Pastor Curt

Bible Verse of The Day – 4-8-13

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(Isaiah 45:22 NKJV)  “Look to Me, and be saved, All you ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.

As we begin our new week let us look to Him. He will guide us and give us Peace on our journey.

Last week was just one of those weeks for us. It was coming from every direction! Smack, bang, boom! Oh and while your trying to get up, BAM, here’s another one!!

My husband and I were tired when Saturday came. He hooked up with a buddy and went fishing. I was just going to stay in and lay low. It seemed like it all hit me at once… it was more than I could handle.

So here I was, all alone…or so I thought. I was just letting it all out on my living room floor, crying like a child. There may have been no people around me and I thought no one could hear me, but I knew God was right beside me. Deep within me I felt His Peace and the words that came to me were,”it’s alright.”

These two words calmed me right down, and in moments I began to feel better. I felt a relief as I looked to Him. He took it all and the heaviness was gone. I got up and began to sing and went about my business. I had a great day!

He was there for me; He saved me in my time of need.

There is NO other like Him. Amen!!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-377-5400

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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-6-13

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(1 Peter 3:10 NKJV)  For “He who would love life And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips from speaking deceit.

God commands us to refrain our tongues from evil. This isn’t always easy, but it’s something we need to learn to do!

Sometimes things can creep into our minds and before we know it, they’re flying out of our mouths.

Let’s allow God’s spirit to guide what we say, not just what we do. Our words are powerful, so we need to be sure that the words we speak bring life and not death.

Guard your tongue and have a great weekend!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-377-5400

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Bible verse of The Day – 4-5-13

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(Genesis 1:3 NKJV)  Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.

God’s Word is final. When He speaks, things happen!

This should bring stability and confidence to us, knowing that the One we serve, the One whom we call Father and Lord, is full of Might and Power and He is on our side!!

Be blessed today, for we are in His hands.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-377-5400

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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-4-13

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(1 Peter 5:6-7 NKJV)  Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, {7} casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.

Humility is a very important part of being a child of God. It’s not always an easy thing, but it’s critically important.

There are many benefits to being humble and there are many different aspects of being humble. What we’d like to share today deals with casting our cares upon Him. This isn’t taught very often from this particular point of view, but it needs to be!

So what does casting our cares upon Him have to do with humility? Everything!

If we cast our cares upon Him, we do so because we have humbled ourselves enough to admit that we don’t have the answers. We have reached the end of our plans, our ideas, our schemes and even our intellect.

Now… what does His word say about humility? It says that He gives grace to the humble and He opposes the proud.

(James 4:6 NKJV)  But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: “God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.”

So if we’re proud, we’re already fighting a losing battle because we’re fighting against God.

If you feel like you’re backed into a corner right now and you have no answers, maybe that’s not such a bad place to be, despite how it might feel. Because now that we have exhausted our own ideas, maybe we will let God step in and do what He wants to do with us.

Cast your cares upon Him today.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-377-5400

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Bible verse of The Day – 4-3-13

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(Colossians 3:18-19 NKJV)  Wives, submit to your own husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. {19} Husbands, love your wives and do not be bitter toward them.

We wanted to take a minute today to address something that is so very critical in the body of Christ.

Over the past couple of years we have received so very many emails from both husbands and wives, telling us of the unfaithfulness of their spouse or the abusive behavior of their spouse.

We have spent a lot of time counseling some of these people and walking them through the repair and healing process for their marriage and for their own emotional condition.

It has been heartbreaking and rewarding at the same time. It has been fulfilling to know that we can share God’s words with couples and watch their marriages become healed and whole again. But it has also been so very sad to see how Christian couples can fall into such terrible states of disrepair in their relationships.

We urge you today to make the time and take the time that is needed to treat your relationship with your spouse the way it deserves to be treated, and to treat your spouse with love and respect.

There is not a single one of us who is perfect in our relationships. We all fall so terribly short sometimes. But it’s nothing that we can’t fix in ourselves, if we truly want to, with God’s help.

So take some time today, right now, and examine your relationship with your spouse. Be brutally honest with yourself and ask yourself if you’re giving your marriage 100%.

If you can’t honestly answer that question with a solid “yes”, please take the steps necessary to make it right. You can do this, with God’s help and wisdom.

We are here for you if you need our counsel. You are loved.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-377-5400

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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-2-13

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(Psalm 29:11 NKJV)  The LORD will give strength to His people; The LORD will bless His people with peace.

Are we running on empty today? Have we given out every last bit of ourselves and feel like just curling up in a ball and staying in bed? I would say that is a good sign we need God’s strength.

I was taught as a young child you don’t show those ones trying to hurt you or pick on you that they are getting to you. No matter how I felt, I had to keep a smile on my face and keep going.

Well, that’s OK to do around those that would love to see you fail. But, when it comes to our Lord, we can let down our guard for He knows what we need and where we are at emotionally, and physically.

If we are drained…we need to refuel. Let down your guard and get God’s strength and peace today.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-377-5400

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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-1-13

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(Luke 17:12-17 NKJV)  Then as He entered a certain village, there met Him ten men who were lepers, who stood afar off. {13} And they lifted up their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” {14} So when He saw them, He said to them, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And so it was that as they went, they were cleansed. {15} And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with a loud voice glorified God, {16} and fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks. And he was a Samaritan. {17} So Jesus answered and said, “Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine?

I remember many years ago writing and preaching a sermon called “Where are the Nine?”

This is such an important question for each and every one of us. But it’s not so much about looking at others, to see who does or doesn’t thank God for their blessings.

It’s solely about us and how we react toward God in various situations in our lives. So many times we ask God to do something for us and yet, when we receive His blessings, we quickly forget where we came from and how much God did for us.

Let us ask God today to make us a people with grateful hearts… hearts of thankfulness. And then let’s determine within ourselves to do what’s required on our end to follow through with it.

(Colossians 3:15 NKJV)  And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-377-5400

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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-30-13

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(Mark 16:6 NKJV)  But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He is risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid Him.

Jesus is risen!

Those three words are the hope upon which our salvation is based. Without the resurrection, the death of Jesus would have served no purpose whatsoever.

The fact that he rose from the grave on the third day broke the back of sin and death and gave us all a new chance at life, free from the burden of our sin and the sting of death.

As we move into the weekend, we urge you to be focused on what we are supposed to be celebrating… the resurrection of our Savior.

The world has so diluted this celebration that it has become almost benign and meaningless. Eggs, bunnies and other irrelevant things have replaced our Jesus and drawn the attention away from our hope and placed it on things… things that we are manipulated into buying because of clever marketing schemes.

Save your money and spend this weekend celebrating life… the life that was sacrificed for you and for me, to give us freedom.

Happy resurrection day to you and your loved ones.

He is risen indeed!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-377-5400

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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-29-13

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(Psalm 86:3 NKJV)  Be merciful to me, O Lord, For I cry to You all day long.

Do we ever feel like David felt at times? Like all we do is cry out to God for we are in such need?

Are we in a desperate place and need help immediately?  I think we all have those moments; the moment of not knowing how it will all turn out and how long it will take.

It’s OK to have these moments and to cry out to God. He is there for us.

Let this be our prayer today, for all those that are in need and scared.

Dear God,

Be merciful to us, O Lord, For we cry to You all day long. Help us in our desperate situation, we ask, in Jesus Name, Amen!

We are not alone. Be blessed.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-377-5400

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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-28-13

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(2 Corinthians 5:10 NKJV)  For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

In these days of heated political battles and the escalating fight between good and evil, it can be very easy to get caught in the middle of debates regarding moral issues and other hot buttons that abound in the world we live in.

These can be such topics as homosexuality, same-sex marriage, abortion, etc. Everyone seems to have an opinion on these and most people are very passionate about their opinion.

In the end, God is our judge; not the courts, the Supreme Court justices, the politicians, the church leaders or any other outspoken leaders or people who just want to be heard.

If God says something is so, then it is so. It doesn’t matter what anyone’s opinion is. Period.

And in the end, we will all stand before Him and answer for those things that we have said and done. This is what matters.

In the meantime, we need to stand firm in our Biblical convictions but we also need to love those around us while doing so. Constant arguments and heated debates will not show God’s love.

If we find ourselves in situations where things are getting heated, it’s best to speak our piece and walk away. We don’t need to feel like we should always have the last word.

So stand firm for what God has taught you and love those around you, even if you might not necessarily agree with how they live or what they stand for.

Remember… Love Always Wins!!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-377-5400

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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-27-13

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(Hebrews 11:1 NKJV)  Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

There are probably many of us reading this verse today who are familiar with it. Perhaps many of us have even heard many messages preached or taught using this verse.

Well, today is a good day to hear it again!!

Did you know that it takes faith to please God? That’s right! Without faith, it is impossible to please Him.

(Hebrews 11:6 NKJV)  But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

Are we diligently seeking Him today? Or are we just hoping He will come through for us?

Diligent: characterized by steady, earnest, and energetic effort

We must be diligent and active in our faith! We must energetically pursue God, pressing in to know Him more intimately.

This is what pleases Him. So if you’re feeling like your walk with God is lifeless and passive, make a vow to breathe new life into it by passionately seeking Him.

Do this! Be relentless in your pursuit of Him and watch your faith grow to new heights.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-377-5400

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