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Bible Verse of The Day – 2-8-19

Ephesians 6:12 (NKJV) 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

In the verse above, Paul is helping believers to know that we need to be ready for what we will battle against.

He wants us to understand the importance of knowing that we are going to be faced with a fight. Things aren’t necessarily going to be easy for us just because we are God’s children. We will wrestle against wickedness at times. We won’t always understand why things are happening to us.

But God knows. And if we go to Him and stay in His word, He will keep us on our toes and on guard to the things the enemy would love to destroy us with.

This is why we pray and we read His word. We get as close as we can to God, through His precious Son. Why? Because we need to be able to stand, and keep standing.

When rulers of darkness come around and try to hit us, we can’t take them on our own. But with God, now that’s a different story.

Ephesians 6:13 (NKJV)13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

With God’s word in us, and as we stayed prayed up, we will be strong and ready for the battle. The armor is on and we will walk out of the battle with the victory!

1 Thessalonians 5:17 (NKJV) 17 pray without ceasing…

Amen

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 1-13-18

Matthew 12:43-45 (NKJV) 43 “When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none. 44 Then he says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when he comes, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order. 45 Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it also be with this wicked generation.”

This is an often-overlooked truth that costs a lot of people a large amount of unnecessary misery.

Getting free from evil spirits is something that we all need to have a better understanding of. Otherwise, we remain weak and feeble when it comes to getting free, and helping others get free.

What Jesus was speaking about in the verses above is critical to helping people stay free once they have received their deliverance.

When a person breaks free from any kind of spiritual bondage, the unclean spirit will leave and wander about, looking for a new place to dwell.

At some point, they will almost always return to where they were evicted from, to see if maybe they can enter in again. So, it’s important that we don’t fall for its attempts to come back in. Because if we do, it will also bring others with it. And the results will be worse than before.

From my own personal experience, I can verify that this is 100% true. When I was delivered from asthma, I was also set free from the constant use of an inhaler. That little inhaler had become my “pet”. I took it everywhere with me. I was in bondage to it.

In the days following my deliverance, I began to experience symptoms of an asthma attack again. I never actually had an attack. But the symptoms that would normally lead up to an attack began to show themselves.

My first instinct was to reach for my inhaler. But, instead, I got counsel from my pastors at that time. They recommended that I not use it. So, I followed their counsel (somewhat hesitantly, I have to admit). And I’m so glad I did!

After a few days of ignoring those nagging symptoms, and resisting the urge to use my inhaler, the symptoms completely disappeared forever.

It was only afterward that I understood what was going on. The spirit of infirmity that had been calling me its home was attempting to regain entry. Had I grabbed my inhaler and used it, I would have been admitting that my healing and deliverance was no longer valid.

And, by doing so, I would have opened the door wide for it to come back again. It would have been like rolling out the welcome mat for it.

But, because I resisted, the door stayed shut and it had to look elsewhere to find a new home. 17+ years later I am still 100% free of asthma and I plan on staying that way, by God’s power!

If you’ve been delivered from an addiction, or some other kind of spiritual bondage, be sure to let God help you to be strong, even in those initial days after being set free. Do whatever is necessary to resist the urge to return to old habits.

Those first few days afterward are critical and will set the course for the rest of our lives.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 5-5-16

2 Corinthians 10:4 (NKJV) 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds…

God has equipped us with weapons. These are powerful weapons of warfare.

But these weapons of warfare aren’t natural or carnal. They are spiritual weapons that give us everything we need to defeat the enemy of our souls.

Warfare is never easy. It carries a high price tag on many occasions. And it can leave some nasty scars at times. And, most times it changes our lives forever.

And there can be times when we’re in a battle, that we feel like laying down, curling up into a ball and wishing the world would just go away. This is natural and normal for our flesh to react this way.

But there is one thing for sure. And that is that God wants us to have victory in our lives. And He has given us exactly what we need in order to have that victory!

But it’s spiritual warfare and spiritual victory that we pursue. We are not in a battle with man. We are not at war with governments or anything tangible.

We are at war with demonic powers and principalities. These are the things that lash out at us. These are the things that claw at us, trying desperately to take us down. And these are the things that we are commissioned and equipped to attack and destroy, with the authority that God has given us, through Jesus Christ.

So let’s fight the good fight of faith (1 Timothy 6:12), finish the race and keep our faith strong, in the name of Jesus! Amen

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 8-25-15

Ephesians 6:12 (NKJV) 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

This is a really tough thing for most believers to grasp; the fact that we aren’t in battle against people or things visible. But, instead, we are at war with things unseen.

Yes, we often come face to face with or are on opposing sides of other people, but what drives those who appear to be our enemy is the spiritual forces of wickedness.

And, yes, some people can be genuinely wicked in their hearts. But when push comes to shove, it is the demonic spirits and principalities that are responsible for what we see played out in the natural.

So as we spend time praying (and we better be spending time praying!), we need not waste our time praying against people, but praying for God to remove the evil influences in a place (towns, cities, states, provinces, nations and specific organizations, etc.).

We should pray for the hearts of people to be changed, because it’s what’s in a person’s heart that causes them to do what they do in the natural.

Matthew 12:34 (NKJV) 34 Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

But if we’re not warring against the demonic spirits that drive the wickedness to begin with, we aren’t getting to the root of the problems. So this is where our time and efforts must be spent if we are going to see victory that will last and that will bring real change to an area and a situation.

Rebuke evil spirits. Bind principalities and forbid them from operating in an area and against a group of people. And loose those who are oppressed and in bondage, by speaking freedom over them. Do it all in the name of Jesus, by which we have authority over evil spirits!

This is some truly heavy-duty stuff. And a large majority of the church steers clear of this because of that, but if we don’t address it, we will remain ignorant and impotent, unable to bring change when and where it needs to come.

So it’s time for us to come before God, kneel before His throne and begin speaking freedom over those in bondage and driving the enemy back, in the name of our Savior, our Messiah, Jesus Christ.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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