Category: Living a Meaningful Life

Bible Verse of The Day – 8-29-18

1 Thessalonians 5:11 Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing.

I was sitting in the dentist office one day recently and the dentist was sharing how she had lost her grandfather. He had just left his house and was in an accident. He never returned home.

She said, “I don’t mean to sound morbid, but ever since I learned of what happened to him, I never leave home without saying good bye and I love you, because we just don’t know”.

I have no idea how we even got on that subject. But, I thought about it and realized that it’s the things we go through that impact us the most. Whether good or bad, we can learn something very valuable at times.

Instead of her getting hard, bitter and unforgiving, she chose to take something good from it. She chose to make sure the ones she cares about know she loves them.

This may seem like a very small detail because most of us say goodbye when we are leaving. But, the “I love you” part is what hit me. Many of us just take it for granted that they already know. Or we might even think that that they don’t need to hear it.

Let’s not wait until they are gone and then regret not telling them how we felt about them, how much we appreciate them and care about them. Be sure to take the time and make it known.

It’s those little words and the show of affection that are so comforting and mean so much for both sides.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 6-9-15

Ecclesiastes 1:14 (NKJV) 14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and indeed, all is vanity and grasping for the wind.

As human beings, men and women, we tend to look at things from a human perspective.

We set human goals, have human desires and judge things, and people, by human standards. And with these standards, we gauge success or failure.

Obviously, our natural tendency will be to do this, since we are created from flesh and bone. But, as children of God, we need to learn not to always look at things from a human perspective, but from a spiritual point of view.

Our success and failures should be determined by God’s standards and based on spiritual principles to be measured properly.

A high-paying corporate job, a fancy home, an expensive car, truck or boat, good standing in the community, a retirement fund bulging with cash and other similar things are the normal standard by which we measure success.

But we’re here to tell you today that this is not the way we should view ourselves.

Everything that we amass while we’re here on this earth is of no value when we’re gone, unless it is for the kingdom of God. It is there that we need to be storing up our treasures, in heaven.

King Solomon was the richest man who ever lived. The wealth he possessed would make our modern-day billionaires look like paupers in comparison.

But when Solomon had experienced everything and lived a life of plenty, what did he say?

“All is vanity and grasping for the wind.”

You see, without God we are nothing. We are powerless and our lives hold no real meaning.

God created us and breathed life into us. It is because of Him that we even exist to begin with. So to try to live a life without Him is senseless and fruitless.

Genesis 2:7 (NKJV) 7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.

But with Him our lives become new and meaningful and in Him we can do everything!

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.

So let’s let God change our perspective and see things through His eyes and with His mind and His purpose. Then we will begin to see things in a different light and understand things from a new point of view.

And our “successes and failures” will all take on new meaning!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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