Pastor Curt

Bible Verse of The Day – 11-26-13

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Matthew 5:13 (NKJV) “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.

We are the salt of the earth.

This is pretty significant. Most of us don’t think much of our lives or what kind of an impact we have on those around us.

But Jesus told us that we are the salt of the earth. Salt changes everything it comes into contact with. It adds flavor to food. It preserves things and makes them last.

When we come into contact with people around us, we make an impact on their lives! We can never forget that.

We will either impact them for good or we will impact them for bad. We must choose what kind of an impression we will leave.

Knowing this, let’s let God shape us and mold us into the vessels He wants us to be so our impact is good for the kingdom 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 – 11-25-13

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(Psalm 37:3-4 NKJV)  Trust in the LORD, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness.

Are we putting our trust in the LORD today? Are we waiting on Him or are we jumping ship?

Maybe we’re waiting on an answer from Him and it isn’t coming quick enough? Are we afraid this ship is going to sink if something doesn’t happen quickly?

He will not let our ship sink! One of our dear friends once told us, “the Captain is on the bridge!” So we need to give Him a chance to come through for us.

If we jump ship every time we get scared, we will never get to experience that.

We need to let Him do what He has to do; some things take a little time.  We need to hold out, dwell in the land and FEED on His faithfulness.

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 – 11-23-13

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(Acts 5:16 NKJV)  Also a multitude gathered from the surrounding cities to Jerusalem, bringing sick people and those who were tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all healed.

Praise be to God, they were all healed! What an AWESOME God we serve! He is our Healer. Amen!

If you are suffering today with sickness, disease or any kind of mental disorder, we want to pray with you and believe for complete healing over your situation!

Write in and tell us what it is you suffer from; we know that God is faithful to heal you too!!

If you were sick previously and have been healed, we would love to hear your testimony!

God is Good! 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 – 11-22-13

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Deuteronomy 6:5 (NKJV) You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.

Love the Lord your God with all your heart.

This is something that we touch on every now and then. We want to make sure that every single one of us keeps this fresh in our heart and mind.

If we could just get this one right, so many other things would come so much more easily for us all.

If we loved God with all our heart, we would be inclined to want to please Him more. We would want to spend more time communing with Him in prayer and worship.

If we loved God with all our heart, we would make better choices and sin wouldn’t be as big of a problem in our lives. We would make better judgments when it comes to choosing right or wrong.

Some of us have gone astray and left God far behind.

But do you want to know the good news in all of this?

It’s never too late to start!

Let’s ask God to search our hearts and show us where we can improve and where we need to do things differently. If we give Him permission, He will be faithful to show us what we need to know.

Love Him with all your heart.

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 – 11-21-13

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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.

As each one of us faces the tests and trials that come our way in life, we have to make choices.

First, we have to make choices as to how to handle situations that we’re faced with. Sometimes the choices are easy and other times they can be pretty difficult.

Next, we have to make another choice. We have to choose between being thankful and joyful or being ungrateful and miserable.

Many times we make the choices in the order mentioned above… deciding how to handle a situation first, and then deciding whether we want to be miserable or joyful.

But today I want to suggest that we choose to be thankful first. Then, and only then should we make decisions about how to handle the situation at hand. Because once we have pushed our misery aside and decided to be thankful we are more likely to make wise choices when it comes to finding solutions to the problems we’re facing.

Things look so much better and way less bleak when we give thanks first and then pursue a solution to our problems.

God can bless a thankful person, but will not bless someone who is miserable and ungrateful.

And remember… when we think we have it bad, there is always someone else who has it worse, no matter how big of a pity party we throw for ourselves!

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 – 11-20-13

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(1 Thessalonians 5:17-18 NKJV)  pray without ceasing, {18} in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

This is the will of God for us that we pray and not stop and that we give thanks in EVERYTHING.

This is a good reminder for us because when things are going good in our situations we can have a tendency to relax in our prayer time and even in our being thankful. We can actually get prideful if we are not careful.

God’s will for us is that we not get relaxed in our prayer time, but to stay consistent and continue to be thankful in everything.

Praying without ceasing may seem very hard to do at times, especially if we don’t have a lot going on in our lives that we think needs prayer.

We might not know what to pray for at times, but the Holy Spirit does. If we surrender ourselves to Him in prayer and let Him lead us we shall see much changed!!

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 – 11-19-13

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1 Kings 19:1-4 (NKJV) 1 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, also how he had executed all the prophets with the sword. 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.” 3 And when he saw that, he arose and ran for his life, and went to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there. 4 But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he prayed that he might die, and said, “It is enough! Now, Lord, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers!”

Elijah had just been part of a massive victory over the false prophets of Baal. He had defeated them and then slain over 400 of them. He had seen God move in a completely mighty way as he had called down fire from heaven. God had proven to him that there was nothing for him to fear.

But when Jezebel promised to kill Elijah, he quickly forgot about God’s might and how God had answered his call for fire from heaven. And he ran and hid, fearful for his life!

Elijah was undoubtedly one of the most powerful prophets of God in the entire Bible. Very few others had anywhere near his level of faith. Nor did they do such powerful feats by God’s spirit.

But when Elijah was faced with fear, he ran like a scared child and he hid.

So let me ask you today; have we ever run and hid when we were fearful? Have we ever forgotten about the might and the faithfulness of God and just run away? Every single one of us can probably shout a resounding “yes“!

So now let me share something with you. During those times when our faith might have wavered and we hid ourselves, God never left us. He wasn’t surprised and He wasn’t ashamed of us.

So if you have ever hidden because of fear or a lack of faith, don’t beat yourself up over it.

After Elijah hid, God went to him and spoke to him. God set him straight and set his feet on the right path again, and Elijah went on to do other powerful feats by God’s spirit.

So if a mighty man of God hides and God isn’t ashamed of him, how much less should we be ashamed of our times of weakness?

Be still, and know that He is God, and rest in His hands. You are safe there.

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 – 11-18-13

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Jude 1:20-21 (NKJV) 20 But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

Keep yourselves in the love of God.

Did you know that we are required to “keep ourselves” in the love of God? Many people might not think of this, mainly because there is so much teaching on God’s unconditional love. And while God does love us unconditionally, what Jude was referring to here is a bit different.

God loves us unconditionally, as we are. He sees us through the cross, not as the vile sinners that we are.

But what Jude was referring to here is how we, as followers of Christ, must keep ourselves close to God. He instructs us to build ourselves up in our faith, pray in the Holy Spirit, keep ourselves in the love of God and look for (trust in) the mercy of Jesus Christ as the vehicle for our salvation.

You see, it’s not that we must work to keep God’s love, but we must work to keep our love for God growing inside of us, so as not to let it fade away or die off.

There are so, so many things that can pull on us, moving us slowly away from God. And if we’re not careful, we will grow away from Him before we even know it’s happening.

We need to be diligent and keep our discernment razor-sharp so that this won’t happen to us.

Remember, God’s word says that if we draw near to Him, He will draw near to us. Our relationship with Him requires effort, and we will get out what we put in.

Press into Him.

We love you all.

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 – 11-16-13

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(Matthew 13:58 NKJV)  Now He did not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.

It is those who believe and put their trust in Him that shall be saved, see miracles, healings taking place, financial situations changed, marriages restored, deliverances from demonic activity and changed atmospheres!

If we don’t believe, then these things aren’t going to be happening for us. It’s all in whether we believe or not!! We can talk the talk, but what it comes down to is this; do we really believe or are we just speaking it?

Do we know the language so well that we can convince ourselves that we actually believe just by saying it? It takes more than just saying it; we have to have a knowing on the inside of us that backs up our words, our thoughts, and our actions.

The gospel has been used and abused so much that it seems to have lost its edge. We need to bring back the edge, the reverence, the newness, the GREATNESS, and the FRESH Rhema of God, His HOLY Word!

What an honor it is that His Word is so easily accessible to us. Now we must take it and believe it in order for it to work in our lives.

(Mark 9:23 NKJV)  Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.”

As we walk through each day, we need to take time to embrace this beautiful Word that was offered to us, by faith, through believing and receiving such an amazing gift given to us all. The Holy Word 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 – 11-15-13

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John 14:6 (NKJV) Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

No one comes to the Father, except through Me.

This is probably one of the most straight-forward statements in the entire word of God.

These words, spoken by Jesus, state very plainly that there is only one way to the Father. There are not two ways, three ways, thirteen ways or more. There is ONE way. ONE WAY.

There are so many religions and even so many Christian denominations that try to tell us that there are multiple ways, but this verse tells us undeniably that there is only one way.

No statue can get us to the Father. No ritual can get us to the Father. No tradition can get us to the Father. No special religious jewelry can get us to the Father. Nothing of this world and nothing made by man can get us to the Father.

Jesus doesn’t need any help when it comes to making a way for us to get to the Father. His death and resurrection were enough!

So please take a look today at what you do, what you’ve been taught, what you’re currently being taught and test it to see if it includes anything other than Jesus to get you to the Father. If it does, put it away. Embrace Jesus and let Him lead you to the Father.

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 – 11-14-13

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1 Corinthians 2:9 (NKJV) But as it is written:”eye has not seen, nor ear heard,nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”

There are times when I get so frustrated with the things of this world.

Whether it’s corrupt government, ridiculous taxes, human ignorance, human wickedness, corruption and idolatry in the church or anything else that we could all think of. Some days just seem like the bad outweighs the good by such a huge margin. It makes it truly hard to keep our attitude right and keep our eyes on the good things.

But I always have a knowing deep down inside that none of what we do for God while we’re on this earth is in vain. And this is one of those verses that just drives that point home.

No matter what we have to battle here and no matter how hard it can sometimes seem or how frustrating it can get dealing with human bureaucracy, know-it-all spirits or outright miserable people, nobody can ever take away the promises of God.

And he has promised us that no eye has seen and no ear has heard, and no human mind has ever even imagined the things that God has prepared for those who love Him.

And for me, that’s enough.

Press into Him, people of God. And never stop looking upward or moving forward in His name.

Amen

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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