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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-25-19

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2 Corinthians 11:13-14 (NKJV) 13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. 14 And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light.

It’s important to know and understand that satan will try to come as an angel of light.  He will try to tempt us with things that look really, really good because he knows we like GOOD!

And most times those things will be so very close to the real deal that it is hard to tell them apart. It will be pretty, shiny and have bells and whistles to make sure it gets our attention.

We can be sure if it’s from him, it will bring nothing but destruction to us one way or another.

We have to learn to see through his temptation and his plan to bring destruction upon us.

He will use things that we may need or things that we really want, including finances, material things or even someone’s appearance.

In trying to throw us off, he will even go so low as to use ministers and spiritual leaders that have backslidden in their walk with God. In order to stop him we have to shut it down by resisting him.

James 4:7 (NKJV) 7 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

It’s not always easy to figure out what he is up to because he is sneaky and he will disguise himself and his plan to get us to take his bait. But when we do see it for what it is, we can’t hesitate and we can’t play with it.

And we can’t even entertain the thought of “just checking it out”. We need to move quickly and run far away from it.

If he is using people, drop them. If he is using finances, dump it. If he is using appearances to tempt us, let them go. If he is moving through a leader, move on from there and find another place to go and learn, etc.

Cry out to God today and ask for His help in keeping our feet from falling into the trap of the enemy. Amen.

Psalm 56:13 (NKJV) 13 For You have delivered my soul from death. Have You not kept my feet from falling, That I may walk before God In the light of the living?

Be sure to let God guide us in our choices and decisions before we say “YES”. He will show us if we are on the verge of getting hooked by our enemy.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-24-19

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Colossians 2:6-7 (NKJV) 6 As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, 7 rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.

Walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him.

This is the Christian walk, summarized in just 9 words. This is also the answer to so many of the questions we have.

How do I hear God better? How do I know what God wants for my life? How do I grow my faith in God?

These are questions that so many of us ask. And we wrestle with finding the answer that will “unlock the secrets” we desire to understand better.

But as we continually wrestle with this, the answer is actually right in front of us; as we have received Christ Jesus, so walk in Him.

And how do we walk in Him? Rooted and built up in the faith.

These are not something that we attain simply by desiring them to be so. They require persistence, perseverance, tenacity and resolve.

We need to pursue them relentlessly with a mindset that says “never quit, no matter what we face”.

And as we pursue God, we will find Him.

Jeremiah 29:13 (NKJV) 13 And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.

He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him (Hebrews 11:6).

This all comes together and begins to fall into place as we lay aside the fringe benefits, so to speak, and we seek only the Source of those benefits, the One who holds it all in His hands.

Seek Him and you will find Him. Amen

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-23-19

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Ecclesiastes 3 (NKJV} 1 To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven:

Are we one of those people who wants to handle everything on their own, never wanting to rely on someone else to get the job done? We want to be the one.

Why? Because if it’s in our hands then we know it will get done the way we want it to be done; one less thing to think about.

This is not a bad mindset until we have too much on our plate. And then what happens?

Then we have to scurry around and find someone to help us at the last minute.

You see, if we teach someone or allow them to help us, even when we are not going 150 MPH, then when the time comes they will be prepped and ready. All we will have to do is say the word and they are there for us.

Stop trying to take the whole load on ourselves. There may come a time when we need to delegate or entrust our work to others, or ask for help and learn to receive it from those that God has lined up and prepared to help us. Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-22-19

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Matthew 6:33 (NKJV) 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

As each day passes, and I spend time watching and listening to what other believers share about God, I have noticed something that really saddens me.

We’ve turned Christianity around so that everything is backwards.

So much of what we hear, see and are taught revolves around how to get everything we can get from God. But we hear so little about what we can give to God.

We need to change our attitude. We need to stop constantly looking for what we want and ask God what He wants.

Remember, it’s more about Him, than it is about us.

Deuteronomy 6:5 (NKJV) 5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.

Yes, He wants to bless us and reward us. But those things are not first and foremost in our relationship with Him.

Imagine having children who only looked to us for what they wanted, but not to give anything in return.

What kind of relationship would that be? How would that work out for the children as they grew up and matured? And how empty would we feel as parents if all we did was give, but never got anything genuine in return?

It’s kind of a bleak picture, isn’t it? Spoiled kids and hurt parents, with nothing to show for the love and care they gave to their children, except a broken, empty heart.

Church, let’s start putting God first, where He belongs. And let’s stop looking at Him as a Genie in a bottle that we have only to grant us our every wish.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-21-19 – Growing Strong Faith – Part 1

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Please click to watch the video nowGreetings in the wonderful name of Jesus! 

What is strong faith, and how do we make our faith strong? 

This is one of the most frequent questions we get asked. And today’s video dives into this important topic and lays the groundwork for a 3-part series on Growing Strong Faith. 

This is the most in-depth series of videos we have recorded, and we truly hope you will take the time to check it out. It will answer most of the questions you have about growing your faith. 

And it will likely reveal some things that you’ve never even thought about when it comes to faith. 

Please click here to watch the video now. 

We hope you enjoy it! 

Sincerely in Christ, 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-20-19

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Ephesians 1:7 (NKJV) 7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace…

Grace, grace, God’s Grace…how wonderful is His Grace!! Thank you, Lord, for the forgiveness of our sins. Thank you for your Grace! Amen.

Today is a good day to be reminded of what the Lord did for us.

He loves us so much that He gave His life on the cross for you and me. Some may say, “why, I don’t even deserve it? I am so bad at times and even when I want to be good, I still mess things up, so why would Jesus love me so much?”.

Why did He do it? Because, He is God in the flesh, and God loved us even before we were born.

Ephesians 1:4 (NKJV) 4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love…

He came here through a virgin, to gather us up to Him and to destroy the darkness that tries to destroy us.

He loves us, and nothing shall separate us from Him. Not death, not life, nor powers of darkness, and not anything in and of this world.

Romans 8:38-39 (NKJV) 38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Rejoice in Him today. We don’t have to search any more for love, because He first loved us.

1 John 4:19 (NKJV) 19 We love Him because He first loved us.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-19-19

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Zechariah 4:10 (NLT) 10 Do not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin, to see the plumb line in Zerubbabel’s hand.”

Have you ever prayed and asked God to allow you to do bigger and greater things? Have you felt small and insignificant doing the things you do?

This is pretty typical for most people. We all wrestle with this kind of thing. We want to do bigger and better things!

But there are a few things we need to keep in mind, so let’s take a look at them.

1 – First, why do we want to do bigger and better things? Is it solely because we want to make a bigger impact? Or is there maybe a little pride or ego involved?

Sometimes we see what someone else is doing and we become envious. It’s not necessarily a problem with us wanting what they have. But maybe we think that doing something bigger and better than what we’re doing now will give us some recognition.

2 – Second, what defines bigger and better? Whose scale do we use to define bigger and better? Is it ours? Or is it maybe the worlds?

We need to be careful that we don’t get our vision skewed by the things we see. We also need to remember that what we see with our natural eyes may not be the entire picture. Things might look pretty good at first sight, but there are always unseen things behind the scenes that can take away some of the supposed glamour of any situation.

3 – Third, who will “bigger and better” benefit? Will the bigger and better thing we seek after benefit us, or will it benefit someone else. Better yet, will it benefit the kingdom of God?

Before we get caught up in “moving up”, we need to remember that bigger isn’t always better.

The verse above says that God rejoices to see the work begin and to see the plumb line in Zerubbabel’s hand! This means that He rejoices just as much in small things, things in their beginning stages, as much as those things in their later stages.

The presence of a plumb line, which is used to make sure something stands straight upright, says just that; something is being built, but is not yet finished.

Take heart! Do the task that God has placed before you. Don’t worry about being big or small. Be concerned, instead, with making sure it’s done to the best of our ability, allowing God to use us and guide us.

When we let Him lead we can never go wrong.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-18-19

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Colossians 3:1-3 (NKJV) 1 If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. 2 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

We live in a carnal world. All of the things around us can sometimes make it difficult to “set our minds on things above” if we don’t make a conscious, deliberate effort to do so.

But there are a few things we can do that make it much easier!

First, we need to guard our hearts and minds and protect ourselves from the many onslaughts that we come up against on a daily basis. These come through many different channels, such as TV, movies, music, places we go, various websites we may visit, etc.

They can also come by way of people we interact with, since not everyone has the desire to know God or live a righteous life. And if we tend to hang around some of these people regularly, their actions and attitudes can rub off onto us if we’re not careful.

In light of these many kinds of influences, we can see that we are constantly being hit with lots of not-so-good stuff!

So, how do we combat it, and keep our minds on things above?

Here it is, in a nutshell. We stay alert and be watching and listening for God’s Spirit to prompt us and warn us of things or people that are not good influences. And when He prompts us or warns us, we heed what He says!

Our discernment, and our ability to “hear” God may not be very sharp. But we can let Him fix that by spending time in His word and letting it permeate our very being. When His word is in us, we will be able to hear Him more readily.

Limit what we see and hear. Be careful of who we spend too much time with. Spend time in His word. Heed the Holy Spirit.

Those 4 things, if we’re faithful and diligent to do them, will impact our lives in a huge way and help us to set our minds on things above.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-17-19

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Titus 1:16 (NKJV) 16 They profess to know God, but in works they deny Him, being abominable, disobedient, and disqualified for every good work.

Many times people will say that they know God, but when we watch what they do and say, it’s like, ”what?”. Where is the heart change that we expected to see?

Now, we should not be judgmental, but rather, patient.

When we do see something wrong in a brother or sister in Christ we should pray about it. If we feel like God is leading us to address them somehow, we need to let Him open the door and guide our words.

Ecclesiastes 7:8 (NKJV) 8 The end of a thing is better than its beginning; The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

If we speak one wrong word, make one accusation or even use the wrong tone, we can ruin what God wants to do in them. So, it’s important that we are patient and careful.

Listen and wait. And if it’s not for us to deal with, keep on walking and praying the way God wants us to pray.

Some things are simply not for us to touch.

People who are struggling in disobedience are not easy people to deal with. So, if God says to leave it alone, we need to leave it alone. He knows what He is talking about.

Leaving the situation alone teaches us to lean more on Him, knowing that He alone can handle it. Amen.

Psalm 72:12 (NKJV) 12 For He will deliver the needy when he cries, The poor also, and him who has no helper.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-16-19

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John 13:14 (NKJV) 14 If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.

Jesus walked the earth as God in the flesh.

For the time that He was here, He willingly gave up His rightful place at the Father’s right hand, and became a servant. For this time, He was made a little lower than the angels.

Hebrews 2:7 (NKJV) 7 You have made him a little lower than the angels; You have crowned him with glory and honor, And set him over the works of Your hands.

One of the things that Jesus repeatedly taught His disciples is what it meant to serve others. He didn’t just do this by telling them about it. He did it by walking it out right in front of them.

When the time for His crucifixion was very close, Jesus spent His final hours with His disciples, breaking bread with them and giving them some final life lessons. As part of this, He shocked them by indicating that He was going to wash their feet.

They were appalled at the thought of their Master kneeling at their feet and washing them. In their minds it should have been the opposite. Peter spoke out when it was his turn and told Jesus that this wasn’t right and he wouldn’t let Him do it.

But Jesus rebuked him and told him that without allowing Him to wash his feet, Peter could have no part with Him.

John 13:8 (NKJV) 8 Peter said to Him, “You shall never wash my feet!” Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you, you have no part with Me.”

At that, Peter not only allowed Him to wash his feet, but he exclaimed “also wash my hands and head!”.

Jesus didn’t do this just because He thought it would be a nice gesture on His last night with His disciples. He did it to actively demonstrate servanthood. He did it to set an example, not only for His disciples, but for each and every one of us too.

This doesn’t mean that we have to run around washing the feet of everyone we spend time with.

It does mean, however, that serving others should be pretty high on our list of priorities.

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 – 4-15-19

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2 Timothy 1:6 (NKJV) 6 Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.

If we want to get that gift stirred up and on fire, we need to get in God’s word and be sure to also spend time praying and listening. Go after whatever He puts in our hearts to go after.

For some it may just be getting past or getting delivered from some bad habits. For others, it may be spending time with someone specific or a group of people that may need help.

For others it may be just growing closer and reading more, taking notes and really digging in and learning.

For us, it has been amazing to watch this ministry grow. It has stirred us up and caused us to really get closer to God. It has made us realize that God is a BIG God and is in control of everything that we surrender to Him. He has it all under control. And we are blessed to know that.

Press in, get direction and go for it. Don’t be surprised when the door opens for us to use our God-given gift.

Always remember, let the Holy Spirit lead. If you don’t know what to say or do, wait on Him. He will guide you through.

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.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
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