Month: January 2014

Bible Verse of The Day – 1-18-14

(2 Chronicles 31:21 NKJV)  And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, in the law and in the commandment, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart. So he prospered.

Hezekiah prospered because he sought God in all that he did, with all of his heart.

Hezekiah was a King and he had to choose how to rule the kingdom. He chose to seek God and do it His way. He did it with all his heart. What does it say happened? He prospered.

God did it for Hezekiah, He’ll do it for us.

(Acts 10:34 NKJV) Then Peter opened his mouth and said: “In truth I perceive that God shows no partiality.

When we choose to seek God with all of our heart in all that we do, He will show us how and what to do in our situations today. We too will prosper!

Seek God with all our hearts in all that we do today. Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 1-17-14

1 Thessalonians 5:18 (KJV) In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

Give Thanks. In Every Thing.

Doesn’t leave much room for us to wiggle our way out of this, does it?

In everything we do, in every situation, in every emotion we feel, in every thought we think, Give Thanks.

Give thanks once in a while? Or give thanks when we’re happy? Give thanks when we receive a blessing?

Nope!

Give Thanks. In Every Thing!

Notice that it doesn’t use the word “everything”? It says “every thing”. So in every thing that comes our way, we need to give thanks.

Every situation, every mood, every circumstance. Give Thanks.

This might not be the easiest thing to learn, but each and every one of us can get this right if we determine in our heart to do so, and then we ask God to help us get it right.

So the next time we feel like grumbling, or our mood isn’t the best and we want to lash out at someone, Give Thanks.

It will fix our attitude in a hurry!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 1-16-14

(Luke 4:41 NKJV)  And demons also came out of many, crying out and saying, “You are the Christ, the Son of God!” And He, rebuking them, did not allow them to speak, for they knew that He was the Christ.

Jesus shows us by example what we are to do to demons. He does not let them speak!

He doesn’t care that they know who He is… they are not to be heard. In other words, shut them up! How do we do this? Through the authority that Christ gave us as His children!

If we have Christ in us, meaning we have received Him as our Lord and Savior, Christ’s authority lives in us!

(Luke 10:19 NKJV)  “Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

Don’t be afraid to shut the demons up, cast them out, or rebuke them!

They have to listen, not to us, but the authority that lives in us through the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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Bible Verse of The Day – 1-15-14

(Psalm 16:8 NKJV)  I have set the LORD always before me; Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved.

The Bible doesn’t tell us that we won’t go through hard things or tough times. But it does tell us that when we do, “We shall not be moved”. Why? Because, we have set Him before us!

What are some of the things that try to come against us when we face hard times or tribulations?

The first thing is worry and stress.

Jesus tells us in  (Luke 12:22 NKJV)  Then He said to His disciples, “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; nor about the body, what you will put on.

He gives us His answer to worry and stress right off the bat. He says “don’t do it”.

The second thing that tries to get to us is anxiety.  God clearly tells us what anxiety will try to do to us if it gets in.

(Proverbs 12:25 NKJV) Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression, But a good word makes it glad.

Stay positive no matter how hard the fight looks; don’t give in to depression or negative talk.

The third thing to watch out for is fear; it will try to grip us in the worst way.

God tells us in  (2 Timothy 1:7 NKJV)  For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

If God has not given it to us then don’t fall for it. Rebuke that spirit of fear, in the name of Jesus. Amen

This is how we set the Lord before us, by knowing what His Word says, speaking it over our lives and walking in it daily! Amen

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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Bible Verse of The Day – 1-14-14

Hebrews 2:18 (NKJV) For in that He Himself has suffered, being tempted, He is able to aid those who are tempted.

Temptation is something that we all deal with, each and every day, in one way or another.

There is not a human being alive, or has ever lived, who was not tempted. It’s part of life.

But here’s the thing. Being tempted isn’t a sin.

It’s how we deal with temptation that reveals what’s inside of us. Whether we give in to it or walk away will show our true colors, both to others and to ourselves.

So how do we overcome temptation and make the right choice when satan is knocking at our heart’s door? What’s the secret formula for defeating temptation, instead of temptation defeating us?

We make a conscious choice to walk away. Sounds pretty straight forward, doesn’t it?

James 4:7 (NKJV) Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

See? We have to grow a backbone and learn to walk away from the things that tempt us. Yes, sometimes it can be pretty difficult to convince our flesh to walk away, but the more we resist, the easier it becomes.

And understand that not a single one of us goes through temptation that’s unique. There is nothing new, even in these days of modern technology, internet, HD video, or otherwise. It’s the same old sin wrapped in shiny new packages!

1 Corinthians 10:13 (NKJV) No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.

So let’s not fall prey to the enemy’s sorry schemes. Let’s stand strong in God’s power and might and learn to recognize these tactics for what they are. And then let’s walk away and thank God for the strength to do so.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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Bible Verse of The Day – 1-13-14

(James 5:16 NKJV)  Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.

This weekend I visited a medium security prison to visit a brother. We talked, shared and laughed.

It was time for me to leave and we hugged goodbye. As the prisoner walked away, I watched as my heart sank. I was free to walk out and to leave that place, while he waited in line to enter back in to his cell. He was a prisoner.

It made me realize that without Christ we are prisoners; prisoners to sin. There is no freedom without Christ. There is a jail cell with our name on it if we don’t choose Him.

My heart goes out to those people today; those that don’t know Christ as their Lord and Savior, for they are prisoners.

How can we reach them? How can they be set free and healed?

We can start by praying. Pray for those we know who need Jesus and His Salvation.

Prayer avails MUCH!!

Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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Bible Verse of The Day – 1-11-14

Micah 6:8 (NKJV)8 He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

So what does God require of us?

To do justly – do the right thing; the thing that pleases Him.

To love mercy – to learn to show mercy to others, just as He has shown mercy to us.

To walk humbly with your God – humility is the key to a successful relationship with our God. If we can learn to humble ourselves before Him, there will be nothing that stops us from pressing into Him and learning to love Him with our whole heart.

Humility is also the key to successful relationships of every kind, whether it be your marriage, your career or anything else. If we can be humble, admit when we’re wrong, heed counsel and correction and learn to listen to others, we will go very far.

Do justly, love mercy and walk humbly with your God.

Enjoy your weekend.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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Bible Verse of The Day – 1-10-14

James 4:6-7 (NKJV) 6 But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: “God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.” 7 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

Pride and humility. They are two exact opposites. And a large segment of the church seems to have gotten caught up on the wrong side of the fence during the past few decades.

We know this because we have seen it, and the fruits of it, in our own lives. God has shown it to us and He has been working diligently, skillfully removing it with the precision of a surgeon.

Pride can creep in ever so subtly. It can come in disguised as a million different things that look so good on the surface. But in the end, pride will destroy us, slowly, a little tiny bit at a time, until we are devastated and left empty-handed.

Pride is being propagated throughout the body of Christ in many ways, by many different teachings. The “Prosperity Gospel” is one of the biggest culprits, but there are others too. And as followers of Christ unknowingly become followers of “other gospels”, pride can creep in and sweep us away.

We implore you today to ask God to show you where you may have become prideful. Let Him show you where pride has crept in. And then let Him do what needs to be done to remove it from your life.

Do it now, because the longer you wait, the harder and more painful it will be to root out and get rid of.

God is the ultimate surgeon. He knows how to remove what isn’t good for us and then heal us afterward.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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Bible Verse of The Day – 1-9-14

2 Timothy 3:1-5 (NKJV) But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: 2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, 4 traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away!

Wow. God knew what was coming and warned us about it well in advance!

I’m in my 50s and I have to tell you that the world has changed drastically since I was a child. Every kind of crime you can think of has increased by huge percentages.

It doesn’t matter whether you talk about murder, adultery, fornication, thievery, arrogance, lust, haughtiness, or whatever it is, it has gotten extremely bad during the last 25 years. And it’s not going to get any better!

God has told us that this will be so. He has forewarned us about all of it.

But He has also told us and taught us how to keep ourselves from falling prey to this and becoming like this in our own lives.

We need to stay close to Him and listen closely to His voice. He gives us everything we need to resist evil and protect ourselves from it.

God is faithful to teach us and to speak to us. Let’s be diligent and do our part to follow His leading.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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Bible Verse of The Day – 1-8-14

(Matthew 8:10 NKJV)  When Jesus heard it, He marveled, and said to those who followed, “Assuredly, I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel!

What does GREAT faith do? It causes the Lord to Marvel! If we want to make the Lord marvel, have great FAITH!

It’s an easy thing to say and, yes, at times it’s even easy to do. But, there are times when having faith can be difficult. For instance, when we are in the middle of a battle, and we can not see the way out, our faith may get little; so little that we may think we have lost it.

That’s when we surround ourselves with people that have BIG faith!

God has a way of bringing the right people around us at the right time! Don’t take your family, friends and leaders that God connects you with, for granted. They are there to help us and we may need to return the favor, as God leads.

If we are not happy with the people that God has brought around us to help us, then we simply need to get over it. Mature Christians will understand that it’s not always the person we thought it might be, but thank God He knows better than us!

Have faith in Him, that He knows who we need at the right time. We may need that person to speak up and tell us what we might not want to hear. That doesn’t mean they are being mean.

It means, first, that they love God enough to obey Him. Secondly, they love us enough to speak the truth, rather than stand in front of us and make like everything is OK, when it’s really not.

Have great faith in God today, let Him help us in every situation, and with whom He wants to use help us.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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Bible Verse of The Day – 1-7-14

Proverbs 15:3 (NKJV) The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.

There isn’t a single thing that gets past God.

No matter what happens, when it happens or where it happens, God’s eyes see it and His ears hear it.

Some might think of this and use it to hold Christians accountable for their behavior. This is, of course, true. We should always be aware of what we’re doing and whether it’s pleasing to God or not.

But did you know that we also need to understand this when it comes to the things that others do?

There is a lot of evil in the world. Nobody can deny this. The world becomes more vile as each year passes. Thievery, deception… these are just a couple of the things that we see a lot of and which are on the rise. Everyone reading this has probably been stolen from or deceived in one way or another.

Some us have been hurt very badly by this kind of activity, suffering loss of money or material things. And others have been hurt badly by deception, suffering emotionally, sometimes for a very long time.

But know this; The eyes of God are in every place. Nothing is hidden from Him. Not even these things that have caused you harm or loss.

The important thing to understand is that when things happen to us, we are not to return evil for evil. So if you’re holding onto something that has happened to you and wondering how you can get back at that person, let it go.

It’s not easy to do, but let it go. It is not up to us to seek revenge. Vengeance is God’s. He will be the one to judge all people and He will be the one to avenge your loss and your pain.

Romans 12:19 (NKJV) Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.

So rest in Him, knowing that He sees all things and that all things are in His hands.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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