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Bible Verse of The Day – 12-14-18

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Philippians 4:19 (NKJV) 19 And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

Many of us are asking God for a financial breakthrough. It seems to be the biggest thing that most of us ask Him for.

Sometimes we ask because there is a genuine need. Other times, not so much. We ask because we want something more than we need that particular something.

Either way, though, we ask and we wait expectantly.

Many times, after we have asked, we wait and we wait. And we wait some more. And it can sometimes seem like our petition is falling on deaf ears. The “breakthrough” doesn’t come. Our prayer goes unanswered.

Or does it?

In reality, here’s what happens many times. We ask God for a blessing or breakthrough, usually with a specific sum of money in mind. Then we watch and wait for that sum to show up.

Maybe we’re looking for a check of unknown origin to show up in the mail. Maybe we look for a raise or a bonus at work.

Whatever it is that we look for, we always seem to attach some type of mysterious aura to it. We expect it to be a large lump sum of money that just appears out of nowhere.

And, while we’re waiting, money comes in and goes back out. It passes through our hands without us giving it a second thought. Why? Because it doesn’t match that figure that we have stuck in our heads.

Sadly, as we watch that money come and go, we fail to recognize that much of it could very well be little pieces of the blessing that we have asked God for. We just fail to recognize it as such because it isn’t coming in a large lump sum in the exact amount we asked for.

Instead, we see smaller amounts over a period of time. They don’t catch our attention because of their size.

And, if we’re not careful, we squander it on things other than what God intended it for because of the failure to recognize it.

It’s incredibly important that we learn to recognize the blessings of God, even when they don’t show up wrapped in the package we were expecting. Failure to do so means missing out on so many of His blessings.

So, if we are asking God for something, whether a financial blessing or any other kind of blessing, we need to be vigilant and discerning to recognize the things that God sends our way, and then diligent to handle them in the way He wants us to.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 12-13-18

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1 Corinthians 9:24 (NKJV) 24 Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it.

As a young girl, I was fast. I was even faster than my brothers and faster than all the boys in my class. I often took first place in the races on field day at my school.

I remember feeling bad at times for always being the fastest. But I loved to run and I would give it my all.

As I grew up, I noticed that before a race or a track meet, if I was feeling scared or intimidated in any way, my speed was limited. I did not run as fast, my strength was lessened, and I would not do as well.

Having confidence helped me to run better.

No matter what race we are running today, there will always be fear or intimidation somewhere along that road. Don’t avoid it. Don’t try and take a detour or different route. It will slow us down when it comes to reaching our destination.

Face it. Speak to it by not backing down or running away from it. Stand firm with confidence in God, knowing that all things are possible with Him.

We can win! Amen.

Matthew 19:26 (NKJV) 26 But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

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Bible Verse of The Day – 12-12-18

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Proverbs 13:4 (NKJV) 4 The soul of a lazy man desires, and has nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made rich.

Diligence is a big deal with God. He wants us to be diligent in all we do, from the smallest thing to the biggest thing.

God says that if we are diligent, our souls will be made rich. Did you notice the difference between what God says and what some others say?

Many people, including some in the church, will tell us that if we are diligent, we will become wealthy with material things. God says our soul will be made rich.

It’s important that we pay attention to this. Why? Because if our soul is rich, then and only then can we properly handle material wealth.

With material wealth there also comes a big responsibility. Most of us aren’t ready for material wealth when we think we are. And if we’re not careful, material wealth will ruin us in a hurry.

Sure, it makes some things a lot easier. But it can lead us into many, many snares if we don’t know how to properly handle it.

Let’s learn to become diligent, so our souls will prosper, before we worry about prospering with our finances.

Then, as we continue to be diligent, as God makes our soul prosper, so will He also help us to prosper financially, as He sees that we can handle it properly.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 12-11-18

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Luke 5:38 (NKJV) 38 But new wine must be put into new wineskins, and both are preserved.

Change can be hard. Even if we know it may be good for us, it’s still hard to actually follow through with it.

Some people may be stuck in a rut because they cannot make the switch. It’s not that they don’t want to. They have every intention to. But when they look at the whole picture it is overwhelming.

God does not expect us to change everything all at once. He knows it will take some time. A little here and a little there is usually sufficient. Just as long as we are willing and we obey His steps, that is all that really matters.

How can we get past this?

Most times we put off changing because inside we are scared of the new. It is usually something we’ve never done and we don’t know what the outcome will be. So, we would rather stay with the known than to enter into the unknown. Why? Because we are familiar with it.

The Israelites had a similar attitude. They were set free from the bondage they were in, but after a while they wanted to go back to the familiarity of the past.

Numbers 14:4 (NKJV) 4 So they said to one another, “Let us select a leader and return to Egypt.”

Are we thinking on the same line today as the Israelites? If so, we need help. The old is not better than the new, no matter how comforting it may seem to us in our minds.

Luke 5:39 (NKJV) 39 And no one, having drunk old wine, immediately desires new; for he says, ‘The old is better.’ ”

We may not like the new change at first, but over time we will find it is what we needed.

When God wants to do something new in us, we have to be ready to receive it, even if we don’t know the outcome. We need to be newly renovated today. We can’t let our love for familiarity work against the newness that God wants to pour into us.

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Bible Verse of The Day – 12-10-18

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John 6:35 (NKJV) 35 And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.

As believers it’s important that we understand that some things in God’s word deal with the natural man and the natural world, while others speak specifically of the spiritual man and the spiritual world.

This is what caused so many people to scoff at Jesus when He spoke, because they were so spiritually dull that they couldn’t see that He spoke symbolically and from a spiritual point of view, not just of natural things.

This caused many to think that He was way off with some of the things He said. Many accused Him of being crazy simply because they didn’t have the spiritual discernment to know that He spoke spiritually, not just naturally.

As we read and spend time in His word, it’s also important for us to have that same understanding and discernment. We need to know when God is speaking of the natural and when He is referring to the spiritual.

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?

As we get this kind of understanding, we will begin to see and understand more and more of what His word is really saying. Our grasp of spiritual things will grow and develop, and we will become more and more mature as believers.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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Bible Verse of The Day – 12-9-18 – It’s OK To Be Yourself

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

We all have various relationships in our lives; marriage, friendship, co-workers, classmates and much more. And each of the people that we interact with regularly can have an impact on how we act. 

God has made each of us with certain strengths, talents, qualities and personality traits. It’s all part of who we are. But some people constantly put pressure on us to change who we are. They want us to surrender who God made us to be in order to please them. 

Our latest video talks about being who God made us to be. In that video, we discuss many of the things that can cause us to give up who God made us to be. And we talk about how to avoid being pressured into changing just because certain people say we should. 

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

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Enjoy your day and keep pressing in to God. 

Sincerely in Christ, 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 12-8-18

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Matthew 5:6 (NKJV) 6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled.

As human beings, we can experience two kinds of hunger. One is our hunger for natural food; the things we eat that keep our body alive.

And then there is spiritual food; the things we “eat” that keep our spirit alive and thriving.

It’s safe to say that we all very much understand natural hunger. Our bodies tell us when we need to eat. Our stomachs rumble. We feel empty. And if we don’t eat enough, we can become faint and light-headed. If we don’t provide our bodies with proper nutrition, we can actually pass out.

In extreme circumstances, we can become physically sick, and ultimately die from starvation.

The same can be said for spiritual hunger. We feel the longing inside of us to be fed. Our spirit craves proper food and sustenance. And if we don’t feed our spirit properly, it will wither up and die. It will starve to death.

Many of us feel this hunger, this longing, and we try to fill it with the wrong things; material things, wealth, attention from others, physical affection and many other things.

But none of these will ever satisfy our spiritual hunger. And that’s because we fail to truly understand what this hunger really is. It’s a desire to draw closer to God and let Him satisfy us.

No, this isn’t about a God-shaped hole that we hear so much about when referring to our need for a Savior.

It’s about hungering and thirsting after righteousness. It’s about longing to know God in such an intimate way that nothing else will stop the craving. Nothing else will satisfy our hunger and our thirst.

Hungering and thirsting after righteousness will push us toward God in a way that is beyond words to describe it. And when we finally understand the hunger, and we begin to feast on God and His word, then and only then will we be filled.

Are we hungry and thirsty? Do we feel like we’re spiritually starving and undernourished?

We need to press into God. Draw near to Him. Let Him be the sole source of our sustenance.

James 4:8 (NKJV) 8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
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Bible Verse of The Day – 12-7-18

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2 Timothy 4:7 (NKJV) 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

We are survivors, through Christ!

We don’t give up and we don’t give in. We live day to day and we fight the good fight.

Our minds may battle us at times, and sometimes it might get to the point where we just want to give in and do things the way our human understanding tells us to. But the voice that is strong within us keeps us walking on that straight and narrow path.

We are strong. We are moving forward. Satan is a loser and God has already won the battle!

Let us not grow weary in doing what is good. For in the end we will see it was all worth it.

Galatians 6:9 (NKJV) 9 And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.

We are ambassadors for Christ. We walk by faith and not by sight. Whatever battle we see in front of us now is not too hard for us to face. We need to put on God’s armor, stand firm on His words and His promises to us, and walk forward.

God is our Rock!

1 Samuel 2:2 (NKJV) 2 “No one is holy like the Lord, For there is none besides You, Nor is there any rock like our God.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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Bible Verse of The Day – 12-6-18

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1 Thessalonians 3:12-13 (NKJV) 12 And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another and to all, just as we do to you, 13 so that He may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.

Pastor Ellie and I were talking this morning about what God has been doing in our own lives, and the direction He has taken us over the last several years.

We will readily admit that we never had any idea that God would use us for the things He is using us for. But He has molded and shaped our hearts as He leads us to reach out and share His love, mercy and hope with others.

The verses above are our prayer for you, that He will make you increase and abound in love to one another, and to all.

He has taught us how to be content, no matter our situation. We learned to rest in Him whether we were prospering or in dire need. Our faith and trust are completely in Him. He is our provider and sustainer.

And so we also desire for all of you, that your trust would lie wholly in Him each and every minute of every day, no matter what comes your way.

Once we understand this and begin to live it out, we will begin to see God in new and life-changing ways. And our hearts will change.

Contentedness is not something that comes naturally. It takes letting God teach us how to be content in Him. And that comes completely by faith, as we grow to love Him and trust Him more.

Philippians 4:11-12 (NKJV) 11 Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content: 12 I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. Everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.

We love you all.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 12-5-18

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Romans 8:37 (NKJV) 37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.

Get up and celebrate, for we are victorious in Christ!

He has conquered every sickness and every disease through the stripes that He took on His back and the cross that He bore for us.

If we are struggling with any disease or addictions, we need to know that He has already won that battle. Believe in Him for deliverance and healing today. Don’t try to figure out when or where it will come from. Just trust it will happen the way He wants it to. Be willing to do whatever it takes.

Put our troubles in the Hands of the Man that went out of His way to save us. Listen to what He is saying and obey what He is prompting us to do.

Some of us need to give up drinking, smoking and drugging.

Some of us need to stop sleeping around, fornicating or committing adultery.

Some of us need to forgive someone.

Some of us need to give up our finances and sow a seed.

Some of us need to stop talking trash, using filthy language and laughing at dirty jokes.

Some of us need to stop spreading negativity.

God will show us our answer for our problem. We need to be willing to listen, willing to straighten up and take the necessary steps. If we really want it, we will go after it.

God help us to really want it today. Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 12-4-18

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Ephesians 2:4-5 (NKJV) 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),

God’s grace is often misunderstood, under-valued, and sometimes even strangely twisted by some.

We recently had someone comment on one of our videos that was teaching about righteousness. In his comments, the man stated that God’s grace is not enough to save us.

He went on to say that we are ultimately saved by our works, and that God’s grace is only enough to erase the sins that we committed prior to finding Christ. After we are saved, it is up to us to earn our way into heaven by our own righteousness and good works.

If that was true, we would be in a heap of trouble. All of us.

Romans 3:10 (NKJV) 10 As it is written: “There is none righteous, no, not one;

You see, God wants us to live our lives righteously. His word tells us this many, many times, even in the New Testament, after Jesus had come and died for our sins. But this isn’t so we can earn our way into heaven.

It is to set an example to others and to show that we are no longer slaves to the sin that so strongly held us captive before we met Jesus.

The Bible tells us that if we are free in Christ, we are free indeed. It doesn’t say that we will be free if we live the rest of our lives 100% sinless. That is a human impossibility.

But because we now have the Holy Spirit to lead us and guide us, God has equipped us to be able to resist temptation and walk away from sin as He leads us to do so.

Will we always do that perfectly? No. We will still make some poor choices at times. But we are told very bluntly that if we resist the devil, he will flee from us.

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

Salvation and forgiveness are gifts of God. Plain and simple. They are not to be earned. They cannot be used like trophies that we have won in a race. We cannot boast in what we have done to secure them.

Ephesians 2:8-9 (NKJV) 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.

If we are to boast in anything at all, it should only be in what Jesus has done for all of us.

Galatians 6:14 (NKJV) 14 But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

Amen

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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