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• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 23, 2019
  Dear Heavenly Father,   Thank You for Your generosity and kindness to me.   I look to You as the perfect example of how to give with a generous heart.   Because of Your Holy Spirit within me, I can learn to love and give generously.   Ple...
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• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 21, 2019
  Jesus Heals a Blind Man by Max Lucado “As [Jesus] passed by, He saw a man blind from birth” (John 9:1). This man has never seen a sunrise. Can’t tell purple from pink. The disciples fault the family tree. “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he would be born bl...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 21, 2019
  The Shepherd Or The Butcher Monday, January 21, 2019 An Israeli tour guide was telling his group that in the Middle East, shepherds don’t drive their sheep from behind, they lead them. To their amusement, one of the first sites they saw was a flock of sheep, but the man was in back...
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• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 21, 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 If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way. –Martin Luther King, Jr.   A Time to Act ...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 21, 2019
  Dear Lord God,   Thank You for being a creative God who inspires me to look at the world through Your eyes.   I look up to the sky and I see Your canvas.   I look at the flowers in the field and I see You tenderness and beauty.   Lord, pl...
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• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 20, 2019
  Who is God?by Max Lucado So who is God? Can I trust Him to take care of me? How much time do you have? The weather changes—but God is UN-changing! Fashion changes. Even change changes. But Hebrews 6:17 says God is always the same—yesterday, today, and tomorrow. So can we trust God? Is...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 20, 2019
  Daily Scripture & ReflectionHe shall regard the prayer of the destitute, and shall not despise their prayer. Psalm 102:17 A Time to ThinkA chief cause of worry and unhappiness in life is trading what we want most for what we want at the moment. –Maralee McKee, author A Time to ActPray and re...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 20, 2019
  Dear Father God, Thank you for entrusting me with Your resources. Whatever my earthly portion may be, whether it is my creativity, my spiritual gifts, my generosity, or my compassion, Lord, make known to me what you desire of me and my resources. By knowing my gifts, talents, abilities, and resou...
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• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 19, 2019
  Everything You Needby Max Lucado Are you hoping that a change in circumstances will bring a change in your attitude? If so, you are in prison, and you need to learn a secret of traveling light. What you have in your Shepherd is greater than what you don’t have in life. May I meddle for a mom...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 19, 2019
  Daily Scripture & ReflectionWhat is impossible with men is possible with God. Luke 18:27 A Time to ThinkAt least at times of loss, we are reminded of our priorities, of our many blessings. In times of gain, we can so often lose our way. –Mindy Starns Clark, author A Time to ActTake comfort k...
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• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 19, 2019
  Dear Lord God, Thank You for this new day. Each day the Earth spins on its axis and the sun sheds light on every living thing, all created by You. The light You provide, in the day and through the night, brings life and rhythm to me. It is in You that I live and move and have my being. I cannot...
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• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 18, 2019
  The Measurable MiracleFriday, January 18, 2019Acts 1:3 says Messiah appeared and presented Himself by many convincing proofs. This verse separates our faith from every faith of the ancient world outside of Israel. None of the ancient gods presented themselves with many convincing proofs. But Yeshua,...
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• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 18, 2019
  Loved with a Steadfast Loveby Max Lucado The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness.Lamentations 3:22–23 RSV Jeremiah was depressed, as gloomy as a giraffe with a neck ache. Jerusalem was under siege, h...
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• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 18, 2019
  Daily Scripture & ReflectionFight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses. 1 Timothy 6:12 A Time to ThinkOur prayers run along one road and God's answers by another, and by and by they m...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 18, 2019
  Dear Lord God, Today I lift up those who are lacking a home to live in. I pray for those who find themselves displaced and alone. Help me to live a life that is worthy of what You have called me to, to love and serve others in Your name. Please reveal to me the needs that You have equipped me to...
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• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 17, 2019
  Dancing With God Thursday, January 17, 2019 Have you ever watched a married couple who’ve been dancing for years out on a dance floor? Every move they make is perfectly synchronized. The man leads, the woman follows, and you can hardly distinguish between the leading of the dance a...
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• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 17, 2019
  Judas, The Man Who Never Knew by Max Lucado   I’ve wondered at times what kind of man this Judas was. What he looked like, how he acted, who his friends were.   I guess I’ve stereotyped him. I’ve always pictured him as a wiry, beady-eyed, sly, w...
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• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 17, 2019
  Daily Scripture & ReflectionOr don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you? Don’t you know that you have the Holy Spirit from God, and you don’t belong to yourselves? 1 Corinthians 6:19 (The Daily Life Bible) A Time to ThinkWe fail in the work of gra...
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• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 17, 2019
  Dear Lord God,   Thank You for Your everlasting love.   You are my God, and I will ever praise You.   Please help me to seek You today.   I pray that Your Holy Spirit will help me to set my eyes on things above.   I pray th...
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• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 16, 2019
  No One Compares to Himby Max Lucado Psalm 89:6 asks the question: “Who among the sons of the mighty is like the Lord?” And the answer is, any pursuit of God’s counterpart is vain. No one and nothing compares to him. No one advises him. No one helps him. You and I may have power. ...
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• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 16, 2019
  Daily Scripture & ReflectionBecause your loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you. Psalm 63:3 A Time to ThinkThe safest place to be is within the will of God –Author Unknown A Time to ActFace your challenges with determination and resiliency. A Time to PrayLord, help us...
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• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 16, 2019
  Dear Lord God, Thank You for Your presence in my life today, that as I draw near to You, You are so good to draw near to me. James 4:8 Lord, when I struggle to know Your nearness, I pray that You will renew my faith and my awareness that You will never leave me nor forsake me. Hebrews 13:5 Someti...
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• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 15, 2019
  The Fear of Life’s Final Momentsby Max Lucado This is the promise of Christ: “Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me. There is more than enough room in my Father’s home. If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a pl...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 15, 2019
  The Ploughed LifeTuesday, January 15, 2019Plowing is a process of breaking up and turning over the soil. Soil needs plowing so it doesn’t become hard, dry, and unreceptive to growing life. What’s true for soil is also true for your heart. The heart left on its own tends to become hard. T...
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• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 15, 2019
  Daily Scripture & ReflectionNow faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. Hebrews 11:1 A Time to ThinkFaith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase. –Martin Luther King, Jr. A Time to ActBelieve in God's power to transform you and...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 15, 2019
  Dear Lord God,   Thank You for being my Advocate and my Counselor.   Please help me to navigate my day with Your wisdom.   I pray that Your Holy Spirit will help me to be slow to anger and slow to speak.   Lord, may I see the world around...

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 14, 2019
  Can We Believe the Bible?by Max Lucado Can we believe the Bible? How can we know it is anything more than a collection of sayings and stories? Can we truly believe that the Bible is the Word of God? There are many reasons I believe in the Bible. Here are a few: Composition. It was composed over s...
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• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 14, 2019
  Daily Scripture & ReflectionCall unto to Me and I will answer you and will tell you great and hidden things which you have not known. Jeremiah 33:3 A Time to ThinkWeave in faith and God will find the thread. –Old Proverb A Time to ActBelieve in the sun even when it's not shining. A Time to ...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 14, 2019
  Two Messiahs For OneMonday, January 14, 2019The prophets foretold Messiah would come in glory, riding on the clouds, subduing the nations and reigning forever. The prophets also said He would come in humility, riding on a donkey, that He’d be rejected, suffer, and die for sins. The rabbis coul...
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• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 14, 2019
  Dear Lord God, Today I surrender all that I am to You. May I speak words that bring healing and encouragement today. May my actions reflect the great mercy You have shown to me. May my attitude be like Yours, my King Jesus. Help me to walk in humility and faith. You are the God who rescues me ...
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• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 13, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection The LORD is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation. Psalm 118:14   A Time to Think God enters by a private door into each individual. –Ralph Waldo Emerson, philosopher, and poet   A Time to Act Cultivate t...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 13, 2019
  Dear Lord God, Thank You for filling Your creation with awe-inspiring beauty. Help me to savor Your glory today as it is displayed in Your creation. Please help me to see the work of Your hands all around me. Your goodness is greater than I can imagine. May Your Holy Spirit give me eyes to see ...
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• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 11, 2019
  The Shevat Of God Friday, January 11, 2019 Genesis 2:2 says, “And the Lord rested on the seventh day...” The word ‘rested’ is the Hebrew word ‘shevat’ from which we get the English word, ‘Sabbath.’ Hebrews 4:9 promises that for the people o...
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• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 11, 2019
  Daily Scripture & ReflectionShout His praise with joy! For great is the Holy One. Isaiah 12:6 NLT A Time to ThinkTrials...may come in abundance. But they cannot penetrate into the sanctuary of the soul when it is settled in God, and we may dwell in perfect peace. –Hannah Whitall Smith, author...
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• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 11, 2019
  Dear Father God, You give life to all of You beautiful people in this world. You are the hope for the hopeless and You are unwavering in Your love for me. Lord, I lift up all the anxiety that I am harboring in my body, the worries of providing for my needs and the feelings of inadequacy that can ...
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• Spiritual Warefare Prayer

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 10, 2019
  A Prayer for those in Spiritual Warfare Today I need your supernatural power, Lord, to stand strong and not surrender. Physical force won't help, because you've said the weapons of our warfare are different from those in this world. As believers, ours are powerful and can demolish strongholds and li...
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• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 10, 2019
  The Greatest Act Of RepentanceThursday, January 10, 2019Teshuvah is Hebrew for repentance. Most believers think that repentance is done when they first come to the Lord or when they recommit their life to Him. Others think repentance is something one does in response to a particular sin. All these t...
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• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 10, 2019
  Blast a Few Walls by Max Lucado   The cross of Christ creates a new people, a people unhindered by skin color or family feud. A new citizenry based, not on common ancestry or geography, but on a common Savior.   My friend Buckner Fanning experienced this firstha...
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• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 10, 2019
  Dear Lord God,   Thank You for the ways that You have blessed and guided me in the past.   At times it is hard for me to hear Your voice, but I look to the past to remember that You have been faithful in watching over me.   Today, I lift up my deepest n...
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• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 9, 2019
  He is Waiting in the Midst of the Stormby Max Lucado Peter knows he is in trouble. The winds roar down onto the Sea of Galilee like a hawk on a rat. Lightning zigzags across the black sky. The clouds vibrate with thunder. The rain taps then pops, then slaps against the deck of the boat until every...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 9, 2019
  Daily Scripture & ReflectionEvery word of God is flawless. Proverbs 30:5 NIV A Time to ThinkThe Bible is the only book whose Author is always present when one reads it. –Author Unknown A Time to ActAllow God’s love to heal old wounds. A Time to PrayHeavenly Father, replace my pain wit...
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• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 9, 2019
  Dear Lord Jesus, Thank you for being the truth in this world. Please open my eyes so that I may seek your truth in my life and in the difficult moments. Please continue to be the rock-solid foundation upon which I build my life. With you as my unshakeable foundation, all of my hopes, dreams, amb...
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• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 8, 2019
  The Woodcutter's Wisdom by Max Lucado Once there was an old man who lived in a tiny village. Although poor, he was envied by all, for he owned a beautiful white horse. Even the king coveted his treasure. A horse like this had never been seen before—such was its splendor, its majesty, its stre...
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• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 8, 2019
  There Was No Book Of Acts In The Book Of Acts Tuesday, January 8, 2019 What was it like to live inside the Book of Acts? For the people of the Book of Acts, there was no Book of Acts, just acts. It hadn’t been recorded yet. It wasn’t a book. It wasn’t something they jus...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 8, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection In peace, I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, LORD, make me dwell in safety. Psalm 4:8 NIV   A Time to Think A well-spent day brings happy sleep. —Leonardo da Vinci   A Time to Act Before you go to sleep, commit ...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 8, 2019
  Dear Father God,   Thank You for loving me.   I want to be more like You my Lord.   Please open the eyes of my heart so that I may see You more clearly.   Jesus said, "I am the light of the world." John 8:12   Jesus told hi...
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• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 7, 2019
  The Chaldean Comic Monday, January 7, 2019 Have you seen any Hittite or Amorite comedians lately? Have you consulted with a Chaldean injury lawyer, gone to an Akkadian doctor or a Babylonian dentist? No? Why not? These are the people of the ancient world, the great peoples of antiquity. ...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 7, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection For to the snow He says, “Fall on the earth.” Job 37:6 ESV   A Time to Think To appreciate the beauty of a snowflake it is necessary to stand out in the cold. —Aristotle   A Time to Act Reflect on God&rsquo...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 7, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   You are worthy of all my praise.   Thank You for Your provision in my life.   Lord, there is power in Your name and from Your Holy Spirit.   I ask for Your divine wisdom for my life...

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 6, 2019
  The Choice by Max Lucado   IT'S QUIET. It's early. My coffee is hot. The sky is still black. The world is still asleep. The day is coming.   In a few moments, the day will arrive. It will roar down the track with the rising of the sun. The stillness of the dawn ...
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• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 6, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 NLT   A Time to Think “Thank you” is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expr...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 6, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily PrayerDear Lord God, Thank You for this new year and the continued blessings of the loved ones You have placed in my life. I ask You for a new year of health and healing, both spiritually and physically, for my life and for those who surround me. Please renew my desire...
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• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 5, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus,   You do not give a spirit of fear.   May I possess only what You give me.   May I contain only that which promotes Your kingdom.   Holy Spirit, You see the contents of my heart. ...

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 4, 2019
  When God Whispers Your Name by Max Lucado The sheep listen to the voice of the shepherd. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.—John 10:3 WHEN I SEE a flock of sheep I see exactly that, a flock. A rabble of wool. A herd of hooves. I don't see a sheep. I see sheep. All alike. None...
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• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 4, 2019
  Shimon The Young Friday, January 4, 2019 Luke tells of a man named Simeon, or Shimon in Hebrew. He was a remarkable man. Simeon was old. Most older people are looking for peace and quiet. Generally, we do our seeking when we’re younger, then we just try to hold on to what we have w...
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• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 4, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. Isaiah 55:8   A Time to Think Be willing to give of yourself, and there will be a new life for you in this New Year and every year. –Norman Vincent Peal...
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• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 4, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father,   Thank You for carrying my burdens so that I can walk with my head held high...   I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians...
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• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 3, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   Please help me to choose You today, above all else.   Help me to know where to follow You.   Please help me to be wise with how I spend my time and where I place my affection.   Re...
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• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 2, 2019
  The Bikoreem Of Your Year Wednesday, January 2, 2019 In the Hebrew Scriptures, the word for Firstfruits is Bikoreem. Israel was commanded to give the firstfruits of their increase— the womb, their flocks, their harvests— to God. The first part of everything was to be given to...
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• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 2, 2019
  Daily Scripture & ReflectionOh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, for His steadfast love endures forever! Psalm 107:1 ESV A Time to ThinkAs you step into this new year, be bold enough and daring enough to believe in the abundant good that has been prepared for you.—Dr. Norman Vincent P...
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• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 2, 2019
  Dear Lord God,   I pray for Your peace to surround me in this new year.   I ask that Your Holy Spirit will help me to see Your goodness in each new day.   Please help me to be patient and kind, even when I am afraid.   I pray that You wil...
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• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 1, 2019
  Daily Scripture & ReflectionTherefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV A Time to ThinkWe will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first ch...
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• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM January 1, 2019
  Dear Heavenly Father, I ask that You will create in me a clean heart and renew a right spirit within me. Psalm 51:10 I pray that Your Spirit will sow into me the seeds of Your love and presence. Lord, may You be the Gardener of my soul this year, weeding away any selfish ways in me. Please uproo...
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• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM December 31, 2018
  Daily Scripture & Reflection   I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. Revelation 22:13 NIV   A Time to Think Christ was born to bring new Life. May the New Year renew new Life in you. –Author Unknown   ...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM December 31, 2018
  Dear Heavenly Father,   Today, on this last day of 2018, I reflect on the passage of time and I remember that You are outside the limits of both time and space.   You move in mysterious and transcendent ways.   Lord, I pray that You will occupy my every...
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• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM December 30, 2018
  Daily Scripture & Reflection My child, don’t reject the LORD’s discipline and don’t be upset when He corrects you. Proverbs 3:11 NLT   A Time to Think The New Year is a time to learn to rely more heavily on the grace of God. –Author Unknown &nb...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM December 30, 2018
  Dear Heavenly Father,   Thank You that Your mercies are new every morning...   Through the Lord ’s mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-2...
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• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM December 28, 2018
  Dear Lord God, Thank You for Your Word, The Bible, and the truth it provides. Please help me to spend time with You each day in Your Word, in conversational prayer, in worship and in Your presence and with Your Holy Spirit. Let me focus on You and Your goodness... ...whatever is true,whatever is...
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• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM December 28, 2018
  Daily Scripture & Reflection That energy is God's energy, an energy deep within you. Philippians 2:13 MSG A Time to Think Love is the immortal flow of energy that nourishes, extends and preserves. Its eternal goal...
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• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM December 27, 2018
  Daily Scripture & Reflection Light is shed upon the righteous and joy on the upright in heart. Psalm 97:11   A Time to Think In daily life, we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but gratefulness that makes us happy. —Brother David Steindl-Rast ...
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• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM December 27, 2018
  The Miracle In The Bread Box Thursday, December 27, 2018 Do you ever feel like you don’t have enough in your life; enough money, enough time, enough affection, or enough anything? The Lord’s Prayer says, “Give us this day our daily bread.” Do you have daily bread?...
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• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM December 27, 2018
  Dear Father God, Your power goes beyond my understanding. In a time when hope can seem dim, I know that Your light is brighter than any darkness in my life. I look to You for my hope for today and for my future with You... So we do not lose heart.Though our outer self is wasting away,our inner...
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• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM December 26, 2018
  The Turnpike Of The Righteous Wednesday, December 26, 2018 Proverbs 16:17 says, “The highway of the upright (righteous) is to depart from evil; He who watches his way preserves his life.” It doesn’t say the old country road of the righteous or the old winding dirt road ...
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• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM December 26, 2018
  Daily Scripture & ReflectionJesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Hebrews 13:8 NIV A Time to ThinkSomehow, not only for Christmas but all the long year through, the joy you give to others is the joy that comes back to you. –John Greenleaf Whittier, poet A Time to ActRemem...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM December 26, 2018
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily PrayerDear Father God, I desire to be more like You. Thank You for The Bible and for Your Holy Spirit and how they help me to know You more deeply. Please use Your Word and Your Holy Spirit to shape my heart, my mind, and my spirit. There is power in the name of Jesus...
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• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM December 25, 2018
  Daily Scripture & Reflection For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. Luke 2:11 KJV   A Time to Think I truly believe that if we keep telling the Christmas story, singing the Christmas songs, and living the Christmas spirit, w...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM December 25, 2018
  Dear Father God,   I call upon Your name today in humble admiration.   Fill me with Your Holy Spirit that I may worship You in my words and actions.   Today, I celebrate Jesus's birth and the fact that He came down to Earth as a babe.   Y...
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• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM December 24, 2018
  The Cost Of YouMonday, December 24, 2018When you buy something, you pay at least what you think it’s worth. No one pays more than they think something’s worth. You’re valuing the object you’re paying for at least as much as what you’re giving for it. Now think of Calvar...
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• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM December 24, 2018
  Daily Scripture & ReflectionBut God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8 NIV A Time to ThinkThe most obvious lesson in Christ's teaching is that there is no happiness in having or getting anything, but only in giving. —Henry Dru...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM December 24, 2018
  Dear Heavenly Father,   I come to You on bended knee in awe of the sacrifice that my Lord Jesus made for me.   Sending Your beloved Son down to Earth so that He may live a sinless life, only to take my sins upon the cross, is such a beautiful act of love...  ...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM December 23, 2018
  Daily Scripture & ReflectionAnd she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped Him in swaddling clothes, and laid Him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. Luke 2:7 KJV A Time to ThinkKeeping Christmas is good, but sharing it is better. –Arnold Glasow, author A Time t...
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• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM December 23, 2018
  Dear Lord God,   I lift my hands to You on this new day that You have given to me...   Since prayer is at the bottom of all this, what I want most is for men to pray— not shaking angry fists at enemies but raising holy hands to God. And I wan...
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• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM December 22, 2018
  Daily Scripture & Reflection Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker. Psalm 95:6 NIV A Time to Think All the Christmas presents in the world are worth nothing without the presence ...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM December 22, 2018
  Dear Father God, I thank You for Your presence. Thank You for the sacrifice of Your Holy Son so that I can enter Your presence and spend time with You as I read my Bible, as I pray and as I worship. I ask that today You will help me to do what is good... He has shown you, O man, what...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM December 21, 2018
  Daily Scripture & Reflection And Mary said, “Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” Luke 1:38 ESV   A Time to Think To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.&mdash...
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• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM December 21, 2018
  The Pagan Resurrections Vs The Real Friday, December 21, 2018   In the ancient world, there were strange foreshadows and substitutes of the resurrection – the myths of the dying and rising gods. It was linked to the death and rebirth of nature every year. So they commemor...
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• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM December 21, 2018
  Dear Lord God,   I pray that You will put people in my path today that I can encourage and care for.   Let me be as one who offers the water of Your Holy Spirit to those who are thirsty. Isaiah 44:3   I pray that Your Holy Spirit will fill me now and th...
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• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM December 20, 2018
  Daily Scripture & Reflection But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord.” Luke 2:10-11 NIV   A Time to Think...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM December 20, 2018
  The Interruption Of Heaven Thursday, December 20, 2018   Few people like commotion, trouble, or change. We seek peace, situations of no commotion. But if you really want a place where there’s no commotion, go to a cemetery. That which is dead does not cause any commotion....
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• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM December 20, 2018
  Dear Lord God,   I ask that You will be near to those who feel far from You this Christmas.   I ask that You will show me ways to welcome those around me who need Your hope and Your comfort during this Christmas season.   Thank You that You call me to ...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM December 19, 2018
  Claiming Your Unclaimed BlessingsWednesday, December 19, 2018 Out of Jacob and Esau, which one was blessed? It was Jacob who received the blessing but the blessing he received belonged to Esau. One could say that Esau was blessed because the blessing was intended for him, but he never received it. ...
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• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM December 19, 2018
  Daily Scripture & Reflection   And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 18:3 NIV   A Time to Think The light in a child's eyes is all it takes to make a Chr...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 14, 2018
  Daily Scripture & Reflection Many are the plans in a human heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails. Proverbs 19:21 (TNIV)   A Time to Think Feed your faith and your doubts will starve to death. —Debbie Macomber   A Time to Act Reli...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 14, 2018
  The Road Of Rabbi Shaul Wednesday, November 14, 2018   A Jewish Rabbi named Shaul, whom we know as Saul or Paul, was struck by the power of God and became blind. The Lord told him to go to Straight Street. Was that a coincidence? Shaul was saved on Damascus Road, but in order t...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 13, 2018
  Daily Scripture & Reflection Then when you call, the Lord will answer. ‘Yes, I am here,’ he will quickly reply. Isaiah 58:9 (NLT)   A Time to Think While we are waiting on God, we are waiting with God. —Louie Giglio   A Time to Act Kno...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 13, 2018
  The Dilemma Of The Skeptics Tuesday, November 13, 2018   Skeptics claim that the Bible came from men and not from God. The question to ask them is: What kind of men, good or bad? For bad men wouldn’t have written the words of the Bible because they condemn sin and pronoun...
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• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 13, 2018
  Lighthouse Christian Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Thank you for Your Holy Spirit.   Holy Spirit, thank You for filling me, for speaking to my heart and for guiding me.   Please help me to follow Your direction, strong enough to do You...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 12, 2018
  Dear Heavenly Father, most Gracious and Loving God,   I pray to You and ask that You will abundantly bless my family and me.   And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh, that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine ha...
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• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 10, 2018
  Daily Scripture & Reflection Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. James 5:16 (NIV) A Time to Think The changes we dread most may contain our salvation. &mdas...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 10, 2018
  Dear Father God, I want to praise You and thank You for this new day... O LORD, our Lord,How excellent is Your name in all the earth,Who have set Your glory above the heavens!Psalm 8:1 Thank You for the times You have made Your presence known to me in a mighty way. Please move in m...