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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.’
The more we love God, the more we will step out and do things with Him. The more we will give up for Him. The more we will obey Him.
That love will move us in ways we never thought we would move; to do things we never had the strength to do before and take on tasks that we would never dream of doing.
That love will call and we will answer, not by asking ourselves if we can do it, how we can do it, or when do we do it. But knowing that if it is what God has put before us, we will walk it out with Him accordingly, in the right timing, in the right way and with His wisdom, might and power upon us.
Love is a funny thing. It gives us strength and courage to step up to the plate when no one else will, putting our self aside and just focusing on getting the job done.
Everything we do will be more meaningful when loving God is our focus.
Joshua 23:11 (NKJV) 11 Therefore take careful heed to yourselves, that you love the Lord your God.
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
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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
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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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
401-315-0902
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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
401-315-0902
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1 John 4:19 (NKJV) 19 We love Him because He first loved us.
Different people love God for different reasons.
Some love Him because He has rescued them from something terrible, like maybe drug or alcohol addictions.
Some love Him because they live a beautiful life and are blessed with wonderful family and friends.
Some may love Him because He healed their body from a terrible sickness or disease.
Others may love Him because they have been blessed with great material wealth, and they see God as the provider of that wealth.
Still other people may love Him because He saved them from their sin, offering them eternal life through Jesus Christ.
While these are all good and acceptable reason to love God, in the end it all boils down to loving Him for one reason alone; because He loved us first.
You see, without Him loving us first, none of these other things matter. And without Him loving us first, none of these other things would be possible.
So, today, let’s make sure we understand and acknowledge God’s love for us, and see the true value of that love. For without that love, not a single one of us would have a single thing that’s worth anything.
We love Him because He first loved us! Amen!
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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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.
Seven Seas Ministries P.O. Box 272 Bradford, RI 02808
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Hebrews 4:12 (NKJV) 12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Sometimes we tend to overcomplicate things, especially when it comes to the things of God.
What’s worse is that we seem to do this to an even larger degree when it comes to our personal walk with Him.
We over-spiritualize. We overthink. We try so hard to put all of the pieces together. And it is seemingly a daunting task that boggles our minds.
But it doesn’t have to be this way. God isn’t as complicated as we make Him. Our relationship with Him isn’t hard. We just make it that way.
How do we break through the aura that’s been so mystically attached to all of this? How do we simplify our relationship with God and get past the mysterious nature that we perceive is there?
We use the tool that God has provided us with; His word.
God’s word is there for us every minute of the day, to shine light into dark places, illuminate our path, teach us how to love the unlovable, heal our broken heart, deliver us from evil, bring life where there is death, strengthen our weak spirits, and so very much more.
Best of all, His word teaches us how to love Him!
As we spend time in His word, we learn more and more about our Father, our Creator. We learn of His mercy, His grace, His compassion and His love for us.
And as we get to know Him more, we can’t help but fall more and more in love with Him.
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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1 John 2:5 (NKJV) 5 But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him.
People may question their relationship or their salvation at times. But if we pay attention to what this verse is saying, we will know the answer to where we stand with God.
Whoever keeps His word. What does it mean to keep His word?
It simply means we obey Him and do our best to follow Him in everything we do.
Sometimes it will be easy for us, because our flesh will go along with the right thing to do. But, other times our flesh will not like what the Spirit of God is convicting us of and it will buck or rebel against it.
If we truly love God, our Spirit man will rise up and do the right thing. We will follow His convictions and do what He is asking us to do, in spite of our feelings.
Romans 12:2 (NKJV) 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
Our love toward Him will cause us to want to obey and be loyal in our hearts and minds, and to want to do His will.
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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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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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
401-315-0902
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Greetings in the name of Jesus! 