(Psa 37:18 NKJV)  The LORD knows the days of the upright, And their inheritance shall be forever.

I’d like to speak a word of encouragement to everyone today.

It doesn’t matter where you’re from or where you live. It doesn’t matter if you’ve walked with God for many years or if you just met Him today. We all face struggles and we all have battles that we need to win.

No matter what we’re in the midst of right at this moment, God knows. There is not a second of our lives that goes unnoticed by Him. There is not a deed that we’ve done that is hidden from Him. He knows our going out and our coming in.

So if you get nothing else today from this word, get this: God knows your days, and your inheritance shall be forever.

Now take this word and hide it in your heart and draw from it today if you face trials and tests. His strength is greater than ours.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
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(Psa 37:5-6 NKJV)  Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass. {6} He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, And your justice as the noonday.

It seems like every week we run into obstacles that try to keep us from reaching our goals or achieving something that we believe God wants for us.

This is nothing new and none of us is up against anything that someone before us hasn’t already been through.

What’s good, though, is that God has answers and solutions for every single problem we will ever face in our lives. Yes… every one of them!

So what do we need to do to find these answers? We need to commit our way to Him and trust in Him. Doesn’t seem too complicated, does it? It isn’t unless we make it that way.

This past week has been one of many challenges for me, but God has taught me much through these challenges, especially with regard to listening to Him and trusting Him. And let me tell you that trusting Him and following His ways has made things a whole lot easier than if I had chosen to follow my own way.

So stop for a minute right now and ask yourself if you’re trusting God and committing your ways to Him in everything.

If we are, He will show forth our righteousness and bring forth justice in our situations!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
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(Prov 15:1 NKJV)  A soft answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger.

I was very recently faced with a situation where I had to address someone for something. I had learned of something that this person had said that was malicious toward me and my family and absolutely false.

I didn’t want to argue with them or stir up a conflict, but I knew that this person needed to be made aware of the fact that the false words that they had spoken about our family had gotten back to me and I wanted to give this person a chance to redeem himself.

I sought God’s wisdom on this because it was a very delicate situation and, despite my flesh wanting to light into him verbally, I knew that this would not solve anything and it would not bring glory to God.

God showed me that the best thing to do was to approach this person calmly and gently, which is what I did.

When I was done talking to him, I went back to what I was doing and knew inside that God’s way is surely better than mine. Thank God for His wisdom.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
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(Psa 147:5 KJV)  Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.

Life is a beautiful thing! We have an AWESOME opportunity to serve Someone that is Worthy to be served!

There are so many things in this world that we could serve, and even though we say we don’t let things get in our way when it comes to God, we should check ourselves once in awhile. Things try to creep in when we’re not looking or when we get busy.

It’s great how God gives us His understanding and helps us each day. I can honestly say that the past couple of months for us have been difficult to deal with. We have had a lot of different things come our way.

What’s funny is that at times we found ourselves pretty puzzled as to how these things could be happening. But it wasn’t long before God would give us His understanding and we would slowly see what it was about.

God is so faithful. He will never leave us in the dark. He is so powerful, and so GREAT!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
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(Mat 21:14 NKJV)  Then the blind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and He healed them.

He healed them. He healed them all.

These phrases are used several times in the book of Matthew. There are also dozens of other verses in the New Testament that teach us about the scores of people that Jesus healed.

Did you know that Jesus is still in the healing business even today? God’s healing power didn’t end when Jesus ascended to heaven. God’s healing power didn’t end when the last apostle died. The healing power of Jesus is still alive today!

How do I know this? I know this because I have seen it and experienced it firsthand, in my own life.

I won’t tell the entire story here because it would be too lengthy. But let me tell you that at the age of 7 I was diagnosed with asthma, an incurable disease according to the doctors.

But at the age of 37 I was healed of asthma by the hand of God. I didn’t outgrow it. I didn’t take a special medication to get rid of it. I didn’t learn some new breathing method or some new fancy exercise, or anything like this.

God healed me of it, plain and simple.

During those 30+ years of having asthma, I experienced varying levels of asthma attacks, from mild to severe. It controlled my life.

But I am asthma-free to this day and I will be free of asthma for the rest of my life. I know this because God is faithful and He is still in the business of healing.

Don’t ever let anyone tell you that God no longer heals. He does. And he can heal you.

He can heal your body. He can heal your emotions. He can heal your broken spirit. Ask Him and believe that He will do it.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
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(Deu 31:6 NKJV) “Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you.”

What an encouraging verse to assure us that we are not alone.

No matter what happens in our lives, God, the Mighty One, the Holy One, the Savior of this world, Abba Father, Alpha and Omega is always with us and will never leave us, nor forsake us!!

Rejoice in this today…we are safe in Him!!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
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(John 8:36 NKJV)  “Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.

How many of us are free today? I don’t mean that in a cliché kind of way, either.

Have you been set free by the blood of Jesus? Have you given Him your sins and taken on freedom in exchange?

We can embrace Jesus and still not be free. We can even be washed by His blood and still not be totally free.

Just as we talked about yesterday, with regard to making a choice to have God’s peace, we also have a choice when it comes to being free. We can choose to hold onto things that weigh us down and keep us in bondage, or we can make a choice to let those things go and take up true freedom.

Are we worrying about all of the things in this life? We need to give them to Jesus, one thing at a time. Is it easy? Not always, but it’s absolutely possible to do. We just need to make a choice to do it and then follow through on a daily basis, hour by hour and minute by minute.

Let Jesus give you true freedom.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
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(Rom 5:1 NKJV)  Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ…

Peace with God. What does that mean to us?

It means that no matter what comes our way, we can have peace. We can have a peace that the ungodly will probably not understand. It means that even when our insides feel like they might tie themselves in knots, we can know that God is for us and with us.

Make no mistake. There will be times when we don’t feel peace, but that’s because we have chosen not to have God’s peace.

Take note that I mentioned above that we “can” have God’s peace. I didn’t say that we “will” have God’s peace. That’s because having the peace of God is a choice.

We can choose to have the peace of God or we can choose to have whatever the enemy sends our way; irritation, anger, stress, etc.

What will you choose today, God’s peace or the enemy’s strife? The choice is ours.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
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(Prov 12:22 NKJV) Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, But those who deal truthfully are His delight.

It can be hard to share the truth with people you love, even though you know it will help them.

At times we can be afraid to share it because we don’t know how they will take it.
There have been times when I’ve shared the truth and for a while I got the cold shoulder. It was very hurtful to me because I only did it to help, but in return I got hurt.

It could have caused me to not want to share the truth again. But remember, sometimes sharing the truth means people might not want to hear it right then. It can be an uncomfortable situation and at times it may take the person a while to see it for what it is.

Always get God’s wisdom on when, how and if we are to share it. Sometimes God will show us the truth about a situation just so that we know how to pray. Other times it is to help that person out in seeing things they may not have seen otherwise.

God has called us to love one another. If we obey Him in this then when it comes to sharing or speaking the truth it won’t be hard for us to speak the truth in love, the very way He would do it for us.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
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(John 20:30-31 NKJV)  And truly Jesus did many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book; {31} but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name.

Jesus did many incredible things that are recorded in scripture. When I read through the 4 gospels and take in all the accounts of the people He healed and the demons He cast out of people and the words of compassion He spoke, I am truly in awe.

What’s even more incredible is that Jesus did much more than what’s recorded in the 4 gospels. John stated in the scripture above that these particular things were recorded so that we may believe in Jesus as the Messiah and know that He is the Son of God, receiving life in His name.

As His followers, we need to emulate Jesus. We need to follow His example, caring for people, praying for them, giving them help and compassion and showing them grace and mercy.

We are to carry His love and forgiveness to everyone we meet and everyone we know.

I want my life to reflect His life. Sometimes it’s like a burning in me that is hard to explain. I know that my life is very far from perfect and that I drop the ball many times, but my heart desires to do what God has for me to do.

I pray today that we will all have the heart of God and the mind of Christ, desiring to be vessels that He can fill and use for His glory. It’s what we’re here for.

Ask God today to open your heart and show you how to let more of Him in. We need Him more than we know.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
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(Prov 8:11 NKJV)  For wisdom is better than rubies, And all the things one may desire cannot be compared with her.

Today if you need wisdom, ask God for it. It is wisdom that will get us ahead of the game and wisdom that will keep us knowing how to handle things. It’s wisdom that will help us avoid things that will hurt us and wisdom to keep us moving forward!!

It is wise to go after it and claim the wisdom God has for us in every situation. We don’t have to wait to we get old to get it. Just have to ask God for it.

Let His wisdom guide us.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
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