Category: Loving God

Bible Verse of The Day – 4-24-15

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.

Loving God is the most important thing we will ever do in our lifetime here on earth.

Some people might disagree and say that helping others is the most important thing.

Others might say that raising our children properly is the most important thing.

Still others might say that there is something else that’s most important.

But here’s the thing. If we love God with all our heart, all our soul and all our strength, doing the other things will come naturally. Our love for God will spill over into everything else we do.

In addition to spilling over into all of those things, loving God with all our heart will also change the path of our lives. Why and how can this be possible?

Because when we love God first, we will make decisions differently. When we love God first, we won’t always be thinking of ourselves.

When we love God first, every single thing we do will be done based on how God would look at it… whether He would approve of it or not.

That’s why it’s so important to love God with all our heart, our soul and strength. It truly is life-altering!

And if you’re wondering what God’s plan and purpose are for your life, love Him first! When you do this, and your life begins to change, what God has for you to do will unfold right in front of your eyes, with no fanangling or fancy footwork required on your part.

And when it does unfold, it will feel as natural as waking up every morning.

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul and all your strength.

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 – 2-24-15

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.

I was talking with God last night. In fact, He was doing more of the talking and I was listening. But I did have questions for Him, and He provided me with answers. So I’d like to share some of that with you today.

As He spoke to my spirit (not an audible voice), He shared with me that everything about our lives comes back around to one simple principle; One simple truth. And that truth is stated in the scripture above.

Love the Lord your God with all your heart.

Everything we do in our lives is based on our love (or lack of love) for Him.

He shared with me that the sin in this world takes place because of a lack of love for Him or a weak love for Him.

Murder, terrorism, adultery, drunkenness, strife, envy, jealousy and many more such sins happen because of either a lack of love for Him, or a love that’s watered down or weak.

Our hearts dictate the direction of our lives. So if our hearts aren’t sold out to God, it will be reflected in our lives and the choices that we make.

Hearts that long after God and want to please Him in everything will make sound choices more often than those hearts that are lukewarm for God. Hearts that aren’t sold out to Him will, likewise, make choices and decisions that don’t always reflect God or put God first.

As He shared this with me, He also told me that this isn’t something that’s being shared to condemn people, but to give people a better understanding. A lack of understanding can bring destruction. But having understanding can open our eyes to things we would not otherwise be able to see.

Hosea 4:6 (NKJV) 6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge…

So, people of God, let’s sincerely check our hearts and let God show us where we’re really at. Do we love Him with our whole heart? Or do we only give Him a small piece of it, hoping to keep some for ourselves?

Love Him with all your heart 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 – 10-29-14

Deuteronomy 11:13-14 (NKJV) 13 ‘And it shall be that if you earnestly obey My commandments which I command you today, to love the Lord your God and serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul, 14 then I will give you the rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, your new wine, and your oil.

Loving God is not hard to do. Look at who He is, how much He loves us, and what He has done for you and me!!

He gives us Salvation. He provides healing for us. He gives us Deliverance. He stands beside us and with us in times of tribulation, and walks us through the most difficult times in life.

Loving God with all our hearts is shown by simply obeying and serving Him, one day at a time. 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 – 11-22-13

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

Love the Lord your God with all your heart.

This is something that we touch on every now and then. We want to make sure that every single one of us keeps this fresh in our heart and mind.

If we could just get this one right, so many other things would come so much more easily for us all.

If we loved God with all our heart, we would be inclined to want to please Him more. We would want to spend more time communing with Him in prayer and worship.

If we loved God with all our heart, we would make better choices and sin wouldn’t be as big of a problem in our lives. We would make better judgments when it comes to choosing right or wrong.

Some of us have gone astray and left God far behind.

But do you want to know the good news in all of this?

It’s never too late to start!

Let’s ask God to search our hearts and show us where we can improve and where we need to do things differently. If we give Him permission, He will be faithful to show us what we need to know.

Love Him with all your heart.

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 – 9-17-13

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

Of everything we’re taught in God’s word, this is the ultimate summation of it all.

Love the Lord your God with all your heart.

For all of the effort we put into so many other things that we, as believers and followers of God need to learn, if we could get this one right, every single other thing that we need to accomplish as a believer would fall into place so much more easily.

If we could just learn to love God with all our heart, we would know Him intimately. We would know His voice, His commandments, His desires. We would know Him so well we could hear His heart beat.

When we know Him like this, we will be able to love our neighbor as ourselves. We will love our spouse as Christ loved the church. We will love people in spite of what they have done. We will show mercy, not because people deserve it, but because they don’t deserve it.

So let’s stop fussing over so many other things and learn to love Him with all our heart, all our soul and all our strength and then watch as the other things all follow suit.

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 – 7-24-13

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

It is not hard to love God, for He loves us so much. What’s hard is showing Him how much we love Him.

If we can learn to follow His commandments throughout our daily lives, this will show Him how much we truly love Him.

Following God’s word will cause us to look different in the eyes of others. We will stand out at times. Sometimes people will get upset with us, even though we never did a thing to them. Other times, loving God will cause us to take a stand in certain situations, causing us to walk alone. We can’t let this distract us.

If we want to be popular among people and be well-liked, then this walk will be a struggle. Loving God with all our heart and soul will make it uncomfortable for certain people to be around us at times; close friends, family members, co-workers, etc.

Remember… we are not alone when we take a stand and love God with all our hearts. We are alone if we love people and what they think of us more than we love God.

(John 14:15 NKJV)  “If you love Me, keep My commandments.

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 – 3-14-13

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

We want to take a few minutes today to encourage you in your walk with God.

Life isn’t easy. We all have battles to fight and trials to work through, but there is one thing that can make it easier to keep going, even when the going seems so very hard.

It’s our love for God. Our love for God is the most important thing we can hold on to, whether we’re going through hard times or we’re celebrating victory.

Pastor Ellie and I truly love God with all our hearts and everything within us. We have grown to love Him more as each day and each year goes by.

This doesn’t always mean that we understand everything that He does, but it means that no matter what comes our way, we trust Him and we accept even those things that we don’t understand.

Our prayer for you is that your love for God grows stronger every day that you live and breathe. Your walk with God is the single most important thing in your life. Nurture it and give it every bit of effort that it deserves.

Draw near to Him and He will draw near to 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 – 1-2-13

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

As we’ve now passed into a new year, 2013, there will be millions upon millions of people who have made “resolutions” for the new year, to do this or that. Most New Year’s resolutions aren’t worth the effort it takes to make them, even though some of them are well-intentioned.

The problem is that these resolutions really carry no weight. This is simply because the resolution is made only in a person’s mind. It is not a vow or contract with anyone who gives the person any accountability. And within a few days or a few weeks, most of these resolutions have fallen by the wayside.

But there is something that each and every one of us should vow to do this year. This is not a resolution, but a vow that we should make, in our hearts, toward God himself.

We should vow to love God more than last year. Each day that we wake up and have breath in our bodies we should make more effort to know God, honor, revere and love Him.

This is not something to take lightly. This is the very substance of who He wants us to be and how He wants us to live each day of our lives.

So as we now move into this year of 2013, determine within yourself and then speak it to God so He will hold you accountable, to love Him more than you ever have.

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 – 5-25-12

(James 1:1 NKJV)  James, a bondservant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad: Greetings.

This is what the book of James starts off with. I read this and thought, wow…”a bondservant of God”? And then I thought… “hmm, what is a bondservant?”

This is what the Webster dictionary gives for a definition for bondservant: one bound to service without wages; also : slave.

James was a slave to Christ!! This caused me to stop and ponder on my walk with Christ and where I’m at. How much of me do I give to God? How much of my time do I give to Him? Am I be willing to be a bondservant for Christ?

It makes you realize how serious James was about His walk with the Lord. It makes you see how strong his love was for the Lord. A slave does everything their master tells them to do.

Where are we at in our walk with Christ? Are we willing to be a bond servant for Him today?

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 – 5-23-12

(Philemon 1:4 NKJV)  I thank my God, making mention of you always in my prayers…

We want to take a few minutes to encourage everyone who might read this.

We get a lot of emails, and even letters by regular mail, thanking us for what we do. So many of you have written to tell us how God’s word has encouraged you just when you needed it most.

Well, let us tell each and every one of you that there have been just as many times when you have encouraged us. We can’t even count the times that we have been going through a tough time or we were waiting to hear from God and then one of you would send us an email or a letter, encouraging us or sharing a testimony with us.

Your words of encouragement, emails, letters and words of love have lifted us up, put smiles on our faces and tears of joy in our eyes. We are truly blessed to have a group of people like yourselves and we thank God for all of you.

As we have told many of you in personal emails, we take what we do very seriously and we thank God for the opportunity to serve each and every one of you.

Keep your faith strong and be sure to kick the devil at least once each day. He deserves it!

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 – 5-5-12

(Psa 69:34 NKJV)  Let heaven and earth praise Him, The seas and everything that moves in them.

Do we ever take a day and just spend it to ponder on the goodness of God?

Nowadays it’s almost impossible to do such a thing. It is so busy. Running here and there …trying to get things done. We have television, cell phones and computers to distract us. Do we ever have a moment to ourselves, let alone time for God?

Today is a good day to start saying no! No to TV, no to the cell phone and no to the computer, etc. Not today… I have an appointment at such and such a time with the Almighty God!! He deserves our time and our praises!

Take time today…He’s waiting.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-377-5400

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