Month: August 2025

Bible Verse of The Day – 8-9-25

Matthew 14:29 (NKJV) 29 So He said, “Come.” And when Peter had come down out of the boat, he walked on the water to go to Jesus.

Life is full of surprises.

We know this because we have all had them at one time or another. Things are going great and then, bam, a storm hits!

During such storms we may be called out to take bigger steps of faith.

Think about Peter. The sea was raging when Jesus called Him out of the boat. It was boisterous!

It wasn’t in the calm waters when He said, “come.”

Peter stepped out of that boat onto that rough sea and He walked on that water.

Maybe you are in a place right now where the storm is strong in your life, and you are very scared.

Have you cried out for Jesus to help you? And when you did, did He say, “Come!”?

Matthew 14:30 (NKJV) 30 But when he saw that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!”

Yes, those steps He has us take can be scary; steps we never thought we would have to take, and in places we never thought we would touch down on.

Brother and sister, just as He extended His hand to Peter when his faith grew weak, He will extend it to us. Latch onto it tightly. He will catch us.

Matthew 14:31 (NKJV) 31 And immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and caught him, and said to him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?”

No more doubting; keep walking.

Dear God,

I am in a storm today and I need your hand to catch me. I’m trying to take the steps You want for me, but I’m tired and I need Your help.

Forgive me, Lord, and give me strength to keep walking.

My spirit is willing, buy my flesh is weak.

Matthew 26:41 (NKJV) 41 Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

In Jesus’ 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 – 8-8-25

Proverbs 27:1 (LSB) 1 Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day may bring forth.

The depth of this verse escapes us.

We get caught up in life. Time rolls on by. And we unintentionally forget about the seemingly small things that are important.

God gave each of us the breath of life. He created the beat of our heart. He miraculously knitted us together in our mother’s womb.

There would be no life without Him.

But how quickly we push aside the importance of each day, giving no thought to the reality that it could be our last.

Does that sound morbid or harsh? Does it shock us to hear it or consider it?

This can be true for many things. And sometimes we just need to be reminded of it, not for the sake of being shocked, but so we grasp it and take it to heart.

Our lives are short; much shorter than we truly comprehend.

And each lifespan is so vastly different that not a single person can claim to know how long they will live.

Some may live to “a ripe old age”, while others may live very short lives; so short that it may be deemed tragic by some.

And this is exactly why we must count every day as a blessing; a time to love those around us.

So, let us stay oh so aware of the fragility and the brevity of our lives, so we do not take for granted each day that God allows us to live and breathe.

And let us use those days wisely, to love Him, love others that God brings into our lives, and to bring glory to Him at every opportunity.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 8-7-25

Galatians 1:10 (NKJV) 10 For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.

We will win at doing some things. But at other things, even as a believer, we will fail.

Thank God that He doesn’t give up on us the way people do.

Thank God He doesn’t walk away in disgust, or leave us laying on our backs, broken and damaged from our own mistakes, addictions, ignorance, etc.

I’m grateful today that no matter what state I’m in, He will still look at me and truly want to help me make things right. He will lend His helping hand no matter how far off I am.

Will our family do this for us? Will our so-called best friends be there in those moments?

It’s hard to know for sure. People get disappointed in others. And most times their first reaction is to get angry and grow bitter, causing them to walk away and leave us hanging.

Don’t let this get us down today. Just know that people will be people and that our efforts should be in pleasing God.

God is the One who is there for us more than any one person. He is there for us when we need someone the most.

He is a God of constant love, grace, and forgiveness. We need Him so much, and He knows it.

He is more than any friend or loved one could ever be to us.

Let us serve Him today, by acknowledging Him first in all we do, even before those we think are so important.

Proverbs 3:6 (NKJV) 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries 
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Bible Verse of The Day – 8-6-25

Acts 8:18-19 (LSB) 18 Now when Simon saw that the Spirit had been bestowed through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money, 19 saying, “Give this authority to me as well, so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”

The power of God is more than the human mind can comprehend.

It is mind-blowing when we see God at work.

It is even more fascinating and humbling when we see Him move on our behalf.

One thing that I have seen over the years is that seeing God move can cause envy and jealousy.

The power that is on display is something that can cause us to covet it if we are not careful, and we do not allow the Holy Spirit to check us and keep us in line.

Simon had this problem. He had witnessed God moving through the disciples. He saw lives changed. And he wanted a piece of the action.

This envy caused him to offer Peter money.

Being full of the Holy Spirit himself, Peter rose up and admonished Simon strongly.

Acts 8:20 (LSB) 20 But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you supposed you could obtain the gift of God with money!

Just as salvation is not for sale, God’s Spirit is also not for sale.

God gives His Spirit to followers of Christ, as Jesus promised would happen.

As His followers, let us be careful not to take Him (the Holy Spirit) for granted. Nor should we forget that He is a gift from the Father, sent to lead, guide, and protect us.

Jesus said that He would ask the Father to send a Helper. And that is what the Father sent.

Let us walk in Him, that we may bear much fruit for God’s kingdom during our time here on the earth.

Amen 🙏

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 8-5-25

Mark 4:8 (NKJV) 8 But other seed fell on good ground and yielded a crop that sprang up, increased and produced: some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundred.”

In order to accomplish a “good, grounded heart”, that heart must be teachable; a heart that wants to learn and go deeper. A heart that can receive and accept the truth, and which allows that truth to penetrate and do its work deep within us.

Jesus explains that those seeds that fell on good ground represent those who hear the word of God and accept it! They are the ones who bear fruit from the changed heart and understanding that comes through the leading of the Holy Spirit.

Mark 4:20 (NKJV) 20 But these are the ones sown on good ground, those who hear the word, accept it, and bear fruit: some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundred.”

When we accept the truth, we will want to repent for our old ways as we learn that they are not the right way. We will willingly want to turn from them.

We may not always know how right away. But the willingness to try and start to get it right is there.

It is in us. We have accepted to change and follow God. As we allow the changes to come, our ways will become more like God’s ways, and we will bear His fruit!

Be that good grounded heart. Let His words penetrate us.

Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries 
49 N Lamplighters Walk 
Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 8-4-25

Matthew 23:13 (LSB) 13 “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you shut off the kingdom of heaven from people; for you do not enter in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.

As we watch and follow the life and ministry of Jesus, we see that He spent a fair amount of time rebuking the religious leaders of His day and exposing their hypocrisy.

Jesus didn’t do this because it felt good, or because He wished to tarnish their reputation.

It was done to bring darkness into the light; to expose it and let people see the truth, so they might not stumble and fall into the same traps that the religious leaders had fallen into.

Ritualistic worship has dangers that many people stumble into without realizing it has happened until it’s too late.

This is because it happens gradually; one little piece at a time.

It is subtle. So subtle, in fact, that it is rarely recognized until it is entrenched. And then it can be very difficult to root out.

This results in stiff, religious, self-righteous attitudes and behavior.

This can often happen to new believers very easily if they aren’t taught the word of God and the importance of relying on the Holy Spirit for self-discipline.

As we begin to walk in this newfound faith, and we see the results of God’s cleansing power in our lives, we may begin to look at those around us and esteem ourselves as being higher or better because we have begun to climb out of our worldly, sinful ways.

We need to be careful to remember that without God’s incredible grace, we would still be steeped in sin and shame, separated from Him by our own thoughts, words, and actions; the deeds of the flesh.

It is by the blood of Christ alone that we have been redeemed.

So let us not hold ourselves higher than we ought to, falling into the trap of religiosity and self-righteousness that caused Jesus to proclaim woes to them repeatedly.

Even as Paul wrote, let us also apply it to ourselves

1 Corinthians 15:9-10 (LSB) 9 For I am the least of the apostles, and not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I labored even more than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God with me.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 8-3-25 – Where Are The Miracles?

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

We have a new video for you today on a topic that we feel impacts every believer in the body of Christ. 

In our new video, “Where Are The Miracles?”, we discuss the diminishing number of healings, deliverances, and miracle we see today. 

We teach on what the Bible says about this, and we share what is required on our part to remedy this problem. 

We hope this video encourages you, but also strengthens you and ignites a flame within you that burns brighter than ever for your walk with God 🙏 

Please click here to watch the video now.

We love you all deeply. 

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 – 8-2-25

Matthew 5:43-44 (NKJV) 43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44  But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you…

Honestly, when I became a believer, this verse was hard for me.

I was raised in a home where we went to Sunday School and church services.

Sometimes there would be revival meetings. And there were VBS camps in the summertime that Mom and Dad would have us attend. Many times they would be held at our home, in our yard, etc.

But as I was growing up, these verses were definitely opposite what I was used to.

When I would hear these verses in church I’d think, “why should we have to be good to those who aren’t good to us or to others?”

When I was a child growing up, we didn’t let people get away with mistreating us. We dealt with them. It was in our blood, so to speak.

I had 6 brothers who were strong fighters, and no one messed with us.

They trained me up to take care of myself, and we just didn’t let people get away with mistreating, abusing or speaking down to us or any of our friends.

We didn’t go looking for it, but if we needed to protect, we would.

But as I grew in Christ, the Holy Spirit began to move in and through me more freely. That’s when I would get convicted at times, feeling awful if I reacted in this way toward someone that had done me wrong.

Soon I learned that it was not God’s way for me to think that I had the right to get people back for what they had done.

This is not how I was trained to think. I had to be re-taught.

I needed to let the Holy Spirit guide me and retrain me in this area.

The Holy Spirit is our Helper, and boy do we need Him at times to take those reigns and teach us right from wrong.

John 14:26 (NKJV) 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.

Our natural reactions toward a situation may not be exactly what He would like them to be.

Let Him help us.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries 
49 N Lamplighters Walk 
Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 8-1-25

Matthew 21:8-9 (LSB) 8 And most of the crowd spread their garments in the road, and others were cutting branches from the trees and spreading them in the road. 9 And the crowds going ahead of Him, and those who followed, were crying out, saying, “Hosanna to the Son of David; Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest!”

As Jesus made His triumphal entry into Jerusalem prior to the Passover Celebration, the crowds gathered along the road and welcomed Him as a king, laying their garments and palm branches on the road.

He was, in fact, the King; the long-awaited Messiah who had been prophesied for centuries.

His arrival, and the enthusiasm of the crowds, stirred people inside the city to ask who this was who had made such an entry!

Matthew 21:10-11 (LSB) 10 And when He had entered Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, “Who is this?” 11 And the crowds were saying, “This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth in Galilee.”

Despite the triumphant entry, Jesus wasted no time in clearing the temple of the “money changers” and those selling inside the temple area.

This display of power and authority angered the Jewish leaders even further. And they could stand no more.

Ultimately, they called for His execution. And, just as had been prophesied for centuries, He was nailed to a cross where He died for the sins of humanity under the guise of being a dangerous rebel who refused to bow to the authority of the Jewish leaders.

So, was Jesus a rebel?

Did He live a life that deserved that label?

Well, yes and no.

Jesus doesn’t fit the classic definition of a rebel.

He did, however, stand fearlessly in the face of the tyrannical religious leaders and speak bold truths that exposed their darkened hearts.

He did break the mold of what had been expected of the long-awaited Messiah, coming in humility and service, not with great military power and might.

And He did much more; more than can be listed and broken down here.

Suffice it to say that Jesus was not a rebel. Not in a political sense, or in any other way for that matter.

Did He oppose the status quo? Yes.

Did He stand face to face with corrupt leaders and expose their hypocrisy? Yes.

But He did this for spiritual reasons only.

It was not for show, for popularity, or for power.

He was God in the flesh, not a mere man with a motive, acting in the flesh.

Jesus did what He did, not to rebel, but to expose darkness and lies, and to bring truth and light.

His heart was pure, and His motives were holy.

We hope you’ve enjoyed this series, and that it has shown you the value of looking deeper into the word of God for answers to your questions.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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