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Bible Verse of The Day – 12-6-14

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Luke 4:33-34 (NKJV) 33 Now in the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean demon. And he cried out with a loud voice, 34 saying, “Let us alone! What have we to do with You, Jesus of Nazareth? Did You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”

We live in a world that is tangible… natural. We base so much of what we do on what we see.

But, what we fail to understand so many times is that most of what we see happening in the natural is the result of unseen things in the spiritual realm.

Every second of every day, there are invisible battles being fought between good and evil, angels and demons.

And whether we choose to believe it or not, we are part of that ongoing struggle between darkness and light.

Demons feared Jesus. They trembled at His presence and begged Him to leave them alone.

They should do no less when they see us, the children of God. Jesus said that if we believed, we could do even greater things than He did.

John 14:12 (NKJV 12 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father.

So it’s time for us to rise up! We need to use the armor and the weapons that God gave us and go to battle for the kingdom. We are not meant to sit idly by as evil pervades this world that we live in.

Weapons were intended to be offensive, not just for defense. So let’s start using them and pushing the kingdom of darkness back!

Pray. Rebuke darkness. Bind demonic powers. Loose freedom and light!

Rise up and conquer, in Jesus’ name!

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 – 12-5-14

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Luke 6:40 (NKJV) 40 A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is perfectly trained will be like his teacher.

I was a teenager with a station wagon and it had a very big engine with a lot of power.

One day on my way home, I was going around a very sharp corner. The speed limit was around 50 mph on this road and I probably was going a little over that.

As I got to this sharp corner, I should have slowed down, but I wasn’t really thinking about that, I just wanted to get home. I was a teenager with a lot of power.

I didn’t slow down. I continued to keep the speed up. The back of that car started to sway and I almost lost control of it. It could have hurt me badly. It was pretty scary. But I made it safely home.

I have seen people get involved with other types of wheels, figuratively speaking, that have too much power, before they are ready for it, and it ruins them. For instance, someone may get hired for or promoted to a position they’re not ready for in a business.

Someone may get a position that they have strived for in church, simply because that’s what they wanted. But they’re not ready for it.

Children may be given more freedom or responsibility than they are able to handle, and it hurts them.

The important thing to do before handing a position over to someone, or before entering in to  a position, is to be sure that there has been proper training.

Ministers need to train up their congregation. Business owners need to train up their employees. Parents need to train up their children, etc.

Proper training may take time and effort, but it will bring great results to all those involved!

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 – 12-4-14

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John 10:30 (NKJV) I and My Father are one.”

Know that God the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ, are ONE.

God wants us to honor His Son just as we would honor Him, not looking at Jesus Christ as being any less than Jehovah, El Shaddai, and the Alpha & Omega!

John 5:23 (NKJV) 23 “that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

God takes this to heart about His Son. In other words, if we look upon Jesus as being anyone other than God in the flesh, we don’t know the truth and if we do not know the truth we are not completely free.

John 8:32 (NKJV) 32 “And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

The truth is, Jesus Christ and the Father are ONE!!

If we read and learn about Jesus and the things He did on this earth, we’ll see that He demonstrated His Father’s heart. He walked in obedience. He walked in love and He sacrificed His life for us.

John 8:19 (NKJV) Then they said to Him, “Where is Your Father?” Jesus answered, “You know neither Me nor My Father. If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also.”

God is saying today, honor My Son, Jesus Christ. Know Him and follow His teachings. He and I are ONE! 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 – 12-3-14

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Ezekiel 13:3 (NKJV) 3 Thus says the Lord God: “Woe to the foolish prophets, who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing!”

Nowadays we have some people that call themselves prophets or prophetesses, and they say and do things, supposedly in the name of Jesus Christ.

Some of them have a platform in mega churches and everyone seems to love them.

No matter how much we love our Pastor, Deacon, Priest, Leader, Teacher, Evangelist, or Prophet, etc., if they are operating from a wrong spirit and they are “off” in their teaching, we need to call it! They need to sit down and get themselves some help.

There is a thing called a spirit of divination.

Acts 16:16,17 (NKJV) Now it happened, as we went to prayer, that a certain slave girl possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much profit by fortune-telling. 17 This girl followed Paul and us, and cried out, saying, “These men are the servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation.”

Now, what the girl in the verses above said was truth about Paul and Silas.

This spirit does speak things that sound right and appear to be right, on the surface. However, its motives are wicked, demonic and destructive.

It slithers into church meetings and we give it a voice. We let it stand at the pulpit and speak into the lives of the congregation. Why? Because it sounds and looks like the real deal on the surface.

But Paul knew, by the Spirit of God that lived in him, that the things being spoken by this girl were being spoken by a demonic spirit, and he called it out.

God will show us when something is off or it’s not right, if we let Him.

Acts 16:18 (NKJV) And this she did for many days. But Paul, greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” And he came out that very hour.

We can’t ignore the annoyed feeling we may get at times when something seems off. People are getting hurt by this spirit.

The church, as a whole, needs to come together and call out this spirit of divination and shut it down, in the Mighty name of Jesus Christ. 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 – 12-2-14

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1 Timothy 1;13 (NKJV) although I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man; but I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

How many of us today can share with Paul, knowing that we also did some pretty bad things in the days before we knew Christ?

But that day we cried out to God for salvation, through His Son Jesus Christ, in all His grace and mercy He forgave us and worked with us on changing our hearts.

It’s a process, isn’t it? It doesn’t just happen overnight. It takes time and an effort on our part to want to do what’s right. It’s a sacrifice and can be very challenging at times.

Keep trying. Keep pushing forward. God’s grace is abundant!

1 Timothy 1:14 (NKJV)14 And the grace of our Lord was exceedingly abundant, with faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.

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 – 12-1-14

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Joshua 18:3 (NKJV) 3 Then Joshua said to the children of Israel: “How long will you neglect to go and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers has given you?

Go and possess the land.

What does that mean, exactly, to possess the land?

Possess: 1. to have or hold. 2. to seize and take control of. 3. to enter into and control firmly

To possess something implies and requires action on the part of the possessor.

Somehow, over the last several decades, or maybe even longer, the church has fallen into believing that God owes us something.

We have bought the terrible lie that says all we have to do is ask, and God will magically drop abundance into our laps.

We pray and ask God for breakthroughs but most of us have no idea what is required of us to have that breakthrough. So we just expect it to “fall from the sky”, and no work or effort will be required of us.

God took the Israelites out of Egypt and promised them a new land. He provided a way out of slavery, led them across the Red Sea and provided for their every need, guiding and directing them right up to the border of that promised land.

But then He told them to “go in and posses the land”. Go take it. Conquer the people there and make it your own. Work for it. I’ve led you here and carried you up until now. But now it’s your turn to labor!

So where are we at today? Are we standing at the edge of our promised land? Has God led us through the wilderness and now we’re just sitting down, praying for a breakthrough and waiting for it to fall into our laps?

No more, people of God! It’s time for us to rise up and possess the land that God has set before each of us?

What is your promised land? What is the breakthrough that you’ve been praying for? Are we so used to God providing for our every need that we are failing to take action and finish what He started?

It’s a new week. It’s time to rise up and go in and posses the land that God has led us to.

Possess the land, people of God. Possess the land!

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 – 11-29-14

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Psalm 139:14 (NKJV) 14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvelous are Your works, and that my soul knows very well.

The human body is a complete marvel in all of its intricacies.

Even just the fact that we can control our limbs, hands, feet, fingers and toes by merely wanting to do so is completely awe-inspiring.

Each day that we live, we take so much of what we can do for granted.

We see, hear and smell. We walk, run and do all kinds of other physical activities.

And yet we barely give it a thought. We just do it and never realize that every action that we take or thought that we think is a miracle of God’s workmanship.

Did you know that the second we are conceived in the womb, our fingerprints, our DNA, our sex and our blood type are determined in a split second?

Have you ever thought about some of the functions of our bodies, beyond the obvious stuff?

Did you know that our eyebrows keep sweat from getting into our eyes? And our fingernails are there to protect our fingertips? And our toes help us balance?

There are so many things that we never think of, but yet it’s all part of the miraculous, creative power of God.

As you read this today, stop for a moment and think about some of the things you do each and every day that require the awesome creativity of God at work in your life.

It’s pretty awe-inspiring, isn’t 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 – 11-28-14

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Genesis 6:5(NKJV) 5 Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Understanding what God says about the condition of our hearts, without Christ, will help us all to see why Christ came to save us and why we need Him working daily in our lives.

If we look closely at what is happening all around this world, the good and the bad, we will see that it stems from one common denominator, that is the heart condition of man, whether or not He has Christ.

Genesis 6:6 (NKJV) 6 And the Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. It is the condition the heart is in that causes the person to do what they do, whether they do a good deed or a bad deed. That is why Christ says, we will know them by their fruit. Matthew 7:20 (NKJV) 20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them.

If we see someone, whether a leader, a friend or family member, etc., doing things wrong, if we want to see them change, we need to pray for God to change their heart. That is where everything stems from.

God says in Jeremiah 17:9 (NKJV)9 “The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it?

Knowing this simple truth about the condition of the heart will help us to stay focused today, understanding the real problem behind people’s actions.

Let’s join together and pray for God to change the heart of man, that they will repent and receive Christ as their Lord today. 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 – 11-27-14

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1 Thessalonians 5:15-18 (NKJV) 15 See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good both for yourselves and for all. 16 Rejoice always, 17 pray without ceasing, 18 in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

Give thanks in everything.

Think about those words. And no, this isn’t a message geared toward giving thanks because it’s the Thanksgiving Holiday in the USA, although it would seem fitting.

Instead, let’s take a quick look at something else about these verses that many of us have probably never seen before.

As I was reading through this, God showed me the first sentence, “see that no one renders evil for evil”, and then He showed me the beginning of that last sentence, “in everything give thanks”.

And He showed me that the key to doing that first part, not rendering evil for evil, is actually found in doing the second part, giving thanks in everything.

You see, if someone does evil to us, our first reaction in the flesh is figuring out how we can get back at that person.

But if we use God’s wisdom, and we follow the leading of the Holy Spirit, we won’t be caught up in revenge. Instead, we will give thanks for our blessings and let God sort out the rest.

No, it won’t always be easy. And there will be times when we might miss the mark and say or do something that’s not righteous. But as we grow and mature as a believer, we will  get this, and those times when we lose it and lash out should become less and less frequent.

So today, if someone mistreats us or does us wrong, let’s stop and remember what God has commanded us to do. Give thanks in everything!

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 – 11-26-14

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1 Corinthians 9:24 (NKJV) 24 Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it.

Everything that we do, say or think is going to either move us ahead, move us back or keep us standing still.

Whenever we open our mouth and say something good or do something good, it moves us forward in this race we run.

Whenever we say or do things wrong or make wrong decisions, it either moves us back or keeps us in the same place, for however long it takes us to do the right thing or make the adjustments that need to be made.

That’s the race we all run.

Some of us move ahead fast in some areas. But then there are those areas that we don’t want to fix things or change ourselves. Those are areas that push us back or keep us standing still.

If we want to get ahead and obtain that prize, we have to work on those areas where we don’t want to change.

We can’t be stubborn and ignore it. We have to face it, admit it and fix it. Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 11-25-14

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Genesis 2 (NKJV) 18 And the Lord God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.”

A HELPER is the key word here today. Webster dictionary defines a helper as: someone who helps another person with a job or task.

Men, you need to let your wives be that helper that God made them to be. And wives, you need to help your man.

Talking and listening to each other about every little thing or big thing is important in a marriage. It’s in those little conversations that we can pick up on a lot of things that we might otherwise miss.

There may be times when we think we shouldn’t tell our spouse something because we want to protect them. But by doing that, we are hiding things from them and that may come back to bite us, even though we had good intentions.

Men, are you struggling today in some areas? Then take some time and talk to your wife. Don’t hide it, or keep it from her.

Women, always be ready to help your man. Whether they come to you on their own, or if you see something going wrong, and you know they need help, talk with them. Share your concerns with them. There’s no need to yell, nag or tear them down. But speak out of wisdom, love and compassion.

Work together as a couple and make the changes that need to be made. Don’t leave it all up to one person to fix it.

It takes a man and woman helping each other to have a good, strong marriage. Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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