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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-18-21

1 Peter 2:9 (NKJV) 9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light…

We are a chosen people, Lord, and we are crying out to you with a sincere heart, wanting to walk in your light.

We are a royal priesthood, a holy nation, Your own special people. You called us out of darkness. We belong to you.

Being fake and phony about our walk with You only hurts us and others we come in contact with.

If they think we are a believer and then they see us doing things that unbelievers do, well, that just makes people question You and who we say You are.

We are sorry if we have just been going through the motions.

We repent if we have learned the Church “lingo”, but deep down we have not changed our lifestyle, our words or our actions. We have been living a fake life.

We have not fooled You and we don’t fool others. They can tell by our ways who and what we follow. Having a Bible in one hand and the things of the world in the other won’t cut it any longer.

Today we sincerely cry out to You, God. Forgive us.

We want all of You. We want your teachings to touch our hearts and change us, that we may walk in your ways each day. That we may share love, and not hate. That we may not gossip, but turn away from those conversations that may lead us to. That we may not be negative but instead, speak words of encouragement into situations and the people around us.

Help us God today to walk in Your marvelous light. Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 9-19-19

2 Chronicles 7:14 (NKJV) 14 if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

Praying for each other today is so crucial.

We are facing hard times as Believers. Some churches may not want to say this for fear of feeling like we have failed as a bride. But know this; there comes a time when we have to stand up and face what is in front of us. Without admitting to or acknowledging our problems, there will be no solving them.

We, for one, admit that the leadership as a whole has failed in many ways. And people have left the church and turned from God.

They lay wounded and bleeding, hurting and thinking they have nothing or no ONE to put their trust in.

We are so sorry for such a thing to have happened in the very place we would have thought would be safe from the troubles of this world. The very place where we could go and worship Him freely; the very house of God. His sanctuary, His place we could call home. We, as a church, have tainted His sanctuary with foolishness and pride.

We stand and repent to God today and ask Him for forgiveness.

Dear God,

Help us reach those that have lost their faith in you due to wrong handling of their situation; Hype, incorrect teachings, false prophetic words and anything else that the church has allowed in.

Bring healing Lord. Bring healing to your bride, we cry. Bring us together in unity and heal our land today, we ask in the precious name of your Son, Jesus Christ. Help us, Your church, to lead and guide through the truth and the principles of your Word. Amen

Ephesians 6:18 (NKJV) 18 praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints—

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
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Bible Verse of The Day – 5-20-19

2 Corinthians 7:10 (NKJV) 10 For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death.

As I read and then re-read this verse, it became very clear as to the difference between godly sorrow and worldly sorrow.

Godly sorrow produces genuine remorse, leading to repentance, a change of heart and a change of behavior.

Worldly sorrow produces no repentance, and eventually leads to death.

Why?

Because godly sorrow understands and recognizes accountability to God and His standards.

Worldly sorrow has no real source of accountability, so there is no standard by which to judge our actions.

And many times, worldly sorrow isn’t pure in its motives. A person may be sorry that they got caught doing something, but not actually sorry (remorseful) for whatever it is that they did.

Remorse is the key difference between the two types of sorrow. Remorse is what causes us to regret what we’ve done, not just feel bad about getting caught. Remorse is what will cause us to change our behavior and do our very best to cease doing whatever it was that we did wrong.

Only God’s spirit can bring true remorse and repentance. Even in a person who knows little or nothing of God, our God-given conscience will go a long way toward helping us correct our errors, if we will allow it to.

In the end, it all comes down to God. He makes the difference between sorrow and genuine repentance.

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 – 7-14-18

Proverbs 14:34 (NKJV) 34 Righteousness exalts a nation, But sin is a reproach to any people.

Have you ever noticed that nations who promote and practice Godly values prosper, no matter what comes against them?

And, contrarily, nations laden with sin will always be in poverty, weak and feeble.

This is a Biblical principal that God set in place thousands of years ago, at the dawn of creation here on earth.

The people of Israel are a good example of this. As we look back through God’s word, we can see the various times when Israel fell when they strayed away from God and worshiped idols and false gods.

But when they turned their hearts back to God, He would prosper them and bring protection to them.

It doesn’t matter what nation we live in, it’s important that God’s people stay humble before God and pray for the citizens and the leadership, that they honor God in everything they do.

God has promised that if we do this, He will heal our land and prosper it.

2 Chronicles 7:14 (NKJV) 14 if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 5-23-18

2 Chronicles 7:14 (NKJV) 14 if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

Prayer is powerful! Look what God promises when we take these steps.

He says, “my people”, those called by My name.

He’s talking directly to His people. Those who are saved by grace, those of us who are His children through believing and trusting in His Son, Jesus Christ.

We are His children and He is our Father. He’s talking to us.

God wants to bring healing to each one of us today in a big way. But, for Him to do this we must follow the rest of what He tells us to do in these verses.

  1. We must humble ourselves. Accept the fact that we need forgiveness and healing, and know that we can’t do this on our own. We need God’s help.
  1. We must pray and seek Him. Some may say, ” well, He already knows what I need, why doesn’t He just help me?” Because our help comes as we obey. When we follow His steps, we show Him that we are serious about receiving the answers and the help He has for us.
  1. We must repent for the way we have been doing things and then live to change and do it right.

What happens after that? He promises us that He will hear us, forgive us, and heal our land!! Amen.

Do we want healing in our land today? Consider our own lives… our personal land. Is your home in chaos and in need of great restoration?

Is your relationship with God lost?

Are we missing out on our children’s upbringing because we’re too busy working night and day to pay bills, and still never getting ahead?

Are we living as an alcoholic or drug abuser behind closed doors, but still preaching, teaching, and acting like nothing is wrong in the pulpit or among our brothers and sisters?

Are we walking around fornicating, looking at porn, committing adultery and gambling our life away, etc.?

These are some of the things we need to turn from, the sin that is destroying His people, little by little. This sin is active in people who love God and who long to walk closely with Him.

God wants to heal our land. Our nation, and our “personal land”. Let us humbly come to Him in prayer, repenting of our sins and turning from our old ways, accepting His healing for us today. God is our Healer!!

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 – 11-1-17

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. 

Our lives tell a story. Each hour, day, week, month and year are the words, sentences, paragraphs and chapters. 

Those pages are filled with everything we do, both the good and the bad. 

Most of us tend to look only at the bad, whether in our own lives or in the lives of others. For some reason, we just tend to focus on the bad more than anything else. And this can really cause us to have a negative outlook on things. 

In our own lives, it can cause us to think that maybe, just maybe, we have done things that God can’t forgive. We look back on our lives, and the choices we’ve made, and we think there is no possible way that we can overcome those things and have favor with God. 

But let me tell you something today. God’s grace is sufficient. 

We look at our life through human eyes. And we see pages filled with sin, bad choices and rebellion. But God’s grace changes that. 

Through God’s grace, those pages are full of spaces where there was once sin. But now those spaces are pure white. His grace does that for us. 

The key here is a repentant heart. When we mess up, we just need to go to Him, sincerely repent and ask Him to forgive our shortcomings. And He does. 

We hear that word, repent, a lot. But what does it mean? 

Repent: to turn from sin and dedicate oneself to the amendment of one’s life. 

Notices that it says “turn from sin”. It doesn’t just say “be sorry for sin”. Nope! It says that we turn from it and we amend our life. We change it up. 

God’s grace makes this all possible. Because without His grace, repentance would be useless. 

So, remember this; when we see pages full of darkness, sin and ugly stuff, God’s grace comes along like a big eraser and turns that blackness into light. 

Repent. Amend our lives. And let God’s grace re-write our story. 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 6-17-17

1 John 1:9 (NKJV) 9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Have any of us sinned? Are we in need of forgiveness?

No matter who we are, the answer to both of these questions is a resounding YES!

Each and every one of us sins from time to time. Each and every one of us is in need of forgiveness.

Romans 3:23 (NKJV) 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

So what do we do? Do we wallow in self pity? Do we give up on pleasing God and just immerse ourselves in more sin, figuring that it’s not even worth trying any longer, just because we made some poor choices?

Absolutely not!

Here’s what we do. We go to God. We confess our sin. We repent (turn from our sinful ways) and we ask Him to forgive us. And then we move on!

And do you know what happens when we do that? He forgives us! Plain and simple. No hoops to jump through. No rituals needed. No penance to pay. Yes, it’s that simple.

It is good to be remorseful when we sin. It shows that we are truly sorry for what we have done. But there is no purpose and no fruit in wallowing in it and letting it defeat us.

So if you have sinned, go to Him. Do what you need to do to get right with God. And then leave it at the foot of the cross.

And that’s where it will stay. For eternity.

Psalm 103:11-12 (NKJV) 11 For as the heavens are high above the earth, So great is His mercy toward those who fear Him; 12 As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us.

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 – 9-13-16

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.”

His grace is sufficient. There is nothing that His grace can’t handle.

It doesn’t matter if our sins are “little” or “big”, His grace is sufficient.

It’s important for us to know that having something that we struggle with isn’t enough to push God away or cause Him to turn away from us. It’s because of our struggles that we need Him. If we were perfect, we’d have no need for His grace and mercy.

Matthew 9:12 (NKJV) 12 When Jesus heard that, He said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.

And there is no “issue” that we can bring before Him that He can’t handle. His grace is sufficient.

The key to all of this is one word; struggle. For if we’re struggling, it means that we’re trying to do right. We’re trying to obey, but we struggle with getting it right. Underneath the struggle, though, is a sincere effort. A genuine desire to put that sin behind us and move beyond it.

So if you’re trying, don’t give up. Keep seeking God and making an effort to get it right. If we keep trying, sooner or later we will get it.

And in the meantime, God’s grace is sufficient.

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 – 1-7-16

Luke 15:7 (NKJV) 7 I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance

God loves when we come and repent, confessing our sins to Him.

We may struggle with going to Him, but we shouldn’t be afraid. He welcomes us with open arms. He listens to us and then He forgives us and cleanses us from unrighteousness.

We all fall short at times. Just the other day I was  constantly aggravated over things that really were out of my control. It really affected my attitude throughout most of the day. Later that night as I laid in bed, I felt terrible. I wasted a good day, feeling aggravated.

I asked God to forgive me and help me to stop trying to fix problems that are out of my control. After I unloaded and repented for my behavior and attitude, I was able to rest, knowing that God understands. As I confessed to Him, I felt light again.

The heaviness that comes with sin is draining.

1 John 1:9 (NKJV) 9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Rest in knowing that God’s arms are open to us no matter what kind of day we have. He’s ready to listen, He’s ready to speak and ready to forgive.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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