Tag: following God’s leading

Bible Verse of The Day – 8-29-13

(1 Samuel 9:3 NKJV)  Now the donkeys of Kish, Saul’s father, were lost. And Kish said to his son Saul, “Please, take one of the servants with you, and arise, go and look for the donkeys.”

Saul went out to find the donkeys as his father had asked him to do, but little did he know he was taking steps toward finding his destiny.

Saul searched and searched for the donkeys and realized if he didn’t get back home, his father would start to worry about him. Saul heard of a man that could help him. He was a man of God; his name was Samuel. So Saul inquired of this man and he found him there in the city.

God had plans for Saul; he was to become a king.

Oh how God has a plan, not just for Saul, but for all of us as well! We don’t always know the route to getting there, but as long as we are doing what we are supposed to be doing, we may just walk right into it.

Saul left, looking for the donkeys. He was doing what he was supposed to be doing. He had no other agenda, he had no other plans or motives. He just wanted to bring back the donkeys.

Now, Samuel had heard from God prior to this. God had told Samuel the day before that the same time tomorrow, Samuel would meet the next king. Well here comes the hour, here comes the day, and here comes Saul, right on time, in the right place, and doing the right thing.

(1 Samuel 9:17 NKJV)  And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said to him, “There he is, the man of whom I spoke to you. This one shall reign over My people.”

Now, Saul didn’t have a clue what was about to happen. He wanted to find his dad’s donkeys and get home. He simply wanted information from Samuel about the donkeys. That was it.

But Samuel would soon tell Saul something that would bring change to his life; that he was going to be king.

Quite the change?

God’s plan comes for us when we are doing the right thing, when we are in the right place, at the right time. Amen!

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 – 8-20-13

Psalm 119:133 (NKJV) Direct my steps by Your word, And let no iniquity have dominion over me.

Direct my steps.

This should be the prayer of every believer. These are the words that we should be speaking to God each and every day.

When God is leading us, we will be taking the steps that He wants, not what we want.

As we learn to walk closely to Him, our fleshly wants and desires begin to melt away and His spirit begins to have dominion over us. When this happens, His desires become our desires too.

Following God’s steps for our lives doesn’t mean that everything will be trouble-free. But it does mean that when trouble comes, we will have peace in the midst of the storm and we will know that no matter how hard the wind and the waves beat against us, we will be safe with Him and we will have victory in His timing.

Are things not going well for us right now? Let’s check our steps and make sure they’re being ordered by God, and not just by our own will and desires.

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 – 7-12-13

(Joshua 7:10 NKJV)  So the LORD said to Joshua: “Get up! Why do you lie thus on your face?

There are times to cry out to God and ask why, what, and how? Then there are times when we need to take action!

Joshua, needed to “get up” and take action, he needed to address the problem that he was crying out about regarding the Israelites.

Sometimes we can spend so much time crying out to God about what is wrong with the picture instead of getting up and dealing with it. Let’s face it, have we ever seen anything get done when we are lying down? Of course not.

Joshua had to get up and deal with the problem. It was good for Him to seek God about it, but it was time now to take action. It was time to stop crying and move on.

Today we need to take care of what it is that is causing the problems in our lives. As we seek God, He will show us how to deal with it.

He will do His part, but if there is something we need to do in the natural, don’t be surprised if, just as He said to Joshua, He says to us “get up” and deal with it. Amen!

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 – 5-23-13

(Psalm 25:4 NKJV)  Show me Your ways, O LORD; Teach me Your paths.

When we ask Jesus to be our personal Savior, we become His child. But this does not mean we automatically know God’s way for us.

It’s important that we take time to ask God to lead us to the right teacher or to the church he would like us to attend and so forth. We shouldn’t just try any old place. There are a lot of spiritual things that go on in churches that are not of God and can hurt our walk with God, and even take us down the wrong path if we are not careful.

God has a path for us all, and everyone’s path is different. What happens at times is that we see someone doing something that we may enjoy or admire, so we follow them, thinking it is the only way.

Try not to let this happen to you. Seek after God. He is faithful to lead us down His path for us and it will be GOOD!!

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 – 8-10-12

(2 Cor 5:7 NKJV)  For we walk by faith, not by sight.

What is it that we want in life but can’t see happening in the natural? Don’t let this stop us or discourage us, no matter how young or old we are.

How far do we want to go in our walk with Christ? What would we like to achieve in our job situation? What do we want to achieve in our finances? What do we want to achieve in our relationship with our spouse and/or children, etc.?

The first thing we must do is to be prayerful and ask God what it is we need to do to make it possible, to reach the place or level God may want us to be in any area of our life.

The second thing is to make sure we are staying focused on what He has for us to do. Take it seriously, for it is serous to Him.

The third thing, which is very important and can often get overlooked, is to be praising and thanking Him for His clarity and direction before we see any signs or changes!

If we take these 3 steps and are sincere in our hearts with Him, we will start to see results; we will start to see change and we will never want to go back to doing things the way we used to do them.

Now, when the change comes we have to be careful not to pull out and neglect to follow through all the way with what God asked of us. Many times we start out all gung ho, then we start to see the results and the next thing we know we lose focus and get distracted and we never get to see the end results of God’s faithfulness!!

Stay with Him, don’t let up, and stay focused!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-377-5400

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Bible Verse of The Day – 6-1-12

(Heb 11:8 NKJV)  By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.

Do you ever feel like you need to take a step, but you’re afraid because you don’t know what is going to happen when you do and you’ll never know what would have happened if you don’t?

So you just don’t move at all. In some cases it’s good to just wait. But, there are cases where you will have to take steps and move forward without knowing what lies ahead, especially if God is leading you to do so. He is not always going to spell it out for us… if He did where would faith come in?

Don’t be afraid to step out and go and do things you’ve never done before if God is leading you. Just make sure it’s God leading you and not your own will kicking in.

Some ways to tell if it’s God is that it does not bring confusion. No matter how hard it may be or scary it may seem, there will be a peace; a God-given peace.

Whatever God has you do will not hurt your marriage or your children. If you’re making a decision, both people in a marriage should be in agreement. God will not ask you to do something if it hurts your spouse or your family in any way. Family is important to Him.

Be careful, be sure it’s God and then trust Him to see you through!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-377-5400

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Bible Verse of The Day – 5-18-12

(John 16:21 NKJV)  “A woman, when she is in labor, has sorrow because her hour has come; but as soon as she has given birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world.

Some of us are struggling today because we know that we have to face some major decisions. We have to choose Christ’s way and not our own way.

Part of us wants to cry and run because we know it won’t be easy, but the other part of us knows it is the right thing to do and there is no use in prolonging it.

Today, choose Christ’s way. No matter how hard it may seem, it will be well worth it and joy will come!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-377-5400

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