Tag: Bible verses about a hard heart

Bible Verse of The Day – 11-11-23

Matthew 13:15 (NKJV) 15 For the hearts of this people have grown dull. Their ears are hard of hearing, And their eyes they have closed, Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn, So that I should heal them.’

Jesus said that the hearts of the people had grown dull.

Another way of saying this would be that their hearts had become calloused.

If something is callous, it is hardened and thickened. It is tough to penetrate.

So it can be with the heart.

In an effort to protect ourselves, we try to turn off our feelings. If we are not careful, not only do we shield ourselves from those who irritate, hurt or stress us out, but also from those we care about the most.

Sometimes we don’t even realize it; we can’t see it or feel it.

But we can recognize it if we are aware that it happens and we pay attention. It will show up in how we hear and see things.

Our actions will prove the state of our heart.

Having a dull heart will keep us blinded toward seeing the things God may be showing us, and deaf from the things God would be speaking to us.

It will keep us from receiving His understanding when we need it most.

We can develop such a heart if we don’t get in God’s word and stay open to His teachings or chastening at times.

We need to develop a heart that is sensitive to Him and calloused to the tactics of the enemy.

It’s His word speaking to us that will keep us sensitive to hear and see and have understanding. But we have to read it in order for it to be effective in getting rid of the dull, calloused and hardened heart.

Ezekiel 36:26 (NKJV) 26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.

Are we walking around today with a hard, calloused and dull heart? His Word will fix it, provided we listen and make the necessary changes.

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 – 12-10-22

2 Timothy 2:3 (NKJV) 3 You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

Hard times will cause our hearts to grow hard if we don’t remember God’s precious love and what He has done for us.

If it causes us to forget Him and reject His help, we will just get harder, colder and more withdrawn.

Going through any kind of deep loss will cause pain in our hearts. And if we are not careful to lean on Him to help us through it, the effects from it will rob us of our joy and the strength that we need to survive.

It will soak up our every last thought, and it will muddy up our vision to the point where we can’t see the good in anything.

Between hard times and losses we can fall very easily into a bad place, even as believers.

God knows what it can do to our walk if we are not grounded in Him. It can leave us feeling very weak in times of hardship, wanting to turn away and give up on everything and everyone.

Know that in such battles, such hard changes, there is only One who can save us and keep us from drowning.

There is only One who can keep us moving forward. One who can bring healing and comfort. If we turn away from Him, our Rock, we will not make it.

But if we surrender up our worries, pain, hurt, sorrow and loneliness, we will surely come through it all!

And we will be stronger than we can ever imagine. With testimonies to share to bring encouragement that will help others through their own struggles.

Let us not allow our hurt and hardships to break us, but let them make us even stronger! March on, good soldier of Jesus Christ.

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 – 9-8-20

Deuteronomy 10:16 (NKJV) 16 Therefore circumcise the foreskin of your heart, and be stiff-necked no longer.

An uncircumcised heart is a hard heart. And with anything that is hard, nothing can penetrate it. Our hearts are closed to whatever God may suggest.

That layer of hardness has to come off if we ever want to fully follow God. It is a circumcision that must take place if we want to grow and walk in obedience, living out the life God so desires for us.

How do we get that layer of skin off our heart? We surrender our ideas and plans to Him. Pick up His word and apply it to our everyday life.

Circumcision takes time, and some of us may have many layers, depending on what we have been involved with or what kinds of things we have been through.

So, it won’t just happen overnight.

There may be bumps on the road to healing, as well. But like most surgeries, we will get through it in time.

The surgery will begin when we give authorization by saying, “I surrender to You, Lord.”

It’s time to get rid of the hard heart and enter into a relationship with a brand new heart and spirit.

Ezekiel 36:26 (NKJV) 26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.

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 – When Our Hearts Become Hard – 3-25-18

Greetings fellow believers, 

Our hearts are like gardens where God plants and sows. And if we want God to be able to plant and sow there, they need to be kept plowed and ready to receive the seeds He is sowing into them. 

Sometimes things can happen in our lives that causes our hearts to begin to harden. We just published a new video on this topic, so we hope you’ll take a few minutes and watch it. 

Please click here to watch the video now. 

Trials and tough times can cause us to become hard. When our prayers don’t get answered, we can become hard. And there are so many other things that can cause us to become hard. 

Please click here to watch the video now. 

We hope today’s video will help reveal the dangers of letting our hearts harden toward God and toward others around us. 

Please click here to watch the video now. 

Enjoy the rest of your day. 

Sincerely, 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

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

401-315-0902

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