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Bible Verse of The Day – 12-13-12

(Psalm 17:7 NKJV)  Show Your marvelous lovingkindness by Your right hand, O You who save those who trust in You From those who rise up against them.

Do you know that having to trust God for something isn’t a bad thing?

When we share with people about what we are trusting God for, we shouldn’t be sad or doom and gloom about it. We may think, “but I have been trusting God for a new home for some time now. I have been trusting God to save my sister, and my family members.”

Some of us may be trusting God for a new job or financial breakthrough. Maybe we are trusting God for a healing over ourselves or someone dear to us.

It’s a good thing that we are trusting God and not anyone or anything else. It is He that will bring us victory over our situation or our circumstances. If we are not trusting Him for something then something is wrong.

Trusting God for something should be exciting!! Waiting on Him to reveal His plan should cause us to rejoice even more, because we are not waiting on just anyone…we are waiting on the ONE! The Omnipotent, Jehovah, the Alpha & Omega, the Creator of this World! This is who we put our trust in.

Find something today to trust God for either for yourself or for someone else. Find a need and trust God to fulfill it. He will save us from those situations or problems trying to rise up against us.

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 – 11-16-12

(Psa 64:10 NKJV)  The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and trust in Him. And all the upright in heart shall glory.

Where does your happiness come from? Does it come from being able to go shopping? How about having food to eat? Does your happiness come from being married or being popular? How about from your job title or position? Does your happiness depend on whether or not your children are succeeding?

All of these things can be good and can bring us some happiness, gladness and joy. But we must always remember the One person that brings long lasting GLADNESS; Our LORD and Savior, Jesus Christ! This is where we will find true fulfillment… in Him and through Him.

Be Glad and put your trust in Him today! He is the supplier of all our needs! He will help you have food in your cupboards at all times! He will give you a good solid marriage! He will raise you and train you to be a leader! He will help guide your children into success!

We shall GLORY as we trust Him!!

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 – 11-15-12

(1 Thessalonians 5:16 NKJV)  Rejoice always…

Are you going through tough times right now? Are you fearful about the current state of the world? Do you wonder what tomorrow will bring?

What does God say we should do in the midst of all this? Rejoice always!

God wants us to rejoice in everything, both good times and tough times. In victory and in trials, He wants us to rejoice!

Further on, He says (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.

So we are to rejoice, pray and give thanks. This is so opposite what our flesh wants to do when we face struggles. In the natural, we want to cry, pout, ask God why this is happening to us and have a little pity party for ourselves.

But God wants us to press into Him and pull our strength from Him! He wants us to pick ourselves up and move forward, even when it feels like we can’t get up.

We can do all things through Christ who strengthens us. (Philippians 4:13).

We have not been left alone or abandoned. We are not orphans. We have a heavenly Father who loves us and wants us to cross the finish line with victory.

Let’s learn how to rejoice, no matter what comes our way and watch how God works in our lives.

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 – 11-9-12

(2 Tim 2:13 NKJV)  If we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself.

There are very few people or things that can truly be counted on to be there 100% of the time when we need them to be. But there is one exception to that rule and He is God.

God will never, ever let us down. Men and women will let us down. Friends and relatives will let us down and disappoint us. Employers will let us down. Leaders will let us down. But God will never let us down or disappoint us.

Sometimes it’s hard to understand why things happen the way they do. Nobody will ever understand the things that come along in life. Sometimes it’s hard to know why God allows things to take place.

But He does allow things to happen and no matter how we might feel about them, He is still in control. He is faithful.

So today, no matter how concerned you might be about the current state of things, whether it is your country, your job, your family, or whatever else you might see as a big problem, know deep in your heart that God is faithful above all else.

He will never fail.

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 – 10-27-12

(Gen 15:5-6 NKJV)  Then He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.” {6} And he believed in the LORD, and He accounted it to him for righteousness.

Believing is when everything within us says yes and amen to whatever it is that we need to believe in or believe for.

For instance, when God said to Abram, “so shall your descendants be”… at that very moment, everything in Abram believed what God said. At that very moment, if there was anything trying to bring doubt or confusion, etc., Abram had to shut it down and believe what God was saying to him, versus anything that might have tried to get him to think otherwise.

That is when it became belief! God knew that Abram believed with His whole being and at that moment the Word that was spoken to Abram became real and alive! The journey began. You see, God’s Word mixed with Belief makes it alive!

When Abram believed God, it says He accounted it to him for righteousness. Wow!! This is something we can shout about!

How many times does God give us a Word and a part of us says yes and the other part says HOW? Well, don’t try to figure out the how, it will destroy the belief. Just let the part of you that says YES and Amen rule and reign over the part that says how.

God is looking for a people that will stop trying to figure Him out and just say YES with everything in us!!

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 – 9-24-12

(Mat 10:36 NKJV)  “and ‘a man’s enemies will be those of his own household.’

Are we going through family turmoil in our homes, within our church family, or in our work place, etc.? Well, don’t let it take you by surprise. God’s Word shows us that we don’t have to look very far to find enemies; they can be right in our own backyard.

It’s very hard when we have family members, close friends or co-workers that cause trouble for us, simply because they don’t agree with who we have chosen to be in Christ or how we choose to handle things.

It’s possible they are just plain jealous because good things are happening in our lives and they can’t handle it. But we can’t let them stop us from doing what is right and being all that Christ calls us to be.

We have to be alert, stand our ground, be who God has called us to be, and keep moving forward with love!!

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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Bible Verse of The Day – 9-15-12

(Mat 11:30 NKJV)  “For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

The world and the cares of it will weigh us down and drag us to the lowest of lows, if we let them.

It doesn’t take much for most of us to get caught up in the things around us and to let them steal or joy. Once our joy has been stolen, we become powerless for the kingdom of God.

Jesus came to take away those heavy burdens. He wants us to let go of the heavy burdens that we carry unnecessarily and exchange them for His peace and His joy.

Knowing Jesus won’t make all of our problems magically disappear overnight, but having His joy and peace, and learning to trust God for the answers to our problems will surely change our outlook on life.

Take on the yoke of Jesus and let Him lead you.

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 – 9-14-12

(Psa 119:162 NKJV)  I rejoice at Your word As one who finds great treasure.

Always get God’s word on your situation.

A lot of you prayed for my nephew, John, last year when he was in a horrendous car accident and because of your prayers God healed Him. Thank you all once again!

When John was in the hospital, the doctors were saying nothing. They couldn’t tell us if John would make it. They were doing everything they could, but had no answers for my family.

I did not know what would happen to him because he was so bad off. Chances of him making it looked completely impossible. But, during this time, as I sought God for His Word on this particular situation, he showed me my nephew John, sitting up in the hospital bed with a football under his arm. I knew that was God’s word to me that my nephew would live!

Today, John has one eye that he is blind in, but everything else is healed; his mind, his body, and all of his head injuries. And he no longer has a tracheotomy to breathe through. John has actually been playing football again!

God speaks in many ways so don’t be prejudice in the way it comes to you. Just let it come.

For me it was a vision. For you it may be some other way. God is God!!

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 – 9-8-12

(James 4:10 NKJV)  Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.

Our prayer today is that each and every one of us will do just this.

Humble ourselves in the sight of the Lord; It simply means to give Him our lives. Give to Him what bothers us, what eats away at us, what pulls on us, what causes us to worry, etc.

Humbling ourselves means to let go of the ways we so want to do things and let God do whatever He wants in us and through us, by changing us and making us HIS!

So many times I pray “God, let Your will be done”. But let me say this, sometimes when it comes right down to it, I don’t always mean what I’m saying. I don’t always like His will and the way He wants to do things. That is where I must humble myself and do it His way in spite of what I think or feel.

Jesus said it Himself before being crucified, (Luke 22:42 NKJV)  saying, not My will, but Yours, be done.

Let us come humbly today and let Him lift us up.

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 – 8-15-12

(Psa 50:15 NKJV)  Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.”

Don’t you just love how God is there for us? There is security and stability in knowing that the Creator of Heaven and Earth will deliver us!

Knowing the One who is there for us, who will deliver us, who is watching over us at all times, should cause us to walk in peace.

Think about this; if you are a parent, don’t you want to know what your child is up to 24-7? It’s natural for parents to want to know where their kids are and what they are up to; if they are eating right, sleeping enough, doing good in school, etc.?

With God it is the same. He is keeping His eye on us. His ear is listening at all times. He is very concerned about us for He is our Daddy!! Call on Him if you are in trouble today and let Him deliver You!!

Some people may say, “well, He doesn’t want to hear from me. I’ve turned my back on Him so many times. I knew He was trying to tell me to stay away from this very thing that has caused my problems and I ignored Him and did it anyway. I can’t go to Him now because I hurt Him and I don’t blame Him for not wanting me to ask for help…it’s my own fault I’m where I am today. So I must get myself out of this one.”

But remember that no matter how many times we fall, God loves us and will help us. Don’t run away from Him. We must run to Him and let Him deliver us.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-377-5400

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