Tag: Bible verses about putting God first

Bible Verse of The Day – 2-8-16

Psalm 37:4 (NKJV) 4 Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart.

We all want things to happen in our lives. We have desires, hopes and dreams.

So many of us spend many years of our lives chasing those dreams, hoping they will come true. And so many times we hear it said that God wants our hopes and dreams to come true. And that He will give us the desires of our heart. He does. And He will.

But so often, years go by and we feel empty and unfulfilled. We keep chasing those dreams, but to no avail.

Why?

There’s a secret to making sure God gives us the desires of our heart. It isn’t some kind of magic prayer or a special type of fasting.

It isn’t about attending the right church or singing the right praise and worship songs. And it isn’t about giving the right amounts of money.

It’s all about our hearts.

As we seek God, truly seek Him, and build a relationship with Him, the desires of our hearts will begin to change. We will begin to long after the things that God wants in our lives, not just the worldly things that we used to chase after.

And as this happens, we will begin to see things fall into place for us. And we will have the desires of our hearts. We will have the things that please us. And those things will also please God.

Now, this doesn’t mean that God won’t give us other types of desires, but as we continue to keep Him first in our lives, some of those other things will also unfold for us.

The key is to remember that God is not the means to an end. He is the end. He is who we should be seeking after continually.

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

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 1-23-16

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

So many times our lives seem hopeless and without direction.

We get up each morning, shower, eat and head off to work. We come home, eat dinner, get things done, try to spend some time with our family and then we go off to bed. The next day we repeat the process. And so the cycle goes.

It seems like an endless loop. Like a hamster on one of those wheels, where they run and run, but never get anywhere. But it doesn’t have to be that way!

As a child of God, a follower of Christ, our lives should be different. How? By putting God first in everything.

If we seek God first, so many other things in our lives will fall into place. No, our problems won’t magically disappear. But putting God first puts everything else in proper perspective. And it helps us keep our priorities straight.

When our priorities are straight, we tend to make wiser decisions and better choices. And, whether we’re happy or not doesn’t depend on how our day goes or how we happen to feel at the moment.

Instead, we draw our strength from God. And everything about our lives revolves around our walk with Him. We no longer rely on our jobs, our careers, our families, our friends or our financial situation for our happiness.

So, go ahead. Put God first. We dare 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 – 12-19-15

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

Jesus told us in pretty clear words how to please God and be successful in every area of our lives.

Want a strong, happy marriage? Seek God first.

Want a career that’s satisfying and rewarding? Seek God first.

Want a strong family that’s close knit? Seek God first.

Want to have strong faith? Seek God first!

Want a strong walk with God, where you learn how to hear Him more easily, discern things more readily and have a deeper understanding of His word? Seek Him first.

This may seem overly simple, but it’s absolute truth.

Our primary objective as a follower of Christ should be to walk as closely as possible with God and follow the footsteps of Jesus as closely as possible.

When we do this, it makes our lives much easier and makes our relationship with God so much stronger.

We need to put God first in everything we do and every decision we make.

Maybe you’re thinking that you’ve never really put God first, and now you have a big mess on your hands due to poor choices you’ve made. But that’s OK. It’s never too late to get it right!

Starting today, make a conscious effort to put God first. It might not come easily at first, but as you do this more and more, it will get easier and easier. And soon it will become second nature.

Seek first the kingdom of God.

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 – 12-2-15

Matthew 13:22 (NKJV) 22 Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

Have the cares of our situation or the cares of this world been taking us on a little detour away from God?

How about our money, our work or our so-called needs? Are we letting them interfere with what we should be doing as God’s children? Are we letting them lead us, control us and ruin our fruit-bearing?

These things will come and will tempt us and they will try to suck the life, God’s life, right out of us. They will try to get us to the point where we don’t even think about God.

Be careful not to get sidetracked or caught up in these things. It’s not worth it. They don’t bring life, but destruction.

Stay close to God, hear His words and heed His words. Follow Him and He will help us to bear good fruit!!

Matthew 13:23 (NKJV) 23 But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.”

Let God teach us how to be FRUIT BEARERS! 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 – 11-2-15

Deuteronomy 6:5 (NKJV) 5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.

God wants our whole heart. He wants to be our everything.

The great thing about God is that He is our everything. He is sufficient for every need that we have. Salvation, forgiveness, love, hope, joy, provision. You name it, He’s the one we need.

The world will try to tell us that God isn’t enough. Some will say we don’t need God at all, if He even exists.

Others will tell us that God is OK, but we also need other things, in addition to God.

They will try to sell us on things like astrology, the power of positive thinking, meditation, new age philosophies and so many other things that are contrary to God’s word.

But we don’t need any of those things. And, honestly, we should be running the opposite way when we see those things or if they try to pull us in. They will dilute the true gospel, if we let them.

God is sufficient. He doesn’t need anything else. And neither do we!

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 – 10-28-15

Jeremiah 29:11 (NKJV) 11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.

The Lord has good thoughts towards us and He wants the best for us.

Sometimes we can get caught up and pulled onto the wrong track. This can happen very easily when we are busy running here, going there, always planning, and always spending.

We can totally get off track, no matter how long we’ve been a Christian. It happens.

God has a future and hope for each one of us. Make sure we don’t push Him aside in all the busyness.

Pull back at times. Take a breath and see where we are at with Him. Make sure that if it’s not where we should be, we repent and ask for His help to get us back on track.

His thoughts toward us are of peace.

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 – 10-26-15

John 6:44 (NKJV) 44 No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day.

No one can come to the Father unless he is drawn by God.

This is a profound statement that the church needs to understand.

Somehow, during the last 30 years, we have lost sight of this and have tried to replace the work of God with works of the flesh. Here’s what I mean by that.

God uses His spirit to convict us and draw us to Himself. If the Holy Spirit hasn’t drawn a person, but he or she is drawn by men or man-made methods and means, it is not of God and doesn’t lead to genuine repentance and genuine faith.

Programs and special events may have their time and place, but they can’t replace God’s spirit.

Sadly, so many church services today have turned into concerts and entertainment, in an effort to draw people in. And while this can seem like the right thing to do, it is putting entertainment first, and God somewhere other than first.

And I know that this kind of statement might tick some people off and frustrate them, but it needs to be said. Why? Because people are dying and going to hell while they watch concerts in church.

People are dying spiritually because their focus is on music and entertainment every week, instead of getting the Word of God into their hearts and spirits. People don’t grow spiritually because they’re not being taught foundational Biblical truths and principles that can be applied in their everyday lives.

God needs to be first in everything. Whether it’s our individual lives or in the church body as a whole. And until He’s first, we will struggle to grow beyond spiritual children, into the mature believers He needs us to be.

Let’s put God first in everything we do, whether at home, at work, in school or at our church meetings.

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 – 9-22-15

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

Most of us have heard this verse and have heard it taught on many times. And rightly so, since it’s very important.

Let’s take an even deeper look at it in today’s devotional, that will hopefully shed some new light on how important it really is to understand this one and apply it to our lives.

You see, putting God first should never be considered optional. In reality it is optional, because He gives us a free will and the ability to choose. But if we want to see our life change and be walking on the path that God has for us, we can no longer consider it to be such.

As we seek God, and I mean really pursue Him, it will ultimately change everything about our outlook on life. We will begin to see things differently. And the things that we used to think were so important will start to fade into the background as He shapes and molds us.

We will learn how to be content, no matter the situation. We will learn when to be silent when we always thought we had to speak and say our piece. We will learn that putting others first isn’t such a bad idea, as we learn to show others God through our actions. Having the last word won’t be as important as it used to be.

Our perspective will change.

And as our perspective changes, we will have a new understanding of things that once baffled or confounded us. Because now we are seeing them through the eyes of the Holy Spirit, and not our own natural eyes.

So let’s let God give us a new perspective. And see how quickly things begin to look different to us. And In this, all things will be added to 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 – 6-15-15

Revelation 2:4 (NKJV) 4 Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love.

Today we want to reach out to those who may have fallen away from God, or maybe aren’t walking as closely with God as you once were.

This doesn’t necessarily mean that you’re backslidden and buried in sin. But maybe you’ve gotten so busy with life, or even so busy with ministry work, that somehow God has gotten pushed to the background and you no longer have the same love for Him that you once did.

In our relationship with The Creator, we are never static. We are moving closer to Him or further away. There is no middle ground.

The cares of this world can quickly sneak in and drive a wedge between us and God if we don’t protect our relationship vehemently. We have to be like a vigilant watchdog on high alert, watching carefully for anything that might try to derail that relationship, even the slightest little bit.

And most importantly, don’t let the enemy whisper in your ear and condemn you for anything. His motive is to keep you as far from God as possible, and if he can convince you that you’re guilty and beyond hope, it just may accomplish what he wants it to.

So remember your first love and return to Him today. He’s waiting for you with His arms wide open.

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 – 4-24-15

Deuteronomy 6:5 (NKJV) 5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.

Loving God is the most important thing we will ever do in our lifetime here on earth.

Some people might disagree and say that helping others is the most important thing.

Others might say that raising our children properly is the most important thing.

Still others might say that there is something else that’s most important.

But here’s the thing. If we love God with all our heart, all our soul and all our strength, doing the other things will come naturally. Our love for God will spill over into everything else we do.

In addition to spilling over into all of those things, loving God with all our heart will also change the path of our lives. Why and how can this be possible?

Because when we love God first, we will make decisions differently. When we love God first, we won’t always be thinking of ourselves.

When we love God first, every single thing we do will be done based on how God would look at it… whether He would approve of it or not.

That’s why it’s so important to love God with all our heart, our soul and strength. It truly is life-altering!

And if you’re wondering what God’s plan and purpose are for your life, love Him first! When you do this, and your life begins to change, what God has for you to do will unfold right in front of your eyes, with no fanangling or fancy footwork required on your part.

And when it does unfold, it will feel as natural as waking up every morning.

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul and all your strength.

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 – 3-21-15

Mark 12:30(NKJV) 30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. This is the first commandment.

We are ever so grateful for all the wonderful congratulations we received from you on our anniversary day. Thank you all so much for your personal touch on our special day. It really meant the world to us and even though we have never met most of you face to face, we feel like we know you.

We truly are blessed to have such wonderful people like yourselves, standing with us and supporting us with the Bible Verse of The Day ministry.

There is a divine connection between us and God has brought us together.

Our prayer for you each day is that you would truly draw close to Him in all that you do. We know that if you do this your life will be blessed, you will make the right decisions and things will work out for the good for you, your family, business, ministry, and marriage, etc.

There is one thing in life that each one of us must do on a personal level. No one can do this for us. That is to love God with every ounce of our being.

We may have things to tend to throughout the day; that’s life. But we must always have time for God, no matter how much we have going on.

He is the most important part of our daily life; everything else can wait or be put on hold.

Loving Him takes precedence!! Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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