Category: Trusting God

Bible Verse of The Day – 2-10-17

Ephesians 3:20-21 (NKJV) 20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, 21 to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

We can face some pretty intimidating things during our lifetime. Some things can seem downright impossible to overcome.

But we serve a God who is able to do exceedingly abundantly more than we can ask or think!

We might look at a situation and think that it is completely impossible. Our heads might never be able to wrap around how we could ever conquer it. But that doesn’t bother or hinder God!

Man might tell us something is impossible. But we need to remember that man never, ever has the final answer. God does!

Luke 18:27 (NKJV) 27 But He said, “The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.”

So if you’re facing what seem like impossible odds today, don’t look around. Look up. Look to the One who holds everything in His hands. And give it to Him right here, right now.

And give Him the glory and honor forever.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 1-31-17

James 4:10 (NKJV) 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.

Life, and the things that happen in it, sure has a way of bringing us to our knees. Sometimes it can cause us to do the opposite and harden up, run away and try to fix things on our own.

Have we ever gotten mad at God for something that He didn’t do for us? Maybe we prayed for a love one, or we prayed for a job. Maybe we even prayed that He would help us to pass a test or get good grades. Maybe we asked Him to save our marriage.

Yet, in all that praying, we still lost that loved one. We still failed that test, or our grades weren’t good enough to get us into that school we were so looking forward to going to. Or in all that praying, our marriage or relationship failed.

It didn’t seem like it changed anything at all. In return, it made us doubt God and turn from Him and never want to trust Him or have anything to do with Him again. We walked away and shut the door on Him for life.

These types of situations have happened to many people. We may never know why it seemed like God did not help us or show up for us when we felt like we needed Him.

The thing we have to remember is that when all was said and done, was He there to help pick up the pieces? Was He there to hold us? Was He there to open another door for us, or help us to get something precious out of what we were going through?

If we walk away from Him, we will never know. We will never see what He will do for us. If we walk away, there will be no opportunity for Him to walk us through the difficult times and allow us to see for ourselves how only He can turn things around.

Today, if we have turned away from God because of some things we have been through, and we feel He wasn’t there for us when we needed Him most, won’t we give Him a chance to show up? Will we stop and humbly come back to Him and tell Him how we feel and then let Him lift us up?

He does not fail us, ever. Give Him a chance.

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 – 12-13-16

Psalm 46:10 (NKJV) 10 Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!

Are you tired today? Be still and know that He is God.

Are you mourning a loss? Be still and know that He is God.

Are you feeling alone and left out? Be still and know that He is God.

Do you feel like you just can’t go on any longer? Be still and know that He is God.

Are you celebrating a victory in your life? Be still and know that He is God.

It doesn’t matter what season of our life we’re in right now. It doesn’t matter if we’re at the top of the mountain or in the deepest valley.

It doesn’t matter if we’re laying flat on our back, looking up, or if we’re soaring with our hands raised high.

The most important thing we can do is to be still and know that He is God.

When we celebrate, He should be the reason we’re celebrating. When we’re struggling, He needs to be the One we look to for strength, wisdom and understanding.

In all we do, our accomplishments will never mean anything until we sit still and know that He is God. Without Him we would all be nothing. But with Him we can do all things.

Philippians 4:13 (NKJV) 13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens 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 – 10-20-16

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.

Trusting God can give us rest. Rest from planning and trying to figure things out based on our own knowledge and understanding.

Let us not confuse resting with being lazy and unproductive.

Trusting God and resting in that which He tells us to do is a very good thing and healthy for both the natural and the spiritual man.

When God says “trust ME”, we can have peace, knowing that He will work on our behalf and He will guide us in what we need to do on our end. We will stop dwelling on those things that we have NO control over. We will stop trying to force things to happen. We will be OK with letting God do what only He can do and wants to do for us.

God wants to do the impossible for us. He wants us to experience HIM in a personal way, by leading us through challenges and difficult times and teaching us to see things through more than just our natural eyes and natural understanding.

Will we trust 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 – 10-3-16

Matthew 6:28-32 (NKJV) 28 “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; 29 and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31 “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

Hoarding. It’s something that most of us never think about. But what is it, and what are its implications in the life of a believer?

Hoard: to accumulate money, food, or the like, in a hidden or carefully guarded place for preservation, future use, etc.

Hoarding is contrary to God’s word. Why? Because it essentially, at its deepest root, shows a lack of trust in God’s ability to provide for us. Things that are hoarded are there, many times, “just in case”. Just in case God doesn’t supply our needs.

There is a delicate balance between hoarding and using our resources wisely or being responsible and diligent with our finances and physical resources. God does teach us to be diligent and responsible with what He blesses us with. But that doesn’t mean that we need to cling to and hold on to everything that we have.

We are to hold onto some of it. But we are to give some of it too. And it’s only when we learn to hear God’s voice and discern His instructions to us that we can properly handle the things we have.

And when we do that, when we start to let go of some of those precious things that we hold so dearly to, only then will we see God bless us again and again. Sharing our blessings with others opens the door for more blessings to flow into our lives.

So as God has blessed us with things, whether it’s finances or other material possessions, it’s imperative that we learn, not just to hoard them and hold onto them, but to learn to share them with others who are in need.

We need to trust Him. We need to share when He says to share. We need to help those who are in need. And then we can watch as He replenishes the “supply closet” that we willingly shared with others who He led us to share it with.

Be wise with our resources. Hold when He says when to hold. And share when He says to share.

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 – Trusting God For a Breakthrough – 9-25-16

Are you waiting on God for a breakthrough in a situation? If so, we have a very important message for you!

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When things get tough, we can sometimes be tempted to run. Getting away from our situation can seem like a way to get relief.
But God wants to give us a breakthrough, not just relief!

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Getting that breakthrough can be life-changing. So it’s important that we know and understand what to do to be sure we don’t miss out on what God has for us.

Give this message a listen and trust God for your breakthrough!

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Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
PO Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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Bible Verse of The Day – 7-14-16

Isaiah 12:2 (NKJV) 2 Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; ‘For Yah, the Lord, is my strength and song; He also has become my salvation.’”

I will trust and not be afraid!

Trust can be very fragile sometimes. It takes time to build trust in someone or something. And sometimes things can happen that causes our trust to falter.

With God, though, we don’t ever have to worry about Him breaking our trust. He is trustworthy in absolutely everything. He will never fail us or let us down.

There will be times when we might be disappointed in how something turns out, but that should never cause us to lose our trust in Him. We just have to know that no matter what happens in our lives, we are secure in Him. And when tough times do come, He will walk us through them.

Many of us say we trust Him but when things get tough or hard to understand, we turn our backs and rely on our own understanding. This can happen to just about anyone, regardless of our spiritual maturity. But as we grow in Christ, the likelihood of it happening decreases as we learn to see things through different eyes and from a different perspective.

Our trust in Him should never be based on the conditions or circumstances in our lives. Many times, we are where we are due to choices we’ve made at some point. And even if things befall us that we think we had no fault in, we still need to keep our trust in Him strong and not let doubts creep in and steal our faith.

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.

So no matter what comes along, keep trusting Him. Don’t let the enemy of your soul convince you otherwise.

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 – 6-17-16

Psalm 20:7 (NKJV) 7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; But we will remember the name of the Lord our God.

The Lord God will help us through things that we would otherwise never make it through. He is Faithful to pick us up and brush us off, and step by step show us how to get on track and start over.

We can try to do it on our own. He won’t stop us or force us. We can put our trust in all kinds of different things, but there is no ONE like the Lord our God.

1 Samuel 2:2 (NKJV) 2 “No one is holy like the Lord, For there is none besides You, Nor is there any rock like our God.

He is our rock!

Those other things that try to take His place will bring GREAT disappointment to us.

It is in the Lord our God that we will put our trust and walk in His victory!! 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 – 5-27-16

John 15:16 (NKJV) 16 You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you.

If we allow God to have control over our lives… He will!

He will appoint us and we will bear fruit. He will open doors for us to walk through, even if we don’t know how to do it. He will show us and our fruit will remain!

Many years ago, there was a job listing in the local newspaper for office work. I had no experience in this field. I had very little typing experience, no communication skills, and only basic computer skills. But I knew I needed to go after this job.

The first thing they asked me was “can you type?”. I had been practicing with a computer typing tutorial recently, so I said yes, thinking that I would get better, the more I did it.

Well, immediately after asking me this, they sat me down and gave me a typing test.

As I sat down to take the test, my hands were shaking. I was so nervous.

I prayed, “God, I’m here where I feel you wanted me to come, now I need your help”. I took the test and when I was done, she looked at me and said “good enough”, and hired me on the spot. It was a position in a big beautiful office, for someone who had very little when it came to office skills.

I started out as the secretary and it wasn’t long before I was reconciling huge financial accounts.

My work skills grew quickly and I fit in nicely. My boss would say to me at times, “you puzzle me. There are many things you don’t have any experience in, but yet you can do this job fine”.

When God appoints us to do a job, He will give us the knowhow if we rest in Him.

Philippians 4:13 (NKJV) 13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

Don’t you dare give up! If you are in a place where you know you belong but you’re not sure how to do the job fully, ask anything of Him and He will help.  

Hang in there. Keep your chin up and your eyes on Him, and you will bear FRUIT and your fruit will remain! 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 – 5-7-16

1 Peter 5:6-7 (NKJV) 6 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, 7 casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.

Learning how to cast our cares on Him can sometimes be a bit difficult. We’re so used to doing everything ourselves, that handing it off to God requires retraining our minds a bit.

But it’s truly important that we learn how to do this, to cast our cares upon Him, if we are to learn to walk and live by faith.

There will be days when doing this is a breeze. Then there will be days when it seems like we just can’t let go of our troubles and our worries and give them to Him.

But we’re here to tell you today that casting our cares on God is the best way, no matter how hard it might seem to be.

It’s the way that shows our faith and teaches us to trust Him with everything about our lives. And it’s also the way to lower our stress levels, as we learn to let God handle those things that we thought we had to carry ourselves.

Trials come. It’s part of life here on earth. They can be painful. There’s no doubt about it. And sometimes it might seem like they will never end.

But they will end. They will cease and we will have victory. And while we’re going through those trials, that’s the time when we learn to cast our cares upon Him and let Him carry those things that weigh us down.

Take a step today and do this. Do what God has told us to do. He knows what’s best for 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 – 2-19-16

Proverbs 3:5 (NKJV) 5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding;

This verse has become the words that Pastor Ellie and I have learned to live by.

This walk of faith is challenging. Some days it seems like nothing can go wrong. Other days it seems like everything goes wrong. Not that everything actually does go wrong. But it can seem that way if we look at it incorrectly.

That’s not to say that God isn’t faithful or that His promises aren’t true. It’s more to say that sometimes our heads get in the way. And when our heads get in the way, our hearts can’t see what God is doing.

2 Corinthians 5:7 (NKJV) 7 For we walk by faith, not by sight.

Learning to walk by faith and not by sight is a never-ending learning process. Some days we run like Gazelles! Other days we trip and fall. We scrape our knees and look to our Daddy to pick us up and brush the dirt off.

There are times when we see so clearly. And then there are days when there is a lot of fog to cut through.

But, here’s the truth in all of this.

God is on the throne. His promises are true! And when we face things in life that we don’t understand, it’s OK!

The important thing is that we look to Him for our answers. And when those answers come, we need to take Him at His word, even if it doesn’t make sense to our mind and our intellect.

We teach on this frequently. Why? Because it’s a profound truth that every single one of us needs to learn. We not only need to learn it, but we need to live by it!

So when things come along that you don’t understand, or if something doesn’t work out quite the way you had hoped it would, don’t fret. Don’t give up. And don’t turn away from God.

On the contrary. Run toward Him!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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