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Bible Verse of The Day – 11-11-14

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1 Kings 19:11-12 (NKJV) 11 Then He said, “Go out, and stand on the mountain before the Lord.” And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind tore into the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake; 12 and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice.

I love the fact that when God passed by Elijah, there was a great wind that came and tore into the mountains, breaking the rocks into pieces, simply by His presence! God is so awesome and powerful.

But at the same time, I love the fact that He speaks to us in a still, small voice. A voice that requires us to have faith, to be still and listen for Him.

If God moved with mighty winds and crashing thunder all the time it would require no faith or effort on our part. Our walk with Him would require nothing more than us looking for the next big crash and then knowing that God was there.

But because He chooses to speak to us quietly, it requires us to pay attention to Him and make a conscious choice to want to hear Him.

Yes, it might seem harder that way, but anything that’s really worth having takes a bit of effort on our part.

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 – 11-10-14

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Matthew 6:15 (NKJV) 15 But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Are we willing to open up today and let God examine our hearts?

Will we let Him show us if we are holding onto some unforgiveness? We may not even realize it or we may not want to know. But, if we truly want to know, He will definitely reveal it to us.

There is freedom and healing in the verse above. God is tugging on our hearts today because He wants us to be free and be HEALED!!

If you are feeling God speak to your heart and you need to forgive someone today, we are praying this prayer with you.

Dear God in Heaven,

I come to you today with a heavy heart. I have been hurt and I have become hard and bitter inside. It has affected my health. It has affected my daily living and even how I function.  It’s so hard for me to let go of this and forgive the person, but today I want to be free from this burden. I want to be free from this heaviness. I ask for Your help, to let go of it and to forgive them, and I ask for Your forgiveness for holding unforgiveness in my heart toward them.

Father,  thank you today for the freedom You’ve given me, for peace, and for victory. May You lead my steps each day, that I may continue to walk in forgiveness. Thank you.

In Jesus’ name I ask this. Amen.

If you prayed this prayer and would like to share with us, we’d love to hear from you.

God bless 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 – 11-8-14

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Jeremiah 51:15(NKJV) 15 He has made the earth by His power; He has established the world by His wisdom, And stretched out the heaven by His understanding.

Have you ever been around people who have been given a new position, with certain power, control, or authority and now all of a sudden they are different acting toward you and those around them?

Their attitude changed from the person you once knew, to maybe thinking they are better than or bigger than those around them. That’s called puffed up, having a big head, and being full of pride and arrogance. They let their change of position or title change their attitude and cause them to look down at others, as if they are suddenly better.

I remember as a young child, just lying on my bed thinking about how powerful our God is, but yet how good He is to us; how He loves us, and helps us, how He is there for us whenever we call on Him.

God is the most powerful of all, but yet with all the power, wisdom, and understanding that is within Him, He chooses to love us.

He chooses to be a Father to us. He doesn’t look down at us and treat us like peons and laugh at us when we do foolish things. He helps us and calls us His sons and daughters.

2 Corinthians 6:18 (NKJV)18 “I will be a Father to you, And you shall be My sons and daughters, Says the Lord Almighty.

This is how we need to treat others, no matter what title we have, or position we hold, or how wise we may seem. God’s example of how He treats us is how we should treat others; with love and respect.

Have a wonderful weekend.

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 – 11-7-14

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Genesis 12:2 (NKJV) 2 I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing.

We are blessed.

No matter what our situation might feel like sometimes, we are still blessed.

And God has blessed us for a reason; to be able to bless others.

Yes, He gives us the desires of our heart because He loves us and wants us to enjoy our lives, but more than that, He blesses us so we can be a blessing to others.

You see, we have to learn to live with our hands wide open. While they’re open, God can place blessings in them. But when He blesses us, we can’t clench our fists and hold tightly to those things He has blessed us with.

Sometimes God will tell us to turn our hands over and release those blessings to others. This is why we should never close our hands! If our hands are closed, we can’t let go of those things.

We should be ready, at any time, to give to others when God leads us to do so. Because we never know how that thing that we give to someone else might change their life.

Acts 20:35 (NKJV) 35 I have shown you in every way, by laboring like this, that you must support the weak. And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

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 – 11-6-14

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Ephesians 2:8-9 (NKJV) 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God

The salvation of our eternal souls is free… a gift from God.

He gives salvation freely, without prejudice based on our race, our ethnicity, our financial status or any other factor.

God loves us freely and offers us His plan of salvation freely.

On the other hand, our relationship with God is something that doesn’t just happen freely.

It takes effort. It takes work. We get out what we put in.

James 4:8 (NKJV) 8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

As followers of Christ, we need to take the necessary steps to strengthen our walk with God and build that relationship into one that stands the test of time and lasts through tough situations and fiery trials.

In fact, as our relationship with God grows, the fiery trials that do come our way will show us where we’re at with Him and help us to see where we are weak and where we are strong.

And we also need to understand that growing our relationship with God won’t stop tough times from occurring in our lives, but it will equip us to handle them better and come through them without being mortally wounded spiritually.

So we need to accept God’s gift of salvation and then put forth the effort required to take those next steps and grow our relationship with Him. 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 – 11-5-14

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Proverbs 2:3-5 (NKJV) 3 Yes, if you cry out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding, 4 If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures; 5 Then you will understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.

Discernment.

With it, we make sound choices and follow the straight and narrow path.

Without it, we make poor choices and our feet stray from the path that God set them on.

A question we get asked frequently is “how do I get better discernment and know when God is speaking to me?”.

Our answer is always this: “Spend time with God, in His word, talking to Him and then listening for Him to speak to you. Draw close to Him. Create a clean atmosphere in your home where God’s spirit can dwell and is not grieved. And press in to Him, putting Him first in everything.”

As you do these things, your ability to hear God’s voice will increase, which results in much sharper discernment.

It’s not something that happens overnight. It takes time and it doesn’t happen by accident. It happens because you pursue it on purpose.

And what’s even better is that God gives discernment to anyone willing to submit themselves to Him. It’s not something that’s only for “special” people or people in leadership positions.

So cry out and ask God for discernment and find the knowledge of God.

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 – 11-4-14

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Matthew 19:6 (NKJV) “So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”

Marriage is an incredible gift from God. Sadly, it has become devalued in today’s society.

As followers of Christ, we don’t have to fall into the traps of the enemy, destroying what God has joined together.

Making a marriage last takes hard work on both sides. But it can be done!

Are you in a troubled marriage? Have you cheated on your spouse? Have you mistreated them?

Have you given up hope because your spouse mistreated you?

Regardless of what you’ve been through, this doesn’t have to be the end of your relationship. There is hope and there is help for you. You can make it work and have victory in your situation.

Start by forgiving each other. Make a decision to do whatever it takes to work things out and don’t quit. Don’t give up.

And instead of dwelling on what the other person did wrong to you, stop and ask God what He wants you to change in yourself. If both people in a troubled relationship would do this, and then take it seriously enough to take action to fix the problems, not a single relationship would end up broken.

We know it’s not easy, so don’t think we’re saying that it is. But we’ve seen God work some miracles in cases where both people were willing to admit that they had faults and then work through the problems in front of them.

So don’t give up hope. Trust God. Let Him lead you. If we could all just let God lead us, how much better would our lives be?

It’s never too late to start.

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 – 11-3-14

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Matthew 7:1 (NKJV) 1 “Judge not, that you be not judged.

Being careful not to judge is a daily, minute by minute decision that we must work hard at doing every day.

Judging others can cause more harm than good, because we don’t know how to judge with righteous judgement. ONLY God can do this. We, as God’s children, have to understand this more than anyone.

As we walk this walk with Christ, the closer we get to Him, the more humble we should become; Not puffed up, not arrogant and definitely not untouchable.

Remember the woman at the well, in John 4:18? She’d had 5 husbands in her life. Jesus sat with her and talked one-on-one with her.

The woman that had a bleeding issue for twelve years, in Matthew 9:20, actually touched His garment, and He stopped and spoke to her in that moment of need, and brought healing to her.

We all need Jesus, and He is there for us, no matter what we have done. He is reachable!!

People need to be able to come to us and talk to us. And we in return should not be judging them in their situation. We are no better.

We might have been convicted in those areas and we may have changed or turned away from doing those things, but we should not push our convictions on anyone else.

Trying to force someone to see things the way we see them is not our job as God’s children. It’s different if we are asked for our opinion. Then we can share. But even in that, we should never push it on them.

We are called to love, not judge. Letting God do His job, and us doing ours, will make this world a better place. 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 – 11-1-14

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John 16:15(NKJV) 15 All things that the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He will take of Mine and declare it to you.

This verse is very powerful in the fact that Jesus gives to us what is HIS.

He gave His life, which is more than enough, but He doesn’t stop there. He graciously gives all things that are His. And He gives them to us!

We don’t deserve any of it; not a single bit of it. No matter how good we have been, we don’t deserve it. But yet He still gives to us, from His heart, all that is His.

When we approach Him in our prayers each day, may our hearts be like His, and may we give to Him all of us, all that we are.

Some of us may say “I have nothing to offer this great Messiah. All I can give Him is Myself.”

He’ll take it! That’s all He wants; our hearts.

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 – 10-31-14

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Psalm 91:1 (NKJV) 91 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

There is safety when we abide in the presence of the Lord. We can’t let the things that are going on around us cause us to be fearful. But instead, let us go to the Almighty.

He is our Secret Place. He is our Healer! Our Deliverer! Our Savior!

He waits for us to come to Him each day! It’s in Him we live and MOVE and have our being.

Acts 17:28 (NKJV) 28 for in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also His offspring.’

Those that believe in Him, trust Him and follow Him are His offspring. We have everything we need to be happy, content and SAFE, through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior! Pick up our heads today. It’s NOT over.

Psalm 24:1 (NKJV) 24 The earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness, The world and those who dwell therein.

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 – 10-30-14

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Acts 20:35 (NKJV) 35 I have shown you in every way, by laboring like this, that you must support the weak. And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

Giving.

It’s something that some of us do more readily and freely than others. But it’s something that God has told us all to do.

It’s funny that you’ll find many times that those with the most give the least and those with the least give the most. This isn’t always the case, but it happens a lot.

1 John 3:17 (NKJV) 17 But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?

We’d like to encourage everyone today to give. If you’re not tithing, today is the day to start.

If you’re already tithing, ask God where to sow an offering.

And remember that giving is what opens the doors to receiving.

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.”

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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