Tag: accepting people as they are

Bible Verse of The Day – 10-13-14

Psalm 118:22 (NKJV) 22 The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone.

Have you ever felt rejected? Have you ever felt like many people just don’t accept you for who you are?

Humans can be pretty cruel. It’s not what God intended, but it happens all the time, every day, everywhere.

We are all unique in our makeup; our looks, our personality, our likes and dislikes, our ways of expressing ourselves and much more.

Sometimes people will like us because of those traits, while other times we will find people disliking us because of them.

We have all been rejected by others at some point in our lives. It’s inevitable.

It’s a sad fact of life that this happens to everyone at one time or another.

We’re here to tell you today that being rejected by man isn’t the end of the world. Does it hurt? It can. In fact, it can be devastating for some people.

But here’s the truth that can make the difference for you. Jesus was also rejected. He was rejected by the very people He was sent to save… His own people.

They didn’t believe anything He said. They didn’t even believe Him when He performed miracles in front of their eyes.

But God used Him to offer salvation to humanity, through His death and resurrection.

And God can use you, too, despite what people tell you or how they make you feel.

So, today, lift your eyes to heaven and look to God for acceptance, not to man.

You will never know what God has in store for you if you spend all of your time worrying about what man thinks of 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 – 6-18-14

Matthew 11:28 (NKJV) Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

We like to take a walk every day. We enjoy the time outside in the fresh air and we enjoy the exercise. It’s part of what we do do to take care of our temple, the physical body that God has given us.

During our walks we get to see the beauty of God’s creation, hear the birds singing, see the sky, the clouds, the trees and so much more. We also get to spend time talking and sharing with each other, with no interruptions. We talk about a lot of different things.

But we also get to see stuff. We get to see people’s lives as we walk past their homes every day. We get to see some local businesses as they do their stuff. And we even get to see one small, local church that happens to be on one of the streets that we walk on frequently.

This church had a sign out front recently that said “All Are Welcome”. We walked by and as I read that sign, I thought to myself, “are all really welcome?”.

Are all people really welcome, no matter what they look like, no matter how they dress, no matter how many tattoos they have or whether they have piercings, dreadlocks, or any other kind of outward alterations to their appearance?

Or is it taboo to show up wearing clothes that are less than your “Sunday best”? Is it not acceptable to come in if you happen to be homeless and haven’t showered in weeks? Is it not OK to come in if you happen to have been out the night before, gotten drunk and still wreak of alcohol and you’ve come in because you realize that you need God and don’t know where else to turn?

Jesus said He came to give rest to the weak, the weary, the burdened and the tired. He told us that it is not the well who need a physician, but the sick.

Matthew 9:11-12 (NKJV) 11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” 12 When Jesus heard that, He said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.

So we ask you today, in your church or in your own heart, are “all” really welcome?

Think about it.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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