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Bible Verse of The Day – 5-15-14

Proverbs 3:9 (NKJV)9 Honor the Lord with your possessions, and with the firstfruits of all your increase;

We get a lot of emails from our readers, asking us various questions about a wide range of topics.

Many of the questions revolve around financial situations. We hear many stories from people who are struggling to make ends meet and don’t know how to make it all work.

So today we want to tell you what God showed us close to 20 years ago. And it is this:

Honor the Lord with your possessions, and with the firstfruits of all your increase.

This has been the key to us making it through everything with victory. This was the piece of the puzzle that we were missing for so many years before.

We were broke and drowning in debt. I was out of work because the factory where I worked had closed up, and Pastor Ellie was working a full time job to try to help us make ends meet.

We were getting further and further behind on everything. There seemed to be no hope.

And then God spoke to us through a Sunday message at the church we were attending at the time. He told us to do one thing: Tithe.

Despite the fact that we were broke and in debt, God told us to give to Him first. Give to Him from everything that came in.

And so we did. We tithed from everything that came in. No, we didn’t suddenly get out of debt. But we saw God move in some serious ways on our behalf. And we knew beyond any doubt that it was God.

After a while we started to get caught up and after a long journey, we were able to get back on our feet. And we know that it was God. We know that it was due to our obedience and trust in Him.

So give to God the firstfruits of all your increase. It doesn’t make sense to our heads, but God is way better at math than we are.

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 – 9-5-12

(Mal 3:8 NKJV)  “Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me! But you say, ‘In what way have we robbed You?’ In tithes and offerings.

God is looking for our tithes and offerings.

Being a Christian isn’t just about going to church, sitting in the seat and learning how to live a Christian life.

God wants all Christians to give. He wants us to obey Him in every aspect of the Bible, not just part of it.

Does He need our money? Yes; He wants to take it and use it to help those that are in need. Whether they need to hear the Gospel or they need food. Maybe they need a doctor or they may need their bills paid because they have fallen on hard times. It takes money to reach these people and to meet their needs.

Every time we forget to give or we choose not to give our tithe, we just neglected to help someone or many that are in need.

Tithes and offerings are very important to God. We need to be faithful and diligent in our giving.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-377-5400

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Your Daily Bible Verse – 1-7-12

(1 Ki 17:14-16 NKJV)  “For thus says the LORD God of Israel: ‘The bin of flour shall not be used up, nor shall the jar of oil run dry, until the day the LORD sends rain on the earth.'” {15} So she went away and did according to the word of Elijah; and she and he and her household ate for many days. {16} The bin of flour was not used up, nor did the jar of oil run dry, according to the word of the LORD which He spoke by Elijah.

Elijah was told by God to find a specific woman; a widow with a son. She was gathering sticks to build a fire, cook a small meal for herself and her son and then die, as the meal she was preparing was all they had.

Elijah asked her for a drink of water and a meal to eat. The woman explained to him that she was about to eat her last meal and then die.

Elijah was a man of great faith and assured the woman that if she would do as he had asked, God would supply her needs and she would not die.

As Elijah had promised, she fed him and the oil in her jar never dried up. Her flour never ran out. They ate without lack until the famine was over.

Let this woman be an example to all of us. She didn’t give out of her abundance. She gave out of her lack and her need.

We get asked a lot of questions about giving and tithing. Let me state emphatically that tithing is a necessity. Giving to God before we give to anyone or anything else is critical to our financial well-being. We have many people tell us that they don’t know if they can afford to tithe. We always respond and tell people that they can’t afford not to tithe.

Giving is necessary if we ever expect to receive. If we don’t sow, we will never reap a harvest. If we’re lacking, we have probably not been giving.

As we shared previously, we have been in situations where we were lacking and our finances were falling apart. We got there because we were not putting God first in our finances. When we changed this, He brought changes to our lives and breathed new life into our financial situation.

Show God that you trust Him. Give Him what he asks for and stand firm on it, committing to do it no matter what comes your way. You will never regret it.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-377-5400

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