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Bible Verse of The Day – 8-12-23

Psalm 37:23 (NKJV) 23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, And He delights in his way.

Are we still waiting for the answer as to why our life has turned out the way it has?

Are we questioning why we are still in the same place we’ve been in forever, dealing with the same outcomes?

It is usually because of our own choices and the steps we take without getting and following God’s counsel.

It’s not hard to understand, but it can be hard to accept.

Once we do accept it, we will usually take a deeper look into where we stand and what we can do to bring change, from this point on.

Making the “right” choice, or the choice we think is good for us, may not always be God’s choice for our situation.

When we make a Godly (God-based) choice, we will find ourselves praying, listening and waiting on His answer before we decide what to do. We will find ourselves relying on His direction.

Both can be hard at times; making the right choice from our own understanding or making the Godly choice.

Making the right choice from our intellect takes some discipline. Making the Godly choice may take a substantial amount of discipline, along with a lot of selflessness and patience.

We cannot think of ourselves when making Godly choices. We must leave ourselves and our emotions out of the equation, and think only of what God wants for us and from us.

If we have been making right choices vs Godly choices, we can’t be down on ourselves. We did what we thought was right at the time.

However, if at any time in our walk we discover we’d rather have His choice for us, we can start by simply asking Him to help us from that point forward. And when that time comes, include Him In making our next decisions.

He is faithful to order our steps as we surrender them to Him.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 11-27-22 – Choices

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

We trust that you are walking in the mercy of our wonderful God. 

We have a new video for you today. It’s called, “Choices”. 

In this new video we teach about the importance of the choices we make every minute of every day, and how they affect the path that we walk. 

We hope you’ll take a few minutes to check it out. 

Please click here to watch the video now. 

We pray for God’s power and His peace in your lives. 

We love you. 

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 – 3-28-19

Romans 7:15 (NKJV) 15 For what I am doing, I do not understand. For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do.

Do we ever feel like we are not adequate to do what God wants us to do? Do we feel like we have failed Him badly, by making the wrong choice even when we knew the right thing to do?

We all struggle with this. No one is alone in it.

Trying to always do what is right is a constant, day to day battle with our flesh. And we all know that some things are much easier to do than others, especially if we are weak in certain areas.

Focusing on the things that tend to be hard for us to do is something we should be praying for. Don’t ignore them and say, “Oh, well, that’s my weakness”. Because when we do that, it shows us we have already given up on the fight.

God wants to pinpoint and help us conquer that weakness, not on our own but through His strength.

Job 4:4 (NKJV) 4 Your words have upheld him who was stumbling, and you have strengthened the feeble knees…

Do we have a hard time saying no to peer pressure? Admit it and ask God for strength in that particular area.

Do we have trouble with lust? Ask God for strength to resist it, and the wisdom to avoid coming in contact with situations that cause us to feel the way we do when we are around such things, places, people, etc.

If we are weak when it comes to eating healthy, we would rather have the sweets and yummy foods instead and we find ourselves suffering later. Ask God to take that craving for unhealthy foods away from us, bringing deliverance and a better understanding about why we need to have balance in our eating habits.

I know someone who is diabetic. They know they can’t eat certain foods. But boy, just knowing this makes them crave them even more.

It’s not easy! God gets it. That is why we need Him to strengthen us to overcome it.

There are many ways we can make wrong decisions and find ourselves stumbling as believers.

We are going to mess up from time to time, even after asking God for help with our weaknesses. But don’t get depressed and totally give up. Get back on track and start again. He knows, and He will be there for us.

Amen.

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 – 11-12-18

John 10:10 (NKJV) 10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

Life can be beautiful when we get on the right track. The right track is following Christ.

There are so many choices we can make in this life. But making the right ones will determine how things turn out for us.

The most important choice we make is knowing who we give our heart to first and foremost. We may think this is referring to a spouse or friends, etc. But our heart should already belong to Someone else before we take those other steps. Our heart should belong to Jesus Christ.

Why? Because He is our key to living. He gives us life and life more abundantly. He gives us salvation and a life of joy while we are here on this earth, as we walk each day with Him. He wants to be married to us first, as our very best friend, to be there to help guide us in this life.

Once we fully trust Christ with our heart and our life He will guide our steps and show us what is good for us. As we let Him guide us, the decisions we make from there will be very productive. Our walk will be beautiful. Even as we face some of the hardest decisions we will have to make, it will be good.

Some may say, “well, I have already chosen my spouse and friends on my own. Where do I start now?

Christ meets us where we are at, just like He met the woman at the well. She had already been with 5 men. And the one she was currently with wasn’t her husband. Some may think that Jesus would have turned her away. But He didn’t. And He won’t turn us away.

John 4:17-18 (NKJV) 17 The woman answered and said, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You have well said, ‘I have no husband,’ 18 for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; in that you spoke truly.”

The most important thing to remember is Christ forgives and gives us an opportunity to fix things up. He is forever forgiving, compassionate, kindhearted and loving.

So, if we started off on the wrong track with our life, and we are wishing we had done things differently, it’s not too late.

Give Jesus our heart and our situation and let Him help us to make good decisions and choices where we are at right now.

He will begin a good work in us and complete it. Amen.

Philippians 1:6 (NKJV) 6 being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ…

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 – 4-2-18

Ephesians 5:17-21 (NKJV) 17 Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is. 18 And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit, 19 speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord, 20 giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, 21 submitting to one another in the fear of God.

We will continue today with our breakdown of Ephesians chapter 5. We hope you are enjoying it and getting some new insights from these recent devotionals!

Therefore, do not be unwise. Don’t live thoughtlessly. Use discernment when making decisions. Consider all scenarios and possibilities, and count the cost.

Most of all, seek and carry out what God would want you to do.

Don’t drink wine (or other alcoholic beverages) excessively, to drunkenness. It will eventually destroy you and will also affect those around you negatively. Instead, be filled with the Holy spirit.

Speak words of encouragement and hope to one another. Let God’s word lift you up and bring joy to your hearts.

Sing praises to God in your hearts and be sure to always give thanks to God for all things, in the name of Jesus.

Submit to each other out of reverence for our Savior, Jesus Christ.

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 – 3-31-18

Ephesians 5:15-16 (NKJV) 15 See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, 16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil. 

It’s important that we live cautiously, giving careful consideration to the choices that we make. 

Verse 15, above, tells us that doing otherwise is unwise and foolish. 

Each choice that we make will impact our lives in one way or another. So we need to choose wisely. 

We are told further that we are to “redeem the time”, to make the most of every opportunity that God gives us. 

The days are evil. The times we live in are a product of the corrupt world that we live in and the depraved condition of the human heart, as many live their lives in an endless pursuit of pleasures of all sorts. 

It’s critical that we live by the Spirit, not by our flesh or our intellect. 

Romans 8:13 (NKJV) 13 For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. 

Then and only then can we make wise, godly choices and overcome evil in our lives. 

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 – 12-18-17

Proverbs 9:6 (NKJV) 6 Forsake foolishness and live, And go in the way of understanding.

Be careful of getting involved with foolishness. We can’t let it tie up our time. Don’t let it cause us to lose sleep or cause our minds to get distracted with petty things.

Foolishness is not for us. We have to acknowledge it for what it is when we see it coming, and keep on walking past it. Don’t let it get ahold of us.

We can waste a lot of valuable time because of foolishness. Foolishness will try to sneak in and catch us when we are not paying attention.

Get God’s understanding. Let Him keep us alert to such things. He knows what the enemy is up to and will give us the understanding we need to discern these things.

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 – 5-18-17

Proverbs 14:12 (NKJV) 12 There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.

Sometimes people do things that just make us shake our heads. Some of these things are subtle, while others are blatantly illegal or, at the very least, very questionable.

On a smaller scale, the day to day choices we make can have lasting results and consequences. Sometimes we know up front that something is wrong, and we do it anyway. Other times we just make a bad choice.

Either way, the choices we make will follow us around and it can take a long time for them to get resolved or fade away into our past.

God has made a way for us to avoid making poor choices and reaping from those choices.

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.

You see, if we truly want to do right, to please God, we will think before we do anything. And we will let God speak to us and show us the right choice. And then we will listen and heed His promptings.

It may not always be easy. And sometimes we may wrestle with it. But as we learn to lean on Him, trust the Holy Spirit, and then follow His leading, it will get easier and easier.

There is a way that seems right to a man, but when we let God lead us, we will learn right from wrong. And we will choose right.

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 – 4-18-17

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

Is someone you know having trouble doing the right thing, resisting sin and temptation?

How about you? Are you having trouble resisting the devil and living a righteous lifestyle?

Why is that? Why do some people just seem to have so much trouble turning away from evil and doing right?

It’s all about submission. It’s about who we submit ourselves to.

If we submit to God, our lives will reflect that, and we will live a life that’s a reflection of God’s nature.

This doesn’t mean that our lives will be perfect, or that we will never make mistakes or make bad choices. But the big picture will show people who know us that God is alive in us and moving in our lives.

If, however, our lives are submitted to the devil, they will reflect that. Attitudes will be poor. Actions will be ungodly. Fruit, if there is any, will be rotten. So it’s critical that we make sure we are submitted to God.

Submission requires humility. Humility can be tough for us sometimes, because it means that we have to admit that we are wrong and that we need help. Some people wrestle with this more than others. But we all need help in this area at one point or another.

So let’s determine in our hearts today to humble ourselves and submit ourselves to God, so we can resist the devil. And as we do this, he will flee from us.

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 – 4-8-17

Luke 15:11-13 (NLT) 11 To illustrate the point further, Jesus told them this story: “A man had two sons. 12 The younger son told his father, ‘I want my share of your estate now before you die.’ So his father agreed to divide his wealth between his sons. 13 “A few days later this younger son packed all his belongings and moved to a distant land, and there he wasted all his money in wild living.

In the story above, the young man receives an inheritance from his father and he leaves with it soon after.

He takes his inheritance and does whatever he wants with it. Until it’s gone. There was nothing left.

He finds himself in a very bad situation and realized he did a dumb thing. He repents and wants to return home, remembering it was much better when he was home with his father. He wanted to make things right.

Some would say “It’s too late. You made your bed, now you have to lay in it. Oh well!”.

Thank God He is merciful and loving, and gives us chances to make things right. Amen.

Luke 15:22-24 (NKJV) 22 “But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet. 23 And bring the fatted calf here and kill it, and let us eat and be merry; 24 for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ And they began to be merry.

His father welcomed him back with open arms and celebrated his return. This doesn’t mean that we should just go and do whatever we want and think that there will be no consequences. There will always be some kind of consequences from our mistakes and poor choices. But it doesn’t mean that we can’t go back to where we left off, where things were right, and try to fix it.

Have we acted like the prodigal son? Have we taken the blessings of God, His inheritance to us, and spent it on wild living, knowing that what we were doing was not right?

It’s not too late for us to go back and make it right. He will welcome us with open arms. God wants to be with us. He wants us to acknowledge where we went wrong, and then repent and come home.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 10-6-16

Isaiah 55:6 (NKJV) 6 Seek the Lord while He may be found, Call upon Him while He is near.

If we are in the process of making a decision, whether it’s big or small, we should seek the Lord first for His direction.

If we are getting ready to start a relationship we need to spend time with God and find out if it is the person for us or not.

If we are needing work or getting ready to start a business we need to seek the Lord and get His knowledge and input on what steps to take.

Sometimes we make decisions on our own without going to God first, then we end up in a mess.

Don’t be afraid to call upon Him. He is near.

Dear God in Heaven,

I come to You today asking You to guide my steps, asking You to show me how to handle this decision. Which way do I go? What do I do? Please hear my call and answer me. Show me what to do at this time. I want what You want for me this day.

I thank You for your help and I will look to You before I take a step one way or another.

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.

God is faithful!!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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