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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...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 9, 2018
  The Gap And Your Mantle Friday, November 9, 2018   If we’re honest with ourselves, we’ll admit that there’s a gap between the everyday life we live and the life we know we should live in God’s Word, between the always victorious saint, pure, holy, loving...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 9, 2018
  Daily Scripture & Reflection Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it. Matthew 7:13–14 (NIV)   A Tim...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 9, 2018
  Dear Father God,   Please help me to think before I speak today...   Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so. James 3:10   I pray that I will always think of others and their needs,...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 8, 2018
  Daily Scripture & Reflection If the Lord delights in a man’s way, he makes his steps firm; though he stumbles, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with his hand. Psalm 37:24–25 NIV A Time to Think ...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 8, 2018
  This little light of mine,I'm gonna let it shine.let it shine, let it shine, let it shine...  Dear Father God, Today, I really do want to let the light of Jesus shine through me so that others will come to know Jesus, the light of the world...  Then Jesus spoke to them again, sayi...
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• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 7, 2018
  Daily Scripture & Reflection Cease striving and know that I am God. Psalm 46:10 NAS   A Time to Think The tendency of the world is down – God's path is up. —Dwight L Moody   A Time to Act Be assured the Lord gently guides us on the right pat...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 7, 2018
  The Holiness Of Will Wednesday, November 7, 2018   Deuteronomy 6:5 instructs us to love God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength. Therefore, does following God, mean just going along with the flow? Yes and no. There’s the flow of God’s Spirit, and there&rsquo...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 7, 2018
  Dear Father in Heaven,   I'm thirsty for more of You.   I'm thirsty for Your living water of life, for Your anointing on my life and ministry...   "...but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that ...
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• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 6, 2018
  Daily Scripture & Reflection Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 NIV A Time to Think When one has a grateful heart, life is so beautiful.&rd...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 6, 2018
  Why You’re Like A Jet Tuesday, November 6, 2018   What do believers and airplanes have in common? Airplanes are a unique form of transportation. You can stop a horse, a car, a bicycle, a train, or even a ship. But if you try to stop a plane in mid-air, it will crash. And ...
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• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 6, 2018
  Dear Lord Jesus,   You are my Lord and my God.   I worship You and thank You for giving up the glories of Heaven to come to earth to live in human flesh.   I accept and receive You even though others reject You.   I crown You the King of ...
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• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 5, 2018
  Daily Scripture & Reflection This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 1 John 1:5 A Time to Think Hope is being able to see tha...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 5, 2018
  When It's Good To Be Provocative Monday, November 5, 2018   Hebrews 10:24 says, “Let us consider how to provoke one another to love.” Some people apparently read only the first part of this verse: “let us provoke one another,” and stop there. They’...
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• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 5, 2018
  Dear Father God,   I desire a genuine relationship with You.   I want to hear Your voice, to feel Your presence, to walk with You each and every day.   Help me to put You first in my life.   But seek first the kingdom of God and His ...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 3, 2018
  Dear Father God,   Oh, how I praise You!   You heal the brokenhearted and bind up their wounds.   You count the number of the stars and call them all by name.   Great are You, Lord, and mighty in power.   Your understandin...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 2, 2018
  Daily Scripture & Reflection You also must be ready all the time, for the Son of Man will come when least expected. Luke 12:40 NLT   A Time to Think Life isn't always about finding yourself. More often than not, it's about discovering who God created you to be. —Davi...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 2, 2018
  The Attorney’s Purchase Friday, November 2, 2018   He was a hardened lawyer who’d never before owned a Bible. He finally purchased one for the purpose of adding another reference book to his legal library. Gradually, that one book began drawing him away from his int...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 2, 2018
  Dear Lord God,   Please fill me with your Holy Spirit today.   Help me to bring glory to the Father and to the Son, Jesus.   I surrender myself to You.   Come, fill me with a new zeal to be holy.   Give me a new desire to s...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM November 1, 2018
  Good morning Lord,   Today I pray for the spouses and families of those who are ministers, pastors, elders, deacons, teachers, servers and others in my church.   I pray for healing, where needed; for protection from harm, evil, and discouragement; and for blessing in ...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM October 31, 2018
  Dear God,   It's true...that I may be the only "Bible" someone ever reads.   Please help me be a living testament to others for You.   Please work through me and help me be a light and an encouragement for my non-believing family, friends, neighbors, an...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM October 29, 2018
  Daily Scripture & Reflection Jesus wept. John 11:35 NIV A Time to Think The pain passes, but the beauty remains. —Auguste Renoir, Artist A Time to Act Find comfort in this verse and know that Jesus is ...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM October 29, 2018
    John The Baptist As A Businessman  Monday, October 29, 2018 Yochanan the Immerser, also known as John the Baptist, never got married. Why? It’s probable that if John had married, he would have missed his calling and his life would have been a disaster. We don’t k...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM October 29, 2018
  Dear Lord Jesus, There are days when I feel weak and uninspired. And there are days when I am full of the life and hope that You have given to me. Please help me to remember that my strength comes from You... But the salvation of the righteous is from the Lord;He is their strength in...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM October 28, 2018
  Dear Lord God,   I realize that because I am a Christian, I am in “Full-Time” Christian service.   Some Christians are called to other nations.   Thank You that I am called to minister in my home, in my church, in my school and workplace, an...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM October 27, 2018
  Daily Scripture & Reflection Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Philippians 3:12 NIV A Time to T...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM October 27, 2018
  Dear Father God,   Thank You that You are a God of second chances.   I thank You for forgiving me and taking me back during the times of my life when I strayed from You and when I was disobedient.   I’m so sorry for disappointing loved ones in my ...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM October 26, 2018
  You Who Art On Earth Friday, October 26, 2018   We are to pray, “Our Father Who art in Heaven”. Notice that it speaks of God’s “art”, but there’s nothing about your “art” at all. It doesn’t matter whether you’re in one...
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  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM October 26, 2018
  Dear Father God,   I seek You and Your Kingdom first and with all my heart...   Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to You. Matthew 6:33   I want to be covered with the righteousness o...

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  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM October 23, 2018
  Dear Father God,   Thank You for showing me how to live in The Bible...   Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge Proverbs 23:12   I’m trying to examine myself in light of that Scripture.   Plea...
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• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM October 22, 2018
  Daily Scripture & Reflection He who gains Wisdom loves his own life; he who keeps understanding shall prosper and find good. Proverbs 19:8 A Time to Think May not a single moment of my life be spent outside the li...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM October 22, 2018
  Get The Junk Out Of Your Closet Monday, October 22, 2018 In Matthew, Messiah speaks about going into your prayer closet. Have you ever thought about how strange it is to talk about praying in a closet? Your closet might have vacuum cleaners, umbrellas, winter coats, and mothballs in it. The word c...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM October 22, 2018
  Get The Junk Out Of Your Closet Monday, October 22, 2018 In Matthew, Messiah speaks about going into your prayer closet. Have you ever thought about how strange it is to talk about praying in a closet? Your closet might have vacuum cleaners, umbrellas, winter coats, and mothballs in it. The word c...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM October 22, 2018
  Jesus paid it all,All to Him I owe;Sin had left a crimson stain,He washed it white as snow. Dear Lord, You paid it all. You made the greatest sacrifice, You are spotless and without sin. You took my sin, and everyone's sin, upon Yourself and You took my place on the Cross. Thank You for Your e...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM October 19, 2018
  Daily Scripture & Reflection All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord stands forever. 1Peter 1:24-25 A Time to Thi...

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  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM October 19, 2018
  The Holiness Of Bad Eyesight  Friday, October 19, 2018 In Genesis 27, Isaac is blessing his sons. He wants to bless Esau, but Jacob comes to him in disguise. Due to his poor eyesight, Isaac blesses Jacob instead, thus fulfilling prophecy. Are you having a hard time blessing, loving, or forg...

• Daily Nosh

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM October 19, 2018
  From Messianic Jewish Alliance of America General Secretary – Joel Chernoff October 19, 2018 (1)Now it came to pass after this that David inquired of the Lord saying, “Should I go up to one of the towns of Judah?” The Lord said to him, “Go up”. “Where shal...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM October 19, 2018
  Dear Lord, Please help me to focus on what is important today. I want to know You better. I long to know the power of Your Resurrection... ...that I may know Himand the power of His resurrection,and the fellowship of His sufferings,being conformed to His death...Philippians 3:10 Please, “...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM October 18, 2018
  The Flowing Life Thursday, October 18, 2018 Isaiah 55:12 says, “You shall go out with joy and be led forth with peace.” The word “led forth” in Hebrew, is “yabal.” Yabal also means to “flow”, like a river flows. God’s Spirit is likened to wat...

• Daily Nosh

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM October 18, 2018
  From Messianic Jewish Alliance of America General Secretary – Joel Chernoff October 18, 2018 Now we know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to His purpose. (TLV) - Romans 8:28Nosh: In this verse, Paul lays out in just a few...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM October 18, 2018
  Dear God,   Here I am, in awe of Your tremendous love and power...   I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate (me) from ...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM October 17, 2018
  Daily Scripture & Reflection The Lord… does not become tired or need rest. No one can understand how great his wisdom is. He gives strength to those who are tired and more power to those who are weak. Isaiah 40:28-29 NCV   A Time to Think The remedy for discourageme...

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  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM October 17, 2018
  The Mystery Of His Wings  Wednesday, October 17, 2018 Malachi 4:2 says, “...the Son of Righteousness will arise with healing in His wings.” That Hebrew word, in this text, for wings is Kanaph. Kanaph is also the name of a sacred fringe called tzitzit that is on the tallit or pra...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM October 17, 2018
  Dear Father in Heaven, Thank You for Your Son Jesus from whom all life flows. Jesus is the strong Branch reaching out to hold me up and the one who has saved my soul. Jesus completes The Holy Trinity, all of whom I can go to when I need a fresh anointing, a new start, shelter from ...

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  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM October 16, 2018
  Saints And Anti-Semites Tuesday, October 16, 2018  Those known as the church fathers are considered to be great men who rose up after the apostles and after the completion of the Bible. But did you know that several of them were Anti-Semitic? For example, John Chrysostom, the Archbishop of ...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM October 16, 2018
  Dear Father in Heaven, When I remember the story of Joseph in the book of Genesis, I realize how You want so much more for me than I could ever dream. I also see how You can turn what others intend for evil into what You intend for good. Just as Joseph proclaimed to his brothers... But as for yo...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM October 13, 2018
  Dear Father in Heaven, I praise You, Lord. Thank You for staying close to me, even in my most difficult days... The Lord is close to the brokenheartedand saves those who are crushed in spirit.Psalm 34:18 Please use me to minister in Your Name to the brokenhearted and to those who are crushed in ...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM October 12, 2018
  Three Central Words   Friday, October 12, 2018   When you first learned to speak, you learned three central words: Please and thank you. We often forget what the simplest first lessen that we learned as children means in our hearts to God. When we ask God for some...

• Our Daily Bread

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM October 12, 2018
  Safe in His ArmsHe tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart. Isaiah 40:11 READ ISAIAH 40:9–11 The weather outside was threatening, and the alert on my cell phone warned about the possibility of flash floods. An unusual number of c...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM October 12, 2018
  Dear Lord God,  I know You are able... to move mountains, to speak creation into existence, to heal the sick, to save the lost, and to meet every need I have today. I commit myself to You. I pray for the people who are experiencing storms, earthquakes, fires, turmoil, wars, illness,...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM October 11, 2018
  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. These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes ...
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• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM October 11, 2018
  Whenever He Is, Then Is The Perfect Time   Thursday, October 11, 2018   Galatians 4 says, “In the fullness of time, God sent His Son, born of a woman.” Does that simply mean that He came because it was the perfect time and so that made it the fullness of time? The “...
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• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM October 11, 2018
  Whenever He Is, Then Is The Perfect Time   Thursday, October 11, 2018   Galatians 4 says, “In the fullness of time, God sent His Son, born of a woman.” Does that simply mean that He came because it was the perfect time and so that made it the fullness of time? The “...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM October 11, 2018
  Dear Lord God,   The Book of James tells me all about the power of my words and my tongue in James 3:1-12, including these three verses...   But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. With it, we bless our God and Father, ...
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• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM October 10, 2018
  The Miracles You’ve Been Missing Wednesday, October 10, 2018   Have you ever wanted to see a real miracle, like the deaf hearing, the blind seeing, or the dead raised to life? How would it change you? Imagine if you lived in a world of darkness. Then all of a sudden a light appears ris...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM October 10, 2018
  Dear Father God, Thank You for giving me a purpose for my life and for telling me what Your expectations are for me through Your Holy Word, The Bible. Please help me to be kind-hearted and long-suffering with others, as You are with me. Guide me to handle my disappointments with grace; to remain ...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM October 9, 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 We cannot change yesterday, but we can hope and pray for a better to...