Month: July 2014

Bible Verse of The Day – 7-5-14

1 Peter 4:8 (NKJV) And above all things have fervent love for one another, for “love will cover a multitude of sins.”

Oh, if only we could get this one right!

Loving each other can seem to be so hard to do at times. We are all so diverse. We have different opinions, different personalities, different cultures, different ways of expressing ourselves. The list of differences can be quite lengthy.

But just because we’re different doesn’t mean that we can’t love each other.

God has commanded us to love each other fervently. That’s a pretty strong word.

To do something fervently means to do it with great intensity. So this means that we shouldn’t love each other halfheartedly!

So in light of our differences, how can we love each other fervently, overlooking those differences and pleasing God?

By letting Him teach us how to love. Only God can show us how to love someone fervently if there are vast differences and even things about a person that we don’t like.

As we let God show us how to love, we will have no problems loving someone we don’t know, don’t agree with or just plain don’t want to be around.

It won’t always be easy, but it can be done if we let God’s Spirit lead us!

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 – 7-4-14

Romans 6:9-11 (NKJV) 9 knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him. 10 For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. 11 Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Reckon yourselves to be dead to sin.

That there is a tall order if we attempt to be dead to sin under our own power. Thankfully, we don’t have to do it under our own power!

When we put our faith in God through Christ, He makes us new. We are made a new creation in Christ and the old person dies. This is tough for our minds to comprehend and, in fact, probably impossible for us to completely understand.

But the instant that we put our faith and trust in Him as our Savior and Redeemer, something happens in the spiritual realm and the person that we were is no more. We are given a brand new lease on life as a child of the King.

The tricky part is “staying new” and not slipping back into our old ways. This can be harder for some than for others. But God equips us with some serious tools to do this; His Spirit and His Word!

With the direction and leading of the Holy Spirit and the truth of His word, we have everything we need to overcome sin in our lives and drive the enemy back when he tempts us. It’s not always easy, but we are never left alone or without help.

We encourage you to press in to God. Let Him sharpen your discernment and teach you how to hear His voice and yield to it when temptation comes your way. As you learn to hear Him better and trust Him more, your troubles with sin will decrease and your desire and ability to please Him will increase.

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 – 7-3-14

(1 Thessalonians 5:17 NKJV) pray without ceasing,

I was on the phone with my son-in-law the other day.

As he was talking to me, his seven year old son (my grandson) came out of his bedroom. He had been in there with the door closed.

His dad asked him what he was doing. His son replied nonchalantly, “Just talking to God.”

That is all prayer is; just talking to God.

Spend some time with Him today. 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 – 7-2-14

Hebrews 3:13 (NKJV) but exhort one another daily, while it is called “Today,” lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

Did you know that we are to exhort each other daily?

Exhort: to incite by argument or advice : urge strongly : to give warnings or advice : make urgent appeals

We are instructed to give each other warnings, make urgent appeals to each other, advise each other and urge each other to do the right thing.

We are to hold each other accountable and help each other stay on track.

This doesn’t mean that we are to go around judging each other, accusing each other or stirring up trouble.

But it does mean that we need to hold each other accountable when one of us gets off track. We need to urge our wayward brothers and sisters in Christ, lovingly but firmly, to do the right thing, to get back on track and to honor God with their lives.

It might not always be easy to do this and sometimes there is a fine line between exhorting and meddling, but if we let God speak to us and show us when to speak and when to pull back, He will be able to use us to help many people.

So be prepared to exhort others and be prepared to be exhorted by others. It works both ways and we all need a little adjustment once in a while.

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 – 7-1-14

(Revelation 2:4 NKJV) “Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love.

God comes first. He is our first love, and we can not let anything come before our personal relationship with Him. We have to keep Him first in all that we do.

God comes before the church. God comes before our spouse. He comes before our children. God comes before our job and He comes before our money, etc. He needs to be first, and then everything else will be added.

(Matthew 6:33 NKJV) “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

If we’ve pushed Him aside, maybe we’ve gotten caught up in some things that we felt pressured to do, or we just lost sight of our time and before we knew it He was squeezed out of our day.

One day turns into two, then three and before we know it it’s been a month or more since we left Him behind or put Him after so many other things. But He hasn’t given up on us; He’s waiting patiently.

It’s time we stop today and let Him back into our life.

Come home to your first love today.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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