Category: Freedom In Christ

Bible Verse of The Day – 2-24-25

James 4:7 (NKJV) 7 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

As I have gotten older, I have spent a fair amount of time pondering the things of God; the mysteries and the sometimes-obscure things.

I am not saying this to boast. I mention it only as a lead-in for this devotional, to give credence to what I am about to say.

There is much that I do not know.

But what I do know is that the God we serve is mighty. He is sovereign in all things. There is nothing too big for Him.

There is nothing He cannot conquer or overcome.

Now, you may think that this is referring to adversaries.

But that is not the case.

I am referring to the things in our lives that we wrestle with; we struggle for years to overcome.

Addictions, habits, shortcomings; sins that plague us.

But I firmly believe it does not have to be this way.

How can I say that?

Because God is mighty. He is bigger than anything we face or wrestle with. Period.

There are no ifs, ands, or buts about this. HE IS BIGGER.

And because He is bigger, He is the answer, the solution; the One who can break the chains that bind us.

So, why do we continually wrestle with the same sins repeatedly?

How do we finally find freedom from the things that seem bent on destroying us?

The answer lies in one word; submission.

He wants us to submit to Him; to fully surrender.

It is in our surrendering to Him and submitting ourselves fully to His will that we find our freedom and our peace.

Saying we surrender is not enough. Doing it is a necessity. And it is the only way.

It is only when we finally allow Him to have us completely that we find what we need to defeat the sin that has brought us to the edge of a cliff.

I know beyond any doubt whatsoever that God is able to do this. He proved it repeatedly throughout His word. There is no weakness in Him.

The weakness is ours. The struggle is ours; the battle between our flesh, which loves sin, and our spirit that cries out for deliverance.

The verse at the top of this devotional says it all; submit to Him. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

God has laid it out for us so that we may see the simplicity of His truth.

Let us not ignore what He has told us. But rather, let us run to Him and fully surrender, once and for all, that we might finally be set free.

John 8:36 (NKJV) 36 Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.

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 – 12-9-24

Psalm 139:1-4 (LSB) 139 O Yahweh, You have searched me and known me. 2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up; You understand my thought from afar. 3 You scrutinize my path and my lying down, And are intimately acquainted with all my ways. 4 Even before there is a word on my tongue, Behold, O Yahweh, You know it all.

We wear our smiles and confident looks around our friends, work associates, and classmates.

We post our pictures on social media, sharing our best times and shining moments for others to see.

And all appears to be well with us.

But God knows what we are holding onto inside, where no one else sees.

The struggles with fear. The doubts. The insecurities. The thoughts that torment us and rob us of our joy and our peace.

He knows it all.

But better than that, He holds the answers to our questions and the solutions to our problems.

He knows our going in and coming out. He knows our sitting down and our rising. He knows our thoughts before we think them, and our words before we speak them.

He is just waiting for us to bring these things to Him and surrender them to Him so He can help us.

For some reason we tend to hold tightly to those things that want to tear us down. We guard them like secret treasure when, in fact, they are like an enemy within, working to tear us down and destroy us.

Why do we do this?

It is time for us to surrender these things to God and let Him walk us through whatever steps He leads us to take so we can find freedom from them, as led by the Holy Spirit.

He will give us the courage and strength to do this if we allow Him to.

Let’s allow Him to.

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 – 11-28-24

1 Peter 2:24-25 (NKJV) 24 who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness – by whose stripes you were healed. 25 For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

When Jesus Christ died on that cross, He broke the bondage that sin tried to keep us in. He set us free.

The sin that tried to hold us captive has no power over us.

We were completely set free from all that tries to keep us in prison. He says we were healed!

So, if we are healed, we must have been sick; sick from these addictions, weaknesses, etc. These things that have or previously had a grip on us would bring death with them, and would have destroyed our souls if not for the blood of Christ that brings freedom.

But praise God, He made a way through Jesus Christ, His Son!

Those addictions, lust, perversion, hate, jealousy, adultery, etc. have been broken and we can live a life of righteousness in Christ.

We may ask, “how can we? I’m so tempted at times”.

We know that as we cry out in His name, the name of Jesus Christ, and we resist the devil, he will flee.

James 4:7 (NKJV) 7 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

We can’t love our sin and resist the devil at the same time. It won’t work. We must hate our sin and love Jesus. He will help us overcome the obstacle that pulls on our flesh.

We are all like sheep, heading astray. Every one of us. But through our Savior, the Overseer of our souls, we can be set free!

What hope we have in Him as His children! 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 – 11-3-24 – Free Indeed

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

There is one Name by which men can be saved. And one Name by which men can be delivered; The name of Jesus Christ. 

In our newest video, Free Indeed, we teach about the freedom given through deliverance by the name and the power of Christ. 

We hope you will watch this video and share it with others, so freedom can come to those who need it, in His name. 

Please click here to watch the video now. 

We hope that God uses this video to set the people free who are in desperate need of that freedom. 

We love you all. 

Sincerely, 

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 – 10-2-24

John 8:36 (NKJV) 36 Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.

God is the God of absolutes. He is the God of truth.

Jesus stated (in John 14:6) that He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. He came to offer freedom to humanity.

He brought (and paid for) this freedom by way of the words He spoke and by His sacrificial death on the cross. Both of these things offered freedom to anyone who was willing to embrace them in their fullness and apply them to their lives.

During His time on earth, Jesus spent a fair amount of time ministering directly to people He encountered; the sick, the lame, the demon-possessed, and even the dead.

And He healed them all. Completely.

He did not partially heal them. He did not partially deliver them. He did not partially raise them from the dead. What He did, He did in fullness.

He stated plainly in His own words that “if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.”

His word is truth. His words, free indeed, indicate complete freedom.

Over the last several months I have heard numerous references to addicted people reaching out to Jesus as a replacement for the drugs and alcohol that enslave them.

And while I understand the sincerity of this statement, it has shown me that many people still do not fully realize the complete deliverance and freedom that God offers through the blood of Christ.

His absolute freedom is not just my opinion. It is made plain in God’s word. But somehow the clarity and truth of this has been missed or laid aside by some.

Why? Because it can be difficult for the human intellect to grasp that a touch from God can break the chains of a years-long or decades-long addiction or health/medical problem.

But that lack of understanding or acceptance does not negate the truth.

God does not operate within the bounds of our thinking (Isaiah 55:9). He is not limited by our lack of understanding or lack of taking Him at His word.

He is still the same God who spoke the worlds into existence. He is still the same God who formed man from the dirt and breathed life into the nostrils of Adam.

And He is still the same God who chose to come to earth in human form, walk among us, demonstrate love, compassion, and mercy to us, and then willingly die in our place in the cruelest, most brutal way that man had devised at that time.

Let us see the truth that is written out for us (literally), and embrace it on a personal level, allowing Him to touch us by faith and bring the freedom and healing that He wants us to walk in.

It is real. And the words Jesus spoke are true; you shall be free indeed.

Isaiah 53:4-5 (LSB) 4 Surely our griefs He Himself bore, And our sorrows He carried; Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken, Smitten of God, and afflicted. 5 But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; The chastening for our peace fell upon Him, And by His wounds we are healed.

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 – 8-7-24

John 8:36 (NKJV) 36 Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.

Many believers struggle with overcoming things that they wrestled with prior to becoming a child of God, or things that they have become involved in since becoming a believer.

The types of things that present struggles can vary greatly.

Some are habits. Some are things that the individual may not have recognized as being a sin. Other things might be full-blown addictions that bloomed from indulgence in a particular sin.

But no matter the struggle, there is one thing I know for certain; the blood of Christ has the power to set them free from ALL these things.

Now, I know that statement may not be well received by some. Many will balk at the idea that an addicted person can have the chains of their addiction smashed by putting their faith in Jesus Christ.

But it is true, nonetheless.

God is not bound by what we perceive or believe to be true. He is bound by truth; His truth. He is not a man that He should lie (Numbers 23:19).

Most of the struggles that we wrestle with perpetually remain struggles because we fail to surrender to God wholly or to truly recognize the sovereignty of God in its fullness.

Yes, we may believe that God created everything. We may believe that He offered up His Son for the redemption of humankind.

But we fail to recognize and believe on a personal level that He can set us free from the things that bind us. And so, we struggle with them for years on end, defeated in our battles against them.

But it does not have to be this way.

A blind man was given his sight by Jesus spitting in the dirt, making mud, and applying it to the man’s eyes. Mud made from spit does not sound attractive, does it?

But that man was healed and given his sight!

We need to embrace God’s ways, even if they are well outside of what we might envision.

This includes accepting and embracing the fact that God can truly set us free from something that has plagued us for years; one hundred percent free.

Freedom given by God is not a partial proposal. It is not momentary freedom that is given for a few weeks, a few months, or a few years. It is complete freedom!

Will we recognize it? Will we surrender to Him wholly? Will we give our struggles to Him completely, leaving them behind for good?

It is truly up to us.

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 – 7-12-24

John 8:36 (NKJV) 36 Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.

This is a reminder for you today that Jesus came to set us free.

And there is nothing too big for Him to free us from.

There are no chains too strong for Him to break.

There is no addiction too powerful for Him to deliver us from.

There is no sickness that He cannot heal.

There is no situation too big or too terrible for Him to overcome.

There is no sin too terrible for Him to redeem us from.

He walked on water. He spoke and the winds and waves ceased.

He gave sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf, and speech to the mute.

He raised the dead. He healed the lepers. He set the demon-possessed free.

He is no different today. He never changes.

He is still in the business of setting people free!

Whatever you may be facing right now, it is never too big for our God.

Reach out in faith. Trust Him with your dilemma, your addiction, your sickness, or your broken heart.

Give it to Him in complete submission and surrender.

Let Him take it from you, in the mighty name of Jesus.

Lay it at His feet and walk away free, by the power of His name and the blood that he shed for you and for me.

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 – 7-28-22

John 8:31-32 (NKJV) 31 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. 32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

Jesus is talking to the Jews in the scripture above. But what He said applies to anyone who believes today.

While speaking, He makes the statement, “if you abide in my Word”.

To “abide in My word” means to obey or follow what He tells us to do through the scriptures.

Above, He told them, you are my disciples, and you will know Who I am. And Your faith in Me will set you free.

You see, we are all in a different place, going through different battles and struggles in our walk. And we need to know what to do if we want to make it through. We need deliverance, and Jesus Christ can do just that!

Someone right now is struggling with sickness. Someone right now is struggling with addictions. Someone right now is struggling with lust. Someone right now is struggling with control issues.

Someone right now is struggling with fear. Someone right now is struggling with greed, and someone right now is struggling with anger.

Someone right now is struggling with obesity and addictions to food. Someone right now is struggling with idol worshipping… the list can go on.

God knows, we are not alone with our struggles. And He knows we want to be free from them.

If we trust Him to walk us through it, and we truly listen to His advice through scripture reading and godly counsel, He will bring freedom to every problem we have.

Jesus Christ will set us free from so many things in our daily lives. But most importantly, if we believe in Him and obey, we will be free from sin, and we will spend eternity with Him!

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 – 7-14-22

John 8:24 (NKJV) 24 Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for if you do not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.”

It’s sad to know that there are people who do not understand this scripture, or have never been taught the importance of believing, and what the consequences are if we don’t understand it.

So, what does it mean to believe?

It is so simple and there are no secrets to it. To believe in Jesus Christ is to know where He came from, Who He belongs to and what His purpose was when it relates to us.

Where did Jesus come from?

He was sent to this earth from God. He was born of a virgin named Mary.

Jesus did not come into this world by way of a natural conception. He was conceived in the womb of a virgin named Mary, by the Holy Spirit. His birth was a miracle in and of itself.

He is God’s Son. His purpose for coming was to save us from our sins, which began in the garden, when Eve and Adam disobeyed God and ate the forbidden fruit.

He came to make a way for us to have fellowship with the Father, and to redeem us from the curse of death.

It is through the suffering and bearing of the cross for us that, if we believe in Him, we will have eternal life.

We are also now able to have a relationship with our Father in heaven once again, here on this earth. Through the righteous and pure blood of Jesus Christ’s crucifixion, we have been given another chance.

John 8:36 (NKJV) 36 Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.

Don’t die in your sin. Believe in Him today and be free! 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 – 4-16-22

John 3:36 (NKJV) 36 He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.”

My heart trembles for those who will not believe in Jesus Christ.

They have no idea what is ahead for them if they continue to be stiff-necked towards God’s redemption plan for them.

Some just don’t care. Others understand it but they won’t bend and surrender their will.

But I also know that if they were to look around and see the world as a whole, they would realize that there is NO way all of this could have been created without a Creator.

And the way He orchestrated everything just right for our salvation is miraculous.

It took Someone as magnificent as God to make such an excellent, compassionate, merciful and sacrificial arrangement for our freedom. They choose with their own hearts to refuse it.

God gives us every opportunity to see His miraculous work and to know His plan for us. But some will not receive it as truth, and thus will see His wrath.

It’s the heart of man that has to make the decision to seek God out and find His truth.

We are praying today for those who are unsure, that they will ask God to reveal His Son to them in such a way that they will repent of their sin and know the truth. And that the Truth will set them free and give them everlasting life. Amen.

John 8:32 (NKJV) 32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

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 – 7-17-21

Galatians 4:4-5 (NKJV) 4 But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.

Yesterday, we established that without Christ, we were slaves to tradition and rituals, lifeless in our pursuit of God.

Today, let’s take a look at what God did to fix that problem!

Verse 4 starts off by mentioning “the fullness of time”. What does that mean?

It means, at the right time; when God, in His infinite wisdom, saw fit and knew the time was right.

And what did God do at that time? He “sent forth His son”.

So, when God saw that it was the right time, He introduced His Son to the world. He ushered in the One who would change it all, bringing truth, light and freedom to a dark, enslaved world.

His son, Jesus Christ, was born of a woman, under the law.

That’s significant. Why? Because Jesus could have simply descended from heaven and shown up here. But He didn’t.

God wanted Him to be one of us; human, subject to temptation and all of the other things that we face and deal with.

He was born as an infant, helpless and dependent on His earthly parents. He had brothers and sisters. He lived and grew just as we do.

He surrendered His place in heaven to come and live among us, walk with us and, ultimately, redeem us.

He was born under the law; the very law that He came to fulfill and complete. When His work here was finished, the law was no longer relevant. He had made it so by becoming the perfect sacrifice for us all.

And why did He do that? To redeem those who were under the law, slaves to tradition, rituals and religion, sweeping us out of slavery, and ushering in the opportunity for us to live as true children of God.

No longer do we have to live under the bonds of tradition, rituals and religion.

We are free because the Son has set us free. And whom He sets free is free indeed!

John 8:36 (NKJV) 36 Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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