Month: April 2025

Bible Verse of The Day – 4-30-25

Matthew 16:23 (NKJV) 23 But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.”

Jesus rarely rebuked anyone harshly, so when we see that He did, we should pay attention to what prompted Him to do so.

The fact that the rebuke above was directed at one of His disciples means we need to pay even closer attention.

If we were to look at the ministry of Jesus, we would see that most of His harshest rebukes were directed at the religious leaders of His day.

In the situation above, we find that Jesus had asked the disciples who people were saying He was.

In their replies, they told Him the many different things people had said.

But Jesus then asked them, “who do you say that I am?”.

Peter immediately replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God”.

Jesus replied to Peter, proclaiming that this understanding was not revealed to him by flesh and blood, but by “My Father who is in heaven.”

Jesus commended Peter and told him that it was upon this truth that He would build His church.

It appeared that Peter had hit a homerun with this new level of insight!

Shortly after, however, Jesus began explaining to His disciples that He must suffer, be killed and then raised on the third day.

At hearing this, Peter took Jesus aside and sharply rebuked Him, stating “this shall not happen to you!”

And those words caused Jesus to turn to Peter and say, “get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me.”

As children of God, you and I should want to fully understand why this happened. Why did Jesus rebuke Peter and imply that these were the words of Satan?

It was because Peter was speaking from his human understanding, not by Holy Spirit-led understanding.

This shows us the importance of learning to walk by the Spirit of God instead of always leaning on our own understanding.

We too must learn to forego conventional thinking and learn to be led by God’s Spirit, even when our thoughts seem rational and logical.

Remember that God’s ways are higher than our ways, and His thoughts are higher than our thoughts (Isaiah 55:9).

And it is when we learn to think and live by His Spirit that we are pleasing Him.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-29-25

Romans 3:23-24 (NKJV) 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus…

If we truly understood how important our soul is to God, we would be much more careful about getting involved with things that can damage and or destroy it.

We would pay more attention to what we dabble in, because it will bring us down and separate us from Him.

God has made a way for our soul to be redeemed and live with Him forever. His love for us is amazing!

We have all fallen short of His glory. Every one of us.

But, God has brought us justification by His grace, and redemption through HIs Son, Jesus Christ.

We cannot buy it. It was given to us freely.

This world will surely never give us anything of value for free.

We want you to take a moment today and think about this because it is very important to understand the great lengths God has gone to for us.

We may say, “well, I’m so terrible inside, I’m afraid He will never forgive or redeem me because of the things I have in my heart.”

If this is you, then we are speaking to you today. His words, not ours; if you call on His Son, Jesus Christ, you shall be saved.

Romans 10:13 (NKJV) 13 For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

Call on His name today, make it known that you need His grace and redemption. He will save you!

Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries 
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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-28-25

Romans 8:31 (NKJV) 31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

As children of God, people who have put their faith in Jesus Christ, it is critically important for us to understand what that means for us.

It is all too common for many of us to live lives of defeat and hopelessness when God desires that this not be the case.

No, this is not a hype-filled motivational message designed to get you excited and tell you about how wonderful your life will be because you follow Jesus.

It is, though, a message that will give you hope and understanding about who we are in Christ, and what God wants for us.

We must remember that in all that we know and understand about life in Christ, we never forget this one thing; God’s love for us was so great that He did not spare His own Son.

Jesus Christ went willingly to the cross to pay the price for our sins; mine and yours.

This one fact should give us enough hope and encouragement to cause us to never live dejected, defeated lives.

Sometimes we simply fail to comprehend the depth of this truth. We let the cares of the world overwhelm us and cause us to forget Who we belong to; Who we call Father.

So, if you do nothing else today, remember this one thing; you are loved beyond what your human mind can comprehend.

And that love was enough to cause God to make a way for us to walk in a redemption that defies all human logic and understanding.

This is truth that no one can ever take away from you.

Let us live like we believe it.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-27-25 – Live Like We Believe It

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

As followers of Christ, it is important that we learn what God says in His word, and that we take it to heart. 

In the new video that we have uploaded for you today, we emphasize that as we teach about living like we believe what God’s word tells us. 

The video is called, Live Like We Believe It. 

We hope you enjoy the video, and that what we share encourages you, edifies you, and strengthens your spirit. 

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We love you all. 

Enjoy the rest of your day. 

Sincerely, 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-26-25

Genesis 4:7 (NKJV) 7 If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it.”

Sin would love to rule us all. And it can if we let it. If we yield to it, it will eat us up.

But God has given us what we need to rule over sin. He has set us up to win!

Even if we are a believer, we will struggle with sin if we don’t develop a strong desire to rule over it.

But we don’t have to struggle with sin any longer. We need to let God strengthen us and give us what we need to overcome it.

Jesus Christ says He has overcome the world!

As we all know and see right before our eyes, this world is full of sin! We need Him if we also want to overcome it and win.

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

In Him is peace. No matter what we face, His peace will sustain us.

Choose to let Jesus Christ guide us through each day and do well! Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries 
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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-25-25

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

This verse carries so much weight once we “get it”.

Many believers will not understand this verse until many years into their walk with Christ.

But length of time is irrelevant.

It is the strength of our walk that lies at the heart of understanding. A believer who grows rapidly will understand this more quickly than someone who grows at a slower pace.

And sometimes it simply requires a person to bring it to our attention for us to be pricked by the Spirit of God and prompted to consider its implications.

You see, our walk with God is not (should not) be a mundane endeavor whereby we simply go through the motions, repeating specific steps each day.

It is intended to be alive and vibrant, growing over time and drawing us nearer to Him with each passing day.

It is when we approach our relationship with Him with such fervor that we begin to understand the truth of the verse above, and we then experience personally. That is when “the lightbulb goes on” for us and we get it!

When our walk with God has matured to this point, we begin to live out this concept of “to live is Christ, and to die is gain”, as Paul penned the words.

There comes a time in our lives when we no longer hold so tightly to the things and the ways of the world, and we begin to focus more intently on the things of God and the redemption that Jesus paid so dearly to provide for us, that we may be grafted into the True Vine that gives us life.

Father, help us to long for you with every fiber of our being, that we may walk out the words of Paul and bring glory to your name.

Amen

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-24-25

Matthew 1:16 (NKJV) 16 And Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus who is called Christ.

At the beginning of the book of Matthew, in the very first chapter, the genealogy of Jesus Christ is written out.

It goes down the list of who begot whom, starting with Abraham and running all the way to Joseph, the husband of Mary.

Joseph was chosen long before he was born to be the earthly father of Jesus. He played a very important role in God’s redemption plan.

When Joseph and Mary were betrothed (engaged) to be married, a formal contract was involved. This contract was entered into before witnesses.

Joseph and Mary stayed apart until the actual wedding day.

Mary, being a virgin at that time, was found to be with child.

Joseph, being an upright man, was chosen by God for this time and this purpose.

What man other than him would have listened and understood the power and purpose being carried out by the hand of God?

Yes, when he found out that Mary was with child, he was ready to put (send) her away silently. He knew it was not his child.

But as he pondered this, the Angel of the Lord spoke to him.

Matthew 1:20 (NKJV) 20 But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.

Being the man that he was, Joseph listened and continued with the plan God had for Jesus being born through Mary, his wife.

It is very difficult to imagine what it must have been like to be the earthly parent of the Son of God; every day, looking into that baby’s eyes knowing He was the Messiah!

Joseph and Mary were loyal to God and obedient in raising Jesus.

Matthew 2:13 (NKJV) 13 Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Arise, take the young Child and His mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I bring you word; for Herod will seek the young Child to destroy Him.”

Joseph received His directions and steps from God.

Based on God’s leading, Joseph knew when to move, where to stay, and for how long. It was by God’s guidance they raised Jesus and kept Him safe.

All of this had been set in motion long before Joseph and Mary were born; the blood line of Jesus Christ was miraculously planned out.

This is so powerful!

Let us take a look at the hand of God in our lives today. See how He is working behind the scenes, even in our past.

As we look back at our lives, we will often see the hand of God at work.

We may have thought at that time that it was just us doing it all. But, no! It is often God.

We just don’t understand or recognize it until later. But rest assured that He will order our steps if we trust Him and follow His leading!

Psalm 37:23 (NKJV) 23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, And He delights in his way.

Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries 
49 N Lamplighters Walk 
Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-23-25

Galatians 3:28 (LSB) 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

When Jesus was crucified, and then raised from the dead, many things changed.

To say that this was a major, significant event would be a massive understatement.

The moment Jesus breathed His last breath and surrendered His spirit, everything changed.

Even the earth groaned with this event, as the skies grew dark during the crucifixion, and the ground shook violently upon His death (Matthew 27:50-54).

And the spirit world trembled as the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom, exposing the holy of holies and signifying the end of the old covenant and the beginning of the new.

With the onset of the new covenant, old labels fell away.

As Paul explains in the verses above, in Christ there is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male, or female. We are one in Christ.

This seems to be a very hard truth for most of us to comprehend.

Here we are, centuries later, still identifying people by their race, their ethnicity, their culture, where they were born, etc.

Yet this should not be so.

Are there still men and women? Of course! God made us this way, male and female.

But our identity is not found in our gender, our skin color, our financial status, or the size of the house we live in.

If we are under the blood of Christ, we are ONE in Him!

If someone is born into a Jewish family, and they put their faith in Christ, they no longer wear the label of Jew.

If someone is a drunkard, and they are set free by Christ, their identity is no longer what it once was. They have been made new in Christ!

When we put on Christ, our identity is now found in Him!

Let us cease holding onto the old labels.

We are free in Christ. Let us behave and speak as though we are!

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 – 4-22-25

Matthew 8:2-3 (NKJV) 2 And behold, a leper came and worshiped Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” 3 Then Jesus put out His hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing; be cleansed.” Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

Jesus did something very interesting in the healing of the Leper.

The verse above says, He touched the leper.

Individuals that were afflicted with Leprosy were required to isolate themselves from the community signifying their unclean condition. They were not allowed to be close to others.

The priest would be the one to examine them and pronounce them Leprous or “unclean”.

Leviticus 13:3 (NKJV) 3 The priest shall examine the sore on the skin of the body; and if the hair on the sore has turned white, and the sore appears to be deeper than the skin of his body, it is a leprous sore. Then the priest shall examine him and pronounce him unclean.

Jesus putting out His hand and touching him is critically important. This showed His authority over both disease and The Law.

He balanced out His authority over the law with His commitment to the law by telling the leper to go and take himself to the priest after Jesus healed him.

Matthew 8:4 (NKJV) 4 And Jesus said to him, “See that you tell no one; but go your way, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”

Jesus Christ not only demonstrated His authority over disease, but also the fact that He wants to heal our sicknesses or diseases.

It doesn’t matter what might have caused our sickness, or what kind of sickness we have. Have faith in Him today to bring healing.

He has the authority to heal every kind of sickness, and He is willing to heal those who have been stricken with such illnesses if we will just let Him touch us.

Dear Father in Heaven,

We come to You today and trust that you are able and willing to heal us from our sickness. We repent of our sins and ask You, Lord, to touch us, just like you touched the leper and removed this disease from him. We are grateful for all You do for us and we give You thanks for always being here. You never leave us nor forsake us.

In Jesus Christ of Nazareth’s name we pray. Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries 
49 N Lamplighters Walk 
Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-21-25

1 Corinthians 8:3 (NKJV) 3 But if anyone loves God, this one is known by Him.

As the book of 1 Corinthians chapter 8 begins, Paul is addressing the issue of eating things (foods) that have been offered to idols.

The Christians in Corinth came from a culture that was steeped in various forms of idolatry. And many of their practices included making offerings (sacrifices) to those idols.

The overall message from Paul on this topic (see 1 Corinthians 3:8-10) is that idols are nothing. They are simply false “gods” that are meaningless and lacking power.

So, if a person (a believer) understands that these idols are false (counterfeit) and powerless, then they should feel no guilt about eating such foods because they understand the sovereignty of God and the fact that they have been set free from such things by the blood of Christ.

They are no longer subject to the powers of darkness. Hence, the fact that a food item was offered to a false god means nothing to them.

In his discourse, however, Paul teaches these believers that some, especially those who are still young and immature in their walk with Christ, may be prone to stumbling (or guilt) if they witness another believer eating food that was offered to an idol.

Knowing this, he encourages the mature believers to consider staying away from these foods so as not to cause their less mature spiritual siblings in the faith to stumble or suffer from unnecessary guilt.

What is truly intriguing in this discourse is what Paul stated in verse 3, above.

He makes a very plain statement that if anyone loves God, he is known by Him.

The message that paul is conveying here is that if a person loves God, then God is aware of that love for Him, and He knows that person, thereby eliminating any possibility of condemnation on His part.

He knows their heart!

While studying this, a few different translations were compared to get a bigger picture and a more thorough understanding for the sake of accuracy.

Although the New Living Translation (NLT) is not a translation that I recommend for pinpoint accuracy in its translation, for this verse it brought the most clarity, stating very plainly the truth of what Paul was saying.

1 Corinthians 8:3 (NLT) 3 But the person who loves God is the one whom God recognizes.

You see, when we love God, He knows it. We are known by Him.

This echoes the words of Jesus, when He said that He knows His sheep.

John 10:27 (NKJV) 27 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.

This should bring great comfort and security to us as His children.

He knows us. We are recognized by the Father. 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 – 4-20-25 – Who Do We Rely On?

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

We pray that your walk with God is flourishing! 

We have a new video for you today. In this video, “Who Do We Rely On?”, we teach about learning to rely on God in everything, even when making everyday choices and decisions. 

We hope this video will give you new insights and understanding that will make your walk with God stronger than it ever has been. 

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Enjoy the rest of your day. 

We love you all! 

Sincerely in Christ, 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

Seven Seas Ministries
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401-439-3780 

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