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Your Daily Bible Verse – 1-2-12

(Mal 3:10-12 NKJV)  Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, That there may be food in My house, And try Me now in this,” Says the LORD of hosts, “If I will not open for you the windows of heaven And pour out for you such blessing That there will not be room enough to receive it. {11} “And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, So that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground, Nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field,” Says the LORD of hosts; {12} “And all nations will call you blessed, For you will be a delightful land,” Says the LORD of hosts.

One Sunday morning about 13 years ago we were attending a church service. The pastor there was speaking about Abraham and how he had entered into a covenant with God, and how he was blessed because of that covenant.

It was very clear to both of us that day that God was speaking to us loud and clear about what we needed to do to get FREE from the situation we were in!

At that time in our life, my husband was laid off from a job he worked for 13yrs and was going to school. I was working a full week and all day Saturday and it still left bills unpaid. We had two children to feed and clothe. We were up to our eyeballs in debt and the bill collectors were calling our home constantly. Things were a mess! We were tired and stressed and didn’t know what to do. Can you relate?

After lunch that day, my husband and I got out every bill we had and laid them out on our bed. It was a mountain for sure! We prayed over this mountain of bills and repented to God for the wrong we had done, for this was our mess. We had made many bad decisions that had gotten us to where we were.

We made a covenant with God, that from that day forward we would give to Him first what was His. No matter how much we had, He would get His first and then we would use the rest for our needs.

The very next day my husband felt like he needed to make some phone calls to places where we had overdue balances. The first place we called was a doctor’s office, to see what kind of arrangements we could make to take care of what we owed them. To his surprise the receptionist  told him not to worry about it. They just wiped our bill clean; we had a ZERO balance! The next call,  same kind of response, no balance!

This went on to the third call that day… he couldn’t believe it!! But deep down we knew, God went before us and was cleaning house! It was the covenant we made with Him. From that day, forward, no matter what our situation looked like, we would give to Him first.

God took our situation and completely turned it around, over time. Not all of it was that easy. There still were some tough days ahead, and we had to stay disciplined, but we knew we were heading in the right direction. God was with us and fighting for us; we were no longer alone. The covenant that we made with God to faithfully give our tithe gave us protection.

You see, it was God’s knowledge that day that we listened to and acted upon! God honored that and He was right there to reward us for doing the right thing. If you are struggling in any area of your life,  break that curse that is over you today…get out from under it.

You say “how do I do that?” Take a step of obedience; give to God and get under God’s covering by being obedient to Him.

Take time to pray as to where to sow your tithe. Make sure it is in good Ground. I believe this year is going to be a BIG year as we are faithful to obey!!

God bless 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 – 12-31-11

(Rom 8:31 NKJV)  What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Being challenged at work to do beyond our capacity and being under-paid is a hard thing to deal with, especially knowing that there is not much out there for work these days.

We need the job; that’s all there is to it. So we keep on plugging away and doing what we can to help and try to stay somewhat above water. We hope that we don’t get more piled onto us until we catch up with what we have. We just keep on keeping on until something else comes up or changes happen.

Being mistreated and overworked on a job is NOT right, but it happens all the time and people get away with doing it. What can we do to get past it and make our jobs a little less aggravating?

We can start by knowing that if God is for us, who can be against us. God is watching and He knows what is going on and He doesn’t like abuse or people mistreating people. As we tell Him about our concerns and trust Him, He will come through for us. He is faithful!!

God is for us. Be encouraged today if you are working hard and not feeling like you’re getting anywhere, with no raise, no promotion, not even a thank you. It’s time to start praying to God for a change and then let Him go to battle for you!

What we need to do in the meantime is to keep doing what we know we are supposed to do, with a good attitude and let Him lead us.

Trust God!!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Your Daily Bible Verse – 12-27-11

(John 4:48-51 NKJV) Then Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will by no means believe.” {49} The nobleman said to Him, “Sir, come down before my child dies!” {50} Jesus said to him, “Go your way; your son lives.” So the man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and he went his way. {51} And as he was now going down, his servants met him and told him, saying, “Your son lives!”

The question today is; do we believe in Jesus’ Word that He speaks to us about our situation or our need, or do we have to see Him work it out first in order to believe it?

Faith is not about seeing the results first. The Bible clearly tells us what Faith is (Heb 11:1 KJV) Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

When we believe God to do something for us, we can’t wait until He does it. The faith comes first. We have to get Him ahead of time, get His word on the situation, knowing what the Bible says He will do and hold onto it, trusting that He will work it all out even if we don’t see the evidence at first.

Very recently, my nephew, John, laid in the intensive care unit after being in a terrible car accident. He looked hopeless. He had tubes everywhere. He couldn’t eat, couldn’t breathe on his own, and they COULD NOT let him regain consciousness, because just being awake could harm him badly.

His brain was so swollen it could have killed him if there was any kind of activity at all. But, God gave me a vision in the midst of the storm and in this vision, my nephew was awake, laying in the hospital bed with a football under his arm, smiling. It was God’s word to me. It was His way of showing me that John would be fine.

After this, I got updates on John each day. They were all very disturbing; nothing like I would have thought. But God gave me His word and in my heart His word stayed strong despite what I was hearing, despite the pressure of the family and what they were saying. Of course they were lining up with death and negativity on all ends. But, God’s Word is much more powerful!!

Today John is doing a lot of the normal things that teens do at his age. He’s home, walking, talking, texting, eating! Praise be to God! If John had died he would have gone to hell, he has not accepted Jesus Christ as of yet. My prayer is that he will soon.

Thank you all so much for your prayers. Your faith in God did not only saved his life on this earth, but your prayers and your faith helped save him from going to hell if he had died. He is not burning today because of your faith, your prayers and you standing strong on God’s word!!

Thank you for your faith in God, and remember trust in the WORD and let God bring it to pass! Your situations will change from hopelessness to a MIRACLE!!

God bless you all!

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 – 12-26-11

(Job 2:9-10 NKJV)  Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and die!” {10} But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

Job holds a special place in my heart. He was a man who faced incredible adversity and yet he never gave up on God.

Job’s own wife told him to just curse God and die. Hmm… not very loyal, was she?

But seriously, what did it take for Job to hold fast to God while losing everything he had, including his family, and while everyone in his life who remained was telling him how foolish he was to hold onto his faith?

It took an absolute trust in God. It took a faith that could not be shaken by situations or circumstances. It took a faith in God that went beyond human logic and understanding.

We all need faith like that. We all need to learn to put our circumstances and situations lower on our list of priorities and put God first and let Him work our situations out for us.

Don’t get me wrong… it’s not always easy to do, but it’s something that we need to do. We need to learn to give our situations to God and keep our faith strong, even when the world around us is telling us to curse God and die.

So as I wrap this up, I want to share a little something with you that God showed me many years ago. Many of us have probably heard people talk about the patience of Job, but God showed me that Job had more than patience. He had incredible faith. So in the future, when you think of Job, remember his faith.

We all need faith like Job’s faith.

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 – 12-24-11

(Luke 8:23-25 NKJV)  But as they sailed He fell asleep. And a windstorm came down on the lake, and they were filling with water, and were in jeopardy. {24} And they came to Him and awoke Him, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” Then He arose and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water. And they ceased, and there was a calm. {25} But He said to them, “Where is your faith?” And they were afraid, and marveled, saying to one another, “Who can this be? For He commands even the winds and water, and they obey Him!”

This is Jesus… our Savior. He is the one who gave His life for us and whom we follow.

He spoke to the winds and they stopped. He spoke to the dead and they lived again. He touched blind eyes and they could see. He rebuked demons and they fled.

What is it that we really have to worry about? Isn’t our trust in the right place if we’re truly trusting God, through our faith in Jesus?

Our minds wander and they blow things out of proportion. We always tend to think the worst.

But if we truly learn to trust God, our worries will fade away and they will be replaced with peace and joy.

Tests and trials will surely come. It’s a fact of life. But worrying doesn’t have to follow right behind the tests and trials.

Let God build your trust and then give Him your worries.

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 – 12-22-11

(Prov 3:5-6 NKJV)  Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; {6} In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.

Sometimes it can seem very hard to know what choices to make and what direction to take, when it comes time to make important decisions in our lives.

There are so many different things that can influence us or try to sway us. Everyone has their opinions and their point of view, and most of the time they’re more than willing to give it to us, even when we didn’t ask for it.

When we need to make a decision about something, whether it’s a big decision or a little one, we need to get God on it and hear what He has to say.

We may not always understand things… why we’re in a certain situation or why we’re supposed to do something a certain way, but that’s OK. God’s ways don’t always make sense to our carnal minds.

But if we trust in Him and acknowledge Him in everything, He will work it all out, in His timing.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

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Your Daily Bible Verse – 12-21-11

(2 Cor 9:6-7 NKJV)  But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. {7} So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.

I believe that as we give back to God a tenth of what He gives us, we will be blessed! I believe if we go beyond that and give more and do it with a good heart, we will see the things change in our situation.

Sometimes it’s hard to start giving if you have never been taught that this is important and is a key to getting out of debt, getting a job, or just changing your situation wherever you need change. When you sow into God and the work He is doing, you will be blessed.

Some of us are struggling today, even though we might be making good money, because it just goes to bills and other things. It goes as quick as it comes in. Well, God has away of teaching us the importance of sowing and reaping in this verse. It is one of the key things to getting out from under that feeling of never having enough and never catching up.

It’s so important to know where to sow your seed. Take for instance when you invest money in stocks; you are not going to invest in something that is not good. You do a search and you check it out and if you see its fruit, or you see it’s doing well then you invest because you know that you will see a return.

When you invest your seed where God wants you to, get ready. You will see Victory over your situation!

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 – 12-16-11

(James 4:13-14 NKJV)  Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”; {14} whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.

Every once in a while we all need to be reminded of how fragile life is and that not a single one of us is promised a tomorrow.

I know this is something we’ve touched on before, but it’s always worth repeating, simply because it’s a hard truth.

Our lives can change forever in a split second, either by a choice we make or because of something that someone else does. Either way, we can never go back and rewind and change what happened.

We need to know that when these trials and tests come we are not alone. God is there for us. We just need to reach out to Him and trust Him, no matter what the circumstances look like.

In our lives, every choice we make has a consequence. But when we make bad choices, or when someone else makes bad choices, and the consequences for those choices come our way, we will never be left alone.

If you’re going through a tough time right now, trust God. Let Him help you through your trial and bring you 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 – 12-14-11

(Psa 18:2 NKJV)  The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; My God, my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

We would like to say a sincere “thank you” to you all… you guys are amazing!

We are so appreciative of you and your kind and encouraging words to us, how it helps us through, to keep going and doing what we feel called to do. Thank you!

We know for some of you, just from reading the testimony you sent in, how hard it must have been to shout out, being in the situation you are in. But, Praise God YOU did it! We are believing that God is going to bring you great Victory as You trust and obey His commandments!

I sat at my desk as I do every morning, sipping my tea, and as I began to open up the testimonies that came in, I had moments of tears, moments of laughter and rejoicing and moments of just lifting my arms up to God and praising Him for what He has done for you!!

You people amazed my husband and I with your faith! Do you know we need each other? Your testimonies meant a lot to us and touched us both right in our hearts. We are praying for those that requested prayer and even for those that haven’t. God is FAITHFUL!

Lean on Him today, He is our rock!!

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 – 12-12-11

(Exo 20:15 NKJV)  “You shall not steal.

Steal: to take the property of another wrongfully and especially as a habitual or regular practice

How many of us steal and maybe we don’t even give it a second thought?

We can steal from our neighbors. We can steal from our employer. We can steal from God.

There are many different ways we can steal. It’s not always about walking into a store and leaving with something that we didn’t pay for. Most times it’s more subtle than that.

Some of us may do it without even thinking that it’s stealing. Are we using company time to take care of personal business? Are we taking company property home with us? Paper, tape, paper clips, pens, pencils, postage stamps… these are all items that can easily be taken home and used for our personal stuff.

How about our time? Are we spending company time on the phone doing personal things? Are we surfing the web for personal reasons, on company time?

How about our neighbors? Are we encroaching on the property line between our neighbor’s home and ours? Are we intentionally planting shrubs too close to the property boundary, hoping that they won’t notice?

Are we robbing God? Are we not honoring God in all we do? Are we putting God 2nd, 3rd or lower on our list of priorities? Are we not honoring God with our finances? Are we not tithing and trusting Him with our money?

Just a friendly reminder that we always need to be alert and keep ourselves sharp, not falling into any of the snares of the enemy, even in some of the subtle areas of our lives.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
401-377-5400

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Your Daily Bible Verse – 12-10-11

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(Gen 22:10-12 NKJV) And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. {11} But the Angel of the LORD called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” So he said, “Here I am.” {12} And He said, “Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.”

God is never too late, but always on time. Thank God that Abraham did not slay his son. He would have had some explaining to do for that one. But, God was there on time!!

How often does God ask us to do something and He will take care of the rest? So, we start off doing our part and if He doesn’t show up when we think He should, we get nervous and take matters into our own hands.

God did ask Abraham to do this and Abraham was going all the way through. God saw Abraham’s heart and He saw that nothing came between Him and God; not even his own son.

I have to be careful when it comes to my children because I love them so much that if I’m not careful, I let them take precedence before God and that is wrong. Nothing and NO ONE should come before God. He comes first in all things.

I find it interesting that God wanted Abraham’s son. This was the son that Abraham waited so long for…and this son, I’m sure, meant a lot to him and Sarah. It was the very thing that probably meant the most to them. Abraham did not withhold it from God.

What or who are we holding on to today? Do we love it or them more than God or will we give it up when He asks for it?

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
401-377-5400

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