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Bible Verse of The Day – 7-3-14

(1 Thessalonians 5:17 NKJV) pray without ceasing,

I was on the phone with my son-in-law the other day.

As he was talking to me, his seven year old son (my grandson) came out of his bedroom. He had been in there with the door closed.

His dad asked him what he was doing. His son replied nonchalantly, “Just talking to God.”

That is all prayer is; just talking to God.

Spend some time with Him today. Amen

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Bible Verse of The Day – 5-19-14

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.

So many times we hear this verse quoted and then hear a discourse about praying until we get our answer… praying over and over again until God comes through.

We are led to believe that fervent prayer means praying repeatedly, praying repetitiously, until something happens.

But we’re here to tell you that this is not what God is telling us in this verse! Please read this and hear what God is saying.

We know that God wants us to pray fervently. There is no question about this. But what is fervent, anyway? What does it really mean?

fervent: felt very strongly, having or showing very strong feelings, exhibiting or marked by great intensity of feeling.

What would be some synonyms for fervent? How about these; ardent, fiery, burning, impassioned.

So we can see that fervent has nothing to do with repetition! It has everything to do with our heart being poured into something, and in this case, it means pouring our heart into prayer.

So God wants us to pray fervently, with everything in us, with passion, with intensity, and with faith that He will answer! Not with repetition and lack of heart.

Matthew 6:7 (NKJV) And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words.

So take what God is speaking to us today and put it into practice, praying and seeking God fervently, with great passion, and fire from within us, pouring ourselves into it. And believe that He will answer.

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 – 5-14-14

(James 5:17-18 NKJV)  Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months. {18} And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.

This is just an example of what praying earnestly can do. If we want things to happen in our home, with our family, in our church, our schools and in our country, we must pray and pray earnestly.

God will answer our prayers. It may not be exactly the way we thought it would be answered or in the timing we had expected, but things change when we pray.

God is faithful and willing to help us in whatever we are concerned about. We have to trust and believe that He will answer us.

Don’t think just because things don’t happen or change right away that He didn’t hear our prayer. And don’t have any preconceived ideas of how He will answer. Be open to Him and willing to do whatever it takes on our end.

Don’t give up on praying…it works!

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 – 2-18-15

Psalm 46:10 (NKJV) Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!

Being still can be a pretty hard thing for us to do. We always want to be on the move, making things happen, changing things and controlling how things go.

Sometimes being on the move can be a good thing. We do, after all, need to get things done. It’s part of being a responsible adult.

But there are times when we need to be still. We need to sit still and be quiet long enough to hear God… to let Him speak to us, instead of us always thinking that He needs to hear us.

We like to say that we’re praying when we talk to God, or that when we talk to God, we’re praying. It’s just how most of us have been taught to think.

But, praying is a two-way conversation! We talk, God listens. God talks, we listen! We get this wrong so many times. We get so caught up in telling God what we need, what we want and how we feel, that we forget to, or get too self-absorbed to let God speak so that we can learn about how He feels.

Ouch. That kind of hurts our ego, doesn’t it? But it’s true!

And if we’re so busy talking that we can’t hear God, isn’t praying kind of pointless?

So, starting today, let’s take the time to listen, not just speak. Give God time to say His piece too, not just listen to your piece.

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 – 11-20-13

(1 Thessalonians 5:17-18 NKJV)  pray without ceasing, {18} in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

This is the will of God for us that we pray and not stop and that we give thanks in EVERYTHING.

This is a good reminder for us because when things are going good in our situations we can have a tendency to relax in our prayer time and even in our being thankful. We can actually get prideful if we are not careful.

God’s will for us is that we not get relaxed in our prayer time, but to stay consistent and continue to be thankful in everything.

Praying without ceasing may seem very hard to do at times, especially if we don’t have a lot going on in our lives that we think needs prayer.

We might not know what to pray for at times, but the Holy Spirit does. If we surrender ourselves to Him in prayer and let Him lead us we shall see much changed!!

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 – 9-24-13

(Psalm 54:2 NKJV)  Hear my prayer, O God; Give ear to the words of my mouth.

Every day we hear and see things go on around us, some good and some bad.

It’s Awesome to know that we can take a situation and pray it through.

If we see something going on that is not good, we can pray and God will hear our words.

We have someone that listens to us, someone that understands us and someone that wants to help us.

What a wonderful thing to know that our words don’t fall on deaf ears!

(Psalm 108:5-6 NKJV)  Be exalted, O God, above the heavens, And Your glory above all the earth; {6} That Your beloved may be delivered, Save with Your right hand, and hear me.

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 – 9-9-13

(James 5:15 NKJV)  And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

When we pray for ourselves or for others in need, we must believe within ourselves that God can and will save them or heal them. We must believe. If we have any doubt about it, then our prayer is not in faith; our prayer is in doubt.

It’s pretty simple, when we think about it, that we just need the prayer of faith, and then friends, family members and so forth will be saved and forgiven!

Now, knowing this truth, let us ask God to show us who needs this prayer today. And together, let us go after this world one by one and pray the prayer of faith for them and with them.

However it comes, let us take this world for Christ! 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 – 6-18-13

(2 Chronicles 7:14 NKJV)  “if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

If we humble ourselves and Pray.

This is the key to unlock the freedom in our country. This is the key to get God back into the places where He has been abandoned or shut out…Prayer is where it’s at.

Prayer is powerful and we don’t need to be anywhere in particularly to pray and get with God. We don’t need to be a Pastor or have any title for God to hear us; all we need is to be His people and open our mouths and our hearts to Him.

As a child cries out for their Papa when they have fallen down and are hurt, their Papa will not let them stay down hurt and suffering. No… he will coming running to rescue them, just as our Daddy wants to help us to get back UP and heal our wounds!

Today we need to pray for our country. Each one of us, not just a few here and there, not just a handful of us. We all need to join together for our country, whether it is in the USA or in another country, we are brothers and sisters in Christ (Matthew 18:20 NKJV)  “For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them.”).  Let us come together today, take some time today and pray.

God is with us in this. He tells us in His word to repent and Pray and He will heal our land. Is your land aching for Him today? Is it crying out for His presence once again?

We are equipped to do this. He has given us all we need for this battle and it lies in our hearts, protected and safe. It lies on our tongues. No one can take it away from us. Let us pray today for our country and let God Heal what man has tried to destroy.

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 – 12-18-12

(John 14:6 NKJV)  Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Today we want to share with you that God is reachable. We don’t have to go through a man, a woman or anyone else to get to God.

If we have received Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, we have the freedom to talk to God anytime, anywhere, for anything and He will hear our prayers. His Son, Jesus Christ, has made the way for us.

We don’t have to wait until Sunday, Wednesday night Bible Study or Saturday night service. Whenever we need God, we just talk to Him, knowing that He will answer our prayer. God is faithful!

If you need to talk to Him today, open your heart and let it out…He is waiting.

Put some time aside today and talk to your Daddy.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-377-5400

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Bible Verse of The Day – 9-18-12

(2 Chr 7:14 NKJV)  “if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

As I sit at my desk this morning, I think of the creation of this world that we live in and how beautiful it is; How our God made it for us to enjoy. He has given us all that we need whether in good times or times of trial. His plan is perfect.

I have to express, though, that because of our sin, our wrong thinking, and wrong choices we have all made, we have caused a mess. I don’t blame this on one person, for it has taken many people and many bad decisions, to get to the state that it is in today.

So what will it take to fix the mess? We need truth! We need truth to show us exactly where we’re at today, to help us see the reality of it and the seriousness of it.

We need truth to teach us to believe that our God is big enough to handle what is going on in this world… Truth to teach us how to believe that if we take the above verse and pray as God has asked us to do, He can turn this world around!

Will it be through might? No! Through power? No!! By God’s Spirit? YES and Amen!

Pray, children of God… turn from our wicked ways. Let His Spirit lead us in prayer every day for our land!! God is faithful!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-377-5400

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Your Daily Bible Verse – 12-30-11

(James 5:16 NKJV)  …The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.

For many years I thought that this verse meant that in order to be effective, a prayer had to be fervent… repetitive, prayed many times. It’s how we are all taught.

We’ve all heard that we need to prey fervently. But we are led to believe that praying something fervently means praying something over and over again.

A few months back God showed me that this isn’t the case. I had it all wrong. Fervent prayer doesn’t mean repetitive prayer. Fervent, in the way God uses it here, is referring to the person being fervent (consistent), but not that the prayer itself needs to be repeated over and over again for God to hear it and give you results.

We need to be fervent. We need to be consistent. It’s our consistent effort that God sees as being fervent. Take a look at this scripture below for confirmation:

(Mat 6:7 NKJV)  “And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words.

Repetition of our prayers is not the key. Consistency in our walk with God is the key. When we’re consistent in our walk with Him we will know Him and discern Him better. This puts us in line with His spirit and His will, allowing us to hear His voice better.

Our prayers are our conversations with God… us talking to Him and Him speaking to us! They are not an opportunity for us to show our eloquence of speech and how well we articulate our words!

Let’s be fervent in our walk, which will lead us to a better relationship with God and prayers that will get results!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-377-5400

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