Category: Prayer

Bible Verse of The Day – 11-20-15

Luke 6:12 (NKJV) 12 Now it came to pass in those days that He went out to the mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.

Taking the time we need to pray things through is so important when making decisions. There have been times when we have messed up on our choices because we moved too quickly and didn’t take the proper amount of time to seek God first, for the answers.

When having to make decisions, and things around us get louder and busier, we need to find a place or time when it is quiet. Jesus prayed through the night and then chose His apostles.

Luke 6:13 (NKJV) 13 And when it was day, He called His disciples to Himself; and from them He chose twelve whom He also named apostles:

In prayer is where it all begins.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 10-7-15

Isaiah 26:4 (NKJV) 4 Trust in the Lord forever, For in YAH, the Lord, is everlasting strength.

Spending time in prayer is the most powerful thing we can do for our marriage or someone else’s marriage, for our family or someone else’s family, for the church and for the world as a whole.

Strength, healing, deliverance, and VICTORY come through prayer, through trusting in our Lord.

If we want to see change and get answers, it will take us putting time aside, writing down the things God has shown us that need changing and pray them through, trusting HIM for the answer and the victory in each battle.

We want to see change. God will bring change.

He is STRONG. Trust in 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 – 9-9-15

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.

Nobody wants to get up before daylight, nobody. But it is crucial at times that we push ourselves to do it.

Jesus got up early and He went to a solitary place and what did He do in that place? Sleep? Work? Watch videos? No, He prayed, early in the morning before daylight.

Why? Prayer is what stops the devil in his tracks. Prayer is what starts our day off on the right track. Prayer is what gets us answers.

Are we done with suffering? Have we had enough of being bullied around by the enemy? If we can say yes, then we are ready to end this chapter and start a new one.

Prayer will win those battles for us, so get up! 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 – 5-14-15

Psalm 18:6 (NKJV) 6 In my distress I called upon the Lord, And cried out to my God; He heard my voice from His temple, And my cry came before Him, even to His ears.

Keep pressing in to God. He has a plan for your life. We are praying for God’s answer and direction to come to you.

Some of you are struggling in your marriage and you don’t know what to do. God knows and has the answers to the problem. Get with Him.

Some are struggling financially; you need money and a job, and don’t know what job to go after. God knows. Get with Him.

Some are struggling with your children and their rebellion, trying to raise them on your own and you have no clue how to handle them at this point. You are exhausted and overwhelmed by it all. God knows. Get with Him.

Some of you are struggling with health issues, you are on the verge of throwing in the towel and giving up on believing that He will heal you. You think He has forgotten you and that you deserve whatever sickness you have. God knows what is causing your symptoms. Get with Him.

Some are trying to have children and can’t for some time now. You’re on the verge of giving up and accepting that it’s not meant for you. God knows. Get with Him.

Prayer is powerful. Cry out to Him today. He hears your cry. He will answer you.

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 – 3-27-15

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.

God created us, His body, to help each other.

He knew that we couldn’t make it on our own, so He not only gave us His Spirit, The Helper, but he told us to help each other and lean on each other.

Being a follower of Christ is about more than just laying claim to a Savior and going to church on Sunday!

Jesus told us that we are to love each other as He loved us.

John 15:17 (NKJV) 17 These things I command you, that you love one another.

As we learn to love each other and pray for each other, we will learn that our own wants and needs aren’t always as big a deal as we might think they are. And it’s not that our needs aren’t important, but sometimes we need to learn to put ourselves second, and others first.

This can be difficult at first, but as we let God grow us, stretch us and mature us, we’ll find it easier and easier to do.

Pray for one another.

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 – 9-8-14

James 5:13 (NKJV) 13 Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing psalms. 14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

We can all agree that prayer is powerful! It is the power that Jesus Christ has given to each believer; those who have put their faith and trust in Him, repenting of their sins and following Him. When we’ve done this, we now have that power living in us.

We can communicate through the Holy Spirit to the Father on a daily basis, multiple times a day. That is Amazing!

What is it today that is concerning us? Is it the economy? Is it the children that are hungry and dying of sickness and starvation? Is it the many abortions that take place each day? Is it the illnesses and diseases that are taking peoples lives? Or is it the direction the world is heading, etc? Maybe it’s all of these things and more. These concerns are legitimate.

But there is good news! It is the power of prayer that pushes back darkness and it is the power of prayer that brings healing and deliverance and we have that power living in us!

Let us pray for the things that concern us and don’t stop believing for God to answer those prayers!  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 – 7-10-14

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

Pray without ceasing. How can we ever live up to this command that we were given by God? How can we possibly pray non-stop?

Good question. Let’s talk about this for a minute or two.

It’s possible to pray without ceasing once we understand what prayer is and what it isn’t.

Praying is communicating with God. Plain and simple.

It means that we talk to God and we listen for Him to speak to us. It’s a conversation that goes both ways.

Sadly, prayer has been twisted and corrupted by people to the point of being misunderstood. Most people, when they think of praying, automatically think of folded hands, closed eyes and long discourses using flowery language and various tones of voice. Some people are complimented on how well they pray because they word things just so and use just the right tones and volume.

No offense intended, but this is not what prayer is about. We’re not saying that you can’t pray this way, but prayer doesn’t have to be done like this to be effective!

Talk to God. Tell Him what’s on your heart. Tell Him how you feel; what hurts, what makes you smile, what you’re disappointed about, what your hopes are. Just tell Him.

And then listen. Let Him speak back to you. Give Him your time, as He gives you His. Let Him share His heart with you and tell you about His plans and hopes for you.

Communication works both ways and this is exactly what prayer is at it’s most basic level.

Pray without ceasing. Watch your life change and see yourself grow as a child of 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 – 7-3-14

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

I was on the phone with my son-in-law the other day.

As he was talking to me, his seven year old son (my grandson) came out of his bedroom. He had been in there with the door closed.

His dad asked him what he was doing. His son replied nonchalantly, “Just talking to God.”

That is all prayer is; just talking to God.

Spend some time with Him today. 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 – 5-19-14

James 5:16 (NKJV) 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.

So many times we hear this verse quoted and then hear a discourse about praying until we get our answer… praying over and over again until God comes through.

We are led to believe that fervent prayer means praying repeatedly, praying repetitiously, until something happens.

But we’re here to tell you that this is not what God is telling us in this verse! Please read this and hear what God is saying.

We know that God wants us to pray fervently. There is no question about this. But what is fervent, anyway? What does it really mean?

fervent: felt very strongly, having or showing very strong feelings, exhibiting or marked by great intensity of feeling.

What would be some synonyms for fervent? How about these; ardent, fiery, burning, impassioned.

So we can see that fervent has nothing to do with repetition! It has everything to do with our heart being poured into something, and in this case, it means pouring our heart into prayer.

So God wants us to pray fervently, with everything in us, with passion, with intensity, and with faith that He will answer! Not with repetition and lack of heart.

Matthew 6:7 (NKJV) And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words.

So take what God is speaking to us today and put it into practice, praying and seeking God fervently, with great passion, and fire from within us, pouring ourselves into it. And believe that He will answer.

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 – 5-14-14

(James 5:17-18 NKJV)  Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months. {18} And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.

This is just an example of what praying earnestly can do. If we want things to happen in our home, with our family, in our church, our schools and in our country, we must pray and pray earnestly.

God will answer our prayers. It may not be exactly the way we thought it would be answered or in the timing we had expected, but things change when we pray.

God is faithful and willing to help us in whatever we are concerned about. We have to trust and believe that He will answer us.

Don’t think just because things don’t happen or change right away that He didn’t hear our prayer. And don’t have any preconceived ideas of how He will answer. Be open to Him and willing to do whatever it takes on our end.

Don’t give up on praying…it works!

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 – 4-18-14

(1 John 5:14-15 NKJV)  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.

There is a confidence that comes when we ask anything according to God’s will.

Be sure to ask God what His will is for all situations. How many times do we start to pray for things we want to see happen but never consider asking Him, or seeking the scriptures to see what His Word says about it?

If we want to see our prayers answered we need to line up with God’s will for that situation or circumstance.

Pray in agreement with Him today. He will hear our cry and answer our prayers as we ask according to His will. He loves to direct and guide us into Victory!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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