Tag: Bible verses about building your relationship with God

Bible Verse of The Day – 2-25-19

2 Timothy 2:11-13 (NKJV) 11 This is a faithful saying: For if we died with Him, We shall also live with Him. 12 If we endure, We shall also reign with Him. If we deny Him, He also will deny us. 13 If we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself.

These three verses, if we consider them seriously, will cause us to look at our relationship with God in a new way.

Why?

Because they lay the groundwork for almost every aspect of that relationship with a no-holds-barred honesty and candor that we often don’t like to hear. They make us think and consider our walk with God in a way that gives us no opportunity to make excuses or to justify our shortcomings.

This is not to say that God lacks compassion or mercy, because that would be 100% false. But it’s a reminder that we are responsible for our destiny inasmuch as we need to walk out our faith each and every day.

Let’s take a look at verse 11 today, and then we will cover verses 12-13 the next two days.

If we died with Him, we shall also live with Him.

If we live out our earthly lives pursuing Him and all that He wants for us, even death cannot separate us from Him. We live with Him, we die with Him. And though we may die, if we live with Him in this life, we will also live with Him in eternity.

But more than that, if we live with Him here, we truly live. Our lives are full and meaningful. Not in a mushy, emotional sort of way, but in a way that we can only see and understand by His spirit.

A life lived with (and for) Him is a life with joy, contentment, victory and much more.

It doesn’t depend on wealth, social status, career success, physical appearance, IQ level or any of the other earthly factors that so many of us look at.

It only depends on us taking the time to spend with Him, that we might know Him in all His fullness.

Philippians 3:10-11 (NKJV) 10 that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, 11 if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 6-17-18 – The Ark and the Glory

The Ark and The Glory - Click to watch the video now.Greetings in the name of Jesus! 

The ark of the covenant was very important to God’s people, Israel. For them it represented the presence of God among them. 

But what does the ark mean to us today? What kind of parallels can be drawn between the ark and the Holy Spirit? 

Today’s video discusses this very thing, and we think you’ll find it very interesting. 

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Samuel led the Israelites for a long season, and he was very loyal to God. He helped Israel see when they had strayed away from God. 

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We hope you’ll watch and hear how what Samuel said to Israel relates very closely to what God is saying to us today, thousands of years later. 

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Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – How to Get Closer to God – 3-4-18

Greetings in the name of Jesus! 

How do we get closer to God? This is the number one question we get from people. And it’s a very good question! 

This week’s video covers this very topic. 

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Getting closer to God is the foundation for a fruitful life and a fruitful relationship with our Creator and Savior. 

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Many people think that the secret to getting closer to God is something mysterious. Please watch the video to find out what we have to say about this. 

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We do hope you’ll take a few minutes to watch this and get understanding in this area. 

Enjoy your day and be sure to love on those you’re close to. 

Sincerely in Christ, 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 2-26-18

Philippians 3:10 (NKJV) 10 that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death… 

Many of us, or maybe even most of us, want to know God more intimately than we do now. Some of us only know Him a little. Some of us know Him very well. Either way, though, we long to know Him better. 

Personally, I crave to know Him more deeply. It’s a yearning that I feel inside of me. It drives me. It pushes me to go deeper with Him. To work harder to obtain the knowledge and understanding that I need in order to walk more closely with my Father, my Creator, the Giver of life to us all. 

And don’t make any mistakes regarding the words “work harder”. I’m not implying that works (good deeds) will draw us closer to God. I’m referring, instead, to making whatever effort is needed to push away the obstacles that would try and hinder me and interfere with me, in order to prevent me from reaching my goal of knowing Him more intimately. 

As I write this, I feel the words of Paul resounding within me, as He shared his longing for the very same thing. 

Philippians 3:8-11 (NKJV) 8 Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; 10 that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, 11 if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead. 

I may not have been through the same things as Paul when it comes to paying a price for my faith. But I still feel the same longing within me to “know Him and the power of His resurrection” in my life. 

Many of you reading this are likely feeling the same thing. Are you longing to know Him more? Is He calling you to go deeper with Him? Do you feel like there are so very many things that try to hinder you and prevent you from pressing in to Him and building a deeper relationship with Him? 

That’s the work I’m referring to! The work that’s required to meet Him in a quiet place and listen for His voice as He speaks to our hearts and nurtures us as only He can do. 

He is there, church. He’s in the quiet places, beckoning us, calling us to come away from the noise and the distractions. Reminding us that it’s never too late to start. That today is a new day full of wonder that He wants to be able to share with us, one-on-one. 

It’s time, children of God. It’s time to stop putting it off; the work that’s required to cast off those things that hold us down like a ball and chain, preventing us from meeting and communing with Him. 

Only we can change it. We have to want it badly enough to do something about it. We have to desire it like nothing else. And we have to be willing to do what it takes to obtain it. 

We work so hard for other things that are meaningless compared to eternity. We slave away our hours, days and weeks for material possessions. We trade our hours for dollars day after day. 

Now it’s time for us to put that much effort into our walk with God. 

Do it. We dare you. And we promise you’ll never, ever be the same again. 

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 – 6-25-16

Matthew 6:33 (NKJV) 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

There are many things that vie for our time and attention.

As a follower of Christ, our walk with God should always come first. Everything we do should revolve around our relationship with God. The choices we make, the things we do, the things we spend our time on and the thoughts we think should all have God right smack in the center of them.

God should be the center of each and every life decision we make. But sometimes we can get a bit off kilter. If we’re not careful, we can get busy with too many things and before we know it, we’ve pushed God aside in favor of other things.

This doesn’t usually happen intentionally. It just sort of creeps up on us.

Where our priorities are at will dictate how our life goes. When God is first in our life, everything else about our life will be in its proper place. We will have peace and joy, no matter what we face.

This doesn’t mean that we will live a perfect life, free of problems and trials. It means that as we face those things that come against us, we will have His peace to walk us through them.

And it means that our relationship with Him will stay strong, giving us a firm foundation to build our life on.

And, as part of that strong walk with God, our mind will be filled with thoughts that are edifying and pleasing to Him.

Philippians 4:8 (NKJV) 8 Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.

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 – 9-16-14

Colossians 2:6-7 (NKJV) 6 As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, 7 rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.

To many people, Christianity is just something that’s done in passing, as a way of showing some kind of faith or belief in God, but with little or no commitment to “walking it out”. In other words, it’s not really who they are, but just something they do when it’s convenient.

This is not faith at all and, in fact, these people are likely not really even Christians at all. Now I know that may sound judgmental, but lets take a look at what God’s word says, above.

Paul, in the verses above, is instructing the Colossian believers to walk in Him, not just follow some casual kind of belief system. Further, he instructs them to be rooted in Him and established in the faith!

This is definitely more than a casual Sunday morning relationship here.

We often have people write to us, asking us questions about how to draw closer to God or how to hear God’s voice, or even how to know what God’s call or purpose is for them in their life.

And we are always careful to instruct them the same way; Press in to God, spend time in His word and learn of Him. Get to know Him. Doing this will give us a better understanding of who He is and who He wants us to be.

Once we have that understanding, everything else becomes much more clear and easy to understand.

So if you feel like your walk with God is casual, or if you’re struggling to find God’s purpose for your life, root yourself in Him, build yourself up in Him and establish yourself in the faith. If we will take the time and make the effort to do this, so many other things in our lives will eventually fall into place.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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