Month: June 2022

Bible Verse of The Day – 6-19-22 – Deep or Shallow?

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

We have a new video for everyone today that we think you’ll enjoy and learn from. 

“Deep or Shallow?” is the title, and it’s also a question we ask during the video. 

Is our walk with God deep, or is it shallow? 

We hope you’ll set aside the 10 minutes required to give it a watch. 

Please click here to watch it now. 

We love you all. 

Enjoy the rest of your day. 

Sincerely in Christ, 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443 

401-439-3780 

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Bible Verse of The Day – 6-18-22

Proverbs 19:17 (NKJV) 17 Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will reward them for what they have done.

Wow!

When we help others and do kind things for those in need, we are actually lending to the Lord. How many of us knew this?

Being God’s children, we think it would be natural to give. For some it is, but for others they struggle.

Where do we stand in this? Are we willing to let go and help others?

This scripture says that when we do, we are lending to the Lord.

So, I guess we shouldn’t think about who or what it is for, but make sure we are listening to the Lord as to whether we should or should not, how much, and what the timing should be.

I can’t even imagine that I would ever be lending to the Lord. Everything I have is what He has blessed me with. He is so good.

So, the next time we see or hear of a situation where there is a need, go for it! Because not only are we obeying, but much more than that, we are giving back to our Lord.

What a beautiful opportunity!

Luke 6:38 (NKJV) 38 Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Bible Verse of The Day – 6-17-22

Matthew 16:17 (NKJV) 17 Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.

For all of Peter’s faults and failures, there were times when he hit the nail on the head, so to speak. And this is certainly one of those times when he nailed it.

Every once in a while, Peter would say something that was truly profound and surely 100% inspired by the Holy Spirit.

Peter reached a point (probably without even realizing it himself) where he recognized Jesus for who He truly was; The Christ, the Son of the living God.

When Peter spoke these words, Jesus encouraged him by telling him that this was not revealed to him by flesh and blood (by man), but “My Father who is in heaven”.

Let us walk as Peter walked, rising above the struggles of the flesh and speaking the words that the Holy Spirit has dropped into our spirit.

Brothers and sisters in Christ, with man this is impossible. But with God, all things are possible!

Matthew 19:26 (NKJV) 26 But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

As humans, we do not have the capacity in the natural to see and understand spiritual things. But with God, all things are possible.

And we need to understand that the time for us to learn to see, hear and speak by the Spirit of God is here and now!

Let us not delay any further the effort required to understand the importance and the urgency of this.

It is imperative that we push our human flesh and human thoughts aside and let God speak His words into our spirits, that we might get the wisdom and understanding we need for the season in which we are living.

Peter was but a mere man, just as you and I. But he allowed God to transform Him into a mighty solder for Christ. Let us do the same.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Bible Verse of The Day – 6-16-22

John 4:39 (NKJV) 39 And many of the Samaritans of that city believed in Him because of the word of the woman who testified, “He told me all that I ever did.”

These words caused many people to believe; “He told me all that I ever did”.

Boy, if we only could understand today how much He knows about us. If we could grasp that, many people might give their lives to Him.

This Samaritan woman was simply getting some water when she met Jesus at the well. For her it was what changed her life.

What will we be doing when we finally meet Him? And what I mean by meeting Him is, when we finally come face to face with Him and surrender our heart to Him.

The Samaritan woman wasn’t anywhere special when Jesus showed up. She wasn’t dressed in any special clothing or at any special kind of service or event.

She was simply drawing water from a well.

Jesus knows about each and every one of us.

He knows where we are right now. He knows what we do each day and night. He knows us all. He can sit beside us and tell us everything about ourselves.

Now, believe Him when He says to you today, “in spite of all that I know about you and your sin, I still love you. I died for you on that cross and I want to help you overcome the things of this world”.

Romans 5:8 (NKJV) 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

This is a “One of a kind of love”.

We will never find it in anyone or anything else.

Jesus Christ knows all about us and still loves us. Will we love Him back? Will we believe in Him today and say, “Yes, we will repent and follow you”?

Amen. Praise be to God!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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My Bible Verse of the Day – 6-15-22

James 1:19 (NKJV) 19 So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath…

Words are many.

We all speak. We all have things to say. Some more than others.

But it’s important to understand that we learn so much more by listening than we do by speaking.

There are times when it is required that we speak. So, when that is the case, let us be careful with the words that we speak.

Let us not speak simply because there is an opportunity to do so. Let us use wisdom and discernment, so as to be careful to speak the words that God would have us to speak.

Speaking swiftly is not always the best practice. Nor is speaking out of anger or frustration.

Let us contemplate our words and the consequences of them. For the things that we say can never be retracted, nor can the effects or repercussions of those words be easily undone.

Do we wish to be wise? Let us learn to listen and discern. And then let us speak gracefully, with patience and Holy Spirit-led timing and understanding.

And, most of all, let us hear! For without hearing, we will never grow.

Ecclesiastes 3:7 (NKJV) 7 … A time to keep silence, And a time to speak…

God, we ask you to help us to know when to speak and when to be silent. Amen

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Bible Verse of The Day – 6-14-22

Jeremiah 33:6 (NKJV) 6 Behold, I will bring it health and healing; I will heal them and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.

Because of wickedness that took place in Judah, God hid His face from them.

How sad this is. I would never want this to happen to us, His people, today.

But if we look at our situation, and the state which we are currently in as a whole, we have to ask ourselves, “are we in a similar place?”.

How far away from Him have we strayed? Did we not take a stance on certain things when we should have?

Did we not push at all to get or do what was just and right, to keep God at the forefront of our country, of our home, of our church?

We cry out to You today, God. We need You!

After punishment and repentance, healing will come. God said to Jeremiah that He would rebuild them as they were before.

Jeremiah 33:7-8 (NIV) 7 I will bring Judah and Israel back from captivity and will rebuild them as they were before. 8 I will cleanse them from all the sin they have committed against me and will forgive all their sins of rebellion against me.

We, the church, God’s sons and daughters, must act responsibly and enter into a place of repentance.

Just like Judah, our lands need health and healing. They must be cleansed from top to bottom from all sin, that He may forgive us for rebelling against Him.

And repentance is the key to it all.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Bible Verse of The Day – 6-13-22

1 Chronicles 16:31 (NKJV) 31 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; And let them say among the nations, “The Lord reigns.”

Life is messy. The world can be a crazy, scary place.

But there is one thing that I can say that will bring light to seemingly-insurmountable darkness; The Lord reigns.

No matter what life throws at us, whether individually or collectively, The Lord reigns.

We can face some horrendous things in our lives, again, either individually or collectively. But no matter what we face, God is the source of hope, strength and light in the darkness.

We were never promised a life of rosy situations. We were never promised that life would be fair. We were never, ever assured that life would be without trials and tribulations.

In fact, Jesus told us the exact opposite.

John 16:33 (NKJV) 33 These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation…

But what else did Jesus say, at the end of verse 33?

He said, ”but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”.

So, our strength and hope lie in the fact that He has already overcome the world, meaning that, although we will face trials and tribulations, we have victory in Him through it all.

And this even applies when things might not go the way we think they should.

And as we walk through this life here on earth, and we deal with the obstacles and the setbacks we sometimes face, there is one thing that we need to be careful not to do.

And it is this; we should never question God’s sovereignty and the way He chooses to do things.

Should we decide to do so, we just may find ourselves in the same shoes as Job, when God so aptly put him in his place after he questioned God’s ways.

Job 38:4 (NKJV) 4 “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Bible Verse of The Day – 6-12-22 – The Whole Thing

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

We have a new video for you today that was fun to record, and we think you’ll love it. 

It’s not your “normal Bible teaching” video for a few reasons. Yet, it is a very solid video that we can all learn from. 

Today’s video is called, “The Whole Thing”. And in this video, we teach about the importance of looking at a whole verse, not just part of it, in order to get a truer understanding of what it means. 

This is more important than most people realize, so we hope you’ll take a few minutes to watch it. 

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Enjoy your day! 

We love you all. 

Sincerely, 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443 

401-439-3780 

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Bible Verse of the Day – 6-11-22

Psalm 18:32 (NKJV) 32 It is God who arms me with strength, And makes my way perfect.

How often do we try to be strong, but end up breaking down or falling apart because we just can’t handle it anymore? It’s too much for our natural man.

We were not made to be strong on our own.

God will arm us with His strength. He will make sure our way is perfect if we humbly go to Him for help and trust Him.

Do we need His strength and our way made perfect? Cry out to Him.

If we are heading into battle, we don’t go in alone. We make sure we are armed with God’s strength. We can trust that our way will be made perfect if we let Him lead.

Psalm 31:3 (NKJV) 3 For You are my rock and my fortress; Therefore, for Your name’s sake, Lead me and guide me.

He is our ROCK and our Fortress! Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Bible Verse of The Day – 6-10-22

Matthew 23:1-3 (NKJV) 1 Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to His disciples, 2 saying: “The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. 3 Therefore whatever they tell you to observe, that observe and do, but do not do according to their works; for they say, and do not do.

Before we get into today’s teaching, we’d like to encourage everyone to take some time to read the entire 23rd chapter of Matthew. Jesus shares some very strong words regarding the religious leaders of His day, exposing their hypocrisy.

We can all learn from His words and use them as a sort of yardstick to measure ourselves, using it to gauge whether we may be guilty of anything that Jesus accused the religious leaders of.

So, let’s look now at what Jesus was saying, and see what we can learn from it!

First, note what Jesus said about the authority of the scribes and Pharisees; They sit in Moses’ seat.

What does that mean?

The “seat” that they occupy is a seat of authority. This is why Jesus tells everyone that they should obey what the leaders teach them about the law.

It gets interesting in a hurry, though, as Jesus immediately follows that up with this; “but do not do according to their works; for they say, and do not do”.

In other words, follow what they teach, but don’t follow their life’s examples because they don’t even do what they teach everyone else to do; they are hypocrites.

This is important for us to understand and to look at closely, so we can learn from it.

How do we measure up?

In His words above, Jesus was referring directly to those in leadership positions. These were people who were esteemed by those under them. Yet, despite their positions, they failed to live up to what they taught.

Are we doing the same thing? Or are we careful and cautious to live by the words that we speak?

This is something that we need to take seriously and look at carefully. Because our lives, and the way we live them, will trickle down onto those around us. And the example that we set will either bring glory to God, or dishonor His name.

Which one is it?

Let’s think about that.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Bible Verse of The Day – 6-9-22

Hebrews 6:10 (NKJV) 10 For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

Sometimes, even as believers, we may feel tired, alone and heavy-laden.

We hurt for those we care about, and many nights we find ourselves crying alone on our pillows for the things we see.

We cry for our loved ones. We cry for the suffering we see in the world. We cry for those that are so twisted in their thinking, and the damage it is causing. We cry because of what God sees in humanity as a whole.

The world is full of pain and sorrow.

Psalm 27:13 (NKJV) 13 I would have lost heart, unless I had believed That I would see the goodness of the Lord In the land of the living.

Although there is much to pray about, and so much to be concerned about, there is also a lot of the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living!

Stay focused on the good things, and pray for that which has gone sour. Be an encourager, and lift others by our words of love.

Don’t lose heart. Believe that God will turn things around! Amen.

He sees our ministering daily and does not forget our work and labor of love. He is faithful to see things through.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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