Category: Forgiveness

Bible Verse of The Day – 9-10-24

James 4:10 (NKJV) 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.

Have you been through something that you are ashamed of, but God brought you through it?

Years ago, I was ministering to a person, and they were going through a situation similar to something that I had previously faced.

As they shared their pain, I too could relate to how they were feeling. The pain they were expressing brought back the memories of what I had gone through many years prior.

It came up in me just like it was yesterday, and as I humbled my heart before the Lord I began to share with them my testimony of the things I had faced.

It touched them where their pain was. They began to cry angry, hurtful tears of bitterness. And yelled out, “why! Why do bad things have to happen to good people?”

I told them, I don’t have all the answers, but the one answer that helped me was forgiveness.

Matthew 6:15 (NKJV) 15 But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

They yelled out, “how can you forgive someone like that?!” And I said, “because Jesus forgives us after everything we have done.”

They said, “no, no, no, I can’t !” and continued to cry angrily.

I sat with them for a long time and let them talk it through and cry it out.

After they settled down, we prayed and asked God to help them to forgive. And then I said, there is one more step; not only do you forgive them, but you must also forgive yourself.

Again, anger arose, and bitterness was heard in their cry. But they did it! Praise the Lord, they did it!

It was through forgiveness that they received their healing and deliverance. They could laugh again, and the joy of the Lord was upon them that day!

Sometimes our story that brought us shame at one time will be the very story that will bring healing to someone else!

Don’t be afraid to share it when God opens that door. Let us humble our heart and bring our testimony of deliverance to the table!

Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries 
49 N Lamplighters Walk 
Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 1-12-16

Mark 11:25 (NKJV) 25 “And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.

Forgiveness is something that comes to us all at one time or another. We may have to forgive ourselves for something we have done. Or maybe we need to forgive a friend, parent, child, spouse, teacher, or even a Minister, for something they have done against us.

We will not be free from the memory or torment of it until we forgive that person or ourselves. We can’t just stuff it down and forget about it, because it will rise its head every so often.

It will affect our daily lives, leaving us insecure and scared at times. It can make us afraid to make certain moves, because of our bad experience.

A lot of people suffer from lack of forgiveness. They simply don’t realize that deep inside they are still holding on to a piece of it.

Let Christ help today in showing us what we are still holding onto. Let Him take the fear and insecurity from us and exchange it for healing and restoration. This will allow us to be strong and steady again, having victory in all situations we face.

Psalm 86:5 (NKJV) 5 For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, And abundant in mercy to all those who call upon You.

Forgive and live again!!

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 – 11-10-14

Matthew 6:15 (NKJV) 15 But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Are we willing to open up today and let God examine our hearts?

Will we let Him show us if we are holding onto some unforgiveness? We may not even realize it or we may not want to know. But, if we truly want to know, He will definitely reveal it to us.

There is freedom and healing in the verse above. God is tugging on our hearts today because He wants us to be free and be HEALED!!

If you are feeling God speak to your heart and you need to forgive someone today, we are praying this prayer with you.

Dear God in Heaven,

I come to you today with a heavy heart. I have been hurt and I have become hard and bitter inside. It has affected my health. It has affected my daily living and even how I function.  It’s so hard for me to let go of this and forgive the person, but today I want to be free from this burden. I want to be free from this heaviness. I ask for Your help, to let go of it and to forgive them, and I ask for Your forgiveness for holding unforgiveness in my heart toward them.

Father,  thank you today for the freedom You’ve given me, for peace, and for victory. May You lead my steps each day, that I may continue to walk in forgiveness. Thank you.

In Jesus’ name I ask this. Amen.

If you prayed this prayer and would like to share with us, we’d love to hear from you.

God bless 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 – 1-1-14

Luke 6:37 (NKJV) “Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.”

This scripture is used so often to teach about judging or not judging others. But today we’re going to talk about a different topic.

Forgiveness.

Forgiveness is something we taught about just a few days ago, but as we turn the corner into the new year, let’s talk about it once more, just to make sure we all get the new year started on the right foot.

Forgiveness is something we all need to learn how to do. Most of us already know this. But what doesn’t seem to get taught is how to understand that forgiveness is not just a choice or a decision that’s made, but it’s also a process.

When we talk about forgiveness, we need to know that we are each responsible for making the choice to forgive others. But once we make that decision, the actual act and process of forgiveness, as a whole, doesn’t necessarily happen instantly.

We start by deciding to forgive a person and then we have to walk it out, day by day, a little tiny bit at a time. Over time, whether it takes days, weeks, months or years, forgiveness will happen if we work at it and determine in our heart and mind to forgive them and ask God to heal the wounds inside of us from whatever pain the other person inflicted upon us.

So start the year off by choosing to forgive someone and then walk it out during the remainder of the year, a little bit at a time.

Happy 2014, everyone. May God’s blessings be upon your life in abundance.

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 – 12-27-13

(Luke 6:37 NKJV)  “Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.

We all do things that we need forgiveness for.  The New Year is approaching and we will all be pondering on what we would like to see changed in our own personal lives.

There are tons of things I’m sure we can come up with. Some of us will start eating healthier, some will start exercising more regularly and others may want to start a savings account or a new budget, etc.

One of the things that came to me this morning is that even though all these things are good for us, and it’s great to go into the New Year wanting to learn from the mistakes we’ve made, let us not forget the things that effect our heart and our walk with God.

We can all agree on one thing; we all do things we need forgiveness for. Doesn’t It bring such a relief when we pray and ask God for His forgiveness and He freely gives it to us? It feels so good!

But this verse also tells us to forgive, as well. It’s not just about God forgiving us. We play an important part in this too! If we hold onto things and don’t forgive people on our end it effects our hearts, our relationship with God, our health and our relationships with others.

Let’s all go into this new year together, pondering in our hearts, and asking if there is someone that stands out that has hurt us or stolen from us? Or maybe there’s someone who said something that hurt us or we learned something about someone and it has caused us to be angry towards them. Maybe someone we love and care for deeply disappointed us in their decisions, etc.

Whatever it may be, instead of holding onto to the pain and hurtful situation, let’s make a choice in our hearts today to let it go, to forgive that person and lay it down, handing it over to God and trusting Him to take care of it. Let’s enter into the New Year with forgiveness toward those that have been hurtful.

Forgiveness starts in our heart. It is a sincere acknowledging and wanting to let go, and not hold onto the hurt or anger any longer. When we do this sincerely, from our heart, we will be free. When we do this, not only do we forgive someone but God forgives us for things we’ve done as well.

The hurt may take some time to heal, but it will heal if we let it.

So let’s enter into this New Year with a heart of forgiveness, give it all to God, let go of the past and enter into the NEW things that God has for us!  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 – 3-19-13

(John 8:3-4 NKJV)  Then the scribes and Pharisees brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. And when they had set her in the midst, {4} they said to Him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in adultery, in the very act.

Most of us are familiar with this story. A woman was caught in the act of adultery and she was brought before Jesus by her accusers to see how He would handle this situation.

Ultimately, Jesus shamed them all and they walked away, one by one, dropping the large stones that they had intended to kill her with. He taught them that before they could condemn anyone, they’d better make sure their own lives were free of sin.

Finally, the only ones left there were Jesus and the accused woman.

Now, most times when this story is taught, people focus on the fact that Jesus told the woman that she was forgiven. And this is very true. Jesus did tell her that she was forgiven.

But just as importantly, Jesus said something else to her that was critical. He told her to “go and sin no more“.

(John 8:11 NKJV)  … And Jesus said to her, “Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more.”

Repentance is a key part of forgiveness. Without it, the picture gets distorted. If we ask God to forgive us for something that we have done, we’d better be prepared to repent and turn away from those things that we’re asking to be forgiven for.

Asking for forgiveness and then going right back to that same sin isn’t true repentance.

Just as Jesus did, we urge you today to “go and sin no more”.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-377-5400

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Bible Verse of The Day – 1-19-13

(Matthew 18:21-22 NKJV)  Then Peter came to Him and said, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?” {22} Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven“.

We think we can hold grudges against people because they have done us wrong at times. But, this isn’t true. If we want the truth and we want to move on in grow in Christ, then we have to forgive those that have done us wrong.

Today, we are speaking to all us who have been upset and angry at someone in our lives, that have caused problems or hurt us in one way or another. Someone that has spoken bad at times against us or to us, maybe even spread false rumors about us and made people look at us in a different light.

It’s us that needs to forgive those people. No-one is making us feel anger or bitterness inside except our own selves. We are holding onto what they have done and not forgiving them and letting God heal us.

We need healing today. If we want healing, we need to forgive first and let God heal our brokenness.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-377-5400

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Bible Verse of The Day – 11-24-12

(Romans 3:23-24 NKJV)  for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, {24} being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus…

We have all sinned. It’s something that every single human being ever born and who will ever be born has in common. None of us can claim otherwise.

But even in this apparent failure of humanity, God has rescued us! In His infinite wisdom, mercy and compassion, God chose to walk the earth in human form and redeem each and every one of us.

He has set us free from death by giving us eternal life.

Every single one of us needs to understand this; that we will fail and we will sin, but we don’t need to be depressed or condemned about it.

We need to ask for forgiveness, turn from our sin and move on. It doesn’t matter if we have failed multiple times. If we truly want to make it right, God will pick us back up and brush the dirt off of us and help us get back on track.

So don’t beat yourself up over the times when you’ve slipped and made mistakes. Give it to God. Let Him take it from you. Keep looking forward and upward.

We have been justified freely by His grace.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-377-5400

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Bible Verse of The Day – 9-27-12

(Gal 6:1 NKJV)  Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, considering yourself lest you also be tempted.

Do we know anyone who has fallen or backslidden?

How have we handled it? Have we continued to love them and pray for them, or have we turned away from them and written them off, or snubbed them because we were disappointed with them or ashamed of them?

This is very easy to do. We all make this mistake sometimes, being too quick to judge someone who has fallen into sin. For some reason, the church today has become less compassionate than we should be.

Sin is never acceptable, but we are all guilty and none of us has “arrived”. So it’s time for us all to put love, mercy and compassion back into our daily walk! We need to love the backslider just as much as the person who has never known the forgiveness of Christ.

The church should not be full of mean-hearted people. We should love unconditionally and forgive quickly, restoring the backslidden gently and compassionately.

Love always wins.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-377-5400

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Bible Verse of The Day – 9-17-12

(Mat 18:21-22 NKJV)  Then Peter came to Him and said, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?” {22} Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.

Forgiveness; it’s critical to us whether we’re receiving it or giving it. Many times we tend to look at forgiveness and think that being forgiven is the best thing that could ever happen to us. But being the one doing the forgiving is equally important, or maybe even more important!

When someone forgives us, we always feel better, knowing that they are not holding something we did wrong over our heads. This is good.

But when we forgive someone for something they have done against us, we are doing something more important for ourselves than we realize. Yes… we are not holding a wrong against another person. And that’s good!

But what’s even more important is that we are releasing ourselves from anger and bitterness that we could be holding onto against that other person.

Anger and bitterness can eat us alive from the inside out, if we let them. But Jesus has told us that we must forgive. In fact, He has told us in Matthew 6:14-15 that if we don’t forgive others, God will not forgive us!

So if you have ever wondered if it’s required for us to forgive others, there’s your answer! Forgive and move on, and let God take care of your situation.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-377-5400

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Bible Verse of The Day – 5-9-12

(Mat 18:21-22 NKJV) Then Peter came to Him and said, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?” {22} Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.

Jesus surely makes it clear to us that we are to forgive, no matter how many times we’re required to do so.

It is in the forgiveness that we offer to others that we are, in turn, forgiven and freed from bondage. Many types of bondage, like sickness, disease and torment can stem from us withholding forgiveness from others.

A lack of forgiveness on our part can cause us to be bitter & mean, and simply not have God’s peace within ourselves.

When someone does something terrible to us, forgiving them doesn’t mean we have to go and be their best friend after we forgive them. We don’t necessarily even need to be around them. We just need to forgive them and move on.

When Jesus asks us to forgive someone for something that they have done deliberately to us, it is for our own good. It is something we need to come to within ourselves. Forgiveness brings freedom, peace and victory in our lives!

If you are carrying unforgiveness in your heart today, this is the day you need to ask God to help you get rid of it. There is FREEDOM waiting for you.

Let it go today and live in PEACE!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-377-5400

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