Category: Rest

Bible Verse of The Day – 2-6-19

Mark 6:32 (NKJV) 32 So they departed to a deserted place in the boat by themselves.

Getting away from the everyday routine can often help us to come back with a fresh and renewed perspective. Many times it will give us a new outlook and ideas on things that may have been troubling or concerning us.

But, if you are like most people, you will put yourself on the back burner over and over again, doing for everyone else and not taking any time for yourself. This is not healthy or balanced.

It’s very important for us to get away and have some quiet time. We cannot keep going and expect to produce excellence if we are burned out. And that is exactly what happens. We get burned out, tired and bored.

Boredom is the worst. It is a killer. We were designed as humans to find contentedness, but not boredom. There is a big difference.

Bored – feeling weary because one is unoccupied or lacks interest in one’s current activity.

Content – being in a state of peaceful happiness.

Whether we are doing something we love or don’t love, if God is in it and we know we need to be doing it, it will bring a peaceful, content feeling. And we will find happiness in it because we know we are obeying Him.

Take time out here and there and make sure we are being refreshed every now and then.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bradford, RI 02808

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Bible Verse of The Day – 9-18-18

Genesis 2:2 (NKJV) 2 And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.

Resting is something that God has said is very important.

In Genesis, there are many different scriptures that refer to God resting after He created everything.

It’s important to note that God didn’t need to rest. He is not a human being with a fleshly body that gets tired. He rested to set an example for us. He wanted to show us the importance of taking time to let our bodies recuperate and regain their strength after a week’s work.

Today’s cultures are largely fast-paced, with very little time taken to rest. Many people work 6-7 days per week now, creating situations where millions of people are trying to function at 100%, while running on empty.

This can be very dangerous in so many ways. We get physically tired, which leads to emotional and spiritual weariness. And all of this leads to weakness in many areas of our lives.

We can make some terrible mistakes and very poor choices when we’re tired. Many very bad accidents happen when people are overtired. And some of the worst choices we make are made when we’re tired and worn out.

So, if God has told us that we need to take time and rest, and He showed us by His own example, then we need to obey Him and set aside time each week to rest.

It’s not a question of “if” we should rest. God has already settled that question.

It’s really a matter of “why” we should rest. And the “why” is because God has told us to.

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 – 9-9-18 – And God Rested

Please click to watch the video.Greetings in the name of Jesus! 

The book of Genesis tells us that God rested after completing His creative work. As children of God, it’s also important that we rest. 

Today’s video discusses this in a very short and to-the-point manner that reinforces the necessity of us taking time to rest on a regular basis. 

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Additionally, we discuss why it’s so important, and how not resting can negatively impact our lives and the lives of those around us. 

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We hope you’ll take 5 minutes of your day and give this video a watch. 

And be sure to take time today to rest, just as God showed us by His example. 

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Enjoy your day, and be sure to take time to rest! 

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 – 7-13-18

Genesis 2:2 (NKJV) 2 And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.

Resting is hard for some people, but it is a necessity.

Different personalities may find it hard to take a break and not work. For example, people that are goal-driven usually find it hard.

People that may be greedy usually don’t like to rest because they are afraid they might lose out on something if they rest.

People that are very active and like to be moving all the time don’t like the thought of sitting still.

But rest is required if we want to be productive and stay balanced in our lives.

Having a rested mind and body will help us to get much more done than if we are tired and stressed.

I’ll admit that when I’m tired I make mistakes. I cannot be running on empty and produce good quality anything. Balanced REST will produce the best! Amen.

A simple little reminder today; be sure to get some rest.

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 – 4-16-18

Genesis 2:2 (NKJV) 2 And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.

If God Himself took a rest, then so must we also rest.

Some of us never stop. We don’t know how to. We keep going and going. Even on our days off we are trying to be productive, making sure we get things done.

Work without rest is not good. Even though our minds may feel better about what we have accomplished, our physical bodies need rest.

Sometimes we forget we are only human and not some kind of super hero. We need to take some time to smell the flowers, breathe the fresh air, look up at the sky, sit outside and listen to the birds, the ocean waves or just do something like walking, hiking, bike riding or fishing!

Take a break. Go and do something where we don’t have to think.

Life and its demands can sometimes get very overwhelming. It’s OK for us to put on the brakes and say, “I need to have a few minutes, a few hours or maybe a few days to just sit. No schedule, no work, and no phone”.

Do we do this? Or do we push through, exhaust ourselves even further, ending up sick, cranky and burned out?

Rest is important. Our health is important to God. Go and get some 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 – 2-4-17

Genesis 2:3 (NKJV) 3 Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.

It’s safe to say that if God took a rest from all His work, then we too should take a rest from all our work. God didn’t do this necessarily because He needed rest. He did this to set an example for us!

Just because we don’t go into work It doesn’t mean we are resting. Sometimes we take our work home with us. And while we should be resting, in our minds and thoughts we are still trying to figure things out. That’s not resting.

What is rest? A bodily state characterized by minimal functional and metabolic activities: freedom from activity or labor.

Rest means REST. Rest from our activities, rest from labor and rest in our thoughts.

Maybe some of us are struggling with health issues, marital issues, or children issues because we simply don’t know the meaning of rest. And we never stop going long enough to address certain things.

It will cause us problems if we don’t know how to pull back and rest, especially if we are the type of person that feels like we always have to be doing something and we never stop “to smell the flowers” so to speak.

Take this verse and pin it up somewhere so we can be reminded that it is not just OK to rest, but it is a necessity.

Rest is the word for today.

Get out of that routine for a short time. Let our minds sit for a bit and just have no thoughts running through them. And enjoy the quietness of rest.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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