Bible Verse of The Day – 11-27-25

Matthew 9:12 (NKJV) 12 When Jesus heard that, He said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.

Let us pray for the sick, and when the door opens let us share with them our great Physician, Jesus Christ.

Let us tell them about His goodness, how much He loves them, and how He wants to help them through whatever they are struggling with.

Although the sick need help, some may refuse it. They may not want our answers. They may not want the help.

I have seen people refuse the answers many times and turn back to the sin that is killing them. All we can do is keep praying for them and keep showing them God’s love for them.

Admittedly, it’s very hard at times to watch.

Their are others who may want help, but they still want that thing that they are addicted to from time to time as well.

It’s a fine line with helping them, but the Holy Spirit will guide us.

The questions is, will we get frustrated and give up on them? Or will we have compassion for them, and wait on the Lord for His guidance.

Sometimes it takes years of sticking with someone, and it can be a “hands off and then hands back on situation.” We are there for a bit and then out of the picture for a while, to only come back in when they are ready for more help.

Luke 10:33 (NKJV) 33 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was. And when he saw him, he had compassion.

This kind of compassion will keep us hanging in there when we don’t see any results or change. It will push us to go the extras mile.

It’s the same compassion God has for us. Let us put on this heart of compassion and walk in it strongly.

Colossians 3:12 (LSB) 12 So, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience;

Don’t give up. Stay in there. You are making a difference.

Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries 
49 N Lamplighters Walk 
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

If you know someone who will enjoy this or be encouraged by it, please feel free to share it with them!

To have the Bible Verse of The Day delivered to your inbox each day, please Click Here and then enter your email address in the box near the upper left corner of the page. 

Please consider making a Donation.

Get our mobile app here: 

Android: http://goo.gl/oQ6qa7 

Apple: http://apple.co/2lZdgYy

0 Shares
Tagged with:

Bible Verse of The Day – 11-26-25

Hebrews 2:1 (LSB) 1 For this reason we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away.

This verse contains words that are important for us to understand, and important for us to heed.

This is a clear warning about being careful not to drift away.

Those are serious words that we must pay attention to if we care about our souls.

Our salvation is worth making the effort to pay attention to it—and to our attitude toward it.

Are we complacent about it? Do we treat it casually?

Do we truly recognize its worth?

God’s word was given to us to teach and train us, and to allow us to learn of God. This is not simply for the purpose of gaining knowledge. But to shape us and prepare us for His kingdom, and to walk out His plans here on earth while we have breath in our lungs to do so.

Yes, we need to learn and understand His unfathomable love for humanity.

But we also need to learn and understand what He requires of us, and what He desires for our lives. This includes chastisement, when necessary, just as any good father does with his children.

The message being referred to in Hebrews 2:1, above, is the message of salvation through Jesus Christ.

This message was spoken centuries before it took place. Many looked longingly for its occurrence. Others ignored it.

And those who ignored (neglected, rejected) it were punished. They missed their only opportunity for redemption.

Hebrews 2:2-3 (LSB) 2 For if the word spoken through angels proved unalterable (steadfast, true), and every trespass and disobedience received a just penalty, 3 how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? That salvation, first spoken by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard…

So it is with us. We have been given the opportunity to be redeemed.

Some may flat out reject it. Others flirt with it but never embrace it. Still others dip their toe in the water, testing it but later walking away, deciding it is no longer for them, and never looking back.

The latter will receive the same penalty as those who rejected or ignored the message.

So, we urge everyone to pay closer attention than ever to the truth you have heard. And walk it out in your life, with the help and leading of the Holy Spirit, that you not neglect your salvation and drift away.

For as the scriptures above say, if punishment was dealt to anyone who acted in disobedience toward the message in past generations, how will we escape penalty if we also neglect so great a salvation?

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

If you know someone who will enjoy this or be encouraged by it, please feel free to share it with them!

To have the Bible Verse of The Day delivered to your inbox each day, please Click Here and then enter your email address in the box near the upper left corner of the page. 

Please consider making a Donation.

Get our mobile app here: 

Android: http://goo.gl/oQ6qa7 

Apple: http://apple.co/2lZdgYy

0 Shares
Tagged with: , ,

Bible Verse of The Day – 11-25-25

John 10:10 (NKJV) 10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

In the enemy’s quest to kill, steal, and destroy, one of the tools he uses is drug abuse.

He tricks us by telling us it will make us feel good and forget our problems! But when it wears off, what are we left with?

A seed that is thirsting for more. And as we water that seed, it gets bigger and stronger in us.

I have to say that I have seen up close what alcohol and drug abuse can do to many people.

It is the enemy’s tool to make us think we can forget the things we need to face. Oh, how nice it would be to be able to turn it all off just like that, and forget everything that we went through.

But God did not call us to run from these things. And maybe it’s not meant for us to forget some of the things we have walked through.

Maybe God has a bigger plan for us to take what we have been through and use it in some way to bring good from it all and glory to Him.

If we would not run to the enemy’s tool, but let God help us through, He would give us wisdom and healing from that pain that eats away at us night and day; the sorrow that makes us sick and not want to get out of bed.

He will give us supernatural strength when we need it to get past those thoughts and feelings that hit from time to time.

The Lord is nearer to you than you would ever know. Give your brokenness to Him today. And, in return, He will give you life.

Psalm 34:18 (NKJV) 18 The Lord is near to those who have a broken heart, And saves such as have a contrite spirit.

We are praying for you.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries 
49 N Lamplighters Walk 
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

If you know someone who will enjoy this or be encouraged by it, please feel free to share it with them!

To have the Bible Verse of The Day delivered to your inbox each day, please Click Here and then enter your email address in the box near the upper left corner of the page. 

Please consider making a Donation.

Get our mobile app here: 

Android: http://goo.gl/oQ6qa7 

Apple: http://apple.co/2lZdgYy

0 Shares
Tagged with: , ,

Bible Verse of The Day – 11-24-25

Daniel 2:21 (LSB) 21 And He changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings and establishes kings; He gives wisdom to wise men And knowledge to men of understanding.

During the last 15 years of our lives, we have seen a slew of changes. Some were expected. Most were not.

Some were major. Others were subtle and not as significant.

Still yet, some were impactful in ways that could be deemed adverse or negative in nature. Some could be viewed as advantageous.

Some of these events brought about changes in our lives that caused hardship of varying levels.

These ranged from gut-wrenching to only slightly noticeable.

Some brought financial devastation. Others brought seasons of plenty.

But each one has taught us much. And we’d like to share that with you, with the possibility and hope that you might also learn from what we have walked through.

We have learned that no matter what we were facing, God was always there with us. He was the one constant that never failed.

And one of the most important lessons was to learn to let go of fading seasons; not to try to hold on to what was passing, instead of embracing that which was forthcoming.

Holding on to things that are passing only brings more hardship, and more emotional trauma.

And sometimes the damage wrought by trying desperately to cling to that which was passing was enormous and difficult to overcome.

So, with all that we have learned from our own changing seasons, we say to you today, let go of the old season.

That foot that is trying so hard to stay anchored in the old? Move it!

Pick it up and step forward into what God is ushering in.

Loosen the grip on the past. What has been will not be again. It was meant for a time… a fleeting season that we were meant to learn from.

Now we must look ahead. Walk or run with purpose toward what God is birthing and unfolding.

And trust Him with every fiber of your being, that He will show you what to do, how to do it, and the intensity with which to carry it out.

Obey Him with all your heart.

And watch what God does 🙏

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

If you know someone who will enjoy this or be encouraged by it, please feel free to share it with them!

To have the Bible Verse of The Day delivered to your inbox each day, please Click Here and then enter your email address in the box near the upper left corner of the page. 

Please consider making a Donation.

Get our mobile app here: 

Android: http://goo.gl/oQ6qa7 

Apple: http://apple.co/2lZdgYy

0 Shares
Tagged with: ,

Bible Verse of The Day – 11-23-25 – He Changes the Times and Seasons

Please click to watch the video now.Greetings, brothers and sisters in Christ! 

We are thankful for you today, and the fellowship we share as children of the most high God 🙏 

We have a new video for you today that we hope will uplift you, encourage you, and bring you understanding in spiritual matters. 

In this new video, He Changes the Times and Seasons, we teach about seasons that come and go as part of God’s plans, and how we react to them. 

We trust that God will use it to shape your understanding and give you direction. 

Please click here to watch the video now.

We love you all very much! 

Enjoy the rest of your day. 

Sincerely, 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443  

401-439-3780

If you know someone who will enjoy this or be encouraged by it, please feel free to share it with them!

To have the Bible Verse of The Day delivered to your inbox each day, please Click Here and then enter your email address in the box near the upper left corner of the page. 

Please consider making a Donation.

Get our mobile app here: 

Android: http://goo.gl/oQ6qa7 

Apple: http://apple.co/2lZdgYy

0 Shares
Tagged with: , , ,

Bible Verse of The Day – 11-22-25

Luke 6:38 (NKJV) 38 Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.”

I love these words of Jesus! Give, and it will be given to you.

How many times do we give to someone, and we don’t think anything of it? We just do it because it is a new characteristic in us since we became followers of Christ.

It’s now in our DNA, thanks to Christ living in us!

Philippians 2:3-4 (NKJV) 3 Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. 4 Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.

When we become believers, we will want to give more of ourselves than ever before. Our hearts will be more willing and open to the things of God than the things of the world. We will lift others up and look out for them and their interests.

And God is a giving God! He will give us what we need. He will bless us in every area of our lives as we obey Him in our giving.

Proverbs 19:17 (NKJV) 17 He who has pity on the poor lends to the Lord, And He will pay back what he has given.

Don’t be afraid to give. The more we give, the more He will give back to us in the same measure that we use.

Break free today from holding onto what we think is going to save us. God will save us from anything we face as we obey Him with our giving!

Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries 
49 N Lamplighters Walk 
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

If you know someone who will enjoy this or be encouraged by it, please feel free to share it with them!

To have the Bible Verse of The Day delivered to your inbox each day, please Click Here and then enter your email address in the box near the upper left corner of the page. 

Please consider making a Donation.

Get our mobile app here: 

Android: http://goo.gl/oQ6qa7 

Apple: http://apple.co/2lZdgYy

0 Shares
Tagged with:

Bible Verse of The Day – 11-21-25

Lamentations 3:22-23 (NKJV) 22 Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not. 23 They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.

God’s mercy is new every morning for us all.

The one thing we all have in common is that we need God’s mercy!

God shows us mercy and has compassion when we’ve done the most awful things. We all have had our share; and sometimes still do. We cannot deny it.

Thank God He is merciful!

It can be hard for people to understand and comprehend God’s mercy. Why?

Because in our hearts we have never shown tenderness toward those who have done us wrong. Instead, we want them to suffer or get the punishment we feel they deserve.

To want to see those who have done us wrong be punished is a desire of the flesh.

It’s only when we allow the Spirit of God to touch our hearts that we can sincerely want to do the opposite of what our flesh would love to say or do.

Showing mercy to others is something that we must truly desire, and in that we must allow God to lead us. Because without His strength of love working in us, we will struggle with this. It won’t be sincere.

The thing that helps me in this area is to remember the mercy, the compassion, the pity, and the benevolence He has shown me so many times when I didn’t deserve it.

Without hesitation He was there, with His arms open wide.

I keep it dear to my heart. And when I look at that one who is standing before me, and my flesh is saying, “give them what they deserve,” the Holy Spirit says, “remember what I did for you.”

Which voice will we listen to at that moment?

God is faithful in giving mercy. And we, His children, need to follow in His steps with all sincerity and love.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries 
49 N Lamplighters Walk 
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

If you know someone who will enjoy this or be encouraged by it, please feel free to share it with them!

To have the Bible Verse of The Day delivered to your inbox each day, please Click Here and then enter your email address in the box near the upper left corner of the page. 

Please consider making a Donation.

Get our mobile app here: 

Android: http://goo.gl/oQ6qa7 

Apple: http://apple.co/2lZdgYy

0 Shares
Tagged with: ,

Bible Verse of The Day – 11-20-25

Romans 6:1-3 (LSB) 1 What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase? 2 May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it? 3 Or do you not know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?

Welcome back!

Yesterday we established the fact that maturing in Christ requires a sacrifice and surrender on our part.

Today, we will dive even deeper, discussing the kind of transformation that takes place as we further submit ourselves to the Holy Spirit and surrender to His will in our lives.

As we start this section, I’d like to interject with a personal note to testify as to the many changes God made in my own life as I learned of Him and my love for Him began to grow and flourish.

As a young boy, I knew little or nothing about God, except for the possibility that He existed, and that if He did exist, He had a son whose name was Jesus.

That was the full extent of my knowledge of God.

But after taking Him up on His offer to redeem me and make me one of His own (at the age of 20), I began to develop a hunger and thirst to know Him; to learn more about Him than I ever knew was possible.

And it was in learning of Him, and beginning to understand some of His ways, that I began to allow Him to change me. I underwent a transformation that still boggles my mind to this day.

It was not a work of my own doing—it was a Holy Spirit–led metamorphosis that made me unrecognizable, even to myself.

My foul language disappeared. My temperament changed drastically. The things I watched and listened to took a 180-degree turn. God was stripping away all that I had been and filling those emptied places with more of Himself and His ways.

I share this not to bring attention to myself or give myself any credit for this.

Yes, I had to put forth the effort and learn to obey His voice. But the Holy Spirit was faithful to be there and guide me every step of the way.

These changes do not earn our way into His heart. He already loves us.

But when we heed His instruction and begin to conform to the ways of righteous living, it brings about changes that go far beyond just the way we talk or behave.

These changes represent a deeper transformation; a replacement of our stone, selfish, hardened heart with a heart of flesh.

It is a heart that no longer beats solely for our own selfish wants and desires; a heart that now beats for Him, and longs to please Him in every way possible.

If you are in a place where you have claimed the banner of Christianity, but you have not seen your life change, or you feel like you have not submitted yourself under God’s hand, I invite you to surrender to Him today and let Him do a good work in you.

It is never too late. Let today be that day when you step across the line and give Him your whole self.

Amen 🙏

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

If you know someone who will enjoy this or be encouraged by it, please feel free to share it with them!

To have the Bible Verse of The Day delivered to your inbox each day, please Click Here and then enter your email address in the box near the upper left corner of the page. 

Please consider making a Donation.

Get our mobile app here: 

Android: http://goo.gl/oQ6qa7 

Apple: http://apple.co/2lZdgYy

0 Shares
Tagged with: , ,

Bible Verse of The Day – 11-19-25

Luke 9:23 (LSB) 23 And He was saying to them all, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me.

As we left off yesterday, we were discussing the fact that God asks that we let our lives be walked out as living sacrifices to Him (Romans 12:1), which He deems as a reasonable act of spiritual worship.

Today, let’s go deeper, so we can develop an understanding of what that means for us in our daily lives.

People don’t often think of Jesus speaking or teaching about growing or maturing as a believer. But He did speak on this topic, albeit in less obvious ways.

In the verse above (Luke 9:23), Jesus directly addressed what is required if someone wishes to follow Him.

It’s important to note that following Him implies making Him your highest priority, being willing to sacrifice or surrender your own will to walk out His purpose.

Jesus didn’t dance around what was required; deny yourself, and be willing to take up your cross daily.

That’s bigger than most people realize. It requires a complete surrender on our part. And it involves learning about what God desires and requires of us.

That part right there can sometimes be a bit tougher than we may care to admit.

You see, when we accept the offer to become His child, we are making a choice that has lifelong consequences.

We are telling God that if He redeems us, we will attach ourselves to Him unconditionally.

Wow! What a commitment that is. And most of us have no idea at all what that really means at the onset.

But as we learn of Him, we begin to understand who He really is, and we begin to love Him more, our heart goes through a process of surrendering that is a result of the transformation He is walking us through.

And in that surrender, we will find peace and a kind of rest that we never knew existed or thought possible to walk in.

Matthew 11:29 (LSB) 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Please join us tomorrow for more 🙏

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

If you know someone who will enjoy this or be encouraged by it, please feel free to share it with them!

To have the Bible Verse of The Day delivered to your inbox each day, please Click Here and then enter your email address in the box near the upper left corner of the page. 

Please consider making a Donation.

Get our mobile app here: 

Android: http://goo.gl/oQ6qa7 

Apple: http://apple.co/2lZdgYy

0 Shares
Tagged with: , ,

Bible Verse of The Day – 11-18-25

2 Corinthians 5:17 (LSB) 17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.

One of the critical pieces of our salvation (redemption through the blood of Christ being applied on a personal basis) is understanding that His blood makes us a new creation.

He doesn’t just slap a band-aid on our wounds. He doesn’t just hose off our dirt and put clean clothes on us.

He thoroughly cleanses us by His holy, pure, perfect blood, which makes us new.

It is that newness that we must recognize and embrace if we are to fulfill His purpose for our lives.

Once we understand this, it will change everything about our lives, and it will forever alter our life’s path.

Now, part of us learning to recognize the importance of this lies in knowing the price that was paid for our redemption, and what is expected of us as blood-bought children of God.

Our salvation came at a price for the One who offered Himself for it.

God’s word is explicitly clear that since we were bought at a price, we must also offer ourselves to Him, glorifying Him in all that we do, both physically and spiritually.

1 Corinthians 6:20 (NKJV) 20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

And yes, this requires a sacrifice on our part. It requires that we put God first in everything we do in deference to the One who died in our place to make us pure and holy in God’s sight.

The word of God refers to this as becoming a living sacrifice.

Romans 12:1 (LSB) 12 Therefore I exhort you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice—living, holy, and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

We should grow to understand that what God asks of us is not unreasonable. In fact, it is a minimal request on His part in light of what we have been offered through His plan of redemption.

Let’s dive deeper into this topic tomorrow.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

If you know someone who will enjoy this or be encouraged by it, please feel free to share it with them!

To have the Bible Verse of The Day delivered to your inbox each day, please Click Here and then enter your email address in the box near the upper left corner of the page. 

Please consider making a Donation.

Get our mobile app here: 

Android: http://goo.gl/oQ6qa7 

Apple: http://apple.co/2lZdgYy

0 Shares
Tagged with: , ,

Bible Verse of The Day – 11-17-25

2 Timothy 3:16-17 (LSB) 16 All Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness, 17 so that the man of God may be equipped, having been thoroughly equipped for every good work.

If we were to honestly and openly study the New Testament, we would clearly see that a majority of what was written in these 27 books is intended to teach and exhort the body of Christ to grow and mature as believers.

It instructs us on the topics of repentance (turning away from sin), redemption (forgiveness of sin), deliverance (being set free from sin), and living righteously (glorifying God and representing Him accurately) as we live our lives here on earth.

And, if we are to be one hundred percent honest, we must admit that being a child of God without growing and maturing is not scripturally accurate.

Yes, that may hurt or irritate some who hear it. But it is the truth, straight from God’s word.

Growth is implied when someone becomes a follower of Christ. It was never meant to be optional.

Paul taught it. James taught it. Jesus taught it.

And we must all embrace this truth, even when it may be uncomfortable to do so.

With our confession of faith in Christ, there must also be a turning from our sinful ways.

This does not buy our redemption. It proves it.

Yes, the proof of our faith in Christ as our redeemer should be evident in our lives and the way we walk them out.

Over the next few days, we will look at this topic a little more in depth, so we can establish this as truth and understand it better.

We hope that these next few devotionals will be beneficial in that they will strengthen you, exhort you, encourage you, and instill in each of you new understanding, a newfound love for God and a life that accurately reflects His holiness.

We hope you will join us on this journey of discovery and understanding.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

If you know someone who will enjoy this or be encouraged by it, please feel free to share it with them!

To have the Bible Verse of The Day delivered to your inbox each day, please Click Here and then enter your email address in the box near the upper left corner of the page. 

Please consider making a Donation.

Get our mobile app here: 

Android: http://goo.gl/oQ6qa7 

Apple: http://apple.co/2lZdgYy

0 Shares
Tagged with: , ,