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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-14-15

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Psalm 147:1(NKJV) 147 Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God; For it is pleasant, and praise is beautiful.

Has God been good to us?

Has He shown up in our situation when we thought nothing could be done? Did He get us that breakthrough we were waiting for? Did He find that apartment we needed, in the right spot of town at the right price?

Did He make a way for us to purchase a home when we could not find a way? Did He get us that raise we so needed? Or that spouse we prayed for?

How about our children? Has He been protecting them and keeping them safe in their travels and in their studies, etc.

Did He save us from sickness and heal our body? Has He delivered us from the enemy’s clutches?

Most important of ALL… Did He save us from hell and make a way for us to live eternally with Him?

I’d say we have a lot of praising to do today!!

It doesn’t matter whether we can sing or not, whether we have a super worship leader’s voice or not or whether we are in a church building or not. We need to break out and bring down the house with a song of praise!!

Why? For it is pleasant, beautiful and it is GOOD!

Let go today. Sing that song to Him. He wants to hear our voice!

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 – 4-13-15

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John 8:12 (NKJV) 12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”

If we follow Jesus we will not walk in darkness. How do we follow Him? By knowing His Word and walking it out in any given situation.

Some of the things He says to do will be hard, but He will help us do them if we surrender ourselves to Him and let Him help.

For instance, He says in Luke 6:28 (NKJV) 28 bless those who curse you, and pray for those who spitefully use you.

It’s easy to read this, but to actually walk it out will show us where we need improvement or change.

When reality hits and someone is in our face, screaming and hollering, telling us we are no good, and they can’t stand us, the words, the rejection and the anger will try to cause us to react. It will be up to us at that moment to act in the way God’s Word tells us to.

Our emotions, the hurt, and the pain will all come to the surface and it may cause us to do the wrong thing, even though we know what the right thing is to do.

Don’t get caught up in the emotion of it and give in to darkness. Stay strong, put the feelings aside and walk in the light of life.

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 – 4-11-15

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Romans 5:8 (NKJV) 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

I remember before I became a Christian. I started hearing the gospel and it left an impression on me almost immediately.

I can remember standing in a church, listening and knowing that I needed to put my faith in Jesus long before I actually did it.

But I had what I thought were legitimate reasons for waiting. I wanted to get my act cleaned up first. I wanted to stop swearing, change my attitude, stop drinking, and a list of other things. I thought I had to do this in order to present myself to God and be saved.

Boy, was I wrong.

I eventually understood that God wanted me just as I was, with all of the bad habits, shortcomings and baggage. It was His desire to take me and clean me up and use me for His kingdom.

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.

Once I understood this, it made a world of difference and I finally turned my life over to Christ. And boy did it feel good to have my sins forgiven!

God did eventually help me to get cleaned up. My language changed. My habits changed. I became a new man by the blood of Jesus and the power of the Holy Spirit.

And God can do the same for you. Stop thinking that you have to make yourself clean in order to come to God. Come to Him first, and then let Him do the cleaning. He’s more than able to handle it!

Today is the day of salvation.

2 Corinthians 6:2 (NKJV) 2 For He says: “In an acceptable time I have heard you, and in the day of salvation I have helped you.” Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-10-15

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Psalm 127:3 (NKJV) 3 Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward.

I got to spend some time with my grandkids this afternoon.

They stopped by for a while after we had eaten our lunch. When they got here, I still had some work to get finished up, so I stayed focused and got it finished. But once I was finished, they got my undivided attention.

And I loved every minute of it 🙂

I got to lay on the floor and draw and color some pictures. We ate together. I sang some silly songs for them. We shared some big laughs and we just hung out and “did stuff”.

After they had gone home, God impressed on my heart how much of a blessing children really are.

Yes, they are a lot of work to raise. And sometimes they can be tiring, frustrating and even exasperating! But in the end, they are a blessing.

It is so very important that we give our children, and our grandchildren, the time that they deserve. They really do grow up so quickly. And before we know it, we’re looking back and wondering where the time went, and wishing that we had spent more time with them instead of insisting that we will spend time with them when everything else gets caught up or finished.

I want to remind everyone today that many of those things can wait. Whether it’s work, ministry, pleasure, hobbies or anything else, it’s very rarely more important than the precious little lives that God has placed us in charge of nurturing.

We challenge everyone, including ourselves, to take a look at how we’re spending our time and make sure that we’re not putting our children or grandchildren in second place, behind less important things.

Remember; what they see in us as parents and grandparents is also how they will view God, their Heavenly Father.

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 – 4-9-15

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Psalm 89:1 (NKJV) 89 I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever; With my mouth will I make known Your faithfulness to all generations.

I can’t sing enough of His mercies and how good He has been to us in our lives. We have had some pretty big things take place over the years that leave us in awe over God’s faithfulness.

But in order to see His faithfulness it took listening and following His plan, even when we wanted to do something else.

We believe God wants to do more in the lives of every believer today. But it’s going to take us drawing closer to Him, listening and stepping out in faith at times.

Faith is the key here. Trusting God, not man, is what’s going to get that faith working.

Are we willing to put everything aside and follow Him? This is when we will see His faithfulness at hand.

Matthew 14:29(NKJV) 29 So He said, “Come.” And when Peter had come down out of the boat, he walked on the water to go to 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 – 4-8-15

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Galatians 6:15 (NKJV) 15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but a new creation.

There are so many things that try to get between us and our salvation.

Man has so many ideas about how we should connect with God and interact with Him.

We have to wear certain kinds of clothing, have a certain kind of haircut and maybe even listen to certain kinds of music.

And some may even go so far as to say that we have to attend a certain type of church, or we’re not Christians at all.

In Christ, there is neither Jew nor Greek. There is neither black nor white. There is neither Baptist, nor Church of God, Lutheran, Methodist, Southern Baptist, Catholic, Presbyterian or any other kind of label we might choose to put on ourselves.

There is Christ or there is nothing.

As humans, we have driven a wedge between God and those who need Him. We have widened the gap between God and man, instead of bridging it.

We need God’s help to fix this.

The good news is that it’s never too late to start and never too late to make things right.

Church, the time is now! The day is upon us when we need to seek God like we have never sought Him before and ask Him to help us fix the mess we’ve made of His body.

And then, we let Him start with us, by showing us where we’ve built gaps instead of bridging the gap.

Today is the 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 – 4-7-15

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Luke 6:38 (NKJV) 38 Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.”

Giving is so rewarding, whether it’s giving of our time, giving of our money, or giving of material things, etc. This past week and a half has been a crucial time of giving for me.

My Dad was having trouble with chest pains and went to see a heart specialist. He just barely made it in, only to have them take him out by ambulance to bring him to the Emergency room, and then finding out he needed three way bypass heart surgery. My dad is 80 years old.

I was so thankful that I could be there and walk through it with him and be there for my Mom. Everything that I had to get done on my schedule came to a screeching halt. It was my time to give to them.

At times I was exhausted. I’d hold back my emotions and tears just to be strong for them. Even though I was scared and my legs were ready to crumple beneath me from the different reports the doctor would give us.

It was not about me. It was about putting myself and my feelings aside to help someone else get through a tough time in their life.

Giving of our time means so much to people, and through it they see how much we care.

It is a time to let others see God’s love and strength work through us. Giving is a sacrifice, but a very rewarding one at that.

Give and it will be given to you.

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 – 4-6-15

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Matthew 1:23 (NKJV) 23 “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us.”

God with us.

Those three words change everything for those who understand them.

We’ve taught on this before, but it’s always good to touch on important things again once in a while.

The word could have said “God is with us”. But it didn’t. It said “God with us”. There is a vast difference between those two phrases, but many people don’t realize the difference, so let’s take a look at it for a moment.

You see, the name Immanuel literally means “God with us”, not “God is with us”.

Saying God is with us is a very general statement that could be taken many different ways.

But saying God with us literally means that Jesus is God, with us.

He is God and He is with us.

God is here, with us. He is among us, living with us, dwelling with us and spending time with us, in person.

God with us. Do you see it?

So as you begin to see the reality and the scope of this, it brings a whole new meaning to that phrase and to why He was called Immanuel.

It takes the notion of God being a distant entity somewhere out there in the universe, and destroys it. It shows us that God chose to come to earth in the form of a man and live among us. Hence, God, with us.

Ponder on this for a bit and try to let it sink in. And then praise Him for the reality of the fact that He did come and dwell with us.

He is God, with 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 – 4-4-15

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Psalm 51:17 (NKJV) 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and a contrite heart – These, O God, You will not despise.

As I pondered on what to write about today, I heard God drop one word into my spirit. Contrite.

I did some pondering before putting this together. Much can be said for having a contrite heart.

To be contrite means to be remorseful for a sin or shortcoming. This goes far beyond just being sorry that we did something. It means that we are genuinely regretful for doing it, but we also want to change our habits so we don’t do it again.

This is what God honors. And it’s this type of attitude that draws us to God and allows Him to draw near to us.

Humility is what helps to bridge the gap between God and us because when we have humbled ourselves, we are no longer telling God that we had an excuse for what we did. We’re just at the point where we simply want to fix what’s wrong and make it right.

As humans, we tend to look at broken things as being disposable. We throw them away and buy new ones.

But God looks at broken people as the starting point for something great. Because once we’re broken, then He can work to rebuild us, from the ground, up.

And when He’s finished, we’re not just a repaired, repainted version of the old us. We’re brand new, from top to bottom. God doesn’t just fix broken stuff. He makes it new again.

So, as you read this, if you feel like you’ve let Him down again, take a minute (or more) and do something about it. It’s never too late.

We can change today if we really want to and if we let Him help us and show us how.

He’s always ready and able to help us. We just have to be willing to let Him.

Today’s the day. Let Him rebuild you from the ground, up, and make you brand new.

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 – 4-3-15

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Matthew 27:40 (NKJV) 40 and saying, “You who destroy the temple and build it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross.”

They say, “Save yourself”?, “Come down from the cross”?

They were completely oblivious to what was going on. “They” did not believe in Him. They were spiritually dead. Who are “They”?

They were people that passed by, also Chief Priests, scribes and elders.

Jesus did not need to save Himself. He was the Savior!! He had a much bigger plan. He came to save the world, He came to save you and I. Dying on the cross was part of that plan.

Through His death on the cross, He gave every one of us a chance to become sons and daughters of God and to have eternal life with Him.

Our part is to repent of our sins and put our faith in Him.

We do this by telling Him we are sorry for the wrong things we have done in our lives. Then we turn from those wrong things, meaning we don’t continue to do them over and over again. Then, we put our faith in Him. That just simply means we believe that He is who He says He is; the Son of God. And then we receive Him as our Lord and Savior.

John 3:16(NKJV) 16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

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 – 4-2-15

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1 Peter 5:8 (NKJV) 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

To be sober means to have or show a very serious attitude or quality. To be Vigilant means to carefully notice problems or signs of danger.

The Holy Spirit, our Helper, will keep us alert and on our toes. He knows ahead of time what the enemy is up to and He will keep us ahead of what the devil may be trying to do against us.

We have to be paying attention.

When Jesus was born, the enemy was after Him right from the beginning. God would warn Joseph, his father, through dreams as to where to go and what to avoid etc.

Matthew 2:12 (NKJV) Then, being divinely warned in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed for their own country another way.

The Holy Spirit will guide us and show us the steps to take to avoid the devil. He will get us through every battle that tries to come against us, and we will win. Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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