Bible Verse of The Day – 2-9-13

(Luke 22:42 NKJV)  saying, “Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done.”

If we want to do the will of the Father we have to put our feelings, our emotions and our will aside. Jesus put His aside and did what the Father wanted Him to do. He did what He had to do in spite of how He felt.

Sometimes we may look at a person that God is asking us to reach out to or offer help to and we think “why should I reach out to them? They have never been there for me when I needed them.” Or “they would never do it for me. Why, should I do anything kind or nice for them, when at times they would just as soon spit in my face?”

If we are going to be used by God, that attitude and those thoughts have to be laid down at the feet of Jesus and left there.

Doing the will of the Father may require our feelings, thoughts, and emotions toward others to be put aside.

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 – 2-8-13

(Hebrews 3:12-13 NKJV)  Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God; {13} but exhort one another daily, while it is called “Today,” lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

The deceitfulness of sin is a terrible thing that every single one of us struggles with at one time or another.

Sin is indeed deceitful. It can start out so small and subtle, sneaking in almost unnoticed. Most times we know it’s there, but we try to brush it off and hope it won’t happen again or grow bigger.

One sin can lead to another, and before we know it, it begins to cause our heart to become hardened as we try to cover it up or justify it.

I want to appeal to each one of us today to ask God to show us our sin… show us where we have missed Him and dropped the ball. It might be something little or it might be something big, but let’s be honest with ourselves and with our Creator and let Him help us to make it right.

You see, a hard heart is never a good thing. The enemy loves it when we harden our hearts because it makes it easier for him to have a hold on us and power over us.

Once we open ourselves up to God and we let Him expose our hearts, we can begin to see who we are and ask Him to help us in those areas where we’re weak.

Seek God today and let Him show you where He wants to help you, heal you and deliver you.

He is our healer, our deliverer and so much more.

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 – 2-7-13

(2 Kings 6:17 NKJV)  And Elisha prayed, and said, “LORD, I pray, open his eyes that he may see.” Then the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw…

There are times in life when we just don’t see things the way God would like us to see it.

The reason is that we are often too scared, negative, doubtful, emotional, or too caught up and busy to see it. But God wants to help us in this area!

Do you ever find yourself asking God over and over, “what is it?” So many times we are asking Him to show us what to do or how to handle things and we just can’t see it no matter how hard we try.

Well, He sure isn’t ignoring us. It’s just we are not seeing it. We’re not completely surrendering our plan and opening ourselves up to His plan.

We have to ask God to open up our eyes, just like Elisha did for his servant; and then, when He opens our eyes to see it, we don’t 1. try to do it ourselves and 2. run the other way because it looks too hard. But instead, we surrender to Him and say “Yes Lord”!

Let God open our eyes today.

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 – 2-6-13

(Acts 19:19-20 NKJV)  Also, many of those who had practiced magic brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. And they counted up the value of them, and it totaled fifty thousand pieces of silver. {20} So the word of the Lord grew mightily and prevailed.

What is the body of Christ dabbling in today?

Magic? Fortune Telling? Astrology? Psychics? And so many other things that are “spiritual”, but not of the Spirit of God?

I want to make an appeal today to purify yourself in your relationship with God. We don’t need God and something else. We just need God.

Jesus did not die on the cross so we could have faith in Him and the local fortune teller. He didn’t suffer at the hands of the Roman soldiers so we could call Him our Savior and then base our lives on what the tarot cards say we should do or shouldn’t do.

I call on you right now to abandon these demonic practices and cling to Jesus and Him alone. If you have dabbled in any of these things or if you practice them regularly, stand up today and renounce them all in the name of Jesus.

Turn from them and ask Him to forgive you, and then forsake those practices for the rest of your days.

Trust in Him and Him alone. Let the Word of God prevail in your life.

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 – 2-5-13

(John 14:8-9 NKJV)  Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is sufficient for us.” {9} Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

These verses make me shake my head in awe.

Jesus was openly confessing to the disciples that He was God in the flesh. He was the human essence of God the Father.

The Father is spirit. We cannot see or behold Him. But He wanted to come to earth in bodily form to reach out to us, to make himself approachable to us and to “walk in our shoes”, so to speak.

Jesus coming to earth was God’s ultimate way of saying “I Love You”, even in dying for us on the cross.

Let’s not take this lightly. Read and re-read the verses above and let this get into your spirit. Jesus said “Have I been with you so long and yet you have not known me?”. He was answering as the Father… the supreme Lord of all.

How completely awesome is that?

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 2-4-13

(Jeremiah 17:7 NKJV)  “Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, And whose hope is the LORD.

Let us take a look at our situation today and see who it is we put our trust in.

Are we trusting in our jobs? Our jobs can be here today and gone tomorrow. Are we trusting in our finances to bring us happiness and to take care of us? Do we trust in our friends and family more than we trust in God?

These are all great things to have… a wonderful family and good friends, a job that pays well! But, we do not put our trust in them. There is NO security in any of them.

The Lord is who we are safe with always. Put our trust in Him. Rely on Him. Call on Him, and give to Him of ourselves today.

The Lord 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 – 2-2-13

(John 13:34-35 NKJV)  “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. {35} “By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”

By our love they will know us.

How well do we live this one out? Just reading this verse convicts me. How about you?

Can we honestly say that someone might know that we are a follower of Christ by the love we show to others?

It’s so easy to say that we will love others, but quite a different thing to carry it out. People have a way of getting to us… irritating us and getting under our skin.

Some people just know how to “push our buttons”, so to speak and get us wound up with little effort on their part.

But we are to LOVE them, just as much as we are to love the one who loves us back!

If we are to truly win other to Christ, we need to learn how to love those that God has placed around us, even when it’s not easy!

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 – 2-1-13

(Revelation 3:20 NKJV)  “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me“.

Let us hear His voice today…open the door and let Him in!!

He wants to dine with us. Open up and share our hearts today with Him. Talk to Him, sing with Him, dance and worship before Him.

Don’t hold back today; trust Him with our deepest secrets. Trust Him with our life!!

He loves to dine with 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 – 1-31-13

(John 1:12-13 NKJV)  But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: {13} who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

But as many as received Him… These are very important words for the world to hear and understand.

We all need to understand what this means! Sadly, there is a false teaching that has been propagated throughout the earth that teaches that just because Jesus died, everyone will go to heaven.

Many people believe that we are all God’s children. But this verse above is one of many that breaks this myth and shows us that we need to receive Him in order to be called one of God’s children.

Yes… we are all God’s creations, but we are not all God’s children. This verse proves it!

Have you received Him? Have you acknowledged Him and accepted the sacrifice that he made for you on the cruel cross? Do you believe that He died for your sins?

Becoming one of God’s children isn’t difficult and it doesn’t require you to do anything special other than to put your faith in Him.

If you have never done this, do it today. Tell Him that you need Him. Ask Him to forgive you for your sins and then ask Him to help you start fresh and make you new.

It’s that easy. He’s waiting for you to reach out to Him and become one of His children. Do it right now, in the name of Jesus.

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 – 1-30-13

(Psalm 126:2 NKJV)  Then our mouth was filled with laughter, And our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”

Has God done something good for you that you can laugh about or sing out to Him for?

The world’s troubles can try to take away our laughter and our singing but we should always keep fresh in our minds the wonderful things that God has done for us, personally and for others.

If you have not had a victory in your life, then today is a good day to start believing and trusting God for one! In order to receive victory we must want it! We must pray to God and listen to Him, letting Him guide us and lead us into it!

God wants to do great things for each one of us. He wants us to walk in His victory from day to day!

Let Him lead us into great things and let our laughter and song be unto Him!

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 – 1-29-13

(John 8:36 NKJV)  “Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.

Jesus Christ died and rose again to set us free. That includes you and me.

He died to set us free from sin, from death and from demonic bondages.

He died to set us free from mental illness, physical illness and poverty.

There is nothing too powerful for Christ to set us free from.

Sadly, there are many things that we will never be set free from because we don’t recognize them as being bad, demonic or evil. The world has so diluted our thinking that we will fail to see something, even when God’s word speaks plainly about it.

The spirit of God is always at work, speaking to us and teaching us. But we need to be listening and exercising our discernment. We need to tune out the noise and chatter of the enemy as he slowly, subtly wears on our spiritual eyes and ears.

It happens ever so slowly, as our culture bombards us with one little thing after another until, before we know it, we begin to think just like everyone else, seeing wrong as right and evil as good.

We urge you today to ask God for razor-sharp discernment in absolutely everything that comes your way. We, the bride of Christ, need to be ever-so-diligent and discerning in this world we live in.

Ask and it will be given to you. Seek and you will find. Knock and it will be opened to you.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-377-5400

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