Category: Following God’s Leading

Bible Verse of The Day – 10-1-14

Luke 22:42 (NKJV) 42 saying, Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done.”

Jesus’ prayer to the Father was “not My will, but Yours, be done”. Jesus humbled Himself under the Mighty Hand of His Father and obediently followed Him in every step. He was perfect in every way and did exactly what God had for Him to do.

There are going to be times when we will have to humble ourselves and do what God is asking us to do versus what we would rather be doing. It may be unfamiliar territory and very intimidating at times, doing what God asks.

Will we humble ourselves and do it anyway? This is a decision we will have to make. God will not force us to do things His way, but He will show us the right path to take and leave it up to us.

If we choose to follow His plan, trusting Him, He will be right there helping us, guiding us, encouraging us, comforting us, strengthening us, and providing for us. We won’t be alone.

When we follow God’s plan for our lives, we come out victorious!

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 – 5-22-14

(Jeremiah 1:5 NKJV)  “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; Before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.”

God knew Jeremiah; He had a purpose and plan for his life. There is not one of us that He does not know. It’s up to us to get to know Him and find out His purpose or plan for our life.

When we become His child through salvation, we are made new. We are born again; a new person, with a clean slate.  It’s the beginning of our walk with God no matter what our age is.

One of the questions we need to ask Him is, “what is it Lord that You would have me to do and where do you want me to be”? And we need to remain patient, letting Him guide us, train us and make us into the person He wants us to become and prepare us for the things He wants us to do.

Being responsible, dedicated and trustworthy may sometimes mean giving up doing some things that we’d rather be doing, for the sake of what God has for us to do. It involves waiting on His timing, and waiting for the door to open for whatever it is.  It can be very humbling, but very fulfilling!

When we are doing what the Lord wants us to do, there is peace.

(Proverbs 16:7 NKJV)  When a man’s ways please the LORD, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

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 – 3-7-14

Ephesians 2:10 (NKJV) For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

We are His workmanship.

God created us. And He did so with a purpose for each and every one of us.

We’re not here just to wander through time and leave here at the end of our lives with no legacy.

We have been placed here, ordained by God, to walk out His will for us on the earth. So what is His will for us?

That we would walk in the good works that he has prepared for us beforehand.

Once we understand our fallen condition and recognize our need for a Savior and act on that need by accepting the sacrifice that Jesus made on the cross, we are now in Christ Jesus, as the verse above mentions.

It is then that we begin our journey, walking on the path that God prepared for us. It is then that we begin showing the world who God is through our good works, letting God’s love shine through us and onto those around us.

So remember. We are His workmanship and were created with a purpose. Let’s walk in that purpose.

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 – 1-28-14

(John 5:19 NKJV)  Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner.

Notice how Jesus only did what He saw the Father do?

The things that God wants done, He will show us. This means we don’t just do whatever we want, whenever we want just because maybe we’ve seen others do it. If we’re not careful we can develop a “one way of doing it” attitude and fall into the trap of doing things a certain way just because it’s what we’ve seen before.

We need to learn to wait on God for His guidance and direction in matters. He may direct us about a specific timing. Or He may give us instructions about a certain tone to use, or it may be a boldness, or maybe a softness. It could take time praying it through, etc.

We just don’t know what a situation may involve. But, as we pray and walk closely with God, He will lead as to how handle the things He wants us to deal with. We should never just guess at it. We follow God, and He will lead us. If He’s not showing us anything, we shouldn’t just make it up as we go.

Jesus saw what the Father did, and He did things in like manner. We all need to follow His example if we want to see miracles, have breakthroughs and walk in VICTORY!

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 – 10-9-13

2 Timothy 4:3-4 (NKJV) 3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; 4 and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables.

The verses above have a very broad implication, especially with regard to end times teachings.

Today, though, we’re going to look at them on more of a personal level. We’re going to take a look at how they can apply to each and every one of us, either directly, because of behavior in our own lives, or indirectly, due to someone that we know who may be in this boat.

So what does it mean to “heap up teachers for themselves”?

Basically, it means that if we’re having troubles or struggles in our life, instead of seeking out sound counsel, we will look for people who will tell us what we want to hear, either to make us feel better about ourselves, or to try to justify something that we’re doing that we know deep down is wrong.

This doesn’t always mean that we’re doing something immoral or unethical. It just means that we’ve strayed from the path that God has set before us and we’re doing what we need to do to avoid getting back on that path.

Now, if this applies to us, we simply need to own up to it and let God show us where we need to be corrected. But if it’s someone else that we know, let’s be careful not to judge them or throw stones at them!

So let’s not heap up teachers for ourselves. Instead, let’s incline our ear toward God and let Him speak to us and teach 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 – 9-3-13

(1 John 2:16-17 NKJV)  For all that is in the world; the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life; is not of the Father but is of the world. {17} And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.

There are three things that we need to watch out for, 1. lust of the flesh, 2. lust of the eyes, and 3. pride of life. God’s word tells us that these three things are NOT of Him, but of the world. If we chase after these things of the world, the next verse (17) tells us that the world is passing away.

What happens if we are chasing after anything in general? It means that the thing we are chasing is leading us. It leads us to wherever it is going.

Passing away is another word for death. So where will these three things lead us to? To death; death in our relationship with Christ, death in our relationship with our spouse, death in our relationship with our family, etc. Death means, the END!

But thank God for the last part of verse (17) it explains to us that if we follow God and His Word, we will abide forever! Amen.

Today, let us choose His will over what the lust of the flesh says, over the lust of the eyes, and over our pride, that we may abide FOREVER!

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 – 8-29-13

(1 Samuel 9:3 NKJV)  Now the donkeys of Kish, Saul’s father, were lost. And Kish said to his son Saul, “Please, take one of the servants with you, and arise, go and look for the donkeys.”

Saul went out to find the donkeys as his father had asked him to do, but little did he know he was taking steps toward finding his destiny.

Saul searched and searched for the donkeys and realized if he didn’t get back home, his father would start to worry about him. Saul heard of a man that could help him. He was a man of God; his name was Samuel. So Saul inquired of this man and he found him there in the city.

God had plans for Saul; he was to become a king.

Oh how God has a plan, not just for Saul, but for all of us as well! We don’t always know the route to getting there, but as long as we are doing what we are supposed to be doing, we may just walk right into it.

Saul left, looking for the donkeys. He was doing what he was supposed to be doing. He had no other agenda, he had no other plans or motives. He just wanted to bring back the donkeys.

Now, Samuel had heard from God prior to this. God had told Samuel the day before that the same time tomorrow, Samuel would meet the next king. Well here comes the hour, here comes the day, and here comes Saul, right on time, in the right place, and doing the right thing.

(1 Samuel 9:17 NKJV)  And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said to him, “There he is, the man of whom I spoke to you. This one shall reign over My people.”

Now, Saul didn’t have a clue what was about to happen. He wanted to find his dad’s donkeys and get home. He simply wanted information from Samuel about the donkeys. That was it.

But Samuel would soon tell Saul something that would bring change to his life; that he was going to be king.

Quite the change?

God’s plan comes for us when we are doing the right thing, when we are in the right place, at the right time. 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 – 8-20-13

Psalm 119:133 (NKJV) Direct my steps by Your word, And let no iniquity have dominion over me.

Direct my steps.

This should be the prayer of every believer. These are the words that we should be speaking to God each and every day.

When God is leading us, we will be taking the steps that He wants, not what we want.

As we learn to walk closely to Him, our fleshly wants and desires begin to melt away and His spirit begins to have dominion over us. When this happens, His desires become our desires too.

Following God’s steps for our lives doesn’t mean that everything will be trouble-free. But it does mean that when trouble comes, we will have peace in the midst of the storm and we will know that no matter how hard the wind and the waves beat against us, we will be safe with Him and we will have victory in His timing.

Are things not going well for us right now? Let’s check our steps and make sure they’re being ordered by God, and not just by our own will and desires.

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 – 7-12-13

(Joshua 7:10 NKJV)  So the LORD said to Joshua: “Get up! Why do you lie thus on your face?

There are times to cry out to God and ask why, what, and how? Then there are times when we need to take action!

Joshua, needed to “get up” and take action, he needed to address the problem that he was crying out about regarding the Israelites.

Sometimes we can spend so much time crying out to God about what is wrong with the picture instead of getting up and dealing with it. Let’s face it, have we ever seen anything get done when we are lying down? Of course not.

Joshua had to get up and deal with the problem. It was good for Him to seek God about it, but it was time now to take action. It was time to stop crying and move on.

Today we need to take care of what it is that is causing the problems in our lives. As we seek God, He will show us how to deal with it.

He will do His part, but if there is something we need to do in the natural, don’t be surprised if, just as He said to Joshua, He says to us “get up” and deal with it. 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 – 6-7-13

(1 Peter 2:11-12 NKJV)  Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul, {12} having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation.

We are in a war daily with fleshly lusts against our soul.

Have you ever noticed at times, even after being a Christian or child of God for some time, that we still get tempted to act out in a way that we know God would not approve of?

This is because our flesh lusts after things and it is up to us to shut it down. No matter what comes our way, we have the final say; we are in charge of what we do.

That is why it’s so important that we keep ourselves close to God; the closer we are, the more sensitive we are to Him. When we mess up we stop what we are doing, and right then and there, we repent.

It is never too late to stop the flesh, even if we don’t realize until we are in the middle of it. God makes a way for us to get out and fix things because He loves us.

It is our good works that many will observe and by this we will glorify God!

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 – 5-23-13

(Psalm 25:4 NKJV)  Show me Your ways, O LORD; Teach me Your paths.

When we ask Jesus to be our personal Savior, we become His child. But this does not mean we automatically know God’s way for us.

It’s important that we take time to ask God to lead us to the right teacher or to the church he would like us to attend and so forth. We shouldn’t just try any old place. There are a lot of spiritual things that go on in churches that are not of God and can hurt our walk with God, and even take us down the wrong path if we are not careful.

God has a path for us all, and everyone’s path is different. What happens at times is that we see someone doing something that we may enjoy or admire, so we follow them, thinking it is the only way.

Try not to let this happen to you. Seek after God. He is faithful to lead us down His path for us and it will be GOOD!!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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