Tag: What the Bible says about walking by the Spirit

Bible Verse of The Day – 11-23-22

1 Corinthians 2:14 (NKJV) 14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

Over the last several years, we have spent a lot of time teaching and sharing the importance of learning to be spiritual people, not just carnal Christians who rely on earthly wisdom for their understanding.

The world that we live in is tangible, and most things operate based on earthly, human wisdom. But we should not.

We should be allowing God to teach us how to live as spiritual beings, seeing, discerning and understanding things with the power and guidance of the Holy Spirit.

This isn’t an easy thing for some people. And even for those who learn to live this way, it takes time and purposeful effort to get there.

Our minds will fight us on this as we begin to learn to transition from human thinking to spiritual thinking.

But it’s critical that we learn this.

Why?

Because God doesn’t communicate through human intellect. He communicates through the Holy Spirit. He teaches us to see, discern and understand things through His wisdom, not by earthly wisdom.

This kind of spiritual wisdom is critical for understanding not just what God is speaking to us, but also for discerning what we see around us every day that we live and breathe here on earth.

It allows us to see and understand things that naturally-minded (carnal) people never even perceive to exist.

We need to remember that the battles we fight are not against flesh and blood, but “against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places” (Ephesians 6:12).

So, we continue to urge everyone to spend time digging into the word of God daily, feasting on it, learning of Him, getting understanding in the things of God and nurturing your spirit with the truth of the Spirit, that we would be the mighty warriors that God has called us to be.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 10-9-19

Colossians 3:2 (NKJV) 2 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.

Life here on earth can surely consume us if we’re not careful.

As humans, our emotions can run the show if we let them. They tell us how to feel, how to interact with others, what to do and when to do it.

This can cause all kinds of things to happen in our lives that don’t need to happen. This might even cause us to go through unnecessary trials.

God wants us to set our minds on the things above, not on things here on earth. This might seem like a pretty tall order at first. After all, we do live here on earth, so how are we supposed to keep our minds on things above?

We learn to live and walk by the Spirit!

Galatians 5:16 (NKJV) 16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.

This doesn’t mean that we simply abandon everything and everyone here on earth. It means that we put God first in everything, learning to listen for His spirit to guide us and show us what’s truly important and what’s not.

It means that we learn to discern things by His spirit. We learn to see things through His eyes.

And it means that we don’t let the things of this world capture our hearts, pulling us away from God.

Remember, we don’t live only by what we see!

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

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 – 6-15-17

Galatians 5:22-23 (NKJV) 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.

God’s word is our measuring stick when we want to know if something is right or wrong. If we encounter something and we want to know if it is true or right, we can look in His word and find out.

The verses above are our measuring stick for our own lives, to tell us if we are following the leading of the Spirit of God.

Many people make this seem very complicated. But in reality, if we use these verses as our measuring stick, we will be able to discern very quickly where we stand in our daily lives.

Are we faithful, patient and self-controlled? Do we exhibit love, joy and peace in every situation? Are we gentle and kind?

These are all traits of a believer who is walking by the Spirit, not by the flesh.

If we look honestly at ourselves, where do we stand?

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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