Category: Following God’s Leading

Genesis 12:1 (NKJV) 1 Now the Lord had said to Abram: “Get out of your country, From your family And from your father’s house, To a land that I will show you.

God sometimes has a way of picking us up and moving us to places where we know nothing; foreign, unknown lands where we have no choice but to trust Him.

He did it with Abraham. He did it with the Israelites. And He still does it today.

One of the most important things that we can do when this happens in our lives is to stay steady; keep trusting God, even when things around us feel like they’re anything but stable, familiar or comfortable.

It’s during these kinds of times when our faith is tested. But more importantly, it’s also seasons like these when we tend to draw closer to God.

We are actually walking through a season such as this right now in our own personal lives.

God has told us to pick up and leave where we have lived for over 40 years, and move our home and our ministry offices to a new location.

We will be leaving Rhode Island and moving to North Carolina later in December.

We don’t have an exact date for the move yet, but we are scheduled to sign the papers for our new home in NC on December 21. So, we know it will be before Christmas if all goes well.

We ask you to kindly pray for us during this time of transition.

This was not something that we had planned for in advance. In fact, it happened rather quickly. So, we have been working at breakneck speed these last few weeks to keep up with the moves and the changes that God is orchestrating, as well as our regular work.

It’s been challenging, but God is faithful to give us the energy and the insight to do it in a way that doesn’t completely exhaust us. Again, He is faithful. We just have to follow His leading.

Our move to NC will not change anything regarding our ministry work. We will continue to do exactly what we have been doing for many years now. We will just be doing it from a different location.

We will be sending a follow-up email in the near future to give you our updated mailing address and phone information. All of our email addresses, websites, social media pages, etc. will remain unchanged.

Thank you all for your prayers and support. We truly treasure each and every one of you.

We also released a video recently about the upcoming move. You can watch it by clicking here.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-439-3780

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Romans 12:2 (NKJV) 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

Sometimes our heart knows exactly what to do, but as we move in that direction, our mind says, “hold on here. I don’t like the looks and feel of this. Let’s change it up or slow this baby down”.

If we walk closely with God, our hearts will usually know the will of God for us right away. But our mind will cause us to doubt it or try to figure it out.

If we are not careful, our own minds will talk us out of the will of God for us.

I know. That’s scary.

But know that the mind can be very powerful and dominating.

It likes to do its thing. And it loves to repeat itself over and over.

If something new comes along, what is our first reaction? We look at it and think, “what is that? Nope! I don’t think so’.

The mind loves repetition. It loves comfort and it loves to have control. It doesn’t like new things to just show up. It freaks out and goes into protection mode.

That is why we need to transform it to the ways of God. We can’t let it tell us how it’s going to be. If our heart is fixed on Him, He will guide us via our heart, by the leading of the Holy Spirit.

Will we listen to our heart or will we listen to the mind?

The heart is what should lead us, and the mind should follow and make it happen.

As long as we are closely following God, we will know the steps we need to take.

Proverbs 3:6 (NKJV) 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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Genesis 12:1 (NKJV) 1 Now the Lord had said to Abram: “Get out of your country, From your family And from your father’s house, To a land that I will show you.

Unless we take the step, we will never know the results.

Take for instance, Abraham. If he did not leave his country, his family and his father’s house, he would have never known what God was calling him into.

We have to take steps. We have to obey, and then we see the results. Steps give us results.

I speak to you today because many times in our lives we’ve had to step out.

Were we scared sometimes? Yes, very much. Big moves are scary.

Little moves, not so much.

But God is a big God and when He knows we have it in us to do what He is asking, He will often ask us to do things beyond what we would ever think we could do.

All He is looking for is obedience. And from there He will do His work through us.

When we step out, it’s kind of like we are doing research at first. And when we see that the steps we are taking are working, then it goes from research to answers, to confirmation.

It is what builds our faith up; learning to listen, trust and step.

We grow our faith as we learn to obey God, step by step.

What is God asking of us today?

Is He saying we need to step out and leave our home? Let it go?

Is He saying He wants us to step out and let go of certain relationships?

Is He saying it’s time to make a move and open up our own business?

Is He asking for our tithe and offering, even though we may not feel it’s doable?

Does He want us to call the debt collectors and tell them that we are struggling, and can’t pay our bill, and ask if we can work this out somehow?

Is He saying to step out and be truthful with our spouse, and tell them what we have been doing behind their backs?

Is He asking us to be more devoted to Him and stop sitting on the fence?

There are a lot of areas where God will ask His children to step out; areas where we never thought we would.

Some can be very scary and very hard. But if we are feeling God’s prompting to do so, then do it. We can share later His results.

If He is the One doing the prompting, He is faithful to see it through!

Psalm 128:1 (NKJV) 1 Blessed is every one who fears the Lord, Who walks in His ways.

Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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