Bible Verse of The Day – 2-23-13

(Psalm 28:7 NKJV)  The LORD is my strength and my shield; My heart trusted in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart greatly rejoices, And with my song I will praise Him.

Rejoice today…lift up our voices with songs straight from our hearts!

Put doubt and unbelief under our feet! Don’t pay attention to the negative things that others have to say about our situation. Only hear God and what He has to say.

Stand believing  trusting Him and His word!!

It’s a good day for those who choose the Lord!!

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 – 2-22-13

(Luke 5:4-6 NKJV)  When He had stopped speaking, He said to Simon, “Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” {5} But Simon answered and said to Him, “Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing; nevertheless at Your word I will let down the net.” {6} And when they had done this, they caught a great number of fish, and their net was breaking.

Whenever Jesus spoke, His words had truth in them. In fact, His words didn’t just contain truth. They were truth.

I get amused when I see someone who was with Jesus try to disagree with Him or something He had said. They never fared very well when they did this.

Jesus spoke and the world and everything in it had to listen. He was, after all, there when the worlds were formed, working with God the Father and the Holy Spirit, to create all that we see.

So many people are searching for truth…believers and unbelievers alike.

I want to tell you today that if you are a believer and follower of Jesus Christ, STOP looking for truth. You have already found Him!

He is the Way, the Truth and the Life. He is the only way to the Father. All things were made through Him.

So stop searching, lay yourself at His feet and rest, knowing that you need to look no further.

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 – 2-21-13

(1 Samuel 17:45 NKJV)  Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.

Let me ask this question today, what giant is standing in our way?

There are many things that like to get in our way, causing us to not get the victory that we so deserve at times.

If we just sit back and let it happen then it’s only our own fault if we are still where we have always been. It’s going to take us standing up and not backing down, doing what David did and facing the giant, in the name of the Lord.

It’s in the “name of the Lord” that we will win this battle.

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 – 2-20-13

(Exodus 14:21 NKJV)  Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea into dry land, and the waters were divided.

It’s always good to go back and read various passages of scripture again, just to keep them fresh in our minds and make sure we have them accurately planted in our mind and spirit.

Reading this passage again always reminds me that when God parted the Red Sea, He did so overnight, not instantly. Moses stretched his hand over the sea and God caused a strong east wind to blow. Parting the sea actually happened over several hours, not in a few seconds!

So despite what some movies might try to portray, the people of Israel had to wait all night long for God’s hand to rescue them from the Egyptian army, which was waiting close by.

They didn’t get sudden deliverance. They had to wait on God!!

Oh, how we all wish God would swoop down from heaven and rescue us all from our problems, dilemmas, trials and tribulations. I will admit that this would surely be nice.

But if God was always right there to rescue us from the situations we get ourselves into, how much would we learn and how many times would we get ourselves right back into the same messes over and over again?

We can definitely say that over the years we have learned that waiting on God to deliver us is, most times, the best thing for us.

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 – 2-19-13

(Zechariah 9:12 NKJV)  Return to the stronghold, You prisoners of hope. Even today I declare That I will restore double to you.

Did you know that you and I are prisoners of hope?

Think about it. Everything we desire depends on having hope.

Our faith in God is built on hope… hope in His word, hope in His eternal life and hope in His salvation for us.

Without hope we have absolutely nothing to hold onto.

So we hold onto hope, because in it lays the very foundation of our faith.

(Heb 10:23 NKJV)  Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.

So no matter what you’re facing, hold onto your hope. No matter how hard the waves beat against you, hold onto your hope. And no matter how dark it seems to get, hold onto your hope.

He is our hope and He who has promised is faithful.

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 – 2-18-13

(Revelation 21:6 NKJV)  And He said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts.

Are we thirsty for God today?

He is the Alpha and the Omega! Do we want all of Him today? God is calling us by name and saying “I will freely give to YOU who thirsts”.

There are days when life itself tries to bring us down and suck every drop of joy out of us. But God, in all His might and power, is calling out to us to come and fill up with MORE of Him, more Peace, more LOVE and more joy!

Don’t dry up. Drink from His cup today…He is faithful!!

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 – 2-16-13

(2 Peter 1:5-7 NKJV)  But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, {6} to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, {7} to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love.

Knowledge is a beautiful thing if handled correctly. It helps us to know what to do, how to handle situations that come our way and what we need to say at times. Taking the knowledge that God gives us and waiting on Him to show us what to do with it will cause us to learn self control, which is vital to the body of Christ.

We can have a great deal of knowledge, but if we can not deliver it the way God wants us to, or in His timing, it can and will hurt others, including ourselves.

When God gives us knowledge for our situation, or anyone else’s situation, the next step is to pray and wait on Him to show us what to do with it.That will build up that self control muscle.

Have you ever prayed for something or someone, and you knew that God gave you the answer, yet when you acted on what you felt God showed you it didn’t work, or it was not received by the person you shared it with?

This can happen if we are out of God’s timing when sharing knowledge He has given us.

Having self control over the things we receive from God will help us be more productive and see better results as we wait on Him. Let us build up that self control muscle today by waiting on His timing.

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 – 2-15-13

(1 Peter 4:8 NKJV)  And above all things have fervent love for one another, for “love will cover a multitude of sins.”

Have fervent love for one another. Is this a cheesy Valentine ‘s Day message? Absolutely not.

Valentine’s day is man-made and has nothing to do with the love that God wants us to share with one another. But God tells us to love one another with “fervent love”. Fervent means “having great intensity”.

This isn’t always easy, is it? Oh, we can “like” people, but how do we learn to love them fervently?

There’s only one way; to see them as God sees them and to love them with God’s love, not ours.

This takes a lot of practice and a lifetime to get right. But this doesn’t mean we shouldn’t do it.

God has commanded us in His word. That’s enough reason for me to want to do it. How about 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 – 2-14-13

(James 1:17 NKJV)  Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.

Our God is so good. He is the author of truth.

He is the solid rock upon which our faith is built. He never varies or falters. We never have to worry about going to Him and having Him turn us away.

He is the Father of lights. There is no darkness in Him.

There is nobody in this world that can take His place or fill His shoes.

We are children of The Most High God.

Amen.

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 – 2-13-13

(James 1:13-14 NKJV)  Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone. {14} But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed.

Many times I have heard people teaching or being taught that God tempts people in order to test them. People will sometimes ask us questions relating to this, wondering why God would test them in such ways.

God is not a tempter. Tempting is the work of the enemy of our souls.

Interestingly, most temptations come when we have allowed ourselves to be drawn away from God by curiosity or fleshly desire. It is then that we can fall prey to temptation, choosing to do the very thing that God has taught us not to do.

The very best defense we have against this is not to allow ourselves to fall into curiosity about things that don’t concern us or things that we know aren’t good for us.

It doesn’t matter what it is. If we know that we shouldn’t even contemplate it, we should choose to turn and walk away from it right away. Lingering or trying to decide what to do about it will only increase the chances of falling and giving in to that temptation.

Resisting temptation isn’t complicated and doesn’t require us to be super-spiritual. We just need to exercise our common sense and the spiritual muscles that God has given us. And walk away.

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 – 2-12-13

(Matthew 18:20 NKJV)  “For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them.”

There is Power in joining together in the name of Jesus! This verse tells us that He is there in the midst of us. We don’t have to be anywhere in particular to have Him there. He’ll come wherever we join together in His Name. We just have to be together, in one accord.

What happens when Jesus is around? Oh, the blind eyes were opened, the water was turned to wine, the lepers were healed, and the demons were cast out! I’d say there was action all around; there was not one dull moment. Nope, not one!

I ask this question today; what does our gathering look like when we come together in the name of Jesus? If He is there, it should be full of action. Not dull, not boring, and not ritualistic. Salvation, Healing, Deliverance and Miracles should be taking place!

Just last week, I was barely moving. I had thrown my back out pretty good and could hardly move. The pain was causing me to do very little, if anything.

My grandchildren came over to visit one day. I said to them, “Just as I have prayed for you when your were sick, I need you to pray for me”. Without a moment’s thought they both knelt down beside me and laid their little 4 & 5 year old hands on my back and said “Dear God, in the name of Jesus heal my Grand mommy. Amen!” That was it. They got up and went to play.

That day, I was moving better… I was walking; I was marching around that house. God was there in the midst of me and my Grand-babies as we agreed together in His name for Healing!!

Give Him the Glory!!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-377-5400

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