Tag: Bible verses about God’s sovereignty

Bible Verse of The Day – 1-18-23

Exodus 28:5-6 (NKJV) 5 “They shall take the gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and the fine linen, 6 and they shall make the ephod of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, artistically worked.

Over the years, I have gone through the Bible in its entirety many times. And no matter how many times I have done this, there are specific sections of some books that aren’t easy to read; they don’t hold my attention due to the subject matter being discussed.

But as I was making my way through Leviticus recently, which is one of those books with lots of things that haven’t held my attention in the past, I noticed something that changed my thinking.

If you look at the verse above, you will notice that there are many details being given to Moses regarding the clothing that was to be made for the priests to wear.

These verses are specific to the ephod, a sacred garment to be worn by the priests.

Verses 5-6, above, are just a small piece of the detailed instructions that God gave Moses regarding this one item. His instructions actually continued through verse 14.

So, what does this mean to us? After all, we don’t wear an ephod. And why did verses like this one change my thinking?

What caught my attention is the fact that God pays attention to even the littlest of details.

He is not random when He does something. It all matters.

Now, we may not always understand why He does something the way he does, or why He requires us to do something a certain way. But He has His reasons.

This should comfort us, knowing that God doesn’t operate randomly, but with a purpose in all He does.

His detailed nature can be seen in His creation.

Planets rotate on a specific axis. Orbits are specific in their timing. Distances between planets are for a purpose. Seasons last a specific amount of time, etc.

We may not know or understand all those purposes, but that doesn’t make them any less important.

So, if you’ve ever felt like nothing matters, that everything is just random and without purpose, let this be a reminder that God has a purpose for everything.

And in that purpose, there is stability and goodness.

He is faithful in everything. Amen

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 11-3-22

Isaiah 55:8 (NKJV) 8 “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord.

My thoughts are not your thoughts…

We can’t expect to have the same way of thinking as God. He is beyond our comprehension! He has to teach us through the leading of the Holy Spirit how to walk out this life as His child.

God is mighty! He is an Omnipotent, Omniscient, and Omnipresent God.

He has unlimited power, able to do anything! He is described as Omnipotent and benevolent, meaning His desire is to do good all the time!

He is Omniscient, He knows it all and sees it all. He knows everything about us. He knows our thought before we speak it out as words.

He is omnipresent, present everywhere at the same time, His power being all around us.

His thoughts are not our thoughts and our way is not His way, but we can learn so much about Him when we seek after Him with everything in us, when we read His word and we follow His steps.

We learn, we grow and we become more like Him. We will get to know Him and do things according to His will more than ours.

Don’t be afraid to step out in the things that He is calling us into today. He is with us and will provide the way, the means and the knowhow.

We just need courage to say no to the usual way of doing things and be more open to learn His thoughts and His way. Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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Bible Verse of The Day – 10-3-22

Matthew 19:26 (NKJV) 26 But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

During my lifetime, I have personally seen God do what man said was impossible. And not just once, but on more than one occasion.

Man said that the asthma that I was diagnosed with when I was 7 years old was incurable.

God said differently. He healed me of asthma 30 years later. I have been 100% free of asthma since then.

We have had many more examples in our lives, but this is not about us. It’s about God’s faithfulness and sovereignty.

In God’s word, man said many things where God proved them wrong.

The Egyptians should have slaughtered the Israelites on the shores of the Red Sea. God opened the sea and allowed the Israelites to cross on dry land.

The adulterous woman should have been stoned to death for her sin. Jesus said otherwise.

Man said that the wall around Jericho should have kept the Israelites out. God proved them wrong.

Man said that Jesus should have stayed dead in the tomb. God had other plans.

And this God who has proven that He has the final say in everything is still the same, proving man wrong again and again.

He never changes.

Malachi 3:6 (NKJV) 6 “For I am the Lord, I do not change…

So, if you’re facing something today that seems impossible, and something that man says can never happen, trust that if God wants it to happen, man has no say in it.

God is still the same as He has been over the centuries.

Where does your trust lie?

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 8-11-22

1 Corinthians 13:6 (NKJV) 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.

It can be very hard some days to find enjoyment. Maybe it’s because we see and feel the pressure of the (spiritual) atmosphere around us.

Maybe we are struggling in our emotions, trying to stay happy while we see so much of what we know to be evil going on. This can make us feel hopeless.

Maybe we are so tired on some days that we cannot find an ounce of strength within us to rejoice.

Don’t beat ourselves up over it.

Some days the strength just isn’t there. This is normal.

We are not perfect. We don’t have to pretend we are. It won’t do any of us any good.

We have eyes and ears, and as God’s children we are sensitive to all the things around us. Some days, hearing and seeing certain things can be a lot. And it can take a toll on us.

Because we don’t delight in evil, when it is allowed to run freely we have to work much harder to keep the truth at the forefront of our hearts. It can get exhausting.

But don’t lose heart. The power of the wicked will one day be broken.

Psalm 37:17 (NKJV) 17 for the power of the wicked will be broken, but the Lord upholds the righteous.

Just a little reminder of the truth today. Evil will be broken and the righteous will have victory!! Rejoice.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries

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Bible Verse of The Day – 6-13-22

1 Chronicles 16:31 (NKJV) 31 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; And let them say among the nations, “The Lord reigns.”

Life is messy. The world can be a crazy, scary place.

But there is one thing that I can say that will bring light to seemingly-insurmountable darkness; The Lord reigns.

No matter what life throws at us, whether individually or collectively, The Lord reigns.

We can face some horrendous things in our lives, again, either individually or collectively. But no matter what we face, God is the source of hope, strength and light in the darkness.

We were never promised a life of rosy situations. We were never promised that life would be fair. We were never, ever assured that life would be without trials and tribulations.

In fact, Jesus told us the exact opposite.

John 16:33 (NKJV) 33 These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation…

But what else did Jesus say, at the end of verse 33?

He said, ”but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”.

So, our strength and hope lie in the fact that He has already overcome the world, meaning that, although we will face trials and tribulations, we have victory in Him through it all.

And this even applies when things might not go the way we think they should.

And as we walk through this life here on earth, and we deal with the obstacles and the setbacks we sometimes face, there is one thing that we need to be careful not to do.

And it is this; we should never question God’s sovereignty and the way He chooses to do things.

Should we decide to do so, we just may find ourselves in the same shoes as Job, when God so aptly put him in his place after he questioned God’s ways.

Job 38:4 (NKJV) 4 “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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Bible Verse of The Day – 5-9-22

Psalm 86:10 (NKJV) 10 For You are great, and do wondrous things; You alone are God.

The more I live here on this earth, the more I understand the reality of this one thing; He alone is God. And He alone is worthy of our trust, our faith, our honor and our worship.

Trusting in anything here on earth is like riding on a rollercoaster. One minute you’re up, and the next minute you’re down. Or, you’re being thrashed around from the wild ride you’re being taken on.

With God, there is no worry of Him changing. There is no worry of Him abandoning us.

And it’s in that fact that I find my solace, my peace and my stability.

We urge you to do the same.

Let go of the world. And hold only loosely to the things of this life.

Place your trust firmly in Him, and hold fast to Him every minute of every day.

You will not be disappointed.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-13-22

Daniel 2:20-22 (NKJV) 20 Daniel answered and said: “Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, For wisdom and might are His. 21 And He changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings and raises up kings; He gives wisdom to the wise And knowledge to those who have understanding.

Sometimes things can be hard to swallow.

Being a child of God doesn’t negate that.

There are sometimes things that God does that can baffle us. And I will readily admit that sometimes I get frustrated with the way I see things go.

But, as a child of God, I also understand fully that God’s ways are higher than our ways, and His thoughts are higher than our thoughts. And so, I rest in that knowing that my ways would likely render less than ideal results.

As I mentioned in a previous devotional, Daniel saw beyond the natural and understood the deeper spiritual things.

This gave Daniel a unique perspective that allowed God to use him in unusual and very powerful ways.

With regard to that, Daniel stated that God not only changes the times and seasons, but He also removes kings and raises up kings.

This is one of those things that my flesh has a hard time with, since some of the “kings” that we see operating are clearly operating at less than godly standards. Some are outright evil in their behaviors and their methods.

But, because I am a child of God, and He has given me His Spirit, I am learning more every day about trusting Him and being content with knowing that He is still on His throne and still in charge.

This saves me a lot of headaches because it causes me to question less of that I see.

Does this mean that I shut my mouth and simply watch as evil thrives? Absolutely not.

But it does mean that I am spending more time seeking God, and working harder to discern what we are all seeing, hoping to better understand it all from a spiritual point of view.

I’d like to invite you to do the same; to allow God to shape our view in a more spiritually-minded, Biblically-educated way that helps us better discern the things we’re seeing happen around us, and trust Him with them.

And, as part of that, to lay my concerns at His feet, letting Him guide my thoughts and my steps so that I might bring Him more glory and honor with each day that I live for Him.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-14-22

Lamentations 5:19 (NLT) 19 But Lord, you remain the same forever! Your throne continues from generation to generation.

There are a few things we can count on in life.

1 – Change will always come. Life is about change. Sometimes it comes in little ways. Other times it comes in big ways that turns our lives upside down. Either way, change is part of life.

2 – Evil will impact our lives in one way or another. It will either impact us directly because of choices we make, or it will impact us indirectly because of choices that others make. Either way, evil will impact us.

3 – Now this is the best one of the three. God is the same forever!

God will never change. He will always be steadfast and true.

He will never lie, and He will never forsake us.

This far outweighs the first two constants that we listed. And it makes life worth living, no matter what we’re facing or fighting against.

Hold fast to God. Cling to Him in everything.

He will never, ever change. And his throne continues from generation to generation.

Nothing is more sure than this.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 2-18-22

Exodus 3:14 (NKJV) 14 And God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’ ”

In the entirety of God’s word, this is one of my favorite lines.

Why?

Because it is God showing His sovereignty and His “absoluteness” in one short phrase; I AM WHO I AM.

He is declaring His self-existence and His eternal nature; He needs nobody to prove His existence, and He is going nowhere, ever.

There is a lot of “background stuff” regarding the words, I AM WHO I AM. The various Hebrew expressions for God, the proper translations of such expressions, etc., can lead to some interesting discussions and debates.

But, to sum it nicely, God is saying, “I am the One who is/will be,”.

He is the same God yesterday, today and forever.

It is this that creates the bedrock for our faith in Him. We never have to worry about Him changing or somehow disappearing.

It just plain won’t happen.

And this is why the phrase, “I AM WHO I AM” has such an incredibly strong meaning to me.

It is straight-forward and seemingly to the point, but it is deeper than our minds can even begin to comprehend. The depth of it can’t be expressed in human language.

So, take heart. You who are weary, worrisome, fretting, fearful and without hope, worry no more. Stop fretting. Do not be afraid. Take heart. And let God put an end to your worries.

He is able to do abundantly more than we can even imagine. And that is more than enough to assure that He is trustworthy to the end, for you and for me, in everything that we need.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 1-21-22

Isaiah 46:8-10 (NKJV) 8 “Remember this, and show yourselves men; Recall to mind, O you transgressors. 9 Remember the former things of old, For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me, 10 Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things that are not yet done, Saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, And I will do all My pleasure,’

God’s sovereignty is above all else. There is nothing and nobody like Him, anywhere.

He rules and reigns over the earth and the galaxies that are even too far away to be seen by our eyes.

These verses were issued as a reminder of who God is.

In verse 10, the phrase, “show yourselves men”, literally means, “be men, take courage”.

This says a lot to us, reminiscent of the words in Joshua 1:9, where God said to “be strong and of good courage”.

God is speaking to us as we walk through this current season of incredible evil that we’re witnessing.

He is reminding us that we have nothing to fear. He is God. There is none like Him. He declares the end from the beginning, even those things that are not yet done.

His counsel will stand, and He will do all He has determined to do.

Tyranny will not win. Evil will not prevail, regardless of what we’re seeing with our natural eyes.

There is no one who can touch our God. His word stands true even in the midst of chaos, darkness and whatever else the enemy and his allies try to put together and throw at us.

The rest is up to us.

Will we trust Him in the face of adversity? Will we stand firm in our faith, not backing down when that same faith is tested, even under extreme duress?

This is not the season to run, nor to hide.

God is God. Trust Him.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 1-13-22

Galatians 4:4-5 (NKJV) 4 But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.

We hope you had a chance to read yesterday’s devotional, where we dug into the first section of verse 4.

Today, let’s finish up verse 4 and move on to verse 5 as well.

In the very last part of verse 4, it says that Jesus was born under the law.

This means that He was born as a Jew who would be raised up learning and following the Mosaic law, understanding its traditions and rituals to their fullest extent, and obeying those same laws.

Unlike all other men, Jesus obeyed them all perfectly. This is something that was impossible for all other men.

His sinless nature demonstrated His perfection, making Him the only One who could possibly be a sacrifice (the prefect lamb) without blemish.

In doing this, He “redeemed those who were under the law”.

His fulfilling of the law made the law obsolete, setting the people free from it forever.

This is a big deal that is often overlooked, or at the very least, not fully comprehended.

The sacrifice that Jesus made (the price He paid) by giving His life, set all men (and women) free from the bondage of the law, once and for all.

And as part of the new freedom that He gave through His death, all men and women now had (and still have) the opportunity to be adopted by God as sons and daughters.

Additionally, when Jesus breathed His last breath and surrendered His spirit up to God, the veil of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom, giving us direct, unfettered access to God, so we can now approach Him directly, without fear of retribution of admonishment.

Mark 15:37-38 (NKJV) 37 And Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and breathed His last. 38 Then the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.

So, we are no longer obligated to rely on another man or woman to go to God for us. We no longer need a priest to intercede for us.

We can approach God boldly and without fear, making our petitions known to Him, one on one in prayer.

Hebrews 4:16 (NKJV) 16 Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

We hope you’ve enjoyed this breakdown of these two verses, and that you’ve learned some new things about them that will help your walk with God grow stronger!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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