Category: Trusting God

Bible Verse of The Day- 11-16-20

Proverbs 3:5-6 (NKJV) 5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.

Trusting God entails a lot of things.

First, it means that we not spend our time worrying and fretting about things that we might not understand.

Second, it means that we may encounter things that we may not understand in the natural, but that we rely on His Spirit to give us discernment and understanding in.

It also means that we watch and listen for His leading and direction in all things.

Nowhere, though, does it ever say or imply that we just trust Him, sit back and do nothing 100% of the time, expecting Him to do everything for us.

This is absolutely not true!

Trusting Him with all our heart means that we get His input and His understanding and then we let Him direct our paths.

That means that we have to do something!

You see, there will be times (most times) when we have to get up and walk out whatever it is that He shows us to do (directs our paths).

We have to take action! We have to walk out our faith in Him by doing whatever it is that He tells us to do.

So, it’s time, fellow warriors in Christ, to rise up!

Yes, we need to pray! Yes, we need to be sure to acknowledge Him in all our ways (everything we do)!

But we also need to let Him direct our paths and take action!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bradford, RI 02808

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Bible Verse of The Day – 11-2-20

2 Samuel 22:31 (NKJV) 31 As for God, His way is perfect; The word of the Lord is proven; He is a shield to all who trust in Him.

We live in crazy times. “Normal” life seems to be a distant memory for most, if not all of us.

Every day seems to bring new challenges, navigating uncharted territory.

And there is an unending onslaught of events almost every day that makes me shake my head, as I observe so many depraved people around the globe who want to control how we all live as though they are God Himself, while they live their Godless lives.

There’s no doubt that we are moving quickly into end times. There are signs of the times all around us.

And if we’re not careful, we can quickly fall into panic mode, letting everything that we’re seeing happen tear our faith and trust in God to shreds.

It’s times like these that require us to trust God more than ever, letting Him shield us from the chaos that we see all around us, and not depend on our own understanding to pull us through it. Because we all know how that works out.

So, trust Him. Let Him lead. And whatever you do, don’t lean on your emotions or your own understanding.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 10-17-20

Proverbs 27:1 (NKJV) 1 Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day may bring forth.

Planning, scheduling and setting goals throughout our day is good. It helps us work more efficiently and makes sure we’re doing what needs to be done.

It’s only right that we do this if we want to be diligent with our time.

But, to go on and on about what we know and don’t know about tomorrow, a month from now or even a year from now is just a bunch of hot air.

We don’t know, and we should not boast or brag about it.

Some people can tell us stories about things they are facing, or maybe what they have walked through, that they never knew was going to happen. That’s what we are talking about.

Unexpected things happen.

People who live confidently, thinking they’ve got everything figured out, can be in for a rude awakening when things don’t go as planned.

We want to prepare you beforehand so that you don’t fall into despair or go off the deep end when the unexpected comes along.

None of us are promised a tomorrow. If we get a tomorrow, we need to be thankful and live it out as if it was our last day.

God did not make us to have everything planned out on our own. He made us to appreciate one day at a time. He made us a people that would walk with Him, lean and trust Him every day that we live and breathe.

But we think we have to try and fix things ourselves. We have to make things work the way we want them to and get it done in our time, not wanting to wait on Someone else.

Let’s face it, children of God. When Covid-19 came rolling in and changed everything, were we prepared for that?

No. We had no clue it was coming. And it changed how we did things with the snap of a finger.

So, we need to be sure that we don’t boast or brag about tomorrow, because only God knows what’s to come tomorrow. It’s safe to say we all can boast in Someone and that Someone is Him!!

1 Corinthians 1:31 (NIV) 31 Therefore, as it is written: “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.”

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 9-5-20

Nahum 1:7 (NKJV) 7 The Lord is good, A stronghold in the day of trouble; And He knows those who trust in Him.

I love this reminder today.

He, the Lord, is good! Amen.

When we are in trouble, He is good. But I like what it says after that. I find it very important.

“He knows those who trust in Him.”

In other words, we cannot fake it. We either trust Him or we don’t. We can not one day say, “Oh, Lord I trust you with everything”, and then the next day say, “things are getting shaky Lord, I’m skipping the trusting part for a while.”

No. We either do or we don’t.

What does His word promise us if we do trust Him?

He, the Lord, is our STRONGHOLD! Amen.

The definition of stronghold is: a place that has been fortified so as to protect it against attack.

Our protection is in trusting Him.

How many need this today?

Things have been very difficult. Attacks are wearing us out. They are right here in our midst.

Sometimes we can hardly breathe we are so troubled. We don’t need to run or even hide. God’s got this.

Two words for you to hold onto today; TRUST HIM!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 8-12-20

Numbers 33:52-53 (NKJV) 52 then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, destroy all their engraved stones, destroy all their molded images, and demolish all their high places; 53 you shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land and dwell in it, for I have given you the land to possess.

God is a God of promises. He promises His people that they will possess certain things. And He is very specific with naming those things.

And His people love this.

But there is a part of this that we often overlook. When God tells us to possess something that He has promised us, there is very often a battle on our part in order to actually take possession of whatever it is that God promised us.

That’s right. We have to fight for it.

And that part can be a bit daunting for us.

This is the very part that got the Israelites into a heap of trouble, because they began to doubt God when they learned that they would have to fight to inhabit the land that God had promised them.

What we need to remember, though, is that God doesn’t just toss us into the ring and say “fight your own battles”.

On the contrary, He fights with us. And as He leads us in our fight, He gives us very specific instructions to follow that will assure us of our victory. We just have to be sure to follow His leading.

We may still incur bumps and bruises. We may get injured in the process. And we may come out of it with scars. Victory frequently comes at a price. But it is always worth it.

And when God is our Commander in Chief, He will always lead us the way we should go.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 8-11-20

Numbers 13:30 (NKJV) 30 Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, “Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it.”

Caleb saw things through his faith in God. The others were looking at it through their own eyes; their own abilities.

We get into trouble when we try to do things on our own.

We need to make sure that when we attempt to do the things that God brings before us, we do them in His wisdom, strength, and timing.

He will not leave us to do things on our own. He will make sure He is right there with us.

Will we see it only being done through our own strength? Or will we let Almighty God help deliver to us that which He has promised?

Numbers 13:33 (NKJV) 33 There we saw the giants (the descendants of Anak came from the giants); and we were like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight.”

As soon as they saw themselves as grasshoppers and the inhabitants of the land as giants, their faith went out the window and they let what they saw override what God had told them.

In other words, it got into their heads. And at that very moment, they lost the battle.

Caleb saw it.

It wasn’t like he hadn’t seen what they all saw. He did see it. But he knew in His faith that God was bigger, and he knew that’s how they would win the battle.

We can’t look at things through our own sight. If we are facing giants today, maybe at work, maybe in our health, maybe in school, maybe in our finances, or maybe in our home, we can’t let it stick.

Know that God is greater, and it’s on His Word that we stand.

He is our shield, our hiding place, when fear tries to overwhelm us.

Psalm 119:114 (NKJV) 114 You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in Your word.

We can take the giants out if we stand firm in our faith, allowing Him to be bigger in our sight than the obstacle we may be facing!!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
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Bible Verse of The Day – 8-10-20

Numbers 14:4 (NKJV) 4 So they said to one another, “Let us select a leader and return to Egypt.”

Picture with me, if you will, a very large group of people who had been slaves all their lives, subject to the whims of their masters, not able to do anything of their own accord.

They worked endlessly from dawn until dark, doing nothing unless they were told to do so. They had no freedom whatsoever.

Now, picture them being set free, no longer having to endure beatings, endless hours of back-breaking labor, and now being led, protected by and provided for by God Himself.

Sounds like a really good deal, right?

Arguably, anyone in their right mind wouldn’t want to trade this scenario for anything in the world.

But the Israelites did!

When they reached a place of being unsure of their destiny, they wanted to go back to slavery. Seriously! They wanted to trade their freedom for familiarity, even though it would mean giving up everything they had gained.

Why? Because their current situation was uncomfortable. It was uncomfortable because it was new to them.

They didn’t know what to expect each day. They had no routine, no schedule. And this scared them.

It scared them so much, in fact, that they would have willingly returned to Egypt and subjected themselves to slave labor just to have a little security.

Do we ever do this? Do we ever long to go back to an earlier time just for the sake of being in a situation or in surroundings that are familiar and a bit more comfortable for our minds, even though it usually means being far worse off overall?

It’s safe to say that we have probably all done this, or at least thought about doing it, more than once in our lifetimes. And many of us do it frequently.

The good news, though, is that there is a fix for this. It’s all about learning to trust God with our lives, letting Him lead us and guide us, without constantly questioning Him and asking Him why He’s doing what He’s doing.

This takes time to mature and develop in our lives. It doesn’t happen overnight. It also doesn’t happen if we don’t make the effort to grow our relationship with Him.

But when we do put forth the effort, we are rewarded with a flourishing walk with God and a faith in Him that stands strong even in the face of the most adverse situations, and a trust that can’t be broken no matter what we face.

Proverbs 3:5-6 (NKJV) 5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.

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 – 7-18-20

Exodus 14:14 (NKJV) 14 The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace.”

When God tells us we are to hold our peace, He is basically saying, “be silent”.

In other words, if things don’t look good from where we stand, we should not be crying about it.

Why? Because we trust God in spite of what we see. He has it all figured out!

Our lack of complaining shows that our trust in Him is real.

We are not running around telling everyone what we are going through. We are not being negative, and we are not walking around with a bitter or angry attitude.

Holding our peace means being still in our thoughts, no matter what we are facing in our everyday life situations, as we are waiting on Him to come through for us in a way that will bring complete healing and victory.

We are not waiting for the sake of just waiting. We are waiting on His perfection and excellence to be done, in His timing, and for it to bring closure on the thing that fights us and tries to take us out.

The Lord God loves us enough to fight for us as we hold our peace. Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 6-21-20 – The Abraham Factor

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

Abraham was a man who truly trusted God. He believed what God told him. And he trusted God with his material possessions. 

Because Abraham trusted God, he was greatly blessed in his life. 

In today’s video, The Abraham Factor, we discuss Abraham’s relationship with God, and how that relationship affected his life in various ways. 

We hope you’ll take a few minutes to watch it. 

Please click here to watch the video now. 

Enjoy your day! 

Sincerely, 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 5-26-20

Hebrews 11:11 (NKJV) 11 By faith Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed, and she bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised.

Sarah believed what God told her about having a son, even after she was past child-bearing age. She judged Him faithful of His promise to her and Sarah received her promised child.

Genesis 21:3 (NKJV) 3 And Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him—whom Sarah bore to him—Isaac.

What is God promising us today?

Did He tell us or give us vision for something that is way beyond what we can do, or can even imagine to be done with our limited resources or our situation?

What is His promise to us? Do we judge Him faithful? Do we trust that He can and He will do it?

Some say, “well maybe. But I’m not quite sure yet if He will do that for me. I just need a little glimpse of something to reassure me.”

No. That’s not trust. Where there is doubt, we are without. That’s just my own phrase.

I have seen God show up too many times in my life to doubt Him. He has changed the way I think and look at things. I don’t let my eyes, and what I see in the natural, be the final word in what will happen. No.

2 Corinthians 5:7 (NKJV) 7 For we walk by faith, not by sight.

God has a way of turning things around at any moment. He is amazing!

If we walk by sight, that is all we will see, exactly what is in front of us. That’s fine if that’s what we want.

But for me, I have always wanted to see what God will do in the moments that life says, “this is it for you, the end of the road.”

If we walk by faith, those little statements only cause us to rise up and get God’s word on the matter. We go after Him, seeking what it is that He has to say. If He says otherwise, we trust His word over anyone or anything else.

We judge Him faithful to keep and fulfill His promise, and we see the impossible happen right before our eyes.

Amen!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
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Bible Verse of The Day – 5-4-20

Matthew 19:26 (NKJV) 26 But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

We will face many things in life that seem impossible. And, in reality, some of them are impossible from a natural point of view.

But with God, all things are possible.

With men, it might be impossible that unpaid bills somehow mysteriously get paid. But with God, all things are possible.

With men, it might be impossible that God could use us because we are untrained and uneducated. But with God, all things are possible.

With men, it might be impossible that our “incurable disease” be cured. But with God, all things are possible.

With men, it might be impossible for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God, But with God, all things are possible.

With men, it might be impossible for a sinner to be saved. But with God, all things are possible.

With men, it might be impossible for a drug addict to be set free and made whole again. But with God, all things are possible.

With men, it might be impossible for a person who lived a Godless life to repent on their death bed and enter into the kingdom of God. But with God, all things are possible.

You see, God will not be kept in a box. He is no respecter of persons. His ways are higher than our ways, and His thoughts higher than our thoughts.

And though some of the things He does may not make sense to our heads, we need to be thankful for that!

Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
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