Category: Doing What God Tells Us to Do

Bible Verse of The Day – 9-4-20

John 21:6 (NKJV) 6 And He said to them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” So they cast, and now they were not able to draw it in because of the multitude of fish.

The disciples had fished all night, and they had caught nothing.

It’s not that they didn’t know what to do. They were fishermen by trade. They knew how to catch fish!

But for whatever reason, this particular night they had not been successful. It happens sometimes, even for those with lots of experience.

They were tired and ready to call it quits when Jesus called out to them from the shore and told them to try throwing their nets out on a specific side of the boat.

So, they listened and did what the Master told them to do. And they immediately caught more fish than their nets should have been able to hold. Not only did they catch fish, but they caught large fish. 153 of them!

Sometimes we might get stuck doing the same things we have always done in the same way that we have always done them, over and over again. We never think about doing it differently.

This can apply to just about anything. Maybe it’s the way we spend our time with God. Maybe it’s how we pray or how we worship Him. Maybe it’s our daily walk.

Maybe it’s something entirely different than any of these things and it has nothing to do directly with our walk with God, but with listening for His guidance and instructions.

If we’re not listening to the leading of the holy Spirit, we may be just spinning our wheels.

Are we in a “dead end”, so to speak, in our walk with God?

Do we feel like we’re just going through the motions? Sometimes that’s because we are going through the motions.

We need to let God show us how to change things. We need to let Him show us what to do and how to do it, even in things related to our work, our daily tasks, etc.

This may not sound very spiritual in nature. It may seem more like a self-help message than the Gospel.

But to those that might think that, I say this; look at what happened to the Disciples when they listened to Jesus and threw their net out on the right side of the boat.

Not only did they catch more fish than they expected, but it’s safe to say it changed their hearts and, ultimately, their lives.

Cast your net out on the right side of the boat!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 1-10-20

John 15:5 (NKJV) 5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.

So many of us try to do everything on our own, by our own strength and our own understanding.

This always gets us into trouble, especially when it comes to doing the things God has asked us to do.

You see, if God has asked us to do something, He will surely give us what it takes to get it done.

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

This doesn’t always mean that it will be easy or effortless. On the contrary, if God is equipping us, it’s because it requires His wisdom, His understanding and His Spirit in order to accomplish it.

Just as giving birth to a baby is hard, yet rewarding, so is doing the things that God asks us to do.

Yes, there may be pain and struggles. Yes, we may feel like we are alone sometimes, even though we really aren’t. We just need to remember that it’s in Him that we are able to do it.

And it’s in Him that we find our solace and our reward, not in the world that we live in.

So, go ahead. Do that thing that God is prompting you to do. Just be sure to do it with the tools and the weapons that He has equipped you with to get it done His way.

And then look to Him, and thank Him for being the Source of everything we need.

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 – 4-19-19

Zechariah 4:10 (NLT) 10 Do not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin, to see the plumb line in Zerubbabel’s hand.”

Have you ever prayed and asked God to allow you to do bigger and greater things? Have you felt small and insignificant doing the things you do?

This is pretty typical for most people. We all wrestle with this kind of thing. We want to do bigger and better things!

But there are a few things we need to keep in mind, so let’s take a look at them.

1 – First, why do we want to do bigger and better things? Is it solely because we want to make a bigger impact? Or is there maybe a little pride or ego involved?

Sometimes we see what someone else is doing and we become envious. It’s not necessarily a problem with us wanting what they have. But maybe we think that doing something bigger and better than what we’re doing now will give us some recognition.

2 – Second, what defines bigger and better? Whose scale do we use to define bigger and better? Is it ours? Or is it maybe the worlds?

We need to be careful that we don’t get our vision skewed by the things we see. We also need to remember that what we see with our natural eyes may not be the entire picture. Things might look pretty good at first sight, but there are always unseen things behind the scenes that can take away some of the supposed glamour of any situation.

3 – Third, who will “bigger and better” benefit? Will the bigger and better thing we seek after benefit us, or will it benefit someone else. Better yet, will it benefit the kingdom of God?

Before we get caught up in “moving up”, we need to remember that bigger isn’t always better.

The verse above says that God rejoices to see the work begin and to see the plumb line in Zerubbabel’s hand! This means that He rejoices just as much in small things, things in their beginning stages, as much as those things in their later stages.

The presence of a plumb line, which is used to make sure something stands straight upright, says just that; something is being built, but is not yet finished.

Take heart! Do the task that God has placed before you. Don’t worry about being big or small. Be concerned, instead, with making sure it’s done to the best of our ability, allowing God to use us and guide us.

When we let Him lead we can never go wrong.

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 – 7-17-18

James 1:22 (NKJV) 22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

Knowing God’s word is a good thing to do. But doing God’s word is even better!

Many of us like to think that we know God’s word very well. Some can even quote chapter and verse for hundreds of different scriptures. And this is very good.

But God wants us to go beyond just knowing His word. He wants us to walk it out in our lives. If we fail to walk it out, it is just knowledge that does no one any good.

In fact, James said that if we hear the word but don’t put it into action, we are deceiving ourselves!

James also told us that if we have faith, we need to put action behind it and do something with it.

James 2:20 (NKJV) 20 But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?

So, if God has told us to love others, then we need to be doing so. If He has told us to give of our finances, we need to be doing so. If He has told us to pray for others, we need to do so. If He has told us that we need to be His ambassadors, by living out His word in our lives, then we need to do so!

It’s time to put action behind His word and show the world who God is by more than just telling others. We need to live it out right before their eyes.

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 – 4-21-18

Luke 11:28 (NKJV) 28 But He said, “More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”

“Keep it”. Those two words are crucial.

“Keeping it” is the key to having a blessed walk with God.

Those who hear God, and keep what He says dear to them, will not stand still. They will always be growing, learning and moving forward. They will take action as God directs them through His word.

They will mature, they will build, they will take what He says and apply it to every aspect of their life. And they will be blessed!

When God speaks to us through His word, one way or another there is forward motion.

He will speak to our everyday situations. Hear what God is saying through His word today and keep it dear to us. Move forward in it and be blessed!

He is a GOOD God and faithful to deliver on His promises.

2 Timothy 4:18 (NKJV) 18 And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work and preserve me for His heavenly kingdom. To Him be glory forever and ever. Amen!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 9-25-17

Deuteronomy 8:2 (NKJV) 2 And you shall remember that the Lord your God led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not. 

Have you ever felt like you keep facing the same obstacles over and over again? It happens to all of us at one time or another. 

And as we face those same things over and over again, we stand and ask why. Why do we have to go through this yet again? 

Usually it’s because we didn’t get it right the first time. So we have to do it again. And if we don’t get it right the second time, we will face it again. And so on. 

God did this with the Israelites when they left Egypt. The journey they had to make should have taken them no more than two weeks or so. But they wandered in the wilderness for forty years! 

They kept going around that same mountain again, and again. And every time they did, they failed the test. 

God wanted to teach them and show them why. But they failed miserably. And so they paid the price for their disobedience, by dying in the desert and never getting to enter into the land of promise that God had told them about. 

It’s important that we don’t fall into the same trap. We need to get God’s wisdom and discernment and make sure we take the right steps as He leads us. 

Do we keep struggling with financial problems? Maybe we’re mishandling our money. 

How about relationships? Are we constantly in crisis mode with our relationships? We’re probably choosing the wrong people to hang with, entering into a relationship with the wrong person, or failing to correct the things that are wrong in the relationship. 

This can apply to just about every area of our lives. Wherever we repeatedly make poor choices, we will face the same struggles over and over again. 

This is why it’s so important that we draw near to God and build our relationship with Him, so we can hear Him clearly and heed His promptings and warnings. 

And when we follow Him closely, we will find that we will stop facing the same hurdles over and over again. And His peace will wash over us like cool water on a hot day. 

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 – 10-21-13

(Mark 10:21 NKJV)  Then Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack: Go your way, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, take up the cross, and follow Me.”

One thing that stood out to me in this verse was the very fact that Jesus LOVED him. Then He gave him the answer to his problem. He told the man the one thing he lacked, and what would help him.

I know it’s hard sometimes to hear the answer that Christ has for us. That’s why we don’t always want to run to Him, or be around those that we know are going to give us the right answer, the God answer!

Instead, we will go out of our way to find someone that will agree with us and make us feel better about what we are doing, saying, or acting like, etc. You know… the answer that will allow us to keep doing what WE want to be doing.

Jesus tells this man what he needs to do; He told Him what He needed to hear. Why? Because He loved him! He left it at that, for him to make the right choice.

Today, if Jesus is speaking to you, get the answer He has for you and run with it. It may not be what we want to hear, but know that the One that gives it loves us.

He’s not out to hurt us, take away our fun, our dreams or our goals. He just simply knows what’s best.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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