Category: Marriage

Bible Verse of The Day – 1-26-18

Ephesians 5:33 (NKJV) 33 Nevertheless let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

Husbands, love your wife. And wife, respect your husband.

Love and respect in any marriage is what keeps that marriage growing strong. Pray for each other, hold each other dear to your hearts, and sacrifice for each other when needed.

As couples, we need to protect our marriage. We need to watch out for our spouse. If our spouse is struggling, we need to make sure we are there for them. Everything else can wait.

Overtime or extra work can wait. The kid’s activities can wait. The meetings can wait. Our social hour with friends can wait. Our sports can wait. Our shopping can wait. Everything else gets put on hold when it comes to our marriage.

When our spouse is struggling, we shouldn’t spend our time nagging at them for the things they are doing wrong. We don’t need to be reminding them of the things they might have done in the past. Leave the past in the past.

They need us to lift them up, encourage them and help them through their tough days. Stand with them and be there for them.

Sometimes we have to humble ourselves and be reminded of our own weaknesses and the struggles that we have, so we can be compassionate towards them during this time.

Love should get stronger when tough times come. Love doesn’t give up. Love sees what may appear to be an ugly situation and helps it to become beautiful, stronger and successful.

Renew our love today for each other by stopping everything. Sit down. Remind each other about our vows and what God says in His word.

Tell each other that we are there for them and will enjoy the good times and walk through the tough times together. And whatever it takes, we will come through and out the other side, for God is with us.

Romans 8:31 (NKJV) 31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

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 – 10-27-17

Ephesians 5:31 (NKJV) 31 “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”

This verse expresses the importance of a man leaving his father and mother and joining together with his wife. And the TWO shall become one.

It doesn’t say anything about having the father and mother be a part of the marriage. It doesn’t say anything about the father and mother having a say regarding the marriage if the two who are getting married are adults. It doesn’t say it’s OK for parents to say how the couple should do things, etc. They should not be able to come between the husband and the wife at all.

Some men have never truly left their father and mother. They may have moved out of their home, but they are still attached. And what their parents say has more meaning to them than what their own wife says.

As a matter of fact, their wives really don’t have a say at all when it comes to certain discussions. And that is very sad.

This is not the way it should be, and that marriage will suffer and struggle because of it.

If your marriage is falling apart, and this is one of the reasons, it’s time to cut the apron strings, so to speak, and listen to your spouse, and hope that it is not too late to repair the damage that has been done.

God wants husbands and wives to be together as one. There is no room for anyone to come between them. Not parents, not children, not friends, not anyone.

It is OK for Father and Mother to be able to give good advice when asked. But, it is not good for parents to force it on the marriage or try and come between them in any way.

Husband, join together with your wife in everything. Become one with her. Love her. Give her the affection she needs. And wives, you do the same too, for your husband.

1 Corinthians 7:3 (NKJV) 3 Let the husband render to his wife the affection due her, and likewise also the wife to her husband.

May God bless your marriage today!

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 – 5-2-17

Ephesians 5:25 (NKJV) 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her,

Have we done something nice for our wives lately? Have we planned a special night out, or maybe done some extra things around the house that may help her out in one way or another? How about a nice card? Or a massage without her having to ask for it?

Sometimes all it takes is taking a little bit of our time to do something they weren’t expecting, that will let them know they are loved, respected, appreciated and thought of.

Take some time today and plan something special for her. Love is often felt in the simplest ways.

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 – 2-3-17

Ephesians 5:33 (NKJV) 33 Nevertheless let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

People may think that just because they are married, it’s a sealed deal. Well, it should be forever. That is God’s intention for every marriage. But looking at statistics, it shows differently.

We need to know that going into any relationship or marriage takes work on both sides. No one person should have to do it all. It requires a nice balance between both people.

The men need to focus on loving their wife as Christ loves the bride. The women need to focus on respecting their husband. If these two very important things get neglected, things will begin to break. And then problems will begin to happen.

The good news is that if both are willing to let God help them fix it, He can and will make it new again. But in order for that to happen, both people need to be willing to let Him fix whatever needs to be fixed in each individual, including themselves.

You can ask any woman; if her husband doesn’t show her love the way that she wants to feel loved, will she have respect for him? No, she won’t.

Or ask any man; if his wife does not show him respect and mistreats him, is he going to be able to love her the way God wants him to love her? Nope.

If our marriages are based on God being the center and the head, we will listen and not give up on our marriage. We will take this verse seriously and we will work toward making it a priority on both ends.

As we follow what God tells us to do in this verse, our marriage will grow stronger. And we will develop a deep love and respect for each other.

Hold on to that marriage. It is worth the effort. Work together in exercising love and respect for each other. If we will do this, change will come. 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 – 11-26-16

Genesis 2:24 (NKJV) 24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

This is how God ordained marriage to be between a man and a woman; To leave his father and mother and become one with his wife, knowing that God will be their Helper, their Stability and their ROCK.

Marriage is a time of learning and growing together. It’s a time where God takes two people who may be totally opposite from each other, and He teaches them how to come together and make it work, as they learn to love each other more and more through it all.

Instead of getting upset about our spouse not acting, thinking or doing things the way we are used to doing them, we can learn what makes them tick and that our ways of doing things are not the only way.

God will help us embrace and love the differences in our spouse, if we let Him. Learning that those differences can bring balance to us is good, and will help us grow and mature as husband and wife.

Couples should never feel afraid to express themselves to each other. They should not fear rejection. They should not fear criticism or being laughed at in a negative way by their spouse.

A lot of things that couples are separating over can be fixed. They can be worked out and trust and love CAN be built back up. We have to want to work at it and take the necessary steps through God’s omniscient (all-knowing) guidance.

We may have to push back some old ways of thinking. We may have to humble ourselves and let go of things that really eat away at us at times. We may even have to say things that we never thought we would hear ourselves saying, like; it’s OK, I’m sorry, I forgive you or, will you forgive me.

God will help us restore our marriage and we will be able to truly walk in oneness if He is made to be the center of our marriage.

There is NO perfect couple, relationship or marriage. But, with God’s help there is such a thing as a restored, healed and God-renewed marriage!

If your marriage is suffering today, this is a new season for you and your spouse. It’s time to let God step in and renovate your hearts and thinking toward each other.

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 – 10-13-16

Genesis 2:23-24 (NKJV)  And Adam said: “This is now bone of my bones And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man.” 24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

I absolutely LOVE this…they shall become ONE flesh.

This is how close God wants a husband and a wife to be. ONE flesh.

When we are one, a marriage will stand. This is how it will make it through those tough times and how it will get through those moments when everything is coming at us and hitting us from every direction.

God can and will hold a marriage together as we put Him first and become one flesh in Him.

There are some out there today who won’t even share some things with their spouse due to the fact they are afraid of what it might do to their marriage. They are afraid that it will destroy them and what they have between each other.

Let us just say this, that if there is dishonesty in a marriage, if there are hidden secrets in a marriage, it really isn’t much of a marriage.

A marriage needs to be built on honesty, and sometimes that honesty can hurt and it can cut. But it can also bring healing as things are dealt with openly, and not hidden deep within the heart.

Husbands and wives, please listen. A marriage is more than just words on a paper. When we stand at that altar and repeat after that minister, “for better or for worse” we are making a promise to God that we will stick together no matter what, through thick and thin. Through good times and bad times, we will stand as one flesh, helping each other through some very trying times. It takes 100% effort from both the husband and the wife.

Some of us today need to let go of the pain we are holding in our hearts toward our spouse and we need to forgive them. And some of us need to be forgiven ourselves for holding onto some things that we should have let go of a long time ago. For that, we need to ask for forgiveness.

Healing will come to our marriage, blessings will come to our marriage and a love that is stronger then ever will come to our marriage when we stand together, helping each other and putting God at the head of it all.

Become one today in your marriage. 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 – 9-29-16

1 Corinthians 7:3 (NKJV) 3 Let the husband render to his wife the affection due her, and likewise also the wife to her husband.

Lack of affection can cause big problems in a marriage.

Some people may not require  a lot or even a little affection, so for them it may be a struggle when it comes to showing affection to their spouse. They have to learn and understand that others do need it, and therefore have to make more of an attempt to be affectionate, whether they’re in the mood or not.

Others may require a lot and so they have to be careful not to overdo it with those who don’t need or want so much. They have to learn to respect the other and temper their emotions.

It’s a balancing act on both sides.

The important part is that we are willing to learn and not just overlook it, whether we are the one that needs it or the one that doesn’t need as much. We should never look at affection as being only a small part of a marriage.

Affection can be that very thing that holds a marriage together when the storms around us are beating us down.

Keep your marriage strong by letting affection have it’s proper place.

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 – 6-24-16

Matthew 22:37 (NKJV) 37 Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’

Men or women after God’s heart will not always be perfect in the things that they do. But they will be willing to try and fix things when they go wrong, or work toward trying to make things right. They will be protective, loving and kindhearted.

So many women and men are looking for a spouse. And so many times they have tried to find the “right” person through dating, etc.

They have been hurt and pulled down by many. There has been pain and sorrow brought upon them instead of friendship and love.

God has a man for those women and He has a woman for those men today and they will be good to you and good for you. And together you will walk hand in hand in oneness with God. As you wait, He will bring them.

When our daughters were younger, God laid it upon our hearts to pray for the man that He had for each of them. We began praying for the girls and for the one God had for them. As time went by they had different friends that would come into their lives, and we would ask God each time “is this the one?”.

God would let us know right away and we would have to sit them down and tell them, he’s not the one.

After a while, our daughters got upset and thought that every time they had someone come, we would say “nope, he’s not the one”. And they’d be asking us “WHY?”.

But the day came when the man hand picked by God came. We knew, and they knew it too. God said “this is the one”.

Ladies and Men, you want a God-given spouse. A best friend and someone that will stay with you to the end. Someone who will be good for you and you for them. Let Him pick your spouse today. Wait on His choice and don’t settle for anyone else but the one He knows will be the right one for you.

Pray, wait and believe that your life will be awesome with God’s choice. Together you will grow as one and your love will remain steadfast and strong, until death do you part.

Mark 10:8 (NKJV) 8 and the two shall become one flesh’; so then they are no longer two, but one flesh.

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 – 5-12-16

Ephesians 5:31 (NKJV) 31 “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”

A husband and wife are meant to be “one flesh”. There are many implications in this. But today we’re going to touch base on the “physical” side of it.

The sexual intimacy between a husband and wife is a very important part of their relationship. As the two share times of physical intimacy and pleasure, the Bible says they become one flesh.

It’s important that this physical side of the relationship never be overlooked or made to seem less important than any other part of the marriage. This doesn’t mean that every couple should share physical intimacy in the same way, the same number of times or anything similar.

It means that each couple will need to put effort into building and maintaining their sexual relationship, so it doesn’t become the “weak link” in their marriage.

Part of this means making sure we’re satisfying each other sexually. As with the other aspects of a marriage, we need to make sure that we’re both giving 100% in the sexual part of the union.

So we need to be careful that we’re not ignoring the needs of our spouse.

1 Corinthians 7:5 (NKJV) 5 Do not deprive one another except with consent for a time, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again so that Satan does not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

And this applies to both the husband and the wife! We both need to respect each other and work together to create a sex life that’s satisfying for both people. It’s all about compromise and respect, just as the other parts of a relationship.

Many people get uncomfortable talking about this kind of thing. But it’s important that we don’t ignore it and put our relationship in jeopardy simply because it’s “uncomfortable”.

We urge married couples to take the time to work at every part of your marriage relationship, including the sexual part!

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 – 3-31-16

Genesis 2:24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

Leaving mom, dad or any other family members is a hard thing for some married couples. But it is a necessity if we want to have the marriage that God intends for us to have.

It doesn’t mean we disrespect our family, ignore them having nothing to do with them or completely run far away from them. But it does mean that there needs to be boundaries and these boundaries should be made by the husband and the wife together.

So many marriages struggle because of interference from family members. It doesn’t have to be this way. Husbands and wives need to take a stand together, following what God says in this verse, and bringing freedom to your marriage by introducing these boundaries.

Bring a healthy balance into your marriage today regarding family. And your ONENESS will grow even deeper as you pull together as a couple.

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 – 3-12-16

Ephesians 5:25 (NKJV) 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her…

Husbands love your wives.

I’d like to take a moment to speak to the married men out there today. If you are a man who is engaged to be married, please read this carefully also.

Our wives are precious. They are a blessing and a gift from God, placed in our lives to share our time with here on earth.

She is not an object or a servant, to be bossed around or constantly told what to do or how to do it.

She is not our personal waitress, designed to be at our beck and call whenever we want something.

Women were created from Adam’s rib and are to be a part of us, to be a helper, standing by our side, but not a slave who walks behind us.

They are not to be belittled or treated as less than we are. We should encourage our wives and lift them up, so they know how much they mean to us.

As a husband and wife develop their relationship, they become one in many different ways.

Genesis 2:24 (NKJV) 24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

Our wife is our partner for life, in everything we do. She deserves to be treated as such.

She deserves our respect, our honor, our love and our affection.

Husbands, love your wives.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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