Tag: What the Bible says about loving God with all our heart

Bible Verse of The Day – 5-30-20

Matthew 22:37-39 (NKJV) 37 Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

Loving God is the key to follow and obeying His commandments. It is the very thing that will help us put our self aside and be able to love Him and our neighbor as He has asked us to.

If we don’t have such a love for God first, it’s impossible to love the way He has commanded us. It’s funny, loving God can move us toward living for Him, but yet we fight it.

We may ask, “why do we fight it?”

We fight usually because we care about ourselves and how we feel more than anything else. And how we feel is usually based on if we are happy about who we’ve become, how much we have and our appearance. Those are 3 big issues and can keep us from loving God and others the way we should.

We feel like if we are not happy with who we are, how can we truly love anyone? In this scripture, is there anything where it says, we have to love ourselves? No, it says to love God with basically everything and what is left is use toward loving our neighbor. Nothing is mention about having to love our self.

What God is showing us is the importance of our walk in this life with Him, is that our love should be directed and poured out for Him and others.

We don’t have to worry about loving ourselves, because His love for us is more than enough. All we need to know, to understand and believe is the love which He has for us and then share it. Amen.

1 John 4:16 (NKJV) 16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.

You my friend are loved more than you know.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bradford, RI 02808

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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-14-20

Proverbs 8:21 (NKJV) 21 That I may cause those who love me to inherit wealth, That I may fill their treasuries.

What does it mean to love Him?

Jesus was the perfect example of love. Everything He did was because He loved His Father and He loved us, all the way to the cross. What He did for us was love-driven.

Every healing, every deliverance, every bit of provision was done in love. His motives were pure and for the right reasons.

That’s what it means for us to love. Our motives should not be for bettering ourselves or for our own gain, but to be happy for those around us to have their needs met. Jesus brought so much good to this earth.

Why? Because of love.

His Father sent Him. Why? Because of love.

Why should we love Him? Because He first loved us.

1 John 4:19 (NKJV) 19 We love Him because He first loved us.

We don’t love to gain anything for ourselves. He has already blessed us with Him. But, because we do love Him, He will continue to bless our lives.

In the name of Jesus, love Him!  Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 2-18-20

Deuteronomy 6:5 (NKJV) 5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.

That’s a lot of LOVE!

How many know that this doesn’t happen overnight? In fact, It doesn’t happen in a week or a month. It doesn’t even happen in a year. It takes time to learn such a love.

That’s right.

You see, when we give our life to Christ, we do it in faith. And from that day forward, we begin to take steps in developing such a love. It takes time.

So, we shouldn’t think there is something wrong with us if for some reason we are not there yet. We just need to keep moving towards it.

How?

By obeying. By listening and following. By saying, “no”, at times to things we may enjoy doing. By allowing ourselves to be corrected and chastened at times by the Holy Spirit.

Hebrews 12:6 (NKJV) 6 For whom the Lord loves He chastens, And scourges every son whom He receives.”

These are steps toward receiving the life God has for us and developing the love for Him that he desires us to have.

Once we begin walking in this love, we will never want to go back to the way we once were.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of the Day – 9-1-19 – Where is God?

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

Where is God? 

That’s the question we ask and discuss in today’s video. 

In this video, we talk about where God is in our lives, in our list of priorities, so to speak. We discuss how our love for God impacts everything about our lives each and every day. 

We hope you will take a few minutes and give it a watch. 

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Be blessed in Him. 

Sincerely, 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-5-19

Matthew 22:37-39 (NKJV) 37 Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

Dear God, help us to love You in such a way, with everything in us. And once we have learned that, help us to do the next thing and love our neighbor as our self. In Jesus’ name we ask. Amen

To love God with all our heart, soul and mind, and then love our neighbor as our self, can we all agree that change has to happen? His Spirit has to be alive in us. And we have to be disciplined to say no to our fleshly desires.

The flesh can be very strong-willed, even in a believer. It has its way of wanting to do what it wants.

If we are tired and unhealthy, we are not up for the battle. We will be more apt to give into it, even when we know it’s wrong.

The flesh will begin to change when we stay close to God, through prayer and reading His word. It will also help if we are well-rested and keeping ourselves physically healthy. These few things will all contribute to being alert and strong in our spirit man.

If we can be consistent in these things, it will make a huge difference in keeping our hearts close and in love with God.

When our heart changes, our mind and soul will follow suit and we will walk in this love on a regular basis.

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 – 6-19-18

Mark 12:30 (NKJV) 30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment.

This commandment comes first for a very good reason. If we can love God like this, nothing can stop us from being in His will.

Our heart, soul, mind, strength; These are the very parts of us that help us to conquer and make right decisions. Loving God with all our strength will help us to be able to physically and mentally take the steps He’s ordering for us.

If we can learn to love Him in such a way, this love will bless our hearts, our lives, and our whole beings. We will walk daily in His will and His blessings for us.

A good test for us to try is to ask ourselves where we are right now in our walk with Him. Can we say that we are loving Him this way? If not, don’t give up or get discouraged. Look at what we are doing and where the changes need to come. Ask God to help us make the adjustments.

Obedience comes through love. So we need to make sure we love Him more than the activities we participate in. Love Him more than wealth, more than work, more then titles, alcohol, drugs, spending money, traveling, and love Him more than we love ourselves and others. Our love for Him must be first.

If we love Him more, we will put Him first. And His commandments will not be burdensome.

1 John 5:3 (NKJV) 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.

LOVE activates obedience.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-23-18

Matthew 22:37 (NKJV) 37 Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. 

Want to know the secret to living a life of fulfillment? 

Want to know what it means to be successful? 

How about learning how to love others, even when they don’t love you back? 

Want to know how to be blessed in all things? 

There are many other things that could be listed here that most of us desire or think are important when it comes to the quality of our lives. 

Regardless what it might be that we desire, none of it will matter until we get this one thing right; love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. 

This might seem like an over-simplification. And it might be when looked at from certain viewpoints. 

But, the reality is that if we put God first in everything, and love Him with all our heart, soul and mind, most of the rest of our lives will fall into place. And even if we aren’t overflowing with material blessings, we will love our life because it will be a life built on honoring and loving God. 

And nothing gets any better than that. 

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 – 4-24-15

Deuteronomy 6:5 (NKJV) 5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.

Loving God is the most important thing we will ever do in our lifetime here on earth.

Some people might disagree and say that helping others is the most important thing.

Others might say that raising our children properly is the most important thing.

Still others might say that there is something else that’s most important.

But here’s the thing. If we love God with all our heart, all our soul and all our strength, doing the other things will come naturally. Our love for God will spill over into everything else we do.

In addition to spilling over into all of those things, loving God with all our heart will also change the path of our lives. Why and how can this be possible?

Because when we love God first, we will make decisions differently. When we love God first, we won’t always be thinking of ourselves.

When we love God first, every single thing we do will be done based on how God would look at it… whether He would approve of it or not.

That’s why it’s so important to love God with all our heart, our soul and strength. It truly is life-altering!

And if you’re wondering what God’s plan and purpose are for your life, love Him first! When you do this, and your life begins to change, what God has for you to do will unfold right in front of your eyes, with no fanangling or fancy footwork required on your part.

And when it does unfold, it will feel as natural as waking up every morning.

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul and all your strength.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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