Month: May 2018

Bible Verse of The Day – 5-9-18

Luke 23:43 (NKJV) 43 And Jesus said to him, “Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”

Hallelujah!

Where are our loved ones that have gone before us? Jesus said to one of the men beside Him on the cross, “today you will be with me in Paradise”.

That is a wonderful and encouraging thing to know and to hold onto. It is comforting to know that our departed loved ones who knew Jesus Christ as their Savior are with Him today in paradise.

We that are still here, no matter how difficult it is, must move on. We must keep going. We cannot die with them. We still have things on this earth to tend to.

Our time will come and we too will be in paradise with Jesus and with those that have gone before us. But, for now it’s not yet that time.

Be encouraged and comforted today. Your family member or your good friend, etc., is in a place called paradise, with Jesus. That is a great place to be! Amen.

Don’t worry about them. They are safe!

Yes, we miss them and our heart aches with the loss of them. But it’s time for us to let Jesus help us, to pick ourselves up and move on with the things that He has for us to do here. It won’t be long until we will all be rejoicing, singing and praising Him together, in His presence!

Let our heart beat again and live. Rejoice in knowing that He is faithful!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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Bible Verse of The Day – 5-8-18

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.

If we want to know if or when the Holy Spirit is moving through us, this is a good way to tell. These are His fruit.

What a beautiful list. If we could all just let God’s Spirit have full reign over everything about us, things would surely turn out different.

LOVE is the first fruit listed. If we could just get that one down, the rest of them would fall into place, one by one.

But, for us to love like God we have to let God in to teach us, guide us and walk us through it.

We can’t walk in these fruits unless the Spirit of God is moving through us. We need to get ourselves completely out of the way and let God have His way. When we can reach this point, He shows up and says, “now we’re talking”.

We have to decrease within ourselves and let the Holy Spirit increase within us if we want to be able to produce this kind of fruit each day.

Give more room to the Holy Spirit and we will be amazed at the fruit that comes out of us.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 5-7-18

Matthew 6:22 (NKJV) 22 “The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light.

We need to be discerning when it comes to what we get ourselves involved in. It can affect our whole being. It will determine our direction.

We can’t let those little things that aren’t good for us sneak in and have a hold on us. They will take us down. It’s those little foxes that spoil the vine.

Song of Solomon 2:15 (NKJV) 15 Catch us the foxes, The little foxes that spoil the vines, For our vines have tender grapes.

There are foxes all around, and this world is not going to make it easy for us either. We must work hard and be on our toes in order to catch those things that sneak up, before they take root.

The good news is that God is right here with us. He gives us the strength, discipline and a way out if we ask for His help and we pay attention to His promptings.

1 Corinthians 10:13 (NKJV) 13 No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.

We have no excuse. He will make a way out. We just need to follow His leading. Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – How God Speaks to Us – 5-6-18

Click to watch the video nowGreetings in Jesus’ name! 

How does God speak to us? How do we know when we have heard Him? 

These are questions that most of us have, and they are good questions! 

We just released our latest video that covers this topic. 

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God speaks to us more often than we realize. But because we aren’t prepared to hear Him, we can often miss Him. 

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We can also miss Him if He speaks in a way that we weren’t expecting. 

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Enjoy the rest of your day. 

Sincerely in Christ, 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 5-5-18

Jeremiah 17:7-8 (NKJV) 7 “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, And whose hope is the Lord. 8 For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, Which spreads out its roots by the river, And will not fear when heat comes; But its leaf will be green, And will not be anxious in the year of drought, Nor will cease from yielding fruit.

These are beautiful words of wisdom, promise and knowledge!

Who will be blessed? The man who puts His trust and hope in the Lord, not in material things, not in financial riches, and not in big success.

This is the man that will be blessed. He will be blessed in all areas of his life! He will be blessed in his schooling, his home, his work, his family, his health, and his relationships.

Why? Because he has settled in his heart to give his all to God. He holds nothing from Him.

If God is touching our heart right now and asking us to give something very personal to Him, will we do it? Will we give to Him that particular thing that we hold dear to our hearts? Or are we going to say, “NO, Not now God. We need it for our security. It’s really nothing anyways”.

If we cannot let it go, then it’s more than NOTHING to us.

Let’s not put our trust in anything other than the Lord, that we too may continue to walk in His blessings every day. Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
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Bible Verse of The Day – 5-4-18

Proverbs 22:6 (NKJV) 6 Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it.

Children; what beautiful little blessings they are.

We all know that every child is different. Some are aggressive and outgoing. Some are quiet and very content. While some are loud and boisterous. They are all very different in the little person that they are.

Each one has their strengths, and they also have their weaknesses. Most times, we as their parents recognize the areas where they will probably need help before anyone else does.

It’s so important, if we notice an area that they are weak in, that we don’t neglect it or ignore it. We can’t try to make up excuses for them. If we do, it may affect them for the rest of their lives. They will take what we have said to them and hold on to it, and it will become their crutch.

We need to teach our children to face their weaknesses. Steer them toward God even at a young age, and they will see that He is faithful and He takes the time to help even the little ones.

God is good. He will even meet our children where they are at and speak to their little hearts.

They can be strong too, through Christ who strengthens us all.

Philippians 4:13 (NKJV) 13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
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Bible Verse of The Day – 5-3-18

John 8:36 (NKJV) 36 Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.

True freedom in Christ is something that most of us have a hard time comprehending and walking out in our lives.

It’s a hard thing for us to grasp, being free… truly free.

Freedom has many different facets. It probably means different things to different people. But no matter what it might mean to you or someone else, Jesus wants us to walk in freedom each and every day.

To most people, when we think of freedom in Christ, we think of the fact that our faith in Jesus has set us free from eternal separation from God.

While that’s true, here’s what freedom really means in a deeper sense.

Freedom from death, with new life in Christ. Freedom from condemnation with God’s forgiveness. Freedom from guilt, with God’s mercy. Freedom from worrying, with God’s provision. Freedom from shame, with God’s grace. Freedom from sadness and depression, with God’s joy.

And there are so many other ways that God sets us free in Christ. But it’s important that we understand that freedom is not limited just to being forgiven for our sins. Freedom encompasses every aspect of our lives if we let it.

It’s up to us to let God teach us and show us how to live in this incredible freedom. Because if we don’t let Him teach us, we live in ignorance, carrying burdens that He never intended for us to carry.

Matthew 11:29-30 (NKJV) 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
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Bible Verse of The Day – 5-2-18

Joshua 1:9 (NKJV) 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

Sometimes the people who appear to be the strongest may not be very strong at all. Strength doesn’t only come physically. We may be very strong and able to lift a lot of weight, but that is only one type of strength.

There is a strength that will rock our world if we get a hold of it. It’s called obedience.

Obedience is a type of strength that is very often overlooked.

Lifting large amounts of weight can be done simply by training for it and reaching a goal. But, walking in obedience requires constant discipline, listening and surrendering. That is strength!

If we can listen to Someone when we are feeling like doing the opposite, and take what they are saying and do it, when everything else in us is saying no, that takes strength.

When we endeavor to be obedient, we are fighting the hardest thing in life to fight; our will. If our will had muscles and we could see them, it would look like a champion bodybuilder. Our will is HUGE!

That’s right. Our will will be the hardest thing in life to fight and gain victory over.

We can’t give in to it. Rather, we need to listen to what God is telling us to do over what our will is saying.

We are strong in Him. And let me tell you that is pretty strong!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
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Bible Verse of The Day – 5-1-18

Romans 12:1 (NKJV) 1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.

Ever wonder what God wants you to do with your life?

Present your body as a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God. There you have it.

This is what He expects from us. It is our reasonable service to Him.

Many people might look at this and think that this is an awful lot to ask of us. But think of it this way; Jesus literally presented His body as a sacrifice, even unto death. So is it really too much for God to require of us that we present our bodies as living sacrifices?

He isn’t asking us to die for Him. He’s simply asking us to live our lives in a holy and righteous way.

And what’s more is that He has given us His word and the Holy Spirit so that we are perfectly equipped to be able to do this. We just need two things; the knowledge that He has asked this of us, and the desire to do it.

Where do we stand? Which side are we choosing? Light, or darkness?

It’s up to us.

1 John 1:6 (NKJV) 6 If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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