Month: July 2017

Bible Verse of The Day – 7-31-17

2 Corinthians 5:7 (NKJV) 7 For we walk by faith, not by sight.

Eight little words that can change our lives forever.

In order to do this, we have to surrender our ideas and agendas to God. With some things it will, without a doubt, be a struggle to let go. With others we will find it very easy.

It’s a sacrifice we all make willingly, giving up our plan to trust Him with His plan.

Our faith starts off the size of a mustard seed. Some people’s faith will stay that size. They are very comfortable with it being that size. Some people may lose even their mustard-seed-sized faith and walk away from God.

But, If we truly want it to grow, we must choose to take the personal steps God has for each one of us. As we do that, our faith in Him will grow. Our walk will get stronger and we will get more clarity of vision as we go. And we will begin to live a more abundant life!

The key to walking and living by faith is to take that mustard-seed-sized bit of faith that He has given to each one of us and let it work.

This means getting His direction and answers before we take our steps, not after. And then we walk it out, step by step, day by day.

As we do this, and we see Him move on our behalf, that little tiny mustard seed will begin to grow and get stronger. Before we know it, it’s no longer small as a mustard seed, but strong and mighty in Him.

Trust Him with our lives today. Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 7-30-17 – Stay Out of The Middle of The Road

Hello! 

Have you ever tried walking down the middle of the road? It’s a very dangerous place to be. 

We recorded a new video and we’d love to have you watch it. It’s truthful and encouraging! 

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We take walks regularly. It’s part of what we do to keep ourselves healthy. We always stay well to the side of the road, away from the traffic, where it’s safest. We know what’s coming our way at all times. 

But if we were to walk in the middle of any of the roads we walk on, we would surely be hurt (or worse) in a very short time. 

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God wants us to stay out of the middle of the road in our walk with Him, too. He has some very specific words for us about this. And these words are so very important for all of us to hear. 

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Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 7-29-17

Matthew 9:20-22 (NKJV) 20 And suddenly, a woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years came from behind and touched the hem of His garment. 21 For she said to herself, “If only I may touch His garment, I shall be made well.”

Many of us know that there is something we need to do; a change we need to make.

We have been told and it has been confirmed over and over again. But we don’t do it. We freeze, afraid to move, even though God has instructed us to move.

We pray and we ask others to pray for us. We rebuke the fear, in the name of Jesus. And still, we don’t move. We hesitate. We procrastinate. We shrink back. And we cower down in fear. It’s almost like we want God to swoop down and move our feet for us.

But God doesn’t work that way. He tells us what to do. He will sometimes even show us how to do it. But if we aren’t willing to move and go after it, we will still be in the same place next week, next month or next year.

In the end, it all comes down to this: How badly do we want it? How much effort are we willing to put forth to get it?

The woman in the verses above risked everything to push through the crowd and touch the hem of the robe of Jesus.

She didn’t care what happened. She didn’t care what people thought of her. She didn’t care what people said to her or about her. She knew what she needed to do and she did it. She mustered up all of her strength and courage, and she pushed through the crowds to touch Jesus.

And the end result was the healing of a physical problem she had been battling for 12 years!

So, stand up! Push forward! Stop letting the voice of the enemy and the fear of the unknown keep you in captivity.

Press through and reach out for Him. All it takes is action on our part to set things in motion. And if we obey, we will get what God has promised us.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
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Bible Verse of The Day – 7-28-17

Matthew 22:37 (NKJV) 37 Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’

God wants our whole heart. He desires us to walk closely with Him every minute of every day.

As human beings, we sometimes have a hard time with this. We get pulled on from so many different directions. We end up with our affections divided between so many things and our time spent scattered in many ways. Before we know it, God is only a tiny little slice of our lives.

One of the most important things we can learn as followers of Christ is that He comes first, before anyone and anything else. It’s His heart’s desire. It’s the reason He created us; to worship Him and walk close to Him.

There is a never-ending list of things we can put before God. Money, careers, family, relationships, etc., etc. It’s different for each of us.

But it doesn’t matter what it might be. If it pulls us away from God and causes our relationship with Him to falter or if it keeps us from growing closer to Him, then we need to take a serious look at it and consider making some changes.

God does not force us to love Him. It’s not in His nature to do so. He has given us the option; love Him or not. But if we do love Him, He wants us to do it of our own free will and give it 100%.

It’s amazing how our lives are transformed when we put Him first and give Him 100%. Our heart changes. Our outlook on life changes. Our attitude changes. We become more compassionate. We forgive more easily. We genuinely care about others. We put things aside that used to mean a lot to us.

And we do it all willingly. Why? Because our love for God overshadows everything else in life. And when our love for God reaches that point, there is nothing that can come between us and Him.

Nothing.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
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Bible Verse of The Day – 7-27-17

2 Thessalonians 3:11 (NKJV) 11 For we hear that there are some who walk among you in a disorderly manner, not working at all, but are busybodies.

Busybodies are looked down upon in God’s word. They are never looked at favorably under any circumstances. It’s very clear that we are not to spend our time meddling in other people’s affairs.

But, despite what God’s word tells us, many of us still spend a lot of time doing just that… meddling in, or talking about, the lives and affairs of others.

It can happen very easily. Sometimes we might see something happen and then try to figure out why it happened. Other times we may hear something from someone else, so we pick it up and spend time discussing it.

Sometimes we might say something to someone else that stirs up a conversation that centers around the life of someone else, with none of the conversation being good, uplifting or encouraging.

There are so many ways we can fall into this. But no matter how it happens, it’s wrong.

Gossip is harmful. It can destroy people’s reputations and cause them great harm in so many ways. And it also causes us to walk further and further from God as we dive deeper and deeper into it.

Proverbs 16:28 (NKJV) 28 A perverse man sows strife, And a whisperer separates the best of friends.

Even Jesus warned us about it.

Matthew 12:36 (NKJV) 36 But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.

This is serious stuff that we need to pay attention to, to make sure we’re not spending our time engaging in it.

God is holding us accountable for our actions. Gossiping and being a busybody are not exempt from accountability.

We need to go to Him and ask Him to forgive us and help us to drop this bad habit once and for all. And then we need to let Him help us not to fall into it again.

He will help us if we let Him!

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 – 7-26-17

1 Corinthians 7:1-2 (NKJV) Now concerning the things of which you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. 2 Nevertheless, because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

We want to talk about the seriousness of sexual immorality. The world today is full of it. But, that does not make it right.

Because we are not of this world that we live in, we must remember that being physically intimate with a woman or man outside of marriage is wrong, no matter how we look at it.

We can try to justify it by saying “We are planning on getting married soon, so it’s OK to live together and act as if we are married”. The truth is, it’s really NOT OK.

Be careful not to get desensitized. God says “no” to sexual immortality. Make the right choice today.

Dear God in Heaven,

Today I come to You and ask for help to make things right. Please forgive me for being involved in sexual immorality.  I am truly sorry and want to change this and make it right. I want to live right and be pleasing and acceptable in Your eyes.

Cleanse me, Lord, and strengthen me to be able to say no to this temptation. Help me to take the steps I need to take to prevent it from happening over and over again. I surrender this desire in me and I ask for Your help. Guide my steps, Oh Lord.

In Jesus’ name I ask. Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 7-25-17

Proverbs 22:6 (NKJV) 6 Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it.

Children are a blessing from God. He expects us, as their parents, to teach them the good and right things to do in life. How to obey, respect, love and pray. This all starts right in the home.

In order to teach them the right things to do, we must experience them ourselves. God will help us as we address things in our own personal lives so that we, in return, can help them learn.

When we have victory over something we go through, we can offer help to others who are in the same boat, so to speak.

Some of us may be seeing some of those same struggles in our children. Most times we can spot it in them even when they are very young. It’s good that we see it, but now we need to help them through it.

We need to ask God to help us get victory over it first so that we can help them.

It’s time to get real. Our children need us and they are worth every bit of the work and time we put into raising them

As we train them up in the way they should go, not only will we be blessed and enjoy them, but they will be a blessing to others all throughout their lives.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 7-24-17

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

As members of the body of Christ, we all have different needs during different seasons of our lives. Sometimes we feel like we can fly. Other times, depending on what we may be going through at that time, we might feel like we can barely walk.

But this is one of the reasons why we function as a body, so we can help and support each other when we need it.

It’s critical that we remember others and learn to reach out and help when we see a need. Sometimes a helping hand or an encouraging word can make a huge difference in someone’s life. Sometimes it can even mean the difference between hope and desperation for someone.

Helping others isn’t always easy. Nobody ever said it would be. But we need to always try to put ourselves in someone else’s shoes so we learn to recognize needs when they arise and understand the importance of being that helping hand for that person.

The biggest way to learn to help others is to remember how it feels when we are in need and someone helps us.

So, pray for each other. Comfort each other. And do whatever we can when a need arises.

It can change the life of a person in need when they see God’s light shine through us.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – God’s Endless Mercy – 7-23-17

Greetings in the name of Jesus!

Many of us walk around carrying guilt and shame for the things we have done. Sometimes the weight of it can become overbearing. But God doesn’t want us to live like this.

We just published a new video on the topic, and we’d like you to watch it.

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God’s mercy offers us the opportunity to live free of guilt, shame and condemnation. We just need to accept His offer.

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So, don’t waste another day living under the weight of these things. Reach out and do whatever is necessary to get rid of it.

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Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
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Bible Verse of The Day – 7-22-17

Matthew 6:31-34 (NKJV) 31 “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

Worrying. Most of us spend way too much time doing it.

What does worrying do?

It causes stress. It causes high blood pressure. It causes fear. And the list could go on and on.

But notice one thing; not one of the things that worrying does is helpful or positive. They are all harmful to us in one way or another.

And here’s another thing to consider; the vast majority of the things we worry about never happen. So, all of the time and energy we spent worrying was wasted.

Jesus said not to worry. He also said that worrying won’t add a single cubit to our stature. Literally spoken, it won’t make us taller! In other words, we gain absolutely nothing by worrying.

Matthew 6:27 (NKJV) 27 Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?

So, what’s the answer? How do we quit worrying when we’re facing difficult things?

The answer is easy. Carrying it out, however, isn’t always easy. Especially at first.

We trust God with absolutely everything about our lives. Everything. That means the little things and the big things. We take them to Him. We give them to Him. And we stop trying to carry them ourselves and figure them out ourselves.

We learn from Him. We listen for His voice, and we do what He tells us to do, even when it doesn’t make sense to our heads and our human understanding.

And as we do this, we begin to learn how to walk through storms and trials without spending every waking hour worrying and fretting over things that we have no control over to begin with.

We begin to learn how to hear Him and follow His leading, as He gives us step by step guidance and instructions.

And over time, it becomes easier and easier to follow Him and put worrying behind us.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 7-21-17

James 5:16 (NKJV) 16 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.

God will sometimes lay people on our hearts, to pray for them. Praying for one another is not hard to do and it can be very enjoyable, especially when we begin to see the change that it brings.

What we find hard is the discipline we need to stop what we are doing, put ourselves aside, shut down the thinking process and simply take the time to do it.

I remember not long ago I was visiting someone in the hospital. He could barely talk, walk or eat. He was weak as a kitten and really did not have much time left here.

I happened to be sharing with him about someone else we both knew that was going through a hard time. With all of what little strength he had, he told me that he would be praying for them.

Boy, did that grip me. It touched me and blessed me to hear and see that.

No matter what state we are in, we can pray. Even if it is just “God, help them”. God knows our heart and the sincerity it comes from.

Praying for each other is what will get us all through our situations. It brings change! Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
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