Category: Trusting God

Bible Verse of The Day – 9-24-13

(Psalm 54:2 NKJV)  Hear my prayer, O God; Give ear to the words of my mouth.

Every day we hear and see things go on around us, some good and some bad.

It’s Awesome to know that we can take a situation and pray it through.

If we see something going on that is not good, we can pray and God will hear our words.

We have someone that listens to us, someone that understands us and someone that wants to help us.

What a wonderful thing to know that our words don’t fall on deaf ears!

(Psalm 108:5-6 NKJV)  Be exalted, O God, above the heavens, And Your glory above all the earth; {6} That Your beloved may be delivered, Save with Your right hand, and hear me.

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 – 9-7-13

Matthew 19:14 (KJV) But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

Jesus held a special place in His heart for children.

He said “for of such is the kingdom of heaven”. What did He mean by that?

He meant that the church, the children of God, must become like little children in their faith.

Little children trust their parents with an absolute trust that is pure and undefiled. They know nothing of betrayal or broken promises when they are so young.

God wants us to see Him through those same unadulterated eyes, with a faith that’s pure and trusting.

In another scripture, Jesus says this: Luke 18:17 (NKJV) Assuredly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it.”

Again, He’s referring to child-like faith, teaching us that we need to become as little children if we expect to enter into the kingdom of God.

This can be a tough thing for some people. So many of us have been hurt or betrayed by others. Our trust has been broken and our faith in people has been shattered. And this can carry over into our relationship with our heavenly Father.

But God wants us to trust Him 100%, with the faith of a little child, leaving our emotional scars at the foot of the cross.

So we ask you today; “Will you trust Him with faith like a child?”

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 – 8-22-13

(Judges 1:1-2 NKJV)  Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, “Who shall be first to go up for us against the Canaanites to fight against them?” {2} And the LORD said, “Judah shall go up. Indeed I have delivered the land into his hand.”

Notice that in this verse the children asked God, their Father, a question as to what steps to take next. “What do we do Lord?” The Lord, in return, answered His children.

God has no problem telling His children His plan for us. Are we His children today? Yes, we are!!

If we are, then He wants us to come to Him and ask Him things before we make a move or a decision on our own. This is important. As children of God we must not be afraid to go to Him. He will give us direction for our future.

Do we always know why He tells us to do a specific thing? No; sometimes it takes time for us to see His whole plan. Sometimes we may never know why. But if we trust God with our lives we will be at peace with it.

Let’s be sure to go to our Heavenly Father for questions and direction for our lives, and then let’s wait on Him for the answer. He is faithful to lead us down the right path.

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 – 8-21-13

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

There are many things in life that we just plain don’t understand.

Many of you reading this might be going through some things or facing some battles that just don’t seem to make sense to your natural mind.

Here’s a word from God for you: Don’t try to understand them or make sense of them by human reasoning, because you can’t.

TRUST God with all of your heart.

TRUST that He will work it out for your good.

TRUST that He knows what He is doing and knows what is best for you.

TRUST that He will provide for your every need.

It’s all about one word: TRUST

It’s what faith is made of.

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 – 7-29-13

Philippians 4:6 (NKJV) Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;

Anxiety. It’s something that a lot of people seem to struggle with these days. We live in a world full of things that can cause us to become anxious, stressed, worried or nervous.

But we are told in God’s word to be anxious for nothing! Anxiety is related to worrying. So what does the Bible say about worrying?

Matthew 6:27 (NKJV) Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?

So we need to know and understand that we are not to worry, even though human nature would have us worrying about everything!

Many of us might try to relate anxiety to something that happened to us in our past.

But this is not so much of a psychological problem as it is a spiritual problem. Without getting too deep about it, let us try to explain what this means. The enemy (satan) commands various types of demonic spirits. These different spirits have different tasks. Some cause diseases, some cause division, some cause fear, etc.

Anxiety is, many times, caused by a spirit of fear. Spirits of fear are not from God. They are from the devil, the enemy of our soul. So if it is not from God, we need to know that we don’t have to put up with it or live with it.

2 Timothy 1:7 (NKJV) For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

As believers, we have the authority to rebuke these spirits of fear and command them to leave us alone and never come back.

Luke 10:19 (NKJV) Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

You can see in this verse that Jesus told us we have authority over all the power of the enemy. This includes spirits of fear, that cause us to worry or be anxious.

So the next time you start to become anxious, remind yourself that God has not given us a spirit of fear! Rebuke that spirit in the name of Jesus and tell it to leave you alone. And then set your mind on things above, not on things of this earth.

And then rest in God’s peace, knowing that He is on the throne and you are resting in His hands.

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 – 7-26-13

(Matthew 14:16-20 NKJV)  But Jesus said to them, “They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.” {17} And they said to Him, “We have here only five loaves and two fish.” {18} He said, “Bring them here to Me.” {19} Then He commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass. And He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke and gave the loaves to the disciples; and the disciples gave to the multitudes. {20} So they all ate and were filled, and they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments that remained.

Jesus shows us how it’s done, by simply using what they had to work with. He knew that five loaves and two fish couldn’t possibly feed all five thousand-plus people. There had to be a miracle take place. But, the miracle did not happen until He took what they had, blessed it, broke it and gave it.

There are many people today that cannot feed their family. They can’t pay their bills. They can’t get clothes for their children. There are ministries that can’t do all that they feel led to do for the lack of finances.

The question is, are we letting God bless what we have to work with? Are we then doing what He wants us to do with it? Are we breaking it up accordingly and giving it the way He wants us to give it?

What do we want today? Are we looking for a miracle?

We need to work with what we have. Don’t wait till we “have enough”, to do what God is asking us to do.

God will multiply as we obey Him, as we trust Him, and follow Him. 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 – 6-14-13

(Hebrews 6:15 NKJV)  And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

The verse above is referring to Abraham. God had made a promise to Him. The promise came to pass, but it took a while to happen.

Abraham patiently endured as he waited. His patience was rewarded with the fulfillment of God’s promise.

The really cool part of this scenario is that God swore to Abraham and because He could swear by nobody greater than Himself, He swore by Himself!

(Hebrews 6:13 NKJV)  For when God made a promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself…

God is a God of His word. He is pure and holy, not able to lie or break a promise.

If we are waiting on God and He has promised us something, He is sure to keep His word and fulfill His promise.

We just need to be sure that it’s God’s promise we’re waiting on and not man’s!

Seek God in everything. Trust Him with everything. If our hope and trust is in Him, we can never go wrong.

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 – 5-3-13

(2 Samuel 22:47 NKJV)  “The LORD lives! Blessed be my Rock! Let God be exalted, The Rock of my salvation!

It breaks my heart when I hear and see people put their trust in their pastor, their minister, etc. instead of putting it in God.

There is no man you can trust to do all the right things. It’s important that we put our trust in God, that we lean on God fully and learn from Him.

Pastors are human beings and they too can fall. So many people put them on a pedestal and then their faith is shaken when something goes wrong.

What happens often in a church setting is that when the man of God falls, if our trust is in him, we get disappointed and it can cause us to fall and backslide and literally turn away from God.

In our early years, we were going to a local church. It was a great church with wonderful pastors that God had blessed us with. They taught us a lot of good things, and we were growing close to God. However, these pastors had trials and tribulations hit them and when these things came upon them, they split and broke up. It was a very sad day.

The thing that was even more sad was that when this all happened, the congregation ended up scattered. Instead of looking to God and asking Him if they should stay in the church or go elsewhere, they decided to take on the Pastor’s problem as if it was their own and  very many ultimately left the church behind.

The man may leave, but God will never leave. He remained sound and strong there. He had a plan even in such devastation. He had the next step already figured out. But the people decided to take their own steps, leaving God behind.

Cling to God. He is our Rock and salvation; ask Him what to do when trouble comes. Wait for His direction!  Amen.

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 – 4-26-13

(Proverbs 3:5-6 NKJV)  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.

During the last several months we have been reminded over and over again that we need to be trusting in Him with all our hearts and not trying to figure things out based solely on our own understanding.

Today that was confirmed to us in a very big way. We have been facing some very major trials in our lives and we received some news today that, if we looked at it solely from our own understanding, could be very, very negative and discouraging.

But we are trusting God and acknowledging Him in everything that we do. Things might not be going the way we would want them to, but it will all work for the good because we love God

For those of you who have prayed for us recently, thank you so much. We truly appreciate it.

If you’re going through a trial right now, trust God with it. Let Him lead you. It’s not always easy, but His ways are best, even when we don’t understand them.

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 – 4-20-13

(Isaiah 41:10 NKJV)  Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’

This is a beautiful reminder that we are not alone.

So often we can read something like this but yet still not grasp that this is Almighty God speaking to us and encouraging us to not give up, to not back down and to not give in.

There is a lot of pressure these days with all the crazy stuff going on in the atmosphere around us, but we are not without help. God is with us to help us get through, so we don’t cave in.

Fear likes to grasp our hearts and minds when there are things coming against us, but we need to say no to fear, rebuking this spirit in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen

Let His words be written on our hearts that we may be able to pull from them and stand strong in knowing that He is faithful!!

Have a great weekend and no worries… it will all work out fine as we fear not!!

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 – 4-13-13

(Psalm 103:1 NKJV)  Bless the LORD, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name!

With every breath that I take, I will bless the Lord.

In good times and in trials, I will bless the Lord.

Through every storm, I will bless the Lord and praise His holy name.

He is worthy of all glory, honor and praise.

I will bless the Lord with all that is within me.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries

P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-377-5400

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