Category: Loving God

Bible Verse of The Day – 3-14-20

Proverbs 8:21 (NKJV) 21 That I may cause those who love me to inherit wealth, That I may fill their treasuries.

What does it mean to love Him?

Jesus was the perfect example of love. Everything He did was because He loved His Father and He loved us, all the way to the cross. What He did for us was love-driven.

Every healing, every deliverance, every bit of provision was done in love. His motives were pure and for the right reasons.

That’s what it means for us to love. Our motives should not be for bettering ourselves or for our own gain, but to be happy for those around us to have their needs met. Jesus brought so much good to this earth.

Why? Because of love.

His Father sent Him. Why? Because of love.

Why should we love Him? Because He first loved us.

1 John 4:19 (NKJV) 19 We love Him because He first loved us.

We don’t love to gain anything for ourselves. He has already blessed us with Him. But, because we do love Him, He will continue to bless our lives.

In the name of Jesus, love Him!  Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 2-18-20

Deuteronomy 6:5 (NKJV) 5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.

That’s a lot of LOVE!

How many know that this doesn’t happen overnight? In fact, It doesn’t happen in a week or a month. It doesn’t even happen in a year. It takes time to learn such a love.

That’s right.

You see, when we give our life to Christ, we do it in faith. And from that day forward, we begin to take steps in developing such a love. It takes time.

So, we shouldn’t think there is something wrong with us if for some reason we are not there yet. We just need to keep moving towards it.

How?

By obeying. By listening and following. By saying, “no”, at times to things we may enjoy doing. By allowing ourselves to be corrected and chastened at times by the Holy Spirit.

Hebrews 12:6 (NKJV) 6 For whom the Lord loves He chastens, And scourges every son whom He receives.”

These are steps toward receiving the life God has for us and developing the love for Him that he desires us to have.

Once we begin walking in this love, we will never want to go back to the way we once were.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 11-1-19

1 John 4:19 (NKJV) 19 We love Him because He first loved us.

Different people love God for different reasons.

Some love Him because He has rescued them from something terrible, like maybe drug or alcohol addictions.

Some love Him because they live a beautiful life and are blessed with wonderful family and friends.

Some may love Him because He healed their body from a terrible sickness or disease.

Others may love Him because they have been blessed with great material wealth, and they see God as the provider of that wealth.

Still other people may love Him because He saved them from their sin, offering them eternal life through Jesus Christ.

While these are all good and acceptable reason to love God, in the end it all boils down to loving Him for one reason alone; because He loved us first.

You see, without Him loving us first, none of these other things matter. And without Him loving us first, none of these other things would be possible.

So, today, let’s make sure we understand and acknowledge God’s love for us, and see the true value of that love. For without that love, not a single one of us would have a single thing that’s worth anything.

We love Him because He first loved us! Amen!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
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Bible Verse of The Day – 7-9-19

1 John 2:5 (NKJV) 5 But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him.

People may question their relationship or their salvation at times. But if we pay attention to what this verse is saying, we will know the answer to where we stand with God.

Whoever keeps His word. What does it mean to keep His word?

It simply means we obey Him and do our best to follow Him in everything we do.

Sometimes it will be easy for us, because our flesh will go along with the right thing to do. But, other times our flesh will not like what the Spirit of God is convicting us of and it will buck or rebel against it.

If we truly love God, our Spirit man will rise up and do the right thing. We will follow His convictions and do what He is asking us to do, in spite of our feelings.

Romans 12:2 (NKJV) 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

Our love toward Him will cause us to want to obey and be loyal in our hearts and minds, and to want to do His will.

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Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 6-19-18

Mark 12:30 (NKJV) 30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment.

This commandment comes first for a very good reason. If we can love God like this, nothing can stop us from being in His will.

Our heart, soul, mind, strength; These are the very parts of us that help us to conquer and make right decisions. Loving God with all our strength will help us to be able to physically and mentally take the steps He’s ordering for us.

If we can learn to love Him in such a way, this love will bless our hearts, our lives, and our whole beings. We will walk daily in His will and His blessings for us.

A good test for us to try is to ask ourselves where we are right now in our walk with Him. Can we say that we are loving Him this way? If not, don’t give up or get discouraged. Look at what we are doing and where the changes need to come. Ask God to help us make the adjustments.

Obedience comes through love. So we need to make sure we love Him more than the activities we participate in. Love Him more than wealth, more than work, more then titles, alcohol, drugs, spending money, traveling, and love Him more than we love ourselves and others. Our love for Him must be first.

If we love Him more, we will put Him first. And His commandments will not be burdensome.

1 John 5:3 (NKJV) 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.

LOVE activates obedience.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-23-18

Matthew 22:37 (NKJV) 37 Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. 

Want to know the secret to living a life of fulfillment? 

Want to know what it means to be successful? 

How about learning how to love others, even when they don’t love you back? 

Want to know how to be blessed in all things? 

There are many other things that could be listed here that most of us desire or think are important when it comes to the quality of our lives. 

Regardless what it might be that we desire, none of it will matter until we get this one thing right; love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. 

This might seem like an over-simplification. And it might be when looked at from certain viewpoints. 

But, the reality is that if we put God first in everything, and love Him with all our heart, soul and mind, most of the rest of our lives will fall into place. And even if we aren’t overflowing with material blessings, we will love our life because it will be a life built on honoring and loving God. 

And nothing gets any better than that. 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 11-21-17

1 John 4:19 (NKJV) 19 We love Him because He first loved us.

The most important thing we can do in this life is follow the verse above and truly fall in love with our God. Fall in love with our Creator, our Lord, our Provider, our Healer, our King of kings and our Savior, Jesus Christ.

What do we mean by falling in love?

Some of us might not even know what love really is. Maybe some of us have never been loved the way we should have been. And the love we think we know isn’t love at all.

Jesus is our example of LOVE.

Jesus’s love for us is true love. He loves us so much that He gave Himself for us. Literally. That’s right. He died a cruel death for you and for me.

And while He was here, He served us. He healed us. He clothed and fed us. He delivered us from demonic attacks. He protected us from our enemies. He made a way for us to have a relationship with Him. And He made us a home in Heaven for when it’s our time to leave this place.

This love is for us all.

Go after Him. Find Him. He will teach us how to love like this as we walk in a relationship with Him.

A relationship takes two people, talking to each other, hearing each other, serving each other, respecting each other, caring for each other. We go the extra mile for each other. Even unto death. These are all things we will do when we truly love.

Start a relationship with our beloved Jesus Christ. Everything else around us will fall into place, one piece at a time. We will learn how to love and deal with things accordingly.

Our words will be tempered, our anger, unforgiveness and bitterness will eventually go away. Our cares will be more for others than for ourselves. We will handle ourselves differently and our situation will change for the better.

Focus on falling in love with Him first. He will work out all the other details over time.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 7-28-17

Matthew 22:37 (NKJV) 37 Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’

God wants our whole heart. He desires us to walk closely with Him every minute of every day.

As human beings, we sometimes have a hard time with this. We get pulled on from so many different directions. We end up with our affections divided between so many things and our time spent scattered in many ways. Before we know it, God is only a tiny little slice of our lives.

One of the most important things we can learn as followers of Christ is that He comes first, before anyone and anything else. It’s His heart’s desire. It’s the reason He created us; to worship Him and walk close to Him.

There is a never-ending list of things we can put before God. Money, careers, family, relationships, etc., etc. It’s different for each of us.

But it doesn’t matter what it might be. If it pulls us away from God and causes our relationship with Him to falter or if it keeps us from growing closer to Him, then we need to take a serious look at it and consider making some changes.

God does not force us to love Him. It’s not in His nature to do so. He has given us the option; love Him or not. But if we do love Him, He wants us to do it of our own free will and give it 100%.

It’s amazing how our lives are transformed when we put Him first and give Him 100%. Our heart changes. Our outlook on life changes. Our attitude changes. We become more compassionate. We forgive more easily. We genuinely care about others. We put things aside that used to mean a lot to us.

And we do it all willingly. Why? Because our love for God overshadows everything else in life. And when our love for God reaches that point, there is nothing that can come between us and Him.

Nothing.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-27-16

Matthew 22:37 (NKJV) 37 Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’

Even though we may love God with all of our heart, and say we want to do what He wants us to do (and really mean it), we still have that nasty flesh to deal with. It plays with our thoughts, and our emotions and it can cause a war within our own mind at times.

It takes time and persistence to tame that flesh and cause it to be in alignment with God and His plan.

We have moments when we are all for His plan and then there are moments when we just want to throw in the towel and say we have no more energy or strength left. This is normal.

But the bottom line is, we don’t. We don’t walk away. We don’t throw in the towel and we don’t give in to the flesh.

Why? Because we love Him too much and we truly want what He wants.

So keep up the good work. Don’t give up.

Let God’s Spirit dominate!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-16-16

Matthew 16:26 (NKJV) 26 For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

We can pursue so many different things in our lifetime.

We can pursue a better career, a bigger house, a faster car, a bucket list of accomplishments, a long list of places we’ve traveled to, and so much more. The list could really be endless.

None of these things are wrong, in and of themselves. They can be good.

But not a single one of them will profit us if we pursue them in lieu of securing our eternity in heaven.

God wants our hearts. Yours, and mine. And He doesn’t just want a piece of them, He wants the whole thing!

He wants us to pursue Him with a passion that consumes us. He wants us to pursue Him with a zeal that many only show for their hobbies, their careers or their personal wants and desires.

But God wants to take the place of those things, so that He becomes our burning passion.

Are we chasing God first and foremost? Are we putting all of our effort into building our relationship with Him? And do we long for Him with a burning in our hearts?

We should be! Each and every one of us. It’s what we were created for. And none of us will ever feel fulfilled until we reach that place.

And, in the words of Jesus, what will it profit us if we gain the whole world and lose our souls?

Let’s put God first, church! First, ahead of every other thing in life that tries to vie for our time and attention.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
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Bible Verse of The Day – 1-22-16

Matthew 22:37 (NKJV) 37 Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.

Love God with everything!!  

How can we show God that we love Him? What makes Him pleased in us and the things we do?

When we simply obey Him. When we study and follow His word to the best of our ability, and let the Holy Spirit be our Helper and guide us through, one day at a time.

The Holy Spirit will help guide us on what to do, what to say and how to worship Him.

John 4:23 (NKJV) 23 But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him.

God has equipped us with everything we need to love and worship Him with all that we are.

He is seeking us to worship Him!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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