Tag: What the Bible says about following God’s leading

Bible Verse of The Day – 9-13-24

2 Samuel 11:26-27 (LSB) 26 Then the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband had died, so she lamented over her husband. 27 Then the time of mourning passed by, and David sent and gathered her to his house and she became his wife; then she bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of Yahweh.

The events surrounding David’s initial interactions with Bathsheba are the most shameful of his life.

David was a man after God’s own heart. His life overall was pleasing to God.

But what David did when he committed adultery with Bathsheba, and then had her husband killed in battle, was evil in the eyes of God.

As punishment for his sin, God told David through the prophet Nathan that He would require the life of the son whom Bathsheba would bore.

2 Samuel 12:13-14 (NKJV) 13 So David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die. 14 However, because by this deed you have given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the child also who is born to you shall surely die.”

And as foretold by Nathan, the child was born and was struck with sickness.

2 Samuel 12:15 (NKJV) 15 Then Nathan departed to his house. And the Lord struck the child that Uriah’s wife bore to David, and it became ill.

David fasted, wept, and laid on the ground day and night for seven days, hoping God would spare his son. But on the seventh day, the child died.

Upon learning of the child’s death, David immediately arose, washed, and ate.

His servants were astonished that he immediately arose and ate after fasting for so long, showing no signs of mourning for the death of his son.

They questioned him, asking him how he could have fasted and wept for the child while he was alive, but upon hearing of his death he immediately arose and ate.

David explained that once the child was gone, it was clear that God had spoken, and mourning would change nothing.

2 Samuel 12:22-23 (NKJV) 22 And he said, “While the child was alive, I fasted and wept; for I said, ‘Who can tell whether the Lord will be gracious to me, that the child may live?’ 23 But now he is dead; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.”

Let us learn from David’s example.

There is a time to fast and pray for a situation. But when God’s will has been made clear, there comes the time to arise, wash, eat, and accept what has taken place, recognizing His sovereignty in all things, and giving Him the glory and honor He is due.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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Bible Verse of The Day – 5-16-24

Psalm 16:11 NKJV) 11 You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

How many times do we ask ourselves, “am I doing the right thing? Am I where I’m supposed to be? Am I on Your path, Lord?”

Life is funny. We all have these questions; even those that we might think have it all together. They have the same concerns.

Being sure is not a bad thing. And if we need to ask from time to time, that’s perfectly fine. We always want to make sure we are on the right path in our walk with God.

So, what do we do if we realize we are not?

The best thing is to not panic but, ask God to help us get there.

Don’t make any sudden moves or changes. Just pray first, and let Him help guide our steps. Wait for Him to open doors.

Some people make the mistake of abruptly stopping everything when they realize, “this isn’t it”. But that’s not always the thing to do.

Sometimes we need to let God get us there little by little, one small step at a time.

Most importantly, though, we need to start off by asking Him and then moving forward at His pace. He will show us His way.

Psalm 25:4 (NKJV) 4 Show me Your ways, O Lord; Teach me Your paths.

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Bible Verse of The Day – 5-4-24

John 13:37 (NKJV) 37 Peter said to Him, “Lord, why can I not follow You now? I will lay down my life for Your sake.”

Peter was sincere in what he said. He really did want to do the right thing. He loved the Lord dearly.

Sometimes we say something with all sincerity, but when the time comes for what we said to be put to the test, and the circumstances are different, the results may be different than what we said would happen.

I’m speaking from experience today. Sometimes the very thing I want to get right, I still find myself slipping. Why is this?

Because we aren’t perfect and we know the right way, but our imperfected flesh will fail.

Peter had every intention in his heart to be true to Jesus, but the rest of him needed to line up. He ended up denying Jesus, not just once, but 3 times.

John 13:38 (NKJV) 38 Jesus answered him, “Will you lay down your life for My sake? Most assuredly, I say to you, the rooster shall not crow till you have denied Me three times.

We, too, may make statements at times as to how we will do this or do that, and really want to hold true to our words. But we will find our imperfect flesh overriding our heart if we don’t take the time and align them with the Holy Spirit.

Maybe today we are feeling terrible about some things we have promised to the Lord and failed to follow through on.

For instance, “I’ll never do that again if you get me out of this mess. I’ll give you everything if you save my marriage. I’ll give you my full attention if you save my child. I’ll tithe from my check if you get me this job”.

These are probably sincere promises, and maybe at first we did start to do what we promised. But over time we stopped and went back to the way things were.

Today is a new day, and we can repent. And those promises we spoke to the Lord, we can still carry them out.

We can start over and ask Him to help us and our flesh to walk out the things we know we need to do.

We can’t just give up if we did the opposite of what we said we would do.

Make it right. Tell God we are sorry, and try again. With His help, we can do all things that we purpose in our heart.

Matthew 19:26 (NKJV) 26 But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

Amen.

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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-30-24

Acts 5:32 (NKJV) 32 And we are His witnesses to these things, and so also is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey Him.”

Our Helper is the Holy Spirit. If we let Him have a place in us, He will guide us and lead us to do great things!

How many of us want that kind of life? A life of doing things we never thought we could do.

The question is, will we let Him be our Helper?

John 14:26 (NKJV) 26 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.

We may say, “well, it’s hard because we are so used to  making our own decisions based on what we know. We are in the habit of just following our own instincts. After all these years, how do we drop what we know, let the Holy Spirit teach us, and follow Him?”

These are great questions!

How do we follow Him?

With our spiritual eyes and ears open to see and hear Him, and our heart open to trusting Him.  We watch, listen, and then take action, by faith.

Sometimes we may not be sure of what we are doing, or why we are doing what we feel like we are impressed to do. But if what we are doing lines up with God’s word, we are most likely safe and being led in a very good plan for our life.

Most times when the Holy Spirit is guiding us, it is not something we had planned to say or do. It’s usually unknown to us. And many times a little scary.

We can’t let that deter us. We are supposed to do what? Walk by faith!

2 Corinthians 5:7 (NKJV) 7 For we walk by faith, not by sight.

Follow His leading. Trust Him in everything. He never steers us wrong.

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Seven Seas Ministries 
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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-28-24 – Being a Christian is Not a Cake Walk

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

We hope you are enjoying your day so far. 

We have a new video that we hope will make your day even better 😊 

The video is called Being a Christian is Not a Cake Walk. 

In this new video, we teach about the things that God may ask us to do, and the difficulties sometimes associated with some of those things. 

We hope you can take a few minutes and watch it.

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We hope the video encourages you! 

We love you all. 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-10-24 – Paying Attention to The Little Things

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

We trust that you are walking in the blessings of our God. 

We have a new video for you today that we think you will enjoy. 

In this new video, we teach about why it’s important to pay attention to the little things that we may think are insignificant. 

The video is called, “Paying Attention to The Little Things”. 

We hope you find the video insightful and inspiring. 

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We love you all bigly! 

Sincerely, 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 1-25-24

Acts 16:6 (NKJV) 6 Now when they had gone through Phrygia and the region of Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to preach the word in Asia.

Paying attention to the promptings of the Holy Spirit is so very important, and even more so in the days we live in.

We could be walking into a dangerous situation at times, but with His guidance we will be able to withstand the wiles of the devil.

We can avoid a lot of problems if we remain sensitive and eager to follow His leading.

Ephesians 6:11 (NKJV) 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

There will be times when we may never know the reason for the things He keeps us from doing. We just need to know that by following Him we did the right thing, and it could have saved our life.

He tries to show us the importance of staying alert.

Acts 16:8-9 (NKJV) 8 So passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas. 9 And a vision appeared to Paul in the night. A man of Macedonia stood and pleaded with him, saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”

Here we can see the Holy Spirit led them by a vision or a dream.

His word and prayer are the two primary ways that God leads us. He may also use a dream or a vision.

Are we open to such things today or have we completely disregarded them, thinking they were only for the apostles?

That is wrong for us to think. He is still the same God He was then. And the Holy Spirit is still the same Holy Spirit, speaking the same way He has always spoken.

God will lead all of us through the Holy Spirit if we are open to Him and let Him lead as He sees fit.

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
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Bible Verse of The Day – 10-28-23

Galatians 3:28 (NKJV) 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Paul is teaching us here that in Christ there is no favoritism regarding race, rank, or sex. We are all sons and daughters of God through our faith in Christ Jesus.

God will make His home in those who truly love Him.

It doesn’t matter our background or who we were before our hearts surrendered to Him.

Jesus says, if anyone loves me, he will keep My word and My Father will love him and make our home with him.

Who is this “him” Jesus speaks of? Those who love the Lord, Jesus Christ and keep His word.

John 14:23 (NKJV) 23 Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.

Keeping His word is an absolute!

This means we have to pay attention to His word, the Bible, and what He says in it.

Following Him in obeying what He tells us to do is an outward expression of our hearts. Keeping His word active in our daily actions is what matters to Him.

Is it hard at times to stay true to His word? To be honest, yes.

We may feel like giving up at times. We might feel like we are missing out on things others are doing and having fun with.

We may feel like we work so hard to stay diligent and faithful in doing His word, but people ignore us and sometimes don’t want us around.

Those are just a few examples of what we can feel at times.

But, let me say this; there will be more days of seeing the results from us pushing through, staying steadfast and not giving up than there will be days of the negative kind.

Having the Creator, our Lord and Savior, and the Holy Spirit make their home in us will undoubtedly come with a cost.

The cost is loving Him more than anything or anyone, and fully surrendering to Him.

Who does He come to?

To those who love Him and keep His word.

It doesn’t matter what we have done in the past, if we surrender to Him, He will make His home in us.

Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries 
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Bible Verse of The Day – 8-15-23

John 8:12 (NKJV) 12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”

He is the light.

In order to not walk in darkness, we must follow Him.

Following Him means we must know what He says. And in order to know what He says we have to study His word.

We can’t just study a little here and a little there. We can’t just study when we have the time. We have to make the time.

We have to be diligent in our studies, willing to put aside other things that we enjoy doing, and pick up the word of God to study or meditate on it.

Joshua 1:8 (NKJV) 8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.

It’s not going to just happen.

We have to make it happen.

How do we do that? By being in it night and day.

We will only follow Him to the fullest if we know what it is we have to do to follow Him. We must have His word hidden in our heart.

Not only does it keep us accountable for our actions, it also gives us strength to say no to certain things when we need to.

It helps us to stay disciplined and balanced in every area of our lives.

Psalm 119:11 (NKJV) 11 Your word I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You.

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Bible Verse of The Day – 8-7-23

Proverbs 1:7 (NKJV) 7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, But fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Sometimes some of the simplest things can teach us a great deal.

This verse is a good example of this.

Many times, looking deeper into a simple phrase will help us better understand it and gain more knowledge from it.

So, let’s see what we can learn from this verse if we dig a little deeper.

First, let us address the phrase, “the fear of the Lord”.

The fear being referred to is not a condemning kind of fear. This is a reverent and worshipful fear. Think of it as reverential awe.

There is also an element of fear that may cause us to actually be afraid since God is all-powerful (omnipotent). But the bigger emphasis here should be on the reverence aspects of the word.

Now, let’s move on to see what reverent fear is or does in the context of this verse.

It is the beginning of wisdom.

So, having a reverent fear of God is the beginning of being wise. It is the first step in our journey to obtain knowledge and wisdom.

Unbelievers may have some knowledge and understanding, but their knowledge is limited and not rooted in absolute truth until they have a genuine relationship, based on reverential fear, with the one true God.

What does this verse say about those who do not fear the Lord?

They are fools who despise wisdom and instruction.

The word, “fool”, in this verse denotes a person who is morally deficient; one who walks a fine line between doing things that may be legal, but not morally sound.

And in their state of being in moral decline, these kinds of people despise wisdom (intelligence, understanding, insight) and instruction (teaching, training, guidance).

This disdain for instruction is due to their desire to continue to do what they know in their heart (conscience) is wrong. They love their sin more than they love (desire) truth and righteousness.

Let us not be fools, but desire and love wisdom and instruction, walking in reverent fear of our God.

Amen

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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Bible Verse of The Day – 2-18-23

Proverbs 16:9 (NKJV) 9 A man’s heart plans his way, But the Lord directs his steps.

Sometimes we have to turn back or slow down for things to get better.

I know; no one likes to feel like they are going backwards after taking steps and working so hard to move forward.

But, know that if the occasion arises and we need to pull back, that we shouldn’t refuse it.

I had a dream recently. and in the dream there was a person driving a vehicle.

They were trying to cross a road to get to the other side. As they were doing so, they saw and felt danger up ahead.

As the dream continued, the person driving continued to go forward, instead of turning around or putting the vehicle in reverse and backing up. They stepped on the accelerator and pushed ahead.

They ended up under water and the vehicle tipped upside down. It’s important to note that there were children in the back seat of the vehicle as well.

Thank God this was only a dream.

When I woke up, I realized that if that person had just simply backed up when they saw that there may be danger, they would have saved themselves and others.

Sometimes in life it is hard to go back. But what good is it to go forward if it’s going to hurt us and others?

We need to understand that God will often warn us, and we must pay attention to the signs.

We must train ourselves to pull back at any given moment when He prompts us to, instead of continuing to plow through because of our forward momentum.

God knows what’s best for us.

If this word is for you today, don’t be afraid or feel like a failure if you have to pull back from what you thought you were supposed to do.

Save yourself and others that may be affected by it. Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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