Category: Joy

Bible Verse of The Day – 9-15-17

Nehemiah 8:10 (NKJV) 10 Then he said to them, “Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not sorrow, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”

We were praying for someone the other day who is battling a disease. As we were praying for them, God showed us that they had lost their joy because of all that they were going through.

The devil will try so hard to steal our joy by getting us to focus on our problems. If all we can see before us is our problems we will get depressed, angry and discouraged. And there is NO joy in any of those things.

We can walk around, smiling and trying to fool people. But deep down, that will hurt us because that is not the joy that will give us the strength we need to get through anything.

The joy of the Lord is a tool to conquer whatever enemy we may be facing.

This Joy of the Lord comes when we are able to take what we are going through and lay it at the foot of the cross. We give it all to Jesus, trusting that He will find a way to bring us through as we continue to obey Him, and walk in the things He has for us.

This action on our part will cause us to truly be happy and light on the inside, because we know Who is holding onto us. We know Who is taking care of us. And we know His faithful! 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 – 12-3-16

Nehemiah 8:10 (NKJV) 10 Then he said to them, “Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not sorrow, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”

We need to protect our joy; The JOY that God Himself gives to each one of us. The JOY of the LORD!

We’ve got to keep it and not let go of it. The enemy knows how powerful it is to walk in the joy of the Lord and he will fight to take it from us. He understands what joy does to people that walk in it, that talk in it, that carry it wherever they go. He knows it demolishes and ruins what he tries to do to our emotions.

We need to understand that he is after it and will take it the first chance he gets.

The JOY of the Lord is our very strength. So if we lose our STRENGTH, what does that make us? Weak and tired!

What happens when we are weak and tired? We simply mess up. We say and do things that we know we shouldn’t. We let things go that we should be taking care of. We slack off. Why? Because we get caught up in sorrow and depression. Sometimes we might even have ourselves a good old pity party.

But it doesn’t have to stay that way!

If we’ve lost the joy of the Lord today, we need to make a move. We need to go find it and bring it back into our lives. We need to get it back into our home, into our workplace, and into our church.

Dear God in Heaven,

Forgive me today for losing the joy which you have blessed me with. I am truly sorry. I want your joy back in my life, in my family, and in my relationship with you. I have been walking around with my head hanging down, giving NO place in my heart for joy.

People may say it’s because of what I’ve been through in life, but I know that it is no excuse for how I have been acting. It’s gone on for too long, and today I want to change and stop this feeling of sadness and doom and gloom, and thinking that I’ve gotten the short end of the stick.

I ask you to take my sorrow, depression and heaviness away from me this very day. And in return, fill that empty spot with Your joy, in the mighty, precious name of Your Son, Jesus Christ.

Thank YOU Lord, and I know that I will walk in your strength, for today is a NEW day. Amen.

Joshua 1:9 (NKJV) 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

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 – 4-13-16

Psalm 30:5 (NKJV) 5 For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life; Weeping may endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning.

How easy is it for us to lose our JOY? We could be having a great day and then something gets said, or we get something in the mail, etc., and all of a sudden we lost the joy we had just a few minutes before.

Getting sad, angry and upset at times is normal behavior. It’s all part of our emotions. It’s all part of life. Things can come in and change our attitude quickly and sometimes it doesn’t take much.

What we must remember is that we don’t let it keep us there. We cannot spend all of our days being angry, crying and depressed. We have to make room for JOY.

How do we make room for joy when we feel like this?

We take whatever it may be that is causing us to lose our joy and we bring it right to Jesus. We tell Him how we feel. That’s right! Let it out, talk to Him and be detailed.

Don’t try to leave things out. Tell Him everything that needs to come out.

After we tell Him, we will feel better. But we are not finished. Let God show us what we need to do after we spill it all.

Sometimes there is silence on God’s end. That doesn’t mean something is wrong. It’s OK. Just trust Him.

Sometimes we may get understanding right away and we know what we need to do. Other times we just have to wait and see what comes our way; what doors open, so to speak.

But if we are listening, watching and ready, we usually won’t miss it. Begin to thank Him and move on. Go back to enjoying your day.

When joy is taken from us, many people stop living. God does not want that. He wants JOY back in our lives.

There is more to life than just the little bit we are used to. So if things change, don’t stop living. Just live differently. Experience the NEW things that are coming our way.

Today, let’s pick ourselves up and let JOY come back. It’s OK to laugh again, to have fun and to sing our hearts out!

As long as we are alive, we need to keep on LIVING!!

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 – 3-18-16

Nehemiah 8:10 (NKJV) 10 Then he said to them, “Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not sorrow, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”

If we’ve lost our JOY, we need to get it BACK! How do we get the joy back in our life? We take a moment and be still.

Being still doesn’t mean we do nothing. Being still means that we do what we know to do and trust God, waiting on Him and expecting Him to help us with the rest.

Expect God to come through; To come through with all His might, with all His strength, and with all His wisdom! It’s Almighty God that has our backs.

Keep going, keep winning, keep walking. And if you have to RUN to keep up with God then do so, but DON’T ever give up.

We will not win the battle without Joy. It is our strength. So go after it. Laugh where there is NO laughter. Shout where there is no sign of victory, and sing where there is NO music.

We will WIN with the JOY of the Lord!! 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 – 2-3-16

Psalm 16:11 (NKJV) 11 You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

In His presence is fullness of JOY!

Are we sad and depressed today? Are we struggling to find happiness? Has the joy of living been sucked right from us? Are we constantly reminded of our failures?

We can bring change to this as we enter into His presence. How do we get into His presence?

Matthew 11:28 (NKJV) 28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

By going to Him. By doing what He asks us to do. His word gives us step by step instructions and direction; How to walk with Him. How to handle the devil. How to handle our finances. How to handle our marriage, and how to handle our children, etc.

If we follow His path, we will walk with Him in His fullness and JOY!

We need to lift up our heads today and rejoice because even in our moment of despair, Christ gives us rest! 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 – 7-2-15

Nehemiah 8:10 (NKJV) 10 Then he said to them, “Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not sorrow, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”

Are you sorrowful?

Has your situation got you down?

Are you walking around with your eyes to the ground, sorrowful and sullen?

Are you feeling weak?

Lift up your head!

If your strength is gone, your joy is probably gone too. If we want our strength back, we need to get our joy back.

Life and the enemy will do everything possible to steal our joy. And when we lose our joy, we lose our strength.

So it’s time for us to get our eyes off of our circumstances and back on God, our source. When we do this, we thwart the plans of the enemy and destroy his schemes against us.

Today, lift your head and look toward heaven. And thank the Father above for His grace, mercy, compassion and provision.

And take joy in knowing that no weapon formed against you shall prosper!

Isaiah 54:17 (NKJV) 17 No weapon formed against you shall prosper, And every tongue which rises against you in judgment You shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, And their righteousness is from Me,” Says the Lord.

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 – 10-4-13

Nehemiah 8:10 (NKJV) Then he said to them, “Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not sorrow, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”

The joy of the Lord is our strength!

Not many people think of joy as being strength. When we think of someone we view as being strong, we very rarely think of joy as being one of the traits that makes them strong.

Usually we associate strength with determination, perseverance, patience, etc.

But in reality, if we don’t have God’s joy, we are miserable, weak and downtrodden. So without His joy, we can’t be strong.

Now let’s look at the flip side of this. His joy doesn’t come from having material things or from people complimenting us or people being our friends. His joy comes from knowing that He loves us, provides for us and has our best interest in mind, no matter what comes our way.

But if we don’t understand that, we tend to get caught up in our emotions. We judge how everything is going by how we feel. And oh, how those emotions can send us on a roller coaster ride!!

God gave us our emotions to enhance our lives, not to control our lives. Emotions help us feel different things and can add to who we are, but we need to make sure that we never let our emotions tell us who we are or how we feel.

If we live by our emotions, we will be a mess most of the time, simply because we will let our emotions dictate to us whether we feel happy, sad, depressed or strong.

Let God’s joy be your strength. Put your emotions where they belong; under the power of God’s spirit. Learning to do this will bring a new stability into our lives that we never knew existed.

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 – 3-18-13

(Psalm 112:2-3 NKJV)  His descendants will be mighty on earth; The generation of the upright will be blessed. {3} Wealth and riches will be in his house, And his righteousness endures forever.

How do we look at our life today? Can we say we are blessed right now where we are at? Are we always reaching for more and more?

Let us take time and see the good things that God has done for us. We may not realize just how blessed we are if we don’t take the time we need to enjoy those blessings.

The devil loves to come and steal the joy that we should have each day. Trying to always point out the troubles that may be in front of us, he can cause us to look right past the blessings.

We need to understand that God will help us get through the trials as we put our trust in Him. Don’t focus today on the trials, but be thankful and grateful for the blessings.

The upright are blessed; wealth and riches are in our house!!

Keep trusting, keep believing, keep REJOICING. We are MIGHTY on the earth!!

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 – 4-21-12

(Neh 8:10 NKJV)  Then he said to them, “Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our LORD. Do not sorrow, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”

The joy of the Lord is our strength! This has been our anthem this week, as we have worked our way through some tough things, meeting opposition as we moved forward.

Hanging our heads is always so much easier, but holding them high and pulling on God, taking on His joy, is so much better!

Sometimes it seems like we can sail through each day and everything falls into place, and then there are those days (or weeks) when it seems like it takes everything we have just to keep going.

Regardless of whether we’re in the first situation or second situation, it’s God’s joy that sustains and keeps us strong. If we lose our joy, we get miserable, weak and negative.

If the enemy has been beating on your door this week (or even if he hasn’t), make sure you’re holding your head up high, looking to God and letting His joy be full in you.

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 – 3-24-12

(1 Sam 18:6 KJV)  And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of music.

OK… one of the things I love to do is DANCE! I love how the women were singing and dancing. We have got to let loose sometimes and dance. Who cares if we can’t dance as good as others. It’s not about that, just move and have fun with it!

One time I was dancing in my living room.  I was just getting right into the song. It was a good Christian song with a GOOD beat! I was just ever so happy and thankful that day, really having a good ole time; just me! No one else was home.

I’m sure we all have our moments when no one else is in the house and we have it all to ourselves…LOL!  All of a sudden, I saw Jesus. He had joined me in this dance and He was boogying right with me… I mean boogying down! I couldn’t believe it! I never ever thought that Jesus danced.

Never in my life would I have pictured the Majesty, the Messiah, Oh the KING of KINGS dancing!! But He does and He loves it when we dance! He loves it when we have a good time in HIM!

I feel like if we did more singing and dancing we’d have more healings, more deliverances, and more breakthroughs!!

I think today is a good day to say “LET us dance as ONE unto the KING OF KINGS!” Break loose! Not for anyone or anything else. JUST for Him! Dance and rejoice and sing to HIM today for HE is WORTHY!!

Love you all…you are a blessing!

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 – 3-23-12

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(Neh 8:10 NKJV)  Then he said to them, “Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our LORD. Do not sorrow, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”

The joy of the Lord is your strength!

Have you lost your joy? Does it feel like you’re living under a huge cloud of condemnation and regret?

If this is you, know that this is not of God! Condemnation, guilt and regret are not of God. They are of the enemy.

God convicts us of sin in our lives, but He does not condemn us. Most times, if we’re feeling condemned, it’s because someone has spoken words of condemnation to us.

Maybe it was a family member. Maybe it was a co-worker. Maybe it was a church member or even a church leader. But no matter who it was, it was not God, our creator and redeemer.

If you’re feeling condemned because someone said something to you that has caused you to feel that way, maybe it’s time to get away from those people. If that’s not possible, maybe it’s time to start brushing off what they say to us and hearing what God has to say.

His joy is our strength. So if we’ve lost our joy, let’s get it back in the name of Jesus!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-377-5400

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