Tag: What the Bible says about drawing near to God

Bible Verse of The Day – 11-19-24

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.

We want to start this devotional today by having you take a few minutes to ponder on the words, “I’ll be OKAY.”

Are we doubting decisions we have made, leading us to be confused as to why things are the way they are?

Are we looking back saying, “if only I had taken another path”?

Are we comparing ourselves to others, wondering why we haven’t been as successful as them?

Are we doubting how we raised our children?

Are we down on ourselves because most of our lives we made up our own mind without seeking God’s counsel?

What we need to know today is that if we are a Christian, and we have made wrong decisions, it is never too late to get on the right path.

That’s right. We may not be able to go back and undo what we have done, but God, in His Mercy, will forgive us and help us to move forward and turn things around in the future.

If today is a new beginning for us, let our past be our past, and now let us be ready to move forward with God’s guidance.

You will be Okay!

Through prayer, reading His word, and drawing close to Him, He will meet us right where we are. He will draw near to us as we draw near to Him.

He will guide us and lead us for the rest of our days.

Don’t worry about the past. Let’s move forward by putting our focus on Him. Amen.

Psalm 32:8 (NKJV) 8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries 
49 N Lamplighters Walk 
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Bible Verse of The Day – 7-18-22

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.

Want to know how to hear from God? Draw near to Him.

Want God’s protection in your life? Draw near to Him.

Want God to help you avoid temptation and break the bonds of sin in your life? Draw near to Him.

Want to know how to better understand God and His ways?

You guessed it; draw near to Him.

So many of us want to know God better, want Him to show us things and want Him to bless our lives.

The key to all of this is to put Him first in everything and to draw near to Him.

Don’t let anyone complicate it for you. It’s not as hard as some might make it sound.

Yes, God is very deep, and His mysteries are beyond human intellect. But He doesn’t make it complicated for us to get close to Him.

We just have to have a strong desire to do so, and then we need to put forth the proper amount of effort to make that happen.

So, if you’re longing to be closer to God, seek Him. But don’t just seek Him casually. Seek Him with your whole heart!

Jeremiah 29:13 (NKJV) 13 And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Bible Verse of The Day – 7-10-22 – Draw Near

Please click to watch the video now.Greetings in the precious name of Jesus! 

What do you want for your walk with God. Do you want to hear Him better? Do you want His protection over you? 

There are so many things that we want to see happen in our relationship with the Creator of all we see. 

In today’s video, Draw Near, we teach on how simple it is to see those things come to pass in our lives. 

We hope you’ll check it out as we learn and grow together. 

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We love you all! 

Sincerely, 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443 

401-439-3780 

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Bible Verse of The Day – 9-5-21

Please click to watch the video now.Greetings in the name of Jesus! 

Many people may know that God spoke through a donkey in the Old Testament, to teach a man a valuable lesson. 

In today’s video, The Shadow, we teach from an equally unique perspective to show the importance of staying close to God. 

This video is fun and informative, so we hope you’ll check it out and give it a watch. 

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Be sure to enjoy your day and let someone know that you love them! 

Sincerely, 

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 – 9-3-21

Psalm 73:28 (NKJV) 28 But it is good for me to draw near to God; I have put my trust in the Lord God, That I may declare all Your works.

Today, as I was looking out into our back yard, I saw a shadow moving on the door casing right next to me. It wasn’t big, but as I looked up onto the glass in our back door, I saw that it was a very tiny bug that was casting its shadow.

The shadow of this bug was much bigger than the bug itself. This was caused by a distance between the light (the sun), the bug, and the object that the shadow was being cast upon (the door casing).

God immediately showed me that it is the same with us and Him.

If we stay close to God, we cast no shadow ourselves. We only reflect His light onto others.

But if we pull away from Him, we begin to cast a shadow that is shaped like us, not Him. And the further we get from Him, the bigger that shadow gets, looking more and more like us, and less like Him.

This is why it’s so important for us to stay so very close to Him.

In addition to keeping our relationship with Him strong, it also keeps us humble, causing us to want people to see Him, not us.

Being close to Him prevents shadows from forming that may draw attention to us. And it will keep us from looking bigger than Him, as shadows can do sometimes.

There is nothing better than being close to Him. Nothing.

So, we urge you to seek Him. Stay close to Him. Make Him your everything.

Because in the big scheme of things, nothing else matters.

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 – 2-28-21 – Leaning In

Please click to watch the video now.Greetings in the name of Jesus! 

Did you know that God wants to show us great and mighty things? 

That’s right! 

In our latest video, Leaning In, we talk about this and explain what it means, as well as how God wants to make this happen in our lives. 

We hope you enjoy the video. 

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Enjoy the rest of your day! 

Sincerely, 

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 – 12-8-18

Matthew 5:6 (NKJV) 6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled.

As human beings, we can experience two kinds of hunger. One is our hunger for natural food; the things we eat that keep our body alive.

And then there is spiritual food; the things we “eat” that keep our spirit alive and thriving.

It’s safe to say that we all very much understand natural hunger. Our bodies tell us when we need to eat. Our stomachs rumble. We feel empty. And if we don’t eat enough, we can become faint and light-headed. If we don’t provide our bodies with proper nutrition, we can actually pass out.

In extreme circumstances, we can become physically sick, and ultimately die from starvation.

The same can be said for spiritual hunger. We feel the longing inside of us to be fed. Our spirit craves proper food and sustenance. And if we don’t feed our spirit properly, it will wither up and die. It will starve to death.

Many of us feel this hunger, this longing, and we try to fill it with the wrong things; material things, wealth, attention from others, physical affection and many other things.

But none of these will ever satisfy our spiritual hunger. And that’s because we fail to truly understand what this hunger really is. It’s a desire to draw closer to God and let Him satisfy us.

No, this isn’t about a God-shaped hole that we hear so much about when referring to our need for a Savior.

It’s about hungering and thirsting after righteousness. It’s about longing to know God in such an intimate way that nothing else will stop the craving. Nothing else will satisfy our hunger and our thirst.

Hungering and thirsting after righteousness will push us toward God in a way that is beyond words to describe it. And when we finally understand the hunger, and we begin to feast on God and His word, then and only then will we be filled.

Are we hungry and thirsty? Do we feel like we’re spiritually starving and undernourished?

We need to press into God. Draw near to Him. Let Him be the sole source of our sustenance.

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.

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 – 5-25-18

Isaiah 55:9 (NKJV) 9 “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts. 

Most times, when God moves or does something for us, we can never really wrap our heads around how He did it or why He chose to do it the way He did. 

That’s because we’re not God! 

It’s funny how we as humans keep spending time trying to figure God out. If we could just find it in ourselves to spend that much time pursuing God, instead of trying to figure Him out, we’d be much better off. 

You see, our walk with Him should never be based on figuring Him out or trying to completely understand His ways. But, instead, it should be based on drawing near to Him and trusting Him, knowing that He always has our best interests at heart. 

James 4:8 (NKJV) 8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you… 

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 – 1-4-18

Psalm 37:4-5 (NKJV) 4 Delight yourself also in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart. 5 Commit your way to the Lord, Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass.

Delight yourself in the Lord. Commit your way to the Lord. Notice a common theme in those two phrases?

We all want God to give us the desires of our heart. Who wouldn’t? We’d be crazy not to want that!

But let’s take a look at what it takes for that to happen in our lives.

First, we have to “delight ourselves in the Lord”. This is a big deal, especially since it’s one of the keys to having God give us the desires of our heart.

To delight ourselves in the Lord means that we put Him first. We make His priorities ours. We make His thoughts our thoughts. We make His ways our ways. And so on.

It means that we give ourselves to Him wholeheartedly. 100%. We make every effort to please Him and grow our relationship with Him.

The beginning of verse 5 sums it up nicely: “Commit your way to the Lord”.

To commit means to give in trust, or to give charge over.

We trust God with our life and give Him charge over it. Pretty serious stuff, isn’t it?

So, with that in mind, it sheds new light on what it takes for God to give us the desires of our heart.

Is this meant to discourage us? Not at all. Quite opposite, actually.

Now that the mystery has been removed, we should have less doubts about this and what it takes for it to happen in our own lives. This should encourage us to move forward with God in every area of our lives.

Go ahead. Draw near to God. Press in to Him and learn of Him. He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him!

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 – 2-13-17

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.

Churches around the world are struggling, but it doesn’t have to be this way. God is willing to help. He wants to move and do mighty things within His Bride. But are we willing to let Him?

Every church we go into has the same ole, same ole routine. It seems like the same song and dance over and over again. Give me a church that doesn’t have that same ole routine and “THERE” we will find God!

It doesn’t’ have to be a big church, a fancy church or even a church building at all. It doesn’t have to be a place full of people. It can be just a few.

It doesn’t have to be a place with a loud preacher, pastor, evangelist, or priest. Nope! It can be the quietest place around. It doesn’t have to be where there are high tech lights and great music. God doesn’t need lights, music or fancy talk to get Him moving.

We’ve got to understand that our God is bigger than our thinking and He can not and will not bow to us and what we conjure up.

He says “draw near to Me” and He will what? He will “draw near to you”. When God gets near us, we are going to KNOW it!

So we need to give up this incorrect perception of God or we will miss out on Him and all that He wants to do with us and for us.

He is Jehovah. He is God Almighty. He doesn’t have to fit into our scheduled, routine-based services. That’s why we are struggling. We have closed Him out.

Do we want miracles, signs and wonders? Do we want the presence of God when we meet together?

Get rid of the routine. Stop doing the same old stuff over and over again. Draw close to Him and Let God do something NEW! 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 – 12-13-14

Psalm 73:28 (NKJV) 28 But it is good for me to draw near to God; I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all Your works.

We have people ask us frequently how they can know God’s purpose for their life, how they can hear God’s voice, how they can have sharper discernment and many other questions that are similar.

Our response is always the same; Draw near to God.

You see, we can pray and ask God for sharper discernment, a closer walk with Him, stronger faith, to hear His voice more easily, and much more. But if we fail to draw near to God and grow our relationship with Him, we’ll never, ever be able to hear Him better or have better discernment.

Achieving any of the things mentioned above requires that we have a strong relationship with our Creator. It’s just like any other relationship; we get out what we put in.

Drawing near to Him takes effort and needs to be done on purpose. It doesn’t happen accidentally or just by wishing it would happen. It’s just like anything else that’s worth achieving or obtaining. It takes work!

You can’t get sharper discernment by having someone lay hands on you and pray for you to have it. You can’t draw closer to God by calling a prayer line and asking them to pray for you. You can’t find God’s purpose for your life by taking 5 easy steps. And you can’t grow your faith simply by saying that you want your faith to grow.

Purpose in your heart that you want a closer walk with God. Make it your desire to know Him better. Push aside every distraction and focus on Him. And do you know what will happen when we do that?

We will get closer to Him. Our faith will grow. Our discernment will become sharper. We will hear His voice more easily. And with all of this, we will begin walking on the path that God has set in place for us.

We can all have a powerful walk with God. We just have to want it badly enough to go after it.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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