Category: Obtaining Wealth

Bible Verse of The Day – 10-20-15

Proverbs 14:23 (NKJV) 23 In all labor there is profit, but idle chatter leads only to poverty.

During the last 20-30 years, a sense of entitlement has pervaded many societies. People want something for nothing. They don’t want to work for it. They just want it handed to them… dropped into their laps.

Sadly, this has crept into the body of Christ, too. We want God to bless us, just because.

We don’t expect to have to work for anything. We just want someone to lay hands on us, pray for God’s blessings over our lives, and then we sit and wait for it to magically appear.

Many of us have become lazy while we wait. We’ve given up on being diligent with our hands. We disdain labor and continue to sit idle.

And, all the while, we fall deeper and deeper into debt and poverty.

Proverbs 20:13 (NKJV) 13 Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with bread.

The prosperity gospel can be partially to blame for this. It has duped millions and millions of people into believing the lie that God wants us all to be millionaires, without having to do a single thing for it.

But we are partially at fault, too. Sitting back and letting God bless us sounds really good to the flesh!

Proverbs 23:21 (NKJV) 21 For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.

But God’s word is very clear about this. If we want to eat, be clothed and prosper, we need to work for it!

Then, God will bless the fruits of our labors and prosper us!

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 – 7-19-14

Proverbs 23:4-5 (NKJV)4 Do not overwork to be rich; Because of your own understanding, cease! 5 Will you set your eyes on that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; They fly away like an eagle toward heaven.

Wealth. It’s something that so many of us chase after, but so few attain.

What’s even worse, many of the people who become rich end up losing it all after a period of time. And then they have to start all over again.

God is not against us being rich or wealthy with material means. In fact, poverty is a trap in and of itself that can be used by the enemy to bring us down to new levels of low.

But what God doesn’t want is for us to spend our lives chasing after wealth and missing out on what He really wants us to be doing.

So stop and check yourself today. Are all those hours we’re working really necessary to support ourselves and our family, or are they simply our own way of chasing after things that we don’t really need and can’t really afford?

Hmm. Let’s think about that one and be really honest with ourselves.

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 – 10-12-13

Proverbs 15:16 (NKJV) Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, Than great treasure with trouble.

Many people spend years of their lives chasing wealth. Sadly, a large percentage of those people never find it. When this happens, it can make some people quite miserable.

For other people, they choose to be content with what they have and not constantly longing after what they don’t have. These people are usually quite happy.

There is nothing wrong with wealth, but making the pursuit of it your primary focus can cause you to become unhappy and discontent.

Many times, people with great wealth also have great trouble. There’s just something about having a lot of money that seems to invite it, especially when people don’t understand how to handle that money.

So if you haven’t been blessed with abundant finances, don’t fall for the temptation to make gaining great wealth your primary focus in life.

We need to learn to be content with what we have before we pursue anything more. Once we learn to be content, then we are on our way to being ready for more.

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 – 5-11-13

(Proverbs 13:4 NKJV)  The soul of a lazy man desires, and has nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made rich.

Many, many people desire to be more than they are or to have more than they have. It’s just a natural tendency for a lot of people.

There is nothing wrong with wanting to be more or have more if it doesn’t become our idol and come between us and God. God always has to be first in everything. No exceptions.

But if we have our relationship with God in order and we want to excel in other areas of our lives, we can do it, but there is a key ingredient that so many teachers leave out. It’s a four letter word that many people don’t want to hear when it comes to getting ahead.

WORK. That’s right… good, old-fashioned, hard work is what it takes to excel and move up.

Sadly, the church has fallen prey to false personal prophecies or false teachings that tell us that God is going to come along like a genie in a bottle and drop great wealth into our laps, or give us perfect relationships or whatever else we desire. This is nonsense and most of it doesn’t begin to line up with the Word of God.

God does indeed want to bless us and prosper us. But He teaches us that we need to be diligent… not slothful, gluttonous or lazy.

When we learn this and begin to put it into practice we will start to see the blessings of God!

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 – 3-30-12

(Mal 3:10-11 NIV) Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the LORD Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it. {11} I will prevent pests from devouring your crops, and the vines in your fields will not cast their fruit,” says the LORD Almighty.

When people come to us and say they are having financial trouble, we ask them “do you tithe? Do you give? Do you help anyone other then you?”

A lot of times they say “well, we can’t really afford to tithe.”  We say, “OK, that’s where your problem is.” We immediately get them on track with their tithes. That is the start of a new road for them!!

Bring our tithe into the storehouse. When God says “storehouse”, this is a place where God directs us to give. It’s important to Him as to where we give our tithe.

If we don’t go to church it doesn’t mean we are exempt from this. A lot of people don’t  go to church these days. It’s hard nowadays to find a good Biblically-grounded church with heartfelt worship and accurate teachings.

(Isa 29:13 NIV) The Lord says: “These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is made up only of rules taught by men.

However, God will direct us to a place where it is safe for us to give our finances. Please don’t fall into the trap of not giving. We want to stay diligent about bringing our tithe into the storehouse and not take it lightly.

Why? The obedience toward God is what protects us. As we obey His Word, and do as He asks with our finances, we come under a covering and this covering breaks the chains that try to keep us in bondage.

If we are having trouble financially today, it could be because we are not faithfully giving into the storehouse or we are giving to the wrong storehouse.

Let God help us with this today!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-377-5400

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Your Daily Bible Verse – 2-10-12

(Prov 12:11 NKJV)  He who tills his land will be satisfied with bread, But he who follows frivolity is devoid of understanding.

Have you ever wondered how some people can fall so easily for scams that offer quick riches and a life of leisure, without having to do any work?

Most times, these people are frivolous with their money and are looking for a quick easy way to get rich. The sad part is that they don’t want to have to work for what they get.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with having wealth, but God’s word teaches us over and over again that we are to work for what we have, not gain it by ill means.

If we “till our land”… work hard, diligently, and follow God’s leading, He will lead us to success and we will reap the fruits of our labors.

The world is full of scams promising quick riches. Heed God’s word and pay attention to what He teaches, and you’ll never be a victim.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-377-5400

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