of this life, the lure of wealth, and the desire for other things, so no fruit is produced. Mark 4:18–19 NLT &...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 21, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God and Savior,   Jesus, You are my Day Star, how I love the hope and the light You bring into my life.   Your love is boundless.   Your example is perfect.   Your strength is mighty. ...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 21, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.” John 8:12

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 20, 2019
  Signs Of The Blessing Wednesday, November 20, 2019 When I was a little boy, my great uncle began bringing me strange gifts. First, it was a dog leash. Then it was a six-pack of dog food. It went on like that for some time until one day, when I was six, I came home and there waiting for m...

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 20, 2019
  What You Were Made to Do by Max Lucado   Many people stop short of their destiny. They settle for someone else’s story. Grandpa was a butcher, Dad was a butcher, so I guess I’ll be a butcher. Everyone I know is in farming, so I guess I’m supposed to farm. Cons...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 20, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection  But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 15:57 A Time to Think When a person doesn't have gratitude, something is missing in hi...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 20, 2019
  Dear Father in Heaven,   I need Your peace in my life today.   Jesus promised to give me peace...   Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let ...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 20, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. John 14;27

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 19, 2019
  The Miracle Bread & The Changed Past Tuesday, November 19, 2019 What does Scripture mean when it says that Messiah multiplied bread? In order to have bread, you need bakers. For the bakers to bake, they need to have flour. To have flour, there must be first those who grind the grain. In ...

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 19, 2019
  Two Fathers, Two Feasts by Max Lucado   The following is an excerpt from In the Eye of the Storm.   Being strengthened with all power according to His glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully giving thanks to the Father (Col....

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 19, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection Because he himself was tested by what he suffered, he is able to help those who are being tested. Hebrews 2:18 NRSV A Time to Think Prayer trumps panic. Every. Time. —Rachel Wojo...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 19, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father,   Your Word gives me so much wisdom and so many precious promises from You that I can trust and cling to.   I especially love this promise from Jesus...   Whoever serves me must follow me; ...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 19, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me. John 12:26

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 18, 2019
  Spill Your Heart Before God by Max Lucado As a member of God’s family, come to Him— not as a stranger, but as an heir. Earnestly make your requests known to him; not because of what you have achieved, but because of what Christ has done! Jesus spilled his blood for you. You c...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 18, 2019
  Bait And Switch Monday, November 18, 2019 There’s a deceptive sales practice called “Bait and Switch.” It consists of this: the seller offers a great bargain or savings. Then, when the customers come in, they try to sell them something more expensive. The enemy uses the...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 18, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God; only he has seen the Father. John 6:46   A Time to Think We may speak about a place where there are no tears, no death, no fear, no night; but those are just the benefits of heaven. The...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 18, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   I want to thank you for being such a loving heavenly father to me.   You know the challenges that all parents face.   You know the needs of all children.   I pray that you will he...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 18, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   I want to thank you for being such a loving heavenly father to me.   You know the challenges that all parents face.   You know the needs of all children.   I pray that you will he...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 18, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 17, 2019
  A Big View of God by Max Lucado   Exactly what is worship? I like King David’s definition in Psalm 34:3, “O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together.” Worship is the act of magnifying God, enlarging our vision of him, and observing how he w...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 17, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection From his fullness, we have all received, grace upon grace. John 1:16 ESV   A Time to Think Your worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God’s grace. And your best days are never so good that you are beyond the n...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 17, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father in Heaven,   Today I want to ask for Your special protection and blessing upon the people who work in Children’s Ministries in my church and in churches and schools around the world.   Please continue to work t...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 17, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day But Jesus called them to Him and said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of God." Luke 18:16

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 16, 2019
  You at Your Best by Max Lucado Call it what you wish. A talent…a skill set…a gift. The terms are different, but the truth is the same. Paul says in 1 Corinthians 12:7, “The Spirit has given each of us a special way of serving others.”   You aren&r...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 16, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving-kindness. Jeremiah 31:3 NIV   A Time to Think We savor these moments when we are conscious of love's presence, these holy moments of gratitude. And that is grace. —An...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 16, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Good morning Lord,   I am so thankful that You have rescued me and called me to Your divine purpose on this earth.   I am grateful for Your salvation in Jesus and the power You have given to me through Your Holy Spirit... &...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 16, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day I run straight toward the goal to win the prize that God’s heavenly call offers in Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:14

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 15, 2019
  The Man In The Dungeon Friday, November 15, 2019 If you went to the castle of Herod Antipas at the beginning of the fourth decade of the first century, you would find the king living in luxury while a man in nothing but a garment of camel’s hair languished down below in the dungeon...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 15, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple. 1 Corinthians 3:16–17 NRSV   ...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 15, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, Are there any areas in my life that have not come under the lordship of Christ?   Is there any lack of obedience that will prevent me from being used fully by You?   Search me, God, and know my heart; ...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 15, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 139:23-34

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 14, 2019
  The Lord, Your Goel Thursday, November 14, 2019 The Hebrew Scriptures reveal the laws of the Goel. If a woman’s husband died leaving her no children, his brother or nearest male relative could redeem her life by marrying her and by giving her children. He would be called the &ldquo...

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 14, 2019
  Dealing with Difficult Relatives by Max Lucado Does Jesus have anything to say about dealing with difficult relatives? Is there an example of Jesus bringing peace to a painful family? Yes, there is.   His own.   It may surprise you to know that Jesus had a ...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 14, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord,   I am aware of how the devil picks at me and tries to trap me all the time.   Please help me to stand strong against the schemes of the devil...   Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil ...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 14, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 1 Peter 5:8

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 13, 2019
  A Great Grace by Max Lucado   I can bear witness to the power of God’s grace! I could take you to the church, to the section of seats in the church auditorium. I might be able to find the very seat in which I was sitting when this grace found me. I was a twenty-year-old c...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 13, 2019
  The Scorpion And The Frog Wednesday, November 13, 2019 Here is an old folktale: There was a scorpion that wanted to cross a river but was unable to swim. The scorpion saw a frog and said to him, “Carry me across the river.” “No,” said the frog, “You’re...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 13, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him. John 1:3   A Time to Think Faith is like radar that sees through the fog.—Corrie ten Boom   A Time to Act Find strength for today and hope...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 13, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Thank You for Your Holy Spirit.   Thank You for filling me with Your Holy Spirit, for speaking to my heart and for guiding me.   Please help me to follow Your direction, to be strong enough to d...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 13, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Now the Lord came and stood and called as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel answered, “Speak, for Your servant hears.” 1 Samuel 3:10

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 12, 2019
  A Forever Home by Max Lucado For the last twenty years, I’ve wanted a dog. A big dog. But there were always problems. The apartment was too small. The budget was too tight. The girls were too young. But most of all, Denalyn was unenthusiastic. Her logic? She’d already marrie...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 12, 2019
  The Waterfall & The Bottle Tuesday, November 12, 2019 If you put a bottle under a flowing waterfall, but you don’t remove the cap, nothing’s going to happen. Even though the water’s pouring out, the bottle remains empty and unchanged. So it is in the Spirit. You are the...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 12, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection Now, therefore, give me this mountain of which the Lord spoke in that day; for you heard in that day how the Anakim were there, and that the cities were great and fortified. It may be that the Lord will be with me, and I shall be able to drive them out as the Lord...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 12, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father, most Gracious and Loving God,   I pray to You and ask that You will abundantly bless my family and me.   And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh, that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and ...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 12, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh, that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God ...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 11, 2019
  Uncertainty Of Information Monday, November 11, 2019 From a classic book of military strategy comes a principle of successful warfare: “Uncertainty of information acts as an impediment to vigorous activity.” In the Battle of Gettysburg, General Robert E. Lee lost communicatio...

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 11, 2019
  Holiness by Max Lucado   John the Baptist would never get hired today. No church would touch him. He was a public relations disaster.   Mark 1:6 says he “wore clothes of camel’s hair and ate locusts and wild honey.”   His message was...
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• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 11, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection The Lord will give strength unto his people; the Lord will bless his people with peace. Psalm 29:11   A Time to Think Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened. –Reverend Billy Graham,...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 11, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus,   You are the Almighty One.   Your Word tells me...   The natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, b...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 11, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day The natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is r...

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 10, 2019
  Greed Has Many Faces by Max Lucado   Our obsession with stuff carries a hefty price tag. We spend 110 percent of our disposable income trying to manage debt. Who can keep up? No one can!   Jesus warns in Luke 12:15, “Be on your guard against every form of g...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 10, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection When two of you get together on anything at all on earth and make a prayer of it, my Father in heaven goes into action. Matthew 18:19   A Time to Think Where there is great love there are always miracles. – Willa Cather, author ...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 10, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   I want to praise You and thank You for this new Sunday...   O LORD, our Lord, How excellent is Your name in all the earth, Who have set Your glory above the heavens! Psalm 8:1   T...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 10, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day O LORD, our Lord, How excellent is Your name in all the earth, Who have set Your glory above the heavens! Psalm 8:1

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 9, 2019
  The Grace of Christ Max Lucado Guilt sucks the life out of our souls. Grace restores it. No one had more reason to feel the burden of guilt than did the apostle Paul. He had orchestrated the deaths of Christians—an ancient version of a terrorist. Yet, Paul gave his guilt to Jesus,...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 9, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness. 2 Timothy 3:16   A Time to Think I do not understand the mystery of grace—only that it meets us where we are, but does not...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 9, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Please help me to think before I speak today...   Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so. James 3:10   I pray that I will...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 9, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so. James 3:10

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 8, 2019
  The Olive Tree & The Construction Project Friday, November 8, 2019 In Zechariah 4, the prophet is shown a vision of olive trees and a menorah - an oil lamp, being continually filled with oil. And then the prophet asks the angel what it all means. The angel answers, “This is the Wor...

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 8, 2019
  Give Up Your Bag of Burdens Max Lucado   Worry is the burlap bag of burdens. It’s overflowing with “whaddifs” and “howells.” Whaddif after all my dieting, I find that lettuce is fattening and chocolate isn’t? Howell we pay our baby’s tu...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 8, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection If the Lord delights in a man’s way, he makes his steps firm; though he stumbles, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with his hand. Psalm 37:24–25 NIV   A Time to Think Meet your fears with faith. —Max Lucado &nbs...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 8, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine. let it shine, let it shine, let it shine...   Dear Father God,   Today, want to let the light of Jesus shine through me so that others will come to know Jesus, the li...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 8, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.” John 8:12

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 7, 2019
  The Straight and Narrow November 7, 2019 A narrow passageway leading to a gate Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.—Matthew 7:14 (KJV)   To keep on the right path of life, follow Jesus’ ...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 7, 2019
  The Way And Not A Place Thursday, November 7, 2019 One of the earliest names for our faith in the Messiah, as recorded in the Book of Acts, is “The Way.” This name carries profound ramifications. The lives of most people, and even most believers, tend to be determined by thei...

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 7, 2019
  God is Sovereign by Max Lucado   Many years ago I spent a week visiting the interior of Brazil with a long-time missionary pilot. Let me just say, Wilbur and Orville had a sturdier aircraft! I could not get comfortable. I kept thinking the plane was going to crash in the jungle...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 7, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father in Heaven,   I'm thirsty for more of You.   I'm thirsty for Your living water of life, for Your anointing on my life and ministry...   "...but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him wil...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 7, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day "...but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.” John 4:14

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 6, 2019
  Courteous Conduct by Max Lucado   Those who don’t believe in Jesus take note of what believers do. They make decisions about Christ by watching us. When we’re kind, they assume Christ is kind. When we’re gracious, they assume Christ is gracious. But when we&rs...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 6, 2019
  Why I Ate The Whole Bag Wednesday, November 6, 2019 There have been times when I’m away from my home and I feel like I’m starving. I see junk food (often red hot chips) and I buy it. Then I’m driving and eating, and I’ll end up eating the entire bag. As I eat, my ...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 6, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 NIV   A Time to Think When one has a grateful heart, life is so beautiful. —Roy T. Bennett   A Time to Act Be...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 6, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus,   You are my Lord and my God.   I worship You and thank You for giving up the glories of Heaven to come to earth to live in human flesh.   I accept and receive You even though others reject You. ...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 6, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Acts 10:36 New King James Version (NKJV) 36 The word which God sent to the [a]children of Israel, preaching peace through Jesus Christ—He is Lord of all—   Footnotes: Acts 10:36 Lit. sons   New King Jam...

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 5, 2019
  The Parable of the Sandwich Sign by Max Lucado   I am the voice of the one calling out in the desert: "Make the road straight for the Lord." John 1:23   The faces of the three men were solemn as the mayor informed them of the catastrophe. "The rains have wa...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 5, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection The LORD gives strength to his people; the LORD blesses his people with peace. Psalm 29:11   A Time to Think Worry is the darkroom in which negatives can develop. –Wanda E. Brunstetter, author   A Time to Act Focus not...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 5, 2019
  The Language Of Impossibilities Tuesday, November 5, 2019 Eliezer Ben Yehudah had a vision for the future state of Israel. He believed he was called to resurrect Hebrew to be the Jewish nation’s new language. He spent the rest of his life writing a dictionary of a language that no ...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 5, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   I desire a real relationship with You.   I want to hear Your voice, to feel Your presence, to walk with You each and every day.   Help me to put You first in my life.   But seek f...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 5, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Matthew 6:33