Bible Verse of The Day – 1-3-25

Psalm 51:10 (NKJV) 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.

This short verse was part of a prayer as David repented before God for his affair with Bathsheba, and the murder of her husband afterward.

This was a low point in David’s life. He had done the unthinkable, taking another man’s wife and then having him killed in battle so that man would never know of David’s transgressions against him.

David was far from perfect. But he understood the importance of being accountable to God, and the importance of repenting for this terrible sin.

How many times do we fall to temptation, but fail to acknowledge it?

We often even deny it in our own minds, trying to justify our sin or explain it away.

We need to own up to our failures and bring them to God right away.

In David’s case, he hid his sin. He tried to run from it.

He only came clean when he was confronted by the prophet, Nathan. Nathan addressed this sin and made it known that David would pay for it by the loss of the son whom Bathsheba bore in their affair.

Let us not wait, as David did. If we sin, the worst thing we can do is to ignore it or try to run away from it.

We must bring our sins to God right away, confessing them and repenting before Him receiving His forgiveness and letting Him help us and teach us what we must do to overcome the things that keep ensnaring us.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 1-2-25

James 3:15-16 (NKJV) 15 This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic. 16 For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there.

So-called wisdom that leads to bitter envy and self-seeking, or selfish ambition, are not from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic.

Self-seeking and bitter envy are characteristics of the unspiritual man. They are the lust of the flesh. They lust, they have wrong desires, and they mess with unclean things which open them up to demonic influences.

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

Those who have Christ, the one who allows his/her heart to be changed by the Holy Spirit, will walk in good conduct and his/her works will be done in the meekness of wisdom.

This is the difference between walking in the flesh, living without Christ, or living with Him and walking in the Spirit.

When we become a child of God, His Spirit will rest upon us and give us the wisdom, the understanding, and the strength we need to avoid and defeat the fleshly desires that rise at times.

Isaiah 11:2 (NKJV) 2 The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him, The Spirit of wisdom and understanding, The Spirit of counsel and might, The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.

We walk in His wisdom, His understanding, His might and fear. These are the characteristics of a believer; a child of the Most High God. Thank you, Jesus.

Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

Acts 4:13 (NKJV) 13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus.

There are many things we can glean from this verse when it comes to the effects of our relationship with God on our lives.

This relationship with our Creator and Redeemer is not benign. It is not without consequence or impact. Or at least it should not be as such.

Spending time with Jesus brings change.

Jesus impacted the lives of untold numbers of people during the brief time He walked the earth and ministered to those who came to hear Him speak and teach.

He changes the lives of those whom He touched, physically and spiritually.

Jesus spent three years with His disciples, teaching and shaping them for what was to come after His ascension.

And based on the verse above, He was wildly successful in doing so.

The disciples were uneducated, untrained, and unrefined in the eyes of the world.

But in the eyes of God, they were powerful; mighty men that He used to attack and break down the powers of darkness on a global scale.

How does our own relationship with Jesus affect us or impact others?

Do they see and hear the effects of this heavenly relationship in our lives?

This is not about intellect or knowledge in the earthly sense.

How has Jesus changed us spiritually, in ways that impact the kingdom of God?

How does our presence in places affect the atmosphere?

These are the questions we need to ask ourselves.

Do people around us know that we have been with Jesus?

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 12-31-24

Romans 8:28 (NKJV) 28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.

God is everything to those who love Him!

When will we understand that in Him all things work together for the good?

If we are worried today, we must remember that if we are in Him, it will all work out.

If we love Him, we don’t need to fret or be worried about life; about what we need. He will be there. He will supply everything we need in His timing.

How does one know? Because He has promised us, and He will keep His promise if we trust Him.

What is His purpose for us today?

We have all been called to trust and acknowledge Him, to be a light, and to spread His love by loving one another.

As we do, He will direct our path.

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.

Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries 
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Bible Verse of The Day – 12-30-24

1 Corinthians 7:3 (NKJV) 3 Let the husband render to his wife the affection due her, and likewise also the wife to her husband.

There are some topics that can be sensitive, and even difficult to approach and teach due to that sensitivity.

This is one such topic. It deals with matters that are of a private nature between a husband and wife. Yet it is important enough to warrant wading into it despite its sensitive nature.

When a man and woman become husband and wife, they are entering into a relationship that God lays out specific requirements for. It is a union based on vows (a contract) that are binding in His eyes.

Part of any marriage is physical intimacy. It is how God has created us, and how He has ordained the marital relationship to be.

In the verse above, God’s word clearly states that the man and woman are obligated to render to each other the affection (physical intimacy) that they are due (in need of).

It is not honorable for one or the other to withhold this physical part of the relationship from their spouse.

Physical intimacy should never be used as a bargaining chip. It should not be withheld from the other by one as a means of getting their way or making demands of the other.

1 Corinthians 7:4 (NKJV) 4 The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. And likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.

Respect and honor must be given by both in this area.

Abstaining from physical intimacy should only be done by mutual consent by both parties, usually for the sake of dedicating oneself to prayer and fasting.

And when that is done, it should be only for a time, after which the couple should come back together so as not to fall to temptation due to lack of their desires being satisfied.

1 Corinthians 7:5 (NKJV) 5 Do not deprive one another except with consent for a time, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again so that Satan does not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

And finally, intimacy is not something that should be forced on one by the other. Again, there should be mutual respect and agreement between the two in all matters related to physical intimacy.

Physical intimacy is something that God designed to be beautiful and fulfilling between a married couple.

Let it be kept and upheld as such, honoring God in the process, and strengthening the marriage relationship.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 12-29-24 – God’s Love On Display

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

We trust that you are walking in the peace of God, our Father. 

We have a new video for you today in which we teach about showing God’s love to others through our words and our actions. 

This is how we show others who God is and display His attributes for others to see and experience. 

The video is called, God’s Love On Display. We hope you will take a few minutes to give it a watch. 

If you watch it and you enjoy it or learn from it, please be sure to share it with others! 

Please click here to watch the video now. 

We love you all very much, and we hope you enjoy the rest of your day. 

Sincerely in Christ, 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

Seven Seas Ministries
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401-439-3780

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Bible Verse of The Day – 12-28-24

Psalm 42:11 (NKJV) 11 Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; For I shall yet praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God.

To be cast down means to be saddened, depressed, or discouraged.

It happens even to believers.

When my dad passed on to Heaven and then my younger brother also passed shortly after, it brought me into a state I had never felt or been in before.

I experienced a lot of different emotions and I really did not know how to adjust.

Keeping my hope in Him is what helped me when I was down and out, when I was lost for words about why I felt the way I did. You can’t explain some things that you feel.

But God knows, and I found myself clinging to Him more and more for help, answers and strength.

As I continued to do my usual daily things, I still needed to pay attention to what I felt.

Many people suffer from things that have happened to them, and they totally ignore the sadness, depression, and/or discouragement that they feel as a result of these things.

And they never heal completely because of this.

We need to heal completely, or bits and pieces will still be there and they surface throughout different times of the year. A certain song, or being in certain place can trigger feelings that we might not even know are there.

The feelings come up all over again and we don’t know how to handle it, so we just push through it, hoping it will go away and get better on its own.

It can change our attitude quickly without us even recognizing it. In times when we should be the most joyful and thankful, we may not even feel like celebrating or have any feeling of happiness whatsoever.

Happiness is lost in the heaviness of the saddened heart.

Hiding away, or trying to drown the pain will not help this feeling go away. Only God can bring life back into that broken, saddened heart. Our hope in Him will bring healing and joy once again.

Let God help us come out of that place. Put one foot in front of the other.

God will lead us out of the state of sadness, and into happiness once again if we just stop hiding it and start lifting Him up in praise no matter how we are feeling at that moment! Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries 
49 N Lamplighters Walk 
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Bible Verse of The Day – 12-27-24

Psalm 56:3-4 (LSB) 3 When I am afraid, I will trust in You. 4 In God, whose word I praise, In God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can mere man do to me?

Times of fear come for us all.

Events that cause fear are part of life.

Regardless of our heritage, our ethnicity, our spiritual understanding, our financial status, or our position in our career, we will face situations that cause us to be afraid.

What we do with that fear is entirely up to us. We choose whether it will rule over us, or we rule over it.

God created us with emotions. It is how we are wired. Our emotions are part of what makes us who we are. And we all handle them in our own unique way.

But it is important that we not allow our emotions to rule over us; to determine the direction our life takes.

Fear can be a big problem for some of us. It can cause us to make choices that we regret later in our lives if we fail to let the Holy Spirit help us navigate those situations that cause us to be fearful.

David faced many of these situations. He spent many years of his life looking over his shoulder, with his life at risk of being taken.

But because of his faith, he trusted God to protect him and calm his fears.

This is a perfect example for us to learn from and to follow.

What did David say about fear and the enemies who were determined to snuff him out?

He said, “I shall not be afraid. What can mere man do to me?”

As it is with us. What can mere man do to us?

Our eternal destiny lies in the hands of God alone. What we face here during our earthly lifetimes will not change our eternal life.

We are here for but a moment. Our few years on earth pale in comparison to eternal life.

Let us not allow fear to rule over us. But let us trust in Him, the God who created us and breathed life into us.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 12-26-24

Acts 14:19 (NKJV) 19 Then Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there; and having persuaded the multitudes, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing him to be dead.

They thought he was dead, and they left him there.

Wow! Talk about giving everything to live and preach Christ.

Paul was stoned for his faith. I can’t even imagine what it would feel like for one stone to hit me hard, let alone many stones at once; enough to kill me. It’s beyond what I can even imagine.

We, as God’s children, may not get stoned physically like Paul. But some may stone us, symbolically-speaking, as we face persecution of varying kinds for our faith. And it crushes our heart.

Paul was left there, presumed dead.

But, when the disciples gathered around him, he got up and went with them. The next day he left with Barnabas to preach.

How? How can anyone get right up and go on working, especially after such a beating?

He was miraculously raised from the dead or healed for sure! Praise be to God! And it was not going to stop him from doing what He was called to do.

God had a plan for Paul, and no one was going to take him out before it was finished, no matter how badly they wanted him dead because of the words he spoke.

Don’t think for a moment that our enemy, the devil, does not want us dead.

He wants to beat us down, keep us there, and cause us to give up. And He uses people and situations to try to take us out.

Maybe someone today has been left for dead from the abuse of hurtful words or some other kind of painful situation.

Maybe someone had to deal with difficult conditions at work, or in school. Maybe our own family has stoned us to death with their actions toward us.

What if we told you that God wants to raise you up today, just like He did Paul and bring healing to you?

He wants to take you places and open doors for you to walk through. You just need to trust Him.

Your faith in Him needs to grow. Stop listening to the stone throwers. Stop trying to get back in with them so they can just keep abusing you.

You might have been left for dead; but you have a Father who loves you and will not turn His back on you. He has a plan and it’s not finished.

Rise up from where you have taken that last stone. Put one foot in front of the other, and don’t look back. God has places for you to go and things for you to do. Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries 
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Bible Verse of The Day – 12-25-24

Philippians 2:9 (NKJV) 9 Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name…

Jesus was a common name when Mary gave birth to the Savior.

But God set Him apart from the others who shared that name by telling Mary that He would not only be called Jesus. He would be the One, the long-awaited Messiah that had been foretold by the prophets for many centuries.

He was the Christ. The anointed One.

Isaiah prophesied and proclaimed that He would also be called Immanuel, which means, God with us.

Isaiah 7:14 (NKJV) 14 Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.

His name is proclaimed throughout the word of God with many varied references.

John 1:1 refers to Him as The Word.

He is also known as The Lamb of God, the Son of God, the Lion of Judah, the Prince of Peace, the King of kings, the Lord of lords, Faithful and True, the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star, and other names not mentioned here.

But with all the various names applied to Him throughout the word of God, one fact stands above all others. His is the name above all names.

There is no other name like His.

The name of Jesus stands above all others. His name commands attention and carries ultimate authority.

His name is known throughout the earth. Whether someone is a believer or not, they know the name of our Jesus.

It is in His name that we find salvation, authority over demons, the power to heal, hope for eternity, and strength to face trials.

It is in His name that we trust, even with our souls.

Jesus. The name above all names!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 12-24-24

Galatians 4:4-5 (NKJV) 4 But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.

The fullness of time.

Just a thought; I wonder at what point God said, “It’s time to go down to earth. I have to save them”.

Was it because humanity was really bad off? Or was there some other reason for His timing?

I could never imagine being able to hear and see everything going on at all times, every second of every hour. But God does.

He is omniscient; all knowing.

I always say, I’m better off not knowing something. Because when I know something it eats at me. I can’t get it off my mind. So, I say, don’t tell me; I don’t want to know.

God’s not like that. He knows everything, hears everything, sees everything, all at once.

And it came to a point where it was time; we needed Him to come and live among us. Lord, help us!

He heard the pain and saw the sin. We needed salvation. We needed Him!

He sent Himself in the form of a seed via the Holy Spirit, placed in a virgin. He was born on the assigned day, at precisely the right time.

Matthew 1:18 (NKJV) 18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit.

He lived until the age of approximately 33 years, and then they crucified Him. He set us free from our sins when He died on that cross.

Yes, what He had to suffer for us was sad. But, it was also beautiful, miraculous, powerful and so very meaningful.

He showed how deep His love for us is by coming here and dying on that cross for us.

Let us love Him back, by picking up our cross and following Him daily. Amen.

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.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries 
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401-439-3780

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