Tag: Bible verses about submitting ourselves to God

Bible Verse of The Day – 11-18-23

Daniel 1:3 (NKJV) 3 Then the king instructed Ashpenaz, the master of his eunuchs, to bring some of the children of Israel and some of the king’s descendants and some of the nobles…

Some of the children of Israel were exiled to Babylon to serve king Nebuchadnezzar.

Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, four Hebrew boys were about to go through a very big change.

They were required to learn a whole new way of doing things in the king’s palace.

Wouldn’t you think, being God’s children, that He would deliver them from this situation and make the king bring them back to Israel?

He did not.

But He did help them find favor by giving them wisdom and understanding ten times better than all the others.

Daniel 1:20 (NKJV) 20 And in all matters of wisdom and understanding about which the king examined them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers who were in all his realm.

They were required to go through a three-year training course. They were taught the language and literature of the Chaldeans.

They were also required by the king to eat and drink things that would defile them.

Right from the start, Daniel had to take a stand in a place he was not from.

Because he knew the food and drink that the king offered would defile him, he purposed in his heart not to receive it.

He fought to keep himself away from such things and to remain loyal to God and continue to do the things he knew were good for him, no matter where he was.

Daniel 1:8 (NKJV) 8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s delicacies, nor with the wine which he drank; therefore, he requested of the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.

When we face a situation where we may have to choose to stand up and fight for what is right, remember Daniel and how he purposed to do the right thing and how it all turned out good for him despite circumstances that looked very bleak in the natural.

God will give us a plan and His favor!!

He may not necessarily keep us from being placed in certain situations. But He will help us to get through it if we follow His lead.

Don’t give up. We are children of the Most High.

With His understanding, wisdom and plan, we will make it through the most difficult situations and not be defiled. Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries 
49 N Lamplighters Walk 
Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 9-2-23

John 8:31-32 (NKJV) 31 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. 32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

As a believer growth is essential, and it comes by us abiding in the word of God.

His word will touch our hearts and change us deeply if we accept it and act in accordance with what it says.

Jesus said that we are His disciples if we abide in His word.

Do we want to be disciples of Jesus Christ today?

If so, then we need to do as the Jesus taught, and abide in His word.

His word will bring conviction, correction and deliverance to our lives, helping us overcome our fleshly desires.

There is strength and wisdom that comes from the word of God. And as we learn of His truth, He will free us in every area of our lives as we allow Him to do so.

There’s a sticking point in all of this. What is it? Our flesh!

The flesh cannot please God. It has to submit to Him.

Romans 8:8 (NKJV) 8 So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

We must teach our flesh to submit quickly to the word of God and heed His commandments. It must be in submission to Him at all times.

So, here is the question we all need to ponder on and give an answer to; Are we ready to be His disciples?

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-3-23

Genesis 4:7 (NKJV) 7 If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it.”

As Cain and Abel, the sons of Adam and Eve, became adults and began to find their way in the world, each of them had different skills.

Cain was a gardener, growing fruits and vegetables.

Abel was a shepherd, tending his flocks of sheep.

When the time came for them to give an offering to God, they each gave from their livelihood. Cain gave fruit as an offering. Abel gave the firstborn of his flock.

God was pleased with Abel and his offering, but He did not accept the offering of Cain.

The word of God isn’t specific as to why Cain’s offering was rejected, but Cain probably knew why.

It is likely that it was not Cain’s offering itself that God rejected, but the attitude or the heart with which he gave it.

Whatever the reason was, God was not pleased with him, and Cain knew it.

This caused Cain to become angry, so God addressed him.

The simplicity of how He addressed Cain is profound; “If you do well, will you not be accepted?”.

He made it clear to Cain that if he simply “did well” (did what was right in God’s eyes), he would be accepted.

But then, because He knew Cain’s heart, He issued him a warning; “if you do not do well, sin lies at the door”.

And He went on to tell Cain that sin would try to overtake him, so he must rule over it so it would not win.

Sadly, Cain ignored God’s counsel and he went on to take his anger out on his brother, killing Abel with a rock.

Sin will try to do the same kinds of things to you and me.

It will try to overtake us, leading us further and further away from God, with the ultimate goal of destroying us and tearing us away from Him for eternity.

It’s up to us to rule over (master) sin, so it does not master (rule over) us.

God has equipped us and given us everything we need to be able to do this. And He has given us much instruction about this, including this direct, simple verse.

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

Let us not be like Cain, falling prey to temptation and the sin that ensnares us, but willing to heed God’s counsel, that we might be pleasing to God, ruling over our sin before it rules over us.

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 – 12-4-22 – The Right Things

Please click to watch the video now.Greetings in the precious, holy name of Jesus Christ. 

We have another new video for you today. 

In this video, The Right Things, we teach about the way that things we have previously been taught can impact our walk with God, along with the importance of making sure that we give God’s word precedence over our old ways. 

This is so important in our walk with God. We hope you’ll take a few minutes to watch it. 

Please click here to watch it now. 

We love you all and want God’s absolute best for your lives! 

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 – 8-24-22

Jeremiah 24:7 (NKJV) 7 Then I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the Lord; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God, for they shall return to Me with their whole heart.

Over the years, as I have drawn closer to God and studied His word more, I have come to understand that there are two things that please God immensely; surrender and obedience.

These two things in our lives will help us to walk our walk with Him in a way that’s pleasing more than anything else.

Interestingly, these two things go hand in hand.

You see, in order to obey God, we need to surrender.

Surrender has to come first because it helps us to be more willing to obey. A heart that’s not surrendered will never be as willing to obey God as a heart that has fully surrendered (submitted).

Surrender (submission) comes only as we learn of Him and allow Him to change our heart.

It requires that we genuinely pursue Him and put Him first in everything that we do; even in those things that might seem insignificant to us, or in things that we might think don’t matter to Him.

Everything matters.

Every choice that we make and every little thing that we do will either take us closer to Him or further away.

So, once we have made the choice to surrender to Him, we will no longer be living our lives to please ourselves, but to bring honor and glory to Him. And this will cause us to obey Him.

This is why it’s so important for us to understand that He wants our whole heart, not just a piece of it.

Let’s give Him our whole heart. And in doing so, we will more readily surrender and obey Him in all that we do. 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 – 8-20-21

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

There is something about submitting to God that changes our lives.

And on the flip side, in order to wholly submit to Him, we need to have reached a place in our lives where we have recognized His sovereignty, and we understand that His ways are higher than ours.

As the verse above says, if we submit to God, we will have no trouble resisting temptation.

But it goes much deeper than that.

You see, if we submit to God, our lives will take on a new direction. Why? Because our perspective changes.

We no longer live solely to please ourselves. We now give Him preferential eminence and put Him first in everything that we do, including the choices we make each day.

This comes with maturity in Christ.

Through submitting to Him we will be humbled. And it’s that humility that allows us to put ourselves aside and put Him first. Our pride eventually melts away, becoming a distant memory.

This is something that impacts every aspect of our lives. It’s not just about respecting Him or giving Him reverence. It spills over onto everything we do and everything we say.

So, if you’re struggling in certain areas of your life, consider submitting wholly to Him. It will put you on the right track in your walk with Him. And that will help everything else to eventually fall into place as well.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 6-8-20

James 4:1-3 (NKJV) 1 Where do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for pleasure that war in your members? 2 You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask. 3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures.

As James addressed fellow believers, and the things he was seeing taking place among them, he felt it necessary to address the conflict that was happening among some of them.

James had observed that there was much strife between some people in the body of Christ, and he saw by the Holy Spirit exactly what it was that caused it; pride, and a lack of true submission to God.

Pride will cause us to do so many things that do nothing more than promote chaos in our lives. That chaos may not necessarily be evident outwardly in our lives, but it is definitely there inwardly!

In addition to chaos, pride will also cause us to covet and lust after what others have. And as believers, we will even pray and ask God for those very same things.

Because we ask for these things amiss, out of wrong motives, we will not receive them by God’s hand. He will deny our requests.

If we are carnal in our thoughts and our methods, we may just push through and take action to obtain what we are requesting by natural means, ignoring God’s leading and the fact that He is not answering our prayers. This is where we often get ourselves into trouble.

So, if we have been praying and asking God for something, whether a material item or otherwise, and we are not getting whatever it is that we’re asking for, we may very well need to examine our motives.

Are they pure? Do they serve God, or do they serve our own desires?

These are good questions that will teach us a lot about ourselves.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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