Month: August 2019

Bible Verse of The Day – 8-20-19

1 Chronicles 16:25 (NKJV) 25 For the Lord is great and greatly to be praised; He is also to be feared above all gods.

Today, as I write this devotional, I ponder on my life and how through it all God has been so very good.

He has saved me from a lot of things; things that I thought would be OK to step out in, but obviously weren’t good for me.

He has intervened at times when I thought there didn’t need to be any intervention or I wasn’t aware of any danger.

He has walked me through some tough days, and not just me, but people I love and care about. He has been there all along.

It’s funny how you can look back and see the hand of God in our lives so many times. He is so gentle, so loving and so subtle, we can almost miss it if we don’t pay close attention.

Sometimes it takes us slowing our lives down so we can take the time to reflect on God’s greatness.

He surely is great and greatly to be praised!! Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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Bible Verse of The Day – 8-19-19

Proverbs 3:5-6 (NKJV) 5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.

These verses have become my “words to live by”. Every day it becomes clearer and clearer to me what this really means.

It’s all part of the faith walk, that path that God puts you on that takes you somewhere you’ve never been and to a destination you have no idea about. You will only know that you have reached your destination when God says, “you’re there”.

Without the Holy Spirit, this walk will mess with your head. It will have you questioning yourself and the choices you make. It will have you asking yourself if what you chose was God or your emotions.

But then God speaks and tells you that it’s all OK. You’re not off. You’re not crazy, and you’re not weird. You’re on the right track.

As God has shown me this more and more, I have begun to notice it in action in the lives of people in the Bible.

Joseph, who became the “father” of Jesus, probably wrestled with this as Mary told him that she was pregnant, but still a virgin. And then again when God gave him a dream and told Him to flee to Egypt to protect his newborn Son from Herod.

Abraham, the “father of many nations”, dealt with this when he was told by God to leave and go “to a place I will show you”.

Genesis 12:1 (NKJV) 12 Now the Lord had said to Abram: “Get out of your country, From your family And from your father’s house, To a land that I will show you.

Think about that. He had to leave his country, his family and his father’s house. But he did so not even knowing where he was supposed to end up.

And then he was promised a son when he was 100 years old. Now that’s a mind bender right there.

But Abraham obeyed, and God was faithful to keep His promises.

There’s something we need to be clear about; God didn’t stop doing these kinds of things when the people in the Bible died. He still does them today in the lives of people like you and me.

We just have to be alert and discerning to hear Him and then follow His leading.

Yes, it’s odd at first. Yes, it’s scary sometimes. And yes, people might think you’re crazy if you tell them about it.

But that doesn’t make it any less real. And it doesn’t make God any less faithful.

He still does these things! He still shows us and tells us things that require His spirit for us to get understanding and then make the right moves.

God still speaks. Are we listening?

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 8-18-19 – You Will Find me

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

We hope you’re having a great week and that you’re growing in your walk with God. 

God desires that we seek Him. His word says that if we seek Him, we will find Him! 

Today’s video, You Will Find Me, is about that very topic; Seeking God and Finding Him. 

We discuss the various ways that God meets us when we seek Him, even if they are ways that we might not be familiar with. 

We hope you will take a few minutes to watch it. 

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Enjoy the rest of your day. 

Love in Christ, 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 8-17-19

Philippians 4:7 (NKJV) 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

No matter how much we try to prepare and make everything go smoothly, we all know that sometimes it doesn’t take much for chaos and confusion to show up and try to throw us off.

Some days we are ready and can handle what comes our way very easily. Other days we are moved quickly and distracted to the point where we get nothing accomplished and feel like we are walking in circles. Why is that?

One word; emotions.

Our emotions are a funny thing; they are up and down. It can be hard to keep them calm, collected and steady. It’s only through staying close to God that we will remain peaceful.

When we heed His voice, taking to heart what He says, it brings a steadiness in our thoughts and our reactions to things going on around us. It doesn’t mean we won’t freak out at times, but it won’t happen as much if we spend time in God’s word.

His word brings us peace, even in the most difficult changes or circumstances that we may face.

Give time to Him and His peace will be there for us.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 8-16-19

Psalm 119:130 (NKJV) 130 The entrance of Your words gives light; It gives understanding to the simple.

God’s word is the most valuable thing we can have introduced into our lives.

His word is a light to our path (Psalm 119:105).

It is living and powerful (Hebrews 4:12).

His word gives life (Psalm 119:50).

His word cleanses us (Psalm 119:9).

If we keep it in our hearts, it keeps us from sinning (Psalm 119:11).

It revives us (Psalm 119:25).

It strengthens us when we are weak (Psalm 119:28).

His word brings us salvation (Psalm 119:41).

It’s safe to say that we need God’s word hidden in our hearts. Without it we will struggle through each day, trying to find our way.

With it, we grow stronger, bolder, more courageous, more righteous, kinder and more compassionate.

But here’s the key that unlocks all of this; we have to read it!

God’s word can only help us if we get it in us, where it changes us from the inside, out.

Be sure that we are taking time to feed on His word each and every day. We will never regret it.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 8-15-19

Ecclesiastes 3:1 (NKJV) 1 To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven…

The deeper we go with God, the more we will realize there is a certain place where we belong, and a reason why we do what we do. Timing is everything!

We are not just here to live the lives we want or imagine. We can very well do that, it’s our choice. But, if we want God’s will in our lives continually, we will be willing to listen and watch for His direction and then do our part as well, taking steps when needed and in the right time. It takes us giving up our will and walking out His.

The most important thing to remember in this type of living is that God will move us to do things that we would never have expected or thought of doing. And that’s OK, as long as He is in it.

Being led by the Spirit of God is going to change us in many ways. Our mind will be transformed to think more about Him. It will no longer be so easily persuaded to just do whatever. Those normal, everyday, routine thoughts and things we do will no longer be as important as our submission to Him.

This won’t happen overnight, but over time, as we continue to give Him our all.

We will learn His voice and His promptings, and recognize when change has come and seasons have ended.

Psalm 143:10 (NKJV) 10 Teach me to do Your will, For You are my God; Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bradford, RI 02808

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Bible Verse of The Day – 8-14-19

Psalm 56:3 (NKJV) 3 Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You.

Fear can be a terrible thing. It can cause us to do things we might think we would never do. It can make us run and hide at times, cowering from the thing we are in fear of.

On the other hand, fear can be a good thing in certain situations. Fear can keep us from doing things that are harmful to us or to others. We can learn from that kind of fear. It can protect us.

As a whole, though, God doesn’t want fear to play a major role in our lives. Why? Because fear can really mess us up if we’re not careful.

Fear can stop us from doing things that God wants us to do. It can push us back from the steps that we need to take at times. And it can cause us to question our faith, or maybe even doubt God.

Look at what fear did to Elijah when he became afraid of Jezebel.

1 Kings 19:3 (NKJV) 3 And when he saw that, he arose and ran for his life, and went to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.

Elijah’s life had been threatened by Jezebel, so it’s understandable that he would run. But in doing so, he quickly forgot what God had just done through him a short time earlier, when he slayed a large number of prophets of Baal.

So, if fear can cause Elijah to run after such an amazing feat, it’s no wonder that it can also cause us to turn and run.

The important thing to remember about fear is that we can’t conquer it on our own. With God, though, we can overcome it and do whatever it is that God wants us to do.

We need to trust Him at all times, even when things might look bleak and we are fearful, not just when everything is going smoothly.

It’s during those times of fear that our trust in God can grow and be strengthened, if we will stand with Him and follow His leading. It’s not always easy, as Elijah found out. But when we do stand firm, it can be very, very rewarding.

And, as we stand firm, trusting in God, our relationship with Him will grow stronger as we watch Him move on our behalf.

Whenever we are afraid, trust in Him.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 8-13-19

Colossians 3:23 (NKJV) 23 And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men…

No matter where we stand today, in this moment of our life, if we do what we are doing as unto the Lord and not unto men, nothing that man tries to do to us will stop us. We will give it our all and not even look back.

This is a good reminder for those that are in a position where they simply can’t stand one more day of abuse under their supervisor, or any other type of authority. If we are feeling mistreated and we want to quit, remember what we do and Who we do it for. God will get us through this as we do our work unto Him.

There is no way we should to give up because someone is trying to beat us down, bad-mouth us, or make us look like trouble makers.

He will set us free in the right timing and in the right way. Stay steadfast until He releases us.

This is not easy for us to do, and can be very stressful at times. But know that as we continue to persevere, God is faithful to move on our behalf in His timing.

Hebrews 13:6 (NKJV) 6 So we may boldly say: “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?”

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 8-12-19

Ecclesiastes 2:11 (NKJV) 11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done And on the labor in which I had toiled; And indeed all was vanity and grasping for the wind. There was no profit under the sun.

As I sat in the parking lot of a local shopping center today, I pondered on many things as I watched cars come and go, and people busily going about their shopping.

We are in the beginning of a season of major change, the details of which God is revealing to us a little at a time. So, we are both a bit excited, nervous and expectant as we wait for God to show us more.

As I watched everyone today, and as I went over some things in my mind, I began to feel the tremendous weight of what God is bringing us through. There are so many unknowns right now.

But we trust Him in everything, so there is no fear in any of this even though we may not know the when and the how of it all.

Most of all, as I sat and took all of the busyness in that was all around me, I became acutely aware of how fragile life is and how so many of us spend our lives chasing after things that, in the grand scheme of things, don’t matter one iota.

We are all guilty of this to one degree or another. And it’s not that we are terrible people because of it. After all, God does want us to have some pleasure in our lives.

But God showed me how all of this “chasing after the wind” affects our lives; how it bogs us down and causes us to lose sight of what’s really important.

If we are sensitive to God’s spirit, we will feel the tug of war going on between the things of God and the pull of the world on us. It will be like a wrestling match between darkness and light, apathy and passion, idleness and activity.

This battle won’t leave us alone until we do whatever it is that God is prompting us to do, or until we become hard and begin to ignore Him, eventually closing Him out completely.

It’s critical that we don’t let ourselves get to that point, where we close Him out. We need to stay sensitive to Him and His promptings.

How do we do this? We be careful not to let so many of these other things pull on us and take us away from Him. We make sure that we don’t get caught up things that steal our time and our affections.

Enjoy life. Live it to the fullest. But always, always, always put God first in everything.

Matthew 6:33 (NKJV) 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 8-11-19

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

Prayer is something we talk about frequently. Prayer is a very important part of our walk with God. 

In today’s video, Prayer, we do just that; we pray. 

We take time to pray for you and for anyone who happens to watch the video. 

God moved on us to do a video where we do nothing but pray. So, we obeyed Him and recorded this video. 

God was present as we recorded. We hope you will join us, pray with us, receive from God and pass it on to others. 

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Sincerely in Christ 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 8-10-19

Matthew 8:19-20 (NKJV) 19 Then a certain scribe came and said to Him, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.” 20 And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.”

Jesus was on His Father’s watch. He had much to do while here on earth.

He had purpose. He had vision. He had a plan, and that was to obey all His Father asked of Him.

He did not put down His roots in one place, unless His Father told Him to.

His home was in His Father’s heart, doing His will. Obeying His Father is where Jesus resided, day and night.

That’s a place where we can’t let our flesh or emotions get the best of us. Only God gets all of us! It’s a place of rest within itself and brings such peace with it, knowing that we are right where we need to be with Him.

Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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