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Bible Verse of The Day – 5-5-25

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Matthew 7:24 (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:

Since we moved to North Carolina a little over 3 years ago, we have had the opportunity to watch many new homes being built in our community and other communities around us.

The warmer climate in the south has afforded us many opportunities to spend time outdoors, walking and riding our bicycles. And many of those treks have helped us discover new neighborhoods being developed.

We have watched as plots of land have gone through the various stages of planning, excavating, and other forms of preparation for new homes.

And then we get to witness the houses being built, from excavation, to concrete footings being poured, to the final touches being added just before the new owner moves in.

In all this observation, we have witnessed different methods of laying the foundation for a home.

And this has shown us things that are both, good and bad, at least in our opinions.

I am not a builder. That is not my area of expertise.

But I understand the principles of structure well enough to know that certain principles hold true from one building to the next.

And here is the truth; if a building is constructed on a cracked or faulty foundation, it is doomed from the start.

I have witnessed firsthand the problems associated with a home that has cracks in the foundation, or a foundation that was not properly prepared and created. The ensuing headaches associated with such defects are far reaching. And many are devastating for the home’s owner.

And this is why it is critical for us to be sure that our eternal hopes are not built on a cracked foundation. Or worse, a foundation made of sand.

Jesus Christ is the ONLY foundation upon which our walk with God should be built.

Anything less is doomed to failure at the risk of eternal separation from God, the One who breathed life into our lungs.

So, let us be sure that our “house” is not built upon sand, but on the Rock, Jesus Christ, the true Son of God.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Bible Verse of The Day – 5-4-25 – Building On A Solid Foundation

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Please click to watch the video.Greetings in the wonderful name of Jesus Christ! 

We trust that you are growing in your walk with God every day. 

We have a new video for you today that we hope you will enjoy and benefit from. 

In this new video, Building On A Solid Foundation, we teach about building our walk with God on a solid foundation, and making sure we use God’s word as a guide to know what is true and what is not. 

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We love you all! 

We hope you enjoy the rest of your day. 

Sincerely, 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443  

401-439-3780

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Bible Verse of The Day – 5-3-25

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1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (NKJV) 19 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? 20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

People today have become very desensitized to sin and the ways of the world.

Many children of God have even fallen in line with the crowds and are actively participating in ungodly things with little or no conviction on their part.

This message may be just a gentle reminder to some. But to others it may be an eye opener.

If we are Christians, followers of Christ, we need to remember that our bodies are no longer ours. He bought us with His precious blood that was shed on the cross. His Spirit lives in us.

If we allow Him to, He will help us and give us the strength to overcome the lusts of the flesh.

Galatians 5:16 (NKJV) I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.

Knowing that He dwells in us, we must understand that if we don’t overcome these sins in our lives, and we continue to participate in them, we are involving Him in, and exposing Him to, what we are participating in.

We need to understand that the choices we make will either glorify Him or grieve the Holy Spirit.

Ephesians 4:30 (NKJV) 30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

Let us ponder the things we do each day.

We must examine our routines, our habits, and our entertainment, knowing that the Holy Spirit lives in us. We literally take Him with us wherever we go.

Are there changes we can make, even in the smallest areas?

We are responsible for keeping our temples clean. Let us continue to walk in His Spirit daily that we will glorify Him in our bodies!

Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Bible Verse of The Day – 5-2-25

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Luke 12:48 (NKJV) 48 But he who did not know, yet committed things deserving of stripes, shall be beaten with few. For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required; and to whom much has been committed, of him they will ask the more.

As Jesus spent time teaching His disciples, He shared many things about the futility of storing up earthly treasures while failing to store up heavenly treasures, stating that a fool “is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”

It was during this time of teaching that He taught them that worrying is useless and accomplishes nothing.

He also gave many examples of servants who were given certain responsibilities by their masters. Some servants were faithful with those responsibilities while others were slack and irresponsible.

And during one part of this, Jesus spoke the words in the verse above.

He wanted the disciples to understand the weight of the understanding they were being given.

He taught them that those who had no understanding could not be expected to meet the standards of those who had received teaching and divine revelation.

However, those who had received much (teaching and understanding) were given a greater responsibility. And were held to higher standards because of this.

This applies to you and me as well.

As children of God, we have received a miraculous, divine gift; the gift of salvation, having our sins washed away by the blood of Christ.

We have been given divine understanding by the Spirit of God, and by His word.

We have been given much!

Therefore, because we have been given much, much is required of us.

We are expected to meet higher standards than those who have not received this gift.

God desires that we take this for what it is; something very precious (valuable), and very serious.

And that we bear the responsibility of it carefully.

How do we do this?

We learn to live and walk by faith, led by the Holy Spirit in all things, that our words and our actions would bring glory and honor to God.

And that when our days on earth end, we would hear Him say, “well done, good and faithful servant”.

Amen

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Bible Verse of The Day – 5-1-25

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Genesis 2:23 (NKJV) 23 And Adam said: “This is now bone of my bones And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man.”

God put Adam into a deep sleep, and as Adam slept, God took one of His ribs and formed Eve.

Afterward, when Adam awoke, he knew she was now part of him because she was taken out of him.

This is symbolic of the way God intends marriage to be.

God can take two people who are opposite in many ways and bring them together as one.

When we surrender our marriage to Him, He bonds us together in unity by His hand. We learn to love, live and grow as one, with Him as the head of all that we do as a married couple.

To have such a beautiful oneness with each other, we must learn to love God first.

And as we look to Him for guidance throughout our marriage and follow His commandments together, we will grow closer to Him individually, and as a couple.

In turn, the unity in our marriage will grow stronger than ever.

Oneness is so very important in a marriage.

Being one in marriage doesn’t mean we lose our identity as a person.

It means we come together and add to or share who we are in the relationship, allowing God to weave us together so that we can complete or complement each other beautifully!

What weaknesses we may have we can overcome as a couple when we put Him first and work together to help each other grow in those areas.

Marriage is intended to be a lifelong, beautiful gift from God. Together we work toward becoming ONE with each other, with God at the head of it all!

Genesis 2:24 (NKJV) 24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries 
49 N Lamplighters Walk 
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-30-25

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Matthew 16:23 (NKJV) 23 But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.”

Jesus rarely rebuked anyone harshly, so when we see that He did, we should pay attention to what prompted Him to do so.

The fact that the rebuke above was directed at one of His disciples means we need to pay even closer attention.

If we were to look at the ministry of Jesus, we would see that most of His harshest rebukes were directed at the religious leaders of His day.

In the situation above, we find that Jesus had asked the disciples who people were saying He was.

In their replies, they told Him the many different things people had said.

But Jesus then asked them, “who do you say that I am?”.

Peter immediately replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God”.

Jesus replied to Peter, proclaiming that this understanding was not revealed to him by flesh and blood, but by “My Father who is in heaven.”

Jesus commended Peter and told him that it was upon this truth that He would build His church.

It appeared that Peter had hit a homerun with this new level of insight!

Shortly after, however, Jesus began explaining to His disciples that He must suffer, be killed and then raised on the third day.

At hearing this, Peter took Jesus aside and sharply rebuked Him, stating “this shall not happen to you!”

And those words caused Jesus to turn to Peter and say, “get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me.”

As children of God, you and I should want to fully understand why this happened. Why did Jesus rebuke Peter and imply that these were the words of Satan?

It was because Peter was speaking from his human understanding, not by Holy Spirit-led understanding.

This shows us the importance of learning to walk by the Spirit of God instead of always leaning on our own understanding.

We too must learn to forego conventional thinking and learn to be led by God’s Spirit, even when our thoughts seem rational and logical.

Remember that God’s ways are higher than our ways, and His thoughts are higher than our thoughts (Isaiah 55:9).

And it is when we learn to think and live by His Spirit that we are pleasing Him.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-29-25

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Romans 3:23-24 (NKJV) 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus…

If we truly understood how important our soul is to God, we would be much more careful about getting involved with things that can damage and or destroy it.

We would pay more attention to what we dabble in, because it will bring us down and separate us from Him.

God has made a way for our soul to be redeemed and live with Him forever. His love for us is amazing!

We have all fallen short of His glory. Every one of us.

But, God has brought us justification by His grace, and redemption through HIs Son, Jesus Christ.

We cannot buy it. It was given to us freely.

This world will surely never give us anything of value for free.

We want you to take a moment today and think about this because it is very important to understand the great lengths God has gone to for us.

We may say, “well, I’m so terrible inside, I’m afraid He will never forgive or redeem me because of the things I have in my heart.”

If this is you, then we are speaking to you today. His words, not ours; if you call on His Son, Jesus Christ, you shall be saved.

Romans 10:13 (NKJV) 13 For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

Call on His name today, make it known that you need His grace and redemption. He will save you!

Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries 
49 N Lamplighters Walk 
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-28-25

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Romans 8:31 (NKJV) 31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

As children of God, people who have put their faith in Jesus Christ, it is critically important for us to understand what that means for us.

It is all too common for many of us to live lives of defeat and hopelessness when God desires that this not be the case.

No, this is not a hype-filled motivational message designed to get you excited and tell you about how wonderful your life will be because you follow Jesus.

It is, though, a message that will give you hope and understanding about who we are in Christ, and what God wants for us.

We must remember that in all that we know and understand about life in Christ, we never forget this one thing; God’s love for us was so great that He did not spare His own Son.

Jesus Christ went willingly to the cross to pay the price for our sins; mine and yours.

This one fact should give us enough hope and encouragement to cause us to never live dejected, defeated lives.

Sometimes we simply fail to comprehend the depth of this truth. We let the cares of the world overwhelm us and cause us to forget Who we belong to; Who we call Father.

So, if you do nothing else today, remember this one thing; you are loved beyond what your human mind can comprehend.

And that love was enough to cause God to make a way for us to walk in a redemption that defies all human logic and understanding.

This is truth that no one can ever take away from you.

Let us live like we believe it.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-27-25 – Live Like We Believe It

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Please click to watch the video nowGreetings in the wonderful name of Jesus! 

As followers of Christ, it is important that we learn what God says in His word, and that we take it to heart. 

In the new video that we have uploaded for you today, we emphasize that as we teach about living like we believe what God’s word tells us. 

The video is called, Live Like We Believe It. 

We hope you enjoy the video, and that what we share encourages you, edifies you, and strengthens your spirit. 

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We love you all. 

Enjoy the rest of your day. 

Sincerely, 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443  

401-439-3780 

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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-26-25

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Genesis 4:7 (NKJV) 7 If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it.”

Sin would love to rule us all. And it can if we let it. If we yield to it, it will eat us up.

But God has given us what we need to rule over sin. He has set us up to win!

Even if we are a believer, we will struggle with sin if we don’t develop a strong desire to rule over it.

But we don’t have to struggle with sin any longer. We need to let God strengthen us and give us what we need to overcome it.

Jesus Christ says He has overcome the world!

As we all know and see right before our eyes, this world is full of sin! We need Him if we also want to overcome it and win.

John 16:33 (NKJV) 33 These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”

In Him is peace. No matter what we face, His peace will sustain us.

Choose to let Jesus Christ guide us through each day and do well! Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries 
49 N Lamplighters Walk 
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-25-25

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Philippians 1:21 (NKJV) 21 For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

This verse carries so much weight once we “get it”.

Many believers will not understand this verse until many years into their walk with Christ.

But length of time is irrelevant.

It is the strength of our walk that lies at the heart of understanding. A believer who grows rapidly will understand this more quickly than someone who grows at a slower pace.

And sometimes it simply requires a person to bring it to our attention for us to be pricked by the Spirit of God and prompted to consider its implications.

You see, our walk with God is not (should not) be a mundane endeavor whereby we simply go through the motions, repeating specific steps each day.

It is intended to be alive and vibrant, growing over time and drawing us nearer to Him with each passing day.

It is when we approach our relationship with Him with such fervor that we begin to understand the truth of the verse above, and we then experience personally. That is when “the lightbulb goes on” for us and we get it!

When our walk with God has matured to this point, we begin to live out this concept of “to live is Christ, and to die is gain”, as Paul penned the words.

There comes a time in our lives when we no longer hold so tightly to the things and the ways of the world, and we begin to focus more intently on the things of God and the redemption that Jesus paid so dearly to provide for us, that we may be grafted into the True Vine that gives us life.

Father, help us to long for you with every fiber of our being, that we may walk out the words of Paul and bring glory to your name.

Amen

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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