Month: February 2016

Bible Verse of The Day – 2-4-16

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.

God is a spirit. He created each of us with a spirit, too. He communicates with us through our spirit. We are spiritual beings, in addition to being made of flesh and bone.

God also gave each of us a mind. We can think and reason. We have intelligence and common sense, which were given to us by our Creator.

God instructs us in the verse above to be transformed by the renewing of our minds. Why does He address our minds and not our spirits?

Because the mind is where our decisions and choices are made. Our mind is where warfare is waged against us. Our mind is where the enemy attacks us with temptation.

So it’s only by the renewing and transforming of our minds that we will be able to overcome those things that so often pull on us and cause us to wrestle with choices and decisions.

And it is by God’s spirit that our minds can be renewed. It’s not by our own strength or understanding, but by the strength that He gives us if we let Him.

So it’s up to us to ask God and to allow God to help transform and renew our minds by His spirit.

And once we get this under our belt and allow Him to transform our minds, our lives will be forever changed.

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 – 2-3-16

Psalm 16:11 (NKJV) 11 You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

In His presence is fullness of JOY!

Are we sad and depressed today? Are we struggling to find happiness? Has the joy of living been sucked right from us? Are we constantly reminded of our failures?

We can bring change to this as we enter into His presence. How do we get into His presence?

Matthew 11:28 (NKJV) 28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

By going to Him. By doing what He asks us to do. His word gives us step by step instructions and direction; How to walk with Him. How to handle the devil. How to handle our finances. How to handle our marriage, and how to handle our children, etc.

If we follow His path, we will walk with Him in His fullness and JOY!

We need to lift up our heads today and rejoice because even in our moment of despair, Christ gives us rest! 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 – 2-2-16

1 Peter 3:18-19 (NKJV) 18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God…

Most of us reading this already know that Jesus died for us. We’ve been told hundreds and hundreds of times.

But why? Why did He have to die for our sins?

Sin separates us from God. It creates a gap between us that can’t be bridged with good works, religious piety, religious rituals or anything else that we can dream up.

God’s word teaches this from the beginning to the end, from Genesis to Revelation.

And it was because of this separation that Jesus had to die. His sacrifice on the cross removed the gap, the barrier, between us and God because He was sinless.

And because he bore the sins of the world while He was on the cross, God turned away from Him. Jesus felt the gap between Himself and the Father for the first time. And because of it, He cried out, asking why God had abandoned Him.

Mark 15:34 (NKJV) 34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is translated, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

The same thing happens to us. Sin separates us from God. And when we sin repeatedly, we grow further and further from Him.

Only when we confess our sin and turn from it do we close the gap between us and God again.

So, we urge you today, if you’re feeling distance between you and God, let’s check ourselves and see if we’ve fallen into habitual sin. Have we become desensitized and made something a habit that’s not pleasing to God?

It’s never too late to start fresh and make things right. He’s always right there, waiting for us right where we left Him.

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 – 2-1-16

Revelation 3:16 (NKJV) 16 So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth.

Making sure we are not lukewarm is very important.

Many times we can tell if we’re becoming lukewarm by paying attention to the things we are agreeing or not agreeing with. We need to pay attention to the things we are doing and participating in, whether it’s at work, after hours, maybe in school, or on the weekends.

We need to pay attention to the things we are listening to, watching, looking at, etc. This will show us where we are at in our hearts.

Are we cold, hot or lukewarm? No one else can answer this for us. We are accountable for the positions we take.

If we are walking in a lukewarm position daily or even if we catch ourselves heading in that direction once in awhile, we need to recognize it and see it for what it is. We need to know what God says about it and repent, changing our habits.

When we start making changes in the right direction, we’ll feel that pull from things and people around us. It’ll try to get us to keep on doing what we were doing.

It will make us feel like we are missing out on all the fun, all the so called hip stuff, the in crowd, etc. But don’t fall for it. Simply take a stand and stick to it.

Saying no and walking away is going to be the beginning of better days and a new and brighter future for us.

Pray and ask God to open our eyes and our heart to discern, and to make better choices.  Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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