(Acts 17:28 NKJV) “for in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also His offspring.’

Living without God is not living at all. It’s having Him in our hearts that makes life exciting.

God is a winner! He never loses. If we stand by Him and plant ourselves firmly on His Word and His teachings…WE win too!

God is all we need in this day; in Him we live and move and have our being! There is No other like HIM!!

Praise Him today, for you made the right choice. When you chose Him and His direction, You got the VICTORY!!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
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(Deu 4:39 NKJV) “Therefore know this day, and consider it in your heart, that the LORD Himself is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other.

What an AWESOME God we serve!! We are so blessed to have someone that cares for us and loves us so much!! I think that if we could fully understand the love that God has for us we would never worry about anything again.

He wants good things for us always. He doesn’t want to have to see us get hurt or make wrong decisions that may cause pain, either for us or for someone else.

Let’s make a decision today to go deeper and follow Him more closely than ever before, letting Him guide us and lead us, and even if we don’t understand everything that is happening around us, we can still trust that He understands and He will do good for us.

Hands off today and let God have control!!

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(Mat 24:6 NKJV)  “And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

So have you heard any rumors lately? Maybe you’ve heard rumors of wars. But maybe you’ve heard other rumors, like rumors of impending financial doom. I’m sure we’ll all be hearing many of those rumors during these next few days and weeks.

Rumors have always been around and they’re not going anywhere. They’ll be around until the end of time.

But our faith doesn’t lie in rumors. Our faith isn’t built on the shaky foundation of rumors. Our faith is in God and the salvation He provided through Jesus.

We are not slaves to the world systems and the world view on life. We have a different view… God’s view!

I want to encourage you today to be careful not to spend too much time absorbing too much of the negative news that’s all around us. It’s on TV and the radio. It’s coming out of the mouths of everyone who thinks they are even remotely important. It comes from those that you work with.

But theirs is not the final word. In fact, their word holds little value if it doesn’t line up with God’s word. It’s God’s word that matters. His word says that we are to trust Him and Him alone.

So stand strong in your faith and don’t let the news of so-called gloom and doom effect the way you live your life.

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(Luke 4:41 NKJV)  And demons also came out of many, crying out and saying, “You are the Christ, the Son of God!” And He, rebuking them, did not allow them to speak, for they knew that He was the Christ.

The presence of Jesus preceded Him in every village and city He went into. Just the fact that He was there caused the demonic spirits to tremble.

Jesus took the time to lay hands on those who came to Him. All those who came to Him were healed and delivered. But take notice of what happened when the demons came out of the people he had cast them out of.

He did not allow them to speak.

Why? Because He was the Christ, the Chosen One… Immanuel, God with us. His presence commanded submission by those that were under Him.

As His body, with His spirit dwelling in us, we should also exercise this kind of authority when it comes to those things that He has given us authority over.

He has given us power to cast out demons and subdue them. We should be exercising our authority and wreaking havoc on the kingdom of darkness.

Don’t waste another day sitting on the sidelines and living a life of mediocrity and empathy. Do something about it.

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(Mark 2:5 NKJV)  When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven you.”

A paralyzed man had been brought to Jesus so he could be healed. Instead of healing him right away, Jesus simply told him that his sins were forgiven.

Although Jesus went on to also heal the man, the fact that He forgave the man’s sins first is very significant.

God can bless us with all kinds of things… friends, a nice home, finances and much more.

But when all is said and done, the forgiveness of our sins is much more important than all of those other blessings.

Jesus died for our sins, first and foremost. The other things are simply “fringe benefits” that are part of what I like to call “The Salvation Package”.

We can have all of the extras and greatly enjoy them, but without the forgiveness of sins the rest is all meaningless.

Thank God today for your salvation and the fact that all we have to do is ask Him and He will forgive our sins.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
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(Mal 3:10 NKJV)  Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, That there may be food in My house, And try Me now in this,” Says the LORD of hosts, “If I will not open for you the windows of heaven And pour out for you such blessing That there will not be room enough to receive it.

Do we think that God needs our money? Do we think that He can’t see what we do with our money, what we spend it on or not spend it on?

The truth is, God can do anything He wants to do and He really doesn’t need us or our money. But what He has done is made it possible for us to be able to choose to obey Him freely, and by doing so He wants to reward us GREATLY.

I believe that God wants us to give to Him what He has asked for, a tenth of our earnings. He would not have put it in His Word and made it clear to us if it was not important. This verse has gotten lost over the years because it’s a hard subject to address.

It’s time to trust God today and take Him at His Word…Give to Him your tithe and watch your situation change….He is FAITHFUL!!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
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(Mat 21:10 NKJV)  And when He had come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, “Who is this?”

I’m very often amazed when I read the accounts of Jesus in the days when he walked the earth.

His presence caused incredible things to happen. Lives were changed. History was altered.

Although Jesus isn’t physically still here on earth, His presence still dwells here within us, believers in His salvation.

It’s up to each of us to continue to carry His presence to others around us, showing them His love, compassion, grace and mercy.

As I’ve said before and I’ll continue to say for the rest of my days, our lives can have a profound, life-changing effect on those around us, if we let it.

I know that I would love nothing better than to visit a place and have the presence of God flowing through me in such a way as to have people saying “Who is this?”, so I can tell them all about God’s love.

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(Luke 8:50 NKJV)  But when Jesus heard it, He answered him, saying, “Do not be afraid; only believe, and she will be made well.”

What is holding us back from getting our healing, our breakthrough, our deliverance, our VICTORY? It’s whether or not we believe.

We can’t talk ourselves right out of receiving the answer that God has given us because of our unbelief, our doubts, our second guessing. Remember what happened to Peter when he started to do that; (Mat 14:29-31 NKJV)  So He said, “Come.” And when Peter had come down out of the boat, he walked on the water to go to Jesus. {30} But when he saw that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!” {31} And immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and caught him, and said to him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?”

Stand strong and hold on to God’s hand, don’t start looking around and listening to negative talk.

You want to see miracles today? You want to see your friends and family members saved? You want to pay your bills on time and have some money left over to put in your bank account? You want to go on a vacation, buy a house, or rent a bigger apartment? You need a good Godly spouse and you’re having trouble finding one?

How about the job you have; do you need help dealing with your co workers?

Is your teenager acting out with all their hormonal changes, acting all rebellious?

God’s answer to us is…ONLY BELIEVE!!

Go to Him today and lay all of these things down at the altar… and believe Him for the answer!!

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(Mat 17:19-21 NKJV)  Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?” {20} So Jesus said to them, “Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you. {21} “However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.”

There are times when we can do something easily… using only the knowledge that we have.

But there are times when there’s something that we need to do and it requires more preparation, such as prayer and fasting.

The disciples had tried to cast a demon out of a man but it refused to leave, despite their best efforts. This bewildered them and they questioned Jesus about it. He explained it to them by telling them that they didn’t have the faith needed to accomplish this task.

Prayer and fasting helps to strengthen our faith. It helps us to believe God and take Him at His word. It helps us to hear God and know His will.

If there is something in your life that needs to be moved or changed, or maybe there is a stronghold that needs to be broken, don’t try to do it on your own. Our own understanding isn’t always enough.

We need to pray and seek God and we might even need to fast, in order to have the spiritual strength that we need to get the job done.

Some things don’t come easy. But God gives us the tools and the weapons we need to get the job done and win the battle before us.

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(Mat 4:9 NKJV)  And he said to Him, “All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.”

In the verse above, satan is tempting Jesus. He has already tempted Him with other things and then ultimately tries to get Jesus to worship him. Jesus sent him away.

In our own lives, the temptations that come our way aren’t always so blatant and in our face. The enemy never stands in our face and tells us what he’ll give us in exchange for our sin.

Temptation typically comes in more subtle ways, enticing us quietly and seemingly innocent.

But God has given us what we need to discern temptations and walk away from them.

He has given us a conscience and He has given is His spirit. We can never say that we didn’t know something was wrong. Deep down inside, we always know. God has made it that way.

More importantly, He has given us His grace for those times when we do fall.

So be alert and ready for when temptation comes, because it will come. Be ready to send the devil away. And know that if you do stumble and fall into temptation that God is willing to forgive us if we simply ask with a sincere heart.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
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(Psa 95:6-7 NKJV)  Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.

Right where we are, as we spend time reading and pondering on this verse, let God know how much He means to us. Take some time to show Him our love.

We don’t have to spend hours and hours with Him; it only takes but a minute to let Him know we love Him, just by telling Him.

Don’t let this day go by without telling Him…stop for a few minutes and let Him hear it…Oh the Joy that fills His ears!

Give Him praise today on this fine Friday, for He is Worthy!

He is our Lord and our Maker!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
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