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• 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...

• 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...