Tag: Bible verses about loving others

Bible Verse of The Day – 12-26-15

Ecclesiastes 1:14 (NKJV) 14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and indeed, all is vanity and grasping for the wind.

In the early hours of the morning of Wednesday, December 23, I had a very vivid dream.

In the dream, I was made aware that there would be a loss of life very soon. I hugged the one who was going to be dying. And I wept very strongly as I held them. There was someone with me in the dream who I have known for many years. As I wept, the passion with which I cried also overtook him and he began to weep.

And as the tears ran down his face, he said “boy, I’m not used to this”. It was as if he was experiencing God-driven emotion and passion for the first time.

The dream was so vivid and so real that the power of my weeping woke me up.

As I lay there contemplating it, my eyes were wet with tears. And as I shared the dream with Pastor Ellie in the wee hours of the morning, the power of the dream was still overwhelming, and I had to fight back tears many times as I told her about it.

And even now, as I write this, I can feel the strength of the dream still strong in my spirit.

I asked God to reveal to me why this was so strong… so powerful, when the one who was dying wasn’t anyone in my family or close to me.

And He showed us both that we need to have a zeal for life that is strong and that life not be taken for granted. We need to live each day to the fullest, making the most of every minute and loving those around us with His love and compassion.

Our lives are brief in the scope of eternity and what we do here must leave an everlasting footprint, an impression that will be felt for many years to come.

We can all easily get caught up in the chase. The chase for riches. The chase for popularity. The chase for fame. The chase for material things. And in the end, it’s all just stuff. Stuff that won’t make a single bit of difference when we’ve taken our last breath and have left this earth behind.

In the end, it’s all vanity and grasping for the wind.

And so we want to pass this along to all of you. Live life with a holy passion. Don’t take one breath for granted.

Proverbs 27:1 (NKJV) 27 Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day may bring forth.

Live with God’s compassion and love with God’s love.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 11-10-15

John 13:35 (NKJV) 35 By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”

Jesus spent a fair amount of His time here on earth teaching people to love. He didn’t teach warfare. He didn’t teach intolerance. He didn’t teach bigotry. He didn’t teach racism. He didn’t teach sexism.

He taught love.

As His body, we are supposed to exemplify His teachings and live them out. How? By loving others. By showing them God’s mercy and compassion.

John 13:34 (NKJV) 34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.

How far we have fallen when it comes to following His new commandment.

It’s very sad to see the state of the church today. We have become like the world in so many ways.

And yet we expect to be able to reach out to a dying world and offer them something that will rescue them from the pits of hell, while we are being hateful in our speech and our actions.

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.

Church, it’s time for us to put away childish things and walk in the footsteps of Jesus.

The world is a mess. People are dying all around us. Believers in some countries are literally dying for their faith every single day, at the hands of terrorists and tyrants.

And yet, in some areas of the world, we get caught up in silly debates about things that have no bearing on anything eternal, or even anything truly important.

We implore you. Put off the childish things and seek God with your whole heart. And love those He has put in your life.

And show them Christ, each and every day, by showing them His mercy and compassion.

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 – 10-12-15

1 Corinthians 13:8 (NKJV) 8 Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away.

There are many things that we seek and try to find satisfaction in during our lifetime. Hobbies, friends, material things, careers, wealth, community status, and a long list of other things that we can name.

And we can do a lot in our lifetime to impact people around us, either in a positive way or a negative way.

But in the end, when our lifetime is spent and we’re gone, there is really only one thing that matters, other than our relationship with God. There is one question that the answer to will tell more about us than any material things we leave behind.

What is that question, you ask? Here it is: Did we love others?

When we’re gone, and all that’s left is our legacy and memories of us, what will be remembered the most is whether we loved others or not.

There may be some people who remember certain things we did. There may be some who will remember things we said. And there will even be people who will remember the stuff we had.

But when push comes to shove, all that really matters is whether we loved others or not. Because whether we loved others will determine how the rest of those other things are seen in our life.

If we love people, we will give. We will help. We will sow. We will encourage. We will smile with them. We will cry with them. We will stand beside them in their darkest moments. We will pick them up when they’ve fallen.

And in doing so, in loving others, we will show people God and point them to The Way.

All other things will fade and pass away. Everything else comes and goes. But love lasts for a lifetime and beyond.

1 Corinthians 13:13 (NKJV) 13 And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

So let’s go beyond the noise, clutter and distractions of everyday life and love like God has loved us.

The love we show and the love we give could very well change someone’s life forever.

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 – 6-5-15

1 John 4:8 (NKJV) 8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

I was in a local store this evening and I saw a man walking ahead of me. Something about this man irritated me.

I kept walking and got what I had gone there for, and as I walked toward the front of the store to pay for my things, I saw him again. Once more, I got very irritated and began to think things about him that were contrary to how God would want me to feel.

I heard the Holy Spirit say to me “Jesus died on the cross for him, as much as He died for you. I love him, therefore you need to love him too.”

Needless to say, my thoughts changed immediately and I repented for what I had been thinking.

We are called to love everyone. Even the unlovable. Even those who irritate us. Even those who disagree with us. And even those who do harm to us.

Loving others is probably one of the most difficult things we are called to do. What’s more, we are commanded to love others. It’s not optional.

John 13:34-35 (NKJV) 34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. 35 By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”

So, today, as you go through your routine and meet others wherever you are, remember that loving them is not something we are asked to do. It’s something we are required to do.

Love one another.

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 – 11-21-14

John 13:35 (NKJV) 35 By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”

We are to love one another.

Jesus commanded us to do so. We are to show the love of God to those around us, believer and non-believer.

Love disarms evil. It melts hardened hearts. It brings unity where there was division. And it draws people to God, instead of repelling them and pushing them away.

Proverbs 10:12 (NKJV) 12 Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all sins.

Love crosses international borders. It crosses cultural barriers. And love doesn’t see a person’s race or skin color.

We were all created equal by God Himself. It doesn’t mater where we’re from or what ethnicity we are. God expects us to love one another.

Skin color is just that; color.

It doesn’t, and shouldn’t, make us who we are. It should not dictate our preferences for friends, social status or political allegiance.

The color of our skin should not be something that we look at apart from the word of God. We are to love each other without ever looking at the color of someone’s skin.

Do you have racial prejudice inside you? Even just a tiny bit? Does the color of a person’s skin cause you to think of them a certain way, or do you simply see them through the eyes of God and love them?

This is a hard question and a very tough topic. But God wants it addressed.

So we ask you to let God examine your heart and show you if it is truly unbiased or if you’re harboring any kind of racism in it?

Love one another, regardless of the color of one’s skin.

By this the world will know that you are His disciples, if you have love for one another.

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 – 10-6-14

1 Peter 4:8 (NKJV) 8 And above all things have fervent love for one another, for “love will cover a multitude of sins.”

Sometimes people can really irritate us.

You know, they can do things or say things that offend us. They can do things that we know are wrong and then land themselves in trouble because of it. And it’s easy for us to stand at a distance and shake our head and talk about how they need to get their act together.

But what do we do about it? Do we pray for them, or do we criticize them? Do we have compassion for them or do we judge them? Do we offer help or do we laugh each time they stumble and fall?

It’s almost always easier to take the latter of all of these choices. Helping people takes work. And sometimes it takes hard work. Are we willing to work hard to help someone else?

But more importantly, it takes love to help others out of their situations.

We can work all we want to help someone, but if we don’t love them and show them God’s love through our words and our actions, we aren’t helping to change their lives except on the surface and for the moment.

You see, love conquers all.

Offering physical labor is fine. Offering money is fine. Many things like this are fine. But if they are done without love, they are just motions that we are going through. And in the long run, they won’t make a shred of difference in anyone’s life.

So ask God how we can show them love. And if we can’t find it within ourselves to love others then we need to go back to the Father and ask Him to forgive us for our hardened heart. And then we need to ask Him to teach us how to love them.

Regardless of what people may think about this situation or that situation or condition, in the end there is really only one thing that will make a difference in the life of someone else. And that thing is love.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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