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Bible Verse of The Day – 10-6-22

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John 14:6 (NKJV) 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Who is Jesus?

What does the word of God say about this question? Let’s take a look!

According to the verse above, He is the way, the truth and the life.

He is the Word.

John 1:1 (NKJV) 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

He is God with us.

Matthew 1:23 “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us.”

He is the Son of God.

Matthew 14:33 (NKJV) 33 Then those who were in the boat came and worshiped Him, saying, “Truly You are the Son of God.”

He is the visible image of the invisible God!

Colossians 1:15 (NLT) 15 Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation…

He is eternal, and is the “glue” that holds everything together.

Colossians 1:17 (NKJV) 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

The New Living Translation (NLT) makes it a bit clearer.

Colossians 1:17 (NLT) 17 He existed before anything else, and he holds all creation together.

*On a side note, be aware that the NLT does NOT capitalize the first letter when using the word, “he”, when referring to God or to Christ. This is one of the faults that I find with many of the more modern translations. But sometimes their wording is clearer and more easily understood, so I occasionally use it for that reason.

He is the Messiah (the Christ).

John 4:25-26 (NKJV) 25 The woman said to Him, “I know that Messiah is coming” (who is called Christ). “When He comes, He will tell us all things.” 26 Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you am He.”

In this short list, it’s easy to see who Jesus is. And these few verses are just a tiny bit of what there is to know.

But having even this small amount of understanding is reassuring, and it helps to build our faith in Him.

So, take this knowledge and arm yourself with it. Hold it tightly and let God grow it like a seed in your spirit, allowing you to nurture it, feed it and bear fruit from it by the Spirit of God working in your life.

For He is the eternal God who came in the flesh and walked the earth among us.

John 8:58 (NKJV) 58 Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM.”

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 10-5-22

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Mark 9:27-29 (NKJV) 27 But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose. 28 And when He had come into the house, His disciples asked Him privately, “Why could we not cast it out?” 29 So He said to them, “This kind can come out by nothing but prayer and fasting.”

Fasting is something that many believers have little knowledge or understanding of.

And yet it was so important that Jesus told His disciples that there are certain things that can only be accomplished by prayer and fasting.

Notice that he didn’t just mention prayer? He specifically included fasting in His answer as to why they were not able to cast out a specific demon.

Jesus prayed and fasted regularly. He was always sharp because He didn’t allow a love for food and comfort to dull His senses.

Comfort is something that we all seek and enjoy to varying degrees. Nobody likes to be uncomfortable.

And nobody likes to be hungry, right?

A dislike for being hungry and a lack of understanding push many believers away from fasting. And fasting isn’t something that’s wildly popular.

Why? Because fasting can be a bit uncomfortable, especially for those who aren’t familiar with it and are contemplating trying it for the first time.

Outside of the misunderstandings and the discomfort associated with fasting, it’s truly important that we learn to understand it, and then be willing to fast if it’s necessary to do so.

Jesus fasted often. One of the first acts we read about Him doing was Him heading off into the desert where He fasted for forty days.

Many of us make the mistake of thinking that this is what is required of us; forty days with absolutely no food.

But that’s rarely the case. Fasting is something that’s dynamic, not set in stone.

Suffice it to say, though, that fasting is a part of spiritual warfare, and it should be a part of the life of every believer in one form or another.

So, we encourage you to seriously consider it, and to learn more about it so you have a better understanding of what fasting really is.

If you’d like to read a more in-depth piece that we wrote a while back, please click here. This was written in response to questions we had received about fasting back in 2016.

And remember, some things can only be accomplished by nothing but prayer and fasting.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
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Bible Verse of The Day – 10-4-22

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Genesis 1:1 (NKJV) 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

In the beginning God created the heavens and earth. The earth was without form. It was empty. His Spirit moved over the face of the waters.

There was nothing before day one. It was still and empty.

On the first day, God said, “Let there be light”, and He divided the light from the darkness. He called the light day and the darkness night. And the evening and morning were the first day.

On the second day, He divided the waters under the firmament from the waters above the firmament calling it heaven and earth.

When day three came He brought the water under the heavens together in one place, making the dry land appear.

He called the dry land, earth.

He gathered the waters together and called them sea. He also added grass, seed-yielding herbs and fruit-yielding trees to the land. Each yielded seeds according to its kind.

On Day four, He added lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide day from night.

These were also to be for signs and seasons, for the days and for the years. They were also placed in the heavens to give light onto earth.

He made two great lights; one to rule the day and the lesser light to rule at night. He also made the stars on this day as well.

Day five, He made the moving creatures in the waters and fowl that may fly above the earth. Also on that day, He made great whales, and every living creature that moves in the seas and every winged fowl after his kind.

Day six came. On that day God made the cattle, every creeping thing, beast of the earth after his kind. and cattle after their kind.

Also on the sixth day, God said, “let us make man in our image, after Our likeness, and let them have dominion” over everything.

He created them male and female in His image, saying “be fruitful, multiply and fill the earth.”

God gave us everything we needed. He provided every good thing for us and saw that it was very good.

Then, in Genesis 1:31 & 2:1, God saw everything that He made, and behold, it was very good. The heavens and the earth were finished!

We may not always remember the order in which everything was done. However, what is important to know and to remember is those three words, “it was finished”.

This means it was complete; nothing can be added to His creation or taken away from it. We had everything we needed from the beginning. It was all good!

Afterwards what did He do?

Gen 2:2 says that on the seventh day, God ended His work and rested.

In all of His magnificence, God created us and everything else that we need. And sometimes it’s good for us to be reminded.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 10-3-22

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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.”

During my lifetime, I have personally seen God do what man said was impossible. And not just once, but on more than one occasion.

Man said that the asthma that I was diagnosed with when I was 7 years old was incurable.

God said differently. He healed me of asthma 30 years later. I have been 100% free of asthma since then.

We have had many more examples in our lives, but this is not about us. It’s about God’s faithfulness and sovereignty.

In God’s word, man said many things where God proved them wrong.

The Egyptians should have slaughtered the Israelites on the shores of the Red Sea. God opened the sea and allowed the Israelites to cross on dry land.

The adulterous woman should have been stoned to death for her sin. Jesus said otherwise.

Man said that the wall around Jericho should have kept the Israelites out. God proved them wrong.

Man said that Jesus should have stayed dead in the tomb. God had other plans.

And this God who has proven that He has the final say in everything is still the same, proving man wrong again and again.

He never changes.

Malachi 3:6 (NKJV) 6 “For I am the Lord, I do not change…

So, if you’re facing something today that seems impossible, and something that man says can never happen, trust that if God wants it to happen, man has no say in it.

God is still the same as He has been over the centuries.

Where does your trust lie?

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 10-2-22 – Mountain, Move!

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

We pray that you’re all walking in the Spirit daily. 

We have a new video out today that we’d love for everyone to watch. 

Our new video, “Mountain, Move!”, is one that we have been wanting to record for a while now. 

This video is super important because it lays the foundations for teaching believers how to conquer their most fierce obstacles; those things that seem to be insurmountable in your lives. 

This is not a gimmick or a feel-good message. It is not a message loaded with hype. And it does not contain a “secret formula” that will promise you pie-in-the-sky results. 

But it does teach solid Biblical principles that Jesus shared with His disciples when they asked Him a specific question. 

We do hope that you’ll take the 15 minutes required to watch this  

Please click here to watch the video now. 

We love you all and want you to excel in your walk with Christ! 

Sincerely, 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 10-1-22

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Psalm 37:7 (NKJV) 7 Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him; Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass.

Resting in and waiting on the Lord are probably the two things we most often overlook as believers.

Resting and waiting go hand and hand in showing God how much we trust Him.

When we find this rest, it simply means we have learned to trust Him enough to allow Him to help us, carry us, teach us, correct us, protect us, etc. The “waiting patiently” part will follow.

Once we get it, it won’t be so hard to balance out our emotions.

Our emotions can try to run us and cause us to fear, to be anxious and to doubt. Most of all, they can wear on us and cause us to faint, give up, lose our faith and pull away.

But God’s word says that if we wait on Him, we will not faint! Our strength will be renewed. We will rise up. We will run and not be weary.

Isaiah 40:31 (NKJV) 31 But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.

We believe that God is telling us today to enter into His rest and wait on Him. Trust, endure and receive the promises He has for us, in His timing.

To endure means to remain or last; to go all the way.

Some of us are tired and we are just about ready to throw in the towel.

Don’t do it! Hold fast just a little longer and it will all be worth it.

Endure and obtain His promise.

Hebrews 6:15 (NKJV) 15 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 9-30-22

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Galatians 5:22-23 (NKJV) 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.

Do we want to know whether we are walking in the Spirit or not?

All we need to do is check to see if these fruits of the Spirit are active in our lives.

God is amazing in His provision for us. He not only supplies our needs in the natural, but He supplies our spiritual needs as well.

The fact that the Holy Spirit was sent to earth after Jesus ascended is an incredible gift to each and every one of us.

If we are faithful to follow His (the Holy Spirit’s) leading, our lives will be changed and blessed in more ways than we can imagine!

And as we follow Him more diligently, we will begin to see love, peace, joy, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control becoming more evident in everything we do.

Our grouchy, impatient, selfish, rough old self will begin to melt away into our past.

It’s interesting that verse 23 ends with, “Against such there is no law”.

In many of today’s societies, some of these Spirit-led attributes have almost become illegal as the world has gone crazy with self-centeredness, anger, rage and division.

But as children of God, we know better. And as we walk each day under the leading of the Holy Spirit, we live out the very things that the world says are no longer relevant.

And may all the glory and honor be unto our God. Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 9-29-22

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Psalm 34:19 (NKJV) 19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the Lord delivers him out of them all.

No one likes to hear the first part of this scripture. After all, who wants to be told in advance that we, the righteous, may have to endure afflictions.

What are afflictions? Things that cause pain or suffering.

As a child of God, we will face things.

Many of us have already been there and seen the Lord’s deliverance in our lives. We could probably share some good stories together.

I would love to write a book of testimonies from those who have seen the hand of God in their lives. He is faithful to the end!

We may all face things, but God promises in His word that He will deliver.

So, we can’t stop up our ears when we see or hear the word, “afflictions”.

We need to know about God’s deliverance and how He is there for us in times of famine and in times of feast.

Let us be real today and know that God has us! Amen.

Isaiah 46:4 (NKJV) 4 Even to your old age, I am He, And even to gray hairs I will carry you! I have made, and I will bear; Even I will carry, and will deliver you.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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401-439-3780

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Bible Verse of The Day – 9-28-22

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John 3:34 (NKJV) 34 For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God does not give the Spirit by measure.

John the Baptist had a unique way of speaking. He was not swayed by anyone who tried to influence or intimidate him.

And when he spoke truth, he spoke it boldly. God had prepared him to be a force to be reckoned with.

In the verse above, he spoke a truth that caught my attention. And I will admit that I had never seen this before today.

In this verse, he was not referring to himself, but about Jesus; the One whom God had sent.

Let’s take a closer look at it.

John started out by stating, “For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God”.

He wanted others to know that when Jesus spoke, He was speaking the words of God.

Jesus Himself stated more than once that His words were not His own, but the words of the Father.

John 12:49 (NKJV) 49 For I have not spoken on My own authority; but the Father who sent Me gave Me a command, what I should say and what I should speak.

But take note of what John said toward the end of the verse; “God does not give the Spirit by measure”.

This means that Jesus was given the fulness of the Holy Spirit, not just a measure of it.

The Father wanted Him to be fully, amply equipped for the task He had ahead of Him, not lacking anything.

And it is evident that He absolutely was fully equipped when we look at His life and the things He carried out while He was here on earth.

Jesus was God and man, rolled into one; the only human to ever walk perfectly His entire life.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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401-439-3780

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Bible Verse of The Day – 9-27-22

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John 14:15 (NKJV) 15 “If you love Me, keep My commandments.

Our love for Him will show through our obedience and our devotion to Him.

This is something that takes time to learn. But as we walk it out, we will get stronger and better at it.

The first thing to do is get in His word and read it.

Get to know who our God is and what He expects. Don’t just wait for the ministers to teach us. Get in it and read it.

The Holy Spirit will touch our hearts and guide us as we put forth the effort.

Who is God?

Go after Him. Learn His heart and what makes Him tick. Then we can show Him our love by following His way.

His commandments are written throughout His word. And in every situation we face, He has the answer.

He has it, and we will know for sure what that answer is if we stay close to Him.

How do we show our love to Him?

We know Him intimately enough to respond to any given situation in the proper way; the way that He guides us.

Love Him and keep His words close, dear to us, and written in our hearts. Let the Holy Spirit help us stay focused and on track.

Our obedience toward His word shows Him how much we love Him.

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 – 9-26-22

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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.

As the time for Jesus to be crucified drew closer, He tried to help His disciples understand why these things must happen.

First, and what most people would view as most important, was Christ’s atoning death on the cross. His shed blood opened the door for our sins to be forgiven, and for us to have a one-on-One relationship with the Creator of heaven and earth.

Without the death of Jesus, this would be impossible.

This is indeed the most critical aspect of what he did when we look at it from an eternal perspective.

Additionally, Jesus would be resurrected. And then, after spending time with the Disciples, He would leave.

Now, this is where we see the part that’s extremely important to believers who are still alive here on earth; the sending of the Holy Spirit to be our Helper (literally, our Comforter).

The Holy Spirit is critical to our walk with God.

He gives us discernment. He guides us. He shows us things that we would otherwise never know by our natural understanding.

Jesus assured His disciples that it was imperative for Him to leave them.

Why?

Because if He didn’t go, the Holy Spirit would not be able to come.

John 16:7 (NKJV) 7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you.

The presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives helps us to live beyond what our own natural abilities would allow us to do.

This applies to some things in the natural. But it is much more important from a supernatural (spiritual) point of view, since the enemies and the battles that we face are spiritual at their core.

We need to be sure we are allowing the Holy Spirit to work and move in our lives. Trying to walk this earth as a follower of Christ without His leading and guiding is futile, to put it mildly.

We desperately need Him every minute of every day. It’s just a fact of life.

Surrender to the Holy Spirit today. Let Him work in you, help you, lead you, guide you, comfort you and strengthen you.

Once we fully understand this, our lives will be forever changed.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Hampstead, NC 28443

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