Bible Verse of The Day – 10-14-23

Deuteronomy 8:18 (NKJV) 18 “And you shall remember the Lord your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.

In the verse above, Moses is informing Israel that it is God who gives to them the ability to get wealth.

As His children, we should humbly acknowledge that this power is a God-given ability.

Hopefully we humbly acknowledge where our wealth comes from and are grateful to God for it.

Now, if it is God that gives us this ability to gain wealth, our next question is going to make us think.

Are we lacking in this area? Have we taken the wealth that He has already given to us and spent it foolishly?

God shows us what to do with our finances to make sure we have food in our house.

We must worship Him with our first fruit by giving Him a tenth of it, sowing it into the place that feeds us spiritually.

Are we taking this very important step? If not, then that may be why we are always struggling financially.

Malachi 3:10 (NKJV) 10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, That there may be food in My house, And try Me now in this,” Says the Lord of hosts, “If I will not open for you the windows of heaven And pour out for you such blessing.

God will pour out such blessings as we bring our tithes into the storehouse, worshipping Him and thanking Him for power or the God-given ability to get wealth.

He will also protect us and keep our fruit safe as we obey Him in this area, instead of being greedy with the finances that He provides.

Malachi 3:11 (NKJV) 11 “And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, So that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground, Nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field,” Says the Lord of hosts…

Who is he that tries to destroy our fruit? The enemy!

Let’s cut him off at the knees today, preventing him from stealing our finances, and follow what God has taught us, by bringing all our tithes into the storehouse. Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries 
49 N Lamplighters Walk 
Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 9-13-23

Psalm 42:8 (NKJV) 8 The Lord will command His lovingkindness in the daytime, And in the night His song shall be with me — A prayer to the God of my life.

This beautiful Psalm sums up God’s incredible faithfulness in just two lines.

Life can sometimes be extremely hard. We all have battles to fight and things we must face in our lives.

But we never face them alone.

God is our faithful Guide, leading us through each trial we walk through.

He sent the Holy Spirit to teach us, help us, lead us, and guide each step we take.

Whether it is daytime or nighttime, He is there.

As He led the Israelites by night with a pillar of fire, He also leads us with His spirit.

Many say that because we are His children, we should never face trials or calamity, but His word tells us that isn’t the case.

John 16:33 (NKJV) 33 These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”

So, we say to you today, it is time for us to take our eyes off the thing that stands before us, appearing to block our path and hold us back.

Instead, let us fix our eyes on our Creator and Redeemer, the author and finisher of our faith, holding steadfast in the face of any adversity and holding tightly to Him.

Why?

Because He is faithful.

Lamentations 5:19 (NLT) 19 But Lord, you remain the same forever! Your throne continues from generation to generation.

Amen

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
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Bible Verse of The Day – 9-12-23

Hebrews 3:8-9 (NKJV) 8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, In the day of trial in the wilderness, 9 Where your fathers tested Me, tried Me, And saw My works forty years.

The Israelite’s hearts were hardened simply by going through trials in the wilderness.

It’s important for us to be aware that our hearts can harden as well, and we can find ourselves in a state of rebellion if we don’t realize it and allow God to correct us.

It’s hard to keep the faith and stay strong on our own when trials come.

We need to pray, comfort and edify one another in such times. It’s a huge relief to those who are walking through troubled times.

1 Thessalonians 5:11 (NKJV) 11 Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing.

Why do we need encouragement?

Because it gives us strength that we wouldn’t otherwise have. It helps us remain faithful and steadfast.

The comfort and edification from one another will help us to push through some of the most difficult seasons in our lives.

God has comforted us many times, bringing us through hardship with the same comfort He had shown us to sow into the lives of others as they walked through difficulties.

2 Corinthians 1:4 (NKJV) 4 who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

Take the time and recognize a brother or sister in need and bring some encouragement and comfort to them.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries 
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Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 9-11-23

Isaiah 51:2 (NKJV) 2 Look to Abraham your father, And to Sarah who bore you; For I called him alone, And blessed him and increased him.”

As God addressed the Israelites through the prophet Isaiah, He urged them to remember their roots, the origins of their faith.

He reminds them of Abraham, the father of their faith. God blessed Abraham for his obedience, also making him the father of many nations.

Through his seed, many nations were born.

Abraham was not perfect. He was a frail human who made some poor choices, as we all do from time to time.

Despite this, God used him and blessed him.

Why did God bless him? Because he had great faith. He trusted God in ways that no man had ever done before.

Abraham was one man. Yet he became the patriarch of the Jewish people.

He was blessed because of his faith.

How about you and me? Where do we stand in this big picture of God’s kingdom?

We are no different than Abraham. We are human, and we are frail, prone to falling from time to time.

But God can use us and bless us too!

We may not become the father of many nations, or even one nation for that matter.

But God can take the little faith we have in Him and multiply it if we let Him!

He can take us and transform us into someone we may not recognize years down the road!

Will we build nations? Will we father a whole new people? Will our lives impact hundreds of thousands of men and women?

That’s not likely. But it is possible!

We just need to trust Him and surrender ourselves to Him wholly. And then watch what He can do.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
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Bible Verse of The Day – 9-10-23 – The Importance of Being Grateful

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

We pray that you are walking in God’s blessings every day. 

Speaking of God’s blessings, it is important that we express our gratefulness to Him for each of the blessings He bestows upon us. 

In today’s video, The Importance of Being Grateful, we teach on what it means to be grateful and how our gratefulness is looked upon by God himself, using some examples from scripture. 

We hope you will take a few minutes to watch it. 

Please click here to watch the video now.

We love you all! 

Enjoy the rest of your day. 

Sincerely, 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 9-9-23

Romans 1:28 (NKJV) 28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting…

It is important for us to notice what Paul is saying here; God gave them over to a debased mind.

What is a debased mind?

It is a mind that is lowered in status, esteem, quality, or character.

The synonyms for debased are vitiated, depraved, corrupted, debauched, and perverted.

Vitiate implies a destruction of purity, validity, or effectiveness by allowing entrance of a fault or defect.

Depraved implies moral deterioration by evil thoughts or influences.

Corrupt implies loss of soundness, purity, or integrity.

Debauch implies a debasing through sensual indulgence.

Pervert implies a twisting or distorting from what is natural or normal.

When God gives them over to such a thing, it is not because He doesn’t love them. It is not because He doesn’t desire them to change or repent and turn their hearts around.

He gives them over because it is their will to live in such a lifestyle.

They choose what they do over and over again and love it more than anything or anyone. And they deny God and His truth. They are filled with all unrighteousness.

Romans 1:29-31 (NKJV) 29 being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers, 30 backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31 undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful…

Those that are living in depravity or under a debased mind, do not want to be helped. They have given themselves completely over to their desires of wickedness.

We can spend time trying to help such people, however, even God gives them over to what they desire. He is our example in this.

It’s a hard thing to watch and accept if we know or love someone who chooses this path.

I know people right now who live such a lifestyle and love it. They have lost everything, but they still go back to doing the same things that are destroying them.

There is not a thing we can do to change them.

We can teach them, showing them how wrong it is. They wake up every day knowing that what they do can lead to destruction, yet they continue in it with everything in them.

Romans 1:32 (NKJV) 32 who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them.

Children of God, the best thing we can do is continue to pray for them and hope that one day they will repent and learn to hate the things they are doing.

Let us also remember to pray for one another that we will walk in the righteous lifestyle that God’s word teaches us, standing for truth and resisting the enemy and those things that are not fitting. Amen.

James 4:7 (NKJV) 7 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 9-8-23

1 Corinthians 6:19 (NKJV) 19 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?

The verse above makes it clear that the Holy Spirit is indwelling in believers; He lives in us.

He does not follow us around, walk beside us or walk ahead of us. He dwells inside us.

Knowing this, we should also be aware of the implications this has for all of us; we are never out of His presence.

He is everywhere we go.

What does that mean for us?

Most will readily say that because He is always with us, He will protect us.

There is truth in this, but maybe not in the exact way most of us would like it to be.

Let me explain.

The Holy Spirit’s “job” is to lead us, guide us and help us. Nowhere are we told that He will control us.

On the contrary, we each have free will. We do what we choose to do. He will do everything possible to point us in the right direction, but we make the choice to obey or not.

And this is where it can get sticky for us.

If He leads and we obey, all is good. We are pleasing God.

If He leads and we choose to do something other than what He prompts us to do, we are stepping into territory where we are largely on our own. And this can get tricky since we are no longer following His lead.

From another perspective, think about what His indwelling presence means if we ignore His leading and step into something that we know is contrary to what God wants for us.

We are subjecting Him to whatever our choices lead us into.

He hears the conversations we have. He sees everything that we look at. He accompanies us everywhere we go. He hears everything that we listen to.

Do you see where this is going?

Conversations, movies, TV shows, music, social media posts; He sees and hears it all as we participate in whatever it might be we are doing.

This should cause us to choose carefully what we do, knowing that whatever we expose ourselves to we are also exposing Him to.

This is not a scare tactic. This is not to intimidate anyone.

But as we begin to understand some of these things, it brings clarity to our spirits and helps us make better decisions in everything we do, giving us accountability.

Remember the Holy Spirit, our Invisible Companion.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 9-7-23

Psalm 84:5-6 (NKJV) 5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in You, Whose heart is set on pilgrimage. 6 As they pass through the Valley of Baca, They make it a spring; The rain also covers it with pools.

Baca is a type of balsam plant that can survive in dry conditions.

As Christians or children of God, we may sometimes be in a place that feels dry.

Maybe we are struggling in our walk, or maybe we are waiting for answers. We need to see change, or we need something to happen that is beyond our control.

God can sometimes feel so far away and so quiet in those moments. We wait, crying out to Him for some type of sign.

As we wait, let our strength come from Him. Let Him give us the heart to push through and pass through such dry conditions.

It’s in and through His strength, that even though we are in a dry and heavy place, He will bring the rain.

Let us cry out today, “Oh rain of God come, fall on us today. We need you”.  Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 9-6-23

Ephesians 2:10 (NKJV) 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

I don’t know about you, but I frequently marvel at the human body and the way God made us.

We truly are His workmanship, intricately and wonderfully made.

Every cell, every organ, every bone, every muscle, and every piece of our DNA all point to God, our Giver of life.

But let us take it one step further; look at why He made us.

The scripture above says it was for “good works which God prepared beforehand”!

So, He has something for each of us to do; a path or a plan for us.

And what are we supposed to do?

We “should walk in them”; do the good things that He has planned for us to do!

So many times, we tend to overcomplicate this concept of doing what God has for us to do.

We often get stuck and wonder what grand plan has been laid out for us to complete.

We try so hard to figure it all out. And then we end up doing nothing because we put too much thought into it and scare ourselves right out of it.

You see, God has made us each unique individuals. He created us to be us, not someone else.

He does not want us to walk someone else’s path, emulating what we have seen in the lives of others.

So, how do we walk on the path that God has created for us?

We press in to Him, we draw near to Him, and we learn of Him.

Those three things will cause us to want to learn to obey Him, thereby leading us down His path for us without us even knowing that we are doing so until we look back years later. And then it becomes clear that our obedience led us to the exact place that He wanted us to be.

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 – 9-5-23

Matthew 6:25 (NKJV) 25 “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?

How much worrying do we do about things we have no control over?

Is it our children? The school they attend? The friends they choose? Their place of work as they get older? Their social life?

Is it our job/work? The boss’s attitude? Our work performance? Will we ever get a raise or move up the ladder?

Is it our finances? Will we ever have enough money to save? Will we ever be able to get the things we need or want? Will we ever be able to have enough to help others in need?

Is it our spouse we worry about? Are they happy? Are they in poor health? Are they lost? Are they ever going to take an interest in important things?

Do we spend time worrying about everyone else’s problems, trying to figure out how we might be able to help fix them?

Is it our country/government? Are we worrying about the state it is in and the current problems it may be experiencing?

Let’s be clear. Not worrying doesn’t mean we lack compassion or that we don’t care about things.

But there is a balance in it all.

For God to bring balance in this we must first recognize within ourselves what it is we spend time worrying about.

If we want to stop this obsessive worrying about the same things over and over, we must first see what it is doing to us and our relationship with God.

The biggest step we will need to take is learning to lay our worries down and not go back to pick them up.

1 Peter 5:7 (NKJV) 7 casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.

God can only work this out in us when we cast them over for good.

That means all of them. Not just the pieces that we think we can’t handle, but all the things that bring worry to us.

Give them to Him!

Everyone tends to worry about one thing or another. However, we serve a Lord who is the same, yesterday, today and forever!

He will guide us if we truly want to stop worrying.

Hebrews 13:8 (NKJV) 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

When we learn to catch ourselves and turn off the worrying, our prayers and our focus will be in a more productive place.

We will be able to enjoy each day as we fully trust God with the things that would otherwise cause us stress. Amen.

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 – 9-4-23

Isaiah 29:13 (NLT) 13 And so the Lord says, “These people say they are mine. They honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. And their worship of me is nothing but man-made rules learned by rote.

As God spoke to Israel through the prophet Isaiah, He warned that, despite the Israelites saying they belonged to Him, their hearts were far from Him.

He (God) went on to say that though they honor Him with their lips, the reality of it was that everything they did, including their worship of Him, was little more than man-made rules and rituals learned by rote.

If we were to look at the Greek version of this text, it would state, “Their worship is a farce, for they teach man-made ideas as commands from God”.

It is important that we understand what all of this means to us as followers of Christ.

To do that thoroughly, we need to look more closely at the word, “rote”.

If something is done by rote, it is done mechanically, mindlessly, from memory, by heart, out of repetition. It means nothing to the person carrying out the act. It is empty and hollow.

When we serve God, He desires that it be from our heart; sincere and genuine.

Anything less than this is not true worship or true service at all.

And in reality, this type of service or worship does nothing for us. It only satisfies a fleshly desire to fulfill an obligation.

Everything we do in our walk with God should be led by the Holy Spirit.

Why?

Because God is Spirit. He will not interact with us or accept anything we do by our flesh.

Jesus stated this plainly when He spoke the following words.

John 4:24 (NKJV) 24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”

Another scripture tells us further that true sons (and daughters) of God are led by the Spirit, not by the flesh.

Romans 8:14 (NKJV) 14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.

Our rituals and habits do not please Him. Even more, they do not give Him the honor and glory He deserves.

Let us live, move and serve God only by the Spirit.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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