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• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 5, 2019
  The Blesser Is Greater Wednesday, June 5, 2019 In Hebrews 7 we’re told of the priest-king, Melchizedek blessing Abraham – and then of a principle, which is this: “Without a doubt, the lesser person is blessed by, the greater.” In other words, the one who blesses i...

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 5, 2019
  Take This Quiz by Max Lucado   Name the ten wealthiest men in the world.   Name the last ten Heisman trophy winners.   Name the last ten winners of the Miss America contest.   Name eight people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer priz...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 5, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine making request for you all with joy. Philippians 1:3-4   A Time to Think We walk without fear, full of hope and courage and strength to do His will, waiting for the en...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 5, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   I pray for all those who are reading this devotional today.   Please touch their lives in great and mighty ways.   Please draw them closer to You and provide...   ...Comfort on di...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 5, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day 1 Thessalonians 5:11 Tree of Life Version (TLV) 11 Therefore encourage one another and build each other up—just as you, in fact, are doing.   Tree of Life Version (TLV) Tree of Life (TLV) Translation of the Bible. Copyright...

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 4, 2019
  Uncluttered Faith by Max Lucado One of my favorite stories concerns a bishop who was traveling by ship to visit a church across the ocean. While en route, the ship stopped at an island for a day. He went for a walk on a beach. He came upon three fishermen mending their nets.   ...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 4, 2019
  The Worst Case Scenario Tuesday, June 4, 2019 I’ve written of two towering saints of the twentieth century; Richard and Sabina Wurmbrand, leaders of the underground church in Romania, who had both spent years in Communist prisons for their faith. I was blessed to have known them pe...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 4, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection I cried to him with my mouth, and high praise was on my tongue. Psalm 66:17   A Time to Think Prayer is the rope that pulls God and man together. But, it doesn't pull God down to us. It pulls us up to Him. –Billy Graham, evangelist and au...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 4, 2019
  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...   Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 4, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Matthew 6:34 Tree of Life Version (TLV) 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”   Tree of Life Version (TLV) Tree of Life (TLV) Translation of...

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 3, 2019
  When We Miss the Target by Max Lucado Read the first verse of Matthew’s gospel. Jesus knew David’s ways. He witnessed the adultery, winced at the murders, and grieved at the dishonesty. But David’s failures didn’t change Jesus’ relation to David. The initial...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 3, 2019
  The Anti-Archay Monday, June 3, 2019 In warfare, a low ranking soldier isn’t appointed to fight a high ranking officer. The Book of Ephesians tells us we’re at war with a specific kind of enemy in the spiritual realm. The English read “principalities,” but the Gre...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 3, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer 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 God and H...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 3, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Isaiah 55:6 New King James Version (NKJV) 6 Seek the Lord while He may be found, Call upon Him while He is near.   New King James Version (NKJV) Scripture is taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 ...

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 2, 2019
  Thin Air-ogance by Max Lucado   You can climb too high for your own good. The story of David and Bathsheba is less a story of lust and more a story of power. A story of a man who rose too high for his own good. A man who needed to hear these words: “Come down before you f...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 2, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection I remember you in my prayers night and day. 2 Timothy 1:3   A Time to Think Prayer is the pulse of life. –Andrew Murray, writer, and pastor   A Time to Act Ask God to stay with you in difficult situations and affirm th...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 2, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father,   You are Father of the Fatherless.   I pray for those who have a void in their lives where a father's love should be present.   I pray those who have never known a father, those whose fathe...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 2, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Hebrews 9:23-28 New King James Version (NKJV) The Greatness of Christ’s Sacrifice 23 Therefore it was necessary that the copies of the things in the heavens should be [a]purified with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better ...

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 1, 2019
  Living Loved Max Lucado The secret to loving is living loved. It’s the forgotten first step in relationships. Remember Paul’s prayer? “May your roots go down deep into the soil of God’s marvelous love” (Ephesians 3:17 NLT).   Many people...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 1, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Truly blessed are those who bring the Good News of Jesus Christ...   How beautiful upon the mountains Are the feet of him who brings good news, Who proclaims peace, Who brings glad tidings of go...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM June 1, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Isaiah 52:7 New King James Version (NKJV) 7 How beautiful upon the mountains Are 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, ...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 31, 2019
  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...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 31, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day John 10:27 New King James Version (NKJV) 27 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.   New King James Version (NKJV) Scripture is taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nel...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 30, 2019
  Don’t Ever Get Healed In That Name! Thursday, May 30, 2019 In the writings of the rabbis, there are accounts bearing out Messiah’s miracles. One involves a Jewish man who needs healing. A Jewish believer tells him to pray in the name of Yeshua, Jesus. He does and he’s h...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 30, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection In all this, you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. Peter 1-6 (NIV)   A Time to Think Never doubt in the darkness what God has given us in the light.—Francine Rivers, au...

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 30, 2019
  God is Still Sovereign Max Lucado   Paul urges us to “rejoice in the Lord always!” (Philippians 4:4). Not just on paydays, good days, or birthdays. But rejoice in the Lord always.   Rejoice in the Lord always? “Yeah, right,” mumbles the pe...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 30, 2019
  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 ...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 30, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Colossians 1:15-17 Tree of Life Version (TLV) Ben-Elohim Is Supreme 15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.   16 For by Him all things were created— in heaven and on earth, ...

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 29, 2019
  The Lord Looks at the Heart by Max Lucado “God does not see the same way people see. People look at the outside of a person, but the Lord looks at the heart.” 2 Samuel 16:7   Seven sons pass. Seven sons fail. The procession comes to a halt.   ...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 29, 2019
  The Love That’s Still Counting Wednesday, May 29, 2019 If you’ve ever been chased around the dining room table by a parent, most likely it wasn’t your mother, but your father. My father would count up to three. My mother would count up to three thousand and beyond. In f...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 29, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go. Genesis 28:15 NIV   A Time to Think Say you are well, or all is well with you and God shall hear your words and make them true. –Ella Wheeler Wilcox, author   A T...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 29, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   Please work through me 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 selfish ambition or vain conceit...   L...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 29, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Philippians 2:3-5 Tree of Life Version (TLV) 3 Do nothing out of selfishness or conceit, but with humility consider others as more important than yourselves,   4 looking out not only for your own interests but also for the interests ...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 28, 2019
  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 ...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 28, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day John 14:16-17 New King James Version (NKJV) 16 And I will pray to the Father, and He will give you another [a]Helper, that He may abide with you forever—   17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive because it neithe...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 27, 2019
  Married From The Heart Monday, May 27, 2019 Imagine a marriage where the husband and wife each have a list of what the other must do and a script for what the other must say. So when they speak to each other, it’s all from a script. What would you think of such a marriage? It would...

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 27, 2019
  Our Group by Max Lucado “Teacher, we saw someone using your name to force demons out of a person. We told him to stop because he does not belong to our group.” - Mark 9:38   John has a dilemma. He and the other disciples ran into someone who was doing grea...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 27, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13   A Time to Think Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened. –Reverend Billy Graham, author an...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 27, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer My Dear Heavenly Father,   All praise to Your holy name.   I honor You, for You are holy.   Your kingdom come and Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Matthew 6:10   Pleas...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 27, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day John 15:11-13 Tree of Life Version (TLV) 11 These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you and your joy may be full.   12 “This is My commandment, that you love one another just as I have loved you.   ...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 26, 2019
  The Desires of Your Heart by Max Lucado   “Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart.” Psalms 37:4   I recently met a twenty-year-old, just discharged from the military, and pondering his future. He bore a square...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 26, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection "But all who listen to me will live in peace, untroubled by fear of harm.” Proverbs 1:33   A Time to Think God is the best listener. You don’t need to shout nor cry out loud because he hears even the very silent prayer of a sincere ...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 26, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   I know that You want me to be the salt of the earth, a light in the darkness and like a city on a hill so that others will be drawn to You...   You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its fl...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 26, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day John 15:13 Tree of Life Version (TLV) [a] 13 No one has greater love than this: that he lay down his life for his friends.   Footnotes: [a] John 15:13 cf. Lev. 19:18.   Tree of Life Version (TLV) Tree of Life ...

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 25, 2019
  When Everything Changes   Are you on the eve of change? A new chapter? A new season? Heaven’s message for you is clear: when everything else changes, God’s presence never does. Your journey in the company of the Holy Spirit, who “will teach you everything and will ...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 25, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection If you say, "The LORD is my refuge," and you make the Most High your dwelling. Psalm 91:1 NIV A Time to Think The Christian life is not a constant high. I have my moments of deep disco...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 25, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Thank You that You are with me always, as Jesus promised...   "...I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Matthew 28:20   Thank You that if I stumble and fall, I will ...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 25, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Matthew 28:20 Tree of Life Version (TLV) 20 teaching them to observe all I have commanded you. And remember! I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”   Tree of Life Version (TLV) Tree of Life (TLV) Translation of ...

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 24, 2019
  The Weight of Glory by Max Lucado   “Our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.” (2 Corinthians 4:17)   The words “weight of glory” conjure up images of the ancient ...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 24, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear God of Forgiveness, Elohim Selichot,   I am so grateful for Your grace and for your forgiveness of my sins.   I am so blessed to be covered by the sacrifice of Jesus, lifted by the intercession of the Holy Spirit and loved ...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 24, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day 2 Corinthians 4:17-18 Tree of Life Version (TLV) [a] 17 For our trouble, light and momentary, is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison,   18 as we look not at what can be seen but at what cannot be see...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 23, 2019
  White Sins & Vaccinations Thursday, May 23, 2019 In Isaiah 1, it’s written: “Though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow.” How can sins become as white as snow? When God forgives a sin, and when we receive it, our past sins become as white as snow. W...

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 23, 2019
  The Dungeon of Doubt by Max Lucado Some time ago, I took my family to the bicycle store to purchase a bike for 5-year-old Jenna. She picked out a shiny "Starlett" with a banana seat and training wheels. And Andrea, age three, decided she wanted one as well.   I explained t...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 23, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4 A Time to Think Prayer is putting oneself under God's influence. –Harry Emerson Fosdick, p...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 23, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord,   Please wake me this morning, open my ears to hear from You...   The Sovereign Lord has given me a well-instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, ...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 23, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Isaiah 50:4-5 Tree of Life Version (TLV) Third Servant Song: Face Like Flint 4 Adonai Elohim has given Me the tongue of the learned,[a] that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning. He aw...

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 22, 2019
  You Have Captured God's Heart by Max Lucado Just look at the gifts he has given you: He has sent his angels to care for you, his Holy Spirit to dwell in you, his church to encourage you, and his word to guide you. You have privileges only a fiancée could have. Anytime you speak, h...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 22, 2019
  The Old Quaker’s Paradox Wednesday, May 22, 2019 An old Quaker advertised that he would give away 40 acres of good farmland to anyone who was perfectly satisfied with what he had. One day, a man seeking the land came up to the Quaker and said, “I would like to have the land.&...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 22, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law. Romans 13:8   A Time to Think You can give without loving, but you can't love without giving. –Amy Carmi...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 22, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   I pray that You will give me an understanding of how to use the blessings You have given to me for Your glory.   Whether those blessings are my spiritual gifts, my talents, my abilities, and my resources, let...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 22, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Romans 13:8-10 Tree of Life Version (TLV) 8 Owe no one anything except to love one another, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the Torah.   9 For the commandments—“You shall not commit adultery, you shall not mur...

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 21, 2019
  The Touch of God by Max Lucado   In Scripture Matthew 8:2 is symbolic of the ultimate outcast: infected by a condition he did not seek, rejected by those he knew, avoided by people he did not know, condemned to a future he could not bear. And in the memory of each outcast must ...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 21, 2019
  The Cup Of Crushed Fruit Tuesday, May 21, 2019 Adam fell through the partaking of a fruit. Messiah came as the second Adam to undo his fall. As Adam partook of the fruit of the trees, so Messiah, on the sixth day, also partook of fruit as He drank the cup of the fruit of the vine. This t...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 21, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection The LORD is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid? Psalm 27:1   A Time to Think Prayer is not pulling God to my will, but the aligning of my will to the will of God. –...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 21, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear God of Heaven and of Earth and of all creation,   I'm thirsty for more of You.   I'm thirsty for Your anointing on my life, and for Jesus' Rivers of Living Water...   Whoever drinks of the water that I s...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 21, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day John 4:14 Tree of Life Version (TLV) 14 But whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never be thirsty. The water that I give him will become a fountain of water within him, springing up to eternal life!”   Tree of ...

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 19, 2019
  The Winsomeness of Holiness by Max Lucado John the Baptist would never get hired today. No church would touch him. He was a public relations disaster. He “wore clothes made from camel’s hair, had a leather belt around his waist, and ate locusts and wild honey” (Mark 1:6...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 19, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. Psalm 34:18 A Time to Think Keep praying, but be thankful that God's answers are wiser than your praye...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 19, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day James 3:17-18 Tree of Life Version (TLV) 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial, not hypocritical.   18 And the fruit of righteousness is s...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 19, 2019
  Dear Father God, Why do I doubt and worry? I know in my heart that You will never leave me and You will never forsake me. Let me learn to live as the writer of Hebrews says... Keep your life free from love of money,and be content with what you have,for He (God) has said,"I will never leave you...

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 17, 2019
  The Beggar and the Bread by Max Lucado A beggar came and sat before me. “I want bread,” he said.   “How wise you are,” I assured him. “Bread is what you need. And you have come to the right bakery.” So I pulled my cookbook down from my s...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 17, 2019
  The Lesson Of King Hashnu Friday, May 17, 2019 A Japanese story: One day, a stonecutter named Hashnu became miserable and discontent while cutting stone, despising his life as a stone-cutter. As he complained, the king rode by on his horse. “If Hashnu only a king could be,” s...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 17, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection Your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him. Matthew 6:8   A Time to Think Faith will lead you where you cannot walk. Reason has never been a mountain climber. –E. W. Kenyon, pastor   A Time to Act ...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 17, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   I thank You that You are the Rock of my salvation...   The Lord lives! Blessed be my Rock! Let God be exalted, The Rock of my salvation! 2 Samual 22:47   I thank You that my...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 17, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day 2 Samuel 22:47 Tree of Life Version (TLV) 47 Adonai lives! And blessed be my Rock! Exalted be God—the Rock of my salvation!   Tree of Life Version (TLV) Tree of Life (TLV) Translation of the Bible. Copyright © 201...

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 16, 2019
  Begin. Just Begin! by Max Lucado   What difference will my work make?   God’s answer: “Do not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin” (Zech. 4:10).   Begin. Just Begin! What seems small to you ...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 16, 2019
  Asking The Word Thursday, May 16, 2019 In Acts 17, it’s recorded that Paul speaks to the people of Berea. It’s then recorded that the Bereans searched the Scriptures daily to see if the things Paul said were indeed true. The Greek word, translated as “searched,” c...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 16, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them; He delivers them from all their troubles. Psalm 34:17   A Time to Think The opposite of joy is not sorrow. It is unbelief. –Leslie Weatherhead, Christian theologian   A Time t...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 16, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father in Heaven,   Thank You that for every hurt, every fear, every worry, every need, there is a remedy — through the power Jesus and of the Resurrection He offers, through the power and presence of Your Holy Spirit, and through Y...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 16, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Romans 8:28-30 Tree of Life Version (TLV) 28 Now we know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to His purpose.   29 For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to ...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 15, 2019
  The Iconoclast Wednesday, May 15, 2019 In English, we have the word “iconoclast.” An iconoclast is someone who goes against the flow and breaks the rules or traditions. The word goes back centuries. It comes from a great controversy which took place in the middle ages in the ...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 15, 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) &nb...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 15, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Do nothing out of selfishness or conceit, but with humility consider others as more important than yourselves, looking out not only for your own interests but also the interests of others. (TLV) Philippians 2:3-4

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 14, 2019
  The Russian Hospital Tuesday, May 14, 2019 We took a mission trip to Russia soon after the doors of freedom were opened. We entered a hospital unplanned and told them we wanted to share the Gospel. Immediately, they summoned all the patients and gathered everyone into one large meeting r...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 14, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know. Jeremiah 33:3   A Time to Think Sometimes the Lord rides out the storm with us and other times He calms the restless sea around us. Most of all, He cal...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 14, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father,   Please calm my heart, my mind, and my spirit today.   Please forgive me for worrying about the people and circumstances that surround me.   I want to live with Your confidence and hope fill...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 14, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Philippians 4:6-8 Tree of Life Version (TLV) 6 Do not be anxious about anything—but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.   7 And the shalom of God, which surpasses all...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 13, 2019
  The Other End Of The Leash Monday, May 13, 2019 When I was growing up, I used to take my dog Pudgy for walks. Whenever Pudgy saw something of interest, she would take off after it— or at least try. I was on the other end of the leash, and it was my job to restrain her. Either I was...

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 13, 2019
  Hucksters & Hypocrites by Max Lucado Some years ago I was in the Miami airport to pick up a friend. As I walked through the terminal, a convert of an Eastern cult got my attention. You know the kind I'm talking about: beads, sandals, frozen smile, a backpack of books.   "S...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 13, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection O Lord my God, I cried out to You, And You healed me. Psalm 30:2   A Time to Think Faith is the most powerful of all forces operating in humanity and when you have it in depth nothing can get you down. –Norman Vincent Peale, best-se...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 13, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, I know that You want me to draw near to You as I prepare now for what I will face today.   But it is good for me to draw near to God; I have put my trust in the Lord God, That I may declare all Your works. ...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 13, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Psalm 73:28 Tree of Life Version (TLV) 28 But for me, it is good to be near God. I have made my Lord Adonai my refuge. So I will tell of all Your works.   Tree of Life Version (TLV) Tree of Life (TLV) Translation of the...

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 12, 2019
  When Fishermen Don't Fish by Max Lucado   Bread is eaten daily. Some fruits are available only in season. Some drinks are made only on holidays. Not so with bread. And not so with Jesus. He should be brought to our table every day. We let him nourish our hearts, not just in cer...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 12, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue. Proverbs 31:26   A Time to Think When God thought of mother, He must have laughed with satisfaction... so rich, so deep, so divine, so full of soul, power, and beau...
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• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 12, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   I want to KNOW You.   You are so great and You do great things.   I want to spend more time with You.   Help me to make time to sit before Your throne in quiet places,  ...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 12, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Ezekiel 28:25-26 Tree of Life Version (TLV) 25 Thus says Adonai Elohim: “When I have gathered the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered and show my holiness through them in the eyes of the nations, then they will live i...

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 10, 2019
  Bumping Life Off (Self) Center by Max Lucado   Blame the bump on Copernicus.   Until Copernicus came along in 1543, we earthlings enjoyed the center stage. Fathers could place an arm around their children, point to the night sky, and proclaim, “The universe...
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• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 10, 2019
  Lentils & Flattery Friday, May 10, 2019 The philosopher Aristippus lived a comfortable life by flattering the Greek tyrant Dionysius. He looked down on his less prosperous fellow philosophers. One of them was Diogenes. A story is told that one day Aristippus saw Diogenes washing some len...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 10, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way perfect. 2 Samuel 22:33   A Time to Think First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, "I believe," three times.—Dr. Norman Vincent Peale   A Time to Act ...
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• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM May 10, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   I praise You for sending Jesus to rescue me.   And I praise Jesus, the Sent One, for coming to rescue me.   Jesus has sent me into the world, just as You sent Him, to tell my friends and family ...