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Bible Verse of The Day – 5-9-15

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Psalm 57:2(NKJV) 2 I will cry out to God Most High, To God who performs all things for me.

Are we that person that doesn’t like to let anyone help us, not even God? Do we want to do it all on our own? Do we have to be able to say, “there, I did it all by myself”?

It’s ok to be able to say this at times, but it shouldn’t be something we say when we really should have asked for help.

That way of thinking will only hurt us even more if we don’t balance it out with what God’s word tells us to do.

We do need to be responsible and do some things on our own. We definitely need to take the initiative in some things and get the job done without having to ask for help.

But, there are those things that come up and we need to know that we’d better ask for help. We need to acknowledge the fact, like that saying goes, we may be in way over our heads. In other words, it’s just too much and we need HELP!

We were not made to do everything on our own.

We can ignore the facts, and keep pushing through in areas where we know we should ask for help. But we will begin to notice certain things will take a hit because of it. Whether our health, our family, or even our relationship with Christ, etc. Most times we will suffer and others around us will, as well.

Please don’t ever be afraid to ask for help. It’s a sign of maturity, wisdom and humility.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 5-8-15

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Psalm 3:3-4 (NKJV) 3 But You, O Lord, are a shield for me, my glory and the One who lifts up my head. 4 I cried to the Lord with my voice, and He heard me from His holy hill. Selah

Today we want to encourage those of you who are going through a trial or a struggle.

We know that some of you are facing major hurdles and storms in your lives right now. You wake up in the morning and it seems like you’re waking to a bad dream. Reality hits you in the face as soon as you open your eyes and you wonder how you’ll make it through another day.

But we want to tell you that God has not forsaken you, despite what it might feel like. You have not been abandoned. You are not alone.

God is your shield and the lifter of your head. He knows your struggles and hears your cries.

The road we walk has mountains and valleys and sometimes those valleys can seem oh, so very low.

But this thing you’re facing will not be the end of you. It will not break you

Lift your head and cry out to Him! Tell Him how you feel and then trust Him with everything in you to bring you through it.

There will be tears cried and there will be moments when you feel like you can’t take one more step. But you can make it with His help!

This is not the end. You will have victory, in the name of Jesus.

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 – 5-7-15

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Proverbs 16:18 (NKJV) 18 Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.

Pride is a terrible thing and sometimes we can be blinded and not realize we’re walking in it.

We were invited out to dinner after a church service one day. We decided we were going to pay for everyone’s dinner. After dinner was over we went up to the cashier and took care of the bill without anyone else knowing what we had done.

We didn’t think anything of it at first. But later, after the bill never came to the table and everyone was wondering why, we noticed that the Pastor who had invited us to dinner had a disappointed look on his face, only to find out that he had wanted to be the one to pay for our dinner. Because of our pride, we ruined something good that he wanted to do for us.

On the ride home afterward, the Holy Spirit spoke one word to us; pretentious.

We’d heard the word before but never paid much attention to what it meant. So the moment we got home, we looked it up, just to be sure.

Pretentious: having or showing the unpleasant quality of people who want to be regarded as more impressive, successful, or important than they really are.

Ouch. We felt terrible. We knew it was not our place to do what we did. We gave pride a place that day.

How do we watch out for pride? We watch our actions.

It’s up to us to recognize it, and to shut it down by making a change in our actions. Or we can expect destruction 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 – 5-6-15

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Proverbs 22:6 (NKJV) 6 Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

Children. They bring so many different things to mind when we think of them.

Love, joy, laughter, pain, anguish, and the list could go on. Each child is unique, just as God has created each of us to be unique.

As God blesses us with children and entrusts them to us, there are things that we need to do to be sure they are raised properly.

First and foremost, we need to teach them how to love God and walk in His ways. We do this by teaching them with our words, but more importantly, with our actions.

Children watch every move we make and hear everything we say, even if they sometimes act like they don’t hear us. So it’s important that we set the best example possible for them to see and follow.

Of course we will make mistakes and mess up, but even then we have the opportunity to tell them where we went wrong and teach them about God’s grace and forgiveness.

As parents, it’s our responsibility to shield them from the things that will harm them, not just physically, but emotionally and spiritually. Some may say that we’re sheltering them and not letting them see the realities of life.

But the reality is that there is much that they don’t need to see and hear when they are young and impressionable.

So we want to encourage you today to work hard to keep your children safe and away from the wiles of the enemy, who will try his hardest to influence them at a young age, hoping to impart even the slightest hint of doubt or deceit into their minds.

Train them up in the Way they should go. And they will not depart from it.

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 – 5-5-15

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Genesis 2:24 (NKJV) 24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

They shall become one flesh.

This is a profound statement and a concept that no human mind can truly understand. That two unique individuals could become one isn’t something that’s easy to understand.

But with God, things that seem contrary to our understanding are commonplace. He takes what seems illogical and impossible and makes them perfect.

God created man and woman to be together, to love and care for each other. He created man and woman to nurture each other and to help each other.

A man by himself is not complete.

A woman by herself is not complete.

But a man and woman together, with God leading them, can become complete.

Marriage is not an easy journey. It takes hard work on both parts. But when the couple puts God first, loves Him with all their hearts and endeavors to please Him in all they do, the problems they encounter in their relationship will be minimal.

So let’s be sure that we are putting God first in everything. As we do this as a husband and wife, and we live our lives to please God, we will be creating an atmosphere that will allow our marriage to grow and flourish.

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 – 5-4-15

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Matthew 9:13 (NKJV) 13 But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”

OK, so maybe you’ve made some mistakes. We all do. But it doesn’t mean we have to stay there. It doesn’t mean we are ruined for life.

So many times we get into situations or messes and we think that because we blew it, we are done. We just messed up our walk with God and It’s over.

Wrong!

Praise be to God, for He called the sinners to repentance!

You know the old saying “we made our bed, so now we have to sleep in it”? Well, repentance helps to get us out of that messy bed.

To repent means to acknowledge we are wrong and then change our ways. It means we acknowledge that we are sinners and we completely surrender ourselves and our situation over to Him, asking Him for forgiveness and for HELP to correct the situation and help to teach us now not to do it again. We all are sinners and we all need His forgiveness.

So know that when we mess up, we don’t have to sleep in that mess forever. We have to wake up, get up and get out of that bed! How do we do this? By making a change in our hearts, through repenting and asking for forgiveness.

God forgives us immediately, but learning how to change our ways and make good decisions takes a lifetime. Some things will come easy and some will be hard.

We have to learn how to allow God’s desires to be stronger in us than our own desires. We have to learn to listen and allow the Holy Spirit’s promptings to help us make the right decisions.

As we begin to change in our hearts, our love for God becomes stronger than our love for ourselves. Causing us to want to make the right decisions all the time.

Do we always get it right? No. Sometimes we will and sometimes we won’t, but we always keep trying.

Amen.

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 – 5-2-15

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Proverbs 16:24 (NKJV) 24 Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the bones.

A kind word can make the difference between someone having a good day and a bad day.

Have you ever been having one of those days where nothing seems to be going right, and the world is falling apart around you, and then someone says something to you that turns things around for you?

As followers of Christ, we need to be one of those people who turns someone’s day around with a kind word and a gentle smile.

Harsh words, spoken with the intent to insult or tear down, do no good for anyone. We need to be sure that our words are being filtered by the Holy Spirit before they leave our lips.

Yes, there will be times when we need to speak firmly, but never with the intent to cut or harm someone.

So as we go through our day today, let’s be sure to let the Spirit of God be in control of our mouths so that when we speak, the words that come out are edifying and uplifting.

Let’s be that person that makes a difference in someone’s day 🙂

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 – 5-1-15

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Proverbs 22:15 (NKJV) 15 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; The rod of correction will drive it far from him.

Children are a blessing from God. They are gifts.

And yet, they are our responsibility. As parents and grandparents, we are tasked with making sure they are raised properly, learning to show respect and love for others, be polite and, most importantly, honor God with their lives.

God promises us that if we raise them up in His ways, and if they honor their parents, He will bless them and they will live long in the land.

From the time they’re born until the day they leave home, we need to be sure we are doing right by them by loving them and disciplining them. Loving them is usually the easy part. Disciplining them isn’t always so easy.

But it’s a necessity and if they go without discipline, they will have a tough road ahead of them. Children who lack discipline & correction tend to grow up not understanding that there are rules and laws to follow in life.

And as they are unruly and spoiled in their childhood days, so will they be in their adult life.

So we need to be sure we are correcting them, in love, and teaching them that choices have consequences. And as we do so, we are preparing them for life as a responsible, God-fearing adult who will honor God with their life and respect those around them.

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 – 4-30-15

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1 Corinthians 13:2 (NKJV) 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

In the verses above, Paul is letting us know how important it is to walk in love, and that having gifts, understanding, knowledge and faith means nothing if we don’t have love. Love should always be what motivates us to do what we do.

We can’t just do things out of habit, out of routine, or ritual. When we do things for Christ, it should be from our hearts.

Doing things out of love is what makes all the difference in the world. It is what moved Jesus and it should be what moves us.

Ephesians 5:2(NKJV) 2 And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.

Let love guide us in our actions, our deeds, and in our prayers.

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 – 4-29-15

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Matthew 18:3 (NKJV) 3 and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.

We hear a lot about childlike faith, or having faith like a child, but neither of those phrases are ever actually used in God’s word.

Despite that fact, Jesus made it very clear that we need to have faith like a child if we hope to enter heaven and spend eternity with Him and the Father.

So what does it mean to have faith like a child? How can that be defined or better-understood by us, His followers?

Here’s an excellent example that most people will be able to relate to, especially parents of small children.

When a child is very small, but old enough to begin understanding and building trust in people, they begin to exhibit faith in their parents, trusting them unconditionally, knowing that if they are in danger, mom or dad will help them or rescue them.

Picture a child of 3 years old standing on the steps of their home. They see daddy coming toward them so they yell out “daddy, catch me”, and they jump toward daddy.

They don’t stop to think about whether their father will actually catch them or not. The fact that he might not catch them never enters their mind. They just know that this is their dad and that’s what dads do; they catch their kids when they jump!

And so it is with our Father. He wants us to trust Him just like that child trusts their father to catch them.

No, this doesn’t mean that we should start making crazy, irresponsible decisions and expecting God to stop us from doing something foolish. But it does mean that we need to let God teach us how to trust Him, like a child trusts their earthly father and mother when they are very young.

It might take some time for this to happen, but as we let Him lead us and we press in to Him, it will happen, a little at a time.

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 – 4-28-15

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1 Corinthians 15:58 (NKJV) 58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Know that the time we spend helping others, praying for others, encouraging others, sharing God’s love with others, it is NOT in vain.

There may be days when we might feel like someone is pulling on us for whatever reason, and at the same time, we may have things of our own pressing on us; things that we need to tend to and take care of. But as we take our needs and put them aside to help someone else, that effort is not in vain.

God watches the things we do for others. He sees when we make a sacrifice and put aside our own wants and needs to help someone else.

Keep going. Keep helping. Keep loving, sharing and keep praying! You, my friend, are making a difference in this world and it is not in vain.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries

P.O. Box 272

Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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