Pastor Curt

Bible Verse of The Day – 2-9-15

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Romans 8:38-39 (NKJV) 38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Have you ever doubted God?

I don’t mean that maybe you doubted something that you asked God to do. I mean, have you ever doubted that He exists?

The enemy of our soul will try to get in our heads and convince us that everything we believe is a lie. He will try to get us to doubt our faith and he’ll tell us that everything we do in the name of Christ is a waste of time.

But let me tell you something. Don’t believe it for one second. Not even for a fraction of a second!

If God didn’t exist, the devil wouldn’t be spending his time trying to convince you of it.

Every once in a while the enemy will try to mess with my head. He’ll try to get me to doubt my faith, even for a tiny bit of a second.

But I’m just as quick to tell him to shut his pie hole and leave, in the name of Jesus.

You see, I’ve seen way too much to ever doubt God. I’ve seen things He’s done in the lives of others. I’ve seen him heal my body from asthma, after having it for 30 years. I’ve seen Him deliver people from demonic oppression. And I’ve seen so much more.

God has made it hard for me to doubt Him and easy to have faith in Him and trust Him with everything about my life.

I know that’s not necessarily the case for others. I know that sometimes life can hit you hard, right between the eyes. And while you’re still trying to recover from that blow, you get hit from behind and it feels like you can’t breathe.

But no matter what comes your way, don’t ever let the enemy cause you to doubt God. He is life. Without Him there is nothing. He is our source for everything we need.

So when he whispers in your ear and tells you that God doesn’t exist, or that God is a liar, get right back in his face and tell him he’s wasting his time.

And then rebuke him in the name of Jesus and command him to leave you alone.

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 – 2-7-15

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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.”

It was many years ago that my brother lost his 4 year old beautiful little princess. She fell out of the car while driving down the road and as he held her in his arms in the middle of the road, her last word was “Daddy”.

She could breathe while he held her in his arms, but as soon as he had to lay her down for the paramedics to take her, her lungs filled up with blood and she died almost instantly.

Arriving at the hospital, where they had taken her body, I will never forget what I saw. The precious little body of my niece soiled in blood. It was the coldest, darkest day I have known.

We may think “how can anyone continue on with their life after that?”. How can we even imagine life anymore after losing someone we love so dearly? Someone that meant the world to us.

You see. with men some things that happen in this life are just unbearable, too hard, and impossible for us to get through on our own.

God knows this. He feels our pain today. He gave us this verse because He knows our frailty, or fragileness, for He created us and He gave us this verse to help us.

Don’t try to live this life alone; we need HIM!!

Give yourself and your situation to Him today. With Him, we will make 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 – 2-6-15

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Hosea 6:1 (NKJV) 1 Come, and let us return to the Lord; For He has torn, but He will heal us; He has stricken, but He will bind us up.

A father or mother will discipline their child if they see them doing wrong. With love comes discipline, because we don’t want to see them get hurt.

When things aren’t going right for us at times, it’s not always the devil attacking us. Sometimes it’s God Himself dealing with us and trying to get our attention.

In this verse it shows that He, God, has torn and stricken them. God dealt with them in His own way. But, it also says that if they return to Him, repent and get back on the right track, He will HEAL!

If this is happening to you today, maybe it’s time to take a good look at the situation. Ask God what needs to be changed up.

Maybe we are living a double life, good in church and bad outside of church?

Maybe we are playing the field, so to speak. In other words, God’s not our first love. Other things come before Him and above Him. Money, sex, work or family?

God looks at the heart and He will surely get our attention. It’s up to us to take the time to put two and two together and make the changes so that we can be healed and move forward in our relationship with Him, and in everything else He has for us.

Love in Christ,

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 – 2-5-15

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2 Peter 3:8-9 (NKJV) 8 But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise…

How many of us have waited for God to deliver us from a situation that we thought was never going to end? Or how about situations that we had no idea were going to happen to us, but when they did, it seemed like we were walking through the fires of hell itself?

We all go through trials and tough times. And every single one of us, when these things are happening, wishes that they would end quickly. Sometimes we may even question God and wonder why He doesn’t swoop down and rescue us from our trials.

But here’s the thing. God doesn’t think the way we think. We think with finite, limited minds. God thinks with infinite wisdom and understanding. He knows the solutions to our problems before we even know we have a problem.

The problem isn’t with God and His unwillingness to help us. The problem is with us not hearing Him properly or following His leading. Sometimes… most times, we just plain miss it. God is always there with an answer or solution, but it usually takes us time to get to the point where we will hear what He says and then do it.

God always comes through. Always. It’s just not always the way we think He should come through, or in the timing that we think is correct.

So have patience, and most importantly, let’s listen for the voice of God and obey it. Once we do this, it will be surprising how fast things can turn around for 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 – 2-4-15

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

Have you ever wondered where your relationship with God is really at?

Sometimes we question where we’re at with God and we don’t know for sure where we’re at in our walk with Him.

The best way to tell where we’re really at is to take a look at what we think about and talk about the most. What things mean the most to us? What puts a smile on our face when we think about it? What gets us excited when we talk about it to others?

These things that excite us are where our treasure is. So if our hobby excites us but God doesn’t, then we need to check our priorities.

If shopping for new clothes excites us, but spending time with God doesn’t, then we need to check our priorities.

If buying a new power tool or a new accessory for our car excites us, but sowing finances into the kingdom of God doesn’t, then we need to check our priorities.

These are not easy things to teach about. People tend to get offended when their hobbies or their finances are involved. But if we are to ever grow as believers and truly put God first, we need to let God touch these areas of our lives.

So, today, let’s take a serious look at where we’re at and let’s ask God to show us where our heart really is. And then let’s give Him permission to make the adjustments that are needed!

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 – 2-3-15

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John 3:30 (NKJV) 30 He must increase, but I must decrease.

These are John’s very words to his disciples. John was baptizing people when Jesus came, and Jesus and His disciples were baptizing people as well.

John’s disciple’s didn’t understand why all the people were going to Jesus to get baptized.

John explained to his disciple’s that it was his time to decrease, and that Jesus must increase.

It’s important for all of us to know when to back off, just like John shows us here, and to know the timing of things; when to step up to the plate and when to back away and let someone else step in.

Do we always want to back away? Sometimes it can be very hard to back away.

We know of a situation where someone did not back away in the right timing and ruined something that could have been great.

This is what happens when we get our grip on something and we are too stubborn or prideful to loosen it.

If this teaching is speaking to you today, you are struggling with backing away to let someone else step up to the plate and take over, look at this verse and think about John. If he didn’t decrease, and let Jesus increase and do what He needed to do, he would have messed things up big time.

Back away, loosen the grip and let someone else take over. It’s their 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 – 2-2-15

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Philippians 3:10-11 (NKJV) 10 that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, 11 if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.

In this life that we live, what should our goal be as a child of God?

What is it that we should be accomplishing here, in this short lifetime that we live?

Some might say to work advancing the kingdom of God in the earth, and that’s partially correct.

Others might say to feed the poor and needy and take care of widows and orphans. And that would be partially correct!

But before we can do any of those things, there is something else we need to do. And that is to know God.

We need to know God before we can do any of those other things. Otherwise, we are acting based only on intellect and head knowledge, and leaving God’s spirit out of the equation.

God has told us that if we draw near to Him, He will draw near to us.

James 4:8 (NKJV) 8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you…

So as we walk this earth, our primary goal should be to know God. To become intimate with Him and learn to hear Him. And then, when we learn to hear Him, we will know how to carry out all of these other things.

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 – 1-31-15

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John 5:39,40 (NKJV) 39 You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me. 40 But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life.

The scriptures are God’s words that point us to His Son, Jesus Christ; our Lord and Savior. But in order to find salvation and have eternal life, we have to do more than just read them. We have to come to Jesus.

How do we come to Jesus?

We come just as we are. We don’t need to do anything to change ourselves before we come to Him. As we come to Him and give our heart and our life to Him, He will change us, help us and give us eternal life.

Jesus Christ is the way, the truth and the life. When we believe in Him, repent of our sins and ask Him to save us, we will have eternal life.

John 14:6 (NKJV) 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Come to Him today. Let Him help you.

Maybe we are saved and we’ve been a Christian for years, but our life doesn’t seem to be changing; it’s in constant turmoil. Jesus wants us to also come to Him and talk to Him about these things, so that He may be able to help us make the changes we need to make and take the steps that will get us free from the things that are holding us down.

1 Peter 5:7 (NKJV) 7 casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for 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 – 1-30-15

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

Pride is something we all wrestle with in one way or another.

Some types of pride can be easy to spot. But other types can be more subtle and harder to pinpoint.

Either way, contrary to what the world teaches us, pride isn’t good and can destroy us if we don’t recognize it and deal with it.

This isn’t meant to beat anyone down for being prideful. Like we already mentioned, we all wrestle with it to some degree at some point in our lives.

But sometimes we need a gentle reminder to cause us to check ourselves and see where we’re really at.

Pride is sneaky and can creep up on us without us really seeing it for what it is until it’s too late. And sometimes we do see it, but don’t think it’s a big deal.

But it is a big deal! No matter how small it may seem, we need to see it and take care of it.

Pride really does lead to destruction. We’ve seen it and we’ve experienced it firsthand.

Sincerely, genuinely ask God to show us where pride might be rooted in us. And then ask Him to uproot it and get rid of it.

We might not like how it feels at first, but letting God take it voluntarily hurts a lot less than letting it stay and then destroying us sometime down the road.

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Bible Verse of The Day – 1-29-15

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Luke 10:19 (NKJV) 19 Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

What is our enemy, the devil, trying to do to us? Is he trying to take our job, our finances, our home, our spouse? Or is he trying break up our family?

Is he trying to scare us into not making our next move?

Are we a smoker or an alcoholic and we’re having trouble quitting? Are we addicted to porn and just can’t seem to break free of it?

Oh, he’s a liar and he tries to tell us we are not strong enough, or that we don’t have what it takes, we’re not good enough, or smart enough. He even tries to make us believe there is NO deliverance and no healing for us.

Whatever it may be today, we need to shut him up with the promises of God’s word, and walk in the authority that Christ gave us. We need to trample on him and his stupidity, in the name of Jesus Christ!

Not everyone can walk in this authority. Only those who are God’s children, those who trust in Jesus Christ to be their Lord and Savior, the Son of the living God, our Messiah!

We need to stop buying the lies that we are the tail and not the head. For God has given us what it takes to be the HEAD!!

Deuteronomy 28:13 (NKJV) 13 And the Lord will make you the head and not the tail; you shall be above only, and not be beneath, if you heed the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, and are careful to observe them.

Now if we heed this verse, we will notice that there is an IF. There is a condition that needs to be met. If we heed and observe His commandments, we will be the head, and we will be above and not beneath.

There are 3 things we need to do to be the head, to be above, and to walk in God’s authority.

1. Put our faith in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior.
2. Heed or pay close attention to His commandments, by reading and praying.
3. Carefully observe them and walk in the authority that Christ gave us.

Take one day at a time, break loose from the chains and move FORWARD!

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 – 1-28-15

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Psalm 107:20 (NKJV) 20 He sent His word and healed them, And delivered them from their destructions.

God’s word brings healing, and deliverance from destruction.

When we are living in His word, we will find that is when we are at our strongest.

His word feeds us, nourishes us and brings strength and wisdom in all that we do.

Take His Word to heart today. It will change our lives if we let it.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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