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  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted September 23, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: He Who is Holy and True These things says He who is holy, He who is true. Revelation 3:7   Jesus is called “He who is holy” (Revelation 3:7). Great revivals in past centuries began when believers saw God’s holiness. It was then that believers saw t...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted September 23, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear God,   Thank You for this beautiful new day.   I come before You and humbly ask that You will create in me a clean heart, and forgive me of my sins and failures, as David prayed...   Create in me a clean hear...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted September 23, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Psalms 51:10-13 NKJV Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and uphold me by Your generous ...

  • Tips on How to Manage a Capstone Project

    Posted September 22, 2022 by Irene Toldey

    When people graduate from college, they will have a lot of commitments to handle. Many students would have to sacrifice some dollars to go and attend classes. It is crucial to understand the proper ways of managing such papers. Below, we have steps to guide you when in a capstone project health. Aga...

  • The Shadow & Aging

    Posted September 22, 2022 by Kevin Quiles, MDiv, M.A.

    Much has been written on the #Shadow. Some good; some not so good; some down right silly. But one thing I haven't often seen the pen touch is how the Shadow and #aging make a good couple. Maybe this is why the late Swiss psychiatrist, Carl Jung, saw the integration of the Shadow having priority duri...

  • Sapphries

    Posted September 22, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Kee Mitzion - Going Forth from Jerusalem Thursday, September 22, 2022 Why did the Lord command His disciples to "tarry," to wait in Jerusalem? The answer is sung by Jews in virtually every synagogue. The exact words are: Kee Mitzion Taytzeh torah - The Law shall go forth from Zion - Oo davar...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted September 22, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Holy Spirit: The Spirit Whom He Has Given Us Now he who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us. 1 John 3:24   The Holy Spirit is the Spirit Whom He Has Given Us. He is...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted September 22, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   I pray that all of the interactions I have today, that I will be obedient and dependent upon You and Your Holy Spirit in me.   I desire to give You all praise and glory.   May the people I meet ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted September 22, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day 1 Corinthians 2:4-5 NIV My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power.

  • Sapphries

    Posted September 21, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jerusalem The Blemished - Jerusalem The Beautiful Wednesday, September 21, 2022   In 1967, after 2000 years, the Jewish people regained Jerusalem. In God's word, Jerusalem - Yerushalayim is called "beautiful." Rabbis say of the ten measures of beauty bestowed on this world, nin...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted September 21, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Holy Spirit: The Spirit of the Fear of the Lord The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD. Isaiah 11:2   The Holy Spirit i...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted September 21, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   I am Your grateful servant.   I look forward to the day when I am no longer held by the chains of human frailty and earthly concerns.   Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his f...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted September 21, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Psalms 116:15-16 NIV Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his faithful servants. Truly I am your servant, LORD; I serve you just as my mother did; you have freed me from my chains.

  • Sapphries

    Posted September 20, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    You're Being Recorded Tuesday, September 20, 2022   Heaven is the most valuable real estate in the universe. Every inch is priceless. If you're born again, heaven has a place with your name on it. Messiah Himself said, don't rejoice that the spirits are subject to you, but rejo...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted September 20, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: Praying in My (Jesus') Name If you ask anything in My name, I will do it. John 14:14   “Jesus” is the name through whom you get your prayers answered. God created humans to have daily needs; that way, they will depend on God and cry out daily to Him. &ld...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted September 20, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father,   Your Holy Word, The Bible, teaches that faith without works is dead...   Thus, also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. James 2:17   Please give me the wisdom and...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted September 20, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day James 2:17 NKJV Thus, also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

  • Sapphries

    Posted September 19, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Presence of the Fruit Monday, September 19, 2022   Galatians 5:22 speaks about the fruits of the Spirit. One of the fruits of the Spirit is joy and it's in the Holy Spirit. We tend to think of joy as a feeling, emotion, or experience. Joy isn't spoken here as an emotion, ex...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted September 19, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: Our Hope By the commandment of God our Savior and the Lord Jesus Christ, our hope. 1 Timothy 1:1   Jesus is your Hope when things go wrong; He can change circumstances when you pray. Jesus is your Hope when you’re in a hole and it seems you can’t ge...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted September 19, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord,   If tomorrow never comes for me on this earth, I pray that I will leave behind a testimony that points to You.   Please help me to live as if today was my last before entering eternity with You, for I know not what t...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted September 19, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Proverbs 27:1 NKJV Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted September 17, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Beginning and the End "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, “says the Lord, “Who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty." Revelation 1:8   Jesus is the Beginning and the End; He was the Creator of all thing...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted September 17, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   Today I pray and ask You, and depend on You, to be the source of victory in my life.   I put my hope in You and I praise You today...   Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted September 17, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Song of Solomon 2:4 NKJV He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.

  • Sapphries

    Posted September 16, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Scarlet Redemption Friday, September 16, 2022   In the Bible, scarlet is the color of sin. In Isaiah, "Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be white as snow." Scarlet is the color of sin, yet scarlet is also the color of redemption. It was the color of the thread that...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted September 16, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Son of the Blessed But He kept silent and answered nothing. Again, the high priest asked Him, saying to Him, "Are You the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?" Mark 14:61   During the trial of Jesus, the high priest asked Him, “Are You . . . the Son o...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted September 16, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus,   Thank You for the example You gave us while You walked on the earth.   There were times when Your silence was powerful.   Other times Your wise questions and Scripture responses spoke volumes. ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted September 16, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day John 1:1-5 NKJV In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the...

  • Sapphries

    Posted September 15, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    A Time to Hate Thursday, September 15, 2022   There is a term in our Bible known as "good hate." For instance, in Psalms, "I will set no evil thing in front of my eyes. I hate the work of those who turn aside" and "I hate every false way." Proverbs speaks about hate, "The fear ...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted September 15, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Holy Spirit: The Wisdom of His Spirit I pray that the great God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ may give you the wisdom of His Spirit. Then you will be able to understand the secrets about Him as you know Him better. Ephesians 1:17   The Wisdom...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted September 15, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   There are people in this world that I can learn so much from.   People who have gone through hard times and have strengthened their faith.   People who have been Christians for years and are so...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted September 15, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day James 1:5-6 NKJV If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed ...

  • Breathing into Aging

    Posted September 14, 2022 by Kevin Quiles, MDiv, M.A.

    Recently, I shared with someone that because of my previous years working with the aging and dying, I feel like I've aged and died a few times. Today at 59 and with Medicare looming closer to my name, I don't have to reach far back to understand this thing called aging. We live in a culture that pu...

  • Sapphries

    Posted September 14, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Real Goal Wednesday, September 14, 2022   You're in your car, you're late, and the person ahead of you is going really slow. You say, "Come on, step on it, buddy! I have to get to service, and the teaching is really important. It's called 'Be Still and Know That I am God'."...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted September 14, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Seed of the Woman And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed, He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel. Genesis 3:15   Jesus is the Seed of the Woman who judged Satan. After Adam and Eve sin...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted September 14, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   Please search me and know my heart...   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. Psal...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted September 14, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Psalms 139:23-24 NKJV 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.   Philippians 4:6-7 NKJV Be anxious for nothing, but in everyt...

  • Sapphries

    Posted September 13, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Other Katzeer Tuesday, September 13, 2022   The Lord sent the Spirit on the Day of Pentecost, the Hebrew Feast of Shavuot. It's also called in Hebrew - Khag Ha Katzeer - the Feast of Harvest. In Israel the wheat harvest begins in the early summer with Shavuot-Pentecost. Eve...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted September 13, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: A Prophet Without Honor So, they were offended at Him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his own country and in his own house." Matthew 13:57   When Jesus returned to His hometown, the people did not receive Him; ...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted September 13, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Thank You for providing a way for me to move from death to life...   For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 6:23   ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted September 13, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Romans 6:23 KJV For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.   2 Corinthians 5:21 NIV God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteous...

  • Sapphries

    Posted September 12, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The day of Oaths Monday, September 12, 2022   The Holy Spirit came on Pentecost; the Feast of Fifty days. Its Hebrew name was Shavuot which means weeks. The Feast of Weeks or rather the Feast of Sevens. Shavuot refers to the seven weeks that began with Passover. That's very sig...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted September 12, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Holy Spirit: The Spirit of Truth And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him, but you know Him, f...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted September 12, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father in Heaven,   Help me to never be found lacking integrity...   May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope, Lord, is in you. Psalm 25:21   I pray that You would work in my life ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted September 12, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Psalms 25:21 NIV May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope, LORD, is in you.

  • Faith Can Move Mountains

    Posted September 11, 2022 by Minister Christina Forestieri

    Faith Can Move Mountains For me, this is exactly what happened. Matthew 17:20 “Faith can move mountains.” I went from the Pocono Mountains, Pennsylvania to the Smokey Mountains, Tennessee. I was lost, then found, I was down every rabbit hole and toxic behavior...

  • Spirituality & Impermanence

    Posted September 11, 2022 by Kevin Quiles, MDiv, M.A.

    Looking back at fifty-nine to my work as chaplain, minister, and in military, I realize that it is too sobering for any mind to think of things--life, us, and events--as just going on and on. It even feels like we will live forever...well, almost. Perhaps this is why spiritual traditions throughout ...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted September 11, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: Sacrifice for Sins But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God. Hebrews 10:12   Jesus is the Sacrifice for Sins; you don’t have to worry about sins again. When Jesus gave Himself for your sins,...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted September 11, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord,   Thank You for Your mercies, Your compassions, and Your faithfulness which are new every morning...   Through the LORD’s mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not. They are new eve...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted September 11, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Lamentations 3:22-23 NKJV Through the LORD’s mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted September 10, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Advocate My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the w...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted September 10, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus,   Thank You for being my Advocate when I am in need of help.   I admit that I fall short of Your glory.   I confess my sins to You and I thank You for Your forgiveness.   Jesus, ple...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted September 10, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Joshua 1:8-9 NKJV This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. Have I not commanded you? Be stron...

  • Sapphries

    Posted September 9, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Meta Story Friday, September 9, 2022   Are you complaining and blaming others for your problems, and how your life is going? Anytime we blame someone for our problems, we are ultimately blaming God. He is in charge of everything; He is in control. Even your problems are und...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted September 9, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Holy Spirit: The Spirit of Jehovah The spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon him, and the ropes that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands dropped from off his hands. Judges 15:14   “Spirit of Jehovah” is a...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted September 9, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord,   What do You want to achieve through my life today?   Is there a special calling, a greater purpose than what I am aware of?   Please guide me, speak to me and show me.   I want to live ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted September 9, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day John 12:24 NKJV Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain.

  • Sapphries

    Posted September 8, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The yud Step Thursday, September 8, 2022   Messiah said not one jot or tittle will perish from God's word. Jot was the Hebrew letter "Yud." It's like an apostrophe. It's the letter that begins the word Israel--Yisrael, Yehovah, Yeshua, some of the most important words in Hebrew...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted September 8, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Almighty “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord, “Who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” Revelation 1:8   Jesus’ name “Almighty” comes from El Shaddai, which ...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted September 8, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus, The Almighty,   I find comfort and security in Your strong embrace, the place of Your love and protection.   It is so good to know that You care for me.   It is so good to know that You can protec...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted September 8, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Philippians 4:6-7 NKJV 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 through...

  • Sapphries

    Posted September 7, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Journey of up Wednesday, September 7, 2022   Several decades ago, at this time of year, Israel became a nation again, with Jewish people returning to their ancient homeland. They made "Aliyah." Aliyah tells you where your life is to be heading. The Gospels always speak of Y...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted September 7, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Amen And to the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write, "These things says the Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God." Revelation 3:14   Jesus is the Amen, the final word on everything that is done by God. The A...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted September 7, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   I praise You for who You are,   You are the Alpha and the Omega,   The Beginning and the End,   My Savior and my Lord,   Creator of all,   Thank You fo...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted September 7, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Matthew 7:24-25 NKJV “Therefore, whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did...

  • Sapphries

    Posted September 6, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Baal Ha Halamote Tuesday, September 6, 2022   One of the most beautiful foreshadows of Messiah in Hebrew scripture is the foreshadow of Joseph. Even the rabbis saw that as parallel when they spoke of Messiah as being Mashiach Ben Yosef or Messiah the son of Joseph. In the Bible...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted September 6, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Holy Spirit: The Spirit of Supplication And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication, then they will look on Me whom they pierced. Zechariah 12:10   The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Suppli...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted September 6, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Thank You for the strength you give to me each day...   I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13   Thank You my Lord Jesus for Your strength and salvation which yo...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted September 6, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Matthew 7:24-25 NKJV “Therefore, whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did...

  • Sapphries

    Posted September 5, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Secret Kings & Queens Monday, September 5, 2022   Did you know that Joseph and Mary, or Yosef and Miriam, were royalty? They had to be since they were in Messiah's genealogy. Even Joseph was of the royal line from David. And Mary was a royal princess. You might be thinking ...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted September 5, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: Son of Man No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man who is in heaven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up. John 3:13-14   Jesus is the Son of Man. On Earth, Je...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted September 5, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer This prayer is based upon Proverbs 29:22-27   Dear Father in Heaven,   Let me never be an angry person who stirs up strife nor a furious person who abounds in transgression.   I pray that I will NOT be so filled w...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted September 5, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Proverbs 29:22-27 NKJV An angry man stirs up strife, and a furious man abounds in transgression. A man’s pride will bring him low, But the humble in spirit will retain honor. Whoever is a partner with a thief hates his own life; He swears to t...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted September 3, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Holy Spirit: A Deposit God, who sealed us has also given us the Spirit in our hearts as a deposit that there are more good things coming. (author’s translation) 2 Corinthians 1:21-22   When you became a Christian, you received the Holy Spirit as ...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted September 3, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Loving Father in Heaven,   Today I lift up all teachers to You.   I pray for Your anointing upon their lives, their work and their ministries.   Please give them wisdom, knowledge, guidance, patience, love, p...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted September 3, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day 2 Corinthians 1:21-22 NIV Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.

  • Sapphries

    Posted September 2, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Lion Heralds Friday, September 2, 2022   With Messiah's first coming, He called His disciples to have a key part, to go with Him throughout Israel to spread the word of salvation to all the earth. Messiah is coming again. And just as the original disciples were chosen in Hi...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted September 2, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: A Stone of Stumbling Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious, but to those who are disobedient, the stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone, and a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense. 1 Peter 2:7-8   Jes...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted September 2, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear God,   Thank You for this new day.   It is good to give thanks to the Lord , And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High, Psalm 92:1   Thank You for the beautiful sunshine.   I am i...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted September 2, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Psalms 92:1 NKJV It is good to give thanks to the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High

  • Sapphries

    Posted September 1, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    THE RETURN OF THE GODS Thursday, September 1, 2022   Shalom, to you my Friend and Co-Minister in the Great Commission...   It will be the most explosive book I have ever written. What will happen? I can't say - it could be banned. But I knew I had to write it. It...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted September 1, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The King of Righteousness To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all, first being translated “King of righteousness,” and then also king of Salem, meaning “king of peace.” Hebrews 7:2   Melchizedek had the title “...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted September 1, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Righteous God,   I ask You to teach me of what James writes in his New Testament letter...   Count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patienc...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted September 1, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day James 1:2-4 NKJV My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.

  • Sapphries

    Posted August 31, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Departed Wednesday, August 31, 2022   In the New Testament we are told that we are children of Abraham. It doesn't matter if you are Jewish or gentile; if you are born again, you are a child of Abraham. Abraham is the first person in scripture to be called a Hebrew. Now the...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted August 31, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Holy Spirit: Floods Upon the Dry Ground For I will pour water upon him who is thirsty, and floods upon dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessings upon thine offspring. Isaiah 44:3   The Holy Spirit is Floods upon the Dry Ground. ...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted August 31, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Mighty God,   Let Your Holy Spirit pour Your rain upon my thirsty soul...   Let us know, Let us pursue the knowledge of the Lord. His going forth is established as the morning, He will come to us like the rai...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted August 31, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Hosea 6:3 NKJV Let us know, let us pursue the knowledge of the LORD. His going forth is established as the morning; He will come to us like the rain, Like the latter and former rain to the earth.

  • Sapphries

    Posted August 30, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Secret of Vanishing Tuesday, August 30, 2022   In Acts 15, the Council of Jerusalem had to make a decision regarding circumcision for gentiles. But Acts 15 is also the very last time Peter is mentioned in the historical account of the Bible. Though he turns up in Paul's let...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted August 30, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: King of the Jews Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His Star in the East and have come to worship Him. Matthew 2:2   Julius Caesar had put King Herod on the throne; so when Caesar was killed, Herod was threatened and ran quick...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted August 30, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father in Heaven,   I ask You to give me the grace to be a faithful witness for You during times of blessing as well as during lean and difficult times.   I pray that I will be a consistent witness for You “in season ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted August 30, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day II Timothy 4:2 NKJV Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.

  • Sapphries

    Posted August 29, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Yellow Lights of Your Life Monday, August 29, 2022   You're driving somewhere, and you're late. The light is green, but it's turning yellow, and you are a believer. Like many of us, you floor the gas pedal. A hint of red is coming up, so you go through it. It wasn't red, no...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted August 29, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Light of Men In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. John 1:4   There are all kinds of light—sunlight, moonlight and the light from a fire, candle or light bulb. Satan "transforms himself into an angel of light” (2 Corinthians 11:14...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted August 29, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   I know that You want me to be like a light on a hill, so that others will be drawn to You, as Jesus taught...   You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do peo...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted August 29, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Matthew 5:14-16 NIV “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead, they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same w...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted August 28, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Holy Spirit: Divided Tongues as of Fire Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. Acts 2:3   The Holy Spirit is Divided Tongues as of Fire that came upon the disciples in the Upper Room on the Day of Pentecost. Th...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted August 28, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God, Almighty,   Please empower me by Your Holy Spirit today.   I do not want to do anything out of my own might and power...   'Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,' says the Lord Almi...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted August 28, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Zechariah 4:6 NIV So, he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the LORD Almighty.

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted August 27, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: Lord and Savior For so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 2 Peter 1:11   Jesus is both Lord and Savior. He is the Lord of the universe, because He created everything. He is the L...