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Bible Verse of The Day – 7-6-20

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Matthew 22:37 (NKJV) 37 Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’

This is the foundation of our walk with God.

If we can get this right, everything else will fall into place in time, as we “work out our salvation with fear and trembling”.

Today I spent some time doing yard work. As I pushed the lawn mower, I spent time talking to and listening to God.

I was sharing with Him about my concern for the state of the bride of Christ. She is, to put it bluntly, a mess.

This has been slowly happening over the last 50 years, as self-absorption and so many false teachings have crept in and taken hold.

At one point today, as I pushed the mower and conversed with God, my eyes began to well up with tears as the enormity of the situation began to hit me and the compassion of God’s spirit took over.

Church, this is a serious matter.

The bride has lost her discernment for spiritual things. She is falling prey to so many of the wiles of the enemy that it is almost inconceivable.

It’s tough to say this, and even tougher for people to admit to it, but we are not loving God with all of our heart, soul and mind if our discernment has become so dull.

This is the very thing that Jesus scolded the people for in this verse:

Luke 12:56 (NKJV) 56 Hypocrites! You can discern the face of the sky and of the earth, but how is it you do not discern this time?

It’s important that we understand what Jesus died for. It was to set us free from sin and death. And to give us the privilege of a one-on-one relationship with the Father… the Creator of all we see.

But it’s up to us to take advantage of that opportunity, that privilege.

This is not a message to scold. This is a message to say “God has given us such an opportunity, that we should not miss out on that opportunity nor take it lightly”.

The cares of the world are very powerful. They can take up every waking hour of our thoughts and our efforts, unless we make a conscious effort to prevent that from happening.

So, let’s start working to make our walk with God our very first priority, every single day.

Let’s let Him teach us, shape us and mold us, so we don’t run the risk of being the hypocrites that Jesus spoke about in the verse above, lacking the discernment to see and understand the signs of the times.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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Bible Verse of The Day – 7-5-20 – He Will Direct Your Paths

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

Why don’t I hear from God? Why doesn’t He talk to me? 

These are questions that most of us ask from time to time. And they are legitimate questions. 

In today’s video, He Will Direct Your Paths, we teach on this very topic, sharing insights on the different ways God speaks to us, and why we sometimes don’t hear Him. 

We think this will be eye-opening for many, so we do hope you’ll take a few minutes to watch it. 

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Enjoy your day! 

Sincerely, 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

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Bible Verse of The Day – 7-4-20

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Romans 15:30 (NKJV) 30 Now I beg you, brethren, through the Lord Jesus Christ, and through the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in prayers to God for me…

Paul knew that even the prayers of believers that didn’t know him could be very effective. He said, “I beg you brethren that we strive together in prayer”.

People of God, brothers and sisters in Christ, we need to come together in prayer for the situations we are facing right now in our country and around the world.

We have not come face to face with many of our subscribers. However, we pray for each and every one of you that are standing with us.

God has connected us in many ways with people all around this world. Seven Seas Ministries outreach is global, and we pray for you because you are part of our family.

We are responsible to pray for one another.

We know that God is so very faithful!

Even if we are not physically there to enjoy your victory or answered prayer with you, we will usually learn about it somehow, and we get so excited and happy for you. We celebrate it here in Rhode Island, regardless of where you are located.

We rejoice with you and thank God for His miraculous answer!

When it comes to prayer, distance and having not ever met face to face aren’t obstacles.

Pray children of God. Let us pray with all our hearts. It is effective!

James 5:16 (NKJV) 16 Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.

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Bible Verse of The Day – 7-3-20

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Exodus 3:13-14 (NKJV) 13 Then Moses said to God, “Indeed, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What is His name?’ what shall I say to them?” 14 And God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’ ”

Moses was spending time watching over the flocks of his father-in-law when he was met by God, who spoke to him from a burning bush.

God told Moses that He had some things that He wanted him to do. And then He detailed what those tasks were.

Moses was pretty intimidated by what he heard, but he said he would do his best to carry these things out. And God promised that He would be with Moses every step of the way.

Before Moses left, he asked God who he should say had sent him to be the deliverer of the Israelite people. He needed a name to give them.

God simply replied with, “I AM WHO I AM”.

I’ve always loved the fact that God didn’t feel the need to explain Himself or expound on who He was. He simply was.

When Moses pressed Him for a further explanation, God said to tell them that “I AM has sent me to you”.

Then, to further ease the mind of Moses, God said “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: ‘The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.”

This made Moses feel a little better, since the Israelites would surely know this God.

The Hebrew word for I AM was YHWH. It didn’t have a pronunciation as a single word in the Hebrew language. We pronounce it as Yahweh, in English.

YHWH is the only “name” of God that isn’t descriptive. It was given to Moses directly by God Himself. It is considered to be too sacred to speak, according to Jewish traditions.

Regardless of the traditions or the aura surrounding it, YHWH is who God is. And it is used over 6,500 times in the Old Testament.

YHWH alludes to His omnipresence, everywhere at all times.

Most importantly, YHWH says it all; I AM.

He simply is. He need not explain Himself or justify anything that He does. He is Who He is.

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Bible Verse of The Day – 7-2-20

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Exodus 4:1 (NKJV) 1 Then Moses answered and said, “But suppose they will not believe me or listen to my voice; suppose they say, ‘The Lord has not appeared to you.’ ”

Don’t think we are the only ones, when God wants us to do something, who doubt ourselves.

Moses felt the same way many times. He doubted that he was able. God had to reassure him by doing just a few things to let Moses know it wasn’t going to be an issue.

If we read in Exodus 4:2 –17, we will learn how God first reassured Moses that it would all be OK by having him cast his rod onto the ground, where it became a serpent.

Whoa! If I saw that, I would have been like, “alright, I get what You’re saying”.

But then, secondly, He had Moses put his hand inside his robe, on his bosom. And when he did that and then pulled it out, it was leprous. Then he had him put it back in his bosom, and this time it came out normal.

Boy, that was something! But God still didn’t stop there.

Thirdly, He said, if they still don’t listen, take water from the river, pour it on dry land and it will turn to blood.

So, with the three examples that God laid out before Moses, you’d think “OK, he’s good and he’s ready to approach Pharaoh”.

But Moses wasn’t OK with it. He was trying everything he could to get out of it. He even tried using his speech situation, saying he was slow to speak and slow in tongue.

He tried saying he’s not eloquent in his speech, etc.

Now, this one made God angry. But God took care of even that little concern that Moses had by just saying, “I will give you a spokesperson, Aaron. He will do your talking”.

God did not relieve Moses of his responsibility, but he did provide for him to be able to do what He asked of him in a way that would help him.

You can’t say Moses didn’t try just about everything.

Some of us may feel this way at times when God is asking us to do something. We say, “just skip over me, Lord, and go to the next one. They will be better at it than I”.

I know I’m talking to someone today who is reading this.

Nevertheless, Moses followed through and did what God asked of him.

Obedience is the key.

We may not be perfect, or we may think someone else would be better at what God asks of us. But the important thing is, if God chooses us first, He wants us first and foremost, not someone else!

He will supply us with all that we need, right down to the littlest detail.

Be brave. Don’t let doubt take over. God will provide what we need! Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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Bible Verse of The Day – 7-1-20

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Matthew 24:24 (NKJV) 24 For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

We are living in an age where we are beginning to see many of these kinds of things materialize and play out, right before our eyes.

As we have mentioned in other devotionals recently, spiritual activity is heightening. Evil activity is on the rise.

Sadly, there are millions upon millions of people who may never recognize many of these things unless it is very blatant, and right in their face.

We need to understand that much of what is spoken in the verse above is symbolic, not literal. Let me explain.

A false christ or a false prophet is not necessarily someone who will come and outwardly declare that they have evil intent. On the contrary, they will come looking much like the real thing, the genuine article, so to speak.

Some of this also refers to spirits, not physical people. Spirits of deception (antichrist spirits) will run rampant and sow chaos, while seeming to offer justice and solutions to the world’s problems.

1 John 2:18 (NKJV) 18 Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour.

The Bible says they will point people away from God, and toward themselves or toward an organization that will offer world peace, and end to hunger, poverty and other centuries-old problems, all through a leader or group of leaders who will govern the world as one.

Again, they will speak words that soothe and satisfy itching ears of people with little or no understanding of the true things of God. But their words are more lies than truth, and only lead to destruction.

2 Timothy 4:3 (NKJV) 3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers;

It will be only by the discernment of the Holy Spirit that they will be recognized as false. It will only be by sharp discernment that their devices will be seen clearly.

Luke 12:56 (NKJV) 56 Hypocrites! You can discern the face of the sky and of the earth, but how is it you do not discern this time?

It is critically important that we recognize things for what they are.

We need to ask God to help us see and hear beyond the noise, and hear His voice clearly.

We can’t do this by the opinions of others. We can’t do it by the voices that shout at us from the TV screens, the radio stations, the computer screens and the speakers of our smartphones.

We can do this by the Spirit of God, and Him alone.

Let us break free of the shackles that this world will try to enslave us with and cling steadfastly to the word of God; the Word that brings truth and light into every situation.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 6-30-20

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Psalm 121:7-8 (NKJV) 7 The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul. 8 The Lord shall preserve your going out and your coming in From this time forth, and even forevermore.

No one likes suffering, suffering spells pain. It’s hard to accept the fact that even as a child of God we will suffer at times while we are alive on this earth. But, at least with Him, we have Someone to help us through it. Amen.

Who says, “OK God, bring on the suffering part of my life please. I want to get it over with.”? No one! Instead, we most likely hope we never have to endure such tribulations.

Pain for any length of time will make us want to give up. But if we fight hard to hold fast to Him, He will give us wisdom to come out on the other side with victory, and having learned some valuable lessons.

Joshua 23:8 (NKJV) 8 but you shall hold fast to the Lord your God, as you have done to this day.

Who’s in this place today? We know what it feels like. Suffering is suffering, no matter how we look at it. We can relate.

The Lord shall preserve you, your children, your finances, your work/business, your spouse and your ministry, etc., from evil. In Jesus name. Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 6-29-20

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Genesis 25:26 (NKJV) 26 Afterward his brother came out, and his hand took hold of Esau’s heel; so his name was called Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.

Jacob’s life was interesting.

From the day he was born, he was a deceiver. In fact, his name actually means “deceitful”.

Jacob spent his early life on a constant quest to steal his brother Esau’s blessings. And in the end, he was able to do so with the help of Rachel, his mother.

Later in life, God blessed Jacob tremendously.

In seeing this, you might wonder how someone who was a deceiver could be blessed by God. So, let’s take a closer look at his life overall.

After Jacob’s younger years, when he had stolen his brother’s firstborn rights, Jacob fled from home to escape being killed by his brother, and went to the land of his mother’s brother, Laban, where he planned on staying for a short time to allow his brother’s wrath to subside.

Once he arrived at Laban’s, he endeavored to stay and work for him for a short time.  After a month, Laban asked Jacob what he required for wages. Jacob had fallen in love with Laban’s daughter, Rachel, and asked Laban to allow him to marry her.

Laban said he would allow Jacob to marry her if Jacob worked for him for 7 years, Jacob readily agreed to Laban’s terms.

After the 7 years, Laban made the arrangements for Jacob and Rachel to be married, but pulled a fast one at the last moment, deceiving Jacob into marrying his older daughter, Leah, instead.

After another 7 years of labor, Laban finally allowed Jacob to marry Rachel.

But the trickery continued for 20 years, with Jacob being repeatedly deceived by Laban.

In the end, Jacob had to steal away with his two wives, his children and all of their possessions, so Laban wouldn’t have the opportunity to hold them any longer.

It may have initially looked like Jacob’s early years of trickery and deceit had paid off when he stole his brother’s blessings. But the next 20 years of his life were spent with the shoe on the other foot, so to speak, being tricked by someone else.

Jacob had received the just reward for the things he had done to his brother and his father.

Now, as he left Laban after learning lessons at the hands of another deceiver, and he moved on to the next season of his life, God could begin to bless him and make his life fruitful.

So, even though Jacob’s early life was spent being a deceiver, he eventually reaped from the seeds he had sown.

We can learn many lessons from this. First, that God is just. And what we sow will bring fruit to our lives, even if it’s bad fruit.

Second, that God is merciful, and that even if we may not be a righteous man or woman initially, He can work with us if we allow Him to, teaching us valuable lessons from poor choices we may have made, and then using those lessons to help us teach others dealing with similar problems.

May we never think that anyone is beyond the reach of God’s hope, mercy and forgiveness.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 6-28-20 – Except By Prayer & Fasting

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

Fasting. It’s a word that most of us run from when we hear it. It’s also something very few believers truly understand. 

This past week, we sent out a devotional about fasting. In return, we received a lot of questions from people who wanted to know more about it, and wanted a better understanding of it in the Biblical sense. 

So, we have put this video together, “Except By Prayer and Fasting”, where we spend time teaching about Biblical fasting, how it’s done and what it means, not only from a definitive aspect, but for the body of Christ, as the warriors that God wants us to be. 

We do hope you will take the time to watch it and get a better understanding of this often-overlooked and much-misunderstood topic. 

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We hope you enjoy the rest of your day. 

Sincerely, 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 6-27-20

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

When God deals with something on the inside of us, He removes it. It’s gone.

It doesn’t mean we don’t remember what happened. It just means that He makes it so we don’t carry the burden of it any longer. He makes it easy on us.

Are we letting Him completely deal with our stuff? Or are we pretending?

We do that sometimes. We give it over with our words, but in our heart we don’t let it fully go.

Let’s break it down.

One day when we are tired, we say, “Lord take this from me and deal with it accordingly. I can’t anymore”.

Then, on another occasion, maybe we are feeling a little better, little stronger, or maybe a little feistier, so we try and “help” Him move a little quicker by sticking our noses in and doing it our way.

What is that?

That is saying, “Lord, I gave it to you on Sunday, but Monday I’m taking it back”. That is saying, “Lord You are not moving fast enough for me”. That is saying, “Lord I don’t really trust that You are going to deal with it because you have more important things on Your plate, so maybe I need to tend to it myself”.

When God deals with something, it’s over for good. But when we try to deal with it, we are back and forth with our emotions. It’s not complete. There will always be fragments in there that we missed.

Let Him have the whole thing and watch how He gets rid of it for good. Carry only what He wants us to carry. Walk and live light.

1 Peter 5:7 (NKJV) 7 casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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Bible Verse of The Day – 6-26-20

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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.

Affliction; Something that causes pain or suffering. Ailment, trouble, indisposition, menace, trouble.

We have all experienced something that falls into at least one of those categories. Maybe we’re even facing something like that right now. They are a part of life that there is honestly no escape from. Stuff just happens, and we all have to deal with it on one level or another.

It’s interesting to note that the Psalmist states that “many are the afflictions of the righteous”. There is an inference here that says righteous people may well face more afflictions than the non-righteous.

This may be quite true, since afflictions sometimes come because of our faith.

Sometimes they may come in the form of persecution for our faith. Other times they may come because we make choices based on our faith and our convictions that put us in precarious situations.

Whatever way they come, the verse above says this about it; “The Lord delivers us out of them all”.

That’s something we can count on.

The thing to remember is that the way out might not always come in the timing we’d like it to, or in the way we’d like it to. That doesn’t mean, however, that it doesn’t come. It just means that it comes in God’s way, not ours.

So, that thing that’s plaguing you right now? That thing that doesn’t seem to want to go away and let your life return to normal anytime soon? Those consequences that came about because of a choice we wish we hadn’t made?

God sees and He knows what’s happening. And if we’re willing to let Him, He is working them out on our behalf, moving things and putting things in place to help us.

All we have to do is to make sure we don’t get in His way and try to “help” Him, derailing the plan He has in place, causing it to take even longer than it already has.

Trust Him. We may not always understand, but He is working on our behalf.

Proverbs 3:5-6 (NKJV) 5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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