Category: Doing God’s Will

Bible Verse of The Day – 4-20-12

(Psa 119:109 NKJV)  My life is continually in my hand, Yet I do not forget Your law.

God gives us the freedom to live and do as we please. He does not try to control us in any way.

Here He is the Creator of the Universe, yet He still gives us free will to do as we want. Now, He wants us to do the right thing of course. He wants us to obey His Word. But He still gives us time and freedom to make our own choices. This can help us to understand the difference between man-made religion and a real relationship with Christ.

Because God gives us a free will to make our own decision without pressure, guilt trips or being tormented, we as God’s children also need to do the same when we are dealing with people. We shouldn’t try to get people to do things or people should not try to get us to do things by force or manipulation. Giving guidance and instruction is good…but giving guidance and instruction and forcing someone into something is NOT good.

If you feel like you are being controlled by emotions, or feeling guilted into doing things you don’t want to be doing, then this is not of God. This is of man and not by God’s Spirit. This is by a man-made, religious spirit, which is a spirit that tries to take on the same look as God. It can even quote scripture, but it does not let you do things willingly or freely; it forces you into doing things through, guilt and fear and condemnation.

God wants us to want to do the right thing. He wants us to want to obey Him willingly, not be forced to obey Him. If we do it because we want to change, with all sincerity and love for God, our hearts will be changed and our walk with Him will be REAL!!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-377-5400

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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-3-12

(Mat 15:18-19 NKJV)  “But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man. {19} “For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.

In its original context, this verse goes on to explain that eating with unwashed hands does not defile a man or make him unclean.

Jesus used this example to teach us that what’s in our hearts is what defiles us, not whether we have washed our hands or not.

He also used it to teach us that what’s inside of us will eventually make its way out of our mouths.

Have you ever caught yourself saying something that was contrary to what you know God would want you to say? Maybe you used some language that you know in your heart was not pleasing to God. Or maybe you lashed out at someone in anger, and then regretted it later on.

We all make these mistakes at times. The important thing is that we learn from them.

First, we need to learn self control. But more importantly, we need to understand that this is showing us who we really are inside; what’s hiding there in the darkest recesses of our heart.

This isn’t something that we should beat ourselves up about, but something that we need to go to God with and ask Him to take those things out of our heart and replace them with His love, grace, mercy and compassion.

God is the best surgeon there is when it comes to fixing hearts!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-377-5400

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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-31-12

(Heb 4:12 NKJV)  For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

The Word of God is an incredible gift that God has blessed us with. I am constantly amazed at how God’s word brings light to our lives and gives us God’s wisdom.

God’s word is alive! It’s not just printed words on a sheet of paper. It’s not just a book. The words on the pages of the Bible are alive and breathing, bringing light to our darkened souls and hope to our most desperate situations.

We need to take God’s word into our spirits and soak it up, like a sponge.

His word is life to our dry bones. Getting it into us is not optional! It’s a necessity.

Take time today and every day to read God’s word. Our lives depend on it.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-377-5400

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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-17-12

(1 Pet 2:15 NKJV)  For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men…

If we put God first in our daily walk we may find days when will have to sacrifice the things we want to do in order to do the things He wants us to do.

At first it may be really challenging, but as we continue it will get better and after a while we won’t even think much about it; it will come naturally.

Knowing how to do good comes from reading God’s Word and being taught right from wrong. Then, we take the steps and apply them to our everyday situations.

Sometimes we may not know the right thing to do at the moment some situations occur. Always wait on God, He will never steer us wrong.

God is a Good God!!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-377-5400

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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-13-12

(Phil 2:4-8 NKJV)  Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others. {5} Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, {6} who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, {7} but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. {8} And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.

Selfish, self-centered, self-seeking, self-fulfilling; these words conjure up a lot in our minds when we think about them, don’t they?

And let’s be honest with ourselves; when we think of these words, we typically think of others that we know, don’t we?

The fragile nature of life has really been hitting home with us lately. God has impressed on us how important it is for us to appreciate the life that we’ve been blessed with. He wants us to make the most of it, each and every single day.

Being self-centered is easy for most of us. It’s almost second nature if we live by the flesh. If we live by God’s spirit, though, being selfish will become more and more difficult to do.

God wants us to consider others and see them as being important. We’re put here to love God and be a light to this dying world.

Take a few minutes today to ask God if your life is impacting anyone else around you in a positive way. Our lives should be a light to them without us having to preach to them or quote scriptures to them. It’s not about how many Bible verses we quote on a daily basis, but what we say and do in everyday settings and situations that impacts them the most!

It’s up to us to love them and impact their lives with our own lives. God has equipped us for this!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-377-5400

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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-10-12

(Gen 16:2 NKJV)  So Sarai said to Abram, “See now, the LORD has restrained me from bearing children. Please, go in to my maid; perhaps I shall obtain children by her.” And Abram heeded the voice of Sarai.

I suppose at the time that Sarai told Abraham this, she thought it was a good idea… a good way to either help God out or to make up for what she saw was God’s lack of action.

Have we ever done something like this? Have we ever gotten impatient with God and His timing and done something on our own because we just thought we needed to take care of it ourselves?

I can guarantee you that any time we’ve fallen into this trap and done things ourselves, instead of waiting on God when He has told us to wait, we’ve wound up in more trouble than we were in to start with.

Sometimes it can be hard to discern the voice of God and understand His timing completely, but as we draw closer to Him and begin to understand Him better, we’re less likely to make the same kind of mistake that Sarai made. And believe it or not, the entire civilization of the world is still paying for Sarai’s mistake, even today.

Let’s wait on God’s timing and learn how to make good decisions!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-377-5400

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Your Daily Bible Verse – 3-3-12

(Luke 1:38 NKJV)  Then Mary said, “Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.

In the verse above, one of God’s angels had come to Mary to tell her that she was chosen to be the mother of God’s son. Mary received this word and accepted the assignment that God had for her.

Sometimes when God reveals things to us, it can be a little tough to swallow, even when it’s not necessarily a bad thing. I remember very clearly when God revealed to us that he was calling us to be pastors, we cried our eyes out. I remember thinking “no God, anything but pastors”!

As it turned out, the calling didn’t happen overnight and God took the time to prepare us for what He was asking us to do. And by the time it actually happened a few years later, we were pretty settled with it.

The thing is, we have a choice as to whether we want to accept God’s path for our life or choose our own path. Sometimes it looks easier to choose our own path because we think it requires less effort and less commitment. But in reality, if God chooses to use us for a specific task, He will prepare us and shape us for that task.

It’s not always easy, but it’s sure to be easier than any path we choose ourselves.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-377-5400

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