Tag: What the Bible says about overcoming obstacles

Bible Verse of The Day – 1-29-18

John 10:10 (NKJV) 10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

When the thief comes and tries to knock us down, he will resort to some pretty low tactics.

For example, maybe we received negative news regarding our health, or a situation didn’t turn out the way we had hoped for. Maybe our kids are rebelling, or we lost our job, etc.

When these things are happening, we need to rebuke satan and his threats, in Jesus’ name.

Take whatever negative report we are getting and bring it to God. Talk to Him. Tell Him your concerns. He can turn things around. He can bring good things out of the worst situations, if we trust Him with it.

The Lord has come to give us life and to give it more abundantly! Amen. And living a life of fear is not abundant life. It’s just barely making it! Something needs to change.

In some situations, we may not even want to get out of bed because of what we have to face each day. God knows, though. And He is waiting on us to turn it over to Him. There is no way we can handle this stuff on our own, and God does not expect us to.

The sooner we realize this, the quicker things will start to turn around. That’s not saying that we will always see things happen right away with our natural eyes. But in the spiritual realm, things will begin to shift.

And as we press into God and trust Him with it, and we continue to obey His leading, walking out the steps He gives us, we will see things move in the natural also. And victory will eventually come.

Exodus 15:2 (NKJV) 2 The Lord is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation; He is my God, and I will praise Him; My father’s God, and I will exalt Him.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bradford, RI 02808

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Bible Verse of The Day – 12-29-16

1 John 5:4 (NKJV) 4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world – our faith.

We are born of God when our faith is in Jesus Christ our Lord, not in ourselves. That is when we overcome the obstacles in this world.

Do we have things going on right now that we have no idea how to fix, or how to get past? Are we looking at a huge opportunity right now but can’t see how it can happen in the natural? It’s in us, but we can’t birth it. We can’t make it happen on our own.

Ah. This is overcomer material. This is when we say, “OK, what are we doing Lord?” This is when look up and see only Him. We get focused in our prayer, in our reading or devotional time, and we surround ourselves with only those people that God brings in to help.

Are we needing to overcome something today?

1 John 5:5 (NKJV) 5 Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

Is our heart trusting in Him today?

Then follow His commandments and walk. He will lead us to victory no matter how big the problem is, what kinds of things we face or how big the mountain is that stands in the way.

Our faith will get us through. 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 – 3-17-16

Romans 8:35-37 (NKJV) 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written: “For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.” 37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.

We are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.

We hear this quoted so very often. And so many times it’s used to paint a pretty picture or get us hyped up. Sometimes it’s used to try to help us forget about our problems and look beyond them for a moment.

And while these are noble efforts, and they can encourage us, we need to look at this verse in its entirety.

Yes, we are more than conquerors in Christ, here on earth, in our daily lives. The world can’t hold us back if we don’t let it. But these words mean so much more!

As with so much of God’s word, there are eternal implications that we need to consider too.

We will go through things here on earth. It’s a fact. Some of these things will not be pleasant. That’s also a fact. And some of these things might leave scars on us that last a lifetime; everlasting evidence of our earthly battles.

And while we will overcome most of our earthly obstacles, there may be some that don’t turn out quite the way we’d like them to.

But that’s OK! Why? Because God is still in control and if we hold fast to our faith, our eternal destiny isn’t altered by them.

So no matter what we come against, no matter what we face and no matter how many battle scars we acquire during our lifetime, the enemy will not win. He will not have us if we don’t let him.

Why? Because we are more than conquerors in Christ!!

So, today, as you face the Goliath in your life, be like David. Pick up a stone. Aim it with purpose. And slay that lousy giant, knowing that victory is yours in Jesus!

You are more than a conqueror for eternity.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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