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Bible Verse of The Day – 1-5-22

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Isaiah 40:8 NKJV) 8 The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever.”

The world is anything but stable, especially during the times we’re currently living in.

Some days it seems like it can’t possibly get any crazier. But it does.

In times like what we’re living in, we need to understand that there is only One who can bring stability; God, the Creator of everything we see.

Everything around us eventually withers, fades and dies.

But God and His word stand forever.

If we have placed our hope in the things or the people around us, we will be sorely disappointed as each one will eventually let us down in one way or another.

Things will break or fail. People can hurt us or let us down in various ways.

Our one true source of stability is God. Anything or anyone else will fade away just as the grass and the flowers mentioned in the verse above.

But our God? He and His word will stand forever. 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 – 1-4-22

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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.

All of these fruits are good to have operating in our lives each day. Let’s take a look at them!

Love is an intense feeling of deep affection towards others. Joy is a feeling of great pleasure and happiness.

Peace is freedom from disturbance; tranquility.

Longsuffering is having or showing patience in spite of troubles, especially those caused by other people.

Kindness is the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate.

Goodness is the quality of being morally good or virtuous.

Faithfulness is the quality of being faithful; fidelity.

Gentleness is the quality of being kind, tender, or mild-mannered, softness of action or effect; lightness.

Self-control is the ability to control oneself, in particular one’s emotions and desires or the expression of them in one’s behavior, especially in difficult situations.

The fruit of the Spirit working through us will cause others to say, “hey, who are they?”.

This kind of walk will make others take a second look. It will make them curious. And they too will begin to dig in and seek or ask questions.

We will stand out, not on or by our own, but by the Spirit that moves through our blood!

Acts 1:8 (NKJV) 8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of 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 – 1-3-22

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James 4:6 (NKJV) 6 But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: “God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.”

So often in Christianity we spend a lot of time asking for what we want God to do for us.

Over time this can become a habit, where we end up spending more time asking God what He can do for us than what we can do for Him.

Don’t take this wrong. God does want to do things for us. But when we get lopsided in our asking, then we know we’re getting off track in our walk with Him, and it has become more about us than about Him.

You see, sometimes we just need to be satisfied with knowing that He’s there. We need to rest in the fact that He’s faithful in everything, even during those times when we might feel like we’re hearing nothing from Him.

We need to be secure in knowing that He loves us, even if we don’t deserve that love.

All of these things should be enough.

This is where humility comes in.

When we grow in maturity as a believer, we will begin thinking less of ourselves and more of God and others.

This will greatly change the way we think. And that change in our thinking will change what we ask for and the way we ask, because we will be more humble and less apt to put ourselves first in everything.

Let’s learn to be satisfied and content, putting God first in everything that we do, including our asking.

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 – 1-2-22 – Stay The Course

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

We hope you’re enjoying your day and thanking God for His blessings. 

We have begun to settle into our new location, and yesterday we took the time to record our newest video, Stay the Course. 

In this new video we teach about how tough or unfamiliar situations can show us who we are and what we’re made of, and how that relates to our walk with God. 

This video is short and informative, so we hope you’ll take a few minutes to watch it. 

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Walk closely with Him! 

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 – 1-1-22

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Genesis 26:12 (NKJV) 12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year a hundredfold; and the Lord blessed him.

God showed His faithfulness to Isaac as he obeyed Him and what He had told him to do.

We have to be obedient if we want to walk in the Lord’s blessings.

Some may say, “what is God saying to me right now?”.

He is saying to us what He says to all His children; sow in the land that I show you and reap a hundredfold.

Sometimes all He is saying is to start at the beginning. Start with your heart and give it to me. Give Me your heart and I will show you my will for you.

Step two; give Me your tithes and offerings and I will bless your finances and your health as you give to Me from your firstfruits.

Step three; give Me all the things that matter most to you and trust Me with them. I will take care of every little detail as you lean on Me.

So many times we want to reap God’s blessings, but these three steps interfere with receiving those blessings because we are not willing to let go or surrender fully to the Creator of our universe and Savior of our soul.

God, help us to obey. 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 – 12-31-21

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Isaiah 31:1 (NKJV) 1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, And rely on horses, Who trust in chariots because they are many, And in horsemen because they are very strong, But who do not look to the Holy One of Israel, Nor seek the Lord!

People put their trust in many things.

And as we watch the world deteriorate before our very eyes, we see people moving further and further away from trusting God and putting their trust more heavily in man and governments.

While this is extremely frustrating to watch, it is to be expected to some degree because of the season in which we live.

God’s word has told us that this would happen. He spells it out plainly in many ways.

But know this; putting our trust in anyone other than God himself is a slippery slope that will ultimately lead to destruction.

The season in which we are living requires that we have discernment, and that we are diligent in our efforts to stay in tune with His spirit.

Doing so gives us an inside edge to see things that others may not see, and to make choices and decisions based not on intellect, but on God-given wisdom and understanding.

God comes first in all things. His ways are higher than our ways, and His thoughts higher than our thoughts.

There is none like Him on the earth below or in the heavens above.

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 – 12-30-21

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1 John 3:1 (NKJV) 1 Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.

I am so humbled today in reading this verse, knowing the love that our Father has bestowed on us.

This means that those who belong to Him, those who have put their faith in His Son, Jesus Christ, are called children of God.

It’s amazing that He went through all of this for us, and still many have not accepted it. So many have not even considered what He went through to offer us the opportunity to become His children.

When we have been provided with a way to become a child of God, who would reject such a blessing, such an honor, such an answer to all of our problems?

Don’t reject the Way, the Truth and the Life.  Receive the truth today. Repent of our sins and become a child of God this day.

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.

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 – 12-29-21

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2 Corinthians 5:7 (NKJV) 7 For we walk by faith, not by sight.

Walking by faith is easy to envision and easy to talk about, until we actually have to do it.

But when the rubber meets the road, some things aren’t quite what we may have pictured in our minds.

Most of you are aware that God picked us up and moved us to a new land, 750 miles from where we had lived all our lives.

Our roots in New England were deep, having been there for decades. Everything was intimately familiar to us. And I mean everything!

As we made the move to our new homeland, we were excited, expectant and maybe even a little scared.

We were not scared because we lacked faith. We were not scared of the unknown. But we were scared because we didn’t know how we would react to such a change.

The place God moved us to was not a place we chose. He chose it for us. And because it was His choice for us, we didn’t know what to expect.

As we made the 12 1/2 hour drive to our new location, everything went flawlessly. The drive was peaceful and uneventful, as we had prayed and asked God for.

But a few days later, as we moved into our new home and began to work toward settling in, we must admit that there were moments when we felt like the rug had been pulled from under us as we tried to find something familiar to grab hold of.

Everything felt like a whirlwind as we tried to find a firm foothold in the natural. Nothing was familiar. Even trying to find everyday things in the house was confusing and even frustrating.

But God is faithful, even in these types of situations. And as I literally asked Him to give me something even a little familiar to grab hold of, He reassured me that everything would be fine. And it was.

Now, just a day later, I have total peace. Not because everything suddenly fell into place. But because I recognized my fragility as a human and surrendered it to Him.

This is where the power comes in the lives of believers; not in being spiritual superheroes, but in being completely surrendered to Him and being able to recognize our weaknesses and in bowing before Him where we lay them at His feet.

Go to Him. Lay those things that we wrestle with at His feet. And surrender them to Him.

He will walk us through those moments (or seasons) of fear, apprehension and frailty. And He will replace all of those things that trouble us with His peace as we do so.

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 – 12-28-21

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John 11:25 (NKJV) 25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.

What a wonderful blessing for believers.

After we pass from this life, we will be alive in His presence.

We don’t just die and then that is the end of everything for us. Our best life is actually yet to come.

We get so comfortable and acclimated to things here on earth  that we think this is it! We think this is the best place to be.

And when our loved ones pass on, we look at it as if that is the end of everything. Doom and gloom, sadness and sorrow try to take over our thoughts.

It may try to keep us down and make us feel like things will never be good again.

That’s a lie! Things can be good again, knowing that Jesus has given us eternal life.

God has a plan for us all. And part of that plan is death. We will all face it. It is just as much a part of life as living.

But we don’t like to think or talk about it much, do we? And that is understandable if we don’t know what Jesus Christ did for us on the cross.

Let us not get caught in the trap of doom and gloom, sadness, and sorrow because of our loss.

Search the scriptures. Get to know what Jesus did for us, and why He went to great lengths so that we may live again even after we die. Hallelujah!

Believe in Him today so we will have a home in heaven and live forever with our resurrected Savior and our heavenly Father.  Amen.

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.

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 – 12-27-21

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John 4:32 (NKJV) 32 But He said to them, “I have food to eat of which you do not know.”

As followers of Christ, we will often go through times when we survive on food of which the world knows nothing.

This is especially true when going through seasons of change, or times of great trials.

Our sustenance doesn’t come from natural food. It comes from the Father above, and His word.

Despite needing natural food to nourish our physical bodies, our spiritual nourishment is equally important. Simply feeding our natural body will leave our spirit starving and malnourished.

As we walk through the various chapters and seasons of our lives, it’s the spirit of God who sustains us. He becomes our food and our sustenance.

It is by this that we not only survive the trials of our lives, but we thrive and walk through them with victory as we come out the other side.

It was this very thing that caused Jesus to speak the words in the verse above. And it was the same thing that allowed Him to walk through the incredibly painful things He faced as He was led to Golgotha to be crucified.

It would do us good to learn this in our own lives, and to walk it out as we allow God to bring us through the changes and the trials that we face from day to day.

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 – 12-26-21 – Show Me Your Back

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

Change of one type or another comes to our lives pretty frequently. God is faithful to lead us through those changes, as long as we’re faithful to follow Him. 

In today’s video, Show Me Your Back, we teach about how to know that we are following God, so He can lead us. 

This is probably the shortest video we have done to date, but very powerful in what we share, so we hope you’ll take a few minutes to watch it. 

Please click here to watch the video now. 

We love you all dearly. 

Sincerely, 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808 

401-439-3780

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