Category: Finances

Bible Verse of The Day – 10-3-24

Ephesians 4:28 (NKJV) 28 Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need.

Let him labor.

Why? So that he may have something to give!

If we are ready to give, He will direct us as to where to give.

We must ask ourselves why we are laboring so hard. Why do we work so hard with our hands?

Is it because we want to have something to give, or is it because we want a fat bank account, a bigger house, lots of material possessions, or a retirement nest egg?

Having an occupation, and being paid for our labor is not simply to make a living, but to make it possible to be an instrument of God’s service through our giving.

Let us understand that, according to this verse, as a believer, our goal for earning money is so we have something to give back. Something we can help others with when they are in need .

Malachi 3:10 (NKJV) 10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, That there may be food in My house, And try Me now in this,” Says the Lord of hosts, “If I will not open for you the windows of heaven And pour out for you such blessing That there will not be room enough to receive it.

The world would have us think that the money we make is to stash away and build a mountain for ourselves. But as a believer, God will take care of our every need as we obey Him in our giving.

This is huge. This is life changing when we finally get it. It’s an eye opener for sure!

Let us ask ourselves today, are we laboring for the right reasons? Do we have a purpose for the money we earn?

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. `

God knows what to do with it. Ask and He shall guide us accordingly!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries 
49 N Lamplighters Walk 
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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My Bible Verse of The Day – 10-14-23

Deuteronomy 8:18 (NKJV) 18 “And you shall remember the Lord your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.

In the verse above, Moses is informing Israel that it is God who gives to them the ability to get wealth.

As His children, we should humbly acknowledge that this power is a God-given ability.

Hopefully we humbly acknowledge where our wealth comes from and are grateful to God for it.

Now, if it is God that gives us this ability to gain wealth, our next question is going to make us think.

Are we lacking in this area? Have we taken the wealth that He has already given to us and spent it foolishly?

God shows us what to do with our finances to make sure we have food in our house.

We must worship Him with our first fruit by giving Him a tenth of it, sowing it into the place that feeds us spiritually.

Are we taking this very important step? If not, then that may be why we are always struggling financially.

Malachi 3:10 (NKJV) 10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, That there may be food in My house, And try Me now in this,” Says the Lord of hosts, “If I will not open for you the windows of heaven And pour out for you such blessing.

God will pour out such blessings as we bring our tithes into the storehouse, worshiping Him and thanking Him for power or the God-given ability to get wealth.

He will also protect us and keep our fruit safe as we obey Him in this area, instead of being greedy with the finances that He provides.

Malachi 3:11 (NKJV) 11 “And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, So that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground, Nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field,” Says the Lord of hosts…

Who is he that tries to destroy our fruit? The enemy!

Let’s cut him off at the knees today, preventing him from stealing our finances, and follow what God has taught us, by bringing all our tithes into the storehouse. Amen.

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 – 10-13-23

Isaiah 48:17 (NKJV) 17 Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, The Holy One of Israel: “I am the Lord your God, Who teaches you to profit, Who leads you by the way you should go.

He will teach us to profit.

To teach means to instruct or train.

It takes time to learn how to profit, but thank God if we follow His lead, He will show us the way. He is our Lord who teaches.

Many times I have gotten upset at myself for not doing certain things the way I should have. I have often found myself repeating, “If only I would have done it this way”, or “if only I would have done it that way”.

With God, though, He will lead us so that we don’t have to refer to the, “if onlys” as much.

I know it’s much easier said than done because we love to be able to do things without help. But, if we truly want to profit in this life, we need to let Him train us in this.

How many want to profit today?

Let Him teach us how. Let Him be our leader. let Him guide our steps. 

We need to say no to the desires within us that keep us repeating our mistakes, and give preference to being taught what is better for us.

Sometimes that very thing we desired was going to be the thing that would delay or distract us. God knows, and He will lead us to what will profit us rather then what will destroy us.

Let our Redeemer teach us the way we should go. Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries 
49 N Lamplighters Walk 
Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 7-6-23

Matthew 6:24 (NKJV) 24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

If God is our master, He needs to come before anything else. That includes our finances; our money.

There are two questions we must get answered from God before we know for sure we are serving Him correctly with our money.

Where do You want me to sow and tithe Your 10% of my wages?

Where do You want me to invest any extra You may bring into my hands?

These questions we bring before God will get us started on the right path.

We will begin to see things change for us as we make Him master over our money and our lives.

It can be difficult for us to do this because we need to look to and lean on God for everything.

In this world we live in, we use money to supply ourselves with the essentials that we need.

The Holy Spirit helps to keep us balanced in these two areas, leaning on God for guidance and using our money the way He wants us to.

When our situation starts to change, we can’t allow ourselves to accidentally start putting our confidence back into what we have instead of WHO we have!

If we put God before everything and everyone, we will find that perfect balance in our walk.  All our needs will be met, while we have a wonderful relationship with Him.

Living in obedience with our finances will cause us to be confident, not in our money, but in Him and His guidance, His love and His stability for us. Amen.

Ask God today to help us make Him master over everything we own.

We will be surprised how He will bless us in all the areas we surrender to Him.

And we will find ourself in a place we’ve always wanted to be in, but knew we could not get to on our own.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 1-26-20 – The Famine Factor – Part 3

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

Did you know that God wants us to be the head, not the tail? That’s right! 

In today’s video, The Famine Factor – Part 3, we wrap up our discussion about seasons of famine, and how God wants to use them to teach us to become the head, not the tail. 

This final video in the series is very eye-opening and informative, so we do hope you will watch it and glean whatever God wants you to glean from it. 

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We love you and pray for God’s very best for your lives. 

Sincerely in Christ, 

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 – 1-19-20 – The Famine Factor – Part 2

Please click to watch the video now.Greetings in the awesome name of our Savior, Jesus Christ! 

We hope you have had a great week. 

In this week’s video, The Famine Factor – Part 2, we continue our discussion on letting God teach us how to face seasons of famine in our lives. 

We’ve had some very good feedback from people who watched part 1, so we hope you will give this one a watch too. 

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Let God teach you how to become the head and not the tail! 

Sincerely in Christ, 

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 – 1-12-20 – The Famine Factor – Part 1

Please click to watch the video.Greetings in Jesus’ name. 

The word “famine” usually causes us to be fearful or to feel dread when we hear it. Famine is, after all, not a very nice thing. 

In today’s video, The Famine Factor, we talk about letting God use seasons of famine to teach us and train us, preparing us for those seasons in a way that allows us to go through them without fear and dread. 

This is part 1 of a 3-part series. We hope you will watch it and that it will bring you some new understanding in this area. 

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We pray that this video blesses you as you watch it. 

Love in Christ, 

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 – 2-18-19

1 Timothy 6:9 (NKJV) 9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition.

Many people desire to be rich… financially blessed. It’s no secret that having an abundance of money makes many aspects of our lives here on earth easier.

But being wealthy also has its down sides. You might ask “how so?”. Wouldn’t having lots of money make everything easier?”

On the surface, it would seem like being wealthy would make a person’s life easier and more pleasant in every aspect, right? Well, yes, it would seem that way. But it’s not always true. Let’s take a look.

First, let’s be sure that we understand that being rich is not a sin. The Bible never, ever states that. But it does teach us that being wealthy comes with a lot of responsibilities.

If we look closely at the verse above, we need to be sure to understand what it really means, not just what we see on the surface.

People whose trust is in God alone usually won’t have as strong a desire to be wealthy as those who are less ethical. Again, it is not a sin to be rich, or to want to be rich. But our desire to know and love God must be above all other desires, including the desire to be wealthy.

If we are corrupt in our ethics, being rich will only cause us to become further corrupt and unethical. And many who start off believing that they are ethically sound, and who seem quite humble, will eventually succumb to the temptations that come with wealth, and their humility will falter if they are not very, very careful.

In the long run, we need to make sure our desires are in their proper order, with God being at the very top, 24/7, 365 days per year. Then and only then can we ever hope to be able to handle financial blessings properly and in a way that doesn’t threaten our walk with God and our eternal destiny.

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 – 12-14-18

Philippians 4:19 (NKJV) 19 And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

Many of us are asking God for a financial breakthrough. It seems to be the biggest thing that most of us ask Him for.

Sometimes we ask because there is a genuine need. Other times, not so much. We ask because we want something more than we need that particular something.

Either way, though, we ask and we wait expectantly.

Many times, after we have asked, we wait and we wait. And we wait some more. And it can sometimes seem like our petition is falling on deaf ears. The “breakthrough” doesn’t come. Our prayer goes unanswered.

Or does it?

In reality, here’s what happens many times. We ask God for a blessing or breakthrough, usually with a specific sum of money in mind. Then we watch and wait for that sum to show up.

Maybe we’re looking for a check of unknown origin to show up in the mail. Maybe we look for a raise or a bonus at work.

Whatever it is that we look for, we always seem to attach some type of mysterious aura to it. We expect it to be a large lump sum of money that just appears out of nowhere.

And, while we’re waiting, money comes in and goes back out. It passes through our hands without us giving it a second thought. Why? Because it doesn’t match that figure that we have stuck in our heads.

Sadly, as we watch that money come and go, we fail to recognize that much of it could very well be little pieces of the blessing that we have asked God for. We just fail to recognize it as such because it isn’t coming in a large lump sum in the exact amount we asked for.

Instead, we see smaller amounts over a period of time. They don’t catch our attention because of their size.

And, if we’re not careful, we squander it on things other than what God intended it for because of the failure to recognize it.

It’s incredibly important that we learn to recognize the blessings of God, even when they don’t show up wrapped in the package we were expecting. Failure to do so means missing out on so many of His blessings.

So, if we are asking God for something, whether a financial blessing or any other kind of blessing, we need to be vigilant and discerning to recognize the things that God sends our way, and then diligent to handle them in the way He wants us to.

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 – Moving Forward With God – Part 4 – 1-7-18

Greetings in the name of Jesus! 

We hope everyone’s new year is off to a good start. 

Regardless of what our calendar says, though, God is faithful to love us and show His mercy and compassion to us each and every day. 

Today we have published our last video in our latest series, Moving Forward With God. 

In part 4, we talk about a topic that each and every one of us deals with; money. 

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There are many different aspects to the financial challenges that each of us face. The choices and decisions we make can change our direction for better, or for worse. 

Click here to watch the video now. 

And we can all learn from the experiences of others who are willing to pass their wisdom on to us. 

So we hope you will take a few minutes to watch this final video in this series and hear what God has to say about this very important topic. 

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We love you all. 

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 – 12-19-17

Proverbs 3:9 (NKJV) 9 Honor the Lord with your possessions, And with the firstfruits of all your increase;

This is the key to our financial stability.

If we want God to bless and protect our finances, we need to allow Him to do so. We need to unlock the door, so to speak.

If we are not honoring Him, there is no way He can honor us.

This one simple principal will save us from financial ruin if we just follow it wholeheartedly. It can’t be a part-time thing. It can’t be done with a motive. It must be done with the right heart.

2 Corinthians 9:6-7 (NKJV) 6 But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. 7 So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.

Those who “get” this will nod knowingly, with a smile on their face as they read it. Sadly, though, this simple truth is often overlooked or ignored, usually because it’s not convenient.

Why is money something that many of us struggle so badly with letting go of? Because we “earned it”. So, we should be able to hang onto it and do what we want with it. Right?

Well, not really. Here’s where we get it mixed up a bit.

You see, everything we have been blessed with has come by way of God’s hand of provision. It’s His. He has just let us hold it for a while. How we handle it is up to us.

In light of this, wouldn’t it be best to do with it what pleases God? Shouldn’t we honor Him with it by using it in the way He’d want us to?

Luke 6:38 (NKJV) 38 Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.”

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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