Category: God’s Provision

Bible Verse of The Day – 10-7-17

Matthew 6:33 (NKJV) 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

So, what exactly happens when we seek first the kingdom of God? We get fed, we get clothed, we get taken care of. Wow, how rewarding!

Matthew 6:31-32 (NKJV) 31 “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

God will take care of these things. Is that the reason why we should seek God and His righteousness? No! We shouldn’t have a motive other than wanting to do the right thing and be closer to Him. But it sure is nice to know that by doing so all these things will be added to us.

It is a gift. It is a privilege. It is an honor and a blessing, all wrapped together in seeking God.

Now, don’t make the mistake of thinking that following God means that He just makes everything we need fall into our laps from unknown sources. Yes, sometimes that can happen. But, most times He will require steps and action on our part. In turn, He provides for us in ways that are just as rewarding, and sometimes even miraculous.

Jesus gave His precious life so that we can have access to our Father. Let’s go after Him with everything in us. Seek first the kingdom!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 2-18-17

Matthew 6:26 (NKJV) 26 Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?

I love watching wildlife. We have lots of birds and other small animals living in the woods behind our house.

We get to see dozens of different species of birds as they fly about as they find food and tend to their bird stuff.

We also get to watch squirrels and chipmunks as they gather food and store it away. And we even get to watch them play and chase each other around in the woods 🙂

And in all of this, we get to see how God provides for creatures as small and seemingly insignificant as little birds and chipmunks.

And so does God also care for us. He supplies our needs according to His riches in glory.

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

We toil and fret over so many things, most of which never even happen. And we lust for things that we can’t have, simply because we see someone else with them.

But in the end, God supplies our needs and He does so in ways that we would never have imagined or come up with ourselves. And all of our worrying and fretting was for naught.

So we want to encourage you today to trust God. Go to Him with your needs. And heed His instructions as He directs you to take certain steps. If we’re careful to listen, He will show us what to do and when to do it.

And as we follow His leading, we will see the wonders of His ways unfold right before our eyes!

It’s not always easy. And it seldom happens in the time frame we want to see it in. But He never, ever fails us.

Psalm 37:25 (NKJV) 25 I have been young, and now am old; Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his descendants begging bread.

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 – 1-14-17

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

God supplies all our needs! Amen. By who? Christ Jesus, Our Lord and Savior.

He is there for us in so many ways and on so many occasions. It doesn’t matter if it is small or something big, He will supply our need.

The questions is, are we ready for His supply, for His provision? This is a very important question and not to be taken lightly.

When the Lord supplies a need He will do it in a way that will be good for us.

He’s not going to be like the person that just gives to us because we are kicking, screaming, giving the silent treatment or guilt treatment, etc. It’s not going to happen this way.

God is very concerned about the things that are going to be GOOD for us, long lasting and effective, in a way that will draw us closer to Him and teach us to continue to trust Him even more.

Sometimes His way or His answer for us will be exactly what we were thinking. Other times it may not be that way. We may have to take a step into the “unknown”. And that will cause us to be even more trusting, even more disciplined and even more stretched with our faith.

Don’t get discouraged if we are in a place of the unknown. Don’t get scared and want to turn back to the familiar. And absolutely don’t try to talk it or think it through.

Simply walk. And Jesus will lead us step by step, one day at time, through it all. And He will supply all our needs.

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 – 11-2-16

John 6:31 (NKJV) 31 Our fathers ate the manna in the desert; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”

God gave them bread from heaven. He made provision for them! He is a very personal, affectionate and intimate Father.

Can we look back at times and say, “yes, He has answered my prayer. When I was in need, He sent me my answer.”?

Our bread from heaven may have differed from what the Israelites needed because every situation is different. However, it still came.

Getting our answer from God is better than getting our answer from man. Most people have an agenda or motive and we may always feel like we owe them something in return. But when God does something for us and our answer comes from heaven, He is not looking for us to pay Him back. He is just asking for us to obey.

We have seen God answer many prayers in our lifetime and we look forward to seeing even more. It never gets old.

He is not going to ignore us, so we can’t get anxious and try to do it ourselves. He is going to put together the best answer and provision for us. In the meantime, rejoice and KNOW that He is working on our behalf. Walk in His peace today.

Philippians 4:6-7 (NKJV) 6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

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 – 3-8-16

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

Did we ever notice how hard it is for us to just let God supply all our needs? It is a hard thing to sit back and let God provide for us. It’s hard for our minds and hearts to accept, at times, that God really wants to help us.

Why is it so hard? Why do we fight God on this? Why can’t we just let Him help?

For some reason, man thinks He has to do it himself. And it is only when we get to a point where we have no way out and we have exhausted all our “KNOWHOW”, that we finally say, “OK God. I need Your help”.

There are some people that never even get to that point, because they simply refuse to admit that they need help. They would rather be mad at the world and miserable to everyone around them, than to give in and let GOD fix it.

Notice that in the beginning of Genesis, God shows us how man struggled with His provision. Take a look at Adam and Eve. They were well provided for. God had it all set for them. All they had to do was obey Him, listen and live. Everything was provided at their fingertips! But there was a weakness, and in their weakness they were tempted, and they fell.

Right from the beginning of time, we have struggled with obeying and accepting God’s provision. We wanted more. We wanted to do it on our own, with nobody telling us anything.

The question is, will we admit it? Will we learn it’s not just Adam and Eve, but all of us who struggle with this in our own personal daily lives?

If we want all that God has for us, we need to face the truth, that at times God is not holding us back or keeping things from us. But we hold back God by not obeying Him and receiving His provision in His way and His timing. How? By trying to do it all on our own.

Let God supply all our needs as we surrender unto Him today.

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 – 2-6-16

Exodus 16:4 (NKJV) 4 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you.

God provided for Moses and the Israelites, bread from Heaven. They were being fed directly from Heaven. How Awesome is this?

God delivered them out of Egypt and He didn’t leave them on their own to fend for themselves. He wanted to continue to care for them. He wanted them to know He was there for them.

God is willing to care for each one of us. He is willing to provide for us. We have to let Him.

It’s going to take us being OK with not always “knowing” how it will happen. It will require us to be patient and willing to take steps, doing things a little differently than what we’re used to doing.

When we serve an AWESOME and MIGHTY God and we let Him have the reins of our life, get ready for some excitement!

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 – 6-13-15

Numbers 11:9 (NKJV) 9 And when the dew fell on the camp in the night, the manna fell on it.

As the Israelites made their way into the desert, night fell and they were hungry. They had brought no food with them when they fled Egypt.

When they woke the next morning, there was food everywhere, all over the ground. It had fallen from the sky while they slept. This type of food was something they had never seen before. They called it manna.

And so they began to learn that God would provide for them in their time of need.

What they had a hard time learning, though, was that God would provide for them His way, not the way they expected it to happen.

This is something that we all wrestle with in our own lives. We put God in a tidy little box and expect Him to answer our prayers, provide for us and take care of us in the way that we expect Him to do it. But oh, if only we could get this right!

How much more we would see God do in our lives if we would just let Him out of that box!

God’s provision isn’t always in the form of a great corporate job. God’s healing doesn’t always happen by way of a divine miracle that happens mysteriously. Sometimes He provides for us in ways that we would never think of. And sometimes our healing comes by way of doctors and medical technology.

No, this isn’t a lack of faith in God’s power and might. It’s allowing God to work and help us in whatever means He chooses.

When we have our heart and minds set on God answering us or doing something for us in a specific way, we limit Him. We tie His hands. We may think that we’re being spiritual and we have great faith, but in reality, we might be stubborn and closed-minded.

If the Israelites had been set on getting their food in a certain way, they would have starved in the desert.

We also need to make sure we don’t starve in our own little desert. Let’s let God out of the box and untie His hands today.

Oh, the things we will see if we do this!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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