Category: Following Jesus

Bible Verse of The Day – 4-6-17

John 8:12 (NKJV) 12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”

For many years I looked at this verse and thought that Jesus meant that those who follow Him would not walk in the darkness of sin.

But God recently showed me that there is much more to it than that.

No, we should not walk in sinful ways. But in this specific verse, Jesus was referring to not walking in darkness, from a different point of view.

Here’s what this verse really means:

If we follow Him, we will not stumble around in darkness. We will not have a lack of light in our lives. We will always have His light to guide us, no matter what we face.

This is, or should be, a huge comfort to every one of us who are followers of Christ!

Darkness tries to hide things that we need to see. Darkness tries to obscure the truth. And darkness tries to keep us from finding our way.

But Jesus himself has promised us that darkness can never again hide or obscure anything from us if we follow Him. The key is to keep our eyes on Him, and not on anything else.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-28-17

John 8:12 (NKJV) 12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”

When we have Jesus we don’t want to be involved in things that He speaks against.

We feel it when we attempt to do something that is wrong, and this causes us to turn from it because of our love for Him.

We know when we participate in or do something that is dark because of the conviction we feel when we do it.

Sometimes mistakes happen and we realize afterwards that what we did was wrong, and we wish we hadn’t done it. That is what repentance is for. We can go to Him and ask for forgiveness, and He will forgive us.

Some people may think “well, I have done something really terrible, and I knew better”. Well, we probably did know better. But just knowing something doesn’t do much. Our actions and our knowledge have to come together, and sometimes they don’t. And when that happens we do  just the opposite of what we KNOW we are supposed to do.

If there is a desire in us to continue to do the things that we know deep down are wrong, then there is a very good chance that we have not surrendered completely to Him.

Christ cannot do a complete work in us until we completely surrender. We can’t pick and choose what we surrender and what we hold on to. Those things that we choose to hold onto will continue to pull us back into darkness.

We need to give it all to Him.

Give those things to Him today and let Him help us to turn completely from them, that we may walk in the light.

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 – 8-27-16

Matthew 10:34-36 (NKJV) 34 “Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. 35 For I have come to ‘set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law’; 36 and ‘a man’s enemies will be those of his own household.’

Sometimes we may not understand why our very own family doesn’t want anything to do with us at times. They argue or fight with us and have no respect for the decision we have made to serve Christ.

It really isn’t about us as much as it is about Who we have chosen to stand for. We might notice that we sometimes aren’t included in different family celebrations or parties. We may not be invited out to lunch with friends at times. We may even be looked down upon at times for doing absolutely nothing wrong.

God will help us to know how to continue to love others and not let their hurtful words or accusations against us cause us to look at them differently.

The sword that we carry is Christ in us. Sometimes it can cut without us even saying a word. People don’t understand why they feel the conviction they do within their hearts when they are around us, so they will sometimes lash out or run away.

Don’t take it personally. It comes with the decision we make to follow Christ. He will help build our character and show us how to handle each situation.

Luke 6:27 (NKJV) 27 “But I say to you who hear: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate 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 – 5-11-16

Matthew 19:21 (NKJV) 21 Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”

A giving heart, a heart that does not hold on to things, but is willing to give up all and follow Christ. A heart that finds its stability and fulfillment in Christ alone; This is the kind of heart that Jesus looks forward to developing in us each day. He calls it perfect.

Following Jesus may require us to make big sacrifices at times. The best thing we can do is let God prepare our hearts so that nothing comes between us and Him.

If Jesus is asking us today to let go of something, don’t waste time stewing over it.

Pray and ask Him to help us let it go. We will have much more fulfillment in following Him than whatever that thing could ever offer. 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 – 4-14-16

Luke 9:23-24 (NKJV) 23 Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. 24 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.

Follow me. Those are pretty serious words when they come from the mouth of the Messiah!

Just as Jesus told his disciples to follow Him, He also calls us to follow Him.

He may not be walking here on earth with us physically, as He was with the disciples, but He walks with us in the spirit. And it’s up to us to choose whether to follow Him or not.

It’s a choice we have to make, day by day, minute by minute.

It would seem really nice if we could just make that choice once and the rest of life would be a piece of cake, so to speak.

But then there would be no faith involved. There would be no more choice involved. And our walk with God would be dull, lifeless and meaningless.

So it’s up to us to choose. It’s up to us to make a conscious decision every minute of every day, to follow the Savior.

It’s up to us to choose to put our faith and trust in Him. It’s up to us to choose to follow His ways and walk in His footsteps.

And it’s up to us to keep our feet on the path He has set before us.

Proverbs 4:26 (NKJV) 26 Ponder the path of your feet, And let all your ways be established.

What will we choose?

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

(John 14:15 NKJV)  “If you love Me, keep My commandments.

Jesus is very simple and to the point, isn’t He? That’s what I love about Him. He doesn’t complicate these things.

Why would He? So we can’t understand what He is trying to tell us? No…He tells it like it is.

There is nothing complicated about this verse. Jesus is saying to follow Him in all that He tells us to do. We shouldn’t just say it, or preach it. Anyone can do that.

We need to take the things He teaches us in His word, the Holy Bible, and walk it out… be a follower of Christ. This will show Him that we really do love Him and we are not just saying it because that’s how they do it in church.

Let’s be careful that we don’t get stuck in a rut, just mimicking what other Christians say or what we’ve been taught to say. Let’s make sure what we say and do is REAL, straight from our own hearts.

(3 John 1:4 NKJV)  I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

Walking in truth is knowing who it is that we love, and we can tell this by watching our actions. Our actions and thoughts will show us the truth about who and what we really love.

Keep His commandments today.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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