Bible Verse of The Day – 11-5-25

2 Corinthians 5:15 (LSB) 15 And He died for all, so that they who live would no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose again on their behalf.

If we are truly a follower of Christ, our lives should display evidence of this fact.

To genuinely follow Christ requires sacrifices on our part.

No, we don’t work for our salvation. But we do grow and mature as a believer.

If we are not growing and changing, we may want to check ourselves; ask if we have truly surrendered to Him, or if we just went through the motions and recited a prayer based on pressure or human emotion.

You see, even though salvation is freely offered to us, there is a cost.

It cost Jesus everything.

And though it is freely offered to us as a gift, it is implied that when we accept that gift, and we embrace it personally, it will genuinely change us.

And part of that change will be learning what it is that God asks of us.

Jesus addressed this topic plainly in this verse:

Luke 9:23 (NKJV) 23 Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.

Following Him requires that we deny ourselves; set aside our own wants and desires and allow God to teach us what it is that He desires.

This takes some adjustments on our part. And it may be difficult from time to time, especially when we are a new believer.

But as we begin to submit ourselves to Him, we learn the value of humility. Then surrendering becomes easier, and the discomfort first associated with it fades away as our submission turns into genuine love for the Father.

We encourage you today to submit to God in everything you do. And watch as He changes your heart, transforming your life each day, a little at a time.

James 4:10 (LSB) 10 Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 11-4-25

Ezekiel 1:3 (NKJV) 3 the word of the Lord came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the River Chebar; and the hand of the Lord was upon him there.

God still speaks to His children today.

Sometimes He does so through His word. Other times while in prayer, and also through dreams and visions.

The prophet Ezekiel heard and saw God through a vision, and His actual audible voice was heard.

The hand of the Lord, meaning God’s Spirit, came upon Ezekiel in a revelation. It was very strong and clear.

Ezekiel found himself for 7 days after the vision just overwhelmed and astonished as a result of his encounter with God.

Ezekiel 3:15 (NKJV) 15 Then I came to the captives at Tel Abib, who dwelt by the River Chebar; and I sat where they sat and remained there astonished among them seven days.

God explained things to Ezekiel in detail and He gave him specific instructions.

God will use us if we are willing to obey Him, and He will guide us in every step He has us take.

Sometimes His tasks are very uncomfortable. They can be difficult and beyond what we ever thought or wanted to do.

Isaiah 50:7 (NKJV) 7 “For the Lord God will help Me; Therefore I will not be disgraced; Therefore I have set My face like a flint, And I know that I will not be ashamed.

We must set our face like a flint, obey Him, and give Him 100% of our attention and focus!

Let the hand of the Lord come upon you. Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries 
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Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 11-3-25

Ephesians 2:8-9 (NKJV) 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.

Many followers of Christ know the truth of this verse but still fail to convince their minds that it’s true.

We spend far too many hours each week trying to win God’s blessing.

We strive for the acceptance of the people around us.

All this to get their seal of approval on our lives.

First, we must understand that the approval of people means absolutely nothing in the grand scheme of things.

Most importantly, though, we never need to work for God’s love, His approval, or His grace.

It’s funny how we learn this, and we acknowledge it outwardly, but we can never seem to full convince ourselves fully that we cannot earn our way into God’s heart or His favor.

His grace is undeserved. Period. End of story.

How do we define grace? Some may call it unmerited favor; kindness that is undeserved and unattainable by working for it.

The most important thing for us to remember is that this grace is given at no cost to us; no work whatsoever is required on our part. This eliminates any chance that we may boast about how much we did to earn our salvation.

Being reminded of this should help keep us from trying to win God’s approval or “earn bonus points” with God.

He shows no favoritism.

Romans 2:11 (NKJV) 11 For there is no partiality with God.

So, our efforts should be directed toward living righteously, in ways that reflect God’s holiness, to bring glory and honor to Him.

But never should we think or feel that we must earn His love, His favor, or His redemption.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 11-2-25 – The Unusual Faith of The Widow

Please click to watch the video now.Greetings in the wonderful name of Jesus! 

We pray that God is revealing Himself to you more each day, and that you are hearing Him more clearly 🙏 

We have a new video for you today that we hope will be beneficial in your walk with God, to strengthen your faith and help us all better understand the importance of obeying His voice. 

In this video, we teach about hearing God, but also about obeying Him when He speaks. 

We use a Biblical example to give a unique perspective about how we approach God when we need something. 

We hope it will bless you! 

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We love you all very much! 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 11-1-25

John 8:36 (NKJV) 36 Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.

Christ has made us free!

Now, if a bird is set free from its cage, it is free. If this same bird decides to go back to that cage, and someone comes and closes that door behind him, is he still free?

Of course not.

This is the same as if Christ makes us free and we return to our place of bondage, or our cage, and the devil comes and shut us in; we put ourselves right back where we were before.

Are we free in that cage? Some may say yes, we are! Once free always free. I would not want to be wrong about this on judgement day, would you?

It’s up to us to stand fast in our freedom, by not going back to the bondage/cage we were once in. Let us be sure in our decisions and not play with eternity.

The Word says, we must resist the devil before he will flee. In other words, he is not just going to lay down and die, so to speak, and let us live an easy life. He’s fighting to take our lives. He wants us dead, with no eternity and no life with Jesus.

James 4:7 (NKJV) 7 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

Resist is a verb here. We have to take action. That’s right; no one can do it for us. We have to walk away from it!

Don’t go back to the place that we have been set free from. Cry out to God for help. His strength is made perfect in our weakness.

2 Corinthians 12:9 (NKJV) 9 And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

God, help us to walk in the freedom You have given us, that our souls may live with You in heaven for eternity!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries 
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Bible Verse of The Day – 10-31-25

1 Kings 17:12 (LSB) 12 But she said, “As Yahweh your God lives, I have no bread, only a handful of flour in the bowl and a little oil in the jar; and behold, I am gathering a few sticks that I may go in and prepare for me and my son, that we may eat it and die.”

During a time of severe drought and famine, God directed Elijah to go to Zarephath, to the house of a widow. God told Elijah that the woman would sustain him.

Elijah did as God instructed. Upon arriving and finding the woman, Elijah asked her for a drink of water. As she turned and walked to get a water jar, Elijah called out and also asked her for a piece of bread.

At this, she said (in the verse above), that she was about to use the last of her flour and oil, that she and her son may eat their last meal and die.

When Elijah heard this, he proclaimed to her that she should go first and make a small piece of bread for him. And if she did so, she would also be able to return to her flour bowl and oil jar and there would be enough to make a meal for her and her son.

And he spoke a word to her from God assuring her that if she obeyed, God would sustain them for the duration of the drought, until rain came again.

1 Kings 17:14 (LSB) 14 For thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘The bowl of flour shall not be exhausted, nor shall the jar of oil be empty, until the day that Yahweh sends rain on the face of the earth.’”

At this, she obeyed Elijah.

This widow exhibited a kind of faith that is uncommon.

She was willing to surrender her very last meal to a prophet of God, trusting his promise that God would provide for them throughout the famine if she obeyed in faith.

We can all learn much from this about the ways that God moves; frequently contrary to anything we might have imagined.

It is very unlikely that this woman expected someone to come and ask for her last bits of flour and oil as a means of rescuing her and her son from the famine.

But that’s where we can learn so much from this event.

You see, as humans, our expectations of God are limited by what we can understand.

Even when we pray, we ask God to move on our behalf only in ways that we can comprehend intellectually.

It’s highly unlikely that any of us would ever consider asking God to send someone to eat our last morsels of food so He could miraculously provide for us.

And who would ever ask God to send someone to ask them for their last five dollars so they could see Him move on their behalf and supply their financial needs?

It’s just not the way we think in our natural minds.

We limit God by asking only in ways that are a result of our human thinking.

This is why it is so critical for us to learn to live and walk by the Spirit of God, and His promptings, not by our flesh and our understanding.

Let us learn a valuable lesson from the widow at Zarephath.

And let us ask of God in ways that are led by the Holy Spirit, not by our intellect and earthly knowledge.

And be prepared to watch God move in ways too mighty to describe with mere human words.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Bible Verse of The Day – 10-30-25

Galatians 5:16 (NKJV) 16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.

We need to understand the importance of following or walking in the Spirit vs letting our flesh lead us.

Our flesh focuses on our selfish desires and passions; it wants what it wants.

The flesh will do the opposite of what God wants. It conflicts with our spirit, which is open to God.

We wonder why as believers we are fighting every day to stay close to Him. It’s our own flesh that keeps us at war.

We can have all the church lingo we want, but what it comes down to is keeping our flesh from fulfilling its lust. Church lingo doesn’t help stop those desires. Only God’s deliverance can stop our lusting.

It’s a battle in every believer; you are not alone today. We are all battling our fleshly desires.

The only way we can overcome them is if we walk in the Spirit.

Walking in the Spirit of God means we yield, surrender or submit to His control and follow His lead.

It is normal for our flesh to be uncomfortable when we begin to do this. It’s not easy, and we need help.

Jesus did not leave us to do this on our own. He sent us a Helper; the Holy Spirit.

John 14:16 (NKJV) 16 And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever—

Let the Holy Spirit help us to overcome our fleshly desires today and walk in the Spirit on an everyday basis.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries 
49 N Lamplighters Walk 
Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 10-29-25

Psalm 42:2 (LSB) 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God; When shall I come and appear before God?

Sometimes our heart cries out for time spent in God’s presence.

Our spirit yearns and thirsts for Him.

It is a cry for the touch of God and the washing of His Spirit over us.

The busyness and the demands of life can sometimes keep us from this time if we aren’t careful.

Then one day we just can’t stay away any longer. And we force ourselves to stop what we are doing and get before Him!

These times of refreshing are a necessity. Our virility as a believer requires it.

And pushing it off for too long leaves us dry, weak, and unable to function properly as a kingdom warrior.

You see, despite us dwelling in a flesh-and-bone body, God created us to be spiritual beings.

He gave us a body, a soul, and a spirit. And our spirit longs for His presence and interaction in our lives.

And when we allow Him to touch us, it is like a fresh, clean start in our walk with Him; a touch of His splendor and glory upon us.

God, forgive us for pushing you away in our busyness. Please help us to put You first in everything. Remind us to stop what we’re doing and worship You. Help us shake off the chains of this world and run into Your presence. And wash us clean in Your presence. Amen

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Bible Verse of The Day – 10-28-25

Matthew 16:24 (NKJV) 24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.

This verse sounds painful.

But, it is for our own good and for the good of others. And if we follow it, it really doesn’t hurt at all!

How do we deny ourselves, and take up His cross and follow after Him?

We stop thinking about ourselves; what we will eat, drink, wear and obtain. Get our needs and wants off our mind by putting our concerns to rest at His feet.

Instead of us spending time demanding from Him what we want or need, let Him bring provision to us as we go about doing His business and trusting Him with ours.

This denying of ourselves is crucial to our walk with Him.

Reaching a point where our needs aren’t as important to us as His desires is a sign that we are maturing as His child.

When we get to this point in our walk, we give Him much freedom to move in our lives. He will put open doors in front of us and closed doors behind us.

Let’s learn to deny ourselves more, and we will find Him doing things through us like we have never seen before.

We will walk on the water with Him!

Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries 
49 N Lamplighters Walk 
Hampstead, NC 28443 

401-439-3780

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Bible Verse of The Day – 10-27-25

James 4:6 (LSB) 6 But He gives a greater grace. Therefore it says, “God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

The word of God is full of references to pride and the problems associated with it.

And there are many accompanying people in the Bible whose lives were destroyed by pride.

You see, pride leads to the fall of even the strongest believers if it is left unchecked.

Conversely, humility is rewarded.

The verse above states clearly that God opposes the proud but gives grace to those who are humble. That verse alone should be enough to have us running as far from pride as we can get.

But sometimes we fail to see our own pride.

Why?

Because pride can be very subtle. It creeps in and dwells in us without us knowing it or, at the very least, acknowledging it.

And there it makes a comfy home until we recognize it for the evil that it is, and we evict it.

We must learn to walk humbly before God.

James 4:10 (LSB) 10 Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you.

We can see the contrast between humility and pride in the lives of King David and King Saul.

One had a heart after God. The other allowed himself to be consumed by pride.

One, David, was promised that his dynasty would be carried out for generations. The other, Saul, had the kingdom torn from him because of his pride and disobedience.

1 Samuel 15:28 (LSB) 28 So Samuel said to him, “Yahweh has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor, who is better than you.

Pride always precedes destruction.

Proverbs 16:18 (NKJV) 18 Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.

Let us humble ourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He might be exalted in our lives, and our pride be cast away from us all our days.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Bible Verse of The Day – 10-26-25 – When Our Heart Cries Out

Please click to watch the video now.Good day! 

Greetings in the wonderful name of Jesus, our Redeemer. 

We have a message for you today; there is joy and freedom in God’s presence! 

We recently recorded a new video, and in this video, we teach about those times and moments when we just long to be in God’s presence, and why this happens. 

We hope this new video, When Our Heart Cries Out, will bring God’s joy springing up in you and it will encourage you greatly. 

Please click here to watch the video now.

We love you all greatly ❤️ 

Enjoy the rest of your day. 

Love in Christ, 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443  

401-439-3780 

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