Month: November 2018

Bible Verse of The Day – 11-19-18

John 12:37 (NKJV) 37 But although He had done so many signs before them, they did not believe in Him…

They did not believe in Him. Why?

It wasn’t because they didn’t have enough signs. In reality, there were other underlying issues.

People don’t always want to see things for what they are. There’s something that takes place when we do. For one, we need to admit we were wrong. And two, there is usually a change that comes along with acknowledging the truth.

No one can make somebody see things if the person is not willing to see it. And no one can change a person if they are not willing to change. They have to be willing to see with their own eyes and to change in their own heart and mind.

In the scripture above, Jesus gave them an opportunity, through many signs, to see who He was and to believe in Him.

Why didn’t they believe? Because of their will.

We can teach, we can train, and we can go out of our way to make sure we do all that we need to do to help people. But what it all comes down to is whether they are willing to see, listen and then take action. If their will is too strong, nothing will happen.

Sometimes they just aren’t willing. And we may never know why. We just do our part and move on.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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Bible verse of The Day – 11-18-18 – The Truth About Trials

Please click to watch the video nowGreetings in the name of Jesus! 

Everyone faces trials at different points in their life. It’s inevitable. 

How we handle those trials is the topic of our latest video, The Truth About Trials. 

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When trials come, most of us tend to react emotionally, becoming afraid of the possible outcome. And we also tend to scramble, searching for a solution based on our own understanding. 

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But, how does God want us to handle our trials. What does He say about them? 

We discuss all of this in our new video. It has information that each and every one of us can benefit from. So, we hope you will take a few minutes and watch it. 

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Enjoy your day and look to God for everything. 

Sincerely in Christ, 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

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Bible Verse of The Day – 11-17-18

Psalm 30:5 (NKJV) 5  For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life; Weeping may endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning.

Every day is a new beginning. We can go to bed at night crying our eyes out from things that have happened throughout our day, and by morning we are revived. We are ready to go and start all over.

Don’t let yesterday’s mess ups, mistakes or wrongdoings stick with us or define us. Let us learn, and make wise decisions. Let us turn away from the things we know that caused us havoc, chaos and confusion.

We need to start from the beginning and make this day what we want it to be.

God loves us and want us to keep on going and not look back.

Let His joy fill our hearts today. He is good!

Psalm 106:1 (NKJV) 1 Praise the Lord! Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.

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Bible Verse of The Day – 11-16-18

Ephesians 5:1-2  (NKJV) 1 Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. 2 And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.

Walking in love is an important part of our life as a child of God. What does it mean to walk in love?

Sometimes it means that we give up our wants for someone else’s needs.

We may find ourselves putting our self aside just to reach out and help someone else.

If you have never experienced this, it is the most wonderful feeling you can have. This feeling does not come with material possessions. It only comes through sincere love and sacrifice.

Pray that the Father will use us today in some way to love on someone. He will guide us.

Be ready to give. Sometimes it is of our time or our labor. Sometimes it is of our finances. Sometimes it may be a hug or a smile. Sometimes it is a heart to heart talk, a cooked meal or a bouquet of flowers.

Maybe it is as simple as a card, text message or phone call.

Sometimes walking in love might mean Him telling us to hold our tongue. This may be the hardest thing He asks us to do, especially if we feel what we have to say is right.

Whatever He lays on our hearts, just step out in love and give it our all. Be aware of His promptings and just follow along as He leads.

A lot of times it is not planned. It is spontaneous. It just happens, and we will find ourselves saying, “Wow, that was worth it all”, after it is all said and done.

God is a God of loving on people and He will use us if we are willing to get the job done.

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Bible Verse of The Day – 11-15-18

John 5:30 (NKJV) 30 I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.

It was through His Father that Jesus did all that He did. The Son of God said of Himself that He could do nothing. Amazing!

What does that tell us? That of ourselves we can do nothing. If Jesus could do nothing without His Father, then how could we possibly do things without Him?

We need God!

How do we get Him? We go through His Son. That is the only way to the Father.

John 14:6 (NKJV) 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Jesus Christ, His Son, made the way. It was not easy. It was a very hard road for Him. It took a humble heart and the sacrificing of His own will.

When people think about Jesus and His sacrifice, they think of what He did for us on the cross. Yes, that was the ultimate sacrificial act done for all mankind; Giving up of His life for each one of us.

But, before His physical death that took place on the cross, He had already sacrificed something very personal; His WILL.

Everything Jesus did, everything that was recorded and more, was of His Father’s will.

In this journey we are on as Believers, there will come a time in our life where we will want the Father’s will to be done more than we want our own. We will develop a hunger for it and that will be what moves us.

This is a place that is very dear, because we override our wants, desires, needs, etc. and wait patiently for His will.

God is working on His children and He is raising up an army. This army will know the will of the Father and they will do what He asks, above and beyond what they think or know.

Together, His children will march to the beat of His heart and do only His will through the strength of His Son, Jesus Christ and our Helper, the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 11-14-18

Romans 8:25 (NKJV) 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance.

One of the hardest things to do is to persevere when we are in a battle. Most times we are already tired and weary. All we want to do is crash somewhere, let someone else take over, close our eyes and go to sleep.

How many of us know that feeling? Just let me sleep it off, and when I wake up maybe it will be gone.

If we want to put this battle behind us, we must win. It’s not time to lay down and rest or take a break. It’s time to stand and keep on standing until we get our answer, our breakthrough.

Maybe we are in a situation today that has us feeling like we can’t think straight. Our mind is all worn out and our body is feeling beaten down from the emotional stress of it all. God wants to personally show us how we can go further than we’ve ever thought of going.

He wants to renew and refresh us with His strength, His Might and His power. He wants to keep us going. We can’t lay down yet; not until we reach that point where we have the peace of God in us, speaking loud and clear, saying, “It’s over”.

Receive His strength today to keep on going.

Dear Heavenly Father,

We come to you in the name of your precious Son, Jesus Christ, and we ask Lord for your strength to keep us going. Give us the strength we need today to move forward and to press in and persevere. We want to finish this battle and be done with it once and for all. We want to put it behind us and look at the better days that You have, not far away. We know that You are faithful and diligent in all Your ways. It is us, Father, that is weak. Please forgive us for allowing our weakness to take over and almost cause us to give up. We know now that we need You to help us to persevere today. Please strengthen us. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
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Bible Verse of The Day – 11-13-18

Philippians 1:21 (NKJV) 21 For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Being comfortable and staying in a place is OK, as long as we know we are in the right place.

In that comfortable place there may come a time when God says, “it’s time to move on”. Sometimes we might be so comfortable that we may not listen to His voice or heed His tug on our hearts.

Other times, it may not be so comfortable in a place and we may want to move on. But God may say, “stay”. He may want to use us in that place.

He has chosen us, and we must push aside our feelings and the fact that it is uncomfortable and stay, in spite of how we feel or what is taking place.

This is not easy to do.

We had to stay in a place one time where we knew we were not wanted by specific people. But, God wanted us there. And in the end, after all we went through, we were chosen to lead for a season when things were very difficult.

We learned a lot of things during that uncomfortable season. We learned to push back the flesh and all of its crying, whining, kicking and screaming, and be where God could use us.

Don’t despise uncomfortable situations. God is in them too. And there is a lot to be learned about others and our own selves during those times.

This is all part of growing and maturing in Christ, staying where God needs us to stay, moving on when God wants us to move on, in spite of our own desires.

There comes a time to learn that it’s not about us anymore. We live for Christ and die to ourselves.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 11-12-18

John 10:10 (NKJV) 10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

Life can be beautiful when we get on the right track. The right track is following Christ.

There are so many choices we can make in this life. But making the right ones will determine how things turn out for us.

The most important choice we make is knowing who we give our heart to first and foremost. We may think this is referring to a spouse or friends, etc. But our heart should already belong to Someone else before we take those other steps. Our heart should belong to Jesus Christ.

Why? Because He is our key to living. He gives us life and life more abundantly. He gives us salvation and a life of joy while we are here on this earth, as we walk each day with Him. He wants to be married to us first, as our very best friend, to be there to help guide us in this life.

Once we fully trust Christ with our heart and our life He will guide our steps and show us what is good for us. As we let Him guide us, the decisions we make from there will be very productive. Our walk will be beautiful. Even as we face some of the hardest decisions we will have to make, it will be good.

Some may say, “well, I have already chosen my spouse and friends on my own. Where do I start now?

Christ meets us where we are at, just like He met the woman at the well. She had already been with 5 men. And the one she was currently with wasn’t her husband. Some may think that Jesus would have turned her away. But He didn’t. And He won’t turn us away.

John 4:17-18 (NKJV) 17 The woman answered and said, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You have well said, ‘I have no husband,’ 18 for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; in that you spoke truly.”

The most important thing to remember is Christ forgives and gives us an opportunity to fix things up. He is forever forgiving, compassionate, kindhearted and loving.

So, if we started off on the wrong track with our life, and we are wishing we had done things differently, it’s not too late.

Give Jesus our heart and our situation and let Him help us to make good decisions and choices where we are at right now.

He will begin a good work in us and complete it. Amen.

Philippians 1:6 (NKJV) 6 being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ…

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 11-11-18 – The Transformation of Our Will

Please click to watch the video now.Greetings in the name of Jesus! 

Our will plays a very large part in the path that our lives take. We can choose to let our will lead us, or we can let God transform our will so that it lines up with what He wants for our lives. 

That’s the topic of our newest video, The Transformation of Our Will. 

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As believers, we have the choice as to whether we surrender to God or not. He gives us that choice. But if we want to walk the path that He has for us, it’s important that we let Him work on us and shape us in many different ways. 

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God will never, ever force us to do something. That’s not how He works. But, if we let Him, He will do some incredible things in our lives. We just have to be willing to let Him. 

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Enjoy the rest of your day and rest in Him. 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 11-10-18

Psalm 104:1 (NKJV) 1 Bless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord my God, You are very great: You are clothed with honor and majesty…

Oh, how wonderful is He. So beautiful in all His ways. Omnipotent God is He!

We come together today, your people, and praise your name. For Holy and perfect are You. We lift up our hearts to You and rejoice, for great are You, God.

You have taken the time to pay close attention to our situations, problems and dilemmas. You have given us counsel, clarity, and direction.

You have fed us truth, love and compassion. You have watched over us and protected us and brought healing and salvation to our lives.

Bless the Lord, O my soul…You are very GREAT!

We love You today, and we lift You up, putting You on that pedestal where only You belong.

We praise you above all things! Amen.

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Bible Verse of The Day – 11-9-18

Ephesians 2:8-9 (NKJV) 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.

The scripture above is a foundational truth for our faith.

As believers, we typically learn very early in our walk with God that we are saved only by faith and our trust in God to forgive our sins and wash them away.

It seems like such a huge gift at the time, setting us free from the burden of our sin without us having to work for it.

But as time goes by, we can tend to forget this basic truth. Sometimes it gets forgotten because we go on to learn more and more about God, who He is and what He’s like. So, a basic truth such as this one might seem simple and trivial after a while.

Other times, as we begin to grow in our faith, we can begin to forget the sinful self that we once were, and what God has rescued us from, and we may begin to judge others as though we have earned our salvation and we are better than those around us.

Either way, if we lose sight of this truth, we have lost something very important that keeps us “on a level playing field” with every other human being, so to speak. And when that happens, we might as well toss God’s plan for salvation right out the window, because by doing so, we have undone everything that Jesus did on the cross.

It’s important that we let this verse remind us that it is truly by faith that we are saved, and not by anything we have done that we can boast about.

For by grace you have been saved by faith. Amen!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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