Month: March 2022

Bible Verse of The Day – 3-9-22

Lamentations 2:11 (NLT) 11 I have cried until the tears no longer come; my heart is broken. My spirit is poured out in agony as I see the desperate plight of my people. Little children and tiny babies are fainting and dying in the streets.

As I may have mentioned in a previous devotional, I have been spending a lot of time in the book of Jeremiah lately. And I have now moved into the book of Lamentations, which was also penned by Jeremiah.

I have found the writings of Jeremiah to be extremely relevant to the situations we’re facing today on a global scale.

Today, however, I want to address the United States, where we live. Some of what I share may also be relevant to other countries.

My heart has been in a state of mourning for quite some time now, as I watch the systematic destruction and deconstruction of the nation where I live. It is heartbreaking, to say the least.

Don’t get me wrong. I don’t allow this to consume my time or my thoughts. But it bothers me to see a nation take such a wayward path in light of the blessings that God has poured out on us over the years. It is clearly a slap in the face of God.

The USA was founded and built on Biblical principles, making it very unique from its inception.

Over time, those principles have been eroded, a little at a time, causing the nation to stray from God as a whole.

This is very obvious, even to the natural eye, as we see the laws of the nation pull further and further from good, and steer us closer and closer to evil.

The hands of our nation are covered in the blood of unborn babies who have been slaughtered by the untold millions. We have also fought in many, many unnecessary wars over the decades, causing more unneeded bloodshed.

And now we have gone off the deep end with sexual and moral sins that are too numerous to list.

The words of Jeremiah at the beginning of this devotional describe almost perfectly what I have been feeling.

My heart is broken, and I have shed countless tears as I have contemplated the condition of our nation. I have repented for our sins many, many times, crying out to God for His mercy.

But I am realistic about what has happened, and I know that sins of this magnitude demand that a price be paid.

So, I hold fast to God, my Savior and the source of my hope and my strength. I look to Him alone for counsel, and for guidance as we walk this treacherous, delicate path into the future.

But do not live in fear. Don’t let what’s ahead cause you to shrink back. Instead, let it push you ever closer to God, our one true Source of strength.

And let us pray, as Jeremiah did.

Lamentations 2:19 (NKJV) 19 “Arise, cry out in the night, At the beginning of the watches; Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord. Lift your hands toward Him For the life of your young children, Who faint from hunger at the head of every street.”

Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-8-22

Jeremiah 29:11 (NKJV) 11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Don’t be scared.

Times are very different and God’s people are seeing it for what it is.

We know that things have changed drastically and very rapidly.

Things are going to get harder, and we are going to see it and have to stand firmer than ever before in our faith, and be there to help others as well.

Children of God, stay focused.

Most of us are shaking our heads at what is going on. But don’t get stuck in the negative.

Don’t get depressed over it all. That will only keep us from doing our part. God knows.

Psalm 18:46 (NKJV) 46 The Lord lives! Blessed be my Rock! Let the God of my salvation be exalted.

We have a part to play. And that part is this; even though we see and know what is happening, we stand strong on this Rock, who is Christ Jesus our Lord.

We must keep His joy and love flowing through our hearts. That’s right, move forward with joy and LOVE.

We have much to be grateful for, and we are all blessed to the very end. God wins. And we are His children, we win with Him! Amen.

As we continue to move forward in 2022, we will stand up and march. We will be mighty warriors through Him!

And as we do so, we want to thank you for all you do to help us keep going forward. Your prayers, financial support and encouragement are God-sent.

Our recent move to NC has been flawless. We did not skip a beat during the whole process. God gave us the grace and strength to stay strong through it all. And we are starting now to feel like it is our home.

Thank you so much for your prayers, and for checking on us during that time. It meant the world to know that we weren’t alone.

As we wrap this up, let us say that if you feel that there are steps that He is impressing upon you to take during this season, know that His timing and understanding are critical.

Stay close to Him and let Him lead. He is faithful to lead us, and to set the things in motion that will help make it happen.

Watch, listen and obey.

We love you all dearly!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-7-22

2 Chronicles 7:14 (NKJV) 14 if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

This is a scripture that I’ve heard quoted hundreds of times over the last 30+ years. And it’s for a good reason that it is so often quoted.

It is to the point and powerful.

Almost every time I have heard this verse quoted, it has been related to the condition of a nation.

But as I was pondering on this verse over the last few days, God showed me that there is a wider scope for this. So, let me share that with you today.

What God said in the verse above is what I’d like to call, “God’s Blueprint for Restoration”, even on a personal level.

If we look closely at the action points of that verse, we can see that they give us all of the steps necessary for us to be restored into God’s presence and His “good graces”, for lack of a better phrase, when we have fallen away.

It shows us how to go from being totally separated from God by our sin, to walking in His favor again, one step at a time.

This is not just for nations. It’s for each and every believer as well.

So, if our relationship with Him is falling short, especially because of sin in our lives, here’s how we fix that.

First, we recognize that we are separated from Him. Then, we humble ourselves before Him, acknowledging our sin or our failures.

Then, we go to Him, and we pray, seeking His face (His presence), confessing our sins to Him, and asking Him to forgive us.

Last, but certainly not least, we sincerely (genuinely) repent, turning from the very sins that have separated us from Him. And we turn from those sins on a permanent basis, not just temporarily in an effort to try to win God’s approval.

If we do this, and our heart is sincere (which is the key to everything in our walk with God), He will hear us and forgive us. And He will heal our “land” (our personal walk with Him and the things in our lives that were being affected by our sins).

This is very powerful once we understand the truth and the depth of it.

Again, our heart has to be sincere. These words are not just a 4-step self-help program to make us a better person.

They are words spoken by God Himself, so we need to recognize and honor the gravity of them and what they represent.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-6-22 – The Importance of Humility

Please click to watch the video nowGreetings in the name of Jesus! 

Humility is something that’s often overlooked when it comes to our walk with God. But it’s something that’s very important. 

In today’s video, The Importance of Humility, we teach on the Biblical aspects of humility and how it impacts our everyday lives, including our relationship with our heavenly Father. 

We hope you’ll take the time to watch it. 

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Enjoy your day! 

Sincerely, 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443 

401-439-3780 

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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-5-22

Ephesians 6:12 (NKJV) 12 For we do not wrestle 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.

Part 3

As we left off yesterday, we had begun discussing principalities, the evil spirits in charge of large areas or regions.

Think of principalities as rulers over their assigned domain.

The presence and the influence of these demons is usually very visible and obvious in the fact that a specific sin, or type of sin, will tend to dominate that area.

Some areas will be rampant with sexually-related sins; adultery, homosexuality, prostitution, pornography, etc.

These sins are obviously not isolated to just these areas. They are present everywhere, but they will tend to be much more pronounced in specific areas.

And one single type of sin won’t be the only sin in an area. But, again, there will usually be one that’s predominant.

Other areas might be prone to sins of violence; murder, gang activity, stabbings, shootings, etc.

And the list can go on at length. But these should help make it a bit clearer when it comes to principalities and how they rule over areas.

If you think of specific cities or areas, you will likely be able to name a few that stand out for specific types of sins/crimes.

As we move past principalities, Paul mentions “powers”.

Powers refers to various spiritual/demonic beings that have authority in the spiritual world. They are not as strong as principalities, but have more power than the lower-level demonic spirits.

Next, we see rulers mentioned. This refers specifically to worldly rulers; people in positions of power, influence and authority here on the earth who operate as part of the kingdom of darkness.

As we mentioned early on in this series, these types of people have largely sold their souls to evil. They are owned by the devil himself. Every action they take has evil motives and unholy intent.

And finally, we see “spiritual hosts of wickedness in heavenly places”.

This is referring to evil spirits. This ranges from various types of demons and fallen angels, to Lucifer himself.

“In the heavenly places” simply refers to the spiritual realm, the invisible world where so much happens that is unseen by the human eye. And yet, everything that happens there spills over into the natural world, where we see the manifestation and the consequences of it.

This series only skims the surface of this topic, but hopefully it will bring light and understanding to a subject that’s sometimes very hard to understand.

We will continue to teach on this again in the future as God leads us to do so, bringing more understanding and helping us all grow as believers and warriors for the Kingdom of God.

We hope you’ve enjoyed this breakdown.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-4-22

Ephesians 6:12 (NKJV) 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities…

Part 2

Welcome back!

In yesterday’s devotional, we began taking a look at some aspects of spiritual warfare, including some of what we’re seeing around us in the world today. We established a foundation; a springboard from which we will move forward with this series.

As we mentioned yesterday, we don’t fight against men or women. We fight against the spirits that are moving in those men and women.

Sometimes it can be very hard for our flesh to separate the person from the spirit in action. But we must learn to have the eyes that allow us to see what’s behind the actions people are taking.

Make no mistake. Most of these people who are carrying out the enemy’s plans know full well what they are doing. The majority of them have sold themselves out for power and money.

But our prayers and our battle maneuvers must target the spirits of darkness that are at work, not the fleshly body in which they dwell and move.

This is probably one of the biggest things we wrestle with as followers of Christ. And there is no doubt that we all wrestle with this to one degree or another. But we have to allow God to carry us above the fleshly reactions and emotions, allowing us to see things from a 40,000-foot view, so to speak.

Doing this will help us see things more clearly than if we were to look solely through our own eyes.

And once we get to see our actual enemy at work, we can work more effectively to combat his moves.

Let’s look now at some of the spiritual adversaries we must battle against.

The first, and probably the most powerful is the principalities.

Principalities are powerful spirits/demons who have been given dominion (power, authority, control) over areas or regions.

These spirits will vary from one region to another as to what sin, or what type of darkness rules over their assigned area.

This can be clearly seen as you look at different areas.

Tomorrow we will continue to examine this in more depth.

Stay tuned.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-3-22

Ephesians 6:12 (NKJV) 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood…

Part 1

Spiritual warfare is something we teach on and speak about frequently.

Why? Because it’s a necessity for believers to understand it and be equipped to fight the battles that we all face.

Without proper teaching and training, we will not survive such battles.

It has become abundantly clear that we are in an epic spiritual battle right now. Darkness (evil) is working feverishly to overcome and defeat light (good).

This is not a new battle. It has been going on since the beginning of time.

John 1:5 (NIV) 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

In John 1:5, the translation used here says that the darkness has not overcome the light. Other translations use other verbs, such as extinguished, overpowered or absorbed.

It’s important for us to understand that the darkness (evil, wickedness and everything that stands against God).) will never defeat the light.

But that doesn’t mean that it will stop trying. The goal of the enemy is to take out and defeat as many people as possible before God finally brings him to his final end.

The battle that is so heavily raging right now is not a battle of flesh and blood. Our war is not against men and women, even though we see men and women carrying out the plans of the enemy.

The people carrying this out are pawns of the enemy; humans who have largely given themselves over to evil, sacrificing their souls for wealth and power. Their sins have consumed them, and God has given them over to their depravity, leaving them to their own devices.

Let’s continue this tomorrow, as we dig deeper into the spiritual aspects of this and explore it on a deeper level that will help us better understand it all.

We hope you’ll join us!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-2-22

James 4:7-8 (NKJV) 7 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Many believers endeavor to defeat satan in their lives.

They read books. They watch videos. They seek answers from other believers.

It seems to be quite the mystery for so many people. Because of this, they struggle with sin year after year.

And this constant struggle with sin leads to other things, such as depression, a constant feeling of defeat, or possibly even a withering and drying up of their faith.

That’s right. They walk away from God because they feel like there is no possible way to defeat the enemy in their lives.

The problem with this is that their expectations aren’t realistic. Why? Because they want God to defeat the enemy for them.

They pray for God to do so. They have others pray with them for God to make it happen. They stand in prayer lines and have people lay hands on them for the same reason.

And yet, their lives don’t change. The devil is not defeated in their lives.

So, what’s the answer to this dilemma? How can satan be defeated once and for all in the life of a believer?

Submit to God. Resist the devil.

Both of those phrases require action on the part of the believer. And yes, they require work; sometimes very hard work.

Submitting to God requires humility on our part. We have to admit that we need Him and that we’re unable to do this on our own.

Resisting the devil is also hard work. Sometimes it’s extra hard.

But here’s the key to this whole thing; if we submit to God, resisting the devil becomes a whole lot easier!

It’s our submission to God that helps us fight off temptation and sin. Once we have submitted to Him, everything about us begins to change. The more we submit to Him, the more He changes us.

And when we allow Him to radically change us, the enemy no longer has that death grip on our lives.

Submit to God. Resist the devil.

That’s how we defeat the enemy in our lives.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-1-22

Romans 1:16 (NKJV) 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.

Who will stand up and say, “I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ.”?

It’s time for us to make a statement more than we have ever done before. We must stand up!

We must say, no to manipulation; the voice of the enemy that sneaks in, not with a big bang or a “look at me” approach, but with a slow, steady and subtle manipulation attack.

The enemy is not going to come in and say, “hello, I’ve come to ruin your family, your marriage, your ministry, your financial situation”.

He will do it inch by inch, piece by piece. He will try and deceive us into thinking that nothing is wrong, desensitizing us so we don’t see what is really happening until it is deeply rooted, and deeply impacting our situation.

Take a stand for the gospel, in our home, in our relationships, in our work place and in our ministries. Don’t let the enemy come in, manipulating us. Shut him down by standing up for righteousness!

May the gospel of Jesus Christ be strong and noticeable in our walk. Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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