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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-13-19

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Psalm 69:5 (NKJV) 5 O God, You know my foolishness; And my sins are not hidden from You.

Sometimes we do things that can make us feel pretty foolish.

There are a few ways to look at these types of choices that we make.

1 – We can learn from our mistakes and glean wisdom and insights that we might not have had if we didn’t make that poor choice!

2 – We can use what we learn to help others avoid that same mistake.

3 – We get to see God move on our behalf, showing us His mercy, love and grace.

Not one of these is any more valuable than any of the others. They all work to make our lives better.

But, more importantly, they all can be used by God to shape us and mold us into the person He wants us to become.

It’s important that we remember that we are all works in progress. We all have flaws and rough spots that God is working to correct and smooth off. And the foolish things that we do are all just part of the process.

Yes, some things we learn more quickly than others. And yes, many times we make a poor choice knowing up front that it’s a poor choice. But if our hearts are in the right place, and we truly want to please God, we will eventually get it right, if we heed His guidance and follow His leading.

Remember, He is the Potter and we are like clay in His hands, being shaped and perfected each and every day.

Jeremiah 18:5-6 (NLT) 5 Then the Lord gave me this message: 6 “O Israel, can I not do to you as this potter has done to his clay? As the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-12-19

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Psalm 98:4 (NKJV) 4 Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth; Break forth in song, rejoice, and sing praises.

Just the other day while driving down the road, I had this overwhelming feeling come over me as to how good God is. Have you ever had that feeling?

You are not thinking about anything in particular, just in the midst of whatever you are doing at that moment, and then bam…it hits you right there!

It was one of the most exciting feelings I have ever felt. Almost surreal. I can’ t even put it in words.

But, when it happens, everything in me wants to shout out with joy!

It’s actually good it happens in the car, since it’s just me and God and I can sing or shout as loud as I want!

The Lord’s love for us alone should make us want to shout every day.

I realize that God puts up with a lot from me. I can be very stubborn, selfish, annoying and so much more at times. But He still is there when I need Him.

Most people would run away saying, ”forget it, they are too much work for me to handle”.

But the Lord, He loves us in spite of our silliness and folly.

Can we give Him a shout out from our hearts today and praise Him? He is good!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-11-19

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Psalm 50:15 (NKJV) 15 Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.”

One of the biggest mistakes we can make as believers is to try to solve all of our problems on our own.

So many times, when we get into a situation that’s troublesome or problematic, we totally forget that we have a Father who wants us to go to Him for help. And we try to face it on our own.

It’s a natural reaction for most of us to jump right into action and start problem solving. But God wants us to go to Him first, before we jump into action. In fact, when we do jump into action, the first thing we should do as part of our problem-solving steps is to ask Him for His help!

It can take some time for us to break free of our old ways and start doing things the way God wants us to. Habits are hard to break.

But if we will let God help us break this one, it will help make our lives easier, more enjoyable and, most importantly, more God-pleasing.

So, let’s learn to put God first, even in our problems. Let Him lead the way through the darkness and out into the light, where we can give Him all of the honor and glory for delivering us. Amen

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-10-19 – Where Are The Nine?

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

Where are the nine? That’s the question that Jesus asked after healing 10 lepers, and only one returned to thank Him. And that’s the title of our new video. 

In the video we talk about the nine and how it relates to our own lives as believers. 

We hope that you’ll take a few minutes and watch it. 

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Enjoy your day, and know that you are loved! 

Sincerely in Christ, 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-9-19

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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.

When everything in us is screaming to pray for what we think we need, but instead we ask for what He wants or sees fit for us, this is a good place to be in our hearts.

There are many things we may think we need to help our present situation. But God knows exactly what it will take, and if we go to Him before starting off on our list, He will be sure to show us what will get the job done.

As I was praying this morning, God impressed on my heart that one of the things that I prayed about had touched His heart, and it was something He needed to hear.

I thought to myself, “what in the world could I have possibly said to God that would touch His heart and was something He needed to hear?”.

He said, “when you said to Me, to not let anything come between us, no wealth, no material thing, nothing that may pull us apart or bring separation or distance in our relationship. It touched Me.”

He shared with me that many come to Him in prayer begging for material blessings and wealth, temporary fixes. But the thing we need most we don’t mention.

I am not saying that we should never go to Him and ask for things as such, but it should not be our focus and the only reason why we spend time with Him.

Seek after Him first, and all the things we may think we need shall be added to us.

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Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-8-19

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Colossians 1:9 (NKJV) 9 For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

That you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding.

As believers, this is our goal, to be filled with the knowledge of His will, and to gain spiritual understanding.

We can study endlessly. We can pray without ceasing. We can worship Him in spirit and in truth. We can work hard to attain certifications, degrees and other man-made titles. But if we forget to gain spiritual understanding and we fail to be filled with the knowledge of His will, we are empty and pointless.

There is a trend today to tack titles onto our names, even within the body of Christ. Some of these titles are biblical, while others are dreamed up by man.

But it doesn’t really matter if we add a title to our name or not. What matters is where our heart is and whether we put the time and effort into pursuing God wholeheartedly and with all sincerity.

The verse above is our prayer for each and every one of you. It is our desire that every single person who reads our emails and our blog posts, and who watches our videos will be encouraged to press in to God and learn of Him, becoming a strong, potent follower of Christ.

God wants each of us to walk the path He has set before us. Sometimes it can take a bit of time for us to find that path. Sometimes it can take a while for us to get the understanding we need to take those steps.

But God is faithful. And as He patiently waits for us and He continues to lead us and show us who He is, and who He wants us to be, His mercy is never-ending and his compassion for us will never fail.

Set your eyes on Him. Let His word guide your steps and light the path before you.

Amen

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-7-19

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1 John 4:12 (NKJV) 12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us.

When people hear, see and watch us, and they see that we truly care about them or others, that love that they see will break the backbone of hardness.

This “God kind of love” takes a deliberate effort to obtain. It takes us giving way to Him daily, hourly, minute by minute. It takes surrendering our heart, mind and flesh, 24/7. In other words, we are not walking by our flesh anymore, but by His Spirit.

Romans 8:9 (NKJV) 9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His.

The question is, can we do this?

The change comes when God is alive in us. His Holy Spirit must have a place of freedom to guide, teach and demonstrate through us. Even when we don’t understand it, we must give Him the right of way and let Him do what it takes to help us get the job done.

We may say, “how do we let the Holy Spirit do whatever needs to be done in that moment?”.

We humbly let go of what we once knew and we submit by following His promptings. Trust that as we step out, He will catch us and show us where to land our feet.

May His love be perfected in you and I as we love like no other.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-6-19

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Nehemiah 4:17 (NKJV) 17 Those who built on the wall, and those who carried burdens, loaded themselves so that with one hand they worked at construction, and with the other held a weapon.

The wall surrounding Jerusalem had been destroyed. King Nebuchadnezzar was responsible for this, as Babylon destroyed Jerusalem and everything in it.

Nehemiah made it his mission to rebuild the wall, so he did whatever was necessary to secure the materials and manpower to get it done.

But there was a problem. They were opposed by many who wanted to see them fail. And the people who opposed them didn’t just speak out against them, they pledged to stop them by any means necessary, including attacking them.

Nehemiah and his people didn’t let it deter them. Instead, they worked together, not only to rebuild the wall, but to defend each other while doing so.

As mentioned above, they taught themselves to work with one hand, while holding a weapon in the other hand.

We can learn so much from this!

Many of us are guilty of letting enemies deter us, even with just their words. We hear them mocking us and we give up. We find out that they are gathering against us and we tremble with fear. We see them moving against us and we turn and run away.

But God wants us to learn how to work with one hand, while holding a weapon in the other.

Does this mean that we walk around with physical weapons in our hand? Not at all, at least not for this kind of battle. We need to learn how to fight spiritually and decimate our enemy with weapons of spiritual warfare!

God wants us to learn to watch and listen while we work! We have to learn to be discerning and potent as warriors who can work and defend ourselves at the same time.

It’s not easy to do at first. But as we press in to Him and let Him lead us by His spirit, we will get the understanding we need. And He will teach us the ways of warfare that only He knows.

2 Corinthians 10:4 (NKJV) 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds…

And as we develop the skills to work and defend at the same time, we will accomplish what He sends us to accomplish.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-5-19

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Matthew 22:37-39 (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.’ 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

Dear God, help us to love You in such a way, with everything in us. And once we have learned that, help us to do the next thing and love our neighbor as our self. In Jesus’ name we ask. Amen

To love God with all our heart, soul and mind, and then love our neighbor as our self, can we all agree that change has to happen? His Spirit has to be alive in us. And we have to be disciplined to say no to our fleshly desires.

The flesh can be very strong-willed, even in a believer. It has its way of wanting to do what it wants.

If we are tired and unhealthy, we are not up for the battle. We will be more apt to give into it, even when we know it’s wrong.

The flesh will begin to change when we stay close to God, through prayer and reading His word. It will also help if we are well-rested and keeping ourselves physically healthy. These few things will all contribute to being alert and strong in our spirit man.

If we can be consistent in these things, it will make a huge difference in keeping our hearts close and in love with God.

When our heart changes, our mind and soul will follow suit and we will walk in this love on a regular basis.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-4-19

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Luke 10:30-33 (NKJV) 30 Then Jesus answered and said: “A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his clothing, wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. 31 Now by chance a certain priest came down that road. And when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32 Likewise a Levite, when he arrived at the place, came and looked, and passed by on the other side. 33 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was. And when he saw him, he had compassion.

Recently we got to spend some time with a couple we had never met before.

As we sat, eating and sharing great conversation, they shared with us how the gentleman had recently been injured very badly, requiring surgery and rendering him unable to walk for a lengthy period of time. During that time, he was confined to his home.

They went on to share that during the time when he was unable to leave home, not a single person from their local church reached out to check on him. This left a scar on him. His fellow parishioners, whether intentional or not, failed him when they could have reached out and offered him encouragement, hope, help, etc.

We live in a day and age where people seem to be happier to pull out their cell phone and record people in need rather than offer to help. It’s truly sad to think that the body of Christ has fallen into the observer category instead of offering kindness and compassion.

Every one of us knows someone who could use our help in one way or another. We don’t always have to drop what we’re doing and drive somewhere to help. Sometimes all it takes is a phone call to check on someone, to encourage them, to let them know we care.

Sometimes all it takes is to stop what we’re doing and pray for them.

And, yes, sometimes it does require that we take the time to set ourselves aside and go the extra mile for someone; make them a meal, stop by to visit them, help them with a specific task that they can’t do themselves.

We carry the light of God here on earth. We represent Him in this world that’s so busy and uncaring. Let us not fall short and behave like those who do not know Him.

Let us not be like the priest and the Levite who looked at the man half dead beside the road and chose to leave him there without rendering aid.

Let us, instead, be like the Samaritan who not only helped him, but went the extra mile and made sure he was cared for even after he had left.

Luke 10:34-35 (NKJV) 34 So he went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; and he set him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35 On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said to him, ‘Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I come again, I will repay you.’

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-3-19 – IF

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Please click to watch the video nowGreetings brothers and sisters in Christ! 

Have you ever thought about the word “IF”, and what it means to us as believers? 

Actually, it’s a pretty important word for all of us, despite its very small size. 

God uses if, and the principle of it a lot in His word. And its implications in our walk with Him are pretty important. 

Today’s video discusses this little two-letter word and how it’s used in the Bible. 

We hope you’ll take a few minutes and watch it. 

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Enjoy the rest of your day. 

Sincerely, 

 Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
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