Pastor Curt

Bible Verse of The Day – 4-5-14

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John 4:23-24 (NKJV) 23 But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. 24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”

God wants us to worship Him in spirit and in truth.

This is so important, yet so overlooked these days in the modern church. Worship today seems to have been reduced to a man-made conjuring up of what people hope is God’s presence.

But let me state that if God’s presence was truly as heavy in these modern worship services as it is portrayed to be, most people in that service would fall down under the weight of His glory, not just wave their arms or raise their hands.

God’s presence isn’t something that we should take lightly or try to force to happen. God’s spirit will come when we are ready for Him and when our hearts are prepared for Him.

Don’t take this wrong. I am not throwing stones at how churches worship. Most people in most churches have their hearts in the right place and they want to please God and worship Him in spirit and in truth.

But the church has gotten stuck in a rut and doesn’t know how to find its way out.

So today, we encourage you to stop what you’re doing in your worship time with God. Ask God if you’re really worshiping Him in a way that pleases Him. Check yourself in this area. And if you’re not sure about what you do, ask Him to show you what to do. And He will.

Worship Him in spirit and truth and enjoy His presence.

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

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(John 14:15 NKJV)  “If you love Me, keep My commandments.

Jesus is very simple and to the point, isn’t He? That’s what I love about Him. He doesn’t complicate these things.

Why would He? So we can’t understand what He is trying to tell us? No…He tells it like it is.

There is nothing complicated about this verse. Jesus is saying to follow Him in all that He tells us to do. We shouldn’t just say it, or preach it. Anyone can do that.

We need to take the things He teaches us in His word, the Holy Bible, and walk it out… be a follower of Christ. This will show Him that we really do love Him and we are not just saying it because that’s how they do it in church.

Let’s be careful that we don’t get stuck in a rut, just mimicking what other Christians say or what we’ve been taught to say. Let’s make sure what we say and do is REAL, straight from our own hearts.

(3 John 1:4 NKJV)  I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

Walking in truth is knowing who it is that we love, and we can tell this by watching our actions. Our actions and thoughts will show us the truth about who and what we really love.

Keep His commandments 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 – 4-3-14

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Psalm 50:15 (NKJV) Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.

God wants to be at the center of everything in our lives. In fact, He wants us to make Him the center of everything in our lives.

God knows that we will all encounter trouble at various times in our lives. During those times He wants us to call upon Him. He wants to deliver us! Why? So we will glorify Him!

You see, if we make God the center of our lives, we will be less likely to land in quite so much trouble as we do, but we are human. We make mistakes. We make poor choices sometimes. And other times, stuff just happens that we had no choice about.

But God says to call upon Him in our day of trouble and He will deliver us! That’s a promise.

We may not know how or when He will deliver us. And many times, the deliverance comes in ways that we would never have imagined, but He does deliver us!

So we need to stop sweating the “how and when”, and let Him do what needs to be done in us and in our situations, and watch in awe as He works it all out for our good.

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 – 4-2-14

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John 1:1 (NKJV) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

This might be a confusing verse to some, especially for those who are new to the family of God.

You might look at this and say “what’s all this stuff about the Word?”.

Let me take a minute to explain.

“The Word” is one of the names given to Jesus Christ in scripture. Jesus had many different “names” throughout the Bible, running from the Old testament (in prophecies), all the way through the end of the New Testament.

We hear Him called the Son of man, the Son of God, the Lamb of God, the Lamb who was slain, the Bright and Morning Star, and a host of others.

Jesus was also referred to as The Word, or the Word of God.

Revelation 19:13 (NKJV) He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God.

What’s so awesome about the verse above, in John 1:1, is that this verse shows us that Jesus was there in the beginning, right along with God the Father, at the creation of all that we see!

Jesus was a participant in the creation, not just an observer!

So if anyone ever tries to tell you that Jesus was simply created by God or that He was less than “God with us”, just remember that He was there in the beginning and all things were made through Him!

John 1:3 (NKJV) All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.

Rest today, knowing that our Savior was there in the beginning.

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 – 4-1-14

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(Matthew 11:28 NKJV)  “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Rest is a good thing!

We all need to walk in this rest. We’re not just talking about laying down and taking a nap, although that is good too! But, resting from our thoughts, our planning, our trying to resolve it all by putting the pieces together.

Rest comes when we stay calm and say, “OK, God, I see this mountain in front of me and I’m just going to take one step at a time and let You guide me”.

Rest comes when we trust God. When we stay calm in a time when we would normally flip out.

Thinking hard or stressing over something will wear us out and drain us emotionally. What good are we then?

Just the other day we got so much rain that it caused a shifting underground and we had mud come into our sump pump, in our basement. It clogged the pump, leaving us with a flood in our basement and mud everywhere.

Now the first thing that wanted to take place in our minds was to flip out, and then be fearful about what to do. And the next thing, anxiety likes to add its little spin.

But, that is not resting or trusting in God. That is letting our emotions take over.

Surprisingly, we both stayed very calm and focused on what we needed to do to resolve the problem. By the end of the day, we were physically exhausted, but emotionally we were strong and very focused.

We managed to get all the water out and the pump working again. We slept really well that night.

We rested in God as we moved forward and resolved the problem.

Rest in Him today. He will help us resolve whatever we are going through!!

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 – 3-31-14

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Hebrews 1:10 (NKJV) 10 And, You, Lord, in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands. 11 They will perish, but You remain…

Are there things that you’re unsure of? Are there things that trouble you and cause you to question things about your life?

We probably all wrestle with certain things and there are probably things that we all struggle with from time to time. No matter who we are, or who we might happen to interact with, someone is going through a trial of some kind.

We all try to hide our fears and concerns. Some of us do a better job of covering it up than others.

But in all of our doubt, concern and fear, there is one thing that is sure, and that is this; though the heavens and the earth may perish, God will remain.

There are so many things that come our way, so many things that can try to bring us down. Sometimes we might shake our heads and wonder how we can take one more thing. But through it all, God is our foundation and our source.

Though things and people will let us down, God will forever be our foundation and our rock, if we let Him be!

Start your week off right. Take those things that are causing you stress and worry, and those things that are causing you to fear, and trust God with them. No, it’s not always easy to do, but trusting God with them is surely better than trying to figure them out by ourselves.

Trust 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 – 3-29-14

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Galatians 5:13 NKJV)  For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

Where do we find God in this world that is so big? God is everywhere, always working to help someone or some situation. He is always moving. Where there is a NEED, we will find Him.

It doesn’t matter who we are or how much we have, there is always something else we think we need.  We may have a lot of money already, but we want more. We may have a huge family, but no quiet time. We may have a big beautiful home, but no time to enjoy it.

We can always find something that we would like to have to make our situation better. Is it a legitimate need or is it just a want or desire?

Ask ourselves today, do we really need these things we have set our hearts after? Maybe we have all we need right now.

Have we gotten so caught up in what we think we need that now we cannot enjoy life without it or them? As long as we keep chasing these so called needs, there is no time for anyone or anything else.

We are all called to serve, not ourselves, but others, through love.

Putting aside ourselves today, and serving others, will fill that emptiness, bringing us joy and happiness that will last a long 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 – 3-28-14

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1 Thessalonians 5:18 (NKJV) in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

Give Thanks. In Everything.

We’ve talked about this before, but we all need a friendly reminder once in a while.

Being thankful is something that some of us are better at than others. Sometimes we are in situations that make it hard to be thankful. Or at least we think it’s hard.

But most times it’s because we’re looking at things the wrong way. We get caught up in looking at what we don’t have, instead of being thankful for what we do have.

God has told us that in everything we need to give thanks!

So today, we want to encourage every one of you to give thanks, regardless of how bad things might be or might seem. Sometimes the darkest times in our lives can bring the most unexpected deliverances from God, if we just keep our faith intact and remain thankful.

Whether we have little or we have much, give thanks.

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 – 3-27-14

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Proverbs 9:10 (NKJV) “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

Fear. Most times when we think of this word, it isn’t related to anything good.

But there is actually a healthy kind of fear that we all learn to have when it comes to certain things in life.

We can fear burning our hand in a flame. We can fear shutting our fingers in a door. We can fear cutting ourselves with a sharp object. These are all healthy fears because they keep us from hurting ourselves.

The fear of God, though, is the healthiest kind of fear. If we are a child of God, we need to fear Him in a reverent way.. a way that shows reverence for Him because of who He is. We don’t walk around being afraid of Him, but we know that He is all-powerful.

If someone doesn’t know God, they should fear the consequences of being judged by Him. I recall seeing a short clip of someone on TV the other day, a popular celebrity here in the USA, who was mocking God in a way that truly made me nauseous. I actually feared for this man’s life and his soul because of the things he was saying. I could only take hearing it for a few seconds before I just had to turn it off.

This man needs to fear God in a way that causes him to cry out to God and beg Him for mercy.

God says in His word that the fear of Him is the beginning of wisdom. We should all pray for this kind of wisdom and ask God to teach us to fear Him in a way that’s pleasing to 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 – 3-26-14

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(Psalm 37:4 NKJV)  Delight yourself also in the LORD, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.

The word Delight is used as a verb in this verse and a verb implies action. According to the Webster dictionary delight means to make (someone) very happy : to give (someone) great pleasure or satisfaction.

Make and give are both action words, meaning we will have to do something.

When we delight ourselves in the Lord, we give to Him straight from our heart. We make Him very happy as we show Him how much we love Him.

How do we show love to a God so Omnipotent, Omnipresent, Almighty and Magnificent? We follow His word.

(Psalm 119:105 NKJV)  Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path.

Don’t focus on trying to be perfect. We need to focus on one day at a time.

We need to love God with all our hearts and let Him help us get through each day. He will give us the desires of our hearts as we delight ourselves 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 – 3-25-14

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Matthew 7:24-25 (NKJV) 24 “Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: 25 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.

So many times we have people ask us “why did God do this to me?”. They tell us about how God has done good things for them and they felt like they were headed in the right direction, and then they encounter a trial or rough time.

And suddenly they are asking why God would “do this to them”. “Why did God pick me up and make me think everything was going to be OK, just to do this to me and crush me again?”

Well, we can’t speak for every single situation, but we can say this. God has never, ever promised us that we won’t go through stuff. He never told us “follow me and I will make your path trouble-free and full of miracles for the rest of your life”.

On the contrary, God has told us that we will go through trials and storms. And there will be times in our life when we feel like everything is crashing down around us. And there will be days when we wonder how we can go on.

But it’s in these times when God has promised to hold us up. It’s in these times when He has promised to be that rock that we need in order to be able to weather the storm and come through it still standing.

Facing adverse times doesn’t mean that God has abandoned us or picked us up only to crush us again. Adversity comes. It’s just part of life, and we need to accept that fact.

But what God does offer us is strength to endure the storm. He offers us hope to see past the storm. And He becomes our rock, our foundation, if we let Him.

“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.”

Are our lives founded on the Rock? They should be! And if they’re not, it’s never too late to do the right thing and start fresh, building our new life on that Rock.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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