Category: Abiding in Christ

Bible Verse of The Day – 3-11-21

John 15:3-4 (NKJV) 3 You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.

Our motive every day needs to be to learn to remain in God.

Our journey in life is meant to be used to grow closer to Him while we are here.

It’s not that we will never face anything hard, because we will. But it’s about going through those hard times and learning how to remain in Him, even when things are rough.

It is only Him that can get us through those tough and painful moments that life will hit us with. Nothing else will keep us moving forward in this life.

Some things may make us feel better for a period of time. They may even appear to give us hope and make us think it’s good for us. But we will soon find out that it’s not the real deal. It won’t carry us all the way through.

The truth of the matter is, as we remain in God through faith in Christ, we will live by His strength and bear much fruit!

Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 11-25-20

John 15:4 (NKJV) 4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.

Abide in Me and I in you.

How many times have we read this and we just blew right by that first sentence and kept going without giving it a second thought?

That’s not good!

That first sentence is a major component of our walk with God. In fact, the word “abide” actually has a very deep meaning in this verse.

So, let’s take a look.

Abide: continue, stay, remain, persist, hold on.

Now look at how it’s used in this verse.

Jesus said that if we abide in Him, He will abide in us.

There are two implications here.

Most of us will instinctively think of it as meaning that we need to stay close to Him or stick by Him. And this is true. When we abide (stick with, stay close to) Him, He will stick with us.

Maybe even more important, though, is this; if we are truly a believer (a follower of Christ), if we have embraced Him (put our faith in Him) and our heart has truly changed, (which it should do if our faith in Him is genuine) we will not depart from Him.

If we believe, we will abide (stick with, stay close to). If we do not believe, we will not abide.

This isn’t very often taught. Mostly because it is overlooked, as I mentioned at the beginning of this devotional. But sometimes it isn’t taught because it is a hard teaching; one that’s not easy to speak nor easy to hear and receive.

But truth is truth. And truth needs to be spoken, even when it is hard to swallow. Truth, after all, will set us free if we embrace it.

John 8:32 (NKJV) 32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
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Bible Verse of The Day – 7-3-19

John 15:7 (NKJV) 7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.

We all wonder sometimes why our prayers seem to go unanswered. We seek, and we ask. And the answer doesn’t seem to come.

There can be various reasons for this, but the verse above holds the key to why some of them may not be given to us.

Actually, one word is the key: Abide

Abide: accept or act in accordance with (a rule, decision, or recommendation).

Abide can also mean to obey, to conform to, to heed, etc.

Once we understand the importance of this, abiding in Him and His words abiding in us, we can start to take steps toward making this happen in our lives.

To be clear, it’s not something legalistic or ritualistic. It’s a heart thing. It has to be sincere in its execution, not done with impure motives.

And in reality, if we are making efforts to grow our walk with God, this will all happen naturally, without us even giving it a thought.

So, let’s be sure that we are putting the time and effort into drawing closer to God each day, by spending time in His word and taking the time to communicate with Him personally.

And as we do this, so many other things will fall into place for us.

James 4:8 (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.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 1-2-19

John 15:5 (NKJV) 5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.

“For without me you can do nothing”.

These are words we need to pay close attention to. They are words very often overlooked by most people, including the church.

Much of what we hear today about how we should live revolves around putting ourselves on one kind of pedestal or another.

We are told that we should put ourselves first, and then worry about others. We are told that many of the problems people experience are due to “low self-esteem”. We are told to “look out for number 1”. And we could build a lengthy list of other such things we are barraged with on a daily basis.

In all of these, it all comes down to me, me, me.

And while God has made us in His own image, and He wants us to prosper and be in good health, we need to remember that without Him, we can do nothing.

This doesn’t mean that we should walk around thinking that we are worthless. On the contrary, we are worth so much that God sent His Son to die for us.

But our worth doesn’t come from ourselves. It comes from God himself. It comes from the fact that He has made us. We didn’t make ourselves. We didn’t breathe life into ourselves. And we surely can’t sustain ourselves without Him. If we think we can, we are fooling ourselves badly.

If we are to be anybody at all, we need to abide in Christ, so that He can abide in us. Did you catch what Jesus said right there? We need to abide in Him so He can abide in us. If we are not abiding in Him, He cannot abide in us. That’s not something we hear much about.

The Gospel has been watered down to the point that it’s more about emotional highs and “warm fuzzies” than it is about this foundational truth of abiding in Him. This is why so many people struggle to “find themselves” and to feel like they’re worth something.

Romans chapter 12 teaches us a lot about being humble and presenting ourselves as living sacrifices, telling us that doing so is our reasonable service to God.

We are also told that nobody should think more highly of himself (or herself) than they ought to think.

Romans 12:3 (NKJV) 3 For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.

Keep God first in everything. Lift Him up in all that we do. Abide in Him, so He can abide in us.

In this we will bear much fruit, and we will find ourselves in the process.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

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Bible Verse of The Day – 1-22-15

John 14:23(NKJV) 23 Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.

We can tell God we love Him as much as we want, but if we don’t show Him by following through and walking His word out, then it is all simply words with no actions. It says in James 1:22 (NKJV) 22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

Are we being deceived today by thinking everything is fine and dandy in our walk with Christ? Do we continue to listen to the word, but not do anything about it? Do we fail to let it change us or our situation?

When we fall in love with Jesus it will cause us to want to keep His word. Will we be perfect at it? No. But we can’t let that stop us from trying until we get it right.

None of us are perfect at it, but the important thing is we keep on trying.

We know that Jesus loves us no matter what, but He wants to make His home in us.

Keep His word today.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

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Bible Verse of The Day – 2-24-14

(1 John 4:15 NKJV)  Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.

God abides in him. Who is the him he is referring to? Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God. God abides in that person.

To confess means to admit and to abide means to live or stay somewhere. So as we admit Jesus is the Son of God, He will live and stay in us.

Even if we are going through a tough time and it is our fault…He’s there! He did not go anywhere; He didn’t leave us to fend for ourselves. We will not have to pick up the pieces and fix it alone.

Some may say how do we know that God is with us? Do we get some kind of feeling? Is there a sign to look for? Maybe He was with us and then left  because He’s angry at us for the mistake we made.

It’s not always how we feel or what we see happening. Sometimes there is nothing at all to feel, see or know. It just is.

God will not leave us; He stays. We just have to trust, believe and STAND, knowing that God’s Word is true.

He does what He says!!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

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Bible Verse of The Day – 10-30-13

(John 15:7 NKJV)  “If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.

How do we abide in Him?

We stay close to Him by reading His word and praying (talking with Him) each day. Abide means to stay or live somewhere.  If we stay or live somewhere, then we spend quality time there.

Our desires are met through this Abiding in each other (us and Jesus), as we ask through the precious name of Jesus Christ.

Let the desires of our heart come forth today as we abide in Him and Him in us!

Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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