Tag: What the Bible says about building a strong relationship with God

Bible Verse of The Day – 9-19-17

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.

How close do we want to get to God? Do we want to be really close, so that we know when He is telling us something, and we hear Him clearly? Or do we just want Him around when we are stuck and there is no other choice but to call on Him?

Do we just want to remember Him on Sundays, Christmas and Easter, and have a nice fuzzy and warm feeling during those times?

This is a personal question, between us and God, because whatever we decide will determine how strong our walk and our relationship are with Him.

You see, the more we give up for Him, the more He gives back to us. The more we let Him be in our lives, the closer we will become to Him.

If we make Him a part of our daily walk, our faith in Him will grow. Our communication and sensitivity with Him will become much clearer.

Reading God’s word is what helps us to walk upright each day. And through His words He will lead us personally, as to what to do in whatever circumstances we run into.

Along with reading His word and praying these three steps will help us follow God closely.

  1. Reaching a point where we no longer care about what people think of us. As long as God is pleased with us, that’s all that matters.
  1. We make a decision within ourselves that we will do whatever it takes to do the right thing, even if we mess up while trying. We don’t give up. We repent and try again until we get it right.
  1. Our desires need to change so that we want what God wants for us more than what we want for ourselves.

These steps will help us tremendously in our walk with God. We will notice a closeness and a friendship, and a trust like never before.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 12-16-16

John 15:5 (NKJV) 5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.

Most of us want a better relationship with God. We want to know how to strengthen our walk with Him and have that closeness that our spirit longs for. And we want our lives to be fruitful.

So how do we make that happen?

Jesus laid it out for us in the verses above; We need to abide in Him. If we abide in Him, we will bear much fruit.

What does that mean? What do we have to do to abide in Him?

It means that we stay close to Him. It means that we do whatever is necessary to remove the barriers between ourselves and Him, allowing us to draw near to Him. It means that we put Him first in everything, even if it means giving up some things that we like or that mean a lot to us.

Just like raising plants that produce fruit, which takes hard work, so it is with our walk with God. It takes work.

We get out what we put in. If we put only a small effort into it, we will get only a little fruit out of it. But if we give it our all, we will get so much more out of it.

But the key isn’t to focus on what we will get out of it. The key is to build that relationship because we want a closer walk, because we love Him above all else.

And when we get that right, when we get our priorities in order, then we will see things fall into place. And our walk with God will become so strong that nothing can interfere with it. Ever.

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 – 3-28-15

Romans 8:38-39 (NKJV) 38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

There are so many things that can try to keep us from our Creator.

Distractions, troubles, trials, other people and even our own stubbornness can pull us away from Him, if we let them.

The key to staying close to Him is to be adamant about not letting anyone or anything come between us. Ultimately, we decide what direction our relationship with Him goes.

That sounds like a pretty hefty order, to keep distractions out of our way and prevent them from separating us from God. But, if we take a stand and staunchly defend that relationship, there is nothing that can defeat us in our quest to press in and stay close to God.

So, today, whether you’re facing a trial in your life, you’ve got people pulling on you and trying to sway you, or if you’ve somehow let yourself grow cold, don’t give in!

Push forward, determine in your heart that nothing will come between you and God, and resist the devil in his attempts to derail your eternal destiny.

You Will Win This Battle!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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