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Bible Verse of The Day – 7-5-14

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1 Peter 4:8 (NKJV) And above all things have fervent love for one another, for “love will cover a multitude of sins.”

Oh, if only we could get this one right!

Loving each other can seem to be so hard to do at times. We are all so diverse. We have different opinions, different personalities, different cultures, different ways of expressing ourselves. The list of differences can be quite lengthy.

But just because we’re different doesn’t mean that we can’t love each other.

God has commanded us to love each other fervently. That’s a pretty strong word.

To do something fervently means to do it with great intensity. So this means that we shouldn’t love each other halfheartedly!

So in light of our differences, how can we love each other fervently, overlooking those differences and pleasing God?

By letting Him teach us how to love. Only God can show us how to love someone fervently if there are vast differences and even things about a person that we don’t like.

As we let God show us how to love, we will have no problems loving someone we don’t know, don’t agree with or just plain don’t want to be around.

It won’t always be easy, but it can be done if we let God’s Spirit lead 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 – 7-4-14

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Romans 6:9-11 (NKJV) 9 knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him. 10 For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. 11 Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Reckon yourselves to be dead to sin.

That there is a tall order if we attempt to be dead to sin under our own power. Thankfully, we don’t have to do it under our own power!

When we put our faith in God through Christ, He makes us new. We are made a new creation in Christ and the old person dies. This is tough for our minds to comprehend and, in fact, probably impossible for us to completely understand.

But the instant that we put our faith and trust in Him as our Savior and Redeemer, something happens in the spiritual realm and the person that we were is no more. We are given a brand new lease on life as a child of the King.

The tricky part is “staying new” and not slipping back into our old ways. This can be harder for some than for others. But God equips us with some serious tools to do this; His Spirit and His Word!

With the direction and leading of the Holy Spirit and the truth of His word, we have everything we need to overcome sin in our lives and drive the enemy back when he tempts us. It’s not always easy, but we are never left alone or without help.

We encourage you to press in to God. Let Him sharpen your discernment and teach you how to hear His voice and yield to it when temptation comes your way. As you learn to hear Him better and trust Him more, your troubles with sin will decrease and your desire and ability to please Him will increase.

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 – 7-3-14

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(1 Thessalonians 5:17 NKJV) pray without ceasing,

I was on the phone with my son-in-law the other day.

As he was talking to me, his seven year old son (my grandson) came out of his bedroom. He had been in there with the door closed.

His dad asked him what he was doing. His son replied nonchalantly, “Just talking to God.”

That is all prayer is; just talking to God.

Spend some time with Him 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 – 7-2-14

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Hebrews 3:13 (NKJV) but exhort one another daily, while it is called “Today,” lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

Did you know that we are to exhort each other daily?

Exhort: to incite by argument or advice : urge strongly : to give warnings or advice : make urgent appeals

We are instructed to give each other warnings, make urgent appeals to each other, advise each other and urge each other to do the right thing.

We are to hold each other accountable and help each other stay on track.

This doesn’t mean that we are to go around judging each other, accusing each other or stirring up trouble.

But it does mean that we need to hold each other accountable when one of us gets off track. We need to urge our wayward brothers and sisters in Christ, lovingly but firmly, to do the right thing, to get back on track and to honor God with their lives.

It might not always be easy to do this and sometimes there is a fine line between exhorting and meddling, but if we let God speak to us and show us when to speak and when to pull back, He will be able to use us to help many people.

So be prepared to exhort others and be prepared to be exhorted by others. It works both ways and we all need a little adjustment once in a while.

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 – 7-1-14

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(Revelation 2:4 NKJV) “Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love.

God comes first. He is our first love, and we can not let anything come before our personal relationship with Him. We have to keep Him first in all that we do.

God comes before the church. God comes before our spouse. He comes before our children. God comes before our job and He comes before our money, etc. He needs to be first, and then everything else will be added.

(Matthew 6:33 NKJV) “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

If we’ve pushed Him aside, maybe we’ve gotten caught up in some things that we felt pressured to do, or we just lost sight of our time and before we knew it He was squeezed out of our day.

One day turns into two, then three and before we know it it’s been a month or more since we left Him behind or put Him after so many other things. But He hasn’t given up on us; He’s waiting patiently.

It’s time we stop today and let Him back into our life.

Come home to your first love today.

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 – 6-30-14

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Matthew 9:29 (NKJV) Then He touched their eyes, saying, “According to your faith let it be to you.”

According to your faith let it be to you.

What does that mean? How does this simple little statement impact our lives when it comes to what God can do for us?

Well, it means the difference between God moving in our lives or Him not moving in our lives. Plain and simple.

Do we need healing? We have to believe that God can heal us at that very moment when we need the healing and when we ask Him for it. If we lack faith, we can ask Him as many times as we want to, but it won’t happen.

Do we need God to make some other kind of change in our life, such as mending a broken relationship? We have to believe that God can mend that relationship.

Do we need God to move for a breakthrough in our finances? We have to believe that God can move and make that change for us.

You see, there are so very many things that we can ask God for and hope that He does them for us, but if we don’t have faith and we’re just asking Him because we think it might help or because we hope He will come through for us, we might as well save our energy.

It is when our faith is active and alive and we truly believe with every fiber of our being that God will do what we’re asking Him to do that we will see Him move.

This can be a very hard thing to explain or to teach, but when God’s spirit moves on us and we get an understanding of what this really means, then there is nothing that God can’t do for us. He is limited only by our faith.

We encourage you to get your Bible out and read the verses before and after the one above and see what Jesus did when people had faith that was alive and active.

According to your faith let it be 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 – 6-28-14

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Titus 3:4-7 (NKJV) 4 But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared, 5 not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, 6 whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 that having been justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

We are heirs, by His grace, according to the hope of eternal life!

We are heirs with Christ if we have put our faith in Him as our savior.

There isn’t a single thing we can do to earn this. We can’t work for it. We can’t pay for it. We can’t score points and win entry into heaven.

It is ours by His grace. Nothing more, nothing less.

So if you’re beating yourself up today, feeling like you’ve fallen short, stop right now. Stop, because we have all fallen short. Not a single one of us deserves salvation. None of us!

But God has freely given it.

We can never truly understand this, but we can accept it, embrace it and be thankful for it.

Thank you, God, for your grace that you freely give.

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 – 6-27-14

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

Why do we feel the need, at times when someone messes up, to have to judge the situation and give our opinion on the matter? Do we forget that we aren’t perfect and that we mess up too?

Sometimes we need to be reminded that falling, messing up or making mistakes happens to all of us at times, and that none of us are perfect and we need each other more than we think… especially when we make mistakes.

God tells us not to judge each other, but to love one another.

(John 13:34 NKJV)  “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.

Help someone today that has messed up, by letting them know that no matter what they did wrong, we will still love them.

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 – 6-26-14

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2 Chronicles 7:14 (NKJV) if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

The world is a troubled place these days. We’re living in times of constant turmoil. Much more so than at any time in the past.

Each one of our nations is facing different types of problems. Here in the USA, our government leaders on both sides have driven our nation into economic and social chaos. Nobody wants to take responsibility for any of the problems. Most politicians and other leaders are too busy pointing their finger at someone else to accept any part of the blame for what’s wrong. Because of this, nothing gets fixed or resolved.

Many other nations in the world are in similar situations. There is political unrest everywhere, with governments being tested, and in some cases, overthrown.

Lawlessness is becoming a way of life for so many people. Respect for authority has dwindled down to almost nothing.

And the fear of God is pretty much a thing of the past. Selfishness and self centeredness have become a way of life for the vast majority of the people in most countries.

It sounds pretty bleak, doesn’t it?

But there is hope! God can fix the problems of our nations. There is nothing too big for Him, but there is a catch.

The “catch” is that we, God’s people, must humble ourselves before Him, pray and seek His face, and repent… turn from our wicked ways. It is not the unbeliever who is supposed to turn from their ways, but the people of God. We hold the keys to helping fix the problems of the world.

We don’t necessarily have to run for political office to make change happen. But we should keep up to date on what’s going on so we know how to pray and what to pray for. It’s important that we keep informed, as long as we don’t get caught up in it or let it affect our mood and our attitude.

So, people of God, let’s pray! Let’s humble ourselves before God, repent and pray. And believe that He will heal our 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 – 6-25-14

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James 1:19 (NKJV) So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;

Words.

If you’ve been on our mailing list for any length of time, you know that we teach about the power of our words fairly often.

Our words are very powerful. They impact the people who hear them, whether we speak them directly to someone or they happen to overhear them.

Most times we tend to speak whatever comes to mind in just about any situation.

But we have learned over the years that this can, most times, be a bad thing. It can lead to hurt feelings, damaged relationships and some serious heartache. And the repercussions from misspoken words can last for years, or even decades.

We need to choose our words carefully. We need to think before we speak. And we should never, ever speak out of anger. Anger only lasts a while, but the consequences of words spoken while we’re angry can last a lifetime.

So if we’re angry, we need to take some time to cool down before we address a situation or speak about something that resulted in our anger.

And when we open our mouth to speak, we need to be oh so careful that the words we’re about to say are words that will be pleasing to God, and not just to let off steam, spout off our opinions or express our frustration.

Let’s learn to be quick to hear, slow to anger and slow to speak. And if we can learn this, our lives and the lives of those around us will be so much better.

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 – 6-24-14

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Ephesians 3:20-21 (NKJV) 20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, 21 to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

God is able.

He is able to do more than we can ever think or imagine. He is able to take our mess and turn it into something beautiful.

He is able to take our broken selves and make us brand new and usable for His glory.

He is able to pick us up out of the dirt and the mud, clean us off and set our feet back on the path He made for us.

Some of us already know this, and for those who need a bit of encouragement today, know that no matter how bad we feel or how terribly we mess things up, God can fix it.

But here’s the part that most of us miss more than 95% of the time. When God does help us out of our mess He doesn’t do it the way we think He should.

When God fixes our financial problems, it isn’t the way we had it figured out. When God heals a broken relationship, it isn’t the way we thought it would be. When God mends our broken heart, He does it differently than we imagined it would be. When God delivers us from a bad situation, He does it in a way that we would never have figured out in our minds.

You see, God does it His way, because His way is much better than ours!

Even though we think we have it all figured out, our finite minds can never see things the way God sees them. His way is so much better than ours!

Give Him glory today for working in our lives. He deserves it all.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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