Tag: Bible verses about trusting God during times of loss

Bible Verse of The Day – 11-26-19

Luke 2:34-35 (NKJV) 34 Then Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary His mother, “Behold, this Child is destined for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which will be spoken against 35 (yes, a sword will pierce through your own soul also), that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.”

Mary, the mother of Jesus, experienced piercing anguish at the cross, when her Son was crucified for us.

Piercing anguish means to have severe mental or physical pain or suffering. To be extremely distressed about something.

There is such a thing as anguish, and many people suffer from it. Maybe we’ve had a loss, or something very bad has happened to us that has hit us deeply.

It has pierced our soul, and we cannot seem to get past it. The memory runs over and over in our head, and it is all we see no matter how hard we try to stop it.

No matter how hard we try to erase it or forget it, it just won’t go away. The pain is unbearable and there is nothing in life that will help it subside.

You are not alone. Your anguish is real, and it is painful.

Mary went through this same pain. She suffered physically as she watched her child be nailed to the cross and die for our sins. He was innocent, but yet treated like a criminal.

Jesus might have died on that cross, and Mary may have felt it, suffering greatly to the piercing of her soul, but a wonderful thing was birthed from it all.

Victory came!

There was a purpose for it all. Redemption for each one of us.

Jesus defeated death. He rose again, and He has made a way for us to dance, even during our time of mourning!

He made a way to let go of our pain and receive healing, deliverance, and eternal life. It is all ours through His death.

No more anguish; throw off the sackcloth and ask Jesus to take your pain and give you gladness.

Psalm 30:11 (NKJV) 11 You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; You have put off my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness…

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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Bible Verse of The Day – 5-9-19

James 4:10 (NKJV) 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.

As I leaned over the hospital bed to hold my brother, I heard these words whispered in my ear, ”I’m so close to death right now”.

All I could say was, “I know”.

I held him in my arms, knowing that the alcoholism was either going to take him soon or there would come a miracle that would save his life. I reached a point in my heart where I said,” let it be, Lord. Let it be.”

A miracle came, and he is alive almost 3 years later.

At an earlier time, I was also at the hospital. This time I was with my dad, as he laid in the bed getting ready for heart surgery, at 80 years of age.

I thought, “my God, help me hold it together for my Mom and the rest of the family”. My knees were weak and I myself needed someone to lean on. God held me up and kept me strong.

Being an older man, it was a risky surgery. I didn’t know if he would come out alive or not. Only time would tell. Once again, I found myself saying within my heart, “let it be, Lord. Let it be”.

He came through that surgery. They gave him a short time to heal from it, and then came another surgery to repair a clogged carotid artery. A short time later, he had a third surgery to remove cancer. It was hitting all at once.

And he would say, “I’m weak as a kitten”. Again, my heart cried out, “Lord, let it be. Let it be.”

A miracle came. My Dad is alive today, at 84 years of age.

Yet another time, I was laying on my livingroom floor, bawling like a baby.

Our own situation at that time was so heavy on my heart. I didn’t know what to do or to think.

I looked to the left of me, and kneeling beside me was an image like Jesus. He had a gentle smile and I clearly heard, “It’s going to be alright. Everything is going to be alright”.

That was it. There was nothing telling me how it was going to be alright. No direction as to what to do. Nothing. That was it in a nutshell.

But that was my answer and I believed God. I held onto that word with my life. And today, more than 5 years later, I can say everything is ALRIGHT!

It was another miracle right before my eyes.

God is willing to do His part and move on our behalf. Are we willing to humble our hearts and reach that point where we can honestly say,” let it be, Lord. Let it be!”?

Let Him do what He knows is best, and be alright with His decision for us or for someone else that is in the battle of life or death, loss or gain, etc.

Let it be, Lord. Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-8-19

Philippians 4:19 (NKJV) 19 And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

If there is one thing that I have learned over the years, it’s this; God is faithful.

It doesn’t matter what we face, God is always the One we can count on. He doesn’t get scared and run. He doesn’t get mad and turn His back. He doesn’t forget His promises.

So many of us spend so many hours of our lives worrying needlessly. Yes, at the time when we’re worrying, whatever we’re worrying about seems pretty big to us. And some of the things we worry about might actually be big.

But God is always bigger. Period.

Why is it so hard for us to remember that when we’re face to face with a trial, a dilemma or a “monster” of some kind that’s threatening to swallow us up?

That may seem like a rhetorical question. But it’s not. It’s an honest question that we all need to try to answer if we’re going to learn to let our faith and trust in God be tested and, ultimately, to grow.

When a need arises, no matter what kind of need it is, God is able. He can supply it. The notion or idea that He can’t isn’t even a possibility.

Let’s work hard at getting our heads and our hearts to grasp this awesome truth, and then live it out.

My God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory, by Christ Jesus!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-7-19 – Comfort and Familiarity

Greetings in the name of Jesus! 

God is always on the move for His children, providing for us, teaching us and leading us. 

We have another new video for you today, Comfort and Familiarity. 

In this new video we talk about how comfort and familiarity can impact our lives and the decisions we make regarding life events. 

We hope you’ll take a few minutes to watch this short video and ponder on what God says about these things. 

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We love you all and pray for you constantly. 

Sincerely in Christ, 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-31-19 – The Manna

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

Manna is something that we don’t think of much in today’s world. But it’s the topic of our newest video, The Manna.

In this new video we talk about the test that the Israelites were given by God when He covered the ground with manna each morning for them to gather.

Did they pass the test? And how about us? Do we pass God’s “manna test” in our own lives?

Walk closely with Him in everything.

Sincerely in Christ,

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-14-19

Ecclesiastes 3:4 (NKJV) 4 A time to weep, And a time to laugh; A time to mourn, And a time to dance…

Are we grieving over someone or a situation today?

We should not take our feelings lightly. Pay attention to them. Don’t push them down and hold them in. Take the time we need to fully recover.

Loss is a natural part of life, and grief is a natural part of loss. It’s important that we don’t cut ourselves short and suppress it. We need to go through it, to weep and to mourn at times.

Our health and the state of mind that we are in are important to God. What we are going through will either make us or break us, depending on whether we take the time we need to go through it properly. How we feel and how we function each day depends on the time we take to tend to our own needs.

A lot of times people won’t get their full healing because they put everyone and everything else before themselves. They put themselves last and just keep plowing through every day, hurting from the grief they carry.

You are important and you need your time to heal.

We can’t ignore it and work long hours to get through it, pretending it’s not there. We have to face it. And when we do, God will show us what it will take to come out of it feeling better, stronger and healthier.

Grieving over anything should only last for a season not our whole life. Being happy must come again.

Take the time we need to heal, to get some clarity, to get past the things that cause us to weep and then let dancing come again! Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 2-13-19

Proverbs 3:5-6 (NKJV) 5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.

As we walk through life we can face some pretty tough obstacles; things that might feel like they will rip our guts out.

These kinds of things will often have us questioning what we should do, which direction we should go. They might even cause us to question our faith. Not so much whether we believe or not, but whether we trust God fully with our situation.

These kinds of situations could range from problems within our family, to the loss of a loved one, severe financial distress, serious health challenges, and many more. It can vary widely from one person to the next.

But no matter what it is, the feeling of desperation and despair can be the same. It can cause us to feel completely hopeless sometimes.

So, what do we do? How do we handle this in a way that will actually help us?

Well, it’s not always the easiest thing to do, but the only real way to get relief is to stop trying to figure it all out and look to God for His understanding. And how exactly do we do that?

We acknowledge Him in everything. We put Him first, even before the very problems that are plaguing us. And we begin casting those cares upon Him, instead of trying to carry them ourselves.

1 Peter 5:6-7 (NKJV) 6 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, 7 casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.

In time, as we lean more on Him and less on our own understanding, we will begin to feel the weight of our burdens getting lighter, and our stress becoming less noticeable.

Then, as we listen for His leading, we are more able to hear Him and take the steps He is ordering us to take as He “directs our path”.

As we mentioned above, it’s not always easy to get started, but once we begin to get it, it will become more and more natural to us, and we will learn how to do this each and every day.

Trust Him.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 9-21-18

Acts 16:25-26 (NKJV) 25 But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. 26 Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were loosed.

Where does prayer and singing come from when all is going wrong? It comes from His Spirit that lives, moves and breathes in us. It rises above our circumstances and our situations.

When we are in a predicament and we can’t see the light, what direction to go or the reason why we are even going through it, we need to stop trying to figure it out. That is the biggest distraction the devil will use on us.

Put it aside and start praying and singing to God. Start thanking Him that He is going to see us through it.

Whatever is going on right now, He knew it was going to take place before it even happened. He has a plan and we need to let Him work it out.

Can we find a song within us? Can we stop trying to figure things out long enough to let it rise up? Can we push back the voices and the lies that try to cause us to go deeper and deeper into depression or wear ourselves out with anxiety?

Paul and Silas had just been beaten with rods and thrown into prison. For what? They had done nothing wrong, (Acts 16:16-24).

They couldn’t spend time thinking and pondering about it. They had to go beyond what their bodies were feeling, and what they were thinking, in order to let the Spirit of God turn it around for them.

They let Him continue to work in them even through their physical pain and tattered emotions. By doing so, not only did God set them free, but He brought deliverance to others that were around them.

The prison guard and his whole household were saved!

How we act in a time of crisis, hardship or mistreatment is crucial. As believers, we must be strong in God and let Him guide us and show us the proper way to carry ourselves, despite the unfair treatment we may be enduring.

We don’t know the victory that will come from it, not only for us, but others that are involved.

Lift up our voices today. Pray and sing. It will break those chains supernaturally and open the doors to freedom!! Amen.

Psalm 121:1-2 (NKJV) 1 I will lift up my eyes to the hills— From whence comes my help? 2 My help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 8-19-18 – Wind and Waves

Please click to watch the video now.Greetings in the name of our wonderful savior, Jesus. 

The apostle Peter was the one we all know for walking on the water, as Jesus had urged him to do. Peter defied gravity and stepped onto the surface of the water, walking toward Jesus. 

He did well until he saw the wind and the waves. 

In today’s video we talk about wind and waves, and how they impact our lives. 

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Most times the wind and waves in our lives aren’t actual wind and waves. Instead, they are the things that we come up against in our everyday lives that try to get us to take our eyes off God. 

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As long as we keep our eyes on God, we can do anything He asks us to do. But the moment we begin to look at the wind and the waves, we lose our focus, and we will begin to sink. 

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We do hope you will take a few minutes to watch this video. It’s fun, informative and eye-opening for all of us. 

Sincerely in Christ, 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
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Bible Verse of The Day – 7-21-18

Psalm 9:10 (NKJV) 10 And those who know Your name will put their trust in You; For You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.

Knowing that we have Someone to turn to is very comforting.

We have Someone to listen to us, Someone to hold us and carry us through this life when things can sometimes get complicated. We are truly blessed with having Him by our side at all times!

He is our Lord, our Savior, our Christ.

When life gets hard, know that it’s OK to cry. It’s OK to have a moment of time when we can just throw ourselves in Papa’s arms and ask Him to carry us through. We reach a point where we just say, ”I’ll do what you say. Just lead me”.

When these times come upon us we can run away from God, or we can run to Him. We can be discouraged and depressed, or we can get excited knowing that we have Someone to help us!

Don’t give up when faced with trials. This is our time to rise above whatever it is that we face, with God’s help!!

It’s our moment in life to watch Him shine as we rest fully in Him.

Psalm 18:1 (NKJV) 18 I will love You, O Lord, my strength.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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Bible Verse of The Day – 7-18-18

Psalm 33:16 (NKJV) 16 No king is saved by the multitude of an army; A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.

We can put our trust in many things, but they will not be what saves us from our troubles.

How many of us have put our trust in our jobs to bring us a life of comfort, a life of stability and material blessings?

How is that working for us? Are we getting the things that we long so badly for? Is it bringing us comfort? Will our current position at work even last?

We don’t know for sure. But, we still trust that it will. We have nothing to prove that it will last even until tomorrow. But we live like it will last forever.

This is the wrong way for us to be thinking. This kind of thinking is why men do not look to or lean on God as much as we ought to.

We are deceived in thinking we have it all wrapped up, all under control. We think we know what we are doing, but at any given moment things can change, and where are we left?

Some people will be mad at God when this happens. Some will keep trying on their own to get ahead. And some will just give up on life. And that is exactly what the devil wants. He deceives us in our thinking and then leaves us to drown in our own sorrow, worry and fear.

We want to share with you today the way God has called us all to think.

He doesn’t want us to put our trust in anyone or anything else but Him. If we give Him our lives, He will help us get the stability that we all long for; a life where we can enjoy each day. Even if trials come, we know that God has our back.

You see, life should not be as hard as we tend to make it.

Yes, we will have trials. But if our trust is in knowing that God will help us through everything, and we follow His steps, we will find ourselves rejoicing in the good things that He will open our eyes to see even at times when we can’t see past our problems.

Rejoicing? In hard times? Yes! With God, even through the hardest of times, we will find joy!

How do we get to this place of living this way? One step, one experience at a time.

Let’s start today by trusting Him with this day. Get up out of bed and look in the mirror. Speak to ourselves and say, “Today, we are going to listen to the Holy Spirit. When He speaks, we say, “yes”.

Then we do whatever it may be that he asks us to do, to the best of our ability. It could be just little promptings here and there throughout the day, to not do something that we normally do.

It could be someone who needs something and they ask us to help. It could be to take a different route to work, school or even to drop off the kids. It could simply be Him telling us to be still and quiet today, not say as much. Or maybe to take a rest.

He may or may not show us right away why He is asking us to do certain things. But that’s OK.

We need to trust that He has a good reason for why He says what He says to do.

He will teach us how to hear Him and to obey, even in the littlest things. Wait and trust Him for His way and promptings.

Psalm 33:20-21(NKJV) 20 Our soul waits for the Lord; He is our help and our shield. 21 For our heart shall rejoice in Him, Because we have trusted in His holy name.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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