Month: May 2024

Bible Verse of The Day – 5-9-24

Acts 7:51-53 (NKJV) 51 “You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you. 52 Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you now have become the betrayers and murderers, 53 who have received the law by the direction of angels and have not kept it.”

Ritualism does not bring one into a right standing before God.

Allowing God to change our heart through being born again, obeying His Spirit, and taking steps of faith are the real signs of growth and a true relationship with God.

In the verses above, Stephen was speaking it for sure. And because of his passionate conclusion, he was stoned to death. Stephen spoke the truth. And it cost him his life.

Acts 7:59 (NKJV) 59 And they stoned Stephen as he was calling on God and saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”

Do we resist the Holy Spirit at times because we are afraid of the consequences?

Speaking and walking in the truth is going to ruffle some feathers from time to time.

People may not like us at times when we say what needs to be said. They may even tell us to our face, “I hate you.”

I’ve been there and I know how it feels to hear these words when you truly are concerned for someone’s life.

But always remember the importance of our words being spoken at the right moment in time; they do bring life!

If the occasion arises, and the Holy Spirit is prompting, speak it out loud and clear.

Fear only God.

The fear of man is not for Christians. We must have the fear of the Lord working and moving through our veins.

It is only then we will obey Him and show His love to others, not by tickling their ears with fluff, but by speaking into their lives what they need to hear.

You see, God knows the heart of every man. If we trust Him in this, we will speak exactly what they need to hear in that hour.

Do not resist the Holy Spirit. Let Him teach us and guide our hearts. Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries 
49 N Lamplighters Walk 
Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 5-8-24

Colossians 3:23-24 (NKJV) 23 And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men, 24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.

Many times, we will hear this verse being used to encourage us to do all things, especially those things unrelated to our walk with God, to the fullest of our ability, as though we are doing them for God.

And rightly so. This is part of how we set an example, showing God to others through our actions.

Conversely, let us consider how we do those things that are part of our walk with God; the things we do to directly serve Him.

God tasks each of us with certain things; purposes to walk out in our lives.

We may not always know what these things are immediately, struggling to “find ourselves” as a child of God.

But over time, as we spend time in His word and we diligently seek Him, He unfolds it all for us a little at a time.

And as we walk it out, especially over the long haul, we must be careful to not allow it to become ho-hum, ordinary or habitual to us.

Our walk with God should never be mechanical or rote.

This can happen to anyone, and it can put our walk at risk of becoming stale or less meaningful. It often happens slowly, over time, making it hard to detect until it is deeply entrenched and needs to be rooted out.

But if we serve God wholeheartedly, remembering that we do it not unto men, but unto Him, it will help us keep things in their proper perspective.

If we look at the original language of the verses above, we will see that “heartily” literally means “from the soul”.

And “the reward of the inheritance”, literally means “consisting of the inheritance”.

Knowing this, we understand that as we do everything heartily, from the soul, as though we were working for the Lord, we know that from the Lord we will receive the reward, consisting of the inheritance, for we serve the Lord Christ.

Let us not allow our walk with God to become mundane or ritualistic. But let it be vibrant and full of life, allowing that life to spill out onto every aspect of each day we live!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 5-7-24

Matthew 19:26 (NKJV) 26 But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

I must remind myself of this truth continually.

I can be going along one day, strong in my walk, and then wake up another day with my mind and emotions getting the best of me, and I start to doubt.

I know I’m not alone in this. I have learned we need God even in our thinking process.

Spending too much time thinking is not good. Our thoughts can sometimes hinder our walk with God.

We must balance it.

We should take time to ponder on things. We need to recognize the reality of things. But we should not “over-ponder” them.

There is a line we cannot cross. If we do, we then go into worrying.

How do we know when we have crossed that line?

It’s easy. We can tell by the way it is affecting us that we crossed the line.

When we start to worry or be concerned to the point where it is all we think about, or when we see it is consuming us, we’ve gone too far.

We need to pull ourselves together, lay it down at the cross, and walk by faith.

Praising God despite not having all the answers is huge.

Praising God in the midst of a storm will move mountains.

If we choose to praise God when everything around us is causing us to doubt, it’s in these moments that God sees our hearts and how much we truly trust Him.

Praise Him today, no matter what it is that is trying to take us down.

Praise Him, by knowing Who He is in this storm; our strength and song.

Exodus 15:2 (NKJV) 2 The Lord is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation; He is my God, and I will praise Him; My father’s God, and I will exalt Him.

Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries 
49 N Lamplighters Walk 
Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 5-6-24

Proverbs 25:21-22 (NIV) 21 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; if he is thirsty, give him water to drink. 22 In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the Lord will reward you.

If only we could get this right. How different our lives would be.

When we view someone as an enemy, we tend to have a “standard set” of reactions within us, stored up and ready for that moment when they are needed to inflict reciprocal harm or punishment on those who would hurt or harm us or our loved ones.

It is a natural human reaction.

It is not, however, a Holy Spirit-led reaction. It is our flesh acting out.

God’s word tells us plainly that we are not to repay evil with evil.

1 Peter 3:9 (NIV) 9 Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.

In fact, Jesus told us that if someone strikes one cheek, we are to turn the other cheek to them.

Matthew 5:39 (NKJV) 39 But I tell you not to resist an evil person. But whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.

This flies in the face of every human emotion that rises in us when we are treated in ways that are less than what we expected.

But it is what God expects of us; treating others as we would like to be treated, even when they have acted to the contrary.

It is seldom easy. We absolutely need to lean on the Holy Spirit, allowing Him to lead us in actions that conflict with what our flesh wants to do.

But though it may be difficult, we can do this, through Christ, who strengthens us.

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

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 5-5-24 – He Heals The Brokenhearted

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

We serve a mighty, compassionate, merciful God. 

He is our Healer and our Great Physician. 

We have a new video for you today, He Heals The Brokenhearted. 

In this new video, we teach about God’s faithfulness in healing our broken heart. 

We hope this video will speak to you and bring healing where you need it. 

Please click here to watch the video now.

Be sure to bring your brokenness to God and let Him heal your heart in ways that no man or woman can do for you.

We love you all dearly.

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 – 5-4-24

John 13:37 (NKJV) 37 Peter said to Him, “Lord, why can I not follow You now? I will lay down my life for Your sake.”

Peter was sincere in what he said. He really did want to do the right thing. He loved the Lord dearly.

Sometimes we say something with all sincerity, but when the time comes for what we said to be put to the test, and the circumstances are different, the results may be different than what we said would happen.

I’m speaking from experience today. Sometimes the very thing I want to get right, I still find myself slipping. Why is this?

Because we aren’t perfect and we know the right way, but our imperfected flesh will fail.

Peter had every intention in his heart to be true to Jesus, but the rest of him needed to line up. He ended up denying Jesus, not just once, but 3 times.

John 13:38 (NKJV) 38 Jesus answered him, “Will you lay down your life for My sake? Most assuredly, I say to you, the rooster shall not crow till you have denied Me three times.

We, too, may make statements at times as to how we will do this or do that, and really want to hold true to our words. But we will find our imperfect flesh overriding our heart if we don’t take the time and align them with the Holy Spirit.

Maybe today we are feeling terrible about some things we have promised to the Lord and failed to follow through on.

For instance, “I’ll never do that again if you get me out of this mess. I’ll give you everything if you save my marriage. I’ll give you my full attention if you save my child. I’ll tithe from my check if you get me this job”.

These are probably sincere promises, and maybe at first we did start to do what we promised. But over time we stopped and went back to the way things were.

Today is a new day, and we can repent. And those promises we spoke to the Lord, we can still carry them out.

We can start over and ask Him to help us and our flesh to walk out the things we know we need to do.

We can’t just give up if we did the opposite of what we said we would do.

Make it right. Tell God we are sorry, and try again. With His help, we can do all things that we purpose in our heart.

Matthew 19:26 (NKJV) 26 But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries 
49 N Lamplighters Walk 
Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 5-3-24

1 Peter 1:6 (NLT) 6 So be truly glad. There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you must endure many trials for a little while.

Be glad; truly glad.

In its original language, this (literally) means to be exceedingly glad, exuberantly jubilant.

What is it Peter is telling his readers to be exuberantly jubilant (celebratory) about?

He wants them to be joyful about their relationship with the eternal God.

He reminds them that their troubles are temporal, lasting but a little while. But their relationship with God is eternal.

Trouble lasts for a season. It serves a purpose. It comes in various forms.

But in all this, we should never lose our joy because of these troubles, for there is joy ahead!

Our joy should never be found in our earthly situations or circumstances.

Our foundation, and the source of our hope, is God Himself and the eternal promises given to us through the blood of Christ.

Sometimes our flesh has a little trouble remembering this and putting it into real-life practice.

Often, we need to change our perspective, the way we look at things.

When we are self-centric, we can easily become disappointed, or even depressed.

But when we put God at the center, we will begin to see things differently. Our outlook on life in general changes. And the rough patches we hit from time to time will not rattle us as badly as they once did.

So, let us allow God to teach us to look past the trials we are walking through, looking to Him for our joy, our stability, and our security.

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 – 5-2-24

Acts 5:40 (NKJV) 40 And they agreed with him, and when they had called for the apostles and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus and let them go.

The apostles were beaten for speaking the name of Jesus.

Jesus does not guarantee perpetual happiness if we agree to serve Him. But He does promise us so much more; peace, love, joy, and eternal life!

Some of the hits we take, and the pressures we can face may make us question whether or not we did the right thing by following Jesus.

They may even cause us to shrink back from time to time.

In this case, the apostles did not let it affect the work they were called to do. In fact, it caused them to go even stronger and preach that much more.

Acts 5:41-42 (NKJV) 41 So they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for His name. 42 And daily in the temple, and in every house, they did not cease teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.

Are you feeling persecuted today because you took a stand and won’t back down? Are you being bullied because people sense Jesus’ Spirit in you and know what and Who you stand for?

You are not alone. He is with you.

When you feel the pressure and tension in the atmosphere, call on His name. He will give you the strength to endure.

2 Peter 1:3 (NKJV) 3 as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue…

It is through His power we have what it takes. Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries 
49 N Lamplighters Walk 
Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 5-1-24

Proverbs 15:4 (NKJV) 4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, But perverseness in it breaks the spirit.

Words.

We speak them by the thousands each day; many without consideration beforehand as to what their ramifications will be, what fruit they will bear.

As I have lived these 60+ years, I have learned more each day about the consequences of words; sometimes by the words I have spoken, and other times by the words spoken by others.

And in all this learning, one conclusion has become abundantly clear; words spoken in haste or based solely on emotion will seldom bear good fruit.

Often, those words can do great harm and result in irreparable damage, and many times death. It may not be death of the physical kind, but death, nonetheless.

Conversely, words spoken with contemplation and by God’s leading, words of love and truth, tempered by the Holy Spirit, bring healing and life.

The tongue is a great, untamed beast constrained only by the lips of its owner. It appears small but wields mighty power.

That power is ours to do with as we choose.

James states without apology that the tongue is untamable by man. And it is, in fact, an unruly evil that is full of poison.

James 3:8 (NKJV) 8 But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

Will you join me in allowing the Holy Spirit to help us tame our tongues?

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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