Tag: Bible verses about getting closer to God

Bible Verse of The Day – 12-8-18

Matthew 5:6 (NKJV) 6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled.

As human beings, we can experience two kinds of hunger. One is our hunger for natural food; the things we eat that keep our body alive.

And then there is spiritual food; the things we “eat” that keep our spirit alive and thriving.

It’s safe to say that we all very much understand natural hunger. Our bodies tell us when we need to eat. Our stomachs rumble. We feel empty. And if we don’t eat enough, we can become faint and light-headed. If we don’t provide our bodies with proper nutrition, we can actually pass out.

In extreme circumstances, we can become physically sick, and ultimately die from starvation.

The same can be said for spiritual hunger. We feel the longing inside of us to be fed. Our spirit craves proper food and sustenance. And if we don’t feed our spirit properly, it will wither up and die. It will starve to death.

Many of us feel this hunger, this longing, and we try to fill it with the wrong things; material things, wealth, attention from others, physical affection and many other things.

But none of these will ever satisfy our spiritual hunger. And that’s because we fail to truly understand what this hunger really is. It’s a desire to draw closer to God and let Him satisfy us.

No, this isn’t about a God-shaped hole that we hear so much about when referring to our need for a Savior.

It’s about hungering and thirsting after righteousness. It’s about longing to know God in such an intimate way that nothing else will stop the craving. Nothing else will satisfy our hunger and our thirst.

Hungering and thirsting after righteousness will push us toward God in a way that is beyond words to describe it. And when we finally understand the hunger, and we begin to feast on God and His word, then and only then will we be filled.

Are we hungry and thirsty? Do we feel like we’re spiritually starving and undernourished?

We need to press into God. Draw near to Him. Let Him be the sole source of our sustenance.

James 4:8 (NKJV) 8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 9-19-17

Proverbs 3:5-6 (NKJV) 5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.

How close do we want to get to God? Do we want to be really close, so that we know when He is telling us something, and we hear Him clearly? Or do we just want Him around when we are stuck and there is no other choice but to call on Him?

Do we just want to remember Him on Sundays, Christmas and Easter, and have a nice fuzzy and warm feeling during those times?

This is a personal question, between us and God, because whatever we decide will determine how strong our walk and our relationship are with Him.

You see, the more we give up for Him, the more He gives back to us. The more we let Him be in our lives, the closer we will become to Him.

If we make Him a part of our daily walk, our faith in Him will grow. Our communication and sensitivity with Him will become much clearer.

Reading God’s word is what helps us to walk upright each day. And through His words He will lead us personally, as to what to do in whatever circumstances we run into.

Along with reading His word and praying these three steps will help us follow God closely.

  1. Reaching a point where we no longer care about what people think of us. As long as God is pleased with us, that’s all that matters.
  1. We make a decision within ourselves that we will do whatever it takes to do the right thing, even if we mess up while trying. We don’t give up. We repent and try again until we get it right.
  1. Our desires need to change so that we want what God wants for us more than what we want for ourselves.

These steps will help us tremendously in our walk with God. We will notice a closeness and a friendship, and a trust like never before.

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 – Make it Personal With God – 8-13-17

Greetings in the name of our wonderful Savior, Jesus Christ! 

One of our biggest desires as a believer should be to make our relationship with God very personal. 

We just launched a new video on this topic. This video offers some critical insights on this topic, so we hope you will take a few minutes to watch it. 

Please click here to watch the video now. 

So much of our growth in God depends on this one truth. He desires to have a one-on-one walk with us. 

Please click here to watch the video now. 

The Holy Spirit was really moving as we recorded this, so we encourage you to watch, listen and receive what God is saying. 

Please click here to watch the video now. 

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 – 9-27-14

Jeremiah 29:12 (NKJV) 12 Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.

One of the questions we get asked a lot is “how do we grow our relationship with God. How do we get closer to Him?”.

The way we get close to God is by spending time with Him, through prayer.

How do we get closer to our children, our spouse, our friends or any relationship we want to have?

We spend time with them. We talk and we share things with each other. That’s the same way we grow our relationship with God.

I was talking the other day to a couple of kids ages 6 & 7. We got on the subject of prayer. I asked them if they’ve been talking to God lately? To my surprise they said, yes and one of the little boys began to elaborate.

He said “I talk to God when my Mommy, Daddy, and sister aren’t in the room”. I said “that’s great!”. I asked him, does God talk back to you? He said, “sometimes”.

I asked him “what do you talk about?”. He said “you know, boy stuff, like building things and stuff like that (he loves Legos).

It encouraged me to hear him talk like this, because he was very matter of fact about it. He says, “I don’t pray. I just talk like I’m talking to you”.

And that is what prayer is all about; two-way communication. We can all talk to God about anything that we want. And it doesn’t necessarily have to be done in any particular way.

Just talk to Him. He will listen. It’s when we don’t talk to Him or we stop talking to Him that we begin to have trouble with our relationship.

We have to keep the communication going. What happens in any relationship when there is no communication or very little? It grows apart.

If you want to grow your relationship with God, spend some time and talk with Him.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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