Category: Faith

Bible Verse of The Day – 2-20-15

Matthew 14:29 (NKJV) 29 So He said, “Come.” And when Peter had come down out of the boat, he walked on the water to go to Jesus.

Peter obeyed Jesus. When Jesus said Come, Peter came.

Are we ready for when Jesus asks us to come? Are we willing to take the steps we need to take when He calls us out of our boat?

Jesus called Peter out of the boat and onto the water. But maybe Jesus is speaking to our heart today and calling us to a totally different surrounding. Whether a new place to live, or a new job, or it could even be a whole new position in ministry,etc.; somewhere or something we’ve never done before.

Peter had never walked on water before and I’m sure it was quite the experience.

I can just imagine if that was me and Jesus said to come, I’d be like “REALLY? Here? Now? Do I get some special water shoes or something?”

But seriously, we just never know when Jesus is going to call us out of the boat that we are in, and we need to be close to Him and be ready to obey.

If we are close to Him, we will not worry, and no one will change our minds. We will just step out and let God unfold it as we go, and show us His Miraculous Power from above.

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 – 12-31-14

2 Corinthians 5:7 (NKJV) 7 For we walk by faith, not by sight.

We live in a world that walks by sight. Everything that people do, they tend to do based on what they see.

As followers of Christ, we do things the opposite of this, by what we can only see with faith.

It’s pretty easy to get off track and do things and make choices based only on what we can see with our eyes, if we’re not careful.

Being able to walk by faith requires that we be “plugged in” to God and walking closely with Him, so we can make sound choices and decisions, regardless of how things look on the surface.

This can be a bit tricky when we’re first learning, especially if we are acting under pressure because of a tense situation or some kind of deadline.

But as we press in to God, we learn to hear His voice more clearly and walking by faith becomes more easy to do.

Psalm 73:28 (NKJV) 28 But it is good for me to draw near to God; I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all Your works.

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 – 9-20-14

2 Corinthians 5:7 (NKJV) 7 For we walk by faith, not by sight.

This week has been a week of just letting go of things that I really wanted to have control over. It’s so hard sometimes to let go. But I’m learning that when I do, I finally find the peace I need to get through. 

If we walk by sight, then we will never have to have faith. But if we walk by faith then we will get to see wonderful miracles and God moving on a regular basis! 

God is never late, so keep walking and don’t give up…your answer will come!! 

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 – 6-30-14

Matthew 9:29 (NKJV) Then He touched their eyes, saying, “According to your faith let it be to you.”

According to your faith let it be to you.

What does that mean? How does this simple little statement impact our lives when it comes to what God can do for us?

Well, it means the difference between God moving in our lives or Him not moving in our lives. Plain and simple.

Do we need healing? We have to believe that God can heal us at that very moment when we need the healing and when we ask Him for it. If we lack faith, we can ask Him as many times as we want to, but it won’t happen.

Do we need God to make some other kind of change in our life, such as mending a broken relationship? We have to believe that God can mend that relationship.

Do we need God to move for a breakthrough in our finances? We have to believe that God can move and make that change for us.

You see, there are so very many things that we can ask God for and hope that He does them for us, but if we don’t have faith and we’re just asking Him because we think it might help or because we hope He will come through for us, we might as well save our energy.

It is when our faith is active and alive and we truly believe with every fiber of our being that God will do what we’re asking Him to do that we will see Him move.

This can be a very hard thing to explain or to teach, but when God’s spirit moves on us and we get an understanding of what this really means, then there is nothing that God can’t do for us. He is limited only by our faith.

We encourage you to get your Bible out and read the verses before and after the one above and see what Jesus did when people had faith that was alive and active.

According to your faith let it be to you.

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 – 5-1-14

(Luke 17:6 NKJV)  So the Lord said, “If you have faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.

Faith as a mustard seed.

Mustard seed: the small round seeds of various mustard plants. The seeds are usually about 1 or 2 mm in diameter. That’s very small!

If we have faith as a mustard seed… At first it is small faith, and that’s OK. It has to start somewhere. But we don’t want it to stay small. In order to get it to grow we need to water it with the word of God and take steps of faith as He leads us.

Draw close to God. When we draw close to Him our hearts will connect with Him and we will know what His will is for us.

We can believe for His will to be done in our lives, trusting and crying out to Him, and it shall be done, as we have faith as a mustard seed.

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 – 4-25-14

(Romans 10:17 NKJV)  So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

It is by hearing the Word of God that we develop faith.

Our faith does not come by watching others; our faith doesn’t come by impartation from others. Our faith only comes by hearing ONE thing, the WORD of God! That is how faith comes!

This generation hears a lot of stuff but God has been removed from most of it. God has been taken out of Schools, He has been taken out of homes and He has even been taken out of many churches!

How can we have faith and how can it grow if we don’t hear HIM or HIS Words? It can’t! And it’s causing a faithless generation.

Don’t think for a second the enemy doesn’t know what is happening.

Let’s agree together to pray for God’s Word to be brought back into our generation, our society, and our world. By hearing His Word, faith Comes! Without faith there is no movement, it is stagnant!

We need God to move on this earth, and we need Him now. 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 – 4-23-14

Jude 1:20-21 (NKJV) 20 But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

It is so important that we be built up in our faith.

Keeping our faith strong means that doubt has no place in us. It means that our trust in God is stronger than the lies that the enemy tries to plant in our minds.

Strong faith helps us to be victorious in our battles, even when those battles seem so very long and hard.

Strong faith gives us the fortitude to press in and push through when our flesh just wants to give up and lay down.

Strong faith will help us live a victorious life until the day we meet Jesus.

So how do we develop strong faith? How do we take our weak, little tiny faith and build it into battle-worthy faith that carries us through the trials and tough times in our lives?

First, we never, ever give up on God. It’s not an option. We cling to Him, no matter what comes our way.

Second, we spend time with Him. We share our heart with Him. We listen for His voice, and when we hear it, we obey Him. We follow His leading in everything.

And finally, we stay in His word. We read it as often as we can, taking it in and making it part of our being… part of our existence. It becomes a very part of our thought process.

As we determine in our heart that we will never give up, we spend time with Him, talking and listening and then doing, and we make His word a part of us, we will have strong faith.

And when our faith is strong, we will be strong.

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 – 11-9-13

1 Corinthians 2:14 (NKJV) But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

The human mind is incredibly created and intricately formed by God. It has unbelievable power and potential to think and reason.

But it can never fully comprehend the things of God. It just can’t, no matter how intelligent a person is.

The ways of the Spirit of God are so far beyond what the human mind can comprehend, it baffles us. We try hard to get a grasp of what God does and how He does it, but intellect and spirit just don’t mix.

This is the reason that so many people can’t find it in themselves to have faith in a God that they can’t see, simply because they can’t understand Him.

And so it is, that God has caused us to have to have faith in order to believe that He even exists.

It is only by God’s Spirit that we can find Him. It is only His spirit that can break down the barriers of human intellect and draw us to Himself.

This doesn’t mean that we have to be ignorant or uneducated in order to believe God or follow Him. It just means that we need to recognize the drawing of His spirit when He tugs on our heart.

Then and only then can we bow before Him in reverence and follow Him in true faith.

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 – 9-13-13

(Psalm 27:1 NKJV)  The LORD is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid?

Let us not be afraid of anyone or anything in this world today.

There is nothing too big for God to help us overcome as long as we have faith in Him. We are not saying that it is not difficult to go through trials. But if we stay strong and we don’t fear our situation, but rather know that the Lord gives us all that we need to get through it, we shall come through!

Because we are human, we need to pay attention to one thing that tries to get the best of us; that is our own emotions.

That’s right!  We have to fight against our own emotions and not let them win!

For instance, if our emotions are making us feel that we are not cut out for a specific task that’s in front of us, then we might say “maybe that’s right… maybe I can’t do this”. But with Christ, we can do all things!!

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

We need to speak God’s truth to our emotions and calm them down.

Today we will say to this MOUNTAIN, “be moved” and it shall be done! No fear involved, just faith in God working through us!

(Matthew 21:21 NKJV)  So Jesus answered and said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but also if you say to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ it will be done.

Take action and don’t be afraid. Say to your mountain, “MOVE” and it shall be done, as you speak it in faith, not in fear. 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 – 9-11-13

Mark 5:25-30 (NKJV) 25 Now a certain woman had a flow of blood for twelve years, 26 and had suffered many things from many physicians. She had spent all that she had and was no better, but rather grew worse. 27 When she heard about Jesus, she came behind Him in the crowd and touched His garment. 28 For she said, “If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well.” 29 Immediately the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of the affliction.

During the past few days we have had some questions asked of us about faith and healing. Specifically, we have been asked why some people get healed when they are prayed for and why some people don’t.

As we replied to one person, we don’t always know or understand why these things happen and none of us ever has all of the answers. But we do want to share something that God has taught us about this phenomenon.

In the scripture above, the woman who came to Jesus knew that if she could just touch Him, she would be healed. Why was this so? How did she know that she would be healed, simply by touching him or his robe?

It was by her faith. God showed us that this woman’s faith had been ignited… lit on fire. She had an absolute knowing in her spirit that left no room for doubt, whatsoever.

We see many other instances of this in God’s word where people had an ignition (sudden boost) of their faith and they absolutely knew beyond any doubt that if they could just get to Jesus they would be healed (Matthew 8:5-13, Matthew 9:2-8).

In all of these examples, Jesus told them “your faith has made you whole”. You see, it was their faith that made them whole. Their faith had been ignited and raised to new levels, and with this elevated faith, they absolutely knew that they would be healed and delivered from their affliction.

This was the case in my own life, when God healed me of asthma after being under its curse for 30 years. The story is too long to share here, but let me just say that I had asked God to heal me many, many times. It wasn’t until I got a revelation from God and my faith was ignited that I actually received complete healing and deliverance from this terrible curse.

We all need to let God teach us how to allow Him to ignite our faith. It’s all right there in His word. We just need to see it for what it is and get it in us.

Then He can perform miracles in our lives and the lives of those around us.

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 – 9-9-13

(James 5:15 NKJV)  And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

When we pray for ourselves or for others in need, we must believe within ourselves that God can and will save them or heal them. We must believe. If we have any doubt about it, then our prayer is not in faith; our prayer is in doubt.

It’s pretty simple, when we think about it, that we just need the prayer of faith, and then friends, family members and so forth will be saved and forgiven!

Now, knowing this truth, let us ask God to show us who needs this prayer today. And together, let us go after this world one by one and pray the prayer of faith for them and with them.

However it comes, let us take this world for Christ! Amen

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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