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Bible Verse of The Day – 12-13-14

Psalm 73:28 (NKJV) 28 But it is good for me to draw near to God; I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all Your works.

We have people ask us frequently how they can know God’s purpose for their life, how they can hear God’s voice, how they can have sharper discernment and many other questions that are similar.

Our response is always the same; Draw near to God.

You see, we can pray and ask God for sharper discernment, a closer walk with Him, stronger faith, to hear His voice more easily, and much more. But if we fail to draw near to God and grow our relationship with Him, we’ll never, ever be able to hear Him better or have better discernment.

Achieving any of the things mentioned above requires that we have a strong relationship with our Creator. It’s just like any other relationship; we get out what we put in.

Drawing near to Him takes effort and needs to be done on purpose. It doesn’t happen accidentally or just by wishing it would happen. It’s just like anything else that’s worth achieving or obtaining. It takes work!

You can’t get sharper discernment by having someone lay hands on you and pray for you to have it. You can’t draw closer to God by calling a prayer line and asking them to pray for you. You can’t find God’s purpose for your life by taking 5 easy steps. And you can’t grow your faith simply by saying that you want your faith to grow.

Purpose in your heart that you want a closer walk with God. Make it your desire to know Him better. Push aside every distraction and focus on Him. And do you know what will happen when we do that?

We will get closer to Him. Our faith will grow. Our discernment will become sharper. We will hear His voice more easily. And with all of this, we will begin walking on the path that God has set in place for us.

We can all have a powerful walk with God. We just have to want it badly enough to go after it.

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 – 11-6-14

Posted on November 6, 2014
Growing in God
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Ephesians 2:8-9 (NKJV) 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God

The salvation of our eternal souls is free… a gift from God.

He gives salvation freely, without prejudice based on our race, our ethnicity, our financial status or any other factor.

God loves us freely and offers us His plan of salvation freely.

On the other hand, our relationship with God is something that doesn’t just happen freely.

It takes effort. It takes work. We get out what we put in.

James 4:8 (NKJV) 8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

As followers of Christ, we need to take the necessary steps to strengthen our walk with God and build that relationship into one that stands the test of time and lasts through tough situations and fiery trials.

In fact, as our relationship with God grows, the fiery trials that do come our way will show us where we’re at with Him and help us to see where we are weak and where we are strong.

And we also need to understand that growing our relationship with God won’t stop tough times from occurring in our lives, but it will equip us to handle them better and come through them without being mortally wounded spiritually.

So we need to accept God’s gift of salvation and then put forth the effort required to take those next steps and grow our relationship with Him. Amen.