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1 Corinthians 3:10-11 (NKJV) 10 According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I have laid the foundation, and another builds on it. But let each one take heed how he builds on it. 11 For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
As followers of Christ, it is imperative that we know the foundation upon which our faith is built; Jesus Christ, God with us.
There is no other foundation worthy of being built upon. In fact, any other foundation is not a foundation at all, but a counterfeit that will ultimately fail and crumble.
We need to be careful that what we are building our relationship with God on is the true foundation, not something full of cracks and other weaknesses.
There is a foolproof way to make sure of this. We compare everything we hear to God’s word.
His word is the measuring stick by which everything else is measured. It is the standard of truth to which everything else is held.
And it’s critical that we be willing to hear truth when it is shown to us, not simply ignore it because it may require us to change something that we are doing or something we had previously believed was truth.
So, we encourage you to check your foundation. Examine it for cracks or other problems. Measure it against the word of God. And be diligent to fix whatever cracks you find with the truth of God’s word.
This is not an endeavor of little importance. It is something that our eternal destiny depends on.
Matthew 7:24-25 (NKJV) 24 “Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: 25 and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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Psalm 119:40 (NKJV) 40 Behold, I long for Your precepts; Revive me in Your righteousness.
King David was ahead of his time. He was one of very few people who understood that God’s laws could not make us holy, nor could they give us a close relationship with Him.
Instead, he understood that if he grew his relationship with God, he would also have a stronger desire to walk in God’s precepts and please God along the way.
This is something that we all need to understand.
Following a set of rules doesn’t make us righteous. Doing what someone tells us doesn’t make us holy or sanctified.
Even today, living under God’s grace, there are still way too many people who think that following a prescribed set of steps or rules will draw us closer to God. This is 100% false.
God Himself tells us that if we draw near to Him, He will draw near to us.
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.
He also tells us that if we seek Him with all our heart, we will find Him.
Jeremiah 29:13 (NKJV) 13 And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.
Nowhere do we ever see God telling us that if we keep a set of rules that it will cause us to walk more closely with Him.
We urge you to draw near to Him. Seek Him with all your heart.
When we do this, then, because we are closer to Him, we will begin to walk out His precepts in our lives as He transforms our hearts and renews our minds.
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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We hope this video will bring understanding and clarity in some areas where there may have been confusion or a lack of understanding.
We love you all.
Sincerely in Christ,
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries P.O. Box 272 Bradford, RI 02808
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Romans 10:17 (NKJV) 17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
If there is one thing that God has shown me over and over again, it is this; You have to have your own faith and your own walk. Nobody can believe for you or walk the walk for you.
So many of us look at others around us and like what we see. We long to have what they have when it comes to their faith or their relationship with God.
While that might seem innocent, it really means that we are either lacking terribly in our walk with God, or it means that we are coveting what someone else has because we don’t think we can have it.
Here’s the good news, though!
We don’t need to want someone else’s walk with God. Why? Because He wants us to have one of our own that’s even better!
This doesn’t mean that our walk with God will be better than theirs. It means that our walk with God will be better for us because it will be ours, not theirs.
God wants us to build our relationship with Him so we can commune with Him in a way that’s meaningful and helpful to us. If all we do is mimic someone else, we will be left wanting. We will never feel complete, and our spirit will not be getting the nurturing and sustenance that it needs to thrive and grow.
How do we do this? We let God feed us and nurture us through His word.
We feast on His word daily. We take it in. We digest it. We ponder on it. We let it soak into our spirit. And we let it permeate our very being.
Then, a little tiny bit at a time, it will begin to change us, from the inside, out.
And, in time, it will not only become something that we can’t live without, but it will change almost everything about us in ways that we never even dreamed possible.
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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Seven Seas Ministries P.O. Box 272 Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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Exodus 33:11 (NKJV) 11 So the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. And he would return to the camp, but his servant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, did not depart from the tabernacle.
Moses had a special relationship with God.
God had chosen him to lead His people out of slavery in Egypt. Moses could have refused to do it. But he didn’t. He chose to do what God was asking him to do.
Even beyond that, Moses grew this special relationship to go even deeper than most everyone else we read about.
And God did some special things for Moses, too. He met with Moses. He talked with him. And He even chose to show Himself to Moses. But He told Moses that he could not see His face, since no man can see God’s face and live.
Exodus 33:20 (NKJV) 20 But He said, “You cannot see My face; for no man shall see Me, and live.”
God even told Moses where to stand when he passed by, so He could cover him with His hand to protect Him.
Exodus 33:22 (NKJV) 22 So it shall be, while My glory passes by, that I will put you in the cleft of the rock, and will cover you with My hand while I pass by.
Some of us may look at this and wonder why Moses had such a special relationship with God. Well, to be honest, he put the effort forth, and he reaped from that effort.
But it’s important that we remember that even though Moses had this kind of relationship with God, he wasn’t treated any differently by God than you or I.
God still held Moses to certain levels of accountability. And when Moses didn’t live up to those expectations, he was disciplined by God for it.
Moses had disobeyed God at one point, so God told him that because of his disobedience, Moses would not be allowed to enter into the promised land.
Deuteronomy 32:52 (NKJV) 52 Yet you shall see the land before you, though you shall not go there, into the land which I am giving to the children of Israel.”
You see, God is not partial. He shows no favoritism with any of us.
Romans 2:11 (NLT) 11 For God does not show favoritism.
God is God. He is holy and pure in every aspect. He will treat you and I the very same way He treated Moses. And our relationship with Him will be as strong as we make it.
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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Jeremiah 33:3 (NKJV) 3 ‘Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’
God tells us many, many times throughout His word to seek Him. He says it in many different ways; come after Him, draw near to Him, seek Him, call Him, and so on.
This makes it pretty clear that He wants us to pursue Him!
You see, many of us have it all wrong. We want God to chase us. And while His word does say that He will leave the 99 to seek out the 1 that is lost, this is different.
God wants a close relationship with us. He wants us to be so close that nothing can come between us and Him.
But here’s the catch. He leaves it up to us. He lets us make the decision whether to grow our relationship or not.
Why? Because a relationship where only one person makes an effort to grow it is not a relationship at all. It’s not even half a relationship.
God tells us to call to Him. And what will He do? He will answer! Beyond that, He also says He will show us great and mighty things which we do not know!
Let’s make an honest effort. Let’s pursue Him. And let’s do it with everything in us. The return will be more than worth the investment.
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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Colossians 1:9 (NKJV) 9 For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
That you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding.
As believers, this is our goal, to be filled with the knowledge of His will, and to gain spiritual understanding.
We can study endlessly. We can pray without ceasing. We can worship Him in spirit and in truth. We can work hard to attain certifications, degrees and other man-made titles. But if we forget to gain spiritual understanding and we fail to be filled with the knowledge of His will, we are empty and pointless.
There is a trend today to tack titles onto our names, even within the body of Christ. Some of these titles are biblical, while others are dreamed up by man.
But it doesn’t really matter if we add a title to our name or not. What matters is where our heart is and whether we put the time and effort into pursuing God wholeheartedly and with all sincerity.
The verse above is our prayer for each and every one of you. It is our desire that every single person who reads our emails and our blog posts, and who watches our videos will be encouraged to press in to God and learn of Him, becoming a strong, potent follower of Christ.
God wants each of us to walk the path He has set before us. Sometimes it can take a bit of time for us to find that path. Sometimes it can take a while for us to get the understanding we need to take those steps.
But God is faithful. And as He patiently waits for us and He continues to lead us and show us who He is, and who He wants us to be, His mercy is never-ending and his compassion for us will never fail.
Set your eyes on Him. Let His word guide your steps and light the path before you.
Amen
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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Luke 19:2-4 (NKJV) 2 Now behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich. 3 And he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not because of the crowd, for he was of short stature. 4 So he ran ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see Him, for He was going to pass that way.
Zacchaeus had heard that Jesus was passing through. Something told Him that this was a big deal, so he wanted to make sure he got to see who this Jesus was that everyone was talking about.
There was a problem, though. Zacchaeus was short. He was so short, in fact, that he couldn’t see over the crowd. But Zacchaeus was also determined! So, he ran ahead of the crowd and climbed up into a Sycamore tree! Now he would be sure to see Jesus.
As Jesus passed under the tree, He peered up into the tree and called Zacchaeus down, informing him that He wanted to stay at his house that night.
Zacchaeus and Jesus had some great conversation, resulting in Jesus proclaiming to Zacchaeus that salvation had come to his house that very day.
Because Zacchaeus was determined, and he took action, the King of kings and Lord of lords called him down out of the tree, went to his house and dined with him, spending time with him in private.
This gives us some motivation to take a look at our own efforts to spend time with Jesus. Are we putting forth the same effort that Zacchaeus did? Are we willing to run ahead of the crowd and climb a tree just to get a glimpse of Him?
Are we willing to push aside those things that try to stop us from getting to Him?
Are we willing to share our heart with Him, telling Him of our love for Him?
Let’s follow the example of Zacchaeus and watch our relationship with Jesus grow and flourish!
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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Philippians 3:10 (NKJV) 10 that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death…
Many of us, or maybe even most of us, want to know God more intimately than we do now. Some of us only know Him a little. Some of us know Him very well. Either way, though, we long to know Him better.
Personally, I crave to know Him more deeply. It’s a yearning that I feel inside of me. It drives me. It pushes me to go deeper with Him. To work harder to obtain the knowledge and understanding that I need in order to walk more closely with my Father, my Creator, the Giver of life to us all.
And don’t make any mistakes regarding the words “work harder”. I’m not implying that works (good deeds) will draw us closer to God. I’m referring, instead, to making whatever effort is needed to push away the obstacles that would try and hinder me and interfere with me, in order to prevent me from reaching my goal of knowing Him more intimately.
As I write this, I feel the words of Paul resounding within me, as He shared his longing for the very same thing.
Philippians 3:8-11 (NKJV) 8 Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; 10 that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, 11 if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.
I may not have been through the same things as Paul when it comes to paying a price for my faith. But I still feel the same longing within me to “know Him and the power of His resurrection” in my life.
Many of you reading this are likely feeling the same thing. Are you longing to know Him more? Is He calling you to go deeper with Him? Do you feel like there are so very many things that try to hinder you and prevent you from pressing in to Him and building a deeper relationship with Him?
That’s the work I’m referring to! The work that’s required to meet Him in a quiet place and listen for His voice as He speaks to our hearts and nurtures us as only He can do.
He is there, church. He’s in the quiet places, beckoning us, calling us to come away from the noise and the distractions. Reminding us that it’s never too late to start. That today is a new day full of wonder that He wants to be able to share with us, one-on-one.
It’s time, children of God. It’s time to stop putting it off; the work that’s required to cast off those things that hold us down like a ball and chain, preventing us from meeting and communing with Him.
Only we can change it. We have to want it badly enough to do something about it. We have to desire it like nothing else. And we have to be willing to do what it takes to obtain it.
We work so hard for other things that are meaningless compared to eternity. We slave away our hours, days and weeks for material possessions. We trade our hours for dollars day after day.
Now it’s time for us to put that much effort into our walk with God.
Do it. We dare you. And we promise you’ll never, ever be the same again.
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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Greetings in the wonderful name of Jesus! 
