Bible Verse of The Day – 11-20-25

Romans 6:1-3 (LSB) 1 What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase? 2 May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it? 3 Or do you not know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?

Welcome back!

Yesterday we established the fact that maturing in Christ requires a sacrifice and surrender on our part.

Today, we will dive even deeper, discussing the kind of transformation that takes place as we further submit ourselves to the Holy Spirit and surrender to His will in our lives.

As we start this section, I’d like to interject with a personal note to testify as to the many changes God made in my own life as I learned of Him and my love for Him began to grow and flourish.

As a young boy, I knew little or nothing about God, except for the possibility that He existed, and that if He did exist, He had a son whose name was Jesus.

That was the full extent of my knowledge of God.

But after taking Him up on His offer to redeem me and make me one of His own (at the age of 20), I began to develop a hunger and thirst to know Him; to learn more about Him than I ever knew was possible.

And it was in learning of Him, and beginning to understand some of His ways, that I began to allow Him to change me. I underwent a transformation that still boggles my mind to this day.

It was not a work of my own doing—it was a Holy Spirit–led metamorphosis that made me unrecognizable, even to myself.

My foul language disappeared. My temperament changed drastically. The things I watched and listened to took a 180-degree turn. God was stripping away all that I had been and filling those emptied places with more of Himself and His ways.

I share this not to bring attention to myself or give myself any credit for this.

Yes, I had to put forth the effort and learn to obey His voice. But the Holy Spirit was faithful to be there and guide me every step of the way.

These changes do not earn our way into His heart. He already loves us.

But when we heed His instruction and begin to conform to the ways of righteous living, it brings about changes that go far beyond just the way we talk or behave.

These changes represent a deeper transformation; a replacement of our stone, selfish, hardened heart with a heart of flesh.

It is a heart that no longer beats solely for our own selfish wants and desires; a heart that now beats for Him, and longs to please Him in every way possible.

If you are in a place where you have claimed the banner of Christianity, but you have not seen your life change, or you feel like you have not submitted yourself under God’s hand, I invite you to surrender to Him today and let Him do a good work in you.

It is never too late. Let today be that day when you step across the line and give Him your whole self.

Amen 🙏

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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