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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-26-24

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 will answer us. But it is our responsibility to take the time to pray and call out to Him. He will show us great and mighty things.

Are we calling to Him? Or are we sitting back waiting for answers and expecting Him to read our minds?

Many of God’s children don’t know that they need to call on Him. They think that He will just take care of everything, and we just wait for Him.

This is not true. We play a part in this, and God is waiting on us to do our part.

One thing I have learned over the years is that when we are in need it is not up to Him to chase us down. We chase Him.

Get up early! Pray, worship, cry out with everything in us.

He wants us to come to Him so He can show us, guide us, and take us places we never knew we could go.

When we become God’s children through faith in Jesus Christ, we now have direct access to our Heavenly Father.

We can call His name and He will answer us and show us great and mighty things!

John 1:12-13 (NKJV) 12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: 13 who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

Call on Him today!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries 
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Bible Verse of The Day – 7-26-23

Mark 10:48 (NKJV) 48 Then many warned him to be quiet; but he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

The man in this verse was crying out loudly. He pleaded with Jesus to have mercy on him.

He was called Bartimaeus. He was blind. And he wanted Jesus to heal him; to give him his sight.

So, he yelled as loudly as he could to get His attention above the ruckus of the crowds that had gathered.

Those around him yelled back at him, scolding him for being so brazen and loud, and warning him to be quiet.

But this just made him yell more loudly, determined to draw the attention of Jesus and seek the healing that he needed.

And Jesus heard his cries.

Approaching Bartimaeus, Jesus asked him, “What do you want Me to do for you?”.

Bartimaeus boldly told Jesus, “that I may receive my sight”.

And it was done. Jesus spoke the words and Bartimaeus was healed!

Bartimaeus was persistent. His faith kept him yelling out to Jesus despite the warnings of the crowd to stop.

We are much like Bartimaeus many times, desperately in need of something from God.

But are we like him when it comes to pressing in and making our needs known?

Or are we allowing the influence of the enemy or the people around us to silence us when we know we should be speaking up, crying out for Jesus to touch us or help us?

This can rob us of many things, including our time with God or healing from our infirmities.

As Bartimaeus, Zacchaeus (Luke 19:2-6), and the woman with a flow of blood lasting for 12 years (Matthew 9:20-22) did, let us also press in, rise above the noise and the chaos and cry out to God, letting nothing and nobody stand in our way, that our petitions may be made known.

And by our faith, may we receive from Him those things that we so desperately need.

Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

Luke 19:2-4 (NKJV) 2 Now behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich. 3 And he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not because of the crowd, for he was of short stature. 4 So he ran ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see Him, for He was going to pass that way.

Zacchaeus was a tax collector. The Bible says he was also a rich man. He had heard about Jesus, and when he found out that Jesus was coming by, he wanted badly to see Him!

The problem was that Zacchaeus was also a short man. So, the crowd around Jesus was a problem for him. There was no way that he would be able to see Jesus because of his short stature.

But Zacchaeus was determined, so he devised a plan to overcome his situation. He ran ahead and climbed a Sycamore tree, allowing him to see over the crowd and lay eyes on Jesus as He passed by.

Not only did he get to see Jesus, but Jesus saw him! And when Jesus saw him, He called him down out of the tree and made plans to go to his house to stay with him!

Now, had Zacchaeus just sat there and waited for Jesus to break out of the crowd and find him, he would have been left behind, still waiting to see Him. But he took action. And that action changed the outcome drastically.

So it is with us.

We may not have the opportunity to see Jesus physically passing by. But we have the opportunity to pursue Jesus daily, allowing us to draw closer to Him, strengthening our relationship with Him by doing so.

The question, though, is this; will we? Will we make the effort and take the time to do it?

Or will we be passive and casual about our walk with God?

Only we can answer that question. And the truth of the matter is that we will also be the one who will reap from our choice; pursue God relentlessly or pursue Him casually.

Which will it be?

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 2-24-22

Mark 5:28 (NKJV) 28 For she said, “If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well.”

How many today need a healing touch?

Maybe we have been diagnosed with something the doctors say we will have for life. Maybe we are dealing with a heavy financial situation and we feel like it is impossible to get past.

Maybe everything around us is crashing down and we are overwhelmed and in the dark about what to do to get things back up and running.

Maybe our children are suffering from things we don’t even know about or how to help them through.

It could be a number of things. But no matter the problem, we don’t seem to have the answer as to how to solve it.

The woman in the verse above had the answer, and she just needed to make the effort to get herself there. Where did she need to get to?

To Jesus. He was the One who turned her devastating situation around.

Mark 5:29 (NKJV) 29 Immediately the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of the affliction.

How do we get to Jesus today? Through our prayers and obedience in doing whatever steps He may have us take.

She just needed to have faith in her heart and reach out and touch Him. At that moment, Jesus felt power leave Him and she knew she was completely healed for life.

When we touch Jesus through our prayers and steps of obedience, power from on high enters our situation and it makes the impossible, possible.

This is not through anything we can do on our own, but by the power that comes through the Son of God and our Helper, the Holy Spirit.

If you are looking today at an impossible situation, you are in the perfect place to receive such a miracle. But, you must have faith and believe in God’s miraculous help and the way He will bring it to you.

Don’t give up. Keep the faith and trust God’s answer for you.

Amen.

We are praying for you, and we believe that as you touch Jesus Christ with your faith for His answer, and you obey in your heart the steps He has for you to take, you are going to see miraculous changes in your life. Changes only God can bring!

Luke 1:37 (NKJV) 37 For with God nothing will be impossible.”

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-13-20

Mark 5:28 (NKJV) 28 For she said, “If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well.”

This woman had no idea that she would go down in history for her courage and her faith.

As believers, we can all learn a lot from her; her determination, her perseverance, her courage, her tenacity, and most of all, from her faith in Jesus to make her whole.

It’s important that we understand what she had been through; 12 years of struggles with a condition that no doctor of that time could help her with.

They had all failed miserably, even making her life worse than it was by the condition itself.

Mark 5:26 (NKJV) 26 and had suffered many things from many physicians. She had spent all that she had and was no better, but rather grew worse.

Regardless of what she had been through, she trusted that Jesus had what she needed. And despite the fact that there were hordes of people around Him, she defied the odds and pushed through the crowd, even just to be able to touch His clothing.

You see, she wasn’t concerned with talking to Him or even touching Him. She just wanted to touch his clothing, because she knew that was all it would take to get her healing.

Mark 5:28 (NKJV) 28 For she said, “If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well.”

Are we shying away from Jesus today because it might take extra effort to push through and get what we need from Him?

Are we afraid of what people might say or think about us? Do others keep us from Him? Are we afraid He might reject us?

Don’t be! Jesus gave His life to set us free. It’s up to us to reach out and touch Him, even if it’s just his clothing as He passes by.

If the woman in the verses above could do it, so can you and I.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 10-16-19

James 4:14 (NKJV) 14 whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.

What is life? And what’s it really all about anyway?

These are two questions that get asked more than we realize, every second of every day, by people from all walks of life, around the entire world.

Every one of us has probably pondered on this more than once. It’s part of a built-in desire that longs for satisfaction in our lives.

It’s this very same desire that causes us to chase after so many things, hoping that the next thing will be “the one”.

But they never are. They are never that thing that satisfies us and fulfills us.

Even Solomon in all of his wisdom and understanding wrestled with this.

To this day there is no one who can rival the wealth and fame of Solomon. Even thousands of years ago, when information was spread solely by word of mouth, his fame spread to places worldwide.

People traveled for days and weeks at a time to come meet with him because of his reputation. Yet, as Solomon pondered life, he deduced that it was all vanity and grasping for the wind.

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.

So, if all of this is vanity and grasping for the wind, and none of it satisfies, then what is life really all about? Where can we find true satisfaction?

We can only find true satisfaction in The One, the Creator of us all and everything around us. He will fulfill us. He will satisfy us.

It’s up to us to pursue Him, instead of all the things of the world that leave us constantly empty and searching for more.

1 John 2:16 (NKJV) 16 For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world.

His love goes beyond anything we can imagine or comprehend. Let’s stop grasping for the wind. Reach, instead, for Him.

Amen

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 1-21-19

Luke 19:2-4 (NKJV) 2 Now behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich. 3 And he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not because of the crowd, for he was of short stature. 4 So he ran ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see Him, for He was going to pass that way.

Zacchaeus had heard that Jesus was passing through. Something told Him that this was a big deal, so he wanted to make sure he got to see who this Jesus was that everyone was talking about.

There was a problem, though. Zacchaeus was short. He was so short, in fact, that he couldn’t see over the crowd. But Zacchaeus was also determined! So, he ran ahead of the crowd and climbed up into a Sycamore tree! Now he would be sure to see Jesus.

As Jesus passed under the tree, He peered up into the tree and called Zacchaeus down, informing him that He wanted to stay at his house that night.

Zacchaeus and Jesus had some great conversation, resulting in Jesus proclaiming to Zacchaeus that salvation had come to his house that very day.

Because Zacchaeus was determined, and he took action, the King of kings and Lord of lords called him down out of the tree, went to his house and dined with him, spending time with him in private.

This gives us some motivation to take a look at our own efforts to spend time with Jesus. Are we putting forth the same effort that Zacchaeus did? Are we willing to run ahead of the crowd and climb a tree just to get a glimpse of Him?

Are we willing to push aside those things that try to stop us from getting to Him?

Are we willing to share our heart with Him, telling Him of our love for Him?

Let’s follow the example of Zacchaeus and watch our relationship with Jesus grow and flourish!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 8-23-18

1 Kings 19:11-12 (NKJV) 11 Then He said, “Go out, and stand on the mountain before the Lord.” And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind tore into the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake; 12 and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice.

There is a tendency today in Christianity to chase the things that are perceived to be God. We will often see this when people flock to various “moves of God”.

Word will get out that there is a “revival taking place” at a specific place. People will flock to that place by the tens of thousands, or perhaps even by the hundreds of thousands.

While this is understandable to a certain degree, it can also be a very big distraction for most people.

The pursuit of God is something personal. It takes place at the heart level, not in so many super-exciting, hype-filled, well-promoted events that make bold promises of miracles and other super-natural occurrences.

Now, this is not to say that God doesn’t move in ways that are exciting and awe-inspiring. He can and He does. But not because we have said it will be so. God is God and He will not be pushed or influenced by our need for excitement and awe.

God is a personal God who moves and meets us one on one. He wants us to seek Him wholeheartedly in a close, intimate way that can’t happen in so many hype-filled, crowded places where noise and excitement rule.

As God passed by Elijah in the verses above, there were many spectacular events that took place; rocks breaking into pieces, mighty winds, earthquakes and fire. But God was not in any of them.

In the end, there was a still, small voice. This can also be translated as a small, quiet whisper. It was there that God was found.

So, despite our innate ”need for speed” and excitement, let’s be sure to get personal with God and keep our priorities straight when it comes to what we chase and pursue.

Pursue God, and only God. And watch as our relationship with Him becomes so much more than hype and noise.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-17-18

Luke 19:2-4 (NKJV) 2 Now behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich. 3 And he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not because of the crowd, for he was of short stature. 4 So he ran ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see Him, for He was going to pass that way.

Zacchaeus wanted to see Jesus. He knew that Jesus was different. He knew that Jesus was not like so many of the other religious people of that day who shunned those who were perceived as being different or unworthy of their time and attention.

Zacchaeus also knew that seeing Jesus was difficult because so many others wanted to see Him too. They crowded in around Him and pressed in tightly when He passed through their villages and cities.

But Zacchaeus had a plan. Being a short man, he knew that the only way he would be able to see Jesus was to climb a tree and rise above the multitudes, making a way for him to see. So he climbed a Sycamore tree!

You see, Zacchaeus knew that Jesus was worth whatever effort it would take, even just to see Him!

Zacchaeus just wanted to see Him. Others wanted to touch Him.

What about us? How much effort are we willing to put forth? How much are we willing to do when it comes to getting to Jesus?

We all need something from God. Some of us need small things. Some of us need big things. But not a single one of us will ever get what it is that we’re seeking if we just sit by and do nothing.

Thinking it is not enough. Saying it isn’t enough. We need to do something!

Today is the day to get up, take action and rise above the crowd, doing whatever is necessary to get to Jesus. Then and only then will we get whatever it is that we need from Him.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 10-4-17

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. 

Life can seem as though it has no meaning sometimes. We can go from day to day, wondering why we’re here, why we’re alive, and whether our life has any real value. 

Solomon was the wisest man who ever lived. He was also the richest man who ever lived. He had everything that any man (or woman) would ever want or need. 

And yet, after living and experiencing all that he walked through, he concluded that life is only vanity and grasping for the wind. 

We might look at Solomon’s life and wonder why he would say that. After all, he had everything. He had wealth, wisdom, pleasures and so much more. Why, after being blessed so abundantly, would he write such things? 

The answer is simple. He saw the frivolity in those things. He saw how people spent their lives chasing after wealth, pleasure and other tangible things. And he understood that those things are worth nothing when compared to living a life that pleases God. 

Solomon had more wives and concubines that possibly any other man that lived. He didn’t lack attention or physical pleasure. 

He had more wealth than any other man has ever been able to accumulate. He never lacked any kind of possessions. 

And he had a kingdom of people at his service. He was well taken care of. 

So, there is a valuable lesson for all of us in his words. 

If someone who had as much as Solomon did would speak such words about life being vanity and grasping for the wind, while being so abundantly blessed with worldly materials and comforts, it would benefit each and every one of us to pay close attention and make sure that our time and efforts are put into pursuing God, and not the things of this world. 

Matthew 6:33 (NKJV) 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-6-17

John 4:42 (NKJV) 42 Then they said to the woman, “Now we believe, not because of what you said, for we ourselves have heard Him and we know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world.”

I love this! The fact that the people did not just take the woman at her word, but that they sought Him out and heard Him for themselves shows that they were hungry for the truth.

This is exactly what we, the church, need to do today!  We need to have Him in our lives, and moving day to day on a personal, one-on-one level.

We need to be seeing Him and watching Him move in our own situations. We need to lean on Him and cry out to Him to help us.

He will move in our own lives daily, hourly, minute by minute, when we hear His voice and we do what He tells us to do. Amen.

We believe for ourselves, not because someone told us to, but because we sought Him and found Him!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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