Tag: Bible verses about the Holy Spirit

Bible Verse of The Day – 5-29-21

John 15:1-2  (NKJV) 1 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

It’s important for us to know that we have Someone working in our lives, helping us grow as believers. Someone Who teaches us how to live in a way that’s pleasing to God.

We have Someone who will guide us in the way we should go, and that guidance is done with excellence.

He knows what is good for us. And we can rest assured, knowing that if we follow Him, it is the best move we can ever make.

We have Someone who will keep us safe, helping us to avoid making irresponsible moves if we take His advice and listen to His convictions.

If we follow through and don’t give into peer pressure, we will make the right choice at any given moment.

He will help us remove and avoid the ugly, bad things that will hurt us if we continue in them.

We have Someone who leads us down a path that helps bear unbelievable amounts of wonderful fruit if we take heed and let Him shape and prune us.

He is faithful to the end if we stay connected to the Vine, Jesus Christ, and the Father, the Vinedresser, with the leading of the Holy Spirit, our Helper! Amen.

John 14:26 (NKJV) 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-1-21

John 14:26 (NKJV) 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.

Jesus was talking to the disciples here.

He didn’t expect them to be able to go into the world and preach the gospel by their own strength or understanding.

He knew they needed a Helper to accomplish what was before them.

Just as the disciples in the days of Jesus needed the Holy Spirit, so do we in our daily lives.

If we don’t let Him speak to our hearts when we need Him, that is our choice. But we need to understand that He is willing. I believe we need to call on Him for help at times. I believe the ears to our heart need to be always open to Him. And I believe that if we listen and follow His help we will accomplish, we will conquer and we will win the battles we face in the flesh every day!

We can’t wait until Sunday or Wednesday nights to get His words. We need Him every hour of every day, alive and able to freely speak to our hearts.

In order for us to shine God’s light and show His love in this world, we need to win the battles on the inside of us so that we can walk in the greatest gift of all; Love.

We need to be kind, and encouraging, but also firm when needed.

We can’t do this without our Helper. There is so much that affects us. We are flesh. We are emotional. We hurt at times, and we are weak.

2 Corinthians 12:10 (NKJV) 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

It is the Holy Spirit, our Helper, that makes us strong enough to do the things God asks of us.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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Bible Verse of The Day – 10-14-20

1 Corinthians 2:14 (NKJV) 14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

There is a wealth of information in this verse, especially when it comes to understanding our relationship with God. So, we will take yet another look at it today, to glean as much as we can from it.

It’s important that we understand the fact that the natural man (our intellect) can’t receive (hear, comprehend, understand) the things of the Spirit of God.

Why?

Because they are spiritually discerned.

This means that without the Spirit of God being able to communicate with our spirit, there is no possible way for us to hear from God or understand the things of God.

If we were to try to understand the things of the Spirit of God solely with our intellect, and no knowledge of His word, they would seem foolish to us.

If we add some knowledge of His word, it may help us at least know that God is real, but we will still lack true understanding.

When we allow our spirit to hear from His Spirit, then we begin to get understanding that helps us put all of the pieces together, so to speak.

We start to see and understand things that were previously difficult for us to grasp. We start to hear God speak to us like we never have before. And we start to be able to walk with Him in ways that are absolutely life-changing.

Our spiritual ears begin to hear things that we never knew were there. Our spiritual eyes begin to see clearly, where they used to be dull and dark. And our own spirit begins to discern things of the spiritual realm that we didn’t even know existed.

The Bible tells us that we are comprised of a body, soul and spirit.

1 Thessalonians 5:23 (NKJV) 23 Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

It’s the spirit in us that God intended to be used for communing with Him and for Him to be able to communicate with us, all via our spirit, not our intellect. It’s our spirit that allows us to function as a mature believer.

So, until we realize this very important foundational truth, we will never truly be able to mature as a believer or fully develop our walk with God.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 10-12-20

1 Corinthians 2:14 (NKJV) 14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

This scripture alone, if we really pay attention to it, will convince us that we need to approach our walk with God, and our time in His word, 100% spiritually.

It will also show us that we need to get understanding of things related to our spirit and the Holy Spirit, since it clearly states that the natural man cannot receive the things of the Spirit of God, since they are spiritually discerned.

Very much of what we have written lately has leaned toward or focused on this aspect of learning and getting understanding.

Why?

Because we have entered into a very intense season of spiritual warfare that requires razor-sharp discernment and deeper levels of spiritual understanding than what many of us are accustomed to.

We have all been required to grow during this time. It’s imperative that we not fight it, but let God move us toward what He is doing and expand our knowledge and understanding.

Our intellect and our natural understanding will not carry us through these types of seasons. They will leave us scratching our head and wondering what we are supposed to do, and wondering what so much of what we’re seeing really means.

The scripture above clearly states that our natural man (our intellect) can’t receive (understand or perceive) the things of the Spirit of God because they are foolishness to him.

This is why there has been such a push recently to help bring understanding of the things of the Spirit. And this is why it is so critical for us to let God show us these things.

Many times, when changes that God is ushering in coincide with natural events, it can be confusing to our minds. It can sometimes be hard to separate the two or make sense of it all.

But this is where that sharp discernment comes into play.

When we have sharp discernment, we will more readily recognize the moves of God and we will be able to tell when they are connected to or separated from the events we are seeing around us in the natural.

And even more importantly, when we begin to get a deeper understanding of the things of the Spirit, our walk with God will be much stronger and will flourish, as we learn to hear Him better and learn to obey His promptings more readily.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 9-20-20 – The Same Spirit

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

Did you know that the same Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you and in me? 

In our newest video, The Same Spirit, we teach on this and what it means for us as children of God. 

We hope you will take a few minutes to watch it! 

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Be blessed and enjoy the rest of your day. 

Sincerely, 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

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

Exodus 19:8 (NKJV) 8 Then all the people answered together and said, “All that the Lord has spoken we will do.” So Moses brought back the words of the people to the Lord.

We cannot trust in ourself to obey God or to be able to do what He asks us to do by our own strength and wisdom. We need to learn to depend on our Helper…the Holy Spirit.

In the verse above, the people of Israel promised to do what God had asked them to do.

Not long after that, when Moses took longer than they expected to come down from Mt. Sinai, they immediately abandoned their promise to God and did what they thought would be best, only to bring corruption on themselves.

Exodus 32:7-8 (NKJV) 7 And the Lord said to Moses, “Go, get down! For your people whom you brought out of the land of Egypt have corrupted themselves. 8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them. They have made themselves a molded calf, and worshiped it and sacrificed to it, and said, ‘This is your god, O Israel, that brought you out of the land of Egypt!’ ”

How quickly they turned from what God had commanded them. That is human flesh at its best.

We cannot do what God asks us to do on our own. We need to let Him lead us by His Holy Spirit.

How many believers today struggle with trying to obey God’s word on their own?

This brings so many failures, and is very discouraging at times. It can cause us to want to give up completely when it comes to trying to follow and obey Him.

God gave us His Holy Spirit. Let Him be the Helper He was meant to be.

He will guide us through our daily walk, giving wisdom, discernment and the strength to actually do what is required.

We are not strong enough on our own to fight our fleshly desires and push back the thoughts in our minds. But with the Holy Spirit, we can get it done.

John 14:26 (NKJV) 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.

We need our Helper.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 8-4-18

Matthew 16:15-16 (NKJV) 15 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” 16 Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

He was the Christ, the Son of the living God! He lived among man and He was perfect. He was pure. He was righteous and miraculous in His life here!

The work that was done through Jesus Christ was done solely by the power of the Holy Spirit.

John 1:32 (NKJV) 32 And John bore witness, saying, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and He remained upon Him.

The Holy Spirit remained upon Jesus throughout His work here on this earth.

It is impossible for any man or woman to minister, in the way God has intended for us, without the anointing of the Holy Spirit. And it is impossible to live the life God has intended for us individually without the Holy Spirit moving through us.

John 14:26 (NKJV) 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.

We need our Helper. We need to be taught, prompted and reminded constantly throughout our day of the things we need to hear, do and say.

Some of us have been trying so hard to get things right. Our hearts are willing, but we keep failing because we lack what it will take to get it done. It takes the Holy Spirit.

Today, ask Him to come and help us in our decisions, in our trials, in our raising and training up of our children, in our ministry and in our everyday walk.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
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Bible Verse of The Day – 7-2-18

John 3:3 (NKJV) 3 Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

This scripture is one of the most well-known verses when it comes to sharing the Biblical truth of being “born again”. In fact, it’s safe to say that this single verse alone is responsible for the term “born-again Christian”.

But let’s take a look at this in a little deeper way.

Nicodemus came to Jesus in the night, to ask Him some questions. He had obviously observed Jesus doing some things and had probably also heard a lot about Him.

Nicodemus was a Pharisee, a Jewish ruler. He explained to Jesus that he had concluded that He was “from God”, based on the things He had done. Nicodemus said that no one could do the things Jesus had done unless God was with Him.

Instead of replying to the indirect question of Nicodemus and telling him who He was, Jesus responded with a statement, saying; “unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God“.

So many times, we just skim right over this and just simply proclaim that “we must be born again!”.

But think about being in the shoes of Nicodemus! This was such a new and unusual statement from Jesus that he just couldn’t grasp it. This was an extremely deep, profound statement. Nobody had ever said anything like this before!

Nicodemus was floored. His head spun as he tried to process what he had just heard.

The first thought he had was that Jesus was somehow implicating that one would need to literally climb back into their mother’s womb, which we all know is 100% impossible. Nicodemus also knew this, so he was completely puzzled by Jesus’ statement.

But Jesus continued on and explained to Nicodemus that in order to be born again, we need to be born of the Spirit. Now this helps us to understand things a bit better!

What Jesus was saying is that we must pursue God in a way that goes beyond simple head knowledge. We need to develop a relationship with Him that defies our own intellect and understanding, relying instead on the Holy Spirit to lead us and teach us.

Think about that for a moment. If we were to step outside of the things we’ve been taught about salvation, and someone was to walk up to us and tell us that we need to be born again, we would probably also hurt our heads trying to figure it out!

But this is who Jesus was and what He did. He turned the religious world upside down, teaching things that people had never heard and doing things people had never seen.

His words were extremely deep, profound and powerful in ways that are probably still not fully comprehended or recognized today, even by experienced, educated Bible scholars.

But the beauty of all this is that God sent the Holy Spirit, our Helper, to lead us into truth and reveal things to us that are beyond our normal thinking.

John 16:13 (NKJV) 13 However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.

He helps us to follow God’s leading, even when we may not fully understand why God is leading us in a specific direction.

And as we grow in our walk with Him, we will begin to learn to look beyond the earthly way of understanding, and allow the Holy Spirit to show us those things that only He can show us.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 10-21-17

John 14:26 (NKJV) 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.

Let us get on the right track today by taking the things we messed up on yesterday and working on getting them right today.

Sometimes we say the wrong things. Other times we may have a bad attitude and it shows in our actions. Maybe we just love drama and love to repeat negative things, etc.

Whatever we may have done in the past, today is a new day. We can learn from those things we did or said wrong yesterday, and turn them around. How? By not repeating those same mistakes.

That’s all that God asks for, is that we realize our error, repent of it and work at fixing the things that cause us to keep doing it.

There is a disappointing feeling that comes when we continue doing wrong over and over again, no matter how hard we try to get it right. But, be encouraged today and know that we can overcome it with God’s help.

God understands our frailty as humans. He knew we needed to have help to resist temptation, break bad habits and undo learned behavior. He has provided a way for us.

Our help comes through receiving the Holy Spirit and letting Him guide us. He gives us discernment and discipline to shut those things down when they begin to rise against us.

We cannot avoid temptation on our own. We need an EXPERT to help us, and to remind us of the right things to do and say in that moment. He will give us what it takes to do it right. Ask God to send our Helper, the Holy Spirit. And He will come.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 8-31-17

Matthew 1:21 (NKJV) 21 And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”

Notice in the verse above that it says, “His” people.

Who are His people? His people are all those who believe and trust in Him as their Messiah. It’s sad, but not all people will accept Him or His gift of salvation.

Jesus asked Peter, “who do you say that I am?”.

Mark 8:29 (NKJV) 29 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered and said to Him, “You are the Christ.”

This had been revealed to Peter by the Holy Spirit, not because of intellectual understanding or logic.

It is important that we don’t just know who Jesus is intellectually, by reading and studying about Him, but that we know Him personally.

We do this by accepting the free gift of salvation, and then by listening for and following His direction and correction in our life. We walk with Him daily, acknowledging that He is with us and understanding that He wants to be a part of what we do.

We might ask how. How do we have this personal relationship with Him? How is He with us?

After Jesus left this earth, His Father did a wonderful thing for us all. He sent the Holy Spirit, our Helper. The Holy Spirit knows all things. But we have to be sensitive to Him and give Him a place within us to live and to be free to move, in order for Him to work.

John 14:26 (NKJV) 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.

He will remind us of the right things to do. He will help us with discipline and strength when we need it. He will give us the determination to stick with things when our flesh wants to give up.

There is so much He will do to help us. Even in those seemingly small and insignificant situations that we get ourselves into, they are important to Him and He wants to help us sort them out.

The Holy Spirit will help us have a personal, one-on-one relationship with Jesus Christ.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 6-19-17

Luke 11:13 (NKJV) 13 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”

It’s a fact that we need the Holy Spirit if we want to be guided and led by God. The Holy Spirit is the One who will guide us in all truth.

Here’s an example of how He works in our lives. Someone comes up to us and starts to talk to us. They tell us things, and some of what they are saying may be true. We listen and we think in our minds “they seem legit in what they are saying”.

But, it is the Holy Spirit who helps us to discern things on a deeper level; things we can’t see or know on the surface, including the real motive or agenda behind something.

Without Him and His guidance we can fall for a lot of things that seem right on the surface but are off in some way.

That’s why people, including Christians, go through some of the stuff we go through. If we will let the Holy Spirit guide us, we won’t have to go through some of the trials and problems we experience.

The thing we have to understand is that the Holy Spirit will come when we ask God for Him. And He will move in us, and on our behalf, when we give Him the freedom to do so.

But if we never ask for Him and we don’t give Him room to move, then we can’t expect Him to be able to help us.

John 14:26 (NKJV) 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
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