Category: Our Relationship With God

Bible Verse of The Day – 9-20-16

Proverbs 24:33-3 (NKJV) 33 A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest; 34 So shall your poverty come like a prowler, And your need like an armed man.

Apathy & complacency. Those two words were dropped into my spirit as I pondered on some things during the past day or two.

Many believers wrestle with apathy. Apathy and complacency go hand in hand. This terrible duo can lead to the failure and ultimate destruction of a believer’s spiritual wellbeing.

What do we mean by that? Let’s talk about it for a minute or two.

First, let’s define those two words that are partners in quiet, subtle destruction.

Complacency: a feeling of being satisfied with how things are and not wanting to try to make them better

Apathy: the feeling of not having much emotion or interest

As believers, we should always be looking up and looking forward. Our eyes need to be fixed on God and our hearts need to be intent on drawing closer to Him and strengthening our relationship with Him.

This requires time and effort on our part!

When we become complacent and satisfied with how things are, we can become apathetic. We no longer have any interest in pursuing God or growing that relationship. We just want the status quo because it’s easy that way.

And as time goes by, if we’re not moving forward, we begin to slowly regress and then we start to slip backwards. We may not see that we’re slipping backwards. Or maybe we do see it, but don’t want to admit it or acknowledge it. But it’s happening nonetheless.

So let’s ask God to show us if we’ve become complacent and/or apathetic. And listen earnestly and honestly for His reply. He wants us to stay hot and on fire for Him, not lukewarm or smoldering.

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 – 6-13-16

Mark 1:35 (NKJV) 35 Now in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight, He went out and departed to a solitary place; and there He prayed.

Building a relationship with our heavenly Father will also help us with any other relationships that come our way. Time is going to be the key that will unlock the door.

If we can put some time aside and dedicate it to that relationship, the growth of our relationship will begin. It doesn’t have to be the same amount of time or at the same time every day, but just some time.

Some days will seem harder than others to put the time aside, depending on the things that are pulling on us.

But what we need to remember is that if we lack time with God, we hurt ourselves.

Our time with Him, building our relationship, will help us to have a better attitude toward the things going on around us.

It will help us to be more patient, kind and compassionate, when our emotions are wanting to freak out.

It will help us to be wiser, alert and ready for things that we may face throughout our day.

Yes, it will take time. But during the time we spend with Him, we will learn His voice and follow His way each day.

John 10:27 (NKJV) 27 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.

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 – 4-2-16

Genesis 2:7 (NKJV) 7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.

If God never formed man and breathed the breath of life into him there would be not one human being in this world.

He created us and He cares about us. He is a very personal God. Take every day seriously, for it is precious. Let us spend time with God, giving Him our attention and our love.

We need to be accountable to Him every day, looking to Him for His guidance and support in all that we do. We need to own up when we do wrong and let Him know that we acknowledge it and want to do better.

He wants a beautiful relationship with us; a relationship where we trust and acknowledge Him.

Proverbs 3:5-6 (NKJV) 5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.

He is a GREAT and Mighty God and He has good plans for each one of us! 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 – 3-29-16

1 Timothy 2:5(NKJV) 5 For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus,

Our relationship with the Father can be as deep and as strong as we want it to be. Isn’t that AWESOME?

There is NO limit to how much time we spend with Him! We can go to the Father morning, noon or night. Why? Because Jesus Christ, our Mediator, has made this possible.

We don’t have to go through any other man to get to God. What a privilege and honor!

Are we working on our relationship with Him today? Are we growing stronger in our walk or are we still at where we were when we first came to know Him?

Draw near to Him today by communicating and spending time with Him.

Psalm 73:28 (NKJV) 28 But it is good for me to draw near to God; I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, That I may declare all Your works.

He is faithful!!

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 – 3-24-16

Proverbs 4:25 (NKJV) 25 Let your eyes look straight ahead, And your eyelids look right before you.

How does one stay focused?

I have to ask God to help me everyday to stay focused. Why? Because there are so many things that like to come and pull on me.

These things that like to get our attention and pull on us aren’t always the things we need to be tending to. And they can cause us to be distracted from the very things we need to be doing. They can also pull us away from God, coming between us and Him.

How do we stay focused, looking straight ahead? Sometimes it takes making changes in the way we do things. Sometimes we need to avoid certain situations or certain people.

Shutting off our various electronic and mobile devices, until we take care of the things we need to get done, can also help us stay focused.

Sometimes putting ourselves out there and making ourselves available to everyone more than we need to can cause us not to get our own things done. We fall behind, get overwhelmed, and it creates chaos.

We may need to put limits on how much we’re available to others, in order to stay focused.

Focusing brings forward motion in our daily walk with God. 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 – 6-6-13

(Revelation 3:20 NKJV)  “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.

Please read this very carefully today. This is very important for you to understand.

In the verse above, Jesus is talking about standing at the door and knocking. He is imploring us to open the door, let Him in and allow Him to dine with us.

Let me be right to the point here, if you don’t mind. This verse is many times used incorrectly, aiming it at people who don’t know God or who are not followers of Christ.

The truth, though, is that Jesus was speaking to the church…His followers. He was asking them to let Him in!

And do you know what? He is still knocking today, asking us to let Him in. He is standing at our heart’s door, asking us to please let Him in. We have known Him but He has been pushed aside in so many ways, left outside, looking in.

Church…people of God, we need to let Jesus back in. It is imperative that we let God peel away the hardened layers of our hearts and let God rule and reign in our lives again.

It’s time to put Jesus first in our lives and push those other things to the back burner, where they belong.

Today is the day. Don’t put this off any longer. Jesus is knocking at the door. Will we let Him in?

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 – 12-24-12

(Revelation 3:20 NKJV)  “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.

The days go by so fast it’s hard to even remember what day we are on at times.

We’re always trying to make sure we get everything done that we need to do in a single day, knowing that if we don’t finish it all it just gets piled onto tomorrow’s load. Enough already!

We need more time. As some like to say, “I need more hours in a day”. Well, we know that the hours in a day will never be changed. It’s not happening.

However, by cutting things out of our daily schedule we can make more time. Even if it is little things, those little things add up. Get rid of the unnecessary things, or get help with the things you do.

Sometimes simply asking others to help you out in certain areas, so the load isn’t all on you, can make a big difference, leaving you with more time.

God is knocking on your day today and saying “come and dine with me. Make time so we can have a relationship.”

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-377-5400

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Bible Verse of The Day – 10-8-12

(Mark 7:13 NKJV)  “making the word of God of no effect through your tradition which you have handed down. And many such things you do.”

A few months ago we sent out a teaching and we asked everyone why you do the things you do when it comes to your walk with God. We did this in an effort to get everyone to examine their walk with God.

It’s really important for us to know and understand why we do what we do when it comes to our relationship with God because so much of what we do can be “learned behavior”.

Our gut feeling, after getting feedback from some readers, was that the point we were trying to make wasn’t as clear as we wanted it to be. So, in light of that, we’d like to touch on this topic again, hopefully bringing more clarity this time around!

Jesus spent a considerable amount of time in the 7th chapter of Mark rebuking the Scribes and Pharisees for allowing their traditions to interfere with their walk with God. So this was obviously something very important to Him.

Using the verse above as the foundation for our question, we’d like to ask you once again, “why do you do what you do when it comes to your relationship with God?”

When you pray, do you pray a certain way because you have seen and heard others do it that way? When you worship, do you worship a certain way because it’s what everyone else does? Do you believe a specific way about certain Biblical topics because someone told you that it was so?

This is not a rebuke, by any means. Think of it more as a gentle tap on the shoulder to get your attention, nudging you and causing you to examine why you do what you do. The implications of this can be life-changing once we really get it.

So let’s sincerely think about this and let God show us the answer to this very important question.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-377-5400

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