Category: Ask and You Shall Receive

Bible Verse of The Day – 10-31-18

Matthew 7:7 (NKJV)7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

God tells us that if we ask we will have, if we seek we will find and if we knock it will be opened. The question is, “do we ask, do we seek and do we knock?”.

This was a very big lesson we had to learn. We would never ask God for anything. We would just wait and see what He would do. Even if we were in a critical situation, we would just wait, wait and wait some more.

We were patient in this area, but we weren’t doing everything we were told to do. We weren’t asking, seeking and knocking. How many of us do that today? We just sit and wait and see what God will do.

We think because God knows everything about us that we shouldn’t have to ask.

Wrong! We need to ask. And one of the things we have learned is that we need to be specific with our asking.

Once we learned how to ask, we would be very shy and reserved about it. We would only ask for exactly what we and others needed. That was it. Nothing else! I guess we didn’t want to put God out, so to speak.

But, one day during my prayer time I was prompted by the Holy Spirit to lift up my desires as well. I struggled with this, and I even argued with Him. Don’t argue with the Holy Spirit. He always wins.

He showed me that as long as my desires lined up with the will of God for me, and as long as they weren’t going to hurt me, it was OK to ask for more than just exactly what we needed. He has proven to us that He loves to help us with the desires of our hearts.

He loves to see us succeed and move forward. He loves to bless us!

We’d like to remind each and every one of you today, as we obey God with everything that He blesses us with, that we also give back to Him a tenth of it.

As long as we are diligent and faithful to Him, putting Him first, He will take care of our every need. He will protect us and give us the desires of our heart.

Psalm 37:4 (NKJV) 4 Delight yourself also in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.

That doesn’t mean we can be silly or excessive in our asking, but be prayerful. God will show us what we need and what desires are good for us. He will give us wisdom even in our asking. Amen.

Have a lovely day. You are blessed to be a blessing!

Proverbs 11:25 (NLT) 25 The generous will prosper; those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed.

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 – 8-7-17

Psalm 37:4 (NKJV) 4 Delight yourself also in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.

My birthday was coming up and Pastor Curt was planning to take me for a guided sunset boat tour on the ocean. As we checked the weather forecast earlier in the week, it was calling for clouds and rain.

I wanted so badly to be able to go and just enjoy it. So, I asked God, in spite of the forecast and what everyone kept telling me, “if He would give me a nice day”.

The day came, and as I began to wake and open my eyes, I heard those words from my husband; Happy Birthday!

I looked outside immediately, with great excitement, and it looked pleasant. I knew that God had heard my thoughts, concerns and prayers and I was ever so grateful!

I continued on with my day, just thanking God. But I kept hearing people say there was some rain coming and it was supposed to be bad! Even the tour guide kept telling us to keep an eye out because we may have to cancel.

But, no rain all day long. Just pleasant weather.

As the evening approached and we were getting into the little boats to head out for our tour, I just kept thanking God for what He gave me and I was enjoying every second of it while it lasted.

The weather that evening turned out to be beautiful! Even the guides were amazed at how calm and peaceful it was.

Right before the sun began to set, the sky began to close up, as clouds moved in. I asked my husband where the sun would be setting and he pointed to it. There were no signs of the sun at all. Just clouds.

I still hoped for a sunset. But I was OK at this point with however it turned out, because the rest of my day was so beautiful and it hadn’t rained!

As the sky began to get dark and evening was setting in, the most amazing thing happened. We could see a little bit of the sun peeking through! Then it got bigger and bigger.

And we had one of the most amazing sunsets we had ever seen!

I testify today of God’s heart for us, to do good for us. That personal touch is there. We just have to go to God, and ask in the precious name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

John 16:24 (NKJV) 24 Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.

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 – 1-24-15

James 1:5 (NKJV) 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

We can ask God for wisdom today and He gives it to us liberally and without reproach, meaning He gives it freely; it doesn’t cost us anything. The only thing we have to do is acknowledge the fact that we need it, and ask Him for it.

It’s sad that He is so willing to offer it to us, but yet we don’t think at times to ask. It could save us a lot of problems, if we would just ask.

Some of us have a hard time asking God for anything, for whatever reason. Maybe we don’t want to ask Him because we feel that we have everything we need and we know their are others who are worse off, and we feel funny asking God for certain things.

It’s good that we are compassionate, caring and put others before ourselves; that’s a good quality to have. But there comes a time when we have to ask God for things for ourselves as well, and not feel guilty about it or feel like we are being ungrateful or greedy, etc.

God wants us to ask Him for things and not be shy about it. Take a step today and ask God for the things we need; maybe it’s wisdom today, but maybe tomorrow it’s something else. It doesn’t have to be a need, it could be a desire. Either way, ask Him.

Matthew 7:8 (NKJV) 8 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.

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 – 8-12-13

(Philippians 4:6-7 NKJV)  Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; {7} and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Praying for the things we need and being thankful for where we are at will bring peace in our life.

Do we always need to see everything we pray for before we are thankful for it? This is the question we need to ask ourselves today.

How many times do we pray for things and then walk around with a doom and gloom face, negative attitude, and angry at the world, until we get what we asked God for?

This is not how it happens with God. This is a bratty, selfish and childish way.

When we do this, WE are trying to manipulate God and others into doing what we want. We are saying to Him, “God, I have asked you for what I need and now I am not going to be happy or thankful until I get what I asked for”.

This might have worked when we were little and our parents gave in to us, but I guarantee you this will NOT work with our Heavenly Father.

This childish behavior has to stop in all of us. This will not get God to move for us in any way, shape or form. This behavior will cause more problems and slow the process down.

So let’s put away the pout face, the attitude and the agenda and start praying. And let’s be thankful and let God’s peace and understanding guard our hearts today! 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 – 7-19-13

James 4:3 (NKJV) You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures.

We all ask God for something.

We have wants, needs and desires that we bring before Him. Sometimes we get exactly what we asked for. Other times we get something close to what we asked for. And yet, other times we don’t get anything. In fact, sometimes we wonder if God is even hearing us at all.

Sometimes there is no clear-cut explanation for this. We wonder why we’re not getting what we asked for. We wait. We pray some more. But still no answer.

Many times when we ask God for something, we ask with a motive. Human nature can be very slick, and sometimes we ask for something under the guise of “using it for the kingdom of God”. But in reality, we have selfish motivations.

We should be thankful that God sees our motives for what they are! Despite the fact that we get our feelings hurt when we don’t get what we want, it’s usually a good thing when God sees fit not to answer our selfish requests. It’s for our own good.

If we all take a look back on our lives, it would be pretty safe to say that every single one of us can recall times when we got something we wanted, only to find out later on that it ultimately hurt us instead of helping us.

So if we’re not getting what we’re asking God for, let’s be honest and ask Him to show us if maybe we’re asking amiss. The truth can hurt sometimes, but it’s the truth that sets us free.

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 – 5-10-13

(John 14:14 NKJV)  “If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.

We have a sump pump in our basement. The pump has been kicking on every few minutes to pump out the water for the past several weeks.

The power went out at our house the other day, which meant that the pump stopped working. I panicked!

My husband wasn’t home at the time and I did not know how to use the generator. I never had to hook it up before. I called my husband and he raced home. He was rushing around to get the generator set up so we could get the pump turned back on. Well, just as he pulls the chord to start it, it breaks.

Here we sit now, not knowing what to do; we don’t want our basement to get water in it. I turned to God and I said, “Lord, we need you to turn this electricity back on immediately. In Jesus’ name we ask. Amen”.

Within seconds after that prayer, the power kicked back on! I said to myself,  “it was that simple”. We didn’t get any water in the basement and I truly was blessed to know that God moved so quickly and that was all we had to do was ask.

Sometimes we just need to ask.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-377-5400

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