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Bible Verse of The Day – 2-25-17

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1 John 4:11-12 (NKJV) 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 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.

No one has seen God at any time. He has never been seen, but yet people know of Him. Some people know Him in a very personal way. They have felt Him move, they have seen His work, and they have watched Him in action. How?

Through people like you, taking God at His Word, believing Him and letting Him work through you; being His hands and His feet.

Through your prayers and through His light shining in you, you are the salt of the earth.

Yes. People like you have made this happen. God is thankful for you today. You, my friend, are the apple of His eye.

Zechariah 2:8 (NKJV) 8 For thus says the Lord of hosts: “He sent Me after glory, to the nations which plunder you; for he who touches you touches the apple of His eye.

Be encouraged. You are doing a great job! You will WIN this race that you are running as you remain in God and His words remain in YOU!

We love you dearly and our prayers are with you. Feel free to contact us anytime by responding to this message or by calling 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 – 2-24-17

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Matthew 6:13 (NKJV) 13 And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

As Jesus wrapped up this last part of His discourse on how to pray, He hit on the delicate, yet very relevant subject of temptation and evil. And then He finished by giving God glory and honor. Let’s take a look.

God, I know you are not the tempter. I know that all good things come from you, and you alone.

Give me the strength to turn and walk away from temptation when it tries to entice me. Open my eyes so that I might see temptation for what it is; a snare waiting to capture me and hurt or kill me.

And deliver me, Father, from the enemy of my soul, the evil one who wishes to destroy me and separate me from you forever with sin and darkness. Help me to withstand his schemes and have victory over them.

For your kingdom is above all kingdoms. And you rule and reign over everything, seen and unseen. All power and glory belong to you forever and ever. Amen!

So, there you have it. The model for prayer, set forth by Jesus Himself!

We hope you have enjoyed this short series and that it has helped shed some light on some things that maybe you didn’t previously know, or maybe get you to think about some things you had never really thought about before.

Now, go and pray in power!

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 – 2-23-17

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Matthew 6:12 (NKJV) 12 And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors.

Forgiveness is a big deal, both being directed to us, and being given by us. And, once again, Jesus peeled away all the mystery about forgiveness and laid it bare, in His usual simplicity. Let’s take a look.

Father, forgive me for what I have done. Forgive me for things I have said against others. Forgive me for things that I have done against you and against those around me.

There is so much I need to be forgiven for, but I understand that forgiveness for my sins and trespasses is dependent upon me forgiving those who have done wrong to me. So help me to forgive others, as you forgive.

I know that I sometimes struggle in this area, so help me and give me strength to make it right. Thank you Father.

Join us again tomorrow the final piece.

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 – 2-22-17

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Matthew 6:11 (NKJV) 11 Give us this day our daily bread.

This single verse is a huge part of our walk with God and will show us where we stand when it comes to trusting Him. Really trusting Him!

Notice that Jesus spoke only about today. Not tomorrow. Not next week or next month! So here it is, broken down. Notice how much our trust is tested in this one very short verse.

Father, give us what we need for today. Supply our needs. You know what they are. You know them all.

Provide for our bodily needs in the food we eat. Give us sustenance.

We’re not concerned with or worried about tomorrow. We are looking only at today. Nothing more and nothing less.

And we know that today is all You want us to be concerned with, because we trust that You have tomorrow in Your hands. And You have told us not to worry about tomorrow.

So we thank You for supplying our needs and taking care of us. You are everything we need!

Tune in again tomorrow for the next segment…

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 – 2-21-17

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Matthew 6:10 (NKJV) 10 Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven.

As we continue to take a look at this lesson Jesus taught, let’s break this down and see what He was really telling us to do and say.

Father, let your kingdom come to the earth.

Let us pray and bring your presence to earth by our words and our actions. Let us be beacons of light in this dark world. Teach us to love those around us like only you can love.

There is so much hurt and pain and you are the great physician Who can heal each and every one of the hurting hearts.

So we ask and declare today, Lord, that whatever we loose and whatever we bind in heaven be done also here on earth.

To be continued…

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 – 2-20-17

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Matthew 6:9 (NKJV) 9 In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name.

As Jesus began this discourse, he taught us how to pray.

His goal was not to teach us what to pray. His goal was not to teach us to recite this word for word. And His goal was not to give us a recitation that would act as the go-to verses that we would learn to repeat each day when we wish to talk or communicate with our Father.

Jesus gave us a model that we are to use, teaching us all of the various aspects of addressing our Father in heaven.

So let’s take a look at this particular piece of the model and see what Jesus was saying.

God in heaven. Abba, Father, our mighty Creator and Giver of life, You are holy.

God, you are above everything we see, everything that you created. You are pure and holy. You are everything I need in life. You are my source and my inspiration. I long to worship you and lift you high for the world to see.

Your name is above all names! Your name is powerful and limitless. And I bow before you, surrendering to you with all that I am.

We hope this helps bring understanding and a new perspective to what we commonly call “The Lord’s Prayer”.

More to come…

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 – You Are Important! – 2-19-17

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Our newest video is live and we’d love for you to watch it 🙂

Today we talk about the fact that you are important.

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No, we aren’t talking about some hyped up message to make you feel good. But we all need to understand that we, as individuals, matter and that we all have things we need to make sure we’re doing for ourselves.

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So please take a few minutes and give this a watch to be sure you’re not overlooking some critical things in your own life. You’ll be glad you did. We promise!

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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 – 2-18-17

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Matthew 6:26 (NKJV) 26 Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?

I love watching wildlife. We have lots of birds and other small animals living in the woods behind our house.

We get to see dozens of different species of birds as they fly about as they find food and tend to their bird stuff.

We also get to watch squirrels and chipmunks as they gather food and store it away. And we even get to watch them play and chase each other around in the woods 🙂

And in all of this, we get to see how God provides for creatures as small and seemingly insignificant as little birds and chipmunks.

And so does God also care for us. He supplies our needs according to His riches in glory.

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

We toil and fret over so many things, most of which never even happen. And we lust for things that we can’t have, simply because we see someone else with them.

But in the end, God supplies our needs and He does so in ways that we would never have imagined or come up with ourselves. And all of our worrying and fretting was for naught.

So we want to encourage you today to trust God. Go to Him with your needs. And heed His instructions as He directs you to take certain steps. If we’re careful to listen, He will show us what to do and when to do it.

And as we follow His leading, we will see the wonders of His ways unfold right before our eyes!

It’s not always easy. And it seldom happens in the time frame we want to see it in. But He never, ever fails us.

Psalm 37:25 (NKJV) 25 I have been young, and now am old; Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his descendants begging bread.

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 – 2-17-17

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1 John 4:10 (NKJV) 10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

Propitiation – something that propitiates; specifically: an atoning sacrifice.

God, in His love for us, knew we needed help to be rescued from our sinful state. So He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to be our sacrifice. Jesus is perfect, Holy, and sinless. His life here on earth demonstrated how we should walk and live each day.

His death on the cross was for us. He was the propitiation for our sins. Yes, our deceitfully and wicked hearts.

When He died, His blood, His body, every bit of His being was perfect as perfect can get. His sacrifice was pure. It covered all of our sins for yesterday, for today and for tomorrow.

What a wonderful and powerful love the Father and the Son had for each other and for us.

We can not forget what has been done for us. We can not let anything take away from this love, this heartfelt compassion that was shown for us by this incredible sacrifice.

We need to Keep it close, fresh and new every day. Loving both the Father and Son with all our hearts, watching our actions, and words as we follow the example that was put before us. We have a friend in Jesus.

John 15:13 (NKJV) 13 Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.

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 – 2-16-17

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Matthew 6:21 (NKJV) 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Where our treasure is, there our heart will also be.

This was such a short, simple statement made by Jesus. But it sums up our entire walk with God perfectly.

Whatever our heart is focused on is what we will spend time on. Our “treasure” will occupy our time, our thoughts and our attention.

When we open our mouth to speak, what’s in our heart will come out. If our treasure is money, we will talk of financial matters. If our treasure is our hobby, we will spend as much time as possible thinking and talking about it, as well as participating in it.

If our treasure is our spouse, we will spend all of our time and effort trying to please them. Sometimes we might even put our spouse before God.

If we want to please God and build a strong relationship with Him, we need to be sure we are putting Him first in everything. He needs to come before our money, our hobbies, our careers and, yes, even before our spouse.

And if we love God and put Him first, our priorities will fall into order and the love that we show our spouse won’t be forced or artificial. It will be like God’s love is pouring directly from Him to our spouse, with us acting as the funnel that it flows through.

And so it will be with everything else. Once we let God set our priorities in order, He will oversee our career, our family, our finances and everything else that’s important in our lives.

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 – 2-15-17

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Ephesians 6:12 (NKJV) 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

We live in a tangible world. We see, we touch, we smell.

But the vast majority of things that affect our lives are not tangible. They are spiritual.

We don’t see the activity that takes place. But we see the results of that activity each and every day. We just might not always recognize it.

As humans, we tend to try to fight everything carnally, with our logic and our intellect. We try to figure things out in our heads.

But as believers, followers of Christ, we need to understand that most of our battles need to be fought in the spirit realm, using spiritual weapons.

God has given believers authority in the name of Jesus. He has given us prayer. And He has given us His word.

And He has given us a mandate to fight and defeat the enemy of our souls using those weapons.

It takes some time to understand this and to develop skills fighting battles this way. We will usually get better at it as we mature in our walk with God.

At first it might feel foreign and strange to us. And as we learn and grow in it, we will undoubtedly fail a few times.

But if we keep at it and we seek God’s counsel in prayer and the wisdom found in His word, we will become mighty warriors in the spirit and a formidable foe for the enemy and every demon in hell.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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