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  • Daily Scripture & Reflection

    Posted December 19, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & Reflection December 19, 2017   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...

  • Sapphries

    Posted December 19, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Speaking The Memra Tuesday, December 19, 2017   The first words ever spoken, as far as we’re concerned, are found in Genesis 1:1. God speaks and creation begins. Because of this, the rabbis wrote of the memra; the spoken Word of God. They saw it as something divine, for b...

  • To Escape From These Things

    Posted December 19, 2017 by Tony Villari

    Personally, I feel that, for the truly righteous and worthy, there is no "escape from these things which are going to occur" as long as you have knowledge and faith that whatever is coming will, in fact, occur, you will never be able to escape your knowledge or your faith in the inevi...

  • Daily Scripture & Reflection

    Posted December 16, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & Reflection December 16, 2017   Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 2 Corinthians 9:7 NIV   A Time to Think You have not lived today until ...

  • Daily Scripture & Reflection

    Posted December 15, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & Reflection December 15, 2017   The angel said to him, “I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to tell you this good news.” Luke 1:19 NIV   A Time to Think Love came down at Christm...

  • Sapphries

    Posted December 15, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Key Of The Kedoshim Friday, December 15, 2017   Kedoshim is Hebrew for saints or holy ones. Most people don’t realize that saints are a Jewish thing. Zechariah 14:5 says, “And the LORD my God shall come and all the saints (kedoshim) with him.” It’s f...

  • Daily Scripture & Reflection

    Posted December 14, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & Reflection December 14, 2017   When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. Matthew 1:24 NIV   A Time to Think At Christmas, all roads lead home.—Marjorie Holmes &...

  • Sapphries

    Posted December 14, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The True Or Ha Olam Thursday, December 14, 2017   The only place in the entire Bible where Chanukah is celebrated isn’t in the Old Testament, it’s in John 10:22. “Then came the Feast of Dedication at Jerusalem.” The word Dedication in Hebrew is Chanukah....

  • Minister

    Posted December 13, 2017 by Melanie Sumner

    Hello, During the Busy time of celebrating the Birth of our Savior and the ending of the year... While buying gifts and getting them wrapped and working on the Social Schedule, getting the home set up for guest, what to wear. What to take to other homes etc... . Don't forget t...

  • Just Another Material Day

    Posted December 13, 2017 by Tony Villari

    Sacrilege is only so if it doesn't make a point in favor of the sacred, right?  So, one has to ask, when did Saint Nick die for our sins?  If Jesus is the reason for the season, why do we allow the reason to be hijacked by the faithless masses for the express purpose of selling mass quanti...

  • Sapphries

    Posted December 13, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    How Chanukah Brought You Christmas Wednesday, December 13, 2017   About 130 years before the birth of Messiah, Antiochus Epiphanes, King of the Greek/Syrian Empire, tried to wipe the Jewish faith from the face of the earth. He almost succeeded. If he had succeeded, there would ...

  • Daily Scripture & Reflection

    Posted December 12, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & Reflection December 12, 2017   I am like a tree that is always green; all your fruit comes from me. Hosea 14:8 NLT   A Time to Think The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each othe...

  • Sapphries

    Posted December 12, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    God’s Love Is Not A Bucket Tuesday, December 12, 2017   Zechariah 13:1 says, “In that day a fountain will be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem to cleanse them from sin and impurity.” It doesn’t say, “In that day a b...

  • Daily Scripture & Reflection

    Posted December 11, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & Reflection December 11, 2017   So exercise yourself spiritually and practice being a better Christian. 1 Timothy 4:8 TLB   A Time to Think Christmas, my child, is love in action. –Dale Evans, actress, singer and songwriter  ...

  • Sapphries

    Posted December 11, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    God And His Baby Monday, December 11, 2017   Have you ever felt like you don’t love God enough? As a parent, it is natural to love your baby. Yet you can’t expect your baby to love you back with the same love. Babies are a constant expense of time, energy, and money...

  • Light colors make the world shine

    Posted December 10, 2017 by Sister Lady Mazhira

    White and darkness

  • Daily Scripture & Reflection

    Posted December 9, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & Reflection December 9, 2017   There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. 1 Corinthians 12:4 NIV   A Time to Think Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of c...

  • Arrest all government officials that voted to remove President

    Posted December 7, 2017 by Bennie Fulghum

    I am asking everyone that loves liberty and America to sign my petition, I need 999,999 signitures. To remove a siting president that you believe has committed a crime is one thing, just prove they are guilty, these people work for us. Here is the link. https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition...

  • Daily Scripture & Reflection

    Posted December 7, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & Reflection December 7, 2017   But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus.” Luke 1:30-31 NIV   A Time to Think Faith...

  • Sapphries

    Posted December 7, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Chicken Everything Thursday, December 7, 2017   It used to be that you went to the supermarket looking for chicken and that’s what you got— chicken. But now when you go to the store to get chicken, you don’t just find chicken, you have a choice: barbeque chick...

  • Daily Scripture & Reflection

    Posted December 6, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & Reflection December 6, 2017   Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. Psalm 42:11 NIV   A Time to Think Faith is believing that God is going to take ...

  • Sapphries

    Posted December 6, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Lightness Of Messiah Wednesday, December 6, 2017   Most people in America weigh more than they should, or want to. We have all sorts of diets, because it’s not healthy to go through life with a heavy body. Neither is it healthy to go through life with a heavy spirit. ...

  • Sucking the Good from Life

    Posted December 6, 2017 by Tony Villari

    One can't wander the aisles of a local supermarket without seeing the fun and goodness of life being sucked away.  For goodness sake, would someone please tell me what "no-sodium" salt is?  Grocery shelves are being re-stocked with "low-sodium" this and that; Spam Lite, "reduced fat" Vienn...

  • Daily Scripture & Reflection

    Posted December 5, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & Reflection December 5, 2017   For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. Ephesians 2:10   A Time to Think When we slow down, quiet the mind, and allow ourse...

  • Sapphries

    Posted December 5, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Failure That Saved A Life Tuesday, December 5, 2017   William Cowper was 32 when he decided to end his life. After several attempts that failed, he tried to hang himself, but was cut down, unconscious but still alive. Then one morning for a reason unknown to him, he reached...

  • Sapphries

    Posted December 4, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Menorah People Monday, December 4, 2017   Israel’s national symbol on their Parliament building and national seal is the seven-branched menorah described in Exodus that stood in the Holy Place. Israel was called to be a light to the nations, a holy vessel filled with ...

  • Daily Scripture & Reflection

    Posted December 2, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & Reflection December 2, 2017   Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6   A Time to Think Believe and have trust and faith that you are really capable of doing what yo...

  • Sapphries

    Posted December 1, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    THE SPECTACLES OF SODOM - Word for the Month Dec.1st: 2 Peter 2:7 Friday, December 1, 2017 In 2 Peter 2:7 it is written that God “delivered righteous Lot who was distressed by the depraved conversation of the wicked.” Lot lived in Sodom. Sodom was a city of depravity. How did Lot deal...

  • Daily Scripture & Reflection

    Posted December 1, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & Reflection December 1, 2017   Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things. Jeremiah 33:3 NASB   A Time to Think Ask for what you want, but be willing to take what God gives you. It may be better than what y...

  • Daily Scripture & Reflection

    Posted November 30, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & Reflection November 30, 2017   That energy is God's energy, an energy deep within you. Philippians 2:13 MSG   A Time to Think Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.—Helen Keller   ...

  • Sapphries

    Posted November 30, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Seven Year Convert Thursday, November 30, 2017   Adoniram Judson turned down pastoring a large church in Boston for the mission field in India. He arrived in Calcutta in 1812 filled with zeal to preach to the peoples, but the British government gave orders to leave the coun...

  • Out of the Box and Beyond Tomorrow

    Posted November 29, 2017 by Tony Villari

    What if the past, present, and future existed as part of the same connecting point, a "zero point," whereby they become interconnected and not independent of each other? What if, knowing this, we could, eventually, access any point in spacetime? How would this redefine our knowledge of reality? What...

  • Daily Scripture & Reflection

    Posted November 29, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & Reflection November 29, 2017   The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heav...

  • Sapphries

    Posted November 29, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Kokhav Wednesday, November 29, 2017   ‘Kokhav’ is Hebrew for ‘star’. In the northern sky, there’s a star, that for thousands of years has been the most reliable guide for travelers. It’s called Polaris, the pole star, or the North Star. S...

  • Daily Scripture & Reflection

    Posted November 28, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & Reflection November 28, 2017   If you, God, kept records on wrongdoings, who would stand a chance? As it turns out, forgiveness is your habit, and that’s why you’re worshiped. Psalm 130:3–4 MSG   A Time to Think Man has tw...

  • Sapphries

    Posted November 28, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Time Of Fruit Tuesday, November 28, 2017   In today’s world, we’re surrounded by fast food. It’s fast and convenient, and that’s what we like because we don’t like to wait. Unfortunately, fast food isn’t just a food. It’s a culture,...

  • Sapphries

    Posted November 27, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Aliens On Earth Monday, November 27, 2017   ‘Ger’ is Hebrew for ‘stranger.’ Like most of you, I grew up being told “Beware of strangers,” which is good for children to hear. But in the Bible, some of the best people were strangers. Abraham sa...

  • Daily Scripture & Reflection

    Posted November 24, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & Reflection November 24, 2017   Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits. Psalm 103:2 NIV   A Time to Think There is blessing hidden in every trial in life, but you have to be willing to open your heart to see them. —A...

  • Sapphries

    Posted November 24, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Making The Perfect Friday, November 24, 2017   Most people spend time seeking the right marriage partner, expecting their mate to be perfect. And the more they do, the more miserable they become. In Biblical times, it was common for marriages to be arranged by parents. They gen...

  • Daily Scripture & Reflection

    Posted November 23, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & Reflection November 23, 2017   Praise the Lord. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever. Psalm 106:1 NIV   A Time to Think I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happine...

  • Daily Scripture & Reflection

    Posted November 22, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & Reflection November 22, 2017   Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and he will establish your plans. Proverbs 16:3 NIV   A Time to Think God writes straight with crooked lines. —James Martin   A Time to Act When ho...

  • Sapphries

    Posted November 22, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Nonexistent Existent Father Wednesday, November 22, 2017   One of the greatest lessons you could ever learn about God is from the ‘father of the prodigal son’. He has no past, future, birth, or death because he only exists in the parable. Yet through him, you le...

  • Are we truly a family in the ULC?

    Posted November 21, 2017 by Bishop Marwan Geara

    Hello all, it is really a blessing to be ordained with the ULC and become a member of the ministers' network. To be ordained is not only a gift and blessing from God our creator. it is a calling. A question comes to my mind though. Since we are all ordained, aren't we supposed to be like Christ's di...

  • Daily Scripture & Reflection

    Posted November 21, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & Reflection November 21, 2017   The seed that fell among the thorns represents others who hear God’s word, but all too quickly the message is crowded out by the worries of this life, the lure of wealth, and the desire for other things, so no fruit is prod...

  • Sapphries

    Posted November 21, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Fought-Over Life Tuesday, November 21, 2017   Tiny Israel is the most fought over land in human history. Fought over by the ancient pharaohs, Amorites, Canaanites, Philistines, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Romans, Mohammedans, Mamelukes, Crusaders, Ottomans, French, Br...

  • Be Thankful for Life!

    Posted November 20, 2017 by Tony Villari

    To my cherished readers: I am posting next week's “My Sunday Thought” early due to the topic of ‘giving thanks’ having much to do with Thanksgiving.   Someone once wrote, “Each day I am thankful for nights that turned into mornings, friends that turned into famil...

  • Daily Scripture & Reflection

    Posted November 20, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & Reflection November 20, 2017   Let us then approach God's throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. Hebrews 4:16   A Time to Think God shapes the world by prayer. The more p...

  • Sapphries

    Posted November 20, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The God Of Not Monday, November 20, 2017   “Love rejoices not in iniquity.” We take that to mean that we’re not to rejoice over sinful things, and that’s correct. But there’s another way you can apply this. Love does rejoice. It rejoices over what&...

  • Worshipping Artificial Intelligence?

    Posted November 18, 2017 by Tony Villari

    Is God a human construct? We know, as of this moment, artificial intelligence (A.I.) certainly is. Perhaps, in the future, we may find some alien civilization had A.I. long before we ever dreamt of it, and they may have also come to grips with the issues concerning spirituality and God but, for now,...

  • Daily Scripture & Reflection

    Posted November 17, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & Reflection November 17, 2017   From his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. John 1:16 ESV   A Time to Think Your worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God’s grace. And your best days are never so go...

  • Sapphries

    Posted November 17, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Worship Of Your Avodah Friday, November 17, 2017   The Biblical Hebrew word for ‘work’ is ‘avodah’. It also means ‘worship’. Often, worship takes work and our works should always be worship. Colossians 3:23 says, “Whatever you do, d...

  • Put a Little Love in Your Heart

    Posted November 16, 2017 by Rev. T. Tucker Forensic Psychologist (Ret.)

    I look around and more and more each day I see mankind becoming more and more self centered and ego driven, none of which are of Godly living or spiritually centered virtues. It is tragic how awful so many of us treat our fellow human being and poorly we treat nature, the earth and all living beings...

  • Get Together

    Posted November 16, 2017 by Rev. T. Tucker Forensic Psychologist (Ret.)

    LyricsLove is but a song to singFear's the way we dieYou can make the mountains ringOr make the angels cryThough the bird is on the wingAnd you may not know whyCome on people nowSmile on your brotherEverybody get togetherTry to love one anotherRight nowSome may come and some may goWe shall surely pa...

  • Eve of Destruction

    Posted November 16, 2017 by Rev. T. Tucker Forensic Psychologist (Ret.)

    The Eve of destructionLyrics The eastern world, it is explodin',Violence flarin', bullets loadin',You're old enough to kill but not for votin',You don't believe in war, but what's that gun you're totin',And even the Jordan river has bodies floatin',But you tell me over and over and over again my fr...

  • Daily Scripture & Reflection

    Posted November 15, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & Reflection November 15, 2017   Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple. 1 Corinthian...

  • Sapphries

    Posted November 15, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Everywhere Name Wednesday, November 15, 2017   While Messiah was in the boat with His disciples, there came a violent storm, waves breaking over the boat threatening to drown them. Messiah was sleeping. He didn’t really have to do anything, because it was enough that ...

  • Daily Scripture & Reflection

    Posted November 14, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & ReflectionNovember 14, 2017 Many are the plans in a human heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails. Proverbs 19:21 (TNIV) A Time to ThinkFeed your faith and your doubts will starve to death. —Debbie Macomber A Time to ActRelinquish your sense of control and ...

  • Sapphries

    Posted November 14, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Fondling Of Heaven Tuesday, November 14, 2017 When I was little, grown-ups in my family were always patting or rubbing my head. My parents explained that it was an expression of love. They were touching me because their hearts were filled with love toward me. A word used to describe God is &ls...

  • The heaven

    Posted November 11, 2017 by Philip Shin

     The heaven means feeling we can do infinity so we are almighty. There are no alpha and no omega so there is no blackhole to mean by human being's ability and we have to pray to explain everything and understand as the method. There is no idol but we are human beings as existence, and it m...

  • Daily Scripture & Reflection

    Posted November 11, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & ReflectionNovember 11, 2017 The Lord will give strength unto his people; the Lord will bless his people with peace. Psalm 29:11 A Time to ThinkCourage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened. –Reverend Billy Graham, author and...

  • Names of the Elohim (GOD)

    Posted November 10, 2017 by Carl Hamby Doyen at E.O.M.

    The 72 Names, Pronounciation and Meanings of the Elohim     והו - Wah Heh Wah - Time travel change past improve the now ילי - Yeh Lah Yeh - Recapture & energize the soul סית - Sa Yeh Tha - MAke miracles happen אלמ - Ah Lah Meh - Stop negative thinking מהש - Meh Heh Shee - Heal thyse...

  • Daily Scripture & Reflection

    Posted November 10, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & ReflectionNovember 10, 2017 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 ThinkThe changes we dread most may contain our salvation. —Barbara Kingsolver A Time to ActShare your trials and troubles wit...

  • Sapphries

    Posted November 10, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The World Of 1948 Friday, November 10, 2017 Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated. Communists take over Czechoslovakia. Harry Truman is re-elected. Stalin rules the Soviet Union. Honda motorcycle is created in Japan. Humphrey Bogart stars in Key Largo, and John Wayne in Fort Apache. V8 juice is marketed,...

  • Daily Scripture & Reflection

    Posted November 9, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & ReflectionNovember 9, 2017 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 Time to T...

  • Daily Scripture & Reflection

    Posted November 8, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & ReflectionNovember 9, 2017 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 Time to T...

  • Sapphries

    Posted November 8, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Shemen Name Wednesday, November 8, 2017 In the Song of Solomon, the bride says to her beloved in Hebrew, “Shemen turak sh’mecha”. “Your name is like pouring oil.” When you’re in love, your beloved has a beautiful name and it pours off your lips like oil. You...

  • Low Hanging Fruit

    Posted November 8, 2017 by Tony Villari

    We tend to go through our lives picking at the easily reached low hanging fruit, while considering how to approach the richer offerings higher up. Most of us will struggle with this task our entire lives, never taking a moment to stand back and consider the moment. Our lack of consideration can affe...

  • Daily Scripture & Reflection

    Posted November 7, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & ReflectionNovember 7, 2017 Cease striving and know that I am God. Psalm 46:10 NAS A Time to ThinkThe tendency of the world is down – God's path is up. —Dwight L Moody A Time to ActBe assured the Lord gently guides us on the right path, without us needing to force our...

  • Sapphries

    Posted November 7, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Isaiah 66 World Tuesday, November 7, 2017 Isaiah 66:1 says, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Heaven is my throne and the earth is my footstool.’” Sitting in a chair with your feet up on a stool is a divine picture. Heaven is as the chair to God because that’s where He dwells...

  • Daily Scripture & Reflection

    Posted November 4, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & Reflection November 4, 2017   But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear. Matthew 13:16 NIV   A Time to Think A Bible that is falling apart usually belongs to someone who isn’t.—C.H. Spurgeon ...

  • Perfection of the Pentacle, the mystery of 666 decoded

    Posted November 3, 2017 by Carl Hamby Doyen at E.O.M.

    Due to this being a multiple page dissertation I have provided a link for your benefit. Pentacle of Perfection, mystery of 666 decoded

  • The Reflection Staring Back

    Posted November 2, 2017 by Tony Villari

    When you look in the mirror at the reflection staring back at you, do you like what you see? I mean, are you okay if you see the reflection of someone going to hell for who they are and what they do? Because if you like what you see, even though you know you're damned, what does this really say to y...

  • Daily Scripture & Reflection

    Posted November 1, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & Reflection November 1, 2017   But as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the Sovereign Lord my refuge; I will tell of all your deeds. Psalm 73:28 TNIV   A Time to Think Put your trust in God and just calmly go your way. &md...

  • Daily Scripture & Reflection

    Posted October 30, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & Reflection October 30, 2017   Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' Matthew 22:37-39 ...

  • Sapphries

    Posted October 30, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lechem Chaim The Bread Of Life Monday, October 30, 2017   Messiah said He was the Lechem Chaim, the Bread of Life. Bread is a basic simple staple of life. Messiah is the Bread of Life because His love is basic, simple, and essential. You don’t need the caviar of life. The...

  • Our Daily Bread

    Posted October 30, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Unraveling the Mysteries   October 30, 2017     Read: Psalm 119:97–104 | Bible in a Year: Jeremiah 20–21; 2 Timothy 4                 00:00    Download MP...

  • Daily Scripture & Reflection

    Posted October 29, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & Reflection October 29, 2017   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 knowing that Jesus is with ...

  • Daily Scripture & Reflection

    Posted October 28, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & ReflectionOctober 28, 2017 There is nothing better for a person than that he should eat and drink and find enjoyment in his toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God. Ecclesiastes 2:24 ESV A Time to ThinkImagination is what convinces us that there's more to the world than m...

  • Daily Scripture & Reflection

    Posted October 26, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & ReflectionOctober 26, 2017 The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. For those who lived in a land of deep shadows—light! sunbursts of light! Isaiah 9:2 MSG A Time to ThinkOur lives will always be full if our hearts are always giving. —Anonymous A Ti...

  • The Elect One

    Posted October 25, 2017 by Paul Germana

    Ministers of the world, I invite you to receive eternal life of the body. I know it sounds crazy, but so does all religion. Finding true balance; understanding that one is a star, keeping north ever up and south ever down, one begins to transcend time space, preserving the body as they grow into the...

  • On Transgender Acceptance

    Posted October 25, 2017 by Tony Villari

    Homosexuals stayed in the closet as a way of hiding who and what they were.  Homosexuality is finally finding voice and a place in our society, after years of non-acceptance and ridicule, and they still have a good distance to travel.  So, who's in the closet now?  It would seem trans...

  • Sapphries

    Posted October 25, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Specificity Factor Wednesday, October 25, 2017 Most believers say they believe that God can do anything. After all, He’s God. But truthfully, most believers don’t really believe God can do anything. When the anything becomes a particular problem or need we’re dealing with, th...

  • Daily Scripture & Reflection

    Posted October 25, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & ReflectionOctober 25, 2017 Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. Ephesians 3:20 NLT A Time to ThinkYou are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. –C.S. Lew...

  • Daily Scripture & Reflection

    Posted October 24, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & Reflection October 24, 2017   You are resplendent with light, more majestic than mountains rich with game. Psalm 76:4 NIV   A Time to Think Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth see...

  • Sapphries

    Posted October 24, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Lakham People Tuesday, October 24, 2017   The biblical Hebrew word for fight is Lakham. When the Jewish people came back to the land of Israel, they had to quickly organize an army for the first time in over 2000 years and learn to fight. It turned out to be one of the most...

  • Daily Scripture & Reflection

    Posted October 23, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & ReflectionOctober 23, 2017 But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark, and he sent a wind over the earth, and the waters receded. Genesis 8:1 TNIV A Time to ThinkWe need never shout across the spaces to an absent God. He is ne...

  • Sapphries

    Posted October 23, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Disciple Of The Shalom Master Monday, October 23, 2017 Isaiah 9:6 calls Messiah Sar Shalom, the Prince or Ruler of Peace, but shalom means more than peace. It means completion, fulfillment, well being, wholeness, and prosperity. It also means hello and goodbye. Sar Shalom could also be interpr...

  • Daily Scripture & Reflection

    Posted October 22, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & ReflectionOctober 22, 2017 The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me: thy steadfast love, O Lord, endures for ever. Do not forsake the work of thy hands. Psalm 138:8 A Time to ThinkFaith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them. —Elisabeth Elliot A T...

  • Daily Scripture & Reflection

    Posted October 21, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & ReflectionOctober 21, 2017 If I only touch his cloak, I will be made well. Matthew 9:21 NRSV A Time to ThinkThe most eloquent prayer is the prayer through hands that heal and bless. —Billy Graham A Time to ActWhen you are in need of His healing, all you need to do is exten...

  • Daily Scripture & Reflection

    Posted October 19, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & ReflectionOctober 19, 2017 Now on the first day you shall take for yourselves the foliage of beautiful trees, palm branches and boughs of leafy trees and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days. Leviticus 23:40 NIV A Time to ThinkI'm so...

  • Daily Scripture & Reflection

    Posted October 18, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & ReflectionOctober 18, 2017 The peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your heart and mind. Philippians 4:7 A Time to ThinkWhen we put our problems in God’s hands, He puts peace in our hearts. —Anonymous A Time to ActWhen you feel anxious say abov...

  • Sapphries

    Posted October 18, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Fringes Of Your Life Wednesday, October 18, 2017 Kanaph is the Hebrew word for the corner of a garment or the bottom hem. It’s the same word used in Job for the ends of the earth. God commanded His people to wear sacred fringes called tzitzit, tassels that hang down from the corners of t...

  • Daily Scripture & Reflection

    Posted October 17, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & ReflectionOctober 17, 2017 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.                     ...

  • Sapphries

    Posted October 17, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Practicing Your Sovereignty Tuesday, October 17, 2017 In order for Messiah to be King of Israel, He has to be of the royal line of David. His mother was of the line of David, His Father is King of the Universe. Even his stepfather, Joseph, was a descendent of David, poor but no less royal. Kings a...

  • Daily Scripture & Reflection

    Posted October 16, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & ReflectionOctober 16, 2017 We give thanks to thee, O God; we give thanks; we call on thy name and recount thy wondrous deeds. Psalm 75:1 A Time to ThinkGratitude is an offering precious in the sight of God, and it is one that the poorest of us can make and be not poorer but riche...

  • Each New Day

    Posted October 16, 2017 by Tony Villari

    What we all tend to forget is that help arrives each and every morning in God's gift of a new dawn, a new day, and another chance to excel in the life which we have also been gifted.  But, what if you have yet to learn this or anything else which you have been blessed with life to learn?  ...

  • Daily Scripture & Reflection

    Posted October 15, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & ReflectionOctober 15, 2017 Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. Psalm 55:22 A Time to ThinkWorry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.—Corrie ten Boom A Time to ActBelieve ...

  • Daily Scripture & Reflection

    Posted October 14, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & ReflectionOctober 14, 2017Moses also said, “You will know that it was the Lord when he gives you meat to eat in the evening and all the bread you want in the morning, because he has heard your grumbling against him. Who are we? You are not grumbling against us, but against th...

  • Daily Scripture & Reflection

    Posted October 13, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & ReflectionOctober 13, 2017 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. John 15:2 NIV A Time to ThinkDo not strive in your own strength. —Andrew Murray A Time to ActSpread seeds...

  • Sapphries

    Posted October 13, 2017 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Success In The Failure Friday, October 13, 2017 Robert Moffett, a Scottish missionary to South Africa, came back to Scotland to recruit missionaries. He preached a message titled, “Unto You Oh Men, I Call”. It was winter and only a few women, along with a small boy who had come to ...