Category: Being Thankful

Bible Verse of The Day – 11-7-18

1 Thessalonians 5:18 (NKJV) 18 in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

Thank you, God, for taking us through the storm.

There were days that we thought we were going to lose everything. But, even in that time You had brought us to a place where, even if that happened, we knew it would be OK because we still had You.

Thank you for training us up in the way we should go. Some things in this life are very tempting at times. But with Your deep impartation in our hearts You stand tall above the temptation and give us the strength to walk away and do the right thing.

Thank you God, for Your goodness day and night. Oh how we are safe with You! Nothing in this world can replace your faithfulness. Your love for us is more than enough.

We love You Lord. Thank you for being You. Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 6-30-18

Psalm 100:4 (NKJV) 4 Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.

Praise the Lord for He is good! Amen.

Ever feel like you are on top of the world, like you are in one of those seasons of your life where you are just so thankful for everything?

Or maybe you just realize how blessed you are. You look around and you see how far God has brought you.

How about when we are helping someone that is going through a lot and we realize, “WOW, and I thought I had it bad.”

Sometimes we can get so caught up in all our work and the busyness around us that we don’t stop to notice or enjoy the blessings in our lives.

While we were taking a walk today, we were talking and enjoying the time together outside. I was thinking about how blessed we are to be able to walk, talk, enjoy the outdoors and to have each other to share it with. Look how many blessings there are even in just taking a walk.

There are huge blessings all around us. It’s important that we take a few moments and embrace God and what He is doing in our lives. Thank Him and give Him praise!

We all have wonderful things in our lives that we can be thankful for. We just have to take the time to see them.

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 – 6-22-17

Ephesians 5:20 (NKJV) 20 giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ…

Today is a great day for us to give God thanks for all He has done through all of you. You have been a blessing to us, and we don’t take you, your prayers, your love and your support for granted.

We think of you often and you are continually on our hearts and in our prayers as God leads.

We want you to know that you are precious, and we are here for you. Don’t hesitate to contact us if you need anything. We will do our best to help.

We love you all very much.

Have a wonderful day!

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 – 4-7-17

Luke 17:15-17 (NKJV) 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?

Most people get very excited about the things that God does for them. We all do it. God provides something for us, or answers a prayer, and we can’t help but show our excitement or celebrate the victory.

God has done so much for so many of us. It’s safe to say that if we were to sit down and begin to make a list of our blessings, and the things God has done on our behalf, we could name off a lot of things.

What happens very often, though, is that we get so excited about our blessings that we forget to say “Thank You”. Our blessing or breakthrough comes and we completely forget Who it was that made it happen. We are all guilty of this at one time or another.

In the verses above, Jesus had just healed 10 lepers of their terrible disease. And yet only one of them even bothered to take the time to go to Jesus and thank Him.

Let’s make sure we are like that one who fell on his face at the feet of Jesus and said “Thank You”, and not like the nine.

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 – 11-24-16

Psalm 95:1-2 (NKJV) 95 Oh come, let us sing to the Lord! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation. 2 Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.

Giving thanks to God is an awesome way to show Him that we are grateful. Have you ever done something nice for someone and, not that we are looking for a thank you, but it felt good to hear it? It kind of gives you that nice warm feeling on the inside that we did something good for someone and they liked it.

When someone says thank you, two simple little words, it shows us a lot of things. It shows that the person liked what we did for them. It shows us that they appreciated it and it shows that they took notice of what we did. All of which is very comforting to the person that gave.

We have plenty to thank God for and, yes, He loves to hear us say it. It never gets old to Him. Shout out to Him today a big ole “Thank you Lord”, for He is worthy! Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 9-17-16

1 Thessalonians 5:18 (NKJV) 18 in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

Paul doesn’t say to only give thanks when things are going well. Or give thanks when we are in the mood. He doesn’t say, give thanks only when we are in church or at Bible study. Nope. He said, “in EVERYTHING”!

Why?

Because it is the will of God in Christ Jesus for us. There is no other reason other than it being God’s will.

That is reason enough.

This is a nice little reminder today to not put off our thankfulness for when we FEEL like it, or when we have received our answer from God. But to stop what we are doing and give Him thanks, love on Him and show Him how grateful we are.

There will always be some situation or someone that will try to keep us from being thankful. But that is not going to stop us today. We are going to be thankful anyway. 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 – 6-2-16

1 Thessalonians 5:18 (NKJV) 18 in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

Being thankful is a key part of our walk as a follower of Christ.

Even if our life isn’t what we think it should be or what we want it to be, we still have much to be thankful for.

We could make up a list of things to be thankful for, but in reality, we shouldn’t have to rely on a list in order to be thankful. And our thankfulness shouldn’t be based on what we have.

God has shown us His mercy. He has given us grace. He has offered us new life through His Son, Jesus Christ. And He has promised us eternal life with Him if we put our faith and trust in Him.

All of those things right there are more than enough to be thankful for 🙂

Yes, we have struggles and trials. Yes, sometimes life can seem harsh and cruel. Yes, sometimes things happen that we wish hadn’t happened. But these apply to everyone, regardless of our status in society, our heritage, etc. None of us are exempt from these things.

And so many times, those very things that we wish we didn’t have to go through will teach us important things that we can use to help others, and can ultimately grow our faith if we don’t let our hearts harden.

So let’s let God show us how to look beyond the things that come against us and we struggle with and show us how to give thanks in everything.

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 – 4-22-16

1Thessalonians 5:18 (NKJV) 18 in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

Today, I want to take a few minutes and thank God for something that happened last week.

We got a call while eating lunch one day recently. It was my sister. She said to me, “our brother just fell 15 – 20 feet out of a tree and he landed on a stone wall. They are rushing him to RI hospital.”

We all know in this area that if someone goes to RI hospital, it’s a serious situation.

As we raced off to the hospital, the only words that could come out of my mouth were, “Oh God, Oh God, Oh God”.

When we arrived at the hospital, we found him being prepared to have a tube inserted into his side, to drain air and fluid from his chest cavity. He had several broken ribs, a collapsed lung, a liver laceration, and a bruised lung.

I got a text message on my phone during that time from someone that knew nothing about the accident and it read, “sometimes all it takes is just one prayer to change everything”. It couldn’t have come at a better time.

Thankfully, there was no damage to his spine or his brain. Considering his fall and what could have happened, they said he was “very lucky”.

He went into the hospital on a Thursday afternoon, into the Intensive Care Unit of the Trauma Center, and was released that Sunday afternoon. Just 3 short days later.

I wouldn’t call that luck. It was only God and His faithfulness!

My brother is driving now, moving around pretty good and getting things done.

We believe that prayer is so powerful, even if it is just “Oh God”. He knows!!

1 Thessalonians 5:17 (NKJV) 17 pray without ceasing…

Today, take a break and spend it with God. Love on Him and thank Him. Let Him know how much we appreciate Him. And if there is an “Oh God prayer”, let it out. It’s good enough. 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 – 11-27-15

Psalm 92:1 (NKJV) 92 It is good to give thanks to the Lord, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High;

We don’t normally do messages based on holidays or other traditional celebrations. But here in the United States, we just celebrated a holiday we call Thanksgiving Day. The premise for this celebration is to gather with family and loved ones and give thanks to God for His blessings and His provision.

It’s good to give thanks to God for everything He’s done. But we don’t need to wait for a special holiday to do this!

Every day that we live, we should be thanking Him, regardless of our situations or circumstances.

Sometimes it may seem easier to give thanks than other times. Seasons of famine or struggle can be difficult to find reasons to give thanks.

But if we take our eyes off of our situation and look at what we have been blessed with, we’ll probably see things a bit differently, and have no problem at all thanking God for everything He’s done for us.

So be sure to take time each day to thank Him, even for the little things. It will help us keep our focus on what we have, instead of what we don’t have.

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 – 11-24-15

Ephesians 5:20 (NKJV) 20 giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

We are truly thankful to God today for each one of you.

You have been our help in times of need. You have been there when we needed encouragement. You have been there when we needed support and prayer. You have put food in our mouths and clothes on our back.

We have been able to do what God has asked us to do because of your help. We have reached many people for Christ through your precious hands and giving hearts.

Thanking God for you and your obedient heart to Him.

Love you all from the bottom of our hearts.

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 – 12-17-14

1 Chronicles 16:34 (NKJV) 34 Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.

Give thanks.

Such a simple concept, but not always so easy to do if things are tough or not going the way we had hoped or expected.

Our emotions will often try to dictate to us how we should feel or how we should act, based on our circumstances. It’s a natural human tendency.

But the spirit of God wants us to look beyond our circumstances and be thankful, despite our circumstances or our situation.

Are you underpaid, overworked, deep in debt, about to lose your home, dealing with a family tragedy, working through relationship problems, trying to break free from addiction, or anything else that might seem overwhelming?

Give thanks to God for everything. Push the emotions aside that would try to make you angry, bitter and negative.

Kick the devil in the face and thank God anyway. Thank Him for who He is, not for what He has done for you. Not for material things that can disappear in a second.

Things of this earth are temporary. But God and His mercy endure forever!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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