Category: Hearing God’s Voice

Bible Verse of The Day – 12-26-14

Numbers 22:28(NKJV)28 Then the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?”

If God wants to speak to any of us, He will find a way.

We can spend a lot of our time trying to figure things out and we can get so preoccupied with it, that we can miss the help that He sends our way because it’s not what or how we expected it to be.

Part of helping us is bringing the right people around us, at the right time. He also uses circumstances to help us learn certain things. And maybe, at times, we don’t like the person He may be using or we don’t like the circumstances He has us in, and we try hard to get out of it or lose the person that should be helping us.

There are many different ways He will show us things. As we see in this verse, He used a donkey. He opened its mouth and the donkey spoke what was needed to be said. Who would have thought that a donkey would speak?

Be open and willing to let God speak to us in any way that He chooses. We can’t be picky or we may miss out on the help that we need, or miss the solution to our problem.

He is a faithful God and nothing is impossible for Him.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 7-9-14

(Proverbs 18:10 NKJV) The name of the LORD is a strong tower; The righteous run to it and are safe.

We were planning on doing some fishing last night. As we headed out to the lake, we had already checked the weather forecast and it said there was only a 20% chance of rain. That wasn’t enough for us to be concerned about.

After about five minutes of driving we looked up at the sky over the area where we were headed, only to see a huge cloud that was formed in the shape of a giant bear’s head. We were admiring it, thinking how cool that was!

After we realized that it was in the direction we were heading to, we felt prompted to check the forecast again. As we checked the weather forecast, it had changed from the previous 20% chance of rain to an 80% chance, with heavy storms, thunder and lightning! We were disappointed and knew we needed to turn back.

As we turned back and headed home, we couldn’t get over how that cloud looked so much like a bear. We chuckled to each other and thought how neat it was that seeing the cloud shaped like a bear prompted us to check the weather. And by doing so, it saved us from having to drive all the way to the lake, only to get caught in a dangerous storm.

We wondered if that could possibly have been God’s way of protecting us from wasting a lot of time, energy and gas, and also keeping us safe.

Sometimes it’s just as simple as that, paying attention to those little signs may help us stay safe in a big way! Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 2-18-15

Psalm 46:10 (NKJV) Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!

Being still can be a pretty hard thing for us to do. We always want to be on the move, making things happen, changing things and controlling how things go.

Sometimes being on the move can be a good thing. We do, after all, need to get things done. It’s part of being a responsible adult.

But there are times when we need to be still. We need to sit still and be quiet long enough to hear God… to let Him speak to us, instead of us always thinking that He needs to hear us.

We like to say that we’re praying when we talk to God, or that when we talk to God, we’re praying. It’s just how most of us have been taught to think.

But, praying is a two-way conversation! We talk, God listens. God talks, we listen! We get this wrong so many times. We get so caught up in telling God what we need, what we want and how we feel, that we forget to, or get too self-absorbed to let God speak so that we can learn about how He feels.

Ouch. That kind of hurts our ego, doesn’t it? But it’s true!

And if we’re so busy talking that we can’t hear God, isn’t praying kind of pointless?

So, starting today, let’s take the time to listen, not just speak. Give God time to say His piece too, not just listen to your piece.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day

(Revelation 3:22 NKJV)  “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”

The Spirit of God is speaking to the church. His words can be so clear; we just have to take the time to listen.

We need to put aside our agendas, our routines, what we think we have to do to get His attention, and stop long enough to listen. (1 Kings 19:12 NKJV)  and after the earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice.

To hear a still small voice, we have to be quiet and listening.

Sometimes in the evening, while we’re sitting in our chairs, we might hear something outside. We both stop what we are doing and sit real still for a moment and listen intently as we try to figure out where that sound came from or what it was. If we kept doing what we were doing we would miss it.

It’s the same with God. Sometimes we just need to stop in our tracks and stay still long enough to know or learn what is going on.

We can get going so fast it’s hard to hit the brakes and slow down, never mind come to a complete stop. But there are times God will call us into a quiet time with Him and we need to be able to pull back and listen.

Each one of us makes up the church, the body of Christ. We need to take His words today and let them penetrate our hearts, giving us wisdom and understanding to help ourselves in our situation.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 10-23-13

Proverbs 16:25 (NKJV) There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.

Sometimes, no matter how hard we try, we just can’t understand why God does things the way He does them!

This can be true in happy things and in not-so-happy things.

Here’s the deal. God is so far above us in His ways that our heads just can’t wrap around a large percentage of what He does! But that’s OK, because we are not God. He is.

Now, one thing we need to understand is that we can still walk out what God wants of us. We just need to move by faith and learn to operate by the spirit, not by our flesh or our natural understanding.

This takes some work and lots of practice! Once we begin to get spiritual understanding, we won’t waste our time trying to make sense of what God does or what He asks us to do. We will just accept it, do it and move forward.

Does this sound like blind faith? Well, I guess some people might call it that. But if you have spiritual eyes and ears, and sharp discernment, there’s nothing blind about it at all.

Revelation 2:29 (NKJV) “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”

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 – 10-21-13

(Mark 10:21 NKJV)  Then Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack: Go your way, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, take up the cross, and follow Me.”

One thing that stood out to me in this verse was the very fact that Jesus LOVED him. Then He gave him the answer to his problem. He told the man the one thing he lacked, and what would help him.

I know it’s hard sometimes to hear the answer that Christ has for us. That’s why we don’t always want to run to Him, or be around those that we know are going to give us the right answer, the God answer!

Instead, we will go out of our way to find someone that will agree with us and make us feel better about what we are doing, saying, or acting like, etc. You know… the answer that will allow us to keep doing what WE want to be doing.

Jesus tells this man what he needs to do; He told Him what He needed to hear. Why? Because He loved him! He left it at that, for him to make the right choice.

Today, if Jesus is speaking to you, get the answer He has for you and run with it. It may not be what we want to hear, but know that the One that gives it loves us.

He’s not out to hurt us, take away our fun, our dreams or our goals. He just simply knows what’s best.

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 – 6-25-13

1 Kings 19:11 And he said, Go forth, and stand on the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake: 12 And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.

So often we want to hear God’s voice. We wait and we listen. Or at least we think we listen.

But as many times as we want to hear God, how many times are we actually listening for the true voice of God and not what we think is God’s voice?

Probably every single one of us has wished at one time or another that God would speak to us in a booming voice, loud and clear, with instructions for our situation, or an answer to a question that we have. If only it was that easy!

But God wants us to learn to hear Him. He wants us to sharpen our discernment and train our ears to hear His voice.

It takes discipline and work to develop “ears to hear”, but the return is worth the effort.

And don’t make the mistake of thinking that anyone anywhere “has it all figured out”. Nobody does. Even mature believers with great spiritual ears still “miss it” once in a while.

But remember that God is a “rewarder of those who diligently seek Him”, so don’t give up.

Keep pressing in and learning to hear Him. He’s speaking gently.

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 – 3-20-13

(Numbers 11:23 NKJV)  And the LORD said to Moses, “Has the Lord’s arm been shortened? Now you shall see whether what I say will happen to you or not.”

Are we asking God this same question today? Where are you, God? Has Your arm been shortened?

Have you been in your situation so long that you are beginning to wonder about this?

When we are having good times, of course everything is good. We are confident we are heading down the right road and we are doing the right things.

When trouble comes, and it takes a bit to figure things out…it’s different. It causes us to take a look at ourselves and make changes, if needed. We take the time and ask ourselves are we doing the right things or have we strayed in the wrong direction. Did we make a wrong turn somewhere? What?

This is all good; we should check ourselves. We should be accountable for our actions. If we went off track a bit, God wants us to get back on track. He will be more than happy to help us get back on.

Sometimes we may even feel like He is nowhere around; it seems quiet. At times it can seem so quiet that we think nothing’s happening. We may feel that we have gone too far or done too much wrong to even expect Him to want to help us.

We may even feel He has left us alone to fix things ourselves. That is just not true! That is a lie and we all know where lying voices come from.

No matter how far away we have strayed from the right path, God’s arm has not been shortened. As we repent and truly want to receive His help, His arm will reach down and pick us up right where we are at.

Today, know this; that God’s arm is not too short to reach us.

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 – 11-7-12

(Mat 5:8 NKJV)  Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God.

The pure in heart…what does that mean? How do we become “pure in heart” in God’s eyes?

There are two aspects to this. There is the spiritual side, the things that aren’t tangible. And there is the natural side, the things that are tangible.

I will try to keep this brief, so please bear with me as we walk through this together.

When we become followers of Christ, when we accept Him in faith as our savior, we become pure in heart (in a spiritual sense) simply because we’re washed in the blood of Jesus.

But in the natural, we can still be very impure in our hearts. This is where we need God to help us clean ourselves up. This is where it takes God’s spirit, God’s teaching and God’s correction to help us see the things in our lives that need to be changed, so we become pure in heart in a natural sense.

So what does this mean, and how do we do it?

We do it one little step at a time! It starts with little things, like maybe watching what comes out of our mouths. God helps us clean up our language and the way we talk. This would include things like swearing, gossiping, etc.

Then He might show us something else that He wants to help us with, like the things that we take in with our eyes and our ears. Movies, TV & Music play a huge part in our lives these days. TV and movies are no longer family-friendly and most of it isn’t God-friendly.

I know these are touchy subjects with a lot of people, but the impact that these things have on our lives is incredibly huge. And many of us don’t fully realize how big the impact is. We also don’t realize what we’re subjecting ourselves to.

Now think about this and take this very seriously, because it’s vital to us becoming pure in heart! If we have accepted Christ as our savior, this means that we have the Holy Spirit (God’s Spirit) living in us. He is with us everywhere we go. He sees everything we see and He hears everything we hear.

So we need to understand fully that if we watch a movie or a TV show with immoral images, we’re subjecting God to this. If we hear or listen to things in a movie, a TV show or in music that are contrary to God’s word or are not pleasing to God, we are subjecting God to it too.

Once we really start to get understanding in this, and we truly want to please God, we will start being more careful about what we watch and what we listen to.

Now don’t take this wrong. We are not saying that Christians shouldn’t watch movies or listen to music artists that aren’t Christians, but it does mean that we need to use discernment and let God guide us when it comes to what we choose to watch or listen to.

Our choices in these areas will go a very long way toward helping us to become pure in heart, even in the natural!

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 – 10-31-12

(1 Ki 19:11-12 NKJV)  Then He said, “Go out, and stand on the mountain before the LORD.” And behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind tore into the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake; {12} and after the earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice.

A still small voice. How fitting is it that God, who is all-powerful, would choose to speak to us in a still small voice?

But He does! He speaks to us in such subtle ways that we often miss it. Missing it usually means that we make bad decisions or poor choices and these usually cost us on one way or another.

God wants us to learn to hear Him. Why? Because He wants us to put some effort into and learn to operate in FAITH! If God spoke to us with a booming voice or ominous thunder it would require absolutely no faith at all on our part. That’s not how He operates.

Here’s a story about a time when God “spoke to me” at least 3 times in a single day and I missed Him, and it cost me dearly in many ways. Please read through this because there is a lesson to be learned!

Several years ago I was planning a fishing outing with some friends at a local lake. We had done some rough planning ahead of time, but when it came to the day of the event, it just didn’t seem like it was falling into place very easily.

Well, we pushed forward anyway and we all went to the lake for some fishing. We got to the lake and the conditions were terrible. But I ignored it and went fishing anyway.

About 45 minutes into the fishing trip, I had this ominous feeling that I needed to go back to the boat launch and check our vehicles. I ignored it and kept fishing.

A little while later I had a nauseous feeling that I couldn’t explain. I ignored it and kept fishing.

Still, a third time, I had this terrible feeling that I needed to quit fishing and go back to check my vehicle. I ignored it and kept fishing.

After fishing for the number of hours that we had pre-planned, we returned to the boat launch. And we found that all of our vehicles had been broken into, including my brand new truck that had only 1,000 miles on it. Windows were smashed and items had been stolen.

Needless to say, this was costly in terms of money and inconvenience. Had I listened and never gone to the lake to begin with, I would have avoided this. Had I heeded God’s promptings and listened as I was urged to return to the launch to check my vehicle or leave entirely, I would have avoided this.

This was a valuable lesson for me several years ago. I learned from it.

God wants us to hear Him. We just need to learn to hear Him.

He is talking. Are we listening?

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 – 7-7-12

(Exo 4:15 NKJV)  “Now you shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth. And I will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and I will teach you what you shall do.

When God spoke to Moses and told him what He needed him to do, Moses hesitated and told God He had the wrong man for the job.

Despite His anger against Moses, God made a way for Moses to carry through and get the job done, using his brother Aaron.

Most importantly, though, God taught Moses what he needed to do.

As we let God lead us, if we’re open and we listen to Him, He will teach us what to do and how to do it. We don’t need to fear. We just need to trust!

So listen for God’s voice, heed what He tells you and then trust Him to tell you how to do it.

With God in control, we can’t go wrong.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-377-5400

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