Category: Seeking God

Bible Verse of The Day – 12-16-17

Jeremiah 29:13 (NKJV) 13 And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. 

How do we find God? 

Many will make it seem like that’s the million-dollar question. Some will make God seem remote and mysterious; hard to find. 

Some will write books with page upon page about how to find God. Others will preach lengthy, deep messages about how to find Him. 

But God himself has told us how to find Him. 

It’s very simple, really. It doesn’t require a professor, a philosopher, a priest or a prophet. It only requires one thing; a heart after God. A heart that longs to know Him. 

God has promised that if we diligently seek Him, we will find Him. 

Proverbs 8:17 (NKJV) 17 I love those who love me, And those who seek me diligently will find me. 

And God has told us in Hebrews 11:6 that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him! 

There you have it. The answer, hidden in plain sight! 

So, don’t let the enemy bring confusion. Don’t let people try to tell you how difficult it is to find God. And don’t let your mind convince you that finding God is difficult. 

Seek Him and you will find Him! 

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 – 11-17-17

Philippians 4:13 (NKJV) 13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

As followers of Christ, it’s important that we never forget who we are and Who we belong to.

We have a tendency to sometimes forget this. We like to think we’ve got it all together and don’t need anyone’s help; not even God’s help.

But this is completely wrong. This is a fatal mistake on the part of believers. We can reach a point where we become self-confident and feel like we can handle anything and everything on our own.

When that happens, we begin stepping out and doing things on our own, without even bothering to get with God first. This is where we get ourselves into trouble.

Jesus himself told us that we can do nothing without Him.

John 15:5 (NKJV) 5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.

We need to be cautious of starting to feel like we don’t need God any longer. Yes, He will equip us to do the things that He asks us to do. But we should always go to Him and lean on Him to accomplish those things.

When we reach a point of feeling like we no longer need Him, we are almost implying that we can take His place and do His job for Him. We become like little gods. Sound far-fetched?

It’s more common than we might think. And it can happen to anyone, if we get our priorities mixed up or listen to the wrong voices.

The Holy Spirit will always point us back to God… For everything. It doesn’t matter how big or how small the thing is that God wants us to do. God’s spirit will never, ever steer us away from God or His word, to someone or something else.

So, let’s be cautious and diligent to stay close to Him, seek Him in everything we do, and hold His word close to our hearts so He can remind us of it when we need Him 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 – 6-8-17

Hebrews 11:6 (NKJV) 6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

God rewards those who diligently seek Him. This is something that we all need to understand. But we need to make sure we look at it with the correct perspective.

Many times we can get caught up in the rewards and spend our time seeking after them. But in reality, we need to seek after Him, and not worry about the rewards.

The rewards will come when we put Him first and put our time and energy into seeking Him and growing our relationship with Him first, before everything else.

Because we live in a materialistic world, many have gotten off the path and spent their time focusing on what we get if we follow after God. This is not at all what God intended. Yes, the rewards are good. But the close relationship with Him is so much better.

And if we’re seeking after Him solely for the rewards, then we’ve got things a bit mixed up. And seeking rewards will cause our relationship with Him to become twisted and performance-based. Again, this is not what God intended.

So we need to be sure that we are seeking God solely because we want to have a strong walk with Him, not for any other reason.

Matthew 6:33 (NKJV) 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

Seek Him first. The rewards will take care of themselves.

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 – 3-6-17

John 4:42 (NKJV) 42 Then they said to the woman, “Now we believe, not because of what you said, for we ourselves have heard Him and we know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world.”

I love this! The fact that the people did not just take the woman at her word, but that they sought Him out and heard Him for themselves shows that they were hungry for the truth.

This is exactly what we, the church, need to do today!  We need to have Him in our lives, and moving day to day on a personal, one-on-one level.

We need to be seeing Him and watching Him move in our own situations. We need to lean on Him and cry out to Him to help us.

He will move in our own lives daily, hourly, minute by minute, when we hear His voice and we do what He tells us to do. Amen.

We believe for ourselves, not because someone told us to, but because we sought Him and found Him!

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 – 8-15-16

Jeremiah 29:13 (NKJV) 13 And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.

Want to find God? Seek Him!

Many people have made a mystery out of finding God. It has been said by many that God is difficult to find. But most times the difficulty is only a perception, not a reality.

God is always there and always available. He doesn’t hide Himself or run from us when we seek Him.

On the contrary. God wants us to seek him!

He has made it clear in His word that if we seek Him, we will find Him. And if we draw near to Him, He will draw near to us.

James 4:8 (NKJV) 8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

The key to it all is this: seeking Him with all our heart.

He wants us to seek Him. He desires that we push hard to grow our relationship with Him. And He rewards those who make the effort to do so.

Hebrews 11:6 (NKJV) 6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

So this is the “secret” to a stronger and more rewarding, fulfilling walk with God.

Seek Him and search for Him with all your heart. And you will find Him!

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 – 6-1-16

Jeremiah 29:13 (NKJV) 13 And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.

Nothing can be found if it isn’t searched for diligently and persistently.

Sure, we can stumble onto something once in a while that is worthwhile. But if there’s something that we know is valuable and we really want to find it, we will expend a lot of energy to seek it out.

It’s this way with God. If we seek Him, we will find Him. If we don’t, then we won’t.

There are so many of us who long for a better walk with God… a closer relationship with Him. We see others who seem to have a great relationship with Him and we wish we had that same kind of relationship. We may even envy them.

We’re here to tell you today that we can all have that kind of strong, close relationship with Him. First and foremost, we have to want it. And then we have to go after it.

Nothing comes without work and effort. And this is true with relationships, whether it be with our spouse or with our Creator… our Redeemer. It takes work and deliberate effort to build our relationship with Him.

So, just as we will expend a lot of energy to seek after tangible things, so also we must expend energy to seek after the One who loved us enough to sacrifice His Son for us.

It’s really that simple. If we’re longing for a strong relationship, if we want to know Him intimately, we have to be willing to go after it. We have to be willing to search for Him with all our heart.

Proverbs 8:17 (NKJV) 17 I love those who love me, And those who seek me diligently will find me.

There are no shortcuts. There are no secret methods. No number of books that we read will make it happen for us. It takes good, old-fashioned hard work and deliberate effort to put it together.

Yes, that might sound discouraging to some. It might make it seem hard to find God and grow close to Him.

But the key to this is to take it one little step at a time, one day at a time. Don’t look too far ahead. Don’t try to look at the big picture and take it in all at once. Look at today, right here and right now.

Do what’s necessary to build that relationship today. Tomorrow, do what is necessary to build it tomorrow. And so on. One day at a time. And before you know it, you will be able to look back and see how far you’ve come!

It takes work. It takes time. And it takes effort.

And He’s worth every bit of it!

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 – 3-23-16

Jeremiah 29:13 (NKJV) 13 And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.

The words above are the secret to a deep, lasting relationship with our Father in heaven.

God is faithful with doing His part. We need to learn how to be faithful with doing our part.

And what is that part? Seeking Him with all our heart!

We need to be constantly seeking Him, pushing further and further forward, closer to Him each and every day.

Some days we’ll feel like we moved miles ahead. Other days we might feel like we went miles backwards. But the important thing is that we never stop seeking. We can never, ever give up and stop trying.

Even though it might sometimes feel like we’re not making any progress, all we need to do is look back at where we used to be.

If we ask, God is faithful to give the increase.

Matthew 7:7 (NKJV) 7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

So let’s keep pressing in, seeking Him every day that we live and breathe. Remember… He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him!

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 – 8-22-13

(Judges 1:1-2 NKJV)  Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, “Who shall be first to go up for us against the Canaanites to fight against them?” {2} And the LORD said, “Judah shall go up. Indeed I have delivered the land into his hand.”

Notice that in this verse the children asked God, their Father, a question as to what steps to take next. “What do we do Lord?” The Lord, in return, answered His children.

God has no problem telling His children His plan for us. Are we His children today? Yes, we are!!

If we are, then He wants us to come to Him and ask Him things before we make a move or a decision on our own. This is important. As children of God we must not be afraid to go to Him. He will give us direction for our future.

Do we always know why He tells us to do a specific thing? No; sometimes it takes time for us to see His whole plan. Sometimes we may never know why. But if we trust God with our lives we will be at peace with it.

Let’s be sure to go to our Heavenly Father for questions and direction for our lives, and then let’s wait on Him for the answer. He is faithful to lead us down the right path.

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 – 5-7-13

(Luke 12:23 NKJV)  “Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.

If only we could all “get this”, how different would our lives be?

Would we spend less time chasing wealth and status and more time asking God what He wants for us?

Don’t get me wrong. This is not an “anti-wealth” or “anti-prosperity” message. I believe God can and does bless many of His children with material wealth and resources.

But how many of us spend way too many years of our lives chasing after things and trying to impress those around us, instead of seeking His kingdom first?

My prayer today is that each and every one of us will ask these questions of ourselves and seek honest answers from God himself. After all, it’s His opinion that counts!

(Matthew 6:33 NKJV)  “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added 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 – 3-27-13

(Hebrews 11:1 NKJV)  Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

There are probably many of us reading this verse today who are familiar with it. Perhaps many of us have even heard many messages preached or taught using this verse.

Well, today is a good day to hear it again!!

Did you know that it takes faith to please God? That’s right! Without faith, it is impossible to please Him.

(Hebrews 11:6 NKJV)  But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

Are we diligently seeking Him today? Or are we just hoping He will come through for us?

Diligent: characterized by steady, earnest, and energetic effort

We must be diligent and active in our faith! We must energetically pursue God, pressing in to know Him more intimately.

This is what pleases Him. So if you’re feeling like your walk with God is lifeless and passive, make a vow to breathe new life into it by passionately seeking Him.

Do this! Be relentless in your pursuit of Him and watch your faith grow to new heights.

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 – 12-28-12

(Proverbs 8:17 NKJV)  I love those who love me, And those who seek me diligently will find me.

How do we show the Lord we love Him?

One way to show Him that we love Him is by knowing His word and abiding in it. (John 14:15 NKJV)  “If you love Me, keep My commandments“. Take one day at a time and apply it to your everyday life.

When we sin, we shouldn’t just overlook it, but we should take the time we need to acknowledge it and do whatever His word tells us to do to make it right.

We know we need to repent if we want to receive His forgiveness, but we must also learn how not to fall into that sin again. His word will help us in this.

Each day that we follow Him through the leading of His word, we will learn to love Him even more.

Seek Him diligently today. He is much more interesting than Facebook, movies, music, video games, work or shopping.

His love is long-lasting and real.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-377-5400

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