Tag: Bible verse about surrendering to God

Bible Verse of The Day – 1-14-26

Matthew 27:45-46 (LSB) 45 Now from the sixth hour darkness fell upon all the land until the ninth hour. 46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

Sometimes the concept and truth of Jesus being a full-on human being is hard for our minds to grasp.

He was, after all, Immanuel, God with us.

He was God, yet He was man.

His in-body human experience was full, not partial. He was born as a man and spent roughly 33 years walking the earth, showing us who God is through His words and His actions.

He felt everything that you and I feel in our lives; joy, pain, laughter, suffering, temptation, discomfort, weariness, and betrayal.

He proclaimed to everyone that He did only what His Father showed Him to do and spoke only what His Father told Him to speak.

John 12:49 (LSB) 49 For I did not speak from Myself, but the Father Himself who sent Me has given Me a commandment—what to say and what to speak.

Jesus also wept, showing His human side in a way that every other human being can relate to.

But His most human, vulnerable moment was shortly before His death, as He cried out the words, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

Not long after, He spoke one last time and then surrendered His spirit up to the Father.

Luke 23:46 (LSB) 46 And Jesus, crying out with a loud voice, said, “Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit.” Having said this, He breathed His last.

You see, Jesus was fully surrendered to the Father. This was His example to us, His followers.

We must not just attempt to mimic His words or His behaviors. But let us truly surrender ourselves to God in a way that carries weight, rendering us as bondservants of Christ, wholly committed to Him in everything we do.

Amen

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 1-12-26

John 20:24 (LSB) 24 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.

After Jesus rose from the dead, He showed Himself to some of the disciples at different times.

Some disciples who were not present to witness the resurrected Jesus in the flesh had to rely on the hearsay of others.

Thomas was one who had not yet seen Jesus with his own eyes. And he was skeptical, to say the least.

In fact, he insisted that the only way he would believe that Jesus was alive was if he was able to physically place his fingers in the wounds that Jesus received during His crucifixion.

This was a bold proclamation on the part of Thomas!

John 20:25 (LSB) 25 So the other disciples were saying to him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see in His hands the imprint of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe.”

Eight days later, Thomas had that opportunity as Jesus entered a room, despite the door being shut and locked, and stood in their midst.

John 20:26 (LSB) 26 And after eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors having been shut, and stood in their midst and said, “Peace be with you.”

Jesus also went on to say something that implies something that is easy to miss.

John 20:27 (LSB) 27 Then He said to Thomas, “Bring your finger here, and see My hands; and bring your hand here and put it into My side; and do not be unbelieving, but believing.”

Jesus used the very words that Thomas had spoken to the other disciples, despite not being there to hear them.

The words He spoke proved who He was; God in the flesh, Immanuel.

And it impacted Thomas instantly in a life-changing way.

John 20:28 (LSB) 28 Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!”

Thomas experienced a redemptive moment; a split second in time where he wholly surrendered to the risen Jesus, God with us.

May we all experience a “Thomas moment”; a point in our lives where we see our faults and failures, falling on our knees before God, crying out, “my Lord and my God, I am wholly yours” 🙏

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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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.

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Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 9-2-25

Acts 4:32 (NKJV) 32 Now the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and one soul; neither did anyone say that any of the things he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.

What a beautiful way to live.

Their hearts had to truly have been changed. This is evident work of the Holy Spirit.

When He moves, we surrender it all. We don’t look at anything as being ours, or that we own it. We go from holding tightly to everything, to “we’re all yours, Lord”.

How many of us today are holding on to stuff like it’s ours?

When the Holy Spirit comes upon us, we will definitely feel different about the things we possess.

When material and worldly things get out of our way, we hear better. We obey more quickly, and we are ready to move forward a little easier. Less distractions and nothing pulling on us.

We are more free to listen and hear what His voice is saying, and we are quick to obey Him.

They were in One accord!

Many years ago, we were visiting a couple when the man decided to get up and go into the kitchen.

He came back a few minutes later with a basin full of water, knelt down at our feet, and began to wash them.

As he did this, he began to speak these words, “and when you become pastors…”.

We lost it, and we began to cry as he continued to speak words of God over us.

We surrendered at that moment, tears running down our faces, not knowing the timing, the place, or even the how.

We surrendered in our hearts and became one with God.

Everything about us became His.

What was our hearts cry? “Let it be Lord, according to Your will.”

This is what God does with us when we wholly surrender to Him.

He changes our hearts. He changes our thoughts. He changes our actions.

He changes each one of us, from the inside, out.

We must empty ourselves before He can fill us.

And there we will sit, empty, yet filled. Filled with a “One heart and One soul” attitude, and a heart of gratitude toward God!

He is worthy!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries 
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Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 5-30-25

Matthew 11:28-29 (LSB) 28 “Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

As I was doing some things around the house this morning. I clearly heard the words of God being poured into my spirit that He wanted me to share with others.

There was an urgency in the prompting, so I wrote it down as quickly as possible.

Here is what He said;

“Stop chasing after the things of the world that bring no peace, no rest, and no contentment.

Chasing after satisfaction in the world will wear you out. It will burn you out. And it will disappoint you in every possible way, at every turn.

Pursue Me! I am the source of life, the source of peace, And the source of true contentment.

Come, and find your rest in Me.”

This is a message of enormous relevance and timeliness.

There are so many who are busy, running here and there, chasing things that do nothing but suck the life from them.

And when the day is over, this chasing has left them exhausted and without satisfaction or contentment.

If this is you, receive God’s words. Hear His message and heed His instructions.

Consider the things you are pursuing. Weigh them, and count the cost, the price that you pay in this pursuit.

And lay these things at the feet of God, surrendering yourself to Him, that He may give you the peace, satisfaction and contentment you have pursued so vigorously in the things of the world.

Matthew 11:30 (LSB) 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 8-24-24

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.

To be able to trust God, we must first surrender to Him.

How do we surrender to anyone or anything? 

We comply with the way they want to do things. We submit or allow them to have authority. We agree to stop resisting them.

Surrendering to God is trusting Him even when we may not understand everything.

What is it today that God is asking us to surrender to Him? 

Are we holding back, resisting and not allowing Him to have authority in a certain area of our lives?

I have realized that it not only hurts us to keep resisting Him, but it delays things that He wants to be able to do with us and through us.

We all go through this at different times in our walk. Let us stand today in agreement that together we wholly surrender that part of us that we continue to resist Him with. That He may be able to direct our path fully.

Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries 
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Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 5-22-24

Luke 22:56-58 (NKJV) 56 And a certain servant girl, seeing him as he sat by the fire, looked intently at him and said, “This man was also with Him.” 57 But he denied Him, saying, “Woman, I do not know Him.” 58 And after a little while another saw him and said, “You also are of them.” But Peter said, “Man, I am not!”

Peter’s failure at this point in his life is well known and is the topic of many discussions. He had denied knowing Jesus after spending the prior three years with Him.

Most of those discussions tend to focus on Peter’s transformation from a frightened denier of Jesus to a powerhouse Apostle who was instrumental in building the early church.

Without a doubt, there is much to be learned from this incredible turnaround in Peter’s life.

There is something else that we can learn from this that can be easily missed.

It is this; If Peter could be transformed so completely after such a drastic failure, God is also able to transform me or you in the same way.

In fact, He can do this with anyone.

How is this possible?

How can He take someone who is terrified, and transform them into someone who is willing to lay down their life for their faith?

We must surrender our lives to God and His Spirit.

This cannot be something we do halfheartedly. Total surrender on our part is required.

We should know that this could cost us.

But we must recognize that our salvation cost Jesus everything. He traded His life for ours. He gave us His all.

This is not a message for the faint of heart. It may make some quite uncomfortable.

But it is a truth that each of us needs to understand and weigh on a personal level.

Will we surrender all to Jesus? Will we allow God to transform us as He transformed Peter?

Will we commit to presenting our bodies as a living sacrifice for the service of God’s kingdom? Only we can answer that question.

Romans 12:1 (NKJV) 12 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 11-18-23

Daniel 1:3 (NKJV) 3 Then the king instructed Ashpenaz, the master of his eunuchs, to bring some of the children of Israel and some of the king’s descendants and some of the nobles…

Some of the children of Israel were exiled to Babylon to serve king Nebuchadnezzar.

Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, four Hebrew boys were about to go through a very big change.

They were required to learn a whole new way of doing things in the king’s palace.

Wouldn’t you think, being God’s children, that He would deliver them from this situation and make the king bring them back to Israel?

He did not.

But He did help them find favor by giving them wisdom and understanding ten times better than all the others.

Daniel 1:20 (NKJV) 20 And in all matters of wisdom and understanding about which the king examined them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers who were in all his realm.

They were required to go through a three-year training course. They were taught the language and literature of the Chaldeans.

They were also required by the king to eat and drink things that would defile them.

Right from the start, Daniel had to take a stand in a place he was not from.

Because he knew the food and drink that the king offered would defile him, he purposed in his heart not to receive it.

He fought to keep himself away from such things and to remain loyal to God and continue to do the things he knew were good for him, no matter where he was.

Daniel 1:8 (NKJV) 8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s delicacies, nor with the wine which he drank; therefore, he requested of the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.

When we face a situation where we may have to choose to stand up and fight for what is right, remember Daniel and how he purposed to do the right thing and how it all turned out good for him despite circumstances that looked very bleak in the natural.

God will give us a plan and His favor!!

He may not necessarily keep us from being placed in certain situations. But He will help us to get through it if we follow His lead.

Don’t give up. We are children of the Most High.

With His understanding, wisdom and plan, we will make it through the most difficult situations and not be defiled. Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries 
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Bible Verse of The Day – 9-2-23

John 8:31-32 (NKJV) 31 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. 32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

As a believer growth is essential, and it comes by us abiding in the word of God.

His word will touch our hearts and change us deeply if we accept it and act in accordance with what it says.

Jesus said that we are His disciples if we abide in His word.

Do we want to be disciples of Jesus Christ today?

If so, then we need to do as the Jesus taught, and abide in His word.

His word will bring conviction, correction and deliverance to our lives, helping us overcome our fleshly desires.

There is strength and wisdom that comes from the word of God. And as we learn of His truth, He will free us in every area of our lives as we allow Him to do so.

There’s a sticking point in all of this. What is it? Our flesh!

The flesh cannot please God. It has to submit to Him.

Romans 8:8 (NKJV) 8 So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

We must teach our flesh to submit quickly to the word of God and heed His commandments. It must be in submission to Him at all times.

So, here is the question we all need to ponder on and give an answer to; Are we ready to be His disciples?

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 8-26-23

John 3:16 (NKJV) 16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

Our grandchildren came for a visit this week. They are 6 and 7 years old, a boy and a girl.

One day while we were in the car, we were having a conversation regarding heaven.

As we were talking about Jesus, one of them shouted out, “I believe in Jesus!”. It was like an echo as the other shouted immediately after, “I believe in Jesus too!”.

Can you imagine how I felt to hear such words coming out of the mouth of babes!?

I was silent for a moment, thinking, “aren’t they kind of young for this?”.

You know, sometimes we need to tell our flesh to sit down and be quiet. It likes to try and figure everything out.

I realized He meets us all where we are.

There is no perfect age, but a perfect moment.

It’s when we get it!

We believe in our hearts that Jesus is the Son of God, and He will forgive us and set us free.

Where are we today?

Have we put our faith in Jesus Christ, the Son of God? Do we understand and accept that He came and died on the cross for our sins?

If you do, just as my grandchildren did, shout it from the mountain tops, I believe in Jesus Christ!

Let Him set you free, for you will be free indeed!

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

Let us surrender ourselves completely to Him, allowing Him to help us in every area of our lives.

He will show us how to walk through every challenge we face.

He will heal our brokenness. He will give us wisdom. He will give us understanding in areas where we are lost. He will carry us when our body can’t take it anymore and our fight has diminished.

Praise God and shout it from the mountain tops. We believe in Jesus Christ! Hallelujah!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 5-12-23

Matthew 11:28 (NKJV) 28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Jesus spoke in ways that most of the religious leaders of His time could not comprehend. They couldn’t understand the symbolic underpinnings of His teaching because their eyes were closed, and their ears were deaf.

Instead of listening, and trying to hear what he meant, they grew angry and ridiculed Him, eventually scheming to have Him killed.

The verse above is one of those that had deep symbolic meaning that many of the ordinary, everyday people understood deep in their spirits. And because they “got it”, they flocked to Him to be set free from the entanglements that they wrestled with in their personal lives.

Jesus wasn’t referring to people who were physically weary. He was calling out to those who were afflicted, not just physically, but spiritually and emotionally as well.

Jesus came to show us what true freedom is. He demonstrated right before their eyes the reality and the truth of freedom from things that oppress us, things that condemn us and things that can destroy us.

Many of you reading this know exactly what I’m referring to because we can all wrestle with things from time to time that grip us and make us feel like there is no hope for freedom in our lives.

Addiction, depression, sickness, unforgiveness, bitterness, jealousy, coveting, lust, and so many other things are struggles that can literally wreak havoc with our lives.

But there is no need for us to wrestle with these things for years on end, watching them destroy us a little at a time. Jesus came to set the captives free.

Luke 4:18 (NKJV) 18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed;

Now, I know that some people may get offended when they are told that “there is no need for us to wrestle with these things for years on end”. Others may bristle up and state bluntly that, “it’s not easy to overcome these kinds of things”.

To that I say, “surrender it to God. Let Him have it. Stop trying to do it by your own strength”.

It is in doing this that we finally find true freedom; freedom in Christ.

God does not arbitrarily swoop down and just take something from us. We must reach a point where we are willing to lay it at His feet and surrender to Him. We surrender everything.

Why? Because we come to the realization that we can’t win this battle on our own.

It’s in the surrendering where we find victory; the victory that we could not find for so long, as we struggled from one day to the next to find a way out of the box that we had been trapped in.

It was in the surrendering where the woman with the issue of blood found her healing after spending all she had on doctors for 12 years.

It was in the surrendering where Bartimaeus found his eyesight.

It was in the surrendering where Mary Magdalene found freedom from the demons that had held her captive and tormented her for so long.

And it is in the surrendering where you can find your freedom as well.

Stop trying to do it by your own strength. Stop trying to figure it out in your mind. Stop running from God.

Instead, run to Him! Lay whatever it is you’re wrestling with at His feet. Give it to Him and leave it there. It is no longer yours to carry.

And cry out, “Lord, have mercy on me”. Amen.

Luke 18:38 (NKJV) 38 And he cried out, saying, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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