Tag: Bible verses about growing our faith

Bible Verse of The Day – 8-14-17

Psalm 73:28 (NKJV) 28 But it is good for me to draw near to God; I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, That I may declare all Your works. 

God wants us to get personal with Him! 

He wants us to draw near to Him and learn of Him. He wants us to press in to Him and build that one-on-one relationship with Him and take it to new heights. He wants to walk hand in hand with us! 

He wants us to make our needs known to Him and trust Him with them, to supply us with what we need. 

As believers, most of us are guilty, at one time or another, of bringing our needs to our pastors, our friends, our family and others. And sometimes we might even pray and ask God for help. 

But then we just leave it there and never wait or listen to see what God wants us to do next. For some reason we think that once we bring it to God (or whoever else), that we can just forget about it and move on to other things. We rarely consider the fact that God may require us to take steps in order to bring the victory we’re asking for. 

God is faithful to show us what we need to do. Sometimes we won’t need to do anything. But, more often than not, God will give us steps to take to carry out His plan. We need to be diligent to listen and then obey and follow His leading. 

Living by faith is exciting! We can learn to live in anticipation of what God will do for us next. And we will never look back. We will never miss the days when we wished we could have the faith to see God move. 

Now we can see Him move on our behalf each and every day, knowing that He is faithful and that His promises are true. And our lives will never be the same again. 

Trust Him. Draw near to Him. Press in to Him. And watch your faith grow like never before. 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 7-31-17

2 Corinthians 5:7 (NKJV) 7 For we walk by faith, not by sight.

Eight little words that can change our lives forever.

In order to do this, we have to surrender our ideas and agendas to God. With some things it will, without a doubt, be a struggle to let go. With others we will find it very easy.

It’s a sacrifice we all make willingly, giving up our plan to trust Him with His plan.

Our faith starts off the size of a mustard seed. Some people’s faith will stay that size. They are very comfortable with it being that size. Some people may lose even their mustard-seed-sized faith and walk away from God.

But, If we truly want it to grow, we must choose to take the personal steps God has for each one of us. As we do that, our faith in Him will grow. Our walk will get stronger and we will get more clarity of vision as we go. And we will begin to live a more abundant life!

The key to walking and living by faith is to take that mustard-seed-sized bit of faith that He has given to each one of us and let it work.

This means getting His direction and answers before we take our steps, not after. And then we walk it out, step by step, day by day.

As we do this, and we see Him move on our behalf, that little tiny mustard seed will begin to grow and get stronger. Before we know it, it’s no longer small as a mustard seed, but strong and mighty in Him.

Trust Him with our lives today. 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 – 5-4-17

Hebrews 11:6 (NKJV) 6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

It’s important that we understand that this is not a one time, only-when-we-are-in-trouble verse that we only follow when we’re in desperate need of help. This becomes a permanent lifestyle when we make Jesus our Lord and Savior!

This is the beginning of a brand new way of walking.

Faith; it’s where it all begins!

Are we still trying to walk the way we used to walk, before we became believers in Christ? If we are, then we will get the same results we used to get.

Maybe some of us are frustrated today because life is still the same as it was, and we were expecting big changes. Nothing is going to change for us if we don’t change the way we do things.

We need to learn to walk all over again. That’s right. And just as a baby taking its first steps, we might be a little wobbly and shaky.

We may even fall or fail at times. But, listen; We don’t stop learning. We keep on trying to get it right. We keep on pushing through, believing and having faith to get it right.

Even in our learning, God sees our faith.

Keep trying. Keep our eyes and our focus on Him. 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 – 7-11-16

Romans 10:17 (NKJV) 17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Today, let’s talk about how we grow our faith!

Without faith, we can’t believe God for anything at all. Period. And without faith, we can’t please God.

Hebrews 11:6 (NKJV) 6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

So it’s safe to say that faith is very, very important!

God has given each of us a measure of faith. It’s part of who we are as believers. None of us lacks faith.

Romans 12:3 (NKJV) 3 For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.

What we do with that measure of faith is up to us.

We can hide it away. We can leave it alone. Or we can grow it.

Just like a muscle, faith needs to be fed and exercised in order to grow. So how do we grow our faith? How do we take that measure of faith that God has given us and make it bigger, so that living by faith becomes a way of life, instead of something that we struggle with?

We feed that faith with the only thing that can sustain it and grow it; God’s word.

God’s word is our food. It’s our sustenance. It’s what keeps us thriving, growing and maturing.

God’s word will take us from being spiritual infants to becoming mature adults in Christ. As we feed on His word, we will grow in our faith, and we will begin to see things differently. Things will start to “click” and we will begin to have a deeper understanding of spiritual things. And our walk with God will flourish!

The things of God will become the most important part of our lives as we spend time in His word and our faith grows.

And as our faith grows, we will find it easier to step out and do things that God asks us to do, without it having to always make sense to our logic and our intellect.

It’s kind of like our spiritual life is a chain made up of links, and our faith is the most important link. If our faith is weak, so will the chain be weak. But if our faith is strong, the whole chain will be strong!

And as our faith becomes stronger, God will give us new eyes, new ears and a new heart that will see, hear and beat with a desire to walk closely with Him and please Him in everything that we do.

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 – 11-23-15

Romans 10:17 (NKJV) 17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

We receive a lot of emails and phone calls from people across the globe. We get asked a lot of questions across a wide range of topics.

But the question we get asked the most often is something like this: How do I know God better and how do I hear Him?

It isn’t always worded exactly like that but this should give you an idea a general idea of it.

We always stress that pressing in to God and building your relationship with Him is the only way to hear Him better, know Him better and understand His will for your life.

So how do we “press in” to God? How do we grow our faith, our discernment and our hunger for Him?

We spend time in His word. His word is our source of knowledge and understanding that we need to draw from if we expect to know Him better. It’s His instruction manual for our lives. It’s His laws and commandments that teach us how to keep our lives on track.

And it’s His love story written to us.

You see, as we spend time in His word, we will learn more and more about who He is and what He likes. We will begin to understand Him so much better. And as we do this, our hard hearts will soften and we will begin to long for Him in every aspect of our lives.

James 4:8 (NKJV) 8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

So, growing that relationship is as simple as that. If we ask Him to show us who He is, and we’re diligent to put effort into it, He will surely honor our request and draw near to us.

Ask Him for help with the things you’re struggling with. And trust Him to give you what you need to build your relationship with Him. And He will be faithful to answer.

Matthew 7:9 (NKJV) 9 Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?

And when we build that relationship with Him, so many other things in our lives will begin to fall into place.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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