Category: Accepting People As They Are

Bible Verse of The Day – 5-27-20

Romans 2:11 (NKJV) 11 For there is no partiality with God.

Have you ever known another believer whom you initially admired for a certain skill or talent, but when you got to know them better, they drove you crazy?

Maybe their personality just doesn’t meld with yours. Maybe they’re loud and outgoing, whereas you’re quiet and withdrawn.

Maybe they’re perky and bubbly, but you’re soft-spoken and reserved.

Or maybe they’re methodical and timid, but you’re adventurous and love doing things on the spur of the moment!

We can all relate to this kind of scenario in one way or another. It has happened to all of us.

But here’s the thing that we need to remember; God made each and every one of us unique, and He loves every one of us the same, regardless of our quirks and idiosyncrasies!

And He will use each of us as He sees fit.

Sometimes we may not necessarily like the way a person does things. But that doesn’t mean that God shouldn’t use them. After all, He has His purposes and He shows no partiality toward anyone.

The best thing we can do is to let God be God, let Him choose a person He wants to use, and just enjoy the way He uses them for the gifts and talents He has blessed them with.

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 – 9-14-19

John 6:37 (NKJV) 37 All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out.

Learning to accept each other, before God does a work in us, is hard. But, Jesus does just that.

He says, “come”!

He doesn’t say to wait and come when you have changed all your bad habits. He doesn’t say to come when you are perfect. He says come now, just as we are. And He will not cast us out.

We have to learn to have the same heart as Christ; the same outlook. We can’t look at people with a judging eye. We will shut them out immediately because we will always find something. We will turn and walk away with an attitude saying, “we are not going to associate with them until they get it right”.

OK, get WHAT right? Who are we to talk about getting things right? What’s our story before Christ saved us?

I bet we can all share some ugly things. You know what’s ugly and hurtful in God’s eyes? It’s not our dirt. It’s not our story. It’s how we treat others.

When someone needs Him and we shut them down, because we don’t like their life style, their attitude or their looks, that’s uglier than anything else!

Our own hearts have to change. We must open up and let God help us to know such a love, such patience, and such discerning that we too can act correctly when we see someone doing wrong; someone struggling with a weakness or temptation.

We need the heart of God moving through us if we want to help others.

We challenge you today, the next time you see someone doing something other than what we know to be right, go to God and ask for direction as to how we can be of some help.

Helping may simply be praying for them. Other times it may mean reaching out and speaking up. But, never give up on them. God is faithful to help us all, no matter who we are or what we have been through.

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

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 – 10-13-14

Psalm 118:22 (NKJV) 22 The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone.

Have you ever felt rejected? Have you ever felt like many people just don’t accept you for who you are?

Humans can be pretty cruel. It’s not what God intended, but it happens all the time, every day, everywhere.

We are all unique in our makeup; our looks, our personality, our likes and dislikes, our ways of expressing ourselves and much more.

Sometimes people will like us because of those traits, while other times we will find people disliking us because of them.

We have all been rejected by others at some point in our lives. It’s inevitable.

It’s a sad fact of life that this happens to everyone at one time or another.

We’re here to tell you today that being rejected by man isn’t the end of the world. Does it hurt? It can. In fact, it can be devastating for some people.

But here’s the truth that can make the difference for you. Jesus was also rejected. He was rejected by the very people He was sent to save… His own people.

They didn’t believe anything He said. They didn’t even believe Him when He performed miracles in front of their eyes.

But God used Him to offer salvation to humanity, through His death and resurrection.

And God can use you, too, despite what people tell you or how they make you feel.

So, today, lift your eyes to heaven and look to God for acceptance, not to man.

You will never know what God has in store for you if you spend all of your time worrying about what man thinks of you.

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 – 6-18-14

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

We like to take a walk every day. We enjoy the time outside in the fresh air and we enjoy the exercise. It’s part of what we do do to take care of our temple, the physical body that God has given us.

During our walks we get to see the beauty of God’s creation, hear the birds singing, see the sky, the clouds, the trees and so much more. We also get to spend time talking and sharing with each other, with no interruptions. We talk about a lot of different things.

But we also get to see stuff. We get to see people’s lives as we walk past their homes every day. We get to see some local businesses as they do their stuff. And we even get to see one small, local church that happens to be on one of the streets that we walk on frequently.

This church had a sign out front recently that said “All Are Welcome”. We walked by and as I read that sign, I thought to myself, “are all really welcome?”.

Are all people really welcome, no matter what they look like, no matter how they dress, no matter how many tattoos they have or whether they have piercings, dreadlocks, or any other kind of outward alterations to their appearance?

Or is it taboo to show up wearing clothes that are less than your “Sunday best”? Is it not acceptable to come in if you happen to be homeless and haven’t showered in weeks? Is it not OK to come in if you happen to have been out the night before, gotten drunk and still wreak of alcohol and you’ve come in because you realize that you need God and don’t know where else to turn?

Jesus said He came to give rest to the weak, the weary, the burdened and the tired. He told us that it is not the well who need a physician, but the sick.

Matthew 9:11-12 (NKJV) 11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” 12 When Jesus heard that, He said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.

So we ask you today, in your church or in your own heart, are “all” really welcome?

Think about it.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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