Category: Prayer

Bible Verse of The Day – 10-4-24

Luke 5:16 (NKJV) 16 So He Himself often withdrew into the wilderness and prayed.

Jesus clearly demonstrated the importance of taking time away from the noise and busyness of everyday life to pray and commune with the Father.

He even spoke a model prayer for people to hear and learn from, so they would not pray amiss, ritualistically, lacking guidance.

With that in mind, let us pray together today.

Father, we lift your name on high. You are above all else, and You are worthy of our praise and honor. Let our lives glorify You in all that we say and do.

We ask You today to forgive us for our shortcomings. Teach us to walk in Your ways, always putting you first in the choices we make.

We pray today for our enemies, for those who persecute us or wish us harm. We ask you to forgive them and touch their hearts with Your Spirit, drawing them to You, that they may embrace You and seek You with their whole hearts.

And we pray also for our government officials. May Your hand be upon them, and may they govern by Your truth and Your standards of righteousness, not by coercion, fear, or corrupt tactics.

Lord, we ask You to supply our needs, that we might have what is necessary to live; food, clothing, and shelter. And teach us to be content in our situations, looking solely to You for those things we need.

And we pray today for those who are alone; the widows, the orphans, the poor, the sick. We ask You to place Your hand on their lives and lift them up, letting them feel Your touch, that they might also draw near to You, trusting You with their needs and their lives.

We thank You, mighty God, for the blessings in our own lives. We thank You for Your provision. We thank You for Your mercy and Your grace over our lives.

We thank You for the blood of Christ, which makes us whole. And we thank You for the salvation You give freely to anyone who will accept it.

Let our lives be a blessing to You, God, shining Your light for all to see, and leading them to You.

We ask these things today in the mighty, precious name of Jesus Christ.

Amen

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 9-19-24

Psalm 119:147 (NKJV) 147 I rise before the dawning of the morning, And cry for help; I hope in Your word.

Last night as I tossed and turned in the early morning hours, getting frustrated by the inability to fall back to sleep, I finally thought, “hmmm maybe God wants me to get up and pray. Maybe someone somewhere needs intercession.”

I so wanted to go back to sleep. However, I got up and went into the other room. I prayed for a while and then went back to bed. Of course, I went right into a sound sleep!

No one likes to get up in the middle of the night or very early morning when our sleep is interrupted. But what if in that very hour it is God moving on us to get up and pray? To pray, not even for ourselves, but for someone else in desperate need.

Prayer, and the time we give to it, is important.

He wants to hear from us. And the timing may not always be what we would prefer, but what matters is that we push ourselves to obey Him and His timing.

The next time we are awakened and find it difficult to get back to sleep, instead of wrestling with it, sometimes for hours, let’s take that opportunity to seek God and pray. Make being up at that hour worth it!

1 Thessalonians 5:16-17 (NKJV) 16 Rejoice always, 17 pray without ceasing…

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries 
49 N Lamplighters Walk 
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-23-24

James 5:15 (NKJV) 15 And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

Oh, how important it is to pray!

We can never take prayer for granted. It is not a ritual. It is not a thing that we do only when we are in need. It is not something we do nonchalantly.

Prayer is powerful and it brings change!

Prayer is the key to see God move over and over again, in our lives and in the lives of others here on earth. The prayer of faith saves the sick!

How many of us are praying today for someone we know who is sick? Keep praying for them.

It is a busy life we live. We can all attest to that.

Our days just go by so quickly, but we must make time. We must prioritize our time so that we are praying prayers of faith for the sick.

There are many people today that are struggling for their lives. They are facing terminal illnesses; they are sick and need our prayers. They don’t even know if they’ll have a tomorrow.

Let us make a commitment in our hearts today to trust God and pray for the sick, for the lost, and for those in need., that through our prayers of faith, He will raise them up.

Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Bible Verse of The Day – 12-22-23

James 5:16 (NKJV) 16 Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.

This verse is well known, as it speaks to prayers availing much!

One of the key words in this verse is the word, fervent. That word is critical for us to understand regarding prayer, but also in our walk with God as a whole.

Let’s look at what fervent means, so we can be sure to understand it properly in its context here.

At first glance, many mistakenly believe that praying fervently means to pray repeatedly. But this is not the true definition.

Fervent: Exhibiting passion, zeal, conviction, enthusiasm, intensity of spirit, burning, very hot.

Some similar words might be ardent, earnest, intense, devout, heartfelt, impassioned, or fiery.

Nowhere can it be found that fervent means repetition.

A search of the entire Bible finds ten uses of the word, fervent.

Only one of them is in the Old Testament, in Proverbs 26:23, which speaks of fervent lips spreading evil talk.

Every other use of the word in the New Testament speaks directly of our walk with God, prayer, our love for others, and the fervent heat with which God will melt everything away on “the day of the Lord”.

And so should we pursue God fervently, pray fervently, and love fervently.

Let us do these things with such passion that there is no room for anything else in us but a burning desire to know God and please Him as we walk out this life here on earth, ultimately looking to our final, eternal destiny, living forever in His incredible, holy presence.

Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Bible Verse of The Day – 10-1-23 – When Prayers Won’t Come

Please click to watch the video now.Greetings, brothers and sisters in Christ! 

Have you ever felt the need to pray but the words just wouldn’t come? 

This is the topic of our newest video, When Prayers Won’t Come. 

In this video we teach about those times when we try to pray, and the words just aren’t there. 

How do we handle it? Do we just walk away? 

We hope you’ll watch the new video to find out! 

Please click here to watch the video now.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443  

401-439-3780 

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Bible Verse of The Day – 9-1-23

Psalm 143:10 (NKJV) 10 Teach me to do Your will, For You are my God; Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness.

I like the first word; teach.

Teach who? Teach ME!

I also like what David asks God to teach him.

He doesn’t say, teach me to get rich, or teach me to be successful. He doesn’t even ask Him to teach him to be himself.

What does David ask God to teach him? To do God’s will.

Just ponder on that for a moment.

We can get so off track with the things we ask God for. So many times it’s all the things we need for ourselves, totally forgetting what our purpose here as a believer really is.

Opening up to Him and letting Him teach us to do His will like David did will change our lives; especially the way we look at things.

It will take our eyes off ourselves and we will spend more time listening, watching and paying attention to the promptings He will give us through the Holy Spirit.

Our prayer today be like David; teach us Lord to do YOUR will!

Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Bible Verse of The Day – 2-23-23

1 Thessalonians 5:17 (NKJV) 17 pray without ceasing…

Most times when we pray, we ask God for the things we need or the things others are in need of. Then, when we are done praying for those things, we tend to be finished with our prayer time.

But did it ever cross our minds that maybe there is so much more to pray for, things we never thought of or could know without God-given wisdom or Holy Spirit leading?

Did we ever think to ask God if He had anything specific that He would like us to pray through and agree with Him on?

Maybe God Himself has some very important and critical things that He would like us to pray through. These things aren’t anything we would know about unless He directly lays them on our heart.

The question is, do we ask Him, “Lord, what is it you would like us to pray for today?”.

Take time today and ask Him, “is there something Lord, or someone you know of that needs prayer?”.

Give Him some time to show us and guide us in our prayer time.

When God guides our prayer time it will be more meaningful. Things will get accomplished, and we will know that when we pray, we are praying for the things of God to come. His will be done!

Matthew 6:10 (NKJV) 10 Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven.

Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Bible Verse of The Day – 1-3-23

Deuteronomy 28:7 (NKJV) 7 “The Lord will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before your face; they shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways.

There are times as believers that we will feel like we are all alone in what we face. It feels like we are on our own, that there is nobody we can trust, nobody that will stand with us.

Remember, no matter what kind of battle we face, we go into it on our knees.

That is how we win, through prayer and faith in God!

We go to our Father in Heaven, we tell Him about all our concerns and we let Him show us how to turn it around, by faith.

There will be times when we face our fiercest enemies, and if we don’t give up or run away in fear, we will win!

Don’t give up. Stick it out long enough and know that they will be defeated.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Bible Verse of The Day – 11-24-22

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (NKJV) 16 Rejoice always, 17 pray without ceasing, 18 in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

We have to train and teach our flesh to pray, not just for the things we or others need, but for what the Holy Spirit is leading us to pray for.

Most times as believers, we miss this very important part. We totally leave Him (the Holy Spirit) out.

We may not always have things to pray for, so we think we don’t have to pray at all. We think everything is good in our lives and around us, so why bother?

However, the Bible says to pray continually, without ceasing. That means that even when we think we don’t have anything at all to pray for, keep praying.

And how do we do this? By the leading of the Holy Spirit.

The Holy Spirit knows what we need to pray for before we even pray. He will guide us and put on our hearts things we have no idea about.

He knows what others need. He knows what the church needs. He knows what our country needs, our kids need and this world as a whole needs.

Be listening, be watching, and be ready. Don’t ever think that just because all is going well for us there is no need to pray.

Give God our time, humble our hearts and be ready to pray at all times, without ceasing.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Bible Verse of The Day – 11-14-22

Psalm 37:4-5 (NKJV) 4 Delight yourself also in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart. 5 Commit your way to the Lord, Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass.

Here’s a simple prayer for today.

Father,

We come before You today with humble hearts.

We lift You up above all things in the heavens and on the earth, for You are worthy of all praise and all worship.

We thank You, Lord God, for who You are. We thank You for your provision. We thank You for your strength, your protection and your steadfastness.

We thank You, Lord, that You never change. You are the same yesterday, today and forever.

We thank You for your sovereignty and your holiness.

We ask You to give us the strength to endure the storms that we face, and the discernment to hear your voice in the midst of those storms, that we might make wise choices and decisions, and follow the path that You set before us.

Let us not be swayed by the strength of these storms or by the pressures we face from peers, whether they be believers or non-believers. Let us only follow You, adhering to sound doctrine.

Help us to overcome any fears that we have when facing challenges.

Show us where we have fallen short and disappointed You. We repent for our sins and shortcomings. And we thank You for the forgiveness You offer by way of your mercy and grace.

Most of all, Lord, let us work to draw closer and closer to You. We know that when we do that, so many other things will fall into place.

For closer to you is where we truly want to be. So, please help us to do what it takes to make that happen in our lives.

We give You praise, honor and glory for all that You do, and we worship You for who You are.

We pray this in the mighty name of Jesus. Amen

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Bible Verse of The Day – 10-15-22

Matthew 6:11-13 (NKJV) 11 Give us this day our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors. 13 And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

Yesterday, we left off with verse 10. Let’s continue today with verses 11-13.

“Give us this day our daily bread” might read like this in modern English:

Lord, we ask that you supply our needs. Provide us with what will sustain us and allow us to walk out your will and your plan here on earth.

“And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors”.

Debts in this verse refers to sins, not actual monetary debts. The inference is that sin creates a spiritual debt. So, here’s how this might read today:

We know we have sinned, so we ask You to forgive us, just as we have forgiven those who may have sinned against us.

Jesus referenced this again in Matthew 6:14-15, as He further explained that we must forgive if we expect to be forgiven.

“And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one”.

This one can cause some confusion, since it requests of God that He not lead us into temptation. This is simply a wording that was used due to the style of writing.

God will never tempt us or lead us into being tempted. So, in reality this is a prayer or request that God help us avoid temptation, as well as a plea (deliver us from the evil one) for God to help us fight whatever temptation we do encounter.

Many translations don’t include the last half of verse 13, but for the sake of being thorough, let’s look at it anyway.

“For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever.”

Suffice it to say that this is simply a way of stating that everything belongs to God, the glory is all His, and may it remain that way forever.

So, with all of that said, we hope that this series has helped to break down these verses in a way that brings understanding and clarity regarding this model prayer that Jesus shared with His followers.

We trust that it will help everyone pray more powerfully, more succinctly and more genuinely, helping you to overcome routines and rituals in your prayer life, while breathing new life and energy into your desire to spend more time communing with the One who breathed the breath of life into each one of us!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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