Category: Understanding God

Bible Verse of The Day – 11-29-24

Psalm 18:30 (NKJV) 30 As for God, His way is perfect; The word of the Lord is proven; He is a shield to all who trust in Him.

His way is perfect.

What better way to sum up God and His ways?

Our human intellect can sometimes steer us wrong when it comes to God’s ways.

We become comfortable in our understanding. We depend solely on our intellect to get us through things we face.

And in doing so, we push God away without realizing it. We keep Him at arm’s length.

Then we wonder why He is silent.

That silence is often due to us expecting God to move or speak in a way that we understand or in the timing we demand.

Hindsight will always show us the error of our ways if we discern properly and allow God to teach us His ways.

This is where spending time in God’s word benefits us immensely. It shows us who He is. It teaches us His ways. It helps us better understand spiritual matters, leading to us having sharper discernment.

And as we develop spiritual understanding, we lean less on our own understanding.

Then our mind is blown as we are able to recognize God moving because we are no longer looking for Him with our natural eyes but giving preference instead to eyes led by the Holy Spirit.

And that is when we realize that He indeed is a shield to all who trust Him.

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 – 3-29-24

Isaiah 55:9 (NKJV) 9 “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts.

Have you been spinning your wheels trying to figure God out?

Do you frequently question why He does what He does, or the way He does things?

Do you sometimes wonder if maybe you’re not quite “getting it” when it comes to understanding God?

We watch the things happening around us and around the globe, and then we wonder.

We wonder why we have so much trouble understanding things that seem like they should be so simple and straight forward.

You are not alone!

Many people wrestle with this; even longtime believers.

Much of this lies in the fact that we try to fit God into our own mold; a mold that our minds can comprehend.

We see things through natural eyes and human understanding. We decipher everything through our intellect.

But we never seem to find peace or resolution. No answers come for the questions we struggle with.

This perpetual struggle will begin to fade when we stop trying to figure God out and start to learn of Him.

His word tells us plainly not to lean on our own understanding, but to trust in Him!

Proverbs 3:5 (NKJV) 5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding;

He also tells us that if we seek Him with all our heart, we will find Him.

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

And it is in finding Him that we finally begin to lay down our fears and our worries and begin to trust Him outside of what we can understand or make sense of with our human minds.

We urge you today to press into Him. Seek Him diligently. Do so with everything in you.

And when you do this, you will begin to know Him like you have never known Him before, leading you to trust Him like you have never trusted Him before.

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 – 9-26-21 – Who Do You Say That I Am?

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

Speaking of Jesus, there’s a particular scripture where He asked Peter, “Who do you say that I am?”. 

That’s also the title of our latest video, “Who Do You Say That I Am?”. 

In this video, we teach about Peter’s understanding and revelation of who Jesus really was, and how that plays into our own lives, as believers. 

This video gives some great insights about this, so we hope you’ll watch it! 

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We love you all! 

Sincerely, 

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 – 3-1-21

Psalm 145:17 (NKJV) 17 The Lord is righteous in all His ways, Gracious in all His works.

Sometimes God’s ways can be a bit hard for us to understand.

Sometimes they can be downright confounding to our finite human minds.

You see, over time we tend to form a mental picture of God. Not so much what He looks like, but how we expect Him to act; the things we expect to see Him do.

Sometimes the ideas we have are accurate. Other times they are far off track.

Why does this happen?

It’s all about perception.

As we learn, we develop certain perceptions of who God is. Some of those perceptions can be very accurate. But some can be very inaccurate.

This can happen for a few reasons. Many times, it’s due to things we have been taught that were incorrect.

Sometimes it’s due to incorrect interpretation of what we have read or heard.

Sometimes we may not even know why we think what we do. It just kind of happened over time.

The best way to remedy this is to get into God’s word and seek His truth. And when we do this, we have to be willing to see what God says in an objective way, with no preconceived ideas or notions.

It’s the only way to truly know what He means when He says something.

Be prepared to see and hear things that may not make sense to our human minds and our human way of thinking. Remember that God’s ways are not our ways, and His thoughts are not our thoughts.

Isaiah 55:9 (NKJV) 9 “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts.

But in all of this, His ways are righteous and true, as stated in the scripture at the beginning of this devotional.

So, no matter what we might see that doesn’t quite fit with what we thought was true, we can always go back to His word and get the real deal from the one true source.

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 – 7-26-20

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

Have you ever pondered on the phrase “I AM That I AM”? 

Many people have found that phrase to be a bit confusing and hard to grasp. 

In today’s video, “I AM That I AM”, we teach on what this really means, and what it means to us, as children of God. 

This video helps to bring a much deeper understanding of some critical things in the Old Testament that we may have overlooked in the past, so we hope you’ll take a few minutes and watch it. 

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We hope you enjoy the rest of your day. 

Sincerely in Christ, 

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 – 5-5-20

Job 1:1 (NKJV) 1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God and shunned evil.

I’d say that Job got hit! Here he was, a good and blameless man. Despite that, though, God allowed satan to take away his family and his material wealth.

Someone said to me, “why would God let satan do that to Job? He was a good man”.

Job 1:12 (NKJV) 12 And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your power; only do not lay a hand on his person.”

We are not going to understand everything that God does and the reasons that He has for doing them. We need to accept that.

God has His reasons and His ways that are far more than what we will ever comprehend.

There are things in this life we will not have answers for, and all we can do is trust Him.

Trust Him in what ways? Trust He will bring good from it all. Trust He will turn it around and we will come out of it safe, sound and whole. Trust that we will grow, even in such a time of sadness, sorrow, loss and pain. Trust He knows what He is doing.

There is no doubt that Job was going through a lot. I mean, to lose so much all at once. His family was gone,  and his financial situation changed overnight, etc.  And then, sickness hit his body.

But not once would he curse God or let anything bad slip from his lips. Instead, he fell to his knees and worshiped Him. That’s something to be in awe of right there. Because, after so great of a loss, it’s so easy to lose faith and give up. So easy to say foolish things and have wrong thoughts. So very easy to let our hearts get hard and turn away from God.

Job 1:20-22 (NKJV) 20 Then Job arose, tore his robe, and shaved his head; and he fell to the ground and worshiped. 21 And he said: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, And naked shall I return there. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; Blessed be the name of the Lord.” 22 In all this Job did not sin nor charge God with wrong.

Someone may say, “it’s just not fair. He was a good man. I thought when you live good and do things right, you will be blessed and protected from satan”.

We are blessed. We are protected. But we are also tested at times.

If we notice in this next verse, God gave him into satan’s hand. But with stipulations. He says, “spare his life.”

Job 2:6 (NKJV) 6 And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand, but spare his life.”

The most important thing to take with us from this is that God knew His man, Job! Before any of this took place, God knew that Job loved Him. God knew that Job would not fail the test or trial he was about to face. He knew Job!

And that is the trust we need to have. God knows us better than we would ever know ourselves. He is our rock and salvation, no matter what we go through or are facing.

God ultimately brought healing, and He blessed Job’s land.

Job 42:12-13 (NKJV) 12 Now the Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; for he had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and one thousand female donkeys. 13 He also had seven sons and three daughters.

Are we in a trial or test right now? What will we do, curse God and die? Or will we trust Him and let Him deliver us?

He knows us better than we know 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 – 11-27-19

John 1:1 (NKJV) 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

If there is one thing we can count on, it’s this; God is so incredibly intricate in His workings that He cannot be comprehended fully by the human mind.

Now, that might seem like a bad thing because we want to be able to understand Him. In reality, though, it’s not bad at all.

It simply means that He is more powerful and mighty than we can ever imagine.

God is bigger than we could ever make up with our own minds. He is bigger than what we can see. He operates in ways that we can’t fully understand.

And do you know what this means? It means that if we have chosen to put our faith and trust in Him, and to follow Him, He is on our side!

I’m an analytical type of person. I ponder on things sometimes that can actually make my head hurt because of the depth of them. Not physically hurt, but in an intangible kind of way, because sometimes for just a split second, I will see and begin to comprehend the depth of God.

And that right there blows my mind. The depth of God. It blows my mind when I even start to comprehend it.

So, why should this get us excited?

Because we have the wonder of this incredible God backing us up, supporting us, directing us, leading us and guiding us. He has made it possible for us to be adopted by Him, making this mighty, incredible God our very own Father!

And, if that’s the case, what do we have to fear? What do we have to worry about?

Nothing.

That might seem oversimplified. Because if we look at things through our human eyes, there certainly seems to be an unlimited number of things that worry us.

But that’s the problem right there; looking at everything through human eyes.

We need a change in direction. We need to let God teach us His ways, allowing Him to transform us by the renewing of our minds. This helps us to put our old ways behind and begin to walk in His ways.

Romans 12:2 (NKJV) 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

Go ahead. Trust Him. We dare you.

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 – 7-24-19

Isaiah 55:9 (NKJV) 9 “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts.

Have you ever stopped and wondered why there are so many people who just plain refuse to acknowledge that God is real?

Most of the time it’s because they just can’t understand Him.

Oh, it’s not really that they can’t understand Him. It’s more that they can’t comprehend how He could be real.

They can’t fathom how He could speak the world into existence. They can’t understand how He could make a man from dirt and breathe life into him. They can’t grasp the fact that He made everything that we see, hear and smell.

It just doesn’t make sense to them! And because it doesn’t make sense to them, they refuse to accept it as truth.

The problem is that they are trying to understand it with their natural minds. They are trying to grasp Someone who is bigger than their minds can think. So, in their minds, it can’t possibly be true or real.

And that’s because He is bigger than our minds! Not a single one of us can truly comprehend God with our natural minds. But the cool part is that He doesn’t ask us to.

Instead, He reveals Himself to us by His spirit. And it is only by Him that we can see past our finite minds and see the infinite possibilities that He is who He says He is!

And it’s important that we remember that this applies to every one of us. Had God not revealed Himself to us, we would be just as blind as the unbeliever and the scoffer.

It is by His grace and mercy that we are called His children. Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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