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• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 30, 2019
  Honor God in Your Work by Max Lucado   Heaven’s calendar has seven Sundays a week. God sanctifies each day. He conducts holy business at all hours and in all places. He uncommons the common by turning kitchen sinks into shrines, cafés into convents, and nine-to-fi...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 30, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection Everything is possible for him who believes. Mark 9:23 A Time to Think Go where your best prayers take you. –Frederick Buechner, writer A Time to Act Think prosperity, abun...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 30, 2019
  The Untrembling Hand Tuesday, July 30, 2019 The Emancipation Proclamation officially abolished slavery in the South. It was brought to Abraham Lincoln’s desk on January 1, 1863. Lincoln picked up a pen, dipped it in ink, and unrolled the document. He was about to sign it when he he...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 30, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear God of all creation,   I want to know You more.   You are so great and You do great things.   I want to spend more time with You.   Please help me to make more time with You to...   ...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 30, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day ​Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” Whenever you turn to the right hand Or whenever you turn to the left. Isaiah 30:21

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 29, 2019
  The Empire That Had To Fall Monday, July 29, 2019 The land of Israel had been under the rule of the Islamic Ottoman Empire for four centuries. But being Muslim, the empire was hardly sympathetic with the idea of the Jewish people returning to the land of Israel. And yet the Bible said it...

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 29, 2019
  Too Good To Be True? by Max Lucado   “Free Flight: Rio de Janeiro to Miami, Florida.”   I wasn’t the only person to hear about the offer but one of the few to phone and request details. The courier service offered an airline ticket to anyone wi...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 29, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always. 1 Chronicles 16:11   A Time to Think Faith is for that which lies on the other side of reason. Faith is what makes life bearable, with all its tragedies and ambiguities and sudden, startl...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 29, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father in Heaven,   Please work in me today to grow the fruit of the Spirit in my life...   But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithf...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 29, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Galatians 5:22-23

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 28, 2019
  Who has a greater chance of helping our children live in their sweet spots than we do? But will we? God’s Word urges us to do so. Listen closely to this reminder, “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it” (Proverbs 22:6).  ...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 28, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. Romans 12:12 (ESV)   A Time to Think Faith is about doing. You are how you act, not just how you believe. –Mitch Albom, author   A Time to Act Practice...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 28, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily PrayerDear God, Thank You for being my heavenly Father and my forever Friend. You listen when no one else does. You love me unconditionally. You correct me when I’m wrong, in whatever ways You know that I will respond. You comfort me when I mourn. You encour...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 28, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Matthew 28:20 New King James Version (NKJV) 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” [a]Amen.   Footnotes: [a] Matthew 28:20 NU omits Amen....

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 26, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   Many are the wonderful works You have done...   Many, O Lord my God, are Your wonderful works Which You have done; And Your thoughts toward us Cannot be recounted to You in order; If I would ...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 26, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Many, O Lord my God, are Your wonderful works Which You have done; And Your thoughts toward us Cannot be recounted to You in order; If I would declare and speak of them, They are more than can be numbered Psalm 40:5

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 25, 2019
  Love Always Protects by Max Lucado   Genesis 3:21 has been called the first gospel sermon. Preached not by preachers, but by God himself. Not with words, but with symbol and action.   “The LORD God made clothes from animal skins for the man and his wife an...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 25, 2019
  The Ministry Of Darkness Thursday, July 25, 2019 When the astronomer Edwin Frost of the Yerkes Observatory was nearing his death, he was asked, “Doctor, are you afraid to die?” Frost, who had lost his eyesight, smiled and shook his head, “I’ve seen too many stars ...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 25, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus,   You understand what it is like to be tempted...   Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted. Hebrews 2:18   You have resisted and ...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 24, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted. Hebrews 2:18

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 24, 2019
  Changed from the Inside Out by Max Lucado When you believe in Christ, Christ works a miracle in you. You are permanently purified and empowered by God himself. The message of Jesus to the religious person is simple: It’s not what you do. It’s what I do. I have moved in. And i...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 24, 2019
  The Confirmation From My Car Radio Wednesday, July 24, 2019 When I was asked to go into full-time ministry, I was sitting in a diner. I left the diner and got into my car and turned on the radio. The man speaking was quoting from Malachi 2:7. He said, “The lips of a priest are to p...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 24, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way perfect. 2 Samuel 22:33   A Time to Think I would rather walk with God in the dark than go alone in the light. –Mary Gardiner Brainard, author, and poet   A Time to Act ...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 24, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus,   How much longer until You come again?   We long for the day when Jesus is worshiped in all nations...   Great and marvelous are your deeds, Lord God Almighty. Just and true are your wa...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 24, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Great and marvelous are your deeds, Lord God Almighty. Just and true are your ways, King of the nations. Who will not fear you, Lord, and bring glory to your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship be...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 23, 2019
  Sleeping On The Field Tuesday, July 23, 2019 I remember one high school gym class where they had us play soccer. They assigned me and some others to play the defense along with the goalkeeper. But the other players on our team were so good, that all the action took place down at the othe...

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 23, 2019
  What Makes Heaven Heavenly by Max Lucado   You will be you at your best forever. Even now you have your good moments. Occasional glimpses of your heavenly self. When you change your baby’s diaper, forgive your boss’s temper, tolerate your spouse’s moodiness, y...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 23, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. Proverbs 25:11 A Time to Think Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 23, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Thank You for sending Jesus to save me from my sins and from my unrighteousness and who teaches us about Your Kingdom.   Thank You for planting the good seed of the Holy Spirit within me to keep my soul for Yo...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 23, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day ...the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Galatians 5:22-23

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 21, 2019
  ‘I Am The Soldier’ Monday, July 22, 2019 During the Second World War, the Danish monarch, King Christian X, spotted a Nazi swastika flying over a public building. “Take it down,” demanded the king to a German officer guarding the building. The officer indignantly ...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 21, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Father God, Your very Word tells me that You have given me divine power to live my life as You want me to...   His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own g...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 21, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these, he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may parti...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 20, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection Let’s come before him with thanks! Let’s shout songs of joy to him! Psalm 95:2 (The Daily Life Bible)   A Time to Think Saying thank you is more than good manners. It is good spirituality. –William Painter, inventor  ...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 20, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Today I recall the children's song...   I am a promise, I am a possibility I am a promise with a capital “P,” I am a great big bundle of potentiality And I am learning to hear God&rs...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 20, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Jeremiah 29:11 New King James Version (NKJV) 11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.   New King James Version (NKJV) Scripture is take...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 19, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   Thank You for bringing Your peace to my heart and my mind today.   Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; ...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 19, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds ...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 18, 2019
  The Enemy’s Whistle Call Thursday, July 18, 2019 When I was a child, I remember being in a car with my mother. She was parking next to a sidewalk, and an old man with a mustache and a whistle came running out blasting his little whistle. He didn’t want anyone parking in front...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 18, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   So often I look at what people are going through and I feel sad and sorry for them.   And when I’m going through tough times, I often become upset about it.   But when I look at the story Jo...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 17, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Genesis 50:20 New King James Version (NKJV) 20 But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.   New King James Version (NKJV) Scriptu...

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 17, 2019
  The Only One and Only by Max Lucado   Two of our three daughters were born in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. We lived in the North Zone, separated from our doctor’s office and hospital by a tunnel-pierced mountain range. During Denalyn’s many months of p...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 17, 2019
  Doing What You Can’t Do Wednesday, July 17, 2019 Luke 5 records Messiah telling a paralyzed man to get up and go home. Now think about that. What is He asking of the man? To rise up, take up his cot, and go home. What’s strange about that? The man is paralyzed. But He’s...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 17, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection Whatever you do, whether in speech or action, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus and give thanks to God the Father through him. Colossians 3:17 (The Daily Life Bible)   A Time to Think Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to sa...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 17, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear God,   Please Search me and know me...   Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties; And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 139:23-2...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 17, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day 2 Corinthians 5:7 New King James Version (NKJV) 7 For we walk by faith, not by sight.   New King James Version (NKJV) Scripture is taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permis...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 16, 2019
  The Infinite Answer Tuesday, July 16, 2019 The “triune nature of God” is one of the most controversial of doctrines. People, nonbelievers, and cult leaders have argued against it for ages. Even believers struggle with it. The simple truth, when it comes to mathematics is that...

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 16, 2019
  When Death Becomes Birth by Max Lucado   You live one final breath from your own funeral.   Which, from God’s perspective, is nothing to grieve. He responds to these grave facts with this great news: “The day you die is better than the day you are bo...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 16, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection But God made the earth by his might; he shaped the world by his wisdom, crafted the skies by his knowledge. Jeremiah 10:12 (The Daily Life Bible)   A Time to Think Prayer is the exercise of drawing on the grace of God. –Oswald Chambers, a...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 16, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   This is the day that You have made and I will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalms 118:24   May I see all the good that You accomplish around me all day long.   I do not want to focus on anything n...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 16, 2019
  Psalm 118:24 New King James Version (NKJV) 24 This is the day the Lord has made;We will rejoice and be glad in it. New King James Version (NKJV) Scripture is taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by perm...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 15, 2019
  Your Own Melchizedek Monday, July 15, 2019 The high priest of Israel could never become king, nor could the king ever become the high priest. The kingship and the priesthood were two separate bloodlines and tribes –They could never be joined. Yet, in the book of Zechariah, God call...

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 15, 2019
  Water for Your Soul by Max Lucado   Where do you find water for the soul? Jesus gave an answer one October day in Jerusalem. People had packed the streets for the annual reenactment of the rock-giving-water miracle of Moses. Each morning a priest filled a golden pitcher with wa...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 15, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection We have known and have believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and those who remain in love remain in God and God remains in them. 1 John 4:16 (The Daily Life Bible) A Time to...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 15, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus,   Please be with me today.   I want to draw near to you and I humbly ask you to draw near to me (James 4:8a)   I look to You for all of my conversations, all of my relationships, all of my endeavo...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 15, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day James 4:8 New King James Version (NKJV) 8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.   New King James Version (NKJV) Scripture is taken from the New ...

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 13, 2019
  Serve One Another by Max Lucado   Jesus “set aside the privileges of deity and took on the status of a slave, became human! Having become human, he stayed human. It was an incredibly humbling process. He didn’t claim special privileges. Instead, he lived a selfless...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 13, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   Thank You for this new day.   Thank You that I am able to see, to hear, to speak and to move about today.   I am blessed because You are a creative, forgiving and understanding God.   ...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 13, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Matthew 21:9 New King James Version (NKJV) 9 Then the multitudes who went before and those who followed cried out, saying:   “Hosanna to the Son of David! ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’ ...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 12, 2019
  The Unplanned Bethlehem Finale Friday, July 12, 2019 On our tour to Israel, I had the last day all planned out. We’d end up on the road to Emmaus with a very ‘special’ conclusion. But the tour guide wanted first to take us to this place near Bethlehem. It seemed poor, d...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 12, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection Again I assure you that if two of you agree on earth about anything you ask, then my Father who is in heaven will do it for you. Matthew 18:19 (The Daily Life Bible)   A Time to Think Make no mistake about it, responsibilities toward other huma...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 12, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God, I don't want to strive against You by my own self-efforts. I want to totally depend on You. Please increase my faith. Please forgive my unbelief. James writes... If any of you lacks wisdom,let him ask of God,who gives to all liberally a...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 12, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Proverbs 16:9 Tree of Life Version (TLV) 9 The heart of man plans his course, but Adonai directs his steps.   Tree of Life Version (TLV) Tree of Life (TLV) Translation of the Bible. Copyright © 2015 by The Messianic Jew...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 11, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father in Heaven,   Today, I am praying for people in this world who do not have earthly fathers.   They may have never known their father, or their father was taken from them, or he may have abandoned them at some point, o...
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• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 11, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Psalm 68:5-6 New King James Version (NKJV) 5 A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows, Is God in His holy habitation.   6 God sets the solitary in families; He brings out those who are bound into prosperity; But...

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 10, 2019
  An Unearthly Love by Max Lucado   Your goodness can’t win God’s love. Nor can your badness lose it. But you can resist it. We tend to do so honestly. Having been rejected so often, we fear God may reject us as well. Rejections have left us skittish and jumpy. Like ...

• Sapphries

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 10, 2019
  The Communists Who Preached Messiah Wednesday, July 10, 2019 There was a believer imprisoned for his faith under Communist rule. He was being interrogated and tortured. “Give me one proof that Jesus even existed, for you know He never did,” his interrogator taunted him. The b...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 10, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection The Spirit alone gives eternal life. Human effort accomplishes nothing. And the very words I have spoken to you are spirit and life. John 6:63   A Time to Think Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for tho...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 10, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Good morning Father God,   Thank You for another beautiful day of life with You.   I pray that I will live this day to the fullest for you and for others.   Let me work my hardest and love others with Your godly l...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 10, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day 1 Timothy 4:13 New King James Version (NKJV) 13 Till I come, give attention to reading, to exhortation, to [a]doctrine.   Footnotes: [a] 1 Timothy 4:13 teaching   New King James Version (NKJV) Scripture is tak...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 9, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Please give me an insatiable desire and thirst for spending more time with You in prayer, worship and reading my Bible.   Open my eyes that I may see myself as You see me.   That I may see and l...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 9, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Psalm 46:10 New King James Version (NKJV) 10 Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!   New King James Version (NKJV) Scripture is taken from the New King Ja...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 7, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear God of My Praise,   I lift up Your name and praise You this day,   Today and every day are Your days.   You are the mighty God, creator of the universe, lover of mankind, sustainer of all, most magnificent an...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 7, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Deuteronomy 10:21 New King James Version (NKJV) 21 He is your praise, and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome things which your eyes have seen.   New King James Version (NKJV) Scripture is taken from the ...

• Max Lucado

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 7, 2019
  Practicing the Presence by Max Lucado   How do I live in God’s presence? How do I detect his unseen hand on my shoulder and his inaudible voice in my ear? A sheep grows familiar with the voice of the shepherd. How can you and I grow familiar with the voice of God? Here ar...

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 7, 2019
  Daily Scripture & Reflection Therefore, don’t be afraid of those people because nothing is hidden that won’t be revealed, and nothing secret that won’t be brought out into the open. Matthew 10:26 (The Daily Life Bible)   A Time to Think Darkness cannot pu...

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 7, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord,   I am so aware of how the devil picks at me and tries to trip me all the time...please help me to...   Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking w...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 7, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Psalm 121:3 New King James Version (NKJV) 3 He will not allow your foot to [a]be moved; He who keeps you will not slumber.   Footnotes: [a] Psalm 121:3 slip   New King James Version (NKJV) Scripture is ta...

• Max Lucado

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

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

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

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 6, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father in Heaven,   Too many times I find myself, or I notice others becoming concerned about what someone else is or is not doing.   Some people will complain and refuse to go out of their way or beyond the call of duty to...

• Verse of the Day

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

• Max Lucado

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

• Sapphries

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

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

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

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 5, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   As the Lord God instructs us in 2 Chronicles 7:14...   ...if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will ...

• Verse of the Day

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

• Max Lucado

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

• Daily Scripture and Reflections

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

• Sapphries

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

• Daily Prayers

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 4, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Today I am thinking about how people try so hard to be independent.   We want to be individuals, to “do it ourselves.”   It starts when we are children.   We are child...

• Verse of the Day

  by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM July 4, 2019
  Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day 2 Chronicles 7:14 New King James Version (NKJV) 14 if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land...

• Sapphries

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

• Daily Prayers

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

• Verse of the Day

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

• Sapphries

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

• Daily Prayers

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

• Verse of the Day

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

• Sapphries

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

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