Author: Pastor Curt

Bible Verse of The Day – 1-3-24

Philippians 4:19 (NKJV) 19 And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

Have you ever noticed how we tend to look to man, or other natural sources as the one, or the thing, that supplies our needs?

Our employer. Our investments. Our clients. Our customers.

These are all sources of sustenance for most of us. We trade our time and efforts for money that they give us in exchange for the labors we render.

So, over time, we begin to look at them as the supplier of what we need. What we forget, though, is that it is the hand of God by which they do this.

It is easy for this to happen.

They are visible, tangible and present in our natural lives. We interact with them one on one most times. So, our minds tend to see them as the ones who supply our needs. It’s a natural tendency.

God is invisible. We can’t touch Him. We can’t see Him.

And if we aren’t taking the time to talk with Him and listen to Him (prayer), then we will live life not hearing Him.

So, our natural minds naturally tend to look beyond Him and forget that He is the One ordering our steps and setting everything in place so we can receive what we need from those people or entities whom we look to.

Let us not forget how important this is to understand.

He is our all in all. He is our source for everything that we need.

And in everything we do, let us remember that He will never forsake us.

Psalm 37:25 (NKJV) 25 I have been young, and now am old; Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his descendants begging bread.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 1-2-24

Matthew 16:24 (NKJV) 24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.

Denying ourselves the things we want is not easy for anyone. The flesh likes what it likes.

Our call to move from RI to NC was a denying and a following decision.

We left all we knew. All our favorite spots in our hometown. All that we were familiar and comfortable with. 

Most of our family was there. All our friends were there. And here we are in a place of complete unfamiliarity; new ground, following His steps for us. Following Him and whatever He wants of us.

You just never know when God will say, “it’s time to make a move”.

Some of us don’t even like the thought of changing things up, never mind actually doing it!

I understand. I am that person too. I like the comfort of knowing where things are.

When I am used to something being somewhere, I like that. I like my doctors, my dentist, my favorite café and restaurants. I like the places I’m used to doing business at. It feels good!

It’s not that we can’t find them all over again in a new place. It’s just a type of security and great comfort to know they are there.

I can say now, after being in this new place for almost 2 years, I am finally finding my footing again.

I have been stretched in ways I didn’t know I could even stretch, but only God knew. I am thanking Him today, He has us.

I encourage you today if you are being prompted to make a move.

It doesn’t have to be the same move that we had to make. But any move in any area of your life where God is saying, “let go and follow Me”.

Be sure to not try and do it on our own. Ask God to go before you, and follow Him all the way through it.

You will have your moments, and you will mourn those things you no longer have.

Denying ourselves and following Him comes at a price!

Yes, I miss those people and places I left, but I am where I need to be. And I am truly at peace with that. I have learned that peace is better than comfort.

Being comforted or comfortable only lasts a short time, until the next uncomfortable thing shows up. But having peace will guide our hearts and minds, helping us get through anything we must withstand. I’ll take peace, thank you!

Philippians 4:7 (NKJV) 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 1-1-24

James 1:2-4 (NKJV) 2 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. 4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.

I’ve spent a fair amount of time lately pondering on the irony of trials.

They’re a funny thing, these unexpected events that happen to all of us, tossing our world into a tailspin.

They catch us by surprise and can sometimes hit us with life-changing effects. Sometimes they leave scars that take a lifetime to heal.

But here’s the thing that is so ironic about trials; as much as we despise them, they can teach us a lot if we allow them to.

Some of the most powerful lessons we learn are by way of the tough things that we go through.

We learn about ourselves. We learn new things that we never expected or wanted to learn. We learn about the faithfulness of God.

And in all those things, we learn lessons that we can use to teach and help others around us when they face similar situations and circumstances.

Not one of us welcomes trials with open arms. We despise them. We hope they don’t happen to us. And we may even try to run from them.

Jesus told us in John 16:33 that tribulations will come to each of us.

So, what will we do with them when they come?

That’s the key question we need to ask ourselves.

Will we run from them? Will we deny that they’re happening? Will we be miserable? Will we gather people around us to join us in our own pity party?

Or will we seek God and let Him show us how and what we can learn as we let Him walk us through them?

The way we embrace our trials will tell us a lot about our maturity as a believer and our faith in God, whom we proclaim to others that we trust.

When the rubber meets the road, do our actions prove that we trust Him? Or do they show us struggling with unbelief?

Don’t take that wrong. We all wrestle with unbelief at times. But hanging on to it and never letting God get us beyond it is another story.

So, let us ask ourselves today, will we let our trials dictate how we behave, or will we let God teach us valuable lessons as we walk through them, that we might use those lessons to help others, and to bring glory and honor to Him?

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 12-31-23 – Keep it Simple

Please click to watch the video now.Greetings in the name of Jesus. 

We hope your walk with God is growing! 

We have a question that we’d like to ask today. Are we keeping our walk with God simple? 

Making our walk with God complicated can hinder us and keep us from growing as a believer. 

In our new video today, Keep it Simple, we discuss the different things that can complicate our walk and prevent us from becoming who God wants us to be. 

We hope you’ll take a few minutes to watch it. 

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Enjoy the rest of your day! 

We love you. 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 12-30-23

Luke 6:38 (NKJV) 38 Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.”

Give and it will be given to us pressed down, shaken together and running over!  Amen.

Many people today are facing financial struggles. They work so hard to just make ends meet.

Some may only have enough for their bills and to put food on their table.

If we were to check on our neighbors that we think are doing so much better than us, we would probably find that they are going through similar things in one way or another.

We are not alone on this journey. Others are so much worse off. If we only knew.

It’s everywhere. Prices are high, and our money doesn’t go as far as it used to.

We are paying double what we used to pay for things, and working harder and longer hours than ever before.

Trusting God in such times is a test for us all.

But God doesn’t tell us to obey His scripture only when times are good and everything is plentiful.

Where would having faith be in doing that?

It is in times like these we need to press in and continue to do the right thing in trusting Him.

1 Corinthians 1:9 (NKJV) 9 God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Tithing is the first place people will pull back from if things are getting tight or the pressure is on financially.

We know it’s hard to remain steady when we feel the pinch. It’s how our flesh reacts to such things.

However, tithing is the very practice we need to protect and keep pushing through. It is through our tithes and offerings, and giving out of our need, that will pull us through such hard seasons in our lives.

We can attest to this in our own lives many, many times.

We can’t let fear stop us from trusting God.

Keep sowing where God tells you to. Keep being faithful and obeying His Word.

He will come through and it will be measured back to us according to how we have given!

We who need a job, we who need a home, we who are struggling in our finances, or even in our family; we need a breakthrough and deliverance in some areas of our life.

He will come through, no matter how things look. Keep giving to Him in whatever way He leads you to. Don’t pull back because of what we see.

We walk by faith, not by sight. Stand on those promises in His Word! Amen.

2 Corinthians 5:7 (NKJV) 7 For we walk by faith, not by sight.

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Bible Verse of The Day – 12-29-23

Luke 5:16 (NKJV) 16 So He Himself often withdrew into the wilderness and prayed.

Life can get very busy.

We have so many things today that can distract us and pull on us, vying for our attention.

It wasn’t too many years ago that TV stations shut down for the night. They would broadcast from roughly 6 AM until around midnight, then they would cease broadcasting until the next morning.

There was a break in the media that was there for people to consume.

Then, things started changing. TV stations began broadcasting day and night, 24/7.

Cable TV came along and expanded the amount of “entertainment” that was available for people. No longer were people relegated to only two or three stations to choose from. Now there were hundreds.

Around this same time, computers became available in homes. Not everyone could afford one, nor did they need it.

Now, home computers are commonplace. And the Internet is a necessity for many of our most basic needs.

And so the onslaught of never-ending media consumption began.

Those of us who grew up before the advent of home computers, smartphones and social media remember what it was like not having access to devices that constantly clamored, trying every possible tactic to coax us into sitting and staring at the screen for hours at a time.

Nowadays it is a constant battle. We are barraged with noises and the allure of getting “likes” on our social media posts and having more “friends” than we know what to do with.

And after a while it becomes a barrage of madness at levels that can’t be comprehended.

This can take its toll on us.

We lose our quiet time. We lose our privacy. We surrender ourselves to the pursuit of online popularity.

But there needs to come a time when we see the truth of what has happened to our lives.

We need to recognize that we have forfeited our time alone, our time to pull away, our time to keep our sanity intact, and our walk with God strong.

Jesus regularly pulled away and went to a quiet place of solitude to pray. We need to pay attention to the example He set and follow in His footsteps.

Not only do we need to pray, but we also need to disconnect and create a quiet environment where we can gather our thoughts, meditate on His word, and hear God speak to us.

Don’t be afraid to stop everything and shut down. When we do, we will wonder why we didn’t do it sooner.

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 – 12-28-23

Mark 12:31 (NKJV) 31 And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

There is no other commandment greater than the one telling us to love our neighbor as ourselves.

This kind of love will only come from God. It’s His love that will empower us to love rightly, both ourselves and our neighbor.

Agapao, the verb, and agape, the noun are the words for God’s unconditional love.

There is no need for chemistry, an affinity, or a feeling.

It is unconditional love by choice and by the act of His will. Agape will never seek anything but the highest good for fellow mankind.

It is God’s love!

How do we reach a point in our lives where we are able to love in such a way?

First, it is important to understand that human nature is incapable of loving this way. Humans are inherently self-centered.

We can only love this way by the Spirit of God.

We must live by His Word. His Word will guide us in all our actions.

It’s up to us to read it, to take it in and to follow it as the Holy Spirit leads us to do so.

It is a choice to want to love in such a way. It is a sacrifice, and it takes strength from God to walk out such a great commandment.

It doesn’t come easy. But it is fulfilling when we obey and take the steps we need to take; one step at a time.

Who is God asking us to love today, unconditionally, without having to have feelings toward them?

Be prayerful and obey. He will complete us and equip us to love and do good in such a way.

Let us immerse ourselves in His word and allow the Holy Spirit to lead our actions.

2 Timothy 3:16-17 (NKJV) 16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 12-27-23

Psalm 34:18 (NKJV) 18 The Lord is near to those who have a broken heart, And saves such as have a contrite spirit.

Is your heart broken?

Have you been dealt a blow recently that sent you reeling?

Does it feel like someone has pulled the rug from under your feet, and you’re stumbling, trying to find your footing?

Has the battle you are fighting knocked the wind out of you, leaving you struggling to catch your breath?

Does it feel like your heart has been shattered into pieces, and you will never be whole again?

Being brokenhearted is never a good feeling. It can make us feel as though we want to curl up and die, surrendering to whatever situation we are facing.

It can cause us to feel like hope is lost, with no chance of ever finding it again.

But we need to remember Who we belong to.

Sometimes we need someone to shake us and wake us up, so we don’t let our desperation take over and cause us to abandon our faith.

We will all face trials in our lives. But we also need to remember that we have a Redeemer who wants to walk us through those trials, bringing us out victoriously on the other side.

The question is, “will we let Him?”.

God tells us that He is near to the brokenhearted. And Jesus told us in Luke 4:18, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted”.

Do we not know how powerful His love is to heal us when our heart is broken?

Let us trust Him to bring healing to our broken heart.

Let us not keep Him at arm’s length, pushing Him away when He is trying to bring us healing and renew our hope.

For there is none like Him. And there is no one who can make us whole, as He can.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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401-439-3780

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Bible Verse of The Day – 12-26-23

John 10:10 (NKJV) 10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

The devil is a thief.

He will steal. He will try to bring death and completely destroy whatever he can.

But praise the Lord, Jesus came that we may have life!

It seems like we often concern ourselves with the wrong things; our careers, our home, our friends, our appearance, our food, our finances, etc.

We can stress and wear ourselves out over these things.

What if we told you that a lot of what concerns us is not anything we need to worry about? Would you believe it?

Let’s look at what Jesus has to say about these things.

Matthew 6:25 (NKJV) 25 “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?

There is more to life than these things. But we find ourselves worried about them more than anything else. The enemy wants them to consume us.

When these things concern us greatly, we are not trusting God. Our life is passing us by and we are missing out on great opportunities.

Colossians 3:2-3 (NKJV) 2 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

We need to ask ourselves how much time we spend thinking and concerned about our walk with God.

If we were half as concerned about our relationship with Him as we are with our earthly cares, and we made the necessary changes in our hearts, we wouldn’t be so quick to worry or be concerned about these things.

Wait. Do you mean He will just take care of them for us?

I’ll let Him speak to you Himself.

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

This doesn’t mean that we simply sit back, do nothing, and wait for Him to drop everything in our laps.

The key is to concern ourselves with, and seek after Him, more than anything else. In that we will find our answers.

Our true happiness and stability will come as we follow Him. That’s when our life will come together!  Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Bible Verse of The Day – 12-25-23

Luke 2:49 (NKJV) 49 And He said to them, “Why did you seek Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father’s business?”

Mary and Joseph were spending time in Jerusalem for the Passover celebration, as they did each year.

When the celebration was over, Mary and Joseph made ready and joined a group of others who were on their way back home.

As was the custom of that time, they traveled in groups of relatives and friends. This made it easier for everyone as they helped each other with the various tasks required to travel safely.

Because they were traveling in a group, they assumed that Jesus, who was 12 years old at the time, had gathered with them and was among them as they began their trip home.

It was only after being on the road for a full day that they discovered Jesus wasn’t in their group!

Luke 2:44 (NKJV) 44 but supposing Him to have been in the company, they went a day’s journey, and sought Him among their relatives and acquaintances.

When they realized He wasn’t there, Mary and Joseph returned immediately to Jerusalem and sought Him.

With the city being large, and still very full of people, it took them 3 days to find Him. And when they did, He was sitting in the temple amid the teachers, listening and asking questions of the teachers and elders.

Mary and Joseph were likely distraught after spending more than 3 days not knowing where He was. And as they approached Him, they asked, “Son, why have You done this to us? Look, Your father and I have sought You anxiously”.

At their questioning, Jesus replied, “Why did you seek Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father’s business?”.

And so it should be with you and me.

We should be about our Father’s business.

We should be spending our days learning of Him, drawing near to Him and obeying Him.

The world may not understand us when we do this. They may shun us. They may label us a fanatic. They may persecute us.

But what the world thinks of us doesn’t matter.

What does matter is that we please our Father, pursuing Him above all else.

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 – 12-24-23 – The Irony of Trials

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

It’s the day before Christmas, and we have a new video for you today. 

Today’s video is called, The Irony of Trials. 

In this new video we teach about facing trials in a way that honors God and brings fruit, instead of fear, frustration, and depression. 

We hope you enjoy the video, and that God will use it to speak to you. 

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We love you all! 

Merry Christmas, in His name. 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

Seven Seas Ministries
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