Following God’s Leading

Bible Verse of The Day – 9-3-13

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(1 John 2:16-17 NKJV)  For all that is in the world; the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life; is not of the Father but is of the world. {17} And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.

There are three things that we need to watch out for, 1. lust of the flesh, 2. lust of the eyes, and 3. pride of life. God’s word tells us that these three things are NOT of Him, but of the world. If we chase after these things of the world, the next verse (17) tells us that the world is passing away.

What happens if we are chasing after anything in general? It means that the thing we are chasing is leading us. It leads us to wherever it is going.

Passing away is another word for death. So where will these three things lead us to? To death; death in our relationship with Christ, death in our relationship with our spouse, death in our relationship with our family, etc. Death means, the END!

But thank God for the last part of verse (17) it explains to us that if we follow God and His Word, we will abide forever! Amen.

Today, let us choose His will over what the lust of the flesh says, over the lust of the eyes, and over our pride, that we may abide FOREVER!

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 – 8-29-13

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(1 Samuel 9:3 NKJV)  Now the donkeys of Kish, Saul’s father, were lost. And Kish said to his son Saul, “Please, take one of the servants with you, and arise, go and look for the donkeys.”

Saul went out to find the donkeys as his father had asked him to do, but little did he know he was taking steps toward finding his destiny.

Saul searched and searched for the donkeys and realized if he didn’t get back home, his father would start to worry about him. Saul heard of a man that could help him. He was a man of God; his name was Samuel. So Saul inquired of this man and he found him there in the city.

God had plans for Saul; he was to become a king.

Oh how God has a plan, not just for Saul, but for all of us as well! We don’t always know the route to getting there, but as long as we are doing what we are supposed to be doing, we may just walk right into it.

Saul left, looking for the donkeys. He was doing what he was supposed to be doing. He had no other agenda, he had no other plans or motives. He just wanted to bring back the donkeys.

Now, Samuel had heard from God prior to this. God had told Samuel the day before that the same time tomorrow, Samuel would meet the next king. Well here comes the hour, here comes the day, and here comes Saul, right on time, in the right place, and doing the right thing.

(1 Samuel 9:17 NKJV)  And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said to him, “There he is, the man of whom I spoke to you. This one shall reign over My people.”

Now, Saul didn’t have a clue what was about to happen. He wanted to find his dad’s donkeys and get home. He simply wanted information from Samuel about the donkeys. That was it.

But Samuel would soon tell Saul something that would bring change to his life; that he was going to be king.

Quite the change?

God’s plan comes for us when we are doing the right thing, when we are in the right place, at the right time. 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 – 8-20-13

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Psalm 119:133 (NKJV) Direct my steps by Your word, And let no iniquity have dominion over me.

Direct my steps.

This should be the prayer of every believer. These are the words that we should be speaking to God each and every day.

When God is leading us, we will be taking the steps that He wants, not what we want.

As we learn to walk closely to Him, our fleshly wants and desires begin to melt away and His spirit begins to have dominion over us. When this happens, His desires become our desires too.

Following God’s steps for our lives doesn’t mean that everything will be trouble-free. But it does mean that when trouble comes, we will have peace in the midst of the storm and we will know that no matter how hard the wind and the waves beat against us, we will be safe with Him and we will have victory in His timing.

Are things not going well for us right now? Let’s check our steps and make sure they’re being ordered by God, and not just by our own will and desires.

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 – 7-12-13

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(Joshua 7:10 NKJV)  So the LORD said to Joshua: “Get up! Why do you lie thus on your face?

There are times to cry out to God and ask why, what, and how? Then there are times when we need to take action!

Joshua, needed to “get up” and take action, he needed to address the problem that he was crying out about regarding the Israelites.

Sometimes we can spend so much time crying out to God about what is wrong with the picture instead of getting up and dealing with it. Let’s face it, have we ever seen anything get done when we are lying down? Of course not.

Joshua had to get up and deal with the problem. It was good for Him to seek God about it, but it was time now to take action. It was time to stop crying and move on.

Today we need to take care of what it is that is causing the problems in our lives. As we seek God, He will show us how to deal with it.

He will do His part, but if there is something we need to do in the natural, don’t be surprised if, just as He said to Joshua, He says to us “get up” and deal with it. 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 – 6-7-13

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(1 Peter 2:11-12 NKJV)  Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul, {12} having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation.

We are in a war daily with fleshly lusts against our soul.

Have you ever noticed at times, even after being a Christian or child of God for some time, that we still get tempted to act out in a way that we know God would not approve of?

This is because our flesh lusts after things and it is up to us to shut it down. No matter what comes our way, we have the final say; we are in charge of what we do.

That is why it’s so important that we keep ourselves close to God; the closer we are, the more sensitive we are to Him. When we mess up we stop what we are doing, and right then and there, we repent.

It is never too late to stop the flesh, even if we don’t realize until we are in the middle of it. God makes a way for us to get out and fix things because He loves us.

It is our good works that many will observe and by this we will glorify God!

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 – 5-23-13

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(Psalm 25:4 NKJV)  Show me Your ways, O LORD; Teach me Your paths.

When we ask Jesus to be our personal Savior, we become His child. But this does not mean we automatically know God’s way for us.

It’s important that we take time to ask God to lead us to the right teacher or to the church he would like us to attend and so forth. We shouldn’t just try any old place. There are a lot of spiritual things that go on in churches that are not of God and can hurt our walk with God, and even take us down the wrong path if we are not careful.

God has a path for us all, and everyone’s path is different. What happens at times is that we see someone doing something that we may enjoy or admire, so we follow them, thinking it is the only way.

Try not to let this happen to you. Seek after God. He is faithful to lead us down His path for us and it will be GOOD!!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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