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Bible Verse of The Day – 9-17-19

Psalm 143:10 (NKJV) 10 Teach me to do Your will, For You are my God; Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness.

There are a lot of things we have to learn when we become God’s child. It’s not time for us to put our feet up and just relax. It’s time to learn. It’s time to go to school.

Life is good when God becomes our God through His precious Son, Jesus Christ. God’s Spirit is a good Spirit and we are very blessed to have been given such a beautiful gift. Amen.

We must not think we can just kick back. But instead, we need to be steadfast in our learning. God will teach us His very Will for each one of us. Of course ours will be different than others, but we ultimately will be working in unity toward fulfilling God’s will on this earth together.

Only God can pull this off.

So, let us individually be taught God’s will for us, using our gifts and strengths through Him to reach those places and people we never thought we could reach.

2 Chronicles 15:7 (NKJV) 7 But you, be strong and do not let your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded!”

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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-24-19

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.

Walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him.

This is the Christian walk, summarized in just 9 words. This is also the answer to so many of the questions we have.

How do I hear God better? How do I know what God wants for my life? How do I grow my faith in God?

These are questions that so many of us ask. And we wrestle with finding the answer that will “unlock the secrets” we desire to understand better.

But as we continually wrestle with this, the answer is actually right in front of us; as we have received Christ Jesus, so walk in Him.

And how do we walk in Him? Rooted and built up in the faith.

These are not something that we attain simply by desiring them to be so. They require persistence, perseverance, tenacity and resolve.

We need to pursue them relentlessly with a mindset that says “never quit, no matter what we face”.

And as we pursue God, we will find Him.

Jeremiah 29:13 (NKJV) 13 And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.

He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him (Hebrews 11:6).

This all comes together and begins to fall into place as we lay aside the fringe benefits, so to speak, and we seek only the Source of those benefits, the One who holds it all in His hands.

Seek Him and you will find Him. Amen

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-29-19

Jeremiah 33:3 (NKJV) 3 ‘Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’

God tells us many, many times throughout His word to seek Him. He says it in many different ways; come after Him, draw near to Him, seek Him, call Him, and so on.

This makes it pretty clear that He wants us to pursue Him!

You see, many of us have it all wrong. We want God to chase us. And while His word does say that He will leave the 99 to seek out the 1 that is lost, this is different.

God wants a close relationship with us. He wants us to be so close that nothing can come between us and Him.

But here’s the catch. He leaves it up to us. He lets us make the decision whether to grow our relationship or not.

Why? Because a relationship where only one person makes an effort to grow it is not a relationship at all. It’s not even half a relationship.

God tells us to call to Him. And what will He do? He will answer! Beyond that, He also says He will show us great and mighty things which we do not know!

Let’s make an honest effort. Let’s pursue Him. And let’s do it with everything in us. The return will be more than worth the investment.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-17-19 – The Ladder

Greetings brothers and sisters in Christ! 

As we grow in Christ, it can be similar to climbing a ladder. The higher we go, the more we need God to keep us stable and secure. 

In today’s video, The Ladder, we discuss this and talk about how growing with God impacts our lives as a whole. 

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Keep climbing higher with Him! 

Sincerely, 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

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Bible Verse of The Day – 1-4-19

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.

Doing something new and different can be a problem for us sometimes because we get used to doing things a certain way. Doing it differently can cause us to become afraid. This way of thinking can hold us back, keeping us in a fetal position, spiritually speaking.

Do we want to remain babes in our walk with God or do we want to grow up? Only we can answer this question for ourselves.

Being God’s child means being ready for new things to happen and a new way of doing things at different times. It means being open to learning and being ready to be challenged.

Are we ready for this? This is the life that God wants for His children. It has freedom attached to it. It has excitement at certain times. And at other times it requires us to be steadfast, having perseverance and patience.

But they all work together to bring God’s greatness in our situation or in others’ lives that we may be connected with!

God is miraculous in His actions, so if for some reason we may not get what He wants us to do at first, don’t dismiss it. Let Him guide our steps through it, one at a time, and it will unfold into His perfect plan, right before our very eyes.

Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 10-23-18

1 Corinthians 13:11 (NKJV) 11 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

There comes a time for each of us when we need to grow up and become responsible adults.

With our natural bodies, it happens involuntarily. We get older and our bodies develop and change with age.

Whether we choose to mature and grow emotionally and intellectually is up to us.

The same can be said for our spiritual growth.

When we become a child of God, we can choose to stay a babe in Christ. Or we can choose to grow and mature. It’s our choice.

God prefers that we grow and mature. He wants us to become stronger in our faith and able to help build the kingdom of God. His word is very explicit about this. He tells us that we need to grow and mature beyond the basics.

Hebrews 6:1 (NLT) 6 So let us stop going over the basic teachings about Christ again and again. Let us go on instead and become mature in our understanding.

As we grow in our understanding of God and His word, we will find ourselves changing in many different ways.

We will begin thinking in ways that are new to us. We will begin to see things in ways that we have never seen them before. And we will begin to have understanding about things that we never even used to give a thought to.

God will begin to mature us and give us insights into spiritual things without us even realizing that it’s happening.

So how does this happen? By us making a choice to grow, and then taking action!

The amount of growth we see will be dependent on the amount of effort we give it.

There are no secret formulas and no shortcuts. But the cool part is that as we put forth the effort, God will give the increase.

Are we still craving milk? Let’s allow God to move us on to eating solid food.

Hebrews 5:12 (NKJV) 12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 10-21-18 – Milk or Meat?

Please click to watch the video nowGood day! 

Milk or Meat? That’s the question we ask in today’s video, which deals with the topic of maturing as a believer. 

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At the moment we become a child of God, it is intended that we grow and mature. Whether we actually do or not is up to us. 

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As babies, we can only eat milk and other liquids. But as we grow, we should progress to more solid foods. 

This happens only by us making a choice to grow and then acting on that choice. 

And how do we actually grow and mature once we make that choice? 

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We hope you enjoy the video. 

Sincerely in Christ, 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
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Bible Verse of The Day – 1-11-18

Hebrews 5:12 (NKJV) 12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food.

Growth. It’s something that comes naturally to our human bodies. It happens without us doing anything to help it. And even if we don’t try, we still grow.

As we grow in the natural, there are things we can do to complement our natural growth, such as eating right and getting exercise. It won’t necessarily make us grow faster. But it will help us to grow stronger.

Spiritual growth, however, is a bit different. It takes effort if we are to grow beyond the most basic levels. It requires us to want to grow.

The thing that we need to remember is that everyone grows at different rates. Some may grow quickly, while others may take much longer. We may also see “growth spurts” as some people go through seasons in their lives where they put forth more effort than in other seasons.

The important thing, though, is that we do grow. It is never good to sit static, making no effort to grow.

Just as a child in the natural is expected to grow, a follower of Christ is also expected to grow. Growth should be a natural tendency when someone puts their faith and trust in Jesus.

Not growing, or growing slowly isn’t necessarily something to be ashamed of, but if we recognize that we are not growing, it would do us much good to try to take steps to remedy that.

We encourage you to grow. Do whatever is necessary to make it happen. Feed your spirit with the word of God. Strengthen yourself by regularly communing with God during times of devotion and prayer.

We don’t need to be religious about it. God doesn’t want our religious habits. He wants our hearts!

He just wants us to be real, be sincere and be genuine in our pursuit of Him.

Grow. Build your spiritual muscles. And become a member of God’s victorious army of soldiers of the kingdom.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 12-20-17

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.

Trusting God with little things causes us to use and have little faith and get little results. Trusting God with bigger things will cause our faith to grow, getting us bigger results.

What are we waiting for? Are we comfortable with the things we are handing over to Him, and that is as far as we want to go with our walk? That’s OK if that is where we want to stay. But remember Who we are walking with. There is much more if we are willing to surrender more.

God is a faithful God. The deeper we go with Him, the more exciting things get.

We can choose to be comfortable, and have control over the way things go, and keep on doing it the way we are used to.

But if we like excitement and challenges, we need to step out as God leads and go for it.

He will rock our world with His creativity if we let Him!! Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 1-27-17

Jeremiah 42:6 (NKJV) 6 Whether it is pleasing or displeasing, we will obey the voice of the Lord our God to whom we send you, that it may be well with us when we obey the voice of the Lord our God.”

I had to learn in life that trusting God means spending time with Him and waiting for His answer. It also means sharing all those things that are uncomfortable to admit or even talk about at times, and letting Him give me His answer or solution to my situation. Whether I liked it or not, I had to obey.

Trusting God is an exciting way to live. He loves to fix things, turning them around, making them work and bringing forth GOOD! He brings peace and happiness in the midst of a storm.

He keeps us going down a road of constant learning and growing while His protection is all around us. It doesn’t mean things won’t come against us. It just simply means that when they do, He is our SHIELD!

Psalm 33:20 (NKJV) 20 Our soul waits for the Lord; He is our help and our shield.

He loves our conversations and the time we spend with Him. He waits for us and looks forward to sharing our days with Him.

He is very personable and He doesn’t want us to think that our cares and concerns are less than those of other people. The things that matter to us, MATTER to Him. And the things that matter to Him should matter to us.

He wants us to come to Him for all things big, small or in between. He loves when we acknowledge what we have done wrong and with all sincerity ask for forgiveness and help.

We should not feel like we are disturbing Him at any time. He is there for us. He is our HELP.

Psalm 124:8 (NKJV) 8 Our help is in the name of the Lord, Who made heaven and earth.

He looks forward to our songs, our praises, our tears, our fears and our thankfulness.

Go to Him today and open up. He is faithful to meet us where we’re at.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 8-1-16

2 Corinthians 5:15 (NKJV)15 and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.

Do we sometimes feel conviction when we try to do things that we used to do? There may not even be anything wrong with what we want to do, but it just doesn’t feel the same. As a matter of fact, it doesn’t even interest us anymore.

One day I was thinking of going and doing something that I used to enjoy doing. As I headed toward it, I thought “why don’t I feel like I used to”, when I was attempting to do the same thing I had always done? What occurred to me is that I had changed.

Before, I would get excited and be really happy about going and doing this particular thing. But it wasn’t that way this time.

It’s not that we can’t have fun and enjoy life. God wants us to have a wonderful life in Him and through Him! It’s just that as we start to live for Christ, the old things and the old ways that used to bring us joy don’t necessarily have that same effect on us any longer.

Those feelings we once had toward doing certain things have changed. And now, instead, we’ve found other things that bring us joy.

Christ died for us and as we receive Him and His gift of Salvation for us, we also will die to ourselves and become One with Him, causing us to enjoy the things that bring joy to Him.

We don’t live so much to please ourselves any longer, but we live to please Him!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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