Month: January 2022

Bible Verse of The Day – 1-20-22

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?

First, let’s look at what it means to have mercy on someone.

It means to continue to show compassion or forgiveness toward someone when it is within that one’s power to punish or harm them.

In other words, don’t do to them what others would normally do or expect us to do.

Instead, we choose to do the opposite. We choose to give them a way out from their error or mess-up. We choose to forgive them immediately and move on.

How many times does someone do something to us, and we want to lash out at them, thinking we have the right to do so?

Will we take some time and pray about it before we do to them what we think we should do?

Sometimes giving it a little time will help us make good choices in the way we handle certain situations.

Remember, give it some time and let mercy work. Love mercy!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 1-19-22

Isaiah 52:11 (NKJV) 11 Depart! Depart! Go out from there, Touch no unclean thing; Go out from the midst of her, Be clean, You who bear the vessels of the Lord.

These words were originally spoken to the Israelites who had been exiled from their homeland.

As they prepared to enter back into the land where they had been exiled from, they were warned to get out, not to touch the unclean things of the land where they had been dwelling, and not to carry anything unholy back to their homeland.

The fact that these words were originally spoken through an Old Testament prophet to the people of Israel does not negate their relevance to us today.

As believers, it’s important that we heed the Holy Spirit if He warns us of things or places that are dangerous to us.

Sometimes He will caution us to beware. Other times, He will tell us very directly to “get out”.

Getting out can refer to many things; a place or situation that causes us to be tempted, a job, a relationship, or even a place where we live.

No matter which category it happens to fall into, we need to be diligent to pay attention and follow God’s leading.

This won’t always be easy.

Sometimes it will be downright difficult. Sometimes it may even require that we be figuratively dragged, kicking and screaming, from the place or the situation that endangers us.

No matter the situation, our willingness to obey is critical to our spiritual wellbeing and our long-term relationship with our Father.

So, if you feel like you’re being told to “get out and touch no unclean thing”, be sure to listen and obey!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 1-18-22

Matthew 7:1 (NKJV) 7 “Judge not, that you be not judged.

The one thing we can learn not to do is judge others. How do we tell ourselves not to judge, and then follow through with it?

There is a way, and that is to remember and keep at the forefront of our minds that we have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.

All of us have done things. And some of us continue to do things that are disturbing or sinful.

Some sins may seem bigger than others to us in our minds. But in God’s eyes, sin is sin.

Knowing and always remembering who we are and why we need salvation will keep us from judging or being so hard on  others.

Sometimes we need to know about a person’s situation, so we know where they are coming from. This may sometimes change our perspective, and help keep us from judging them incorrectly.

Let’s be careful that we are not judging and talking about others just because they may be a little different than what we would expect them to be.

We all have our sins and we all need to be forgiven for some things most days.

Bless and pray for our brothers and sisters, and even those that are difficult to be around. They need Him too. Amen.

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.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 1-17-22

Proverbs 9:10 (NKJV) 10 “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

Over my lifetime as a believer, I have come to understand the fear of the Lord more and more.

The fear of the Lord is not what most people, especially the unlearned or the unbeliever, think.

It is not a case of walking around in constant fear of being obliterated by God for committing a sin or falling short of His expectations.

It is, however, a deep reverence and an understanding of who He is, knowing that He is worthy of our utmost praise and honor.

With that said, God has gone to great lengths to make Himself easily approachable and accessible to us, His children, by removing every barrier.

When Jesus breathed His last breath, the veil of the temple was torn in two, removing the one object that prevented us from accessing the most holy place (the holy of holies), where God’s presence dwelt in the days of the Old Testament when the people lived under the Mosaic Law (The Law).

The rendering of that veil (tearing from top to bottom), does not negate the fact that God is still sovereign and holy. He is still to be revered to the highest degree.

You see, it’s that “fear of God” (absolute reverence) that causes us to walk straight (upright and holy), wanting to please Him with everything that we do.

We don’t do it because we live under constant fear of retribution or condemnation for our failures, but because we understand who He is and what He desires from us.

And that “knowledge of the Holy One” causes us to love Him more, driving us to want to please Him.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 1-16-22 – In Whom Do You Trust?

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

We hope you are closer to God today than you were yesterday. 

In Whom Do You Trust? 

That’s a good question. It’s also the title of our latest video! 

In this video we discuss and teach about the things we may put our trust in other than God, and what to do about it. 

It’s a helpful video and very relevant teaching, so we do hope you’ll take the few minutes required to watch it. 

Please click here to watch the video now. 

Trust in Him! 

Sincerely, 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 1-15-22

Jeremiah 32:17 (NKJV) 17 ‘Ah, Lord God! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for You.

Sometimes we may forget Who we belong to.

We may think at times that we are on our own, and that we need to fend for ourselves. But we need to be reminded that we are not on our own.

In fact, we aren’t even our own.

When we become children of the Most High God, we belong to Him! He is going to take care of our every need if we rest in Him; if we trust Him and give Him the lead.

It’s not always easy to grasp that Someone so mighty is on our side, that Someone so powerful will deliver us.

But we must know this with everything in us, and give Him the right to go ahead and take care of what needs to be done.

Nothing is too hard for Him. Nothing!

If we need Him, cry out and let Him go to battle for us.

Psalm 40:17 (NKJV) 17 But I am poor and needy; Yet the Lord thinks upon me. You are my help and my deliverer; Do not delay, O my God.

Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 1-14-22

Luke 9:23 (NKJV) 23 Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.

Take up his cross. Wow, this is a huge statement.

What is our cross? And how do we take it up daily?

Jesus’ cross was literal, and it led to His death by crucifixion.

He took it up and walked it out to the end. When He was done, His Father was completely pleased with Him.

What is our cross?

We each have a personal cross to take up. Whether we will do it or not is the question.

Will we get serious with Christ and follow His lead for our life?

That is our daily cross; to follow His leading, pushing our fleshly desires aside and letting His desires rise above ours.

This will cause us to deny what we want, saying no to our flesh, and starving ourselves from earthly cravings that aren’t good for us.

Money and material wealth will take a back seat when carrying our cross.

Jesus was our example. He gave His life daily to us, teaching, healing, and delivering, and then ultimately dying for us. He carried His cross with everything in Him!

Can we take up our cross and follow through, not looking back, shutting doors that need to be closed, and putting first those things that matter most to Him?

Only we can answer that question.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 1-13-22

Galatians 4:4-5 (NKJV) 4 But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.

We hope you had a chance to read yesterday’s devotional, where we dug into the first section of verse 4.

Today, let’s finish up verse 4 and move on to verse 5 as well.

In the very last part of verse 4, it says that Jesus was born under the law.

This means that He was born as a Jew who would be raised up learning and following the Mosaic law, understanding its traditions and rituals to their fullest extent, and obeying those same laws.

Unlike all other men, Jesus obeyed them all perfectly. This is something that was impossible for all other men.

His sinless nature demonstrated His perfection, making Him the only One who could possibly be a sacrifice (the prefect lamb) without blemish.

In doing this, He “redeemed those who were under the law”.

His fulfilling of the law made the law obsolete, setting the people free from it forever.

This is a big deal that is often overlooked, or at the very least, not fully comprehended.

The sacrifice that Jesus made (the price He paid) by giving His life, set all men (and women) free from the bondage of the law, once and for all.

And as part of the new freedom that He gave through His death, all men and women now had (and still have) the opportunity to be adopted by God as sons and daughters.

Additionally, when Jesus breathed His last breath and surrendered His spirit up to God, the veil of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom, giving us direct, unfettered access to God, so we can now approach Him directly, without fear of retribution of admonishment.

Mark 15:37-38 (NKJV) 37 And Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and breathed His last. 38 Then the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.

So, we are no longer obligated to rely on another man or woman to go to God for us. We no longer need a priest to intercede for us.

We can approach God boldly and without fear, making our petitions known to Him, one on one in prayer.

Hebrews 4:16 (NKJV) 16 Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

We hope you’ve enjoyed this breakdown of these two verses, and that you’ve learned some new things about them that will help your walk with God grow stronger!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 1-12-22

Galatians 4:4 (NKJV) 4 But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law…

I’ve always found these verses (verses 4 & 5) fascinating. They say so much, in so very few words.

Even if we just look at them “on the surface” they can reveal a lot to us.

But if we dig into them and see “below the surface”, they say even more that helps us understand God even better.

The expression, “fullness of time”, is a great place to start. What does that mean?

In its most simple form, it means, “when God saw that it was the right time”.

In its deeper form, it means that God had worked to make sure everything necessary to make His plan for mankind happen was complete. Everything was in its place. And now the earth and its inhabitants were ready for Him.

There is so much more that could be said that we could write volumes about it. But that short statement should be a sufficient summary to make the point needed.

So, when God saw that the time was exactly right, He sent forth His son, born of a woman.

The phrase, “born of a woman”, could also be translated, “made of a woman”.

This emphasizes the humanity of Christ. He didn’t just suddenly appear from heaven in adult form to walk the earth.

He didn’t show up somewhere as a baby who had no parents. He was not an orphan with mysterious origins.

He was born by human means, just as you and I were born.

He experienced the trauma of childbirth, being taken from the safety of His mother’s womb, expelled into the world, no longer protected inside of the human body that bore Him.

He was God, born (made) of a woman, living and dwelling among us, experiencing everything that we experience; the wonder of new sights and sounds, the nurturing of His mother, and the experience of growing from an infant to an adult.

Let’s talk more about this tomorrow, so we’re careful not to just skim over some of the important pieces of this!

Tomorrow we will finish with verse 4 and move on to verse 5.

Stay tuned!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 1-11-22

2 Samuel 22:49 (NKJV) 49 He delivers me from my enemies. You also lift me up above those who rise against me; You have delivered me from the violent man.

While I was praying this morning, I heard, “it’s time to March!”.

I didn’t quite understand what it was about but I know that over time God will unfold its meaning.

The first thing that came to me to do was to look up why people march, and what it means.

What I found was that marching is a display of military discipline and cooperative action. Marching in unity will also cover a predictable distance in a given amount of time.

This explains why what I heard is so important, especially in the times that we live in.

It is time for the body of Christ to rise up. But in doing so, we must be disciplined, acting in a cooperative (unified) way, knowing the “how” and, most importantly, knowing the timing of God.

We must be Spirit-led, pushing down the flesh and its reaction to some of the flack we may face at times for the stance we take.

God’s children, are we ready? Will we make a commitment in our hearts to follow our Commander in Chief, Abba Father, Jehovah Jireh and the great El Shaddai?

Let’s March!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 1-10-22

Psalm 46:10 (NKJV) 10 Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!

During these last few weeks, those two words, “be still”, have been critical to my walk with God and my everyday life in the natural.

Seasons of change or times of trial can make us want to do things that we might not normally do.

When we’re facing the unknown and we don’t understand everything we’re seeing, we tend to want to take things into our own hands. We may begin making rash decisions. We might want to run away. Or we may feel like God has abandoned us.

It’s those times of change and difficulty, though, when we need to do the opposite. Instead of running away, hiding, trying to take control or feeling abandoned, we need to hold tightly to God, letting Him lead us through the changes we’re facing.

It’s not always easy to do. In fact, it can be downright difficult sometimes.

Our flesh fights us, almost as though it’s our enemy. And in some ways, it is. The flesh wars against our spirit as our spirit works to follow the Spirit of God. It’s a never-ending battle that can tire us out if we let it.

But instead of wrestling constantly, sometimes the best thing we can do is to stay still.

It’s in the stillness that we can hear God best. This is why it’s so important that we not get frantic, but quell our emotions as they try to lead us down roads of fear and doubt.

And as we learn to do this, to listen for the Spirit of God, and let Him lead, we will begin to walk in the peace of God that surpasses all understanding, allowing us to move forward on the path He has set before us.

Philippians 4:6-7 (NKJV) 6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Hampstead, NC 28443

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