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Bible Verse of The Day – The Importance of Covenant (Part 2) – 11-26-17

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Greetings in the name of Jesus! 

We hope that you are growing closer to God each day. 

We have published our newest video, The Importance of Covenant, Part 2. 

Entering into a covenant with God is life-changing. It will help solidify our relationship with Him and bring us closer than ever in our walk with Him. 

Please click here to watch the video now. 

In our own lives, it is something that we will never forget. And the benefits have been more than words can accurately portray or communicate. 

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We hope you will take a few minutes of your day and watch this video. 

We promise it will be well worth your time. 

Please click here to watch the video now. 

Draw near to Him, and He will draw near to you. 

Sincerely in Christ, 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bradford, RI 02808 

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Bible Verse of The Day – 11-25-17

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Mark 9:24 (NKJV) 24 Immediately the father of the child cried out and said with tears, “Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!”

We may feel like our hardest times are upon us. We can’t see past what is in front of us. It seems huge and we are tired, drained and feeling like it is a lost battle.

So many times, we have prayed and asked God for the answer and we are discouraged because, to the natural eye, there appears to have been no change. We are still here and we are beginning to doubt God and His promises.

Look up today. Don’t spend one more moment looking at the situation in front of us. When we open our heart up and look to Him, when we call out to Him, He hears our voice. He is working things out.

It may not seem like anything is happening or changing, but behind the scenes God is on the move on our behalf.

So, what is our job?

We need to begin to thank Him, praise Him and rejoice because we know Who our Deliverer is! Wait quietly and hold fast to His hand. He will not fail us. He is there. He will make our path clear.

Psalm 34:17 (NKJV) 17 The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears, And delivers them out of all their troubles.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 11-24-17

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Psalm 1:1 (NKJV) 1 Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; 

Most of us want to know how to be blessed by God. It’s something that many of us spend a lot of time and effort on. 

We read lots of books. We watch lots of videos. We dig through God’s word. How do we live a blessed life? 

Contrary to what many want, it doesn’t happen with the snap of a finger. 

Being blessed by God involves steps. And Psalm 1:1 gives us the first set of those steps. 

Before we can expect God to bless our lives, we need to heed His instruction and start doing those things that He wants us to do. 

  1. Do not walk in the counsel of the ungodly. We can’t walk by the advice of, or in the steps of the ungodly; those who walk contrary to God’s ways.
  2. Don’t stand in the path of sinners. God gives us two paths to choose from. We need to choose the path of righteousness, not the path of sin and its ways.
  3. We can’t sit in the seat of the scornful. It benefits us not to follow the ways of contempt, mockery, contemptuousness or ridicule.

So, there you have it. God says that if we will avoid these things, He will bless us. 

And, as we continue to follow Him and walk in His ways, our lives will continue to be blessed. 

Remember, being blessed by God doesn’t just happen. It comes when we obey God on a continuous basis and do the things He tells us to do. 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 11-23-17

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Mark 2:17 (NKJV) 17 When Jesus heard it, He said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”

My heart aches today for those who struggle with addictions.

We can think, “well, they just need to quit. They just need to stop doing what they are doing. We can’t keep being there for them if they won’t try to help themselves”.

Only God knows what they are going through.

I have seen people with addictions at their worst. And I have seen them at their best. They are two different people, like night and day.

It’s painful to watch someone go through withdrawals and the detox process. And it hurts to see them slip right back into it again after all that pain and struggling they went through to get it right. But we can’t give up on them.

They are addicted. They can not beat this on their own. It literally breaks my heart to see the demonic hold it has on them.

I pray today for those that are struggling, that they will turn to God, repent and ask for His deliverance.

God wants you to know you are not alone, and you should never try to break this addiction on your own. It takes the power and might of the name of Jesus Christ to break its hold. And don’t ever be ashamed to ask for help.

I don’t care how many times we slip up. Keep asking. We all have our things we are dealing with. Sometimes they go quickly and sometimes they take time.

God help us to love and help one another, no matter what our struggle is. Help us to never look down at anyone that is struggling with addictions.

Help us to be there for those who You put in our path; those that are sick and need a physician.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 11-22-17

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Job 12:13 (NKJV) 13 “With Him are wisdom and strength, He has counsel and understanding. 

We’ve talked quite a bit about wisdom recently. That’s because it’s very important! 

Wisdom has many benefits. But did you know that strength is one of those benefits? 

It’s not very often that we associate wisdom with strength. 

But, think about it. If we have wisdom, we have clarity of vision. Our convictions are stronger. We have clear direction. We have sharp discernment. And we have understanding in many things. 

And all of these add up, to help make us a stronger person in Christ. 

In a recent video that we published, we talked about the various ways to get God’s wisdom. We get wisdom by asking God for it. And we get wisdom by getting God’s word in us on a regular basis. We eat it like food! In return, it nourishes us and gives us strength. 

The more we get His word in us, the more understanding we gain. And this gives us more wisdom for our everyday lives. 

And all of these things allow us to live stronger, more fruitful lives. We will spend less time worried and fretting, and more time moving forward. 

Proverbs 4:7 (NKJV) 7 Wisdom is the principal thing; Therefore get wisdom. And in all your getting, get understanding. 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bradford, RI 02808 

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Bible Verse of The Day – 11-21-17

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

The most important thing we can do in this life is follow the verse above and truly fall in love with our God. Fall in love with our Creator, our Lord, our Provider, our Healer, our King of kings and our Savior, Jesus Christ.

What do we mean by falling in love?

Some of us might not even know what love really is. Maybe some of us have never been loved the way we should have been. And the love we think we know isn’t love at all.

Jesus is our example of LOVE.

Jesus’s love for us is true love. He loves us so much that He gave Himself for us. Literally. That’s right. He died a cruel death for you and for me.

And while He was here, He served us. He healed us. He clothed and fed us. He delivered us from demonic attacks. He protected us from our enemies. He made a way for us to have a relationship with Him. And He made us a home in Heaven for when it’s our time to leave this place.

This love is for us all.

Go after Him. Find Him. He will teach us how to love like this as we walk in a relationship with Him.

A relationship takes two people, talking to each other, hearing each other, serving each other, respecting each other, caring for each other. We go the extra mile for each other. Even unto death. These are all things we will do when we truly love.

Start a relationship with our beloved Jesus Christ. Everything else around us will fall into place, one piece at a time. We will learn how to love and deal with things accordingly.

Our words will be tempered, our anger, unforgiveness and bitterness will eventually go away. Our cares will be more for others than for ourselves. We will handle ourselves differently and our situation will change for the better.

Focus on falling in love with Him first. He will work out all the other details over time.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 11-20-17

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Exodus 20:7 (NKJV) 7 “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain. 

God’s name. It is a name to be revered and lifted up. And yet we hear people, including believers, followers of Christ, using it on a daily basis as a curse word. 

God’s name, and the name of Jesus Christ, have become more commonly used as cuss words than as names that bring awe and reverence when spoken. 

What’s even more sad is that millions of believers fall into this same habit on a daily basis. They take the name that has given them new life and fresh hope, and they bring shame upon it by blurting it out in anger, in a derogatory way. 

The verse above says that those who do this will not be held guiltless. We are responsible for this and will be held accountable. 

We want to appeal to you today to consider this habit, and to ask God for forgiveness. And ask Him to remind you when you’re about to blurt it out. That you would stop before it leaves your mouth. 

And then we need to ask God to cleanse our hearts, that the tendency and the desire to do this would be removed. 

The name of God, and the name of Jesus Christ are holy and pure. There is no darkness in them. Ever. 

So, let’s not bring shame to Him by using these names in such terrible ways. 

God, we love you. And we ask you to forgive us for the shame we have brought upon your name. Deliver us from this terrible habit. Amen. 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – The Importance of Covenant (Part 1) – 11-19-17

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Greetings! 

Covenant isn’t something that we hear much about these days. But it’s still a very important topic that we need to take seriously. 

We just published a new video on this topic. We hope you’ll watch it! 

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When we covenant with God, it is life-changing. There’s something about it that affects our lives in a profound way. And as we move forward day by day, we see more and more things happening as a result of that covenant. 

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Many years ago, we entered into a covenant with God, and our lives have never been the same since then. So we hope that what we share in this new video will help you greatly. 

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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 – 11-18-17

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2 Chronicles 1:11-12  (NKJV) 11 Then God said to Solomon: “Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked riches or wealth or honor or the life of your enemies, nor have you asked long life—but have asked wisdom and knowledge for yourself, that you may judge My people over whom I have made you king— 12 wisdom and knowledge are granted to you; and I will give you riches and wealth and honor, such as none of the kings have had who were before you, nor shall any after you have the like.”

Solomon asked for wisdom and knowledge. Nothing else. But the scripture above shows why he also became a prosperous man. Prosperity is not just found in obtaining large amounts of money and material wealth.

Prosperity comes through God’s wisdom. And the only way to walk prosperously is to get God’s wisdom on a daily basis and for every situation.

It is the understanding, knowledge and wisdom of God that fixes a problem for good. It is in the wisdom of how to work things out that brings us the satisfaction, the completion, and the victory that we need as a person.

Prosperity comes when we get understanding and wisdom and we act accordingly.

Peter said, silver and gold I don’t have, but he offered to the man what God showed him he needed. In this situation that man needed the healing of his legs.

Acts 3:6 (NKJV) 6 Then Peter said, “Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.”

Are we laying there lame today, waiting for the wrong thing?

This is why we feel we don’t get anywhere. We think we need gold, silver, or money and that will take care of all our problems and the situation we are facing.

Wisdom and understanding in this situation showed Peter that it was healing for the man’s legs that was really needed. What good would gold and silver be to a man that couldn’t walk, couldn’t work, couldn’t do much?

With his legs, he could care for himself the rest of his life.

Understanding our situation, and what we need to do to take care of it, will bring us into a constant, steadfast, prosperous life.

We have to take the wisdom of the Lord that He gives us, for every problem we run into, and handle it accordingly.

Get up, take action and walk with the wisdom of the Lord.

Proverbs 4:7 (NKJV) 7 Wisdom is the principal thing; Therefore get wisdom. And in all your getting, get understanding.

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 – 11-17-17

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Philippians 4:13 (NKJV) 13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

As followers of Christ, it’s important that we never forget who we are and Who we belong to.

We have a tendency to sometimes forget this. We like to think we’ve got it all together and don’t need anyone’s help; not even God’s help.

But this is completely wrong. This is a fatal mistake on the part of believers. We can reach a point where we become self-confident and feel like we can handle anything and everything on our own.

When that happens, we begin stepping out and doing things on our own, without even bothering to get with God first. This is where we get ourselves into trouble.

Jesus himself told us that we can do nothing without Him.

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.

We need to be cautious of starting to feel like we don’t need God any longer. Yes, He will equip us to do the things that He asks us to do. But we should always go to Him and lean on Him to accomplish those things.

When we reach a point of feeling like we no longer need Him, we are almost implying that we can take His place and do His job for Him. We become like little gods. Sound far-fetched?

It’s more common than we might think. And it can happen to anyone, if we get our priorities mixed up or listen to the wrong voices.

The Holy Spirit will always point us back to God… For everything. It doesn’t matter how big or how small the thing is that God wants us to do. God’s spirit will never, ever steer us away from God or His word, to someone or something else.

So, let’s be cautious and diligent to stay close to Him, seek Him in everything we do, and hold His word close to our hearts so He can remind us of it when we need Him to.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 11-16-17

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Matthew 20:21 (NKJV) 21 And He said to her, “What do you wish?” She said to Him, “Grant that these two sons of mine may sit, one on Your right hand and the other on the left, in Your kingdom.”

This woman was pretty bold in her request for her sons. But Jesus explained to her that it was not His to say who was to sit on His right or left side. It was more important for Him to teach them how to serve, and that even He did not come here to be served but to serve others.

We may have a drive in us today to be popular or well-known. A drive to make a great name for ourselves, or to stand out in some way. But, Jesus emphasizes the importance of serving.

He doesn’t teach us to strive after power, popularity or similar things in life. Instead, He teaches us to learn to be servants.

Matthew 20:26 (NKJV) 26 Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant.

Why do we suppose the Messiah, our Savior, our King, wants us to desire being a servant more than an important seat, a big name or a powerful title?

Because it’s through serving that we learn a great deal. We learn character. We learn to be someone who has a heart that cares and walks in compassion.

Having a nice position and the best seat in the house isn’t for us to say. It comes from the character we build up through serving one another and doing the right things in life with the right intentions.

Don’t worry about being first, about titles, seats and positions. Instead, let’s find a way to serve and build our character. When we do this, our seat, job, or position will have our name written all over it.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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