Tag: helping each other

Bible Verse of The Day – 7-23-14

James 5:16 (NKJV) Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.

We, followers of Christ, form a body. We are many different parts, operating as one unit.

Or at least that’s how God intends for us to work… in unity, as one. He commanded us to confess our sins to each other, to help each other through the rough times in our lives.

Sadly, though, this doesn’t happen as often as it should. We find ourselves afraid to confess anything to each other, for fear of being judged or made an outcast.

And many of us are also guilty of being the ones who judge those who make mistakes and are honest enough to make it known to others. We all make mistakes; every single one of us. Some mistakes (poor choices) that we make might seem worse than others, but in reality it’s all sin in God’s eyes.

The sad part is that when sin gets categorized like this, some of us tend to look at some people as being worse than others, due simply to the category their sin happens to fall in.

Let’s stop putting sin (and people) into categories and causing division within the body of Christ. Instead, let’s start praying for each other, lifting each other up and supporting each other.

This is what God intended for us to do and how to treat each other.

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.”

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

If you know someone who will enjoy this or be encouraged by it, please feel free to share it with them!

To have the Bible Verse of The Day delivered to your inbox each day, please enter your email address in the box near the upper right corner of this page!

Tagged with: , , , , ,

Bible Verse of The Day – 8-26-13

(Luke 10:29 NKJV)  But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

Jesus explains the story about the Good Samaritan, and how he was moved with compassion for a man that others have just walked by and didn’t give him the time of the day. (Luke 10:33 NKJV)  “But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was. And when he saw him, he had compassion.

The injured man that lay on the side of the road was a person in NEED. When we think of a neighbor we automatically think of someone that lives next door to us. But that’s not the case here.

The Samaritan was moved with compassion to help someone on the side of the road that he had never met before. God’s compassion that burned within him caused him to help this man and do what needed to be done.

His “neighbor” in this story was a man on the side of a road that had been beaten down, and was left half dead. (Luke 10:30 NKJV)  Then Jesus answered and said: “A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his clothing, wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.

Symbolically speaking, this is exactly what the devil loves to do to people.

We may not know anyone like this today that needs help, but God does. Ask Him to help us find our neighbor that we can help. Having God’s compassion will lead us to those that are in need.

God’s discernment will bring direction as to how to help and what to do for them. We have to have discernment in this for there are people out there that will take for granted anything and everything we will do for them.

One thing we have learned about people is that in some cases the ones that need the help the most won’t ask for anything. Their reason is that they are afraid of taking from someone else that might be in need. So, we definitely need God’s direction and discernment in helping our neighbor.

Who is our neighbor? The ONE in need!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

If you know someone who will enjoy this or be encouraged by it, please feel free to share it with them!

To have the Bible Verse of The Day delivered to your inbox each day, please enter your email address in the box near the upper right corner of this page!

Tagged with: , ,

Bible Verse of The Day – 2-28-13

(James 5:16 NKJV)  Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.

We need each other. No matter how we look at it, we need each other. We were designed to need each other.

There are some of us that don’t like to bother others and we want to handle things ourselves. There are some things we can handle on our own. But, there may come a situation when it is just too much and we need to reach out to others and ask for help.

Why did God create us this way? Was it so we could take advantage of people or be relying on others all the time? No, that isn’t why. There should be no taking advantage of anyone at any time. But a healthy balance in getting help is what God intended. God tells us to confess to each other so that we can get healing.

When we are facing a hard time, or going through things, reaching out for help causes us to humble ourselves and get the prayer we need for our troubles.

When we confess to others, it also helps us to see ourselves in the state we are in, causing us to be accountable for our actions. This is all good and will help us to get through our situation, as we obey God and not try to do it all on our own, but with the help of others and God’s leading.

Let us help our brothers and sisters in need today and let us see the need in ourselves and get the help we need at times.

Healing starts when we confess.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-377-5400

If you know someone who will enjoy this or be encouraged by it, please feel free to share it with them!

To have the Bible Verse of The Day delivered to your inbox each day, please enter your email address in the box near the upper right corner of this page!

Tagged with: ,