Tag: Bible verses about letting the Holy Spirit guide us

Bible Verse of The Day – 10-7-24

Matthew 12:28 (NKJV) 28 But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you.

As children of God, it is critically important that we understand how the transformation in our lives takes place.

God’s word shows and teaches us everything we need to know about life and shows us the path that God wants us to walk.

But if we are to be “successful” in walking that path, we need to know that it can only be accomplished by the power of, and our obedience to, the Holy Spirit.

You see, the flesh cannot overcome the flesh.

When our flesh rises up and wants to convince us to stray, or to ignore the conviction we are feeling, the Holy Spirit is the One who gives us the power to overcome the flesh.

As Jesus stated in Matthew 12:26, a kingdom divided against itself cannot stand. Satan does not cast out Satan.

It is only the Holy Spirit who leads, guides, chastens, and corrects.

So, what does this mean to us as followers of Christ?

It means that we cannot expect, nor does God expect us, to be able to overcome our sins and the things that keep us bound, by our own power.

Hence, what Paul stated to the Philippians.

Philippians 4:13 (NKJV) 13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

It is not by might nor power that we accomplish what God has set before us, but by the power of the Holy Spirit.

And once we understand that, it will forever change us.

Let us wholly surrender to the leading and the power of the Holy Spirit.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-30-24

Acts 5:32 (NKJV) 32 And we are His witnesses to these things, and so also is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey Him.”

Our Helper is the Holy Spirit. If we let Him have a place in us, He will guide us and lead us to do great things!

How many of us want that kind of life? A life of doing things we never thought we could do.

The question is, will we let Him be our Helper?

John 14:26 (NKJV) 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.

We may say, “well, it’s hard because we are so used to  making our own decisions based on what we know. We are in the habit of just following our own instincts. After all these years, how do we drop what we know, let the Holy Spirit teach us, and follow Him?”

These are great questions!

How do we follow Him?

With our spiritual eyes and ears open to see and hear Him, and our heart open to trusting Him.  We watch, listen, and then take action, by faith.

Sometimes we may not be sure of what we are doing, or why we are doing what we feel like we are impressed to do. But if what we are doing lines up with God’s word, we are most likely safe and being led in a very good plan for our life.

Most times when the Holy Spirit is guiding us, it is not something we had planned to say or do. It’s usually unknown to us. And many times a little scary.

We can’t let that deter us. We are supposed to do what? Walk by faith!

2 Corinthians 5:7 (NKJV) 7 For we walk by faith, not by sight.

Follow His leading. Trust Him in everything. He never steers us wrong.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries 
49 N Lamplighters Walk 
Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 9-8-23

1 Corinthians 6:19 (NKJV) 19 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?

The verse above makes it clear that the Holy Spirit is indwelling in believers; He lives in us.

He does not follow us around, walk beside us or walk ahead of us. He dwells inside us.

Knowing this, we should also be aware of the implications this has for all of us; we are never out of His presence.

He is everywhere we go.

What does that mean for us?

Most will readily say that because He is always with us, He will protect us.

There is truth in this, but maybe not in the exact way most of us would like it to be.

Let me explain.

The Holy Spirit’s “job” is to lead us, guide us and help us. Nowhere are we told that He will control us.

On the contrary, we each have free will. We do what we choose to do. He will do everything possible to point us in the right direction, but we make the choice to obey or not.

And this is where it can get sticky for us.

If He leads and we obey, all is good. We are pleasing God.

If He leads and we choose to do something other than what He prompts us to do, we are stepping into territory where we are largely on our own. And this can get tricky since we are no longer following His lead.

From another perspective, think about what His indwelling presence means if we ignore His leading and step into something that we know is contrary to what God wants for us.

We are subjecting Him to whatever our choices lead us into.

He hears the conversations we have. He sees everything that we look at. He accompanies us everywhere we go. He hears everything that we listen to.

Do you see where this is going?

Conversations, movies, TV shows, music, social media posts; He sees and hears it all as we participate in whatever it might be we are doing.

This should cause us to choose carefully what we do, knowing that whatever we expose ourselves to we are also exposing Him to.

This is not a scare tactic. This is not to intimidate anyone.

But as we begin to understand some of these things, it brings clarity to our spirits and helps us make better decisions in everything we do, giving us accountability.

Remember the Holy Spirit, our Invisible Companion.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-6-23

John 16:13 (NKJV) 13 However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.

Following the leading of the Holy Spirit has ramifications in every aspect of our lives.

He will teach us how to walk more closely with God, helping us build a stronger relationship with Him.

He will help us better understand the word of God, giving us deeper insights into who God is and who He wants us to be.

He will show us things in our lives that we would miss or not see if we were not listening and paying attention to Him.

Some of the things He will show us will be spiritual and related solely to our walk with God.

Other things He will show us will be relevant to the world we live in and the things going on around us.

Some of these things will not seem spiritual on the surface. They will seem like mere current events or something similar.

But if we allow Him to draw back the curtain, so to speak, and reveal the deeper things to us, we will see that everything we’re seeing in the natural is actually very deeply spiritual.

For every action we see in the natural, there are several unseen actions happening in the spiritual realm. Spiritual warfare is happening every second.

But without the help and discernment of the Spirit of God, we will be blind and oblivious to all of it, and we will often have no true understanding of what’s happening around us.

This is why it’s so critically important for us to learn to hear and heed God’s Spirit.

Even in our everyday lives, God will reveal things to us that will blow our minds if we allow Him to, revealing even things to come.

Father God, help us to submit to you and allow your Spirit to guide us into all truth. 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 – 3-5-23 – Not my Might nor by Power

Please click to watch the video now.Greetings in the name of Jesus! 

We trust that you are moving and growing by the Spirit of God every day. 

We have another new video for you today, Not by Might nor by Power. 

In this new video, we teach about the importance of following the leading of the Holy Spirit when doing the things that God sets before us to do. 

It’s a short video with lots of insight on this topic, so we hope you’ll take a few minutes to watch it! 

Please click here to watch the video now. 

We love you all and hope you enjoy the rest of your day. 

Sincerely, 

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 – 9-8-22

Luke 4:1 (NKJV) 1 Then Jesus, being filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness…

Jesus was led into the wilderness. There He fasted for 40 days and 40 nights. In Luke 4:2, it says, afterwards He was hungry.

The devil came to Him right after and said, “if You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread”.

What a temptation! After not eating for 40 days, bread would taste mighty good, wouldn’t it?

But Jesus was onto him, through the help of the Holy Spirit. And His reply was that of the Son of God, a Man filled with the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Matthew 4:4 (NKJV) 4 But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.

The devil came to Him two other times and tempted Him while in the wilderness. And each time Jesus rebuked his offer, and replying with the Word of God.

Praise You, Lord, for Your focus and strength to stay on track.

If Jesus, the Son of the Mighty God, needed the Holy Spirit to fill Him and work through Him, we most definitely need Him moving and helping us daily.

We all need to stop trying to be the hero on this journey of life as a believer. We don’t help God. He helps us.

We aren’t doing anything for Him in and of ourselves. His word says that without His help, we can do nothing.

John 15:5 (NKJV) 5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.

This may be a hard thing for some people to swallow. But so many have it backwards; we need God in order to win battles, to move mountains and to lead people to Christ. He sent us a Helper because He knew we would need Him.

The devil will tempt us daily, hourly, minute by minute. We must be strong enough to resist Him and do just that.

James 4:7 (NKJV) 7 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

Be filled with our Helper, the Holy Spirit, just as Jesus was filled.

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 – 10-12-21

Matthew 16:13 (NKJV) 13 When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?”

The disciples spoke up and said, “some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets”.

Jesus then said, “who do you say that I am?”.

Simon Peter spoke right up and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God”.

Matthew 16:15 (NKJV) 15 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”

You have here two different answers.

You have the first answer, from the intellectual mind, that could only relate to what it sees on its own; John the Baptist, Elijah, Jeremiah or a prophet.

Then, you have the second answer that only God can reveal through the Holy Spirit; The Christ, the Son of the living God.

Jesus told Peter, “blessed are you, for flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven”.

He also told Peter that on that rock He will build His church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against it.

What rock will He build His church on? The truth that was revealed to Peter by the Spirit of God.

When Peter gave his answer, it showed that he was tuned into hearing the Holy Spirit.

This marked a turning point, and Jesus began to teach them about the things He must suffer, including His death on the cross and then His resurrection.

Matthew 16:21 (NKJV) 21 From that time Jesus began to show to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third day.

Jesus was now able to move forward and take the next steps toward His purpose here on earth.

As we stay open and connected with the Holy Spirit, He will give us wisdom, knowledge and understanding deep within ourselves; something the mind can never get on its own.

We teach frequently about drawing close to God. This is the very reason for that; so we can have His understanding on all things.

Don’t be afraid of the Holy Spirit. He is our Helper.

John 14:26 (NKJV) 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.

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 – 5-29-21

John 15:1-2  (NKJV) 1 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

It’s important for us to know that we have Someone working in our lives, helping us grow as believers. Someone Who teaches us how to live in a way that’s pleasing to God.

We have Someone who will guide us in the way we should go, and that guidance is done with excellence.

He knows what is good for us. And we can rest assured, knowing that if we follow Him, it is the best move we can ever make.

We have Someone who will keep us safe, helping us to avoid making irresponsible moves if we take His advice and listen to His convictions.

If we follow through and don’t give into peer pressure, we will make the right choice at any given moment.

He will help us remove and avoid the ugly, bad things that will hurt us if we continue in them.

We have Someone who leads us down a path that helps bear unbelievable amounts of wonderful fruit if we take heed and let Him shape and prune us.

He is faithful to the end if we stay connected to the Vine, Jesus Christ, and the Father, the Vinedresser, with the leading of the Holy Spirit, our Helper! Amen.

John 14:26 (NKJV) 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.

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 – 5-27-21

John 14:26 (NKJV) 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.

Oh, how we need our Helper. He is everything we need at every moment we face.

One day I (Pastor Ellie) was struggling with something that was very hard to swallow. I truly didn’t know how to handle it.

I cried out to God, and said, “Father, I don’t know what to do with this. I don’t know how to handle it. It’s bigger than me. It’s more than my mind knows what to do with. I’m afraid.”

It was at that moment; I felt warmth, like that of a blanket, being gently placed in the empty hole that I had (of not knowing what to do).

And with that blanket came everything I needed to bring me such comfort, strength and the ability to get up and move.

The fear was gone. The emptiness was filled. The wisdom came and got me on my feet and moved me forward.

Every bit of what I needed came in that form of a blanket and comforted me in every aspect.

I can’t explain it. I just knew I was OK after that! It was that easy.

You see, most times it is simply fear that grips us.

We become afraid to know what steps to take, afraid to do the wrong thing, afraid to make a mistake, afraid to reach out, afraid to be alone. We may even be afraid to not make a move at all.

Fear grips our hearts at times and can paralyze us, keeping us standing still.

In some cases fear will cause us to go backwards because we don’t know what to do with what we face.

But know that our Helper is waiting to hear from us and bring such a great comfort in times of despair.

In those times when we feel lost or hard-pressed, we have Him. That is what He is here for!

2 Corinthians 4:8 (NKJV) 8 We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair…

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 10-14-20

1 Corinthians 2:14 (NKJV) 14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

There is a wealth of information in this verse, especially when it comes to understanding our relationship with God. So, we will take yet another look at it today, to glean as much as we can from it.

It’s important that we understand the fact that the natural man (our intellect) can’t receive (hear, comprehend, understand) the things of the Spirit of God.

Why?

Because they are spiritually discerned.

This means that without the Spirit of God being able to communicate with our spirit, there is no possible way for us to hear from God or understand the things of God.

If we were to try to understand the things of the Spirit of God solely with our intellect, and no knowledge of His word, they would seem foolish to us.

If we add some knowledge of His word, it may help us at least know that God is real, but we will still lack true understanding.

When we allow our spirit to hear from His Spirit, then we begin to get understanding that helps us put all of the pieces together, so to speak.

We start to see and understand things that were previously difficult for us to grasp. We start to hear God speak to us like we never have before. And we start to be able to walk with Him in ways that are absolutely life-changing.

Our spiritual ears begin to hear things that we never knew were there. Our spiritual eyes begin to see clearly, where they used to be dull and dark. And our own spirit begins to discern things of the spiritual realm that we didn’t even know existed.

The Bible tells us that we are comprised of a body, soul and spirit.

1 Thessalonians 5:23 (NKJV) 23 Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

It’s the spirit in us that God intended to be used for communing with Him and for Him to be able to communicate with us, all via our spirit, not our intellect. It’s our spirit that allows us to function as a mature believer.

So, until we realize this very important foundational truth, we will never truly be able to mature as a believer or fully develop our walk with God.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 10-12-20

1 Corinthians 2:14 (NKJV) 14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

This scripture alone, if we really pay attention to it, will convince us that we need to approach our walk with God, and our time in His word, 100% spiritually.

It will also show us that we need to get understanding of things related to our spirit and the Holy Spirit, since it clearly states that the natural man cannot receive the things of the Spirit of God, since they are spiritually discerned.

Very much of what we have written lately has leaned toward or focused on this aspect of learning and getting understanding.

Why?

Because we have entered into a very intense season of spiritual warfare that requires razor-sharp discernment and deeper levels of spiritual understanding than what many of us are accustomed to.

We have all been required to grow during this time. It’s imperative that we not fight it, but let God move us toward what He is doing and expand our knowledge and understanding.

Our intellect and our natural understanding will not carry us through these types of seasons. They will leave us scratching our head and wondering what we are supposed to do, and wondering what so much of what we’re seeing really means.

The scripture above clearly states that our natural man (our intellect) can’t receive (understand or perceive) the things of the Spirit of God because they are foolishness to him.

This is why there has been such a push recently to help bring understanding of the things of the Spirit. And this is why it is so critical for us to let God show us these things.

Many times, when changes that God is ushering in coincide with natural events, it can be confusing to our minds. It can sometimes be hard to separate the two or make sense of it all.

But this is where that sharp discernment comes into play.

When we have sharp discernment, we will more readily recognize the moves of God and we will be able to tell when they are connected to or separated from the events we are seeing around us in the natural.

And even more importantly, when we begin to get a deeper understanding of the things of the Spirit, our walk with God will be much stronger and will flourish, as we learn to hear Him better and learn to obey His promptings more readily.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
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