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Bible Verse of The Day – 9-26-19

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1 Corinthians 14:1 (NKJV) 1 Pursue love, and desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy.

These gifts cannot do justice without having a heart of love to flow through. It must be pure, having the right motive and with the right intentions.

If we can get love moving in us and then begin to walk in such gifts, God will be glorified and lifted up!

People will look to Him. People will see Him moving, and lives will be changed!

Go after love. Let God change our hard and bitter hearts.

Let Him strip away those things that linger in the background, tormenting us and keeping us in bondage.

Are we unhappy and miserable today? Are we hurting deep down inside? Have we lost the joy of living? God will help us to find that love, peace and joy that we lost through the different situations we have walked through in our lives.

Let Him mend our hearts. Pursue His love, get on the right track and then get His gifts flowing from that beautifully-healed heart.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 9-25-19

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Romans 8:6 (NKJV) 6 For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

Our goal as believers is to walk with God and live our lives in a way that’s pleasing to Him.

We can’t do that very well if we think and live carnally. We have to be spiritually minded.

Being spiritually minded changes us. It changes the way we think. And it changes the way we act.

Because of these changes, our lives take an entirely different path than if we simply lived them doing whatever we felt like doing.

But the biggest thing to take note of in these verses is the last part; to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

That short little piece of scripture holds the key that unlocks the answers to so many of the questions we have about life. It tells us plainly that to live spiritually minded is life, and it is peace.

If we truly want life, and we truly want peace, it is necessary that we set aside our carnal ways and let God teach us His ways, learning to live spiritually minded.

It’s worth every bit of time and effort it requires to learn to live this way. And God is faithful to help us get there, if we are just willing to make the effort.

Trust us when we tell you that there is nothing like it.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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Bible Verse of The Day – 9-24-19

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Matthew 7:15 (NKJV) 15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.

When Jesus says to beware, what is He saying?

To beware of something means to be cautious and alert as to the danger of it. In other words, we need to be on guard, be alert.

Jesus compares false prophets to ravenous wolves. Ravenous wolves are considered very dangerous, vicious animals. They will bite and kill whatever they come in contact with.

These false prophets that we are to watch out for come to us in disguise. They appear to be gentle and harmless on the outside. But inside they are devious, and their motives are not what we think.

How can we discern them when we can’t see what people are like on the inside? The Bible tells us we will know them by their fruit.

Matthew 7:17 (NKJV) 17 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.

We look, we listen, we see with our own eyes and we will hear with our own ears what kind of fruit they produce.

Some things will stand out and be very loud and clear. Other things may be a little harder to discern, but the Holy Spirit will help us.

Take heed. Don’t be misled, and then when we are hurt, blame it on God or run away from Him.

He warns us.  We must be on our toes and discern the things around us. If we see them, don’t stick around to get bit. Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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Bible Verse of The Day – 9-23-19

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2 Timothy 2:15-16 (NKJV) 15 Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 16 But shun profane and idle babblings, for they will increase to more ungodliness.

Where are we in our walk with God?

Are we growing? Are we maturing?

A lot of this depends on two things. First, the leadership we place ourselves under and, second, whether we desire to grow or not.

Good Biblical leadership will foster growth and create a desire in people to grow as believers.

From the moment of conception, a child develops and grows. Physical growth will eventually stop, but the learning and maturing process should carry on for a lifetime. It’s just a natural part of the scheme of things.

And so it should be with children of God. We are birthed (born again), and then we should begin to grow and mature. The rate at which we grow will be different for each person. The important thing, though, is that we do grow.

Unlike natural growth, spiritual growth requires effort on our part. Just like intellectual growth, spiritual growth requires work and dedication. It also requires that our heart have a desire to draw closer to God. That desire is what drives our growth.

The question is, are we growing? Do we spend time in God’s word? Do we do what it tells us to do?

Don’t take this wrong. Simply following God’s laws won’t make us righteous, nor will it make us mature. But we should have a desire to walk out what God shows us in His word. This is a sign of maturity. It shows us where our heart is.

Here’s a little test for us. Are we in the same place spiritually that we were in 2 years ago? How about 5 years ago? Can we see that we have grown? Kind of makes you think, doesn’t it?

So, remember that we need to put God first in everything, being sure to spend time in His word regularly.

Yes, it takes work. It takes dedication. And it takes deliberate action on our part. But the benefits gained here and for eternity far outweigh all of the work required.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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Bible Verse of The Day – 9-22-19

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

Who Am I? That’s the question we ask in today’s video, called “Who Am I?”. 

In this video, we teach on finding who God made us in the midst of so many influences and pressures that come at us from so many directions. 

We found this video to be incredibly satisfying to record, and we think you will find it interesting, informative and eye-opening. We do hope you will take a few minutes to watch it. 

Please click here to watch it now. 

Be who God made you to be. 

Enjoy the rest of your day. 

We love you. 

Sincerely in Christ, 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

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

401-315-0902

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Bible Verse of The Day – 9-21-19

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Lamentations 3:23 (NKJV) 23 They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.

Have you ever prayed someone through a serious situation, and when all is said and done, and they get the victory, they give praise to themselves for being strong, or they gloat because they made it through?

Can we imagine how God must feel? He moved things around for us, opened doors for us, made preparations, and took the time to personally touch our situation with His miraculous Hand. And when the time comes to glorify Him, to give Him thanks, and to lift up His mighty name, instead, we turn it around and make it look like it was our bravery that got us through.

We have got to give credit to the One who deserves it. We have got to give thanks to the One who has made it possible. He is the One that deserves our praise.

Great is His faithfulness! Amen.

He is always there for us. He is listening, waiting and wanting to help us. He knows our very situation and is willing to carry us through.

Give Him praise today. Thank Him and know that He is the One that will bring us to the finish line. Know that we can do nothing without Him. It’s His faithfulness!

John 15:5 (NKJV) 5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.

Let us abide in Him, giving Him the glory for the work done in and through us.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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Bible Verse of The Day – 9-20-19

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Hebrews 13:5 (NKJV) 5 Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

For most people, the last part of this verse is what usually gets the emphasis; “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”.

But the first part of the verse is what makes the last part so important!

God reassures us that He will never leave us nor forsake us, no matter what our situation looks like.

The important thing is that we learn to be content with what we have, not being covetous or envious, longing after what others have.

We all go through times of lack, times when things are tough. Sometimes it’s financial difficulties. Other times it may be emotional struggles, where we feel alone or unloved. Still other times it may be health-related, where we are sick or battling various types of physical ailments.

It’s during those times when we may begin to look at what others have, and feel like we don’t have what we want or need. But it’s those times when we need to trust God wholly and remember that he has promised He will never leave us nor forsake us.

This doesn’t mean that everything will always be easy. Some situations will still be difficult.

But our security needs to be in Him, not in the things we have, regardless of what those things might be.

This kind of trust in God takes time to develop. It doesn’t happen overnight. And it doesn’t happen without a deliberate effort on our part.

It’s critical that we spend time in His word, time talking to Him and time listening to Him.

Then and only then will we fully understand the truth of this verse.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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Bible Verse of The Day – 9-19-19

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2 Chronicles 7:14 (NKJV) 14 if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

Praying for each other today is so crucial.

We are facing hard times as Believers. Some churches may not want to say this for fear of feeling like we have failed as a bride. But know this; there comes a time when we have to stand up and face what is in front of us. Without admitting to or acknowledging our problems, there will be no solving them.

We, for one, admit that the leadership as a whole has failed in many ways. And people have left the church and turned from God.

They lay wounded and bleeding, hurting and thinking they have nothing or no ONE to put their trust in.

We are so sorry for such a thing to have happened in the very place we would have thought would be safe from the troubles of this world. The very place where we could go and worship Him freely; the very house of God. His sanctuary, His place we could call home. We, as a church, have tainted His sanctuary with foolishness and pride.

We stand and repent to God today and ask Him for forgiveness.

Dear God,

Help us reach those that have lost their faith in you due to wrong handling of their situation; Hype, incorrect teachings, false prophetic words and anything else that the church has allowed in.

Bring healing Lord. Bring healing to your bride, we cry. Bring us together in unity and heal our land today, we ask in the precious name of your Son, Jesus Christ. Help us, Your church, to lead and guide through the truth and the principles of your Word. Amen

Ephesians 6:18 (NKJV) 18 praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints—

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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Bible Verse of The Day – 9-18-19

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

Jesus was never one to beat around the bush. He always made things very clear and very simple for people to understand when He spoke.

Many times, He used parables. This allowed Him to teach using examples that were relevant to the way people lived because those examples helped people relate to what He was saying.

In the verse above, though, there was no parable needed. There was no story needed to make His point.

He spoke directly to the hearts of His disciples, whom He was addressing at that time.

It’s interesting to note that for the verse above, most manuscripts used the phrase “you will obey my commandments”, instead of just saying “obey my commandments”.

One simply says to obey, while the other says that we will obey.

Think about that. Jesus said that if we love Him, we will keep His commandments.

It’s a heart thing. If we love Him, we will have a desire and a strong conviction to do what He has told us we should do!

It doesn’t mean that we will get it right 100% of the time. It means that we will want to do our absolute best to get it right.

If our heart is in it, we will make every effort to do what pleases Him. If our heart isn’t in it, or if we are half-hearted about it, we will only try when we feel like it, or when it’s convenient for us.

When I was 18 years old, long before I had given my life to Christ, I was dating Pastor Ellie. I was not even close to being a Christian. My life was not a good example of anything Godly.

But Pastor Ellie had given me a gift for Christmas that year. It was a necklace with a cross hanging on it. I have to admit that I was a bit surprised, and I didn’t quite know what to think of it. I just knew that this gift was given out of love, so I appreciated it and treasured it.

As I started wearing it, I began to be convicted of certain things I did on an everyday basis. The first thing I remember was that I began to be convicted if I used God’s name improperly. And even though my language didn’t get cleaned up as a whole, using God’s name, and the name of Jesus improperly came to an end.

Why? Because I came to understand that it was wrong. My heart wanted to do right.

It took me two more years before I gave in to God’s promptings and put my faith in Jesus, but God had already been working on me.

The point in all of this, though, is this; if we love God, we will want to do what is right. It won’t be an afterthought. It will be at the top of our priorities.

It doesn’t mean we will instantly change and begin living a perfect life that pleases God every step of the way. We will be genuinely trying, not so we can be a good person, but because we want to please Him and honor Him in everything that we say and do.

If you love Me, keep My commandments.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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Bible Verse of The Day – 9-17-19

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Psalm 143:10 (NKJV) 10 Teach me to do Your will, For You are my God; Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness.

There are a lot of things we have to learn when we become God’s child. It’s not time for us to put our feet up and just relax. It’s time to learn. It’s time to go to school.

Life is good when God becomes our God through His precious Son, Jesus Christ. God’s Spirit is a good Spirit and we are very blessed to have been given such a beautiful gift. Amen.

We must not think we can just kick back. But instead, we need to be steadfast in our learning. God will teach us His very Will for each one of us. Of course ours will be different than others, but we ultimately will be working in unity toward fulfilling God’s will on this earth together.

Only God can pull this off.

So, let us individually be taught God’s will for us, using our gifts and strengths through Him to reach those places and people we never thought we could reach.

2 Chronicles 15:7 (NKJV) 7 But you, be strong and do not let your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded!”

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
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Bible Verse of The Day – 9-16-19

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Proverbs 11:2 (NKJV) 2 When pride comes, then comes shame; But with the humble is wisdom.

Have you ever had your mind made up about something, and nobody can convince you otherwise, no matter how much truth you see showing you that you’re wrong about it?

That is pride in action.

Pride is a destroyer of many things; relationships, careers, families, opportunities, and much more.

Pride can even destroy our destiny if we’re not careful. Look what satan said when pride swallowed him up.

Isaiah 14:14 (NKJV) 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High.’

And did you know that stubbornness is actually a form of pride in many cases? Some people confuse persistence with stubbornness, but being stubborn can lead to much destruction if we’re not careful.

Every one of us has some amount of pride in us. We can appear to be humble. We can even think we’re humble. But if we let God shine His light on us, and we are 100% honest, we will begin to see areas in our lives where we are prideful.

And once we see it, we need to take action to let God root it out. It’s not optional if we truly want to live lives that are pleasing to God and fruitful for His kingdom.

Proverbs 16:18 (NKJV) 18 Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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