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Bible Verse of The Day – 5-3-25

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (NKJV) 19 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? 20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

People today have become very desensitized to sin and the ways of the world.

Many children of God have even fallen in line with the crowds and are actively participating in ungodly things with little or no conviction on their part.

This message may be just a gentle reminder to some. But to others it may be an eye opener.

If we are Christians, followers of Christ, we need to remember that our bodies are no longer ours. He bought us with His precious blood that was shed on the cross. His Spirit lives in us.

If we allow Him to, He will help us and give us the strength to overcome the lusts of the flesh.

Galatians 5:16 (NKJV) I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.

Knowing that He dwells in us, we must understand that if we don’t overcome these sins in our lives, and we continue to participate in them, we are involving Him in, and exposing Him to, what we are participating in.

We need to understand that the choices we make will either glorify Him or grieve the Holy Spirit.

Ephesians 4:30 (NKJV) 30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

Let us ponder the things we do each day.

We must examine our routines, our habits, and our entertainment, knowing that the Holy Spirit lives in us. We literally take Him with us wherever we go.

Are there changes we can make, even in the smallest areas?

We are responsible for keeping our temples clean. Let us continue to walk in His Spirit daily that we will glorify Him in our bodies!

Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-26-25

Genesis 4:7 (NKJV) 7 If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it.”

Sin would love to rule us all. And it can if we let it. If we yield to it, it will eat us up.

But God has given us what we need to rule over sin. He has set us up to win!

Even if we are a believer, we will struggle with sin if we don’t develop a strong desire to rule over it.

But we don’t have to struggle with sin any longer. We need to let God strengthen us and give us what we need to overcome it.

Jesus Christ says He has overcome the world!

As we all know and see right before our eyes, this world is full of sin! We need Him if we also want to overcome it and win.

John 16:33 (NKJV) 33 These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”

In Him is peace. No matter what we face, His peace will sustain us.

Choose to let Jesus Christ guide us through each day and do well! Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

Isaiah 40:29 (NKJV) 29 He gives power to the weak, And to those who have no might He increases strength.

It is usually easy to spot the weaknesses of others just by watching them, or hearing them speak at times.

Doing this, it doesn’t usually take long to see where others may be weak.

But what about our own weaknesses? Do we see them?

Is there a weakness in us that causes us to do the wrong thing every time?

Do we see it? Or have we just accepted it as part of who we are?

We try to justify it by saying, “that’s just the way I do things. ” And we keep right on walking in that weakness.

But God wants to give us power in those areas. And where we have no might, He wants to increase our strength, that we may be able to overcome that weakness with His help.

Today, if we are struggling with weakness in some areas of our life, we must acknowledge it for what it is; weakness.

We cannot just sit back and let it ruin us. We can’t let it take us down that path of feeling like we will never get free from it, or that we will never be strong in that area.

He gives power to the weak. He increases our strength. Can we do it on our own? No! We need His help.

Dear God in Heaven,

I’m feeling weak in many areas. I feel at times like I want to conquer it, but when I try I fall back again and again. Today I want Your help. I need your strength and might to help me overcome the areas where I’m weak. Please, give me strength to do the right things in the areas where I’m weak. Your word says that Your strength is made perfect in weakness. May Your power rest upon me.

2 Corinthians 12:9 (NKJV) 9 And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

I pray in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries 
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Bible Verse of The Day – 12-4-24

Psalm 19:12-13 (NLT) 12 How can I know all the sins lurking in my heart? Cleanse me from these hidden faults. 13 Keep your servant from deliberate sins! Don’t let them control me. Then I will be free of guilt and innocent of great sin.

As David contemplated his relationship with God, he addressed his own sinfulness.

David’s heart longed to please God. He wanted to do what was right and pleasing before Him.

But he did not trust himself fully when it came to avoiding sin.

He prayed for God to reveal to him the sins lurking in his heart; the hidden faults that may cause him to fall to temptation.

He laid bare his frailty as a man, acknowledging his weaknesses, but knowing that God could deliver him from them all.

There is a great lesson here for all of us.

We need to acknowledge our own sins, weaknesses, and faults. And we need to lay them before God, asking Him to give us strength; to cleanse us from the things that lead to unrighteous behavior on our part.

Weakness and frailty are not a license or an excuse to sin. They are something that we see for what they are. And then we allow God to show us how to overcome them by His Spirit instead of using them as a crutch or an excuse for our failures.

God is faithful to lead us as we ask Him and allow Him to.

He will set us free if we truly submit and follow Him wholeheartedly, desiring to be loosed from the control of sin in our lives.

In doing so, we will be free of guilt, and innocent of great sin.

Amen

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-9-24

1 Corinthians 6:9-11 (NKJV) 9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.

One common denominator with the things listed above is that they are all sinful behaviors.

Thankfully, God gave us a conscience, and it tells us not to participate in these things.

We don’t necessarily have to be taught. We inherently know right from wrong.

Because of this, we will know when something we are about to do is wrong even if we are not a child of God because of the conscience He placed within us.

You may say there is a part of us that desires doing such things, even as a believer. This makes it hard to say no.

That can be true.

But this is usually due to the fact that this is a part of us that we have not completely surrendered to God. We have failed to allow Him to deliver us from it because that part of us does desire it.

None of us are perfect. And God does forgive us when we sincerely, remorsefully repent from our sin.

But what is important to know is that in the scripture above there is a list of “will not inherit the kingdom of God” unless we allow ourselves to be washed, sanctified, and justified.

We can not willfully continue in and repeating the same sinful behaviors over and over again and think it’s OK!

God so loves us all, but even in this deep love He can not “accept” us if we are  willfully, continually participating in this sinful behavior.

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.

His Son made the way for God to accept us as His child and give us everlasting life. He can help us, like a Father helps his child, to be set free from such things.

If you struggle with participating in sinful behaviors and you feel like you can not beat it, and even as a believer your desire is strong toward these things, reach out and get help. Don’t just give into it.

There is Someone you can trust and has the power to set you free from such behavior! His name is Jesus Christ.

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

If you need to talk or you need prayer, or maybe you need answers to your questions, call or write us.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries 
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Bible Verse of The Day – 5-9-20

Romans 7:17 (NKJV) 17 But now, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.

When we become a child of God, we are born again!! We are saved and have eternal life.

Some people may say, “well, I still feel like the same person. I still do some of the same old things. I mess up and I am very tempted at times”.

Though our flesh is still very weak and tempted, if we let our mind be renewed, we will eventually think and act more like Christ. We will begin to change, little by little. He will help us overcome our weaknesses toward the sin that tries to lure us in.

Why is it that at times we do the very thing we want so badly not to do?

Romans 7:25 (NKJV) 25 I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.

Because of our old man, the flesh and our carnality that loves sin is still living in us. It didn’t magically disappear when we got saved or put our faith in Christ as our Lord and Savior. It still shares the same house, temple, or body.

We have to learn how to overcome those awful habits and desires of the flesh. We do this by learning to walk according to the Spirit.

Yes, it takes time, with many mistakes in between. But don’t walk around depressed all the time, or feeling like a failure. Acknowledge our weaknesses and let Christ strengthen us in those areas. It’s a beautiful part of our growth in Him!

Romans 8:1-2 (NKJV) 1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.

Our old man, the unsaved flesh, will work hard at being in charge, trying to keep those bad habits going. Shut it down and let the Spirit of God show us how to walk as sons/daughters of God.

Romans 8:14 (NKJV) 14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.

Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 1-8-20

1 John 3:6 (NKJV) 6 Whoever abides in Him does not sin. Whoever sins has neither seen Him nor known Him.

A few years ago, we received an email from someone who had read one of our daily devotionals. That devotional had covered the topic of sin and the believer, and they had written back to tell us that what we had said about sin was untrue, and that Christians are incapable of sinning.

They told us that once a person is a follower of Christ, they are no longer capable of sinning.

While this isn’t a widely held belief, we wanted to write about it today to clear up any misconceptions when it comes to this idea.

The verse above states that “whoever abides in Him does not sin”. It is this verse and other similar scriptures that are part of the doctrine that says it is impossible for believers to sin.

The problem with that idea is that the verses used to back it up are taken grossly out of context or badly misunderstood.

In 1 John 3:6, above, John is referring to habitual sin, not just a single incident. In Chapter 1, verse 8 he clearly states that believers do sin, and that anyone who says they don’t is deceived.

1 John 1:8 (NKJV) 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

John’s goal in 1 John 3:4-10 is to combat false teachers of that time who were saying that sin doesn’t matter because it’s simply our flesh doing what it is supposed to do. They believed that flesh is bad, and since we live in fleshly bodies, we are destined to live lives of continual, habitual sin.

What these people miss is the fact that when we become a child of God (born of God), He gives us a new nature.

That new nature is Holy Spirit-driven, meaning that we will now be convicted if we contemplate sin or are faced with any temptation that can lead us into sin. No, we will not be perfect in following His leading. But as we grow, our tendency to sin will become less and less.

What John is teaching here is good for all of us to consider. Sin will entice each and every one of us. It’s a fact of life.

But what isn’t a fact of life is that we are powerless to fight it off. On the contrary, we are very well equipped to fight it off. God’s word tells us so many, many times.

We are told to resist the devil and he will flee (James 4:7). We are told that we are never tempted without God providing a way out, and that no temptation is more than we can bear (1 Corinthians 10:13).

So, as believers, it’s important for us to understand this. Habitual sin in the life of a believer, with no remorse, and no efforts on the person’s part to stop it, is not what God expects, and it is not a true reflection of what the life of a believer should be.

In fact, John himself stated very plainly at the end of the verse above (1 John 3:6), that whoever sins (habitually and without remorse), has neither seen Him or known Him.

Very sobering words, for sure. And words that we need to weigh carefully in our own lives.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
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Bible Verse of The Day – 6-19-19

Romans 7:20 (NKJV) 20 Now if I do what I will not to do, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.

We all wrestle with making the right choices. It’s part of human nature. The Bible calls it “the sin nature” or “the sinful nature”, depending on which translation you read.

Basically, this means that it is in our human nature to sin. This is the root of the vast majority of the problems that plague humanity as a whole.

Many may try to blame it on specific things that ignore the sinful nature of man. But in the end, it all boils down to the fact that our human nature enjoys sin.

Many people actually delight in sin. Some grow to love certain sins to the point where it destroys them, emotionally, spiritually and physically.

So, what do we do about this? Are we powerless, destined to “sin ourselves to death”?

Not at all. God has provided a way for us to break free from this sinful nature that tries so desperately to control and destroy us.

How?

By deliverance through Jesus Christ!

Romans 7:25 (NKJV) 25 I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord!…

God is merciful and He doesn’t want to see a single person perish at the hands of sin. So, He provided a way of deliverance through the blood of Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit.

It’s up to us to reach a point where we want to be set free, pushing back the desire to please ourselves and, instead, learn to live to please God.

It’s not always easy. In fact, sometimes it can be downright difficult, especially if we love the sin.

But with God, nothing is impossible if we will submit ourselves to Him and surrender our will.

There is freedom waiting for us. We just have to reach out and grab hold of it, in Jesus’ name.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 12-23-18 – And Such Were Some of You – Part 2

Please click to watch the video now.Greetings!

As promised, we have published part 2 of last week’s video, And Such Were Some of You – Part 2.

In this week’s video, we talk about the specific types of sins that Paul was speaking to the Corinthian Christians about. We also discuss the impacts of those sins, and then we talk about how to get free from them.

God has provided a way of freedom for each one of us. We just have to follow Him and walk it out, one step at a time. It isn’t always easy, but with God’s guidance, we will break free of the bondage that we are in.

We hope you will take a few minutes and watch this, and then share it with others, as well.

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Enjoy your day, and walk in the blessings of God along the way.

Sincerely in Christ,

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
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Bible Verse of The Day – 12-16-18 – And Such Were Some of You – Part 1

Please click to watch the video now.Greetings in the mighty name of Jesus!

Many people, including believers, struggle with one sin or another that they just can’t seem to break free of, no matter how hard they try to do so.

Our latest video, And Such Were Some of You, talks about this, breaking it down and explaining what it takes to finally overcome and break free of these addictive behaviors.

God doesn’t want even one of us living in slavery to sin. He has done all that is necessary to give us freedom. We just need to know how to take hold of that freedom and break those chains once and for all.

Please take a few minutes to watch the video and share it with anyone else you feel can benefit from it.

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We pray for God’s blessings over your life, in the name of Jesus.

Sincerely in Christ,

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 7-24-18

James 1:21 (NKJV) 21 Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

As frail human beings we constantly battle our flesh and its desire to sin.

God doesn’t expect us to be perfect and sinless. But He does expect us to live by the Spirit and not by the flesh. It is only by His spirit that we can live in a way that’s pleasing to Him.

And if we truly want to live, and not just exist, we need to put to death the deeds of the body.

Romans 8:13 (NKJV) 13 For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

It’s not a battle that’s easily won. And if we try to win it by our own strength, we will fail every single time. But God has not called us to fight this battle and win it on our own. He has given us every tool and every weapon needed to fight and win!

We have His word, the sword. And we have His spirit, our helper. The important thing is that we utilize all of the tools that He has supplied us with, so we don’t just exist, but thrive in Him and live each day to its fullest.

Does this mean that every day will be perfect? Far from it. We will have days when we feel like we have failed for the thousandth time, falling so short of the mark. And we will have days when we feel like we can’t take one more step, let alone fight another battle.

But if we let Him lead us and we count on His strength, instead of our own, we will absolutely always be way ahead of where we would be if we tried to do it on our own.

So, we want to encourage you today not to give up. Don’t grow weary in the battle. We have His promise that if we don’t give up, in due season we will reap a harvest.

Galatians 6:9 (NKJV) 9 And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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