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Your Daily Bible Verse – 2-11-12

(Psa 18:3 NKJV)  I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; So shall I be saved from my enemies.

I love the fact that we can call on the Lord and He will save us from our enemies. We don’t have to try to fix everything ourselves, or get anyone else involved unless God directs us and opens a door.

Sometimes we can spend a lot of time and energy talking about what so-and-so is doing to us, when all we really need is to call upon the Lord and let it go. The talking and pondering on what our enemy has done or is trying to do can cause us to be worn out and tired. It can distract us from the things we should be doing.

God’s Words can be so simple but yet so full of Wisdom that we can miss the important things at times because we are looking for some deep teaching.

If you are in a difficult situation and everything seems to be coming against you today just as His Word says, open up and call upon the Lord…let Him save you from your enemy.

God is so 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 – 2-2-12

(Rom 8:38-39 NKJV)  For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, {39} nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

During the past 48 hours we have received a steady stream of incoming emails with testimonies from hundreds of people, sharing how God is working in their lives through the Daily Bible verse.

We have been in awe at the testimonies shared. Many times, as we read them, tears flowed down our faces in light of the wonders of God and the love that was poured out toward us. We were truly touched.

Included in some of the emails were some very serious prayer requests. Some of you who wrote had been through or are going through some very desperate situations and circumstances. Some were distraught and even bordering on depression.

We have prayed over these requests and we are believing with you that God will give you victory in your situations, and in your lives as a whole. No matter how bad things might seem, God is never far off.

There is nothing in this life that can separate us from His love. NOTHING! So when things seem dismal and you feel like you have nowhere to turn and no options left, simply cry out to Him and cling to Him.

Don’t let hell’s demons convince you that this life isn’t worth living or that God has abandoned you. These are lies straight from the pit of hell. Pick yourself up by the strength of God, stare the enemy straight in the face and tell him to leave, in the name of Jesus.

Never, ever consider taking your own life and never, ever give up on God. No matter what comes our way, He gives us hope and strength. We just need to grab hold of it.

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 – 1-25-12

(Prov 3:13-14 NKJV) Happy is the man who finds wisdom, And the man who gains understanding; {14} For her proceeds are better than the profits of silver, And her gain than fine gold.

If at any time we are not sure what to do and feeling confused about the situation we are in or the decision we have to make, remember that God wants us to get His wisdom and understanding; don’t make a decision based on uncertainties. Get God on it.

Wait on Him. Oh how faithful HE is!!

When we get God’s wisdom and understanding, there is NO guessing, and there is no wondering. There is simply a KNOWING that comes. Even if we don’t know the whole thing, just a little piece is Good enough!!

BE HAPPY!!

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 – 1-19-12

(Heb 13:6 NKJV)  So we may boldly say: “The LORD is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?”

God is our helper at all times, through thick and thin. If we need help, He is there! If we don’t need help… He will still be there, waiting for when we do!

We may think at times that God is not listening, He doesn’t want to help us, He doesn’t realize what we have been through or what we are going through right now. Sometimes we may feel like He has left us.

Don’t believe it for one second, He will not leave us or forsake us, no matter what. In those quiet times when we don’t hear anything from Him, we just need to wait. Wait patiently until the door opens. We will know when it does.

Think about this; we have Christ, the Messiah, His Spirit living in us. This Man is the Son of the Almighty God, The God that created this world! He has the Power to do all things, the way He wants to and He is on our side!

There is NOTHING to be afraid about. (John 14:26 NKJV)  “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.

Man can’t touch us if we walk in the power of the Holy Spirit and let God lead us. If we stop being afraid of every little thing and trust God, He will lead us into VICTORY!

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 – 1-17-12

(Psa 116:1-2 NKJV)  I love the LORD, because He has heard My voice and my supplications. {2} Because He has inclined His ear to me, Therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live.

How many of us today can testify that God has heard our cry and answered us faithfully?

There have been a few seasons in our lives where all I could do is cry out. I can remember feeling at times that if God didn’t do something soon or give me some kind of light at the end of this tunnel I was going through, I didn’t know what I was going to do.

But God came through every time, as He will do for you too, if He hasn’t already! This is a good day to Praise Him. He is an AWESOME God and so worthy to be Praised.

Spend some time today just reminiscing on the good things that God has done for you! We are so blessed to have such a good Daddy that loves us so much! He loves us people!

We don’t have to prove anything to Him. We don’t have to look a certain way, or have some fabulous job, or luxurious house. He loves us just the way we are. Be you today

Give Him praise the way you want to and how you want to. It doesn’t matter if some people may think it’s silly or crazy…do it anyway.

Be you and Praise the One who made you!

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 – 1-12-12

(John 14:24 NKJV) “He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine but the Father’s who sent Me.

Keeping God’s word and the things He commands us fresh in our hearts everyday may take putting time aside to read and study. Learning more about God helps us to walk through this life with the right attitude, knowledge, wisdom and, most importantly, the love needed to share with others. It is all about getting our hearts right with God. If we don’t get our heart right with God and let Him change us from the inside out, we won’t be able to help anyone.

This does not mean that we will always do everything right. There will be times when we make mistakes, but even in those times God will help us fix things, as we go to Him, being careful not get stubborn and push away from Him. Staying open to God and those He may use to help us at times is so important.

God is a good God and He wants the best for us all. Keeping His words shows Him how much we love Him. We can tell Him we love Him all we want, and He loves to hear it!! But we also need to show Him by keeping His Words dear to us and acting on it  every moment of every day.

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 – 1-9-12

(Mat 9:28-29 NKJV) And when He had come into the house, the blind men came to Him. And Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They said to Him, “Yes, Lord.” {29} Then He touched their eyes, saying,”According to your faith let it be to you.”

All Jesus wants us to do is believe that He can and will heal us, deliver us, save us,  and give us the protection we need daily as we believe Him.

Is there something we have been struggling with for months, or even years? Maybe it’s something we knew we needed to do but never thought it could be done. Well today the answer is here; Jesus is speaking to us all in our individual lives and asking us the same question that He asked the blind man. Take time today and answer Him.

When Jesus asked the blind man, his answer was, “Yes Lord”. Then He healed the man’s eyes and said, “According to your faith, let it be to you”.

So it’s important to have faith. How do we get our faith to grow? By reading and believing the word of God, and applying it to our daily life situations, by praying for others and seeing their situations change and by simply allowing God to take us through the hard times and the good times. This will grow our faith.

Don’t struggle today… just simply say “Yes, Lord, I believe you can!”

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 – 1-7-12

(1 Ki 17:14-16 NKJV)  “For thus says the LORD God of Israel: ‘The bin of flour shall not be used up, nor shall the jar of oil run dry, until the day the LORD sends rain on the earth.'” {15} So she went away and did according to the word of Elijah; and she and he and her household ate for many days. {16} The bin of flour was not used up, nor did the jar of oil run dry, according to the word of the LORD which He spoke by Elijah.

Elijah was told by God to find a specific woman; a widow with a son. She was gathering sticks to build a fire, cook a small meal for herself and her son and then die, as the meal she was preparing was all they had.

Elijah asked her for a drink of water and a meal to eat. The woman explained to him that she was about to eat her last meal and then die.

Elijah was a man of great faith and assured the woman that if she would do as he had asked, God would supply her needs and she would not die.

As Elijah had promised, she fed him and the oil in her jar never dried up. Her flour never ran out. They ate without lack until the famine was over.

Let this woman be an example to all of us. She didn’t give out of her abundance. She gave out of her lack and her need.

We get asked a lot of questions about giving and tithing. Let me state emphatically that tithing is a necessity. Giving to God before we give to anyone or anything else is critical to our financial well-being. We have many people tell us that they don’t know if they can afford to tithe. We always respond and tell people that they can’t afford not to tithe.

Giving is necessary if we ever expect to receive. If we don’t sow, we will never reap a harvest. If we’re lacking, we have probably not been giving.

As we shared previously, we have been in situations where we were lacking and our finances were falling apart. We got there because we were not putting God first in our finances. When we changed this, He brought changes to our lives and breathed new life into our financial situation.

Show God that you trust Him. Give Him what he asks for and stand firm on it, committing to do it no matter what comes your way. You will never regret it.

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 – 1-6-12

(1 Cor 1:27 NKJV)  But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty;

God is mighty. God is awesome. God is bigger and more powerful than our human minds can ever completely understand.

What we fail to understand, though, is that God is not complicated in the way He chooses to do things in our lives. God works in our lives in very simple ways. It’s us, frail human beings, who choose to complicate things.

So many times we try to figure God out. We try to fit Him into a box. We try to squeeze Him into the mold that our mind creates in an effort to understand Him or make ourselves equal with Him.

In doing this, we push ourselves further away from Him instead of drawing closer to Him. Our intellect can never equal the wisdom of God. Our reasoning can never figure God out. Instead of trying to make ourselves equal to Him with our minds, maybe it’s time we humble ourselves before Him and accept the way He chooses to do things in our lives.

Simplicity and humility before God is not something to be ashamed of. It’s a necessity.

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 – 1-5-12

(Gen 39:23 NKJV)  The keeper of the prison did not look into anything that was under Joseph’s authority, because the LORD was with him; and whatever he did, the LORD made it prosper.

Joseph was a prisoner in jail, but the keeper did not pay to much attention to what Joseph did because the things he put his hands to, prospered. Why? Because God was with him!

You say, God was with him even in prison? Oh yes! He goes with us, He stays with us, no matter where we go. You see we can be in a place that we dislike or a position that is not what we prefer and He can still bring good out of it. Why? Because God is with us even in an awful place, an awful situation, even in situations that we don’t even deserve.

As we trust in God and lean on Him, He will prosper those things we touch. It doesn’t matter where we are at as long as we remain in Him, close to Him, and obeying Him.
So be encouraged today! You may be in the worst place ever, just like Joseph. But God was with him and the things he touched prospered. You too will prosper.

Don’t give up, and be sure keep your attitude right. Keep working hard and don’t look at your neighbor to see what he or she is doing and getting away with; that’s not our concern. Our concern is to keep being positive and looking to God for the victory! It will come…

Keep our eyes on Christ, no matter what it looks like around us!!

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 – 1-3-12

(1 Cor 14:33 NKJV)  For God is not the author of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints.

Do you ever wonder how to tell when God is speaking to you? Do you sometimes have a hard time discerning between your own thoughts and the promptings of God?

Sometimes we need to make important decisions in our lives and we wrestle with which direction to go. We feel one way one minute and then we feel another way later the same day.

Sometimes we may feel complete peace and other times we might feel like we are in complete turmoil.

God’s word tells us that He is not the author of confusion, but of peace. He also tells us (2 Tim 1:7 NKJV)  For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

So if you are in a place where fear and confusion seem to be reigning, you can be pretty sure that God isn’t in that place. If you have peace in the midst of a major decision, you can be pretty sure you’re headed in the direction that God wants you to go.

Let me put it one more way that might help us get some clarity; If we are in a place where we need to make a major decision that can change our lives, and we can’t seem to find peace about the choice we’re leaning toward or might have already gone toward, God probably isn’t in favor of the direction we chose.

However, if you are contemplating a major decision or have made a major decision that can or will change your life, and you just seem to have peace about it, despite it being very major, you can be pretty sure that God is in favor of the path you’ve chosen.

Trust God and His leading.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-377-5400

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