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Bible Verse of The Day – 9-19-24

Psalm 119:147 (NKJV) 147 I rise before the dawning of the morning, And cry for help; I hope in Your word.

Last night as I tossed and turned in the early morning hours, getting frustrated by the inability to fall back to sleep, I finally thought, “hmmm maybe God wants me to get up and pray. Maybe someone somewhere needs intercession.”

I so wanted to go back to sleep. However, I got up and went into the other room. I prayed for a while and then went back to bed. Of course, I went right into a sound sleep!

No one likes to get up in the middle of the night or very early morning when our sleep is interrupted. But what if in that very hour it is God moving on us to get up and pray? To pray, not even for ourselves, but for someone else in desperate need.

Prayer, and the time we give to it, is important.

He wants to hear from us. And the timing may not always be what we would prefer, but what matters is that we push ourselves to obey Him and His timing.

The next time we are awakened and find it difficult to get back to sleep, instead of wrestling with it, sometimes for hours, let’s take that opportunity to seek God and pray. Make being up at that hour worth it!

1 Thessalonians 5:16-17 (NKJV) 16 Rejoice always, 17 pray without ceasing…

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries 
49 N Lamplighters Walk 
Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-23-24

James 5:15 (NKJV) 15 And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

Oh, how important it is to pray!

We can never take prayer for granted. It is not a ritual. It is not a thing that we do only when we are in need. It is not something we do nonchalantly.

Prayer is powerful and it brings change!

Prayer is the key to see God move over and over again, in our lives and in the lives of others here on earth. The prayer of faith saves the sick!

How many of us are praying today for someone we know who is sick? Keep praying for them.

It is a busy life we live. We can all attest to that.

Our days just go by so quickly, but we must make time. We must prioritize our time so that we are praying prayers of faith for the sick.

There are many people today that are struggling for their lives. They are facing terminal illnesses; they are sick and need our prayers. They don’t even know if they’ll have a tomorrow.

Let us make a commitment in our hearts today to trust God and pray for the sick, for the lost, and for those in need., that through our prayers of faith, He will raise them up.

Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 1-3-23

Deuteronomy 28:7 (NKJV) 7 “The Lord will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before your face; they shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways.

There are times as believers that we will feel like we are all alone in what we face. It feels like we are on our own, that there is nobody we can trust, nobody that will stand with us.

Remember, no matter what kind of battle we face, we go into it on our knees.

That is how we win, through prayer and faith in God!

We go to our Father in Heaven, we tell Him about all our concerns and we let Him show us how to turn it around, by faith.

There will be times when we face our fiercest enemies, and if we don’t give up or run away in fear, we will win!

Don’t give up. Stick it out long enough and know that they will be defeated.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 8-21-22 – The Lifeline

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

We have a new video for you today. 

In this new video, The Lifeline, we teach on one of the two most important things we can do as a believer, to strengthen our walk with God. 

This is critically important to every believer, so we hope you’ll watch it. 

Please click here to watch the video now. 

We love you all and appreciate every one of you immensely. 

Sincerely, 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443 

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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-11-20

1 Peter 5:7 (NKJV) 7 casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.

Praying can be hard to do if we are overwhelmed, distracted and busy in our minds.

A lot of times, we pray because we don’t have any idea as to how to fix something. Even then we might think, “forget it, God doesn’t want to hear from me”.

Are we kidding ourselves? God never said that.

That’s either our own guilty conscience speaking to us, saying “it’s too late, we’ve gone too far”, or it’s the devil trying to whisper lies, hoping we will believe him and not get the help we need.

God doesn’t run from us when things get ugly and tough. He doesn’t run and hide when we are at our worst. Do we really think He will walk away from us if we are crying out for His help? No.

He is God. He cares so much more than we realize.

His arms are open at all times. He will not push us away. He will not lock us out. He will not tell us to be quiet.

Open up and let Him in. He will fix us and whatever we have going on.

Jeremiah 29:11 (NKJV) 11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.

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 – 12-7-19

Luke 5:16 (NKJV) 16 So He Himself often withdrew into the wilderness and prayed.

It’s so very important that we understand what prayer can do for our present situation, and for the things to come.

We need to pray often. Not just when we need something, but even when things are good and we are happy.

Be consistent. Prayer keeps us in forward motion.

A lot of believers are stuck. They most likely have stopped praying. Or maybe they never began to pray.

Prayer is the thing we need most in our lives. But we will usually give it very little effort. Many times we may even see prayer as a last resort.

But until we realize how important it is, we will struggle and ask, “why God? Why do I keep falling behind, keep missing it, keep losing out?”.

Prayer helps us to hit the nail on the head and be done.

Let’s pray like Jesus…often!

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 – 10-22-19

Matthew 21:22 (NKJV) 22 And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”

Do we feel like we are still waiting on our prayers to be answered?

I have learned that the best thing we can do when we pray, to show God that we believe, is to ask for what it is we need and then move on.

Don’t focus on it or keep holding onto it. Release it and move on.

Just the other day, I was so surprised! God reminded me of something I had prayed for many years ago. I had forgotten all about it. I guess that’s what we could call moving on.

But, despite me forgetting about praying for it, He delivered to me what I had prayed for, exactly to the tee. And then He reminded me that it was because I had asked for it. Oh, thank YOU, Father! He is so good! Amen.

We really need to learn to ask for the things we need and enjoy. Don’t be shy. We have a Papa that wants to fill us with His joy!

If we only knew how much He wants to bless our hearts with the desires that come from Him. things that we would love to see take place, we would be praying without ceasing.

1 Thessalonians 5:17 (NKJV) 17 pray without ceasing…

Not just for ourselves, but for the needs of others and the condition of this world. For our friends that we see struggling. Our family, our church, our work place, and our business, etc.

There is so much to pray about.

But, what stops us?

We do. The heaviness of the situation can stop us dead in our tracks. We don’t move forward until we see something change. But we have it all wrong.

We need to believe. And we do that by praying, and releasing it into His care. And then He works out the details.

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 – 8-11-19

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

Prayer is something we talk about frequently. Prayer is a very important part of our walk with God. 

In today’s video, Prayer, we do just that; we pray. 

We take time to pray for you and for anyone who happens to watch the video. 

God moved on us to do a video where we do nothing but pray. So, we obeyed Him and recorded this video. 

God was present as we recorded. We hope you will join us, pray with us, receive from God and pass it on to others. 

Please click here to watch the video now. 

Sincerely in Christ 

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 – 8-8-19

John 14:14 (NKJV) 14 If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.

If we truly want God’s answers, we have to pray.

I say this with all sincerity. I have seen God move through prayer so much in my life and in such a powerful way that it makes me want to stay praying all day long. Why? Because God’s desire to help people is so strong, I want to lift everyone up in prayer because I know that God moves.

Prayer is essential for us in order to stay close to God. It allows us to be able to follow God and to know what He has for us in the time and hour in which we live.

It might be a correction in our step, or a healing in our body.

It may be specific directions to escape or overcome our problem, or deliverance from our addictions.

Asking people to pray for us is OK. The Bible tells us to pray for each other. But, we must remember that just because we have someone praying for us and with us, we still need to be praying for ourselves and others as well. We absolutely need to spend time with God.

Some people won’t even attempt to pray. Why? Because they think they don’t know how to do it correctly.

The most important things we need to know are these; 1. He is God, Jehovah Jireh, El Shaddai, Majesty, Creator, Heavenly Father. And, 2. the only way to Him is through His Son Jesus Christ. That’s it.

John 14:6 (NKJV) 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Some may think asking God for what they need is inappropriate. They may feel guilty because they see others going through difficulties and they don’t want to bother God or take away from the needs of others.

This is not of God. This thinking is wrong. And it can be prideful, even though on the surface it appears to be humble.

You see, the devil doesn’t want us to go to God and ask for things, because he knows that if we go in faith, with the right heart, and through His Son, we will see God move.

The devil will use deceitful thoughts, or pride, to stop us from asking, to stop us from getting our answers. He wants us to suffer and not get ahead in this life.

He doesn’t want us to know that we can go to God, pray, ask and receive. No. That would change us from leaning on our own understanding to resting and trusting in God.

That may cause us to walk in humility, leaving behind pride, arrogance and trying to figure everything out based on our own intellect.

It would rock this world if our relationship and trust were ever so strong in Him.

People of God, we are missing out on God’s faithfulness, guidance and victory if we are not praying and going to Him for guidance on a daily basis. If we keep running to and depending on others to pray for us, we are missing out.

God desires our fellowship through His Son.

This doesn’t mean that it’s bad to ask for prayer from others. It simply means that if we do ask others, we need to continue to pray as well. We can’t just leave it all up to someone else to find our answer.

1 Corinthians 1:9 (NKJV) 9 God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

 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 – 7-14-19 – Pray Without Ceasing

Please click to watch the video now.Greetings, brothers and sisters in Christ! 

God has given us the privilege of communicating directly with Him at any given moment. We call it prayer. 

Prayer is essential to our growth and strength as a believer. Without it, we will eventually wither and die. 

So, in our newest video, Pray Without Ceasing, we talk about the importance of making sure we take the time to pray, even during our busiest seasons in life. 

We feel like this is a very important message for today’s busy world, so we hope you will take a few minutes to watch it. 

Please click here to watch it now. 

We love you all. 

Sincerely in Christ, 

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 – 9-26-18

1 Thessalonians 5:17 (NKJV) 17 pray without ceasing…

Praying before we start each day will help us in so many ways. As we do so, it helps us to stay close to God. It can also help us avoid a lot of unnecessary things and dangers that we may encounter otherwise.

One morning I had picked up my Grandchildren. They wanted to spend some time with us.

On the way to our house, they wanted to go to the store. So, me being the Grandmommy, I said, “of course”.

As we got into the store, the kids walked ahead of us. They were close by, in sight and within hearing distance. But my granddaughter was out in the front of us all, heading toward the toy aisle. She was excited and smiling, knowing that she was going to get a little toy.

I then noticed a man around 30 – 35 years of age come in through a nearby entrance. He stood out to me because I could see him looking intently at my granddaughter, and I got an awful feeling in my stomach.

She turned to go to the toy aisle and he was right behind her, not realizing we were right behind them.

I immediately called her by name and she stopped. I said, “wait up for us.” He kept walking to where the toy aisles ended and then circled back around.

As we reached where she was, he walked by the aisle, looking down it to see if she was still alone. He realized she wasn’t alone and walked right back out the same door he came in. Everything about this encounter says that he was on a mission with evil intent.

I believe God protected her that day. And that is what prayer does. I am so very thankful and I don’t take it for granted.

As we pray in the name of Jesus Christ, God moves! Giants fall, situations change, healing comes, victory comes, restoration and protection take place.

Colossians 4:2 (NKJV) 2 Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving.

God is faithful!! Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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