Author: Pastor Curt

Bible Verse of The Day – 3-5-14

(John 3:17 NKJV)  “For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

God’s heart is to see the world come to Him. He wants each one of us for His own.

He wants us to have eternal life, to be saved. How do we get to be saved?

(Romans 10:9 NKJV)  that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

Today, if you have not done this, it is your day. God is calling you to Him and we pray that you, in return, will answer to Him.

Give Him your heart. You will have a friend that will stick by your side through thick and thin. You will never be left alone to handle things on your own. He is faithful to help you through this life and give you eternal life.

Prayer of salvation…

Dear God,

I’m a sinner and I come today and humbly ask for Your forgiveness.  I confess with my mouth that Your Son, Jesus Christ, died on the cross for my sins and was raised from the dead.

I believe in my heart that Jesus Christ is the Savoir of the world. This day I ask Him to come into my heart and be my Savoir.

In the name of Jesus I pray. Amen.

Praise be to God! If you prayed this prayer, the angels are rejoicing, for you are born again! You are a child of the most High God. Jesus is living in you and you can cry out to God, in the name of Jesus Christ, and He will help you in any area of your life!

Please let us know if you prayed this prayer. We are standing with you and praying 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 – 3-4-14

Matthew 5:14 (NKJV) “You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden“.

Did you know that you are the light of the world?

Sometimes it can be hard to see ourselves as being light in this dark world we live in. We have so many faults. We make so many mistakes. And we are so far from being perfect.

But guess what! If you are a follower of Christ, a child of God, then you have God living inside of you. That is what makes us the light of the world!

You see, it’s not by anything we have done that we are light. Short of making a decision to place our faith in the Creator and the Savior, we can do nothing good and bring no light anywhere.

But with Him in us, we are light and we bring light wherever we go!

So remember this. When you encounter darkness, be light. When you’re in a tough situation, be light. When you feel like nothing’s going right, be light!

Anywhere we go and in everything we do, we bring light into every single situation and circumstance that we encounter, spreading it to those around 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 – 3-3-14

(Acts 2:1-2 NKJV)  When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. {2} And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.

Being in one accord means to be in agreement. When they came together, they were in One accord. They were all in agreement with what God wanted to do. It was then that the Holy Spirit came upon them.

We, the church, must be in agreement this day. Not for what we want to happen or what we think needs to happen, but in agreement with God and what He wants done.

We need to come together, believing and praying for God to help us make a difference right where we’re at. The Holy Spirit is who leads us and gives us strength, wisdom, understanding and boldness to do what God wants us to do.

Where do we start? (John 14:26 NKJV)  “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.

Be in agreement with God. Receiving the Holy Spirit as our Helper is what will lead us and help us do the impossible and get the job done.

It’s the Holy Spirit who helps us to help those in the town we live in, the place where we go to work each day, the place we go to school, etc.

Pray for the Holy Spirit to guide us. He will show us what is missing, what is needed, what is going on in the area that we are in and what will help it.

Prayer first is so important! Sometimes we get going, doing our own thing and we exhaust ourselves and run out of energy before the work is done. Let God be in charge of what we do by being Holy Spirit-empowered. How do we do this? By asking the Holy Spirit to be our Helper and guide.

Let us be in one accord, receiving the Holy Spirit and going after this world together, filled with God’s power, strength, wisdom, understanding and boldness.

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 – 3-1-14

Psalm 1:1-3 (NKJV) 1 Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful; 2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night. 3 He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper.

Want to know the secrets to a fruitful, satisfying, successful life?

You just read them!

So many of us spend so much of our lives trying to find peace, trying to be successful, trying to find stability, but end up living unfruitful lives. We chase after success like it can never be obtained. And we live our lives unsatisfied and disappointed all the time.

But if we know God and really spend time building our relationship with Him, and we follow the path He has set before us, we will have satisfaction, stability and success.

God’s word says we will be like a tree planted by the water and that we will bring forth fruit in season!

So what more can we ask for? If we follow after Him and do the things He places before us to do, whether big or small things, we will be successful, we will have stability and we will prosper.

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 – 2-28-14

Matthew 11:29 (NKJV) Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Are you tired? Is life and all of its battles wearing you out? Are you longing for rest?

Jesus is calling you today.

We can try with all of our might to escape or fix the things that are wearing us down. But most times all we do is tire ourselves out even more.

If you want true rest, give your cares and burdens to Him. Let Him take them from you and hold you in His arms and show you true rest and true peace.

It’s time to lay down the yoke and burdens of this world and take on the yoke of Jesus.

There is no peace in this world like the peace He gives us.

So today, stop struggling and go to Him. Lay it all down.

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 – 2-27-14

(Matthew 7:25 NKJV)  “and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.

I was speaking to a person the other day and they were having quite the situation going on at their work, between themselves and upper management.

When the conversation was coming to a close the person said, “I know I’ll be fine because I have God on my side.”

The confidence the person had in their Savior, the knowing that she had, was all she needed. She had confidence in God that it would all be OK, no matter how it turned out.

As she stuck to what she knew, that Jesus was with her, her storm would pass and she would be fine.

The storm came, but as she kept her place on the rock, the battle was won!

She won that battle because she was founded on the rock!

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 – 2-26-14

Ecclesiastes 3:1 (NKJV) To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven

Have you ever gotten a feeling that something you’ve been doing for a long time needs to change?

Maybe there’s something that you’ve enjoyed doing for a very long time. It was always a pleasure for you, but now it seems like a chore. Sometimes you even dread it.

Sometimes it’s just our flesh wanting to “scratch an itch”. We get bored and want change. It’s a normal human trait.

But there are times when this is just part of a changing of seasons in our life. We have worked through one season and we’re heading into another season. When this happens, we will “lose the grace” for something that we have done for a long time without ever even thinking about it.

But now it suddenly feels empty, frustrating, boring and lifeless to us. Sometimes God will bring this about in us to cause us to become uncomfortable with where we are, because He wants to move us into something new!

If we stay comfortable where we’re at, we will most likely never move on to new things.

Sometimes it can be tough to tell if we’re “scratching an itch” or if our grace has run out for something because God is moving us into a new season of our life. But as we grow closer to God and learn His ways, it gets easier over time.

Remember… there is a season and a purpose for everything under heaven.

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 – 2-25-14

Proverbs 3:5 (NKJV) Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;

We touched on this verse about a month ago, but felt like it needed to be reiterated again today.

There are so many things that we face in our lives. So many trials that pull on us and try to keep us down.

It can be pretty tough to make sense of them sometimes. We try and try to wrap our heads around the things that happen, but nothing seems to make sense.

But that’s OK!

God isn’t bound by human understanding and human logic. He doesn’t have to fit in the box that we try to put Him in. Why? Because He’s God!

Our human understanding is limited by what we know and what we understand. But God has no limits.

So when we’re shaking our heads and wondering what’s next, instead of running around frantically, trying to put all of the logical pieces together, we need to let God put the pieces together for us.

That doesn’t come easy most times. We have to fight our emotions and our logical thinking. But once we reach a point where we give up the fight with our minds and let God lead us, putting our trust wholly in Him, then we will have victory.

Stay strong in Him.

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 – 2-24-14

(1 John 4:15 NKJV)  Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.

God abides in him. Who is the him he is referring to? Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God. God abides in that person.

To confess means to admit and to abide means to live or stay somewhere. So as we admit Jesus is the Son of God, He will live and stay in us.

Even if we are going through a tough time and it is our fault…He’s there! He did not go anywhere; He didn’t leave us to fend for ourselves. We will not have to pick up the pieces and fix it alone.

Some may say how do we know that God is with us? Do we get some kind of feeling? Is there a sign to look for? Maybe He was with us and then left  because He’s angry at us for the mistake we made.

It’s not always how we feel or what we see happening. Sometimes there is nothing at all to feel, see or know. It just is.

God will not leave us; He stays. We just have to trust, believe and STAND, knowing that God’s Word is true.

He does what He says!!

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 – 2-22-14

(Job 19:25 NKJV)  For I know that my Redeemer lives, And He shall stand at last on the earth;

For those of us who believe in Jesus Christ as our personal Lord and Savior, we are a people who have a Redeemer.

He is there for us to lean on and to cry out to. He is there for us to worship and to bow down to, to give thanks and to praise.

This Redeemer lives in those who believe in Him!

Shout it out today… Our Redeemer lives!

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 – 2-21-14

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

Children. They’re a gift and a blessing from God himself.

As parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, it’s our duty to set examples for the little ones in our lives.

Our words and, most importantly, our actions are what they see and follow. Everything we say and do gets absorbed like a sponge and then emulated.

If they see us pray, they will learn to pray. If they hear us singing praises to God, they will learn to praise God. If they hear us cussing someone out, they will learn to do the same.

We are being watched!

Knowing that our lives are examples for the little ones in our lives should give us good reason to make sure we do what is right in the eyes of God.

As they grow up, they will do what they have seen us do, so let’s set a good, godly example.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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