Category: Prayer

Bible Verse of The Day – 10-12-22

Matthew 6:5 (NKJV) 5 “And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.

Prayer was something that Jesus took very seriously. It was so important that He spent a fair amount of time doing just that; praying.

Much of what Jesus prayed is not recorded in the word of God. But the fact that He did pray is well documented.

We can learn a lot from the example set by Jesus, as well as from the things that He taught about prayer.

So, for the next few days, let’s take a closer look at prayer.

As Jesus spoke in the verse above, He began to instruct His followers about the things that we should and should not do when we pray.

He started this discourse (Matthew 6:2-4) by letting people know that charitable deeds (works of kindness) should not be done in the open for the sake of getting recognition, but should be kept secret so that our Father can reward us.

He then moved into teaching about prayer.

As with charitable acts, Jesus warned that praying is not something to be done in public for all to see, but in private, between us and our Father.

Praying in public for recognition does nothing but gain the accolades of those who happen to see us. And those accolades are our reward.

Take note that Jesus called these people hypocrites. The Greek word used for hypocrite in the original text literally means pretender. This says a lot about the people who are looking for the approval of men, not the approval of God.

And this is why Jesus went on to say that when we pray, we should go into our room, shut the door and pray to our Father in secret. And our Father will reward us.

Matthew 6:6 (NKJV) 6 But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

This lays some good groundwork for understanding more about prayer. Let’s continue tomorrow!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 9-24-22

John 14:14 (NKJV) 14 If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.

Lining our hearts up with God’s will for our lives will cause us to ask for the right things.

In order to do that, we also need to know Who God is and what He wants to do through us and for us.

When we pray, lay our request before Him. And then thank Him even before we see any results.

Thank Him because of His Faithfulness! And be confident that He will do what is good and right for that situation.

Ask Him for the things we need, but don’t just stop there. Remember others and their struggles. Pray for their needs as well.

Remember our country, our pastors, our family and our employment. Remember our place of education for ourselves or our children. And don’t forget those who God has brought into our lives; our friends.

It’s the people and things that God has blessed us with we should take very seriously and pray for.

Jesus took the time to pray for His disciples. He was focused in His prayer on those the Father had put in His life.

John 17:9 (NKJV) 9 “I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for those whom You have given Me, for they are Yours.

As we pay attention to the Holy Spirit during our prayer time, He will guide us in our prayers, and He may impress someone or something on our hearts that we are not aware of.

As believers, through diligent prayer, we can do much. And Jesus is ready to answer!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 8-13-21

James 4:2-3 (NKJV) 2 …you do not have because you do not ask. 3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures.

As believers, it’s important that we understand some basic principles of truth so our walk with God will follow the path that God wants for each of us.

Part of that is understanding how God works when it comes to answering our prayers.

We all have desires that we present to God in our prayers; requests we make.

Some may base this on another scripture that states that God will give us the desires of our hearts.

Psalm 37:4-5 (NKJV) 4 Delight yourself also in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart. 5 Commit your way to the Lord, Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass.

The key to this passage of scripture (and this principle) lies in the first half of verse 4, and the entirety of the latter verse (5). These parts lay the foundation for the middle part (He shall give you the desires of your heart).

In other words, those two pieces work to set things in motion to make the middle piece happen.

James says something very similar in the scripture at the top of the devotional, stating that we don’t get what we ask for because we ask with wrong motives that are selfish, revolving solely around our own pleasures.

So, how do we fix what seems to be an insurmountable obstacle?

We let God mold and shape our heart so that it begins to conform more and more to what He wants for us, instead of what we want.

As we do that, our desires begin to change, and they begin to line up more with who God is, not who we are. They are no longer selfish or self-centered in their origins.

Then we will begin seeing the desires of our heart given to us more frequently, because they line up more accurately with God’s desires.

This is something we teach about fairly frequently because we have learned the importance of it over many years of walking with God. And we want to pass it on so others can also understand it and benefit from it.

Put Him first in everything. Let Him change your heart and you way of thinking. And watch as He shapes your world.

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Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 8-2-21

John 14:6 (NKJV) 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

We recently had a Facebook follower ask us if God answers the prayers of the unbeliever.

We thought this was a great question, so in addition to replying to them and recording a video on the topic, we also wanted to write about it here.

Our reply to their question was short and to the point; There is only one prayer that God hears from the unbeliever.

Then we went on to clarify our answer, so here is that part also;

“There is one prayer that God hears from unbelievers; it is their prayer to ask for forgiveness for their sins.

Until then, their prayers are fruitless because their sins create a separation between them and God that can only be bridged by the blood of Christ (through a repentant heart).”

Let’s look a little more closely.

You see, when we are living apart from God, without ever having repented and placing our trust in Him, we are separated from Him by our sin.

Why? Because God is holy and pure, and He can’t even look upon sin, let alone embrace the sinner.

Yes, He loves us, even in our sinful state. But He can’t embrace us, interact with us or hear our prayers until the stain of that sin is removed by the blood of Christ.

Then things instantly change. Then the barrier that sin creates is destroyed and removed, allowing us to have direct access to Him and fellowship with Him.

Maybe this answer makes you a bit uncomfortable, and you’re questioning this, wondering what the Bible says to back this up. The scripture at the top of this devotional is one piece of proof. But here is another.

John 10:9 (NKJV) 9 I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.

You see, without Jesus, we cannot access the Father. Jesus stated that very plainly in both of these verses.

But through Jesus, we have direct access to Him!

So, we hope this will provide a Biblical answer to a question that many people ask, and maybe you have even pondered on at some point.

If you’d like to watch the video where we discussed this, please click here to watch it now.

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 – 7-25-21 – The One Prayer

Please click to watch the video.Greetings in the name of our precious savior, Jesus Christ! 

Have you ever wondered if God hears the prayers of unbelievers? 

In today’s video, The One Prayer, we discuss this topic and give Biblical answers to this question. 

We know this is a pretty common question, so we hope you’ll tune in and hear what the Bible has to say about this topic. 

Please click here to watch the video now. 

We hope this video will be a valuable resource for you, and for others you might wish to share it with. 

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 – 7-4-20

Romans 15:30 (NKJV) 30 Now I beg you, brethren, through the Lord Jesus Christ, and through the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in prayers to God for me…

Paul knew that even the prayers of believers that didn’t know him could be very effective. He said, “I beg you brethren that we strive together in prayer”.

People of God, brothers and sisters in Christ, we need to come together in prayer for the situations we are facing right now in our country and around the world.

We have not come face to face with many of our subscribers. However, we pray for each and every one of you that are standing with us.

God has connected us in many ways with people all around this world. Seven Seas Ministries outreach is global, and we pray for you because you are part of our family.

We are responsible to pray for one another.

We know that God is so very faithful!

Even if we are not physically there to enjoy your victory or answered prayer with you, we will usually learn about it somehow, and we get so excited and happy for you. We celebrate it here in Rhode Island, regardless of where you are located.

We rejoice with you and thank God for His miraculous answer!

When it comes to prayer, distance and having not ever met face to face aren’t obstacles.

Pray children of God. Let us pray with all our hearts. It is effective!

James 5:16 (NKJV) 16 Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-11-20

1 Peter 5:7 (NKJV) 7 casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.

Praying can be hard to do if we are overwhelmed, distracted and busy in our minds.

A lot of times, we pray because we don’t have any idea as to how to fix something. Even then we might think, “forget it, God doesn’t want to hear from me”.

Are we kidding ourselves? God never said that.

That’s either our own guilty conscience speaking to us, saying “it’s too late, we’ve gone too far”, or it’s the devil trying to whisper lies, hoping we will believe him and not get the help we need.

God doesn’t run from us when things get ugly and tough. He doesn’t run and hide when we are at our worst. Do we really think He will walk away from us if we are crying out for His help? No.

He is God. He cares so much more than we realize.

His arms are open at all times. He will not push us away. He will not lock us out. He will not tell us to be quiet.

Open up and let Him in. He will fix us and whatever we have going on.

Jeremiah 29:11 (NKJV) 11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.

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 – 1-24-20

1 John 3:22 (NKJV) 22 And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight.

We all ask God for things.

Sometimes we ask Him for wisdom. Sometimes we ask for help with a specific situation. Sometimes we ask Him for finances to pay for something we need.

The thing is that we don’t always get what we ask for. Why is that?

This short verse above tells us exactly why!

“We receive from Him because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight”.

Our walk with God is all about relationship. It is a Father/son or Father/daughter relationship.

It is not a King on a throne looking down at us, dictating to us what we should do to be good subjects.

It is a Father in heaven, loving us and wanting us to love Him back. As with any relationship, we want to please the one we love.

With God, He wants us to do the things that are pleasing in His sight. His word tells us what those things are; put Him first in everything, love others, do to others what we want done to us, live righteously, etc.

Now, this isn’t a dictatorship. God doesn’t watch our every move, waiting for us to fail so He can hold it over us or punish us when we do.

He simply wants us to love Him so much that we want to do the things that are pleasing in His sight.

It’s then that we will begin to see the verse above played out in our lives. And we will begin to see the things we ask Him for coming to pass. Because our hearts will be one with His, and our requests will be in line with His heart!

1 John 5:14-15 (NKJV) 14 Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 15 And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.

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 – 12-7-19

Luke 5:16 (NKJV) 16 So He Himself often withdrew into the wilderness and prayed.

It’s so very important that we understand what prayer can do for our present situation, and for the things to come.

We need to pray often. Not just when we need something, but even when things are good and we are happy.

Be consistent. Prayer keeps us in forward motion.

A lot of believers are stuck. They most likely have stopped praying. Or maybe they never began to pray.

Prayer is the thing we need most in our lives. But we will usually give it very little effort. Many times we may even see prayer as a last resort.

But until we realize how important it is, we will struggle and ask, “why God? Why do I keep falling behind, keep missing it, keep losing out?”.

Prayer helps us to hit the nail on the head and be done.

Let’s pray like Jesus…often!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 10-22-19

Matthew 21:22 (NKJV) 22 And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”

Do we feel like we are still waiting on our prayers to be answered?

I have learned that the best thing we can do when we pray, to show God that we believe, is to ask for what it is we need and then move on.

Don’t focus on it or keep holding onto it. Release it and move on.

Just the other day, I was so surprised! God reminded me of something I had prayed for many years ago. I had forgotten all about it. I guess that’s what we could call moving on.

But, despite me forgetting about praying for it, He delivered to me what I had prayed for, exactly to the tee. And then He reminded me that it was because I had asked for it. Oh, thank YOU, Father! He is so good! Amen.

We really need to learn to ask for the things we need and enjoy. Don’t be shy. We have a Papa that wants to fill us with His joy!

If we only knew how much He wants to bless our hearts with the desires that come from Him. things that we would love to see take place, we would be praying without ceasing.

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

Not just for ourselves, but for the needs of others and the condition of this world. For our friends that we see struggling. Our family, our church, our work place, and our business, etc.

There is so much to pray about.

But, what stops us?

We do. The heaviness of the situation can stop us dead in our tracks. We don’t move forward until we see something change. But we have it all wrong.

We need to believe. And we do that by praying, and releasing it into His care. And then He works out the details.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 10-5-19

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

When God opens our eyes and we discern something regarding a person, it does not mean He has given us permission to run to them and share it with them.

Most times it is simply for us to lift them up in prayer regarding what was revealed.

What is revealed in secret, we keep it in secret, unless God opens the door for us to share.

At times I have seen some things regarding a person. If I immediately ran to them and shared it, they would think I was an awful person, and I may never get a chance to actually help them the way God had intended.

Don’t let anxiousness cause us to blow it!

It takes discipline and timing to really be helpful and bring big change.

God will guide our steps.

The first step is usually prayer. Prayer goes before everything. Prayer will set the stage for doing things in God’s perfect timing.

Oh, so many times I have thought, “how will I ever be able to tell them what You, oh Lord, have shown me?”.

There are times I’d rather not know certain things about a particular person. I’ve had to learn to shut my mind down to prevent it from thinking the wrong thoughts.

But if we start off with prayer, there will be no judging. He will bring understanding. He will guard our heart, and it will become fruitful.

Philippians 4:7 (NKJV) 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Help us, Lord, to bring big changes through your guidance. Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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