Tag: being thankful when facing adversity

Bible Verse of The Day – 6-5-14

(Luke 17:15-18 NKJV)  And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with a loud voice glorified God, {16} and fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks. And he was a Samaritan. {17} So Jesus answered and said, “Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine? {18} “Were there not any found who returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?”

Giving thanks and glorifying God for what He has done for us, and continues to do for us, means a great deal to Him!

We may think that because He has a whole world to take care of that He may not even notice whether or not we tell Him thank you for the things He may do for us or the things He has already done for us. But He does pay attention to these things. It never get’s old for Him.

We never know. We may start thanking Him in the midst of our storm and healing may come, a financial breakthrough might be released, a family member may be saved, the job opportunity that we have been praying for may open up, etc.

He loves it when we give Him Glory, Honor and Praise!

Being thankful and letting Him know that we know He is the One that will bring forth Victory, that He is the One that will make it possible, makes Him happy.

Take the time we need to today and thank Him! Glorify Him! Oh for HE is Good!!

Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-28-14

1 Thessalonians 5:18 (NKJV) in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

Give Thanks. In Everything.

We’ve talked about this before, but we all need a friendly reminder once in a while.

Being thankful is something that some of us are better at than others. Sometimes we are in situations that make it hard to be thankful. Or at least we think it’s hard.

But most times it’s because we’re looking at things the wrong way. We get caught up in looking at what we don’t have, instead of being thankful for what we do have.

God has told us that in everything we need to give thanks!

So today, we want to encourage every one of you to give thanks, regardless of how bad things might be or might seem. Sometimes the darkest times in our lives can bring the most unexpected deliverances from God, if we just keep our faith intact and remain thankful.

Whether we have little or we have much, give thanks.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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Bible Verse of The Day – 11-21-13

1 Thessalonians 5:18 (NKJV) in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

As each one of us faces the tests and trials that come our way in life, we have to make choices.

First, we have to make choices as to how to handle situations that we’re faced with. Sometimes the choices are easy and other times they can be pretty difficult.

Next, we have to make another choice. We have to choose between being thankful and joyful or being ungrateful and miserable.

Many times we make the choices in the order mentioned above… deciding how to handle a situation first, and then deciding whether we want to be miserable or joyful.

But today I want to suggest that we choose to be thankful first. Then, and only then should we make decisions about how to handle the situation at hand. Because once we have pushed our misery aside and decided to be thankful we are more likely to make wise choices when it comes to finding solutions to the problems we’re facing.

Things look so much better and way less bleak when we give thanks first and then pursue a solution to our problems.

God can bless a thankful person, but will not bless someone who is miserable and ungrateful.

And remember… when we think we have it bad, there is always someone else who has it worse, no matter how big of a pity party we throw for ourselves!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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