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• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 6, 2019
  Untangling Life's Knots by Max Lucado   It’s your best friend’s wedding. “I’ll take care of the reception,” you’d volunteered. You planned the best party possible. You hired the band, rented the hall, catered the meal, decorated the room, and...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 6, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection This is why we can confidently say, The Lord is my helper, and I won’t be afraid. What can people do to me? Hebrews 13:6 (The Daily Life Bible)   A Time to Think You can tell the size of your God by looking at the size of your worry list....

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 6, 2019
  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

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 6, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day 1 Timothy 4:12-15 New King James Version (NKJV) Take Heed to Your Ministry 12 Let no one [a]despise your youth, but be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, [b]in spirit, in faith, in purity.   13 Till I come,...

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 5, 2019
  They Don’t Know What They Are Doing by Max Lucado Anger. It’s a peculiar yet predictable emotion. It begins as a drop of water. An irritant. A frustration. Nothing big, just an aggravation. Someone gets your parking place. Someone pulls in front of you on the freeway. A waitr...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 5, 2019
  Jonathan And The Judge Friday, July 5, 2019 When I was 19 years old, I was hit by a locomotive train and by a miracle, not killed. That’s what led me to the Lord. At the same time, after being hit by the train, I was given a summons to appear in court. I came prepared with argument...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 5, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection Come to me, all you who are struggling hard and carrying heavy loads, and I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28 (The Daily Life Bible)   A Time to Think Worship is a way of gladly reflecting back to God the radiance of His worth. –John Pipe...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 5, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   As the Lord God instructs 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 ...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 5, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day 1 John 1:9 New King James Version (NKJV) 9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.   New King James Version (NKJV) Scripture is taken from the New King Ja...

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 4, 2019
  America, You Exist by My Power by Max Lucado   Every national privilege can be traced back to the hand of God. If we have liberty, we can thank the One who came to “proclaim liberty to the captives… to set at liberty those who are oppressed” (Luke 4:18 NKJV)....

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 4, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection The Lord is the Spirit, and where the Lord’s Spirit is, there is freedom. 2 Corinthians 3:17 (The Daily Life Bible)   A Time to Think Freedom comes by filling your mind with God's thoughts. –Erwin Lutzer, pastor, and author ...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 4, 2019
  Lincoln’s Day Of Repentance Thursday, July 4, 2019 In the midst of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation calling for national repentance: “… It is the duty of nations as well as of men to own their dependence upon the overruling power of God; to confess ...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 4, 2019
  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

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 4, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day 2 Chronicles 7:14 New King James Version (NKJV) 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 heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 2, 2019
  The Off The Wall Messiah Wednesday, July 3, 2019 Around the year 1666, a rabbi named Sabbatai Zevi was hailed by rabbis throughout the lands in which Jewish people lived as the long-awaited Messiah, coming to rescue His people and bring them back to the land. But then something went wron...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 2, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father,   Thank You that You have given so much.   Your love abounds.   I am so thankful for the salvation that You provide for me.   I am so thankful for all that You have lovingly ...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 2, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Psalm 68:5-6 New King James Version (NKJV) 5 A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows, Is God in His holy habitation. 6 God sets the solitary in families; He brings out those who are bound into prosperity; But the rebelli...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 1, 2019
  The Pagan Hymn That Was Used For God Tuesday, July 2, 2019 When the apostle Paul spoke on Mars Hills in Athens, he did an interesting thing. In Acts 17:28, he quoted from pagan Greek writers including a quote from a hymn to Zeus. How could this be? How could he use something so pagan for...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 1, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father in Heaven,   Thank You for Your loving hand of guidance for me.   And, thank You for Your discipline in my life.   I know You love me enough to bring about or allow things to happen to stop me and redi...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 1, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Romans 8:28 New King James Version (NKJV) 28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.   New King James Version (NKJV) Scripture is taken from the ...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 1, 2019
  THE DAYS OF PAGAN SACRIFICES Monday, July 1, 2019 For you who have read The Harbinger and The Paradigm, you know well the ancient template: a nation that once knew God that now turns away from Him, and away from His ways, and to the ways of the pagan world, pagan values, pagan worship, p...
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• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 1, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord,   My Rock of Spiritual Refreshment, I'm thirsty.   I'm thirsty for Your Living Water of life, for Your anointing on my life and ministry.   Please increase my hunger for Your Word and for Your will. ...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 1, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day 1 Peter 2:4-10 New King James Version (NKJV) The Chosen Stone and His Chosen People 4 Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious,   5 you also, as living stones, are being built up...

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 30, 2019
  Today I Will Make a Differenceby Max LucadoToday I will make a difference. I will begin by controlling my thoughts. A person is the product of his thoughts. I want to be happy and hopeful. Therefore, I will have thoughts that are happy and hopeful. I refuse to be victimized by my circumstances. I wi...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 30, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection He will endure as long as the sun, as long as the moon, through all generations. Psalm 72:5   A Time to Think Have patience. There is no time that is not God’s time. –Criswell Freeman   A Time to Act Offer prayer...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 30, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear God,   I praise You today for who You are.   I come to You on behalf of married couples.   You created marriage...   And He answered and said to them, “Have you not read that He who made ...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 30, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear God,   I praise You today for who You are.   I come to You on behalf of married couples.   You created marriage...   And He answered and said to them, “Have you not read that He who made ...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 30, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear God,   I praise You today for who You are.   I come to You on behalf of married couples.   You created marriage...   And He answered and said to them, “Have you not read that He who made ...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 30, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Matthew 19:4-6 New King James Version (NKJV) 4 And He answered and said to them, “Have you not read that He who [a]made them at the beginning ‘made them male and female,’   5 and said, ‘For this reason, a man ...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 29, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. Hebrews 11:1   A Time to Think There is nothing anybody else can do that can stop God from using us. We can turn everything into a testimony. –Corrie ten Boom ...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 29, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   Thank You for being my helper.   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.   I cry out to You now ...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 29, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day John 14:26 New King James Version (NKJV) 26 But the [a]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.   Footnotes: [a] Joh...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 28, 2019
  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

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 28, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Matthew 7:15-20 New King James Version (NKJV) You, Will, Know Them by Their Fruits 15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.   16 You will know them by ...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 27, 2019
  American Education & The Bible Thursday, June 27, 2019 Prayer and the Bible were banned from the American public school system in the early 1960s. And yet what was the reason the American school system came into existence? The reason was given at the time of its birth, in 1647, in Massac...

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 27, 2019
  I Will Speak to You in Your Language by Max Lucado Pilate wrote a sign and put it on the cross.   It read: JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS. John 19:19   The framer of our destiny is familiar with our denseness. God knows we sometimes miss the signs. ...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 27, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection Look at the birds of the air: they neither reap nor gather into bards, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? Matthew 6:26   A Time to Think God says we don’t need to be anxious about anything; we ju...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 27, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Thank You for this new day.   Thank You for the beautiful sky.   I am in awe of Your creation...   Brilliant blue skies and the clouds that bring rain, Thunderstorms that sen...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 27, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Romans 8:38-39 New King James Version (NKJV) 38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come,   39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, ...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 26, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection I love you, Lord, my strength. Psalm 18:1 (The Daily Life Bible)   A Time to Think My worth is what I am worth to God, and that is a marvelous great deal... –William Temple   A Time to Act Form a picture in your mind o...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 26, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father in Heaven,   I know that You have given to me spiritual gifts, talents, and abilities to use in Your service.   Please stir up those gifts, talents, and abilities within me...   Therefore I remind you ...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 26, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day 2 Timothy 1:6 New King James Version (NKJV)   6 Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.   New King James Version (NKJV) Scripture is taken from the New King James...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 25, 2019
  It’s Not The End Of The World! Tuesday, June 25, 2019 While I was leading a tour to Israel, we went to Megiddo. Megiddo is the biblical Armageddon, where the nations of the world will gather for the final battle; the place where it will all end. The tour was in two groups. I gave i...

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 25, 2019
  God Is Love By Max Lucado “This is what real love is: it is not our love for God; it is God’s love for us. He sent his Son to die in our place to take away our sins” (1 John 4:10).   When it comes to love, be careful. Take a good look around. Don’t ...
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• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 25, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection The goal I pursue is the prize of God’s upward call in Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:14 (The Daily Life Bible)   A Time to Think Your potential is the sum of all the possibilities God has for your life. —Charles Stanley   ...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 25, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, I want to experience Your peace in my life today.   I desire Your perfect peace to guard my heart and my mind...   Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanks...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 25, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Philippians 4:6-7 New King James Version (NKJV) 6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;   7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understa...

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 24, 2019
  Filling Our Minds With God's Love By Max Lucado   What happens when we fill our minds with thoughts of God’s love? Will standing beneath the downpour of his grace change the way we feel about others?   It’s not enough to keep the bad stuff out. We&rsq...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 24, 2019
  The Little Girl & Captain Fuchida Monday, June 24, 2019 Commander Mitsuo Fuchida was one of the leaders of the attack on Pearl Harbor in World War II. After the war, Fuchida met returning Japanese soldiers who had been captured and imprisoned in an American prisoner of war camp. He was s...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 24, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection Faith is the reality of what we hope for, the proof of what we don’t see. Hebrews 11:1 (The Daily Life Bible)   A Time to Think Miracles are of all sizes. And if you start believing in little miracles, you can work up to the bigger ones.&...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 24, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Today I want to ask for Your special covering of protection and blessing upon the people who minister to Children around the world.   Please continue to work through each one of them to spiritually nurture the...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 24, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Matthew 19:14 Tree of Life Version (TLV) [a] 14 But Yeshua said, “Let the little children come to Me and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”   Footnotes: [a] Matthew 19:14 Lit. But...

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 23, 2019
  Welcome Home by Max Lucado   I came home one night to find the place unusually quiet. Molly was gone.   She’d slipped out unnoticed. The search began immediately. Within an hour we knew that she was far, far from home. Now, if you don’t like pets, wha...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 23, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection Enter into His gates with thanksgiving and into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him. Psalm 100:4   A Time to Think Love others the way that God has loved you, with tenderness. –Mother Teresa   A Time to Act Open...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 23, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   The old hymn Faith of Our Fathers inspires me to trust you, my Father in Heaven...   1. Faith of our fathers, living still, In spite of dungeon, fire, and sword; Oh, how our hearts beat high with joy ...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 23, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Ephesians 2:1-6 New King James Version (NKJV) By Grace Through Faith 1 And you, He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins,   2 in which you once walked according to the [a]course of this world, according to the prince ...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 21, 2019
  Shaking The Quarry Dust Friday, June 21, 2019 When I was in college, I worked as a security guard. One of the places I worked, was a quarry. Before I could go home, I had to spend time shaking the dust off of my clothes. Shaking off the dust is a scriptural thing; Messiah told His discip...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 21, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Jesus Christ my Lord,   I offer myself to You as Your servant.   Please work in my life and accomplish Your will through me today.   Every little thing and every great thing that is accomplished today, I will...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 21, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day If serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve... As for me and my household, we will serve the Lord. —Joshua 24:15 NKJV

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 20, 2019
  Branding Your Cigarettes Thursday, June 20, 2019 In an effort to create a stronger deterrent to smoking, a new strategy was tried – namely, putting images on cigarette packs – images of what happens when you smoke – images of diseased lungs, sickened bodies, cancer, and...

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 20, 2019
  Nevertheless… by Max Lucado   And the king and his men… spoke to David, saying, “You shall not come in here; but the blind and the lame will repel you,” …Nevertheless, David took the stronghold of Zion (that is, the City of David). - 2 Samu...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 20, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. Matthew 6:21   A Time to Think You are a creation of God unequaled anywhere in the universe... Thank Him for yourself and then for all the rest of His glorious handiwork. –Norman ...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 20, 2019
  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...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 20, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Mark 10:21 New King James Version (NKJV) 21 Then Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack: Go your way, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, take up the cros...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 19, 2019
  The Law Of The Jungle & The Lamb Wednesday, June 19, 2019 Charles Darwin based his theory of evolution on the law of “the survival of the fittest.” It’s basically the same as the “law of the jungle.” It states a truism: that which survives is that which is m...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 19, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father,   You are in control, even when my life at times seems so out of control.   Please help me to keep my focus on You.   Please help me to spend time with You each day in prayer, in worship and...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 19, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Matthew 1:23 Tree of Life Version (TLV) 23 “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and give birth to a son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which means “God with us.”[a]   Footnotes: [a] Matthew 1:23 Is...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 18, 2019
  And David Shall Be Their King Tuesday, June 18, 2019 The Bible foretells the end-time regathering of the Jewish people to the land of Israel. And in that return, is a strange sub-prophecy. Jeremiah 30:9 says, “… and David, their king…” “And David, my serva...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 18, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father in Heaven,   You sent your only Son, Jesus, the great I AM.   Jesus is without beginning, and without end...   “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 18, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Revelation 1:8 Tree of Life Version (TLV) 8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,”[a] says Adonai Elohim, “Who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty!”   Footnotes: [a] Revelation 1:8 cf. Rev. 21:6; 22:1...

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 16, 2019
  God's Translator by Max Lucado   There were a few occasions in Brazil when I served as a translator for an English speaker. He stood before the audience, complete with the message. I stood at his side, equipped with the language. My job was to convey his story to the listeners...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 16, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart. 1 Samuel 16:7 (KJV) ...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 16, 2019
  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 thoughts will ...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 16, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Psalm 119:105 New King James Version (NKJV) נ NUN 105 Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path.   New King James Version (NKJV) Scripture is taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982...

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 15, 2019
  No Pecking Orders with Jesus By Max Lucado   Love does not boast, it is not proud (1 Corinthians 13:4 NIV). Jesus has no room for pecking orders. His solution to man-made caste systems? A change of direction. In a world of upward mobility, choose downward servility. “Rega...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 15, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection Yield now and be at peace with Him; Thereby good will come to you. Job 22:21 NASB   A Time to Think I expect the best and with God's help will attain the best. —Norman Vincent Peale, Guideposts Founder   A Time to Act ...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 15, 2019
  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, ...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 15, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Galatians 5:22-23 Tree of Life Version (TLV) 22 But the fruit of the Ruach is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentlenesses, and self-control—against such things, there is no law.   Tree of Life V...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 13, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   Thank You for all of Your promises.   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.   I cry out to You...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 13, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Psalm 145:14 Tree of Life Version (TLV) 14 Adonai upholds all who fall and raises up all who are bowed down.   Tree of Life Version (TLV) Tree of Life (TLV) Translation of the Bible. Copyright © 2015 by The Messianic Je...

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 12, 2019
  Stunned By His Grace by Max Lucado I was mulling over a recent conversation I had with a disenchanted Christian brother. He was upset with me. So upset that he was considering rescinding his invitation for me to speak to his group. Seems he’d heard I was pretty open about who I ha...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 12, 2019
  Only God Can Make What Was Become What Never Was Wednesday, June 12, 2019 How does wine become wine? Wine, by definition, is aged. Good wine takes years to age. The first recorded miracle Messiah did was to turn water into wine, and not just any wine, but good wine. God made the wine com...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 12, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Psalm 16:8   A Time to Think God's mercies are new every morning. Receive them. —Max Lucado, best-selling author, and preacher   ...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 12, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   You know my mind, my heart, and my heart aches.   You have showered me with blessings and carried me through many valleys of pain and sadness.   Thank You for the godly influences of special peo...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 12, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Amos 9:13-15 Tree of Life Version (TLV) 13 “Behold, days are soon coming” —it is a declaration of Adonai— “when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the one treading grapes, the one sowing seed. ...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 11, 2019
  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. He was in the...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 11, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Acts 2:1-6 Tree of Life Version (TLV) The Ruach Fills the Disciples 1 When the day of Shavuot[a] had come, they were all together in one place.   2 Suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it fille...

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 10, 2019
  Doubtstorms by Max Lucado The following is excerpted from Chapter 13 of In the Eye of the Storm.   On Sundays, I stand before a church with a three-point outline in my hand, thirty minutes on the clock, and a prayer on my lips. I do my best to say something that will convi...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 10, 2019
  The Festival Of Going Monday, June 10, 2019 Do you remember when you were a child, and the summer came around? The school would have a commencement celebration, and everyone would go their separate ways. It was a time of going out. Ancient Israel had something like that too. Every year I...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 10, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest. Exodus 33:14 NIV   A Time to Think Few delights can equal the mere presence of one whom we trust utterly. –George MacDonald, author, poet, and Christian minister   ...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 10, 2019
  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 t...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 10, 2019
  Acts 20:16 New King James Version (NKJV) 16 For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he would not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hurrying to be at Jerusalem, if possible, on the Day of Pentecost. New King James Version (NKJV) Scripture is taken ...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 7, 2019
  The Huppah Friday, June 7, 2019 Isaiah 4:5 says this: “Then the Lord will spread over the whole area of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud of smoke by day and the brightness of a flaming fire by night; for over all, the glory will be a canopy.” But the original Hebrew...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 7, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Jeremiah 29:11 (KJV)   A Time to Think Each of us, made in His image and likeness, is yet another promise He has m...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 7, 2019
  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   ...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 7, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Revelation 5:12 Tree of Life Version (TLV) [a] 12 They were chanting with a loud voice,   “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and riches and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!&rd...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 6, 2019
  The Ancient Word That Is Always New Thursday, June 6, 2019 People have sometimes asked me how old my computer is. If I answer, “It’s seven months old.” They reply, “Then it’s a dinosaur.” “Oh really?” I reply, “And what kind of comput...
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• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 6, 2019
  Our God is a Good God by Max Lucado   “You are good, LORD. The LORD is good and right” (Ps. 25:7–8). “Taste and see that the LORD is good” (Ps. 34:8 NIV).   God is a good God. We must begin here. Though we don’t understand...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 6, 2019
  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...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 6, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Romans 8:31-33 New King James Version (NKJV) God’s Everlasting Love 31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not...