Tag: Bible verses about God’s sovereignty

Greetings in the name of Jesus. 

We have hope! 

God’s incredible sovereignty gives us so many reasons to be hopeful no matter what we may be facing. 

Finding Hope in Dark Times is the title of our latest video, so we hope you will take a few minutes to watch it, and hopefully you’ll come away with renewed hope in your heart for whatever obstacles are in front of you right now. 

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We love you all! 

Stay close to God and enjoy your day. 

Sincerely, 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443  

401-439-3780

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Psalm 37:7-8 (NKJV) 7 Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him; Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass. 8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; Do not fret—it only causes harm.

As children of God, watching wicked people prosper and go unpunished is probably one of the hardest things we witness.

Having a desire to do right, and also wanting to see others do the right thing can set us up for a lot of disappointments.

It can also cause us to become angry and frustrated as we watch evil schemes play out before our eyes, seemingly with no repercussions for those who carry them out.

Wanting to see justice in these situations is natural. But we may not always see it.

The way God handles things is not always how we would like it to be.

This is not anything new. It a centuries-old concern that has gotten some people in trouble for disagreeing with God’s ways.

Job is one person who comes to mind, as he demanded an audience with God, so he could question Him about the injustices he had seen in his lifetime.

In the end, God corrected Job. He put him in his place, asking him, “where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?”.

He then went on to ask Job about several other things that only caused Job to become humbler. And in the end, he repented before God, showing great remorse for the words he had spoken.

So it is with us. We need to be careful not to spend our days questioning everything we see that God is allowing.

We see things through natural eyes, with finite minds. God is infinite.

Isaiah 55:9 (NKJV) 9 “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts.

Let us not be like Job, constantly questioning the ways of God, digging ourselves a hole that may be hard to climb out of.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Psalm 24:8 (NKJV) 8 Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, The Lord mighty in battle.

In these days of rampant evil and a constant onslaught of the enemy’s attacks, it’s important that we constantly remember and meditate on the power and the sovereignty of our God.

The attacks that we endure will try to wear us down and break our resolve. Over time, this can cause us to want to give up and surrender.

But as we are reminded of who God is, and of His strength, sovereignty and faithfulness, our spirits will be lifted and revived.

He will pick us up and nudge us forward as we look to Him, focusing on His leading instead of wallowing in the darkness of what we’re fighting against.

And who is He?

He is the King of glory. He is the Lord strong and mighty. He is the Lord mighty in battle.

What better ally could we have than the Creator and Maker of all we see; the One who breathed life into our lungs and gave our heart the beat that keeps us alive.

He is above all. There is none like Him.

He is Adonai, Jehovah, YHWH; I AM WHO I AM.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Nehemiah 9:6 (NJKV) 6 You alone are the Lord; You have made heaven, The heaven of heavens, with all their host, The earth and everything on it, The seas and all that is in them, And You preserve them all. The host of heaven worships You.

Sometimes we need a reminder of who God is; His majesty, His wonder and His sovereignty.

It can be easy sometimes to look past things and forget that everything we see is a miracle, created by our heavenly Father.

He alone is the Lord.

Nothing that we see was made by anyone other than Him.

And get this; what He created, He preserves!

He created it all in a way that keeps it. It stays in its place and it continues to do what it is supposed to do.

The ocean tides come in and go out like clockwork.

The earth rotates perfectly, at the same speed, day after day.

The seasons change. They never stop.

The moon goes from full to new, and it keeps doing it again and again.

Flowers bloom and die, only to bloom again. And the process goes on.

The sun lights the sky and gives warmth. And it never fails to do so.

God did it all. He is faithful.

Let us remember this at all times. Amen!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Matthew 1:23 (NKJV) 23 “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us.”

A virgin shall be with child…meditate on that one part of the verse for a moment.

Do you find everything in you saying, “Wow!”?

Can we even try to comprehend it with our minds? My head hurts when I think of this.

Even the little that we can comprehend shows us how incredibly mighty our Creator is.

He took a virgin and caused her to conceive a child by the Holy Spirit. Simply miraculous!

I get touched by this every time I read it.

God had a plan to save us, to be with us and to help us have eternal life with Him. He wants us to be with Him forever.

If you are feeling lonely, unloved, uncared for, abused, hurt, angry and like no one cares, this is going to help you if you will let it!

It’s so deep, but yet so simple. His plan was to save each one of us. Why? Because of His love toward us.

Immanuel, God with us!

God in the flesh, Jesus Christ, Savior of this world!

Praise Him today with everything in us. He is worthy.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Acts 13:22 (NKJV) 22 And when He had removed him, He raised up for them David as king, to whom also He gave testimony and said, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My own heart, who will do all My will.’

God removes, and God raises up!

Sometimes we think we have the bull by the horns, so to speak. We think we have it all under control.

Many of our government officials believe their positions are absolute, and no one can touch them.

On a personal level, maybe we feel stable in our careers, in our personal lives, etc., as if we have it all under control.

We need to recognize this in our lives and put a stop to it.

Remember who really has control over it all every minute of every day.

And He will step in when He’s ready. He will say, “enough is enough”, when He knows the time is perfect.

He will stop the evil and He will shut the mouths of the lions when He sees fit.

We ask you today, “why are you worrying?”. Is it because of the things you are dealing with, or what you see happening around you?

God raised up David to be the king who would replace Saul.

David was just going along doing his daily things. He had no aspirations or visions of greatness for his life.

Sometimes just being diligent in what we know to do, being steadfast and persistent, will bring in God’s change.

Just like in David’s case, God pays close attention to our heart.

The state of our heart will either please the Lord or make Him want to vomit us out of His mouth.

Revelation 3:15-16 (NKJV) 15 “I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. 16 So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth.

He said David was, “a man after My own heart”.

Wow! I can’t even imagine God saying that about any human being because of how imperfect we can be at times.

God wasn’t looking for a man with a perfect heart. He was looking for a man who would allow Him to change, teach, instruct and chasten him when needed; a man that would listen.

Despite his faults, David desired to obey God in all that he did.

I believe God wants to call all His children, “A man or woman after His own heart”.

If our heart is in such a place with God, He will work through each one of us. In that, we will fulfill our purpose here on this earth.

Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Judges 6:16 (NKJV) 16 And the Lord said to him, “Surely I will be with you, and you shall defeat the Midianites as one man.”

I remember learning the story of Gideon many, many years ago. I was fascinated when I first learned about it.

Gideon went to battle against the Midianites and defeated them with only 300 men, which is the number of men God had specifically told Gideon to take with him.

Even today it still fascinates me. And it seems that every time I read through it, I learn something new that I hadn’t seen before.

The fact that Gideon defeated the Midian army with only 300 men is incredible. In fact, it is miraculous, since the Bible says that the Midianite and Amalekite armies that they were facing were as numerous as locusts!

But what strikes me even more about this whole thing isn’t Gideon’s victory. It’s the way God chooses to move so uniquely in so many different scenarios.

God rarely, if ever, chooses to do things the same way twice when it comes to how He handles situations that require His intervention.

He does this purposely. And one of the reasons is so no man can try to claim credit or take the glory for the things they accomplish.

God has a habit of taking the playbook and throwing it away. This tends to confound and confuse man’s intellectual understanding and planning, which I find exciting, amusing and exhilarating all at the same time.

1 Corinthians 1:27 (NKJV) 27 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty;

You see, God is who He is, and He answers to no man. So, when I see Him switching things up and doing things His way, instead of the way we expect Him to do it, I find that incredibly satisfying.

It just solidifies His sovereignty and proves how much higher His ways are than our ways.

And as a child of God who is learning more every day about walking and living by the spirit, instead of the flesh, seeing God move this way brings me an incredible sense of security and satisfaction.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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