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Bible Verse of The Day – 8-12-22

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John 15:20 (NKJV) 20 Remember the word that I said to you, ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they kept My word, they will keep yours also.

As children of God, there will be times when we feel like we don’t belong.

We will be ignored or shunned.

We will hear things spoken to us or about us that hurt.

We will lose out on things that we were seeking or pursuing.

And we may face various kinds of verbal or even physical persecution.

All because we are followers of Christ.

None of these things are pleasant. Some are very uncomfortable. And some can be downright brutal, both emotionally and physically.

For some of us, this might be a regular part of our daily life. Much of this can depend on where we live or how outspoken we are about our faith.

Other times, it can depend on how we live out our faith.

Living out or walking out our faith will typically draw attention to the fact that we’re not like the rest of the world. We don’t live out our faith for that reason (to get attention). But when we live differently than those around us, it will draw attention, whether we like it or not.

Why does this happen? Usually because the choices we make are not the same as the choices made by those who are not children of God (followers of Christ). So, because we choose differently, we stand out.

Persecution of any kind can be frustrating. If the persecution is extreme, it can be life-altering. And for some it may even mean that it is life-ending.

These are never pleasant things to discuss, and surely not pleasant to go through.

But know this; Jesus was persecuted for you and for me, and He told us that if we belonged to Him, we would be subjected to the same thing.

So, if I go through trials and tribulations for the sake of His name, I count it a blessing, and I will lean On God to bring me through it.

James 1:2 (NKJV) 2 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials…

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 8-11-22

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1 Corinthians 13:6 (NKJV) 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.

It can be very hard some days to find enjoyment. Maybe it’s because we see and feel the pressure of the (spiritual) atmosphere around us.

Maybe we are struggling in our emotions, trying to stay happy while we see so much of what we know to be evil going on. This can make us feel hopeless.

Maybe we are so tired on some days that we cannot find an ounce of strength within us to rejoice.

Don’t beat ourselves up over it.

Some days the strength just isn’t there. This is normal.

We are not perfect. We don’t have to pretend we are. It won’t do any of us any good.

We have eyes and ears, and as God’s children we are sensitive to all the things around us. Some days, hearing and seeing certain things can be a lot. And it can take a toll on us.

Because we don’t delight in evil, when it is allowed to run freely we have to work much harder to keep the truth at the forefront of our hearts. It can get exhausting.

But don’t lose heart. The power of the wicked will one day be broken.

Psalm 37:17 (NKJV) 17 for the power of the wicked will be broken, but the Lord upholds the righteous.

Just a little reminder of the truth today. Evil will be broken and the righteous will have victory!! Rejoice.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries

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Bible Verse of The Day – 8-10-22

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Romans 12:1 (NKJV) 1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.

Living holy lives is a very important part of our walk with God.

Many may think that because we live under God’s grace, there is no need for holy, righteous living. This could not be further from the truth.

Others may even say that because Jesus was so loving and kind, and because He spent time hanging out with sinners, we don’t need to worry about holy living.

Again, this is not truth.

Take note than when Jesus spent time with sinners, He spoke truth to them, encouraging them to get their hearts right with God.

In John 8:11, when He spoke with the woman caught in adultery, He told her to “go and sin no more”.

Some of the original texts actually said, “go, and from now on, sin no more”.

And if we compare various translations, many of them indicate that Jesus was inferring that she needed to leave her life of sin.

So, He made it clear to her that she needed to leave her sin behind and do what is right in God’s eyes.

And this applies to us as well.

Paul used the word, beseech. That’s a very strong word, meaning to plead, to implore, to ask urgently, or to beg.

Based on that, it’s evident that Paul wanted badly for the Roman Christians to leave their lives of sin behind.

Paul was referring here mainly to sexual sins, since Rome was well-known for this. But we need to apply this to every aspect of our lives.

And I like what Paul said about our lives; presenting them as living sacrifices. In other words, we need to give our bodies to God. Dedicate them to Him.

Doing this will cause us to take the choices we make much more seriously, since we are now living as though we do not belong to ourselves, but to Him.

1 Corinthians 6:20 (NKJV) 20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

We have been bought. We are not our own. Let’s be careful to live like we are His.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 8-9-22

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John 3:16 (NKJV) 16 “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

I often think of how much He loved this world; that for each one of us, He gave his only Son. Can we all agree together that God loved us tremendously?!

When you give up your most precious gift for those who don’t deserve it, what kind of love is this?

This is a love that is everlasting, sacrificial, free and unconditional. This is the highest form of love.

It is called Agape love! A love that, without God in us to show us, we cannot know or understand its power.

With this agape love, He took what He deeply loved, His most precious gift, Jesus Christ, and delivered Him up for us.

Romans 8:32 (NKJV) 32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?

Love is where it all began and where it will all end. All this hate in the world will not win. All the evil that we are witnessing this day will not win.

God has already Won this battle.

His plan for victory has already occurred. And through His most precious gift to us all, His love will continue to shine bright and leave hate and evil in their rightful place; defeated!

Can we get an AMEN today, children of the Most High God? For we have already won! It’s love that wins every battle. We need to press forward in His “Agape love”.

1 Corinthians 13:8 (NKJV) 8 Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 8-8-22

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Galatians 5:16 (NKJV) 16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.

This verse is short, simple and to the point. Despite it being so short and succinct, there is much we can learn and glean from it.

And if we heed what it says, it can be life-changing for many.

Let’s look at this scripture in reverse, from the end to the beginning, so we can better understand the depth of what it says.

First, it addresses a problem that so many struggle with; fulfilling the lust of the flesh.

What exactly does that mean?

There are two pieces to this; lust, and the flesh.

Lust is most often associated with sexual desires. But it can also be used to indicate or describe a strong desire to have something that someone else has; this is also referred to as coveting.

You can have lust in your heart toward a person, indicating a sexual desire or attraction toward that person.

But you can also lust after a physical item, as in wanting it very badly.

The flesh refers to our mind and our will, not our fleshly body. It is in our mind and our will where sin is birthed, then it is carried out physically.

The scripture above tells us that if we walk in the Spirit, we won’t fulfill the lusts of the flesh. What does it mean to “walk in the Spirit”?

It means that we do not make our choices and decisions by our own understanding or based on our desires.

In its most basic form, walking in the Spirit means that we allow the Holy Spirit to lead us and guide us in our decision making.

Walking in the Spirit indicates an ongoing growing and developing process, not just a one-time or occasional effort. It means increasing our understanding and maturing, not stagnating and remaining a spiritual infant.

It is in this growing and maturing process that we develop the strength and discernment needed to thwart temptation and the fulfilling of the lusts of the flesh. And as we continue to grow and get better at this, the devil will flee, knowing that he is wasting his time.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 8-7-22 – The Struggle

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Please click to watch the video now.Greetings! 

It’s pretty well recognized by most everyone that we are living in very unique times. 

And these times require that we see things through a unique perspective; God’s perspective. 

In today’s new video, The Struggle, we discuss and teach on how this season is impacting people, and what we need to do as believers to not only endure it, but to come through it in the way that God intends for us to come through it. 

This video is candid and up front, which is how it needs to be in order to accurately address the challenges of this season, and to offer sound, Biblical answers to so many of the questions people have. 

Because this is an important, relevant topic, we hope you’ll watch this one. 

Please click here to watch the video now. 

Stay oh so close to Him in these unique, challenging days that we are living in. 

We love you 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 – 8-6-22

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Hebrews 4:9-10 (NKJV) 9 There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. 10 For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His.

Do we feel guilty sometimes when things are going well and life seems like it’s good for us?

Sometimes it might cause us to feel guilty, and we might almost feel like we may not be doing enough on our end.

As Christians, we have a tendency to feel like it’s not right when we are not working hard, or even if we take a rest because we’re exhausted from our work.

I’ve seen this in many churches over the years with people in leadership positions. They beat themselves up over it to the point where they lose the joy and purpose of what they’re doing.

So, this is just a little reminder that there will come days of reaping, and seasons of rest from our labors. That’s right; both, corporately as a church, and on a personal one-on-one level. Don’t fight it when your “season of rest” comes. It’s our time to receive!

We are all in different seasons on this journey together. Some are in the ground-plowing season. Some may be in planting season. Some are in watering season and, yes, some are in the reaping and resting season. Hallelujah!

Don’t feel guilty when it’s time to rest and don’t feel guilty when it’s time to reap from our labor.

The good Lord will remind us all that we reap from what we sow and the day will come when our reaping is here. Enjoy it and give thanks!

Galatians 6:7 (KJV) 7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

God is GOOD!

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 – 8-5-22

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Jude 1:25 (NLT) 25 All glory to him who alone is God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord. All glory, majesty, power, and authority are His before all time, and in the present, and beyond all time! Amen. 

The immensity of God is breathtaking, to say the least. 

Words can do little or no justice to who He is and what He does. 

This sometimes makes it so very hard to accurately convey certain things when it comes to giving Him proper honor and glory. 

Nonetheless, He is still worthy of our (mostly feeble) attempts at glorifying and worshiping Him. That is, after all, what we were put here on earth to do; to bring glory and honor to His name in the earth. 

But how do we do that? How do we worship Him in a way that’s even close to being worthy of glorifying who He is. 

Well, the short answer is that we really can’t. Nothing that we do could ever begin to elevate Him to where He belongs. 

But the good news is that He isn’t concerned with any of that. He’s not interested in fanfare, hype, showmanship or anything similar. 

What He is interested in is us expressing our heart to Him without any inhibitions about how it might sound or appear to others. 

We are not in it for the sake of impressing anyone. 

All that matters is that we express our heartfelt gratitude and adoration to Him in the sincerest way we can. 

It’s the sincerity that wins His heart, not the impressiveness of what we say or do. 

So, I say to you today, bring yourself before God and pour your heart out to Him in worship, not being even the least little bit concerned about whether it might impress anyone if they were to see it or hear it. 

Tell Him how much you love and adore Him, and how thankful you are for His mercy upon your life. Make it personal. 

And bask in His presence while you leave the cares of the world behind. 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 – 8-4-22

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Hebrews 4:15 (NKJV) 15 For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.

He cares. He knows and He completely understands us. He has been tested in every way. He knows what we need in that moment and hour of sorrow, pain, sadness and desperation.

He provides strength for each one of us and a way to get through whatever we face. If we obey and surrender, we will come out with victory!

His compassion for us is so real. The Bible says He wept when He heard about the death of Lazarus.

John 11:35-36 (NKJV) 35 Jesus wept. 36 Then the Jews said, “See how He loved him!”

Another time that Jesus wept was over Jerusalem.

Luke 19:41 (NKJV) 41 Now as He drew near, He saw the city and wept over it…

For it would be destroyed because they were blind to the true nature of His kingdom, and they would reject Him. As a result, it would be destroyed.

Jesus loves deeply and He felt pain at times. He knows our pain for sure.

Another time that He was in tears was in Gethsemane, when He was drawing close to the time of His death on the cross. He cried out in deep anguish to His Father. No one could ever understand what He was dealing with in that hour.

Hebrews 5:7 (NKJV) 7 who, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications, with vehement cries and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His godly fear…

We are not alone today or any day. We have a great High Priest, Jesus Christ, Who has been through more than we would ever know. He can sympathize with us.

Run to Him.

Matthew 11:30 (NKJV) 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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401-439-3780

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Bible Verse of The Day – 8-3-22

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Revelation 22:20 (NKJV) 20 He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming quickly.” Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus!

I remember reading through the entire book of Revelation back in early 1984. I had found Christ about 4 years prior to that, but had not really grown much as a believer.

At that point in time, though, I had really begun to hunger for God, and I wanted to learn more about who He was, and what His word had to say.

I had read through the entirety of the New Testament and then worked my way through Revelation.

What I read in the book of Revelation was mind-blowing, to say the least. It was so loaded with symbolism that it made my head spin.

And then, as I read through the various “bowls of the wrath of God on the earth”, I was glued to what I was reading, not able to put it down, despite it being in the wee hours of the morning, when I should have been sound asleep.

And when I read the final verse of that final chapter, I took in these words: “Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus!”.

Those words were forever burned into my spirit. And since that night (actually, early morning), they have been my favorite words in the entire Bible.

You may ask why those words are my favorite, especially in light of the fact that they refer to some very catastrophic things that need to happen on the earth.

They are, after all, saying, “even so, come, Lord Jesus”, which would indicate that John was acknowledging the terrible things that he had been shown were to happen prior to Jesus coming back to the earth.

So, John had been shown what was to come, including some very hard things to swallow. And yet, he beckoned Jesus, “even so, come”.

Those very same words resonate within me each and every day. Despite what is to come, and the destruction that accompanies it all, these words represent the completion of God’s plan and His redemptive work on earth.

Even today (especially today), I hold those same words close to my heart, longing for God’s work to be completed in the earth. Not because I want to see the destruction of all that we know, but because I know that His will is perfect and best because He is sovereign.

So, as we watch evil rear its ugly head in ways unseen since the days of Sodom and Gomorrah, trying to pervert everything that is good, I long for God’s righteous judgment in the earth.

And even though I know that His judgment includes some terribly destructive things that need to happen, I say, just as John did, “Even so, come, Lord Jesus”. Let your will be done in the earth.

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 – 8-2-22

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John 10:11 (NKJV) 11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep.

The “Word Wealth” notes in my study Bible describe good as a descriptive word signifying that which is beautiful, pleasing, acceptable, excellent, serviceable, attractive, honest.

There is nothing bad regarding this word, good. And I would say that our Good Shepherd is excellent in every way possible.

Jesus is saying, “I am the good Shepherd and I gave My life for My sheep”.

Who are His sheep? They are those who believe in His name and receive Him. To those, He gives the right to become children of God. Hallelujah!

John 1:12 (NKJV) 12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name…

If Someone gives their life for us, what can we do to show them our gratitude and our thanks?

We can tell others about this life-giving Shepherd!

We can spread the good news and express kindness and love through doing the right things in our life.

We can show Him how grateful we are by obeying His word and taking on the lifestyle He has for us.

This good Shepherd, Who gave His life for us, can never be compared to anything or anyone else; not wealth, not material gain, not successful careers, not even people in power.

No man on earth can ever come close to what our good Shepherd, Jesus Christ, has done for His sheep!

Be grateful today. We are truly blessed!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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