Bible Verse of The Day – 12-26-12

(Proverbs 8:32 NKJV)  “Now therefore, listen to me, my children, For blessed are those who keep my ways.

As we follow God and His plan for our life, listen to His commandments and walk them out daily wherever we may go, we shall be blessed!

There are times when we may have to take a stand and it can cause a little bit of friction. But when we do as God commands us, in love and in His wisdom, we shall be blessed despite what it feels like or looks like on the surface.

Stick with God and His plan and walk in His blessings for you!!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

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Bible Verse of The Day – 12-25-12

(Isaiah 9:6 NKJV)  For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

We’re not ones to get caught up in tradition or giving traditional messages on specific holidays, but this group of verses has been in the forefront of my mind today.

Although we don’t know the exact date that Jesus the Messiah was born here on earth, we do know that He was born and walked the earth among us for a little over three decades.

This birth was the most significant event in the history of mankind.

As we celebrate Christmas, we are not celebrating the gifts that we give or receive. We’re not celebrating the gifts that were laid at the feet of the newborn King over 2000 years ago. We’re not celebrating the star that lead people to where the Messiah was born.

We are celebrating the ultimate gift… the gift of salvation being offered to every human being, through Jesus. We are celebrating the arrival of God here on earth, in human form, coming to live among us and then die for us on a cruel, torturous Roman cross.

We encourage you today to spend time with your friends and family, celebrating. We encourage you to enjoy this day… to relax and have fun. But most of all, know that you have been given the biggest gift you will ever receive in your lifetime; the love of God offered to you in the form of the ultimate sacrifice.

If you have received that gift of salvation, thank Him for it. If you haven’t made that choice, do it right now. And thank Him for it. You’ll never receive a gift like it again in your life.

Merry Christmas. We love each and every one of you from the bottom of our hearts.

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 – 12-24-12

(Revelation 3:20 NKJV)  “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.

The days go by so fast it’s hard to even remember what day we are on at times.

We’re always trying to make sure we get everything done that we need to do in a single day, knowing that if we don’t finish it all it just gets piled onto tomorrow’s load. Enough already!

We need more time. As some like to say, “I need more hours in a day”. Well, we know that the hours in a day will never be changed. It’s not happening.

However, by cutting things out of our daily schedule we can make more time. Even if it is little things, those little things add up. Get rid of the unnecessary things, or get help with the things you do.

Sometimes simply asking others to help you out in certain areas, so the load isn’t all on you, can make a big difference, leaving you with more time.

God is knocking on your day today and saying “come and dine with me. Make time so we can have a relationship.”

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 – 12-22-12

(Philippians 4:6-7 NKJV)  Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; {7} and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

God’s peace can never be explained away. It’s something that can’t be understood by the human mind.

Having the peace of God doesn’t come naturally. As human beings, we always like to know everything… to have it all figured out. Moving with God will sometimes (many times) mean that we don’t know what tomorrow will bring.

This tends to mess with our heads and cause us to question God if we look at things through human eyes.

But once we begin to get God’s heart and start to see things through His eyes, everything starts to look a whole lot different. As we begin to trust Him more, we also have more peace.

This is the peace that passes understanding. This is the peace that we can have when it seems like the world is crashing down around us. And this is the peace we can have when everyone is looking at us and wondering how we can be so calm when everything looks like it’s falling apart.

Know God. Know His Peace.

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 – 12-21-12

(Mark 10:7-9 NKJV)  ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, {8} ‘and the two shall become one flesh’; so then they are no longer two, but one flesh.

Becoming one with our spouse is what God has intended for a marriage. He does not want the husband and wife in disagreement or apart in any way.

One of the things that we have settled on as a couple is that if we don’t agree on something, we don’t do it.

We have learned in our 29+ years of marriage that this works great for us. We simply wait until we come together in agreement on whether to do something or not to do it. Either way, we have to be together.

There have been many times we have discussed something, and one of us says “I’m not sure. I’m feeling uncomfortable with that”. When that happens, we will not make a move in that direction. We don’t get mad at each other for voicing our opinion or expressing how we feel. We just know we need to wait.

We need to be together as one, we should not pull away from each other when we don’t agree on something but, rather, listen to the other’s concern.

This has saved us from making some really bad decisions in our lives.

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 – 12-20-12

(Proverbs 2:7-8 NKJV)  He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk uprightly; {8} He guards the paths of justice, And preserves the way of His saints.

God is our protection, and our shield. Don’t be afraid…but stand strong in His wisdom and His might!

Know that our God can handle anything that tries to take us out or take us down.

Stay close to Him.

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 – 12-19-12

(1 Cor 13:12 NKJV)  For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.

We see in a mirror, dimly. We know in part.

There are a lot of things that we don’t know and don’t have answers to. There are so many questions that we’d like to ask God and have perfect answers for. There are many things that we may not understand.

But it’s OK if we don’t always have answers to all of our questions. There are some things that we may never understand. And there are other things that we just plain don’t need to know, even though we might think we deserve answers.

God is just. He is righteous, holy and true. He knows everything and He knows what we should know and what we shouldn’t know. He knows what is good for us, even when we think we know better.

Sometimes we run into situations and they just don’t seem to make sense to us. We don’t understand how something can be the way it is. But it’s alright if we don’t always understand. We’re not meant to have all the answers.

And anyone who always has an answer for every question that comes their way should not be trusted. It’s OK to tell someone “I don’t know”. It’s better to be honest and humble than to lie and be proud.

Being OK with not always having an answer is a good sign of our faith that God has it all under control. Because one day we will see Him face to face and all things will be known.

Until then we just need to trust Him.

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 – 12-18-12

(John 14:6 NKJV)  Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Today we want to share with you that God is reachable. We don’t have to go through a man, a woman or anyone else to get to God.

If we have received Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, we have the freedom to talk to God anytime, anywhere, for anything and He will hear our prayers. His Son, Jesus Christ, has made the way for us.

We don’t have to wait until Sunday, Wednesday night Bible Study or Saturday night service. Whenever we need God, we just talk to Him, knowing that He will answer our prayer. God is faithful!

If you need to talk to Him today, open your heart and let it out…He is waiting.

Put some time aside today and talk to your Daddy.

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 – 12-17-12

(John 15:5 NKJV) “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.

Without Him, I am nothing. This is not symbolic. It is not deeply spiritual. It is not hyperbole. It is plain, simple truth.

Without Christ I am nothing more than a mere human being with mere human traits, strengths and weaknesses.

I am a sinner, a frail human with tendencies to fail… not just once, but many times. This is not to say that I don’t try to do my best or try my hardest. I do try. But in my own strength I am not capable of overcoming much of anything.

But it doesn’t end there. You see, I have Christ in me! And in Him I can do all things!

(Phil 4:13 NKJV) I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

Despite my desperate, miserable self, God saw fit to take my place on the cross, in the form of Jesus Christ, to pay the price for my sins, my failures and my shortcomings.

Because I have accepted what He did for me and taken on a personal relationship with Him, I am no longer just that frail human I described above. I am a new creation, with God dwelling in me through the Holy Spirit.

So I am no longer on my own or operating solely on my own strength or understanding. With God in me I can do all things and overcome all things. And what’s better… you can do all things if you have Christ in you too!

Take heart today, that He has not left us to fight our battles all alone.

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 – 12-15-12

(Ephesians 5:24 NKJV)  Therefore, just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything.

Some of the problems we have today in many homes are because we don’t understand the order which God gives us as husband and wife. God has called the husband to be the leader of the home. All men… know that you are the leader. There are no questions nor excuses about this; it is what God wants for the home.

What happens sometimes is that a man that is not aggressive, a little slow moving or with a tendency to be relaxed marries a woman that is more forward and aggressive, with a take-charge personality. The woman ends up taking on the leadership role in the home and in the relationship.

This still does not give men the right to sit back and let the wife do everything, even if she doesn’t mind it. This is out of God’s order and problems will occur.

It’s not meant for the woman to do it all and to carry the load. It is meant for the man to do his part and lead, and the woman should follow his leading and help, as needed, in a balanced way.

Remember… God does not make mistakes. It is important we are diligent in what God gives us. Men are responsible for their position and women are responsible for theirs. If the Woman is playing the man’s role what happens to her role? It get’s neglected. Something will be neglected.

Men, today you need to stand in your position and lead. Women, you need to take your position and both need to be supporting and helping each other to stay in the order which God has set for each one.

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 – 12-14-12

(Genesis 32:24-28 NKJV)  Then Jacob was left alone; and a Man wrestled with him until the breaking of day. {25} Now when He saw that He did not prevail against him, He touched the socket of his hip; and the socket of Jacob’s hip was out of joint as He wrestled with him. {26} And He said, “Let Me go, for the day breaks.” But he said, “I will not let You go unless You bless me!” {27} So He said to him, “What is your name?” He said, “Jacob.” {28} And He said, “Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have struggled with God and with men, and have prevailed.”

Jacob wrestled with the angel of God. He spent his energy to prevail. He did not rely on someone else to do it for him!

Because of Jacob’s persistence, the angel blessed him. Had Jacob given up, he would never have received God’s blessing. He would have limped away with nothing more than what he had before, except a displaced hip socket.

We need to be more like Jacob and so many others in God’s word who struggled, wrestled and persisted until they heard from God!

It’s not always about getting what we want. More often, it’s about pressing into God and waiting on Him, not making any moves until we hear from Him.

We can’t rely on others to do this for us. We can ask others to help us learn, but when push comes to shove, we bear the responsibility of building our relationship with God.

Press into Him. Pull on Him. Wait on Him. Do whatever it takes to know Him better and walk more closely with Him.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-377-5400

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