Month: March 2019

Bible Verse of The Day – 3-31-19 – The Manna

Please click to watch the video now.Greetings in the name of Jesus!

Manna is something that we don’t think of much in today’s world. But it’s the topic of our newest video, The Manna.

In this new video we talk about the test that the Israelites were given by God when He covered the ground with manna each morning for them to gather.

Did they pass the test? And how about us? Do we pass God’s “manna test” in our own lives?

Walk closely with Him in everything.

Sincerely in Christ,

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-30-19

Psalm 133:1 (NKJV) 1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brethren to dwell together in unity!

The body of Christ is like a puzzle. Every piece of that puzzle is uniquely cut. It has its place and purpose to help complete that one puzzle.

Puzzles cannot be complete if we do not fit the right individual piece into the right place, or if we lose a piece.

Just as we are all individual pieces of God’s work on this earth, there is a purpose for our unique individuality.

How will the artwork of our Father, His bride, ever come together as one if we keep saying “no” to the very person or piece that will fit into that place where it needs to be?

Each child of God is different. And in that uniqueness, God brings together a beautiful completeness in His bride as He shapes us and molds each of us into a new creation.

2 Corinthians 5:17 (NKJV) 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

Let Him teach us how to let the individuality of His children come together as one. Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-29-19

Jeremiah 33:3 (NKJV) 3 ‘Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’

God tells us many, many times throughout His word to seek Him. He says it in many different ways; come after Him, draw near to Him, seek Him, call Him, and so on.

This makes it pretty clear that He wants us to pursue Him!

You see, many of us have it all wrong. We want God to chase us. And while His word does say that He will leave the 99 to seek out the 1 that is lost, this is different.

God wants a close relationship with us. He wants us to be so close that nothing can come between us and Him.

But here’s the catch. He leaves it up to us. He lets us make the decision whether to grow our relationship or not.

Why? Because a relationship where only one person makes an effort to grow it is not a relationship at all. It’s not even half a relationship.

God tells us to call to Him. And what will He do? He will answer! Beyond that, He also says He will show us great and mighty things which we do not know!

Let’s make an honest effort. Let’s pursue Him. And let’s do it with everything in us. The return will be more than worth the investment.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-28-19

Romans 7:15 (NKJV) 15 For what I am doing, I do not understand. For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do.

Do we ever feel like we are not adequate to do what God wants us to do? Do we feel like we have failed Him badly, by making the wrong choice even when we knew the right thing to do?

We all struggle with this. No one is alone in it.

Trying to always do what is right is a constant, day to day battle with our flesh. And we all know that some things are much easier to do than others, especially if we are weak in certain areas.

Focusing on the things that tend to be hard for us to do is something we should be praying for. Don’t ignore them and say, “Oh, well, that’s my weakness”. Because when we do that, it shows us we have already given up on the fight.

God wants to pinpoint and help us conquer that weakness, not on our own but through His strength.

Job 4:4 (NKJV) 4 Your words have upheld him who was stumbling, and you have strengthened the feeble knees…

Do we have a hard time saying no to peer pressure? Admit it and ask God for strength in that particular area.

Do we have trouble with lust? Ask God for strength to resist it, and the wisdom to avoid coming in contact with situations that cause us to feel the way we do when we are around such things, places, people, etc.

If we are weak when it comes to eating healthy, we would rather have the sweets and yummy foods instead and we find ourselves suffering later. Ask God to take that craving for unhealthy foods away from us, bringing deliverance and a better understanding about why we need to have balance in our eating habits.

I know someone who is diabetic. They know they can’t eat certain foods. But boy, just knowing this makes them crave them even more.

It’s not easy! God gets it. That is why we need Him to strengthen us to overcome it.

There are many ways we can make wrong decisions and find ourselves stumbling as believers.

We are going to mess up from time to time, even after asking God for help with our weaknesses. But don’t get depressed and totally give up. Get back on track and start again. He knows, and He will be there for us.

Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-27-19

Luke 15:13 (NLT) 13 “A few days later this younger son packed all his belongings and moved to a distant land, and there he wasted all his money in wild living.

For those reading this who are parents, it’s no secret that raising children is a big responsibility. God has given us our offspring to raise and nurture in His love, teaching them of Him and His ways as they grow.

It’s also no secret that sometimes our children can cause us some major grief at times. And, yes, they can even disappoint us with some of the choices they make, especially as they grow into their teen years and into adulthood.

In fact, many of us reading this probably did some of this to our parents.

Sometimes children will rebel for a very short season before realizing that they need to get back on track. Other times it can take months, or even years, before they come to their senses and fix their errors.

Whether the season is short or long, it can be very, very stressful for parents to watch and walk through. And it can be hard to know the right way to handle it. We want to help them, but we also want them to learn from their choices and mistakes. Finding a balance can be tricky.

God will lead us and show us how to handle every situation, if we let Him.

Our job is to hold onto our faith in God and let Him give us hope that our children will eventually turn their eyes to Him. And while we’re doing that, we can’t let despair overwhelm us.

We just need to trust that, at some point, they will come to themselves and do what they know is right.

Luke 15:17-18 (NKJV) 17 “But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! 18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you…

Don’t lose hope. Trust Him!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-26-19

Matthew 5:6 (NKJV) 6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled.

Hunger means to have a strong desire or to crave something.

Some people may think that signing up for every program at church is going to fill that hunger and quench that thirst. Although it is good to be involved in classes and similar things, we also need to make sure we are getting that one-on-one time with God. That includes being quiet and just listening for Him.

To get such quietness we need to lessen our load, slow down and cut off those things that are causing us to be too busy for anything else.

Hungering after God means that within our hearts we are craving and desiring more of Him. But it is hard to get that fulfillment if we are busy with everything else.

Sometimes the things we do to try to find God get us so busy that we actually lose touch with Him. We have to discern and know when to pull away and rest in His presence. He alone will satisfy our hunger.

So, remember, programs are Good. But God is the only One who will truly satisfy!

Psalm 46:10 (NKJV) 10 Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-25-19

Luke 12:54-58 (NKJV) 54 Then He also said to the multitudes, “Whenever you see a cloud rising out of the west, immediately you say, ‘A shower is coming’; and so it is. 55 And when you see the south wind blow, you say, ‘There will be hot weather’; and there is. 56 Hypocrites! You can discern the face of the sky and of the earth, but how is it you do not discern this time?

Jesus very seldom scolded the crowds who came to hear Him speak. He usually reserved that for the religious leaders. He frequently called those leaders hypocrites.

But in the verse above, Jesus was addressing a crowd of people. And though there were very likely religious leaders in the crowd, Jesus didn’t single them out when He spoke the words above. He was addressing everyone!

Jesus was emphatic about everyone learning to discern the times. He wanted them to understand that everything is not necessarily what we see with our natural eyes. He wanted them to learn to see things in the spiritual realm also.

And so it is with us, His followers, over 2,000 years later. It is critical that we learn to discern the times and recognize what’s happening around us, even if it might not be obvious to everyone.

God wants each and every one of us to live our lives by His spirit, not just by what we see with our eyes. He wants us to learn to hear Him and understand what His voice is saying, even when it might not always be easy to do so.

This is why it’s important for all of us to not just be reading His word, but immersing ourselves in it!

His word is what gives us understanding about all things. That includes the things of this world and the things of spiritual substance.

So let us be sure to not just snack on His word once in a while, but let us feast on it regularly, so we will learn to live by the Spirit, seeing what natural eyes cannot see, not by the flesh, being blind to everything He is showing us.

Galatians 5:25 (NKJV) 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-24-19 – The Touch of God

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Sometimes we tend to forget that God uses everyday people to accomplish His will on the earth. 

He doesn’t need superheroes or “special” people to do His work. He just needs willing vessels that He can touch with His spirit, who will obey His promptings and follow His leading. 

In today’s video, The Touch of God, we discuss this in depth and share some things that God has done over the years in our own lives, so God can speak to those who watch this and maybe show them where He is leading them in their lives. 

We do hope you will take the time to watch this and that God will use it to speak to your heart, encouraging you to walk more closely with Him. 

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We love each and every one of you and pray for God’s best in your lives. 

Sincerely in Christ, 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-23-19

Genesis 3:13 (NKJV) 13 And the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

It’s important that when we have done something wrong, and we know it, we don’t try to pass the blame.

It doesn’t matter who tempted us. It doesn’t matter what the reason is that we did what we did.

If God was to say to us, “what have YOU done?”, it’s imperative that we own up to it, admit it and repent.

When we keep putting the blame on others, we don’t see what we need to see in ourselves. And we will never change what is needed to be changed.

We don’t get fixed, we keep on doing what we do and then we wonder why we are in the state we are in.

You notice how God asked the woman, “What is this you have done?” He’s God. He knew already what she had done, and He even gave her a hint, by saying “YOU”. He gave her a chance to own up to it. Yes, there was temptation there, but she still did it.

Owning up to our error is the beginning of change for us. Who wants to get serious and change?

When God comes to us with the same question, “what is this you have done?”, pick up on the hint and spill the beans, so to speak. Don’t start by putting the blame on someone or something else. He already knows the story and is waiting for us to admit it.

There is something about saying it with our own mouths, hearing it with our own voice and owning it with our own hearts. That’s when God can begin to deal with the root of it.

Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-22-19

2 Corinthians 10:5 (NKJV) 5 casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ…

I’m a thinker. I think about everything. Sometimes my thoughts can cause me a lot of stress if I’m not careful.

Just today I was praying and I felt the Lord impressed on me not to do so much thinking. He wanted me to simply rest my mind. I said, “Lord, how do I do that?”.

As I went about my day, He would remind me and point out to me when I would start to think of things that I didn’t need to be thinking about. I had to be alert, watching out for my thoughts and where they would try to venture out. I would have to stop them and bring them back to where they needed to be.

Boy, what a difference it made. I felt light and clearer in my head. I wasn’t getting preoccupied and wasting time thinking about things that weren’t my concern. I actually had more time to enjoy the day and focus on the good things.

God taught me that when we spend time thinking about unnecessary things it can be a huge distraction, and it can actually clog up our communication with Him.

How many of us are thinkers?

Maybe we have even thought so much about things it robbed us of our joy. It can happen, and it will if we don’t get a handle on it.

We need to bring our thoughts into captivity. Our thoughts should not run the show.

Thinkers, give yourself a break by using your time to only think of the things that are of utmost importance to God.

Watch and see what happens. You will find yourself more free, happier and enjoying each day, pondering more on the good things of God.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-21-19

Proverbs 1:7 (NKJV) 7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, But fools despise wisdom and instruction.

God’s word says there is such a thing as fools; People that just don’t want to hear what is right.

Have we ever helped someone through something and never said a word about it, just kept it quiet, so that the person that had done wrong would not get exposed? We were the only ones that knew what took place.

It was OK the first time. But after seeing them repeat it over and over, we realize it was not by mistake that it happened. It was a decision they continued to make. After a while we began to realize they loved what they were indulging in.

When people love what they are doing wrong, there is only so much that we can do to help.

We have to pray and give them completely over to God. We are not saying that He may not use us at times to say something or do something for them sometime down the road. But we truly have to put them in His hands.

He will help them if they are willing to let Him. If not, they will go through their life hurting themselves.

There may be some people that truly want to get it right, and it does take us being patient with them. They may fall back a few times. But there is a difference between them and the ones who just don’t care.

Those who love what they are doing are the fools that the Bible talks about. They have no fear. They don’t want instruction or wisdom. And if we’re not careful, they can pull us down with them.

Be aware of those that have no intentions of changing. They may need to go through some fires before they learn, and we don’t need to watch.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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