Tag: What the Bible says about God’s Sovereignty

Acts 13:22 (NKJV) 22 And when He had removed him, He raised up for them David as king, to whom also He gave testimony and said, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My own heart, who will do all My will.’

God removes, and God raises up!

Sometimes we think we have the bull by the horns, so to speak. We think we have it all under control.

Many of our government officials believe their positions are absolute, and no one can touch them.

On a personal level, maybe we feel stable in our careers, in our personal lives, etc., as if we have it all under control.

We need to recognize this in our lives and put a stop to it.

Remember who really has control over it all every minute of every day.

And He will step in when He’s ready. He will say, “enough is enough”, when He knows the time is perfect.

He will stop the evil and He will shut the mouths of the lions when He sees fit.

We ask you today, “why are you worrying?”. Is it because of the things you are dealing with, or what you see happening around you?

God raised up David to be the king who would replace Saul.

David was just going along doing his daily things. He had no aspirations or visions of greatness for his life.

Sometimes just being diligent in what we know to do, being steadfast and persistent, will bring in God’s change.

Just like in David’s case, God pays close attention to our heart.

The state of our heart will either please the Lord or make Him want to vomit us out of His mouth.

Revelation 3:15-16 (NKJV) 15 “I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. 16 So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth.

He said David was, “a man after My own heart”.

Wow! I can’t even imagine God saying that about any human being because of how imperfect we can be at times.

God wasn’t looking for a man with a perfect heart. He was looking for a man who would allow Him to change, teach, instruct and chasten him when needed; a man that would listen.

Despite his faults, David desired to obey God in all that he did.

I believe God wants to call all His children, “A man or woman after His own heart”.

If our heart is in such a place with God, He will work through each one of us. In that, we will fulfill our purpose here on this earth.

Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

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Judges 6:16 (NKJV) 16 And the Lord said to him, “Surely I will be with you, and you shall defeat the Midianites as one man.”

I remember learning the story of Gideon many, many years ago. I was fascinated when I first learned about it.

Gideon went to battle against the Midianites and defeated them with only 300 men, which is the number of men God had specifically told Gideon to take with him.

Even today it still fascinates me. And it seems that every time I read through it, I learn something new that I hadn’t seen before.

The fact that Gideon defeated the Midian army with only 300 men is incredible. In fact, it is miraculous, since the Bible says that the Midianite and Amalekite armies that they were facing were as numerous as locusts!

But what strikes me even more about this whole thing isn’t Gideon’s victory. It’s the way God chooses to move so uniquely in so many different scenarios.

God rarely, if ever, chooses to do things the same way twice when it comes to how He handles situations that require His intervention.

He does this purposely. And one of the reasons is so no man can try to claim credit or take the glory for the things they accomplish.

God has a habit of taking the playbook and throwing it away. This tends to confound and confuse man’s intellectual understanding and planning, which I find exciting, amusing and exhilarating all at the same time.

1 Corinthians 1:27 (NKJV) 27 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty;

You see, God is who He is, and He answers to no man. So, when I see Him switching things up and doing things His way, instead of the way we expect Him to do it, I find that incredibly satisfying.

It just solidifies His sovereignty and proves how much higher His ways are than our ways.

And as a child of God who is learning more every day about walking and living by the spirit, instead of the flesh, seeing God move this way brings me an incredible sense of security and satisfaction.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

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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.”

It’s important that we understand how limited our minds are as humans.

And I don’t say that in a way that refers to some crazy new age doctrine or teaching, but only regarding how hard it is for us to truly comprehend the infinite power of God; His omnipotence.

We look at so many things as being impossible. But that’s because our thinking is finite; limited.

It’s human nature to see things solely in the natural, disregarding the invisible; the spiritual side of things where God operates.

God is infinite and unlimited. There is nothing impossible for Him.

He spoke the worlds into existence. He created night and day. He placed the moon, the sun, the stars and all the planets strategically, right where they belonged. None of this is random or by chance.

God can bring sight to the blind. He can bring hearing to the deaf. He can make the mute to speak. He can bring freedom to those who are in bondage. And He can raise the dead to life again.

He can heal the sick who have been told they are incurable. He can save the ones who are viewed as unsavable. He can forgive those who most people view as unforgivable.

We need to begin seeing through eyes that see with the help of God’s Spirit, not just with our natural understanding.

We need to allow God to teach us how to let go of our natural inclinations and ideas and learn to allow Him to teach us to let the Holy Spirit truly guide our perceptions, our thoughts, our understanding and our actions.

Only then will we understand the power of God and see Him move in and through us.

We need to set God free to rule and reign in our lives. We need to surrender to Him in ways that we have never been courageous enough to do before.

If we allow it to, this will change our lives immensely. In fact, if we really give God the freedom to carry this out in our lives, it has the power to turn our lives upside down.

Let’s do things differently. Let’s live life turned upside down, with God as our navigator.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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John 19:30 (NKJV) 30 So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.

It is finished.

These words represented the completion of everything that Jesus did. And they summed up what God intended to do by sending Christ to earth; to offer mankind redemption through His blood.

We need only to accept the gift and apply it to ourselves as individuals.

In that phrase, “it is finished”, there is something else we need to consider.

God was not obligated to offer His son as a redemptive sacrifice for our sins. But He did it anyway.

Additionally, God is also not obligated to do anything further for us.

Let me explain.

You see, despite what many believers think, God is not obligated to do things for us. He is not obligated to supply our needs. He is not obligated to answer our prayers.

And we could go on to create a lengthy list of other things that we think God is obligated to do, but He really isn’t.

Yet, despite this, He does these things for us anyway!

Why?

Because He is faithful, loving, merciful and compassionate. And He loves us beyond our wildest imaginations.

Yes, He is holy and righteous. Yes, He hates sin. And, yes, He will show His anger at times.

But He wants us, you and me, to know His love. So, He does all the things that He is not obligated to do.

We can’t get confused about this, though. He is not our piggybank or our genie in a bottle, standing by waiting to grant our latest wish or desire.

He is not our ATM, standing by waiting to dole out finances simply because we ask for them.

He is God; pure holy, sovereign, and high above everything else. It’s important that we understand that.

He wants our whole heart. He wants our dedication. He wants our obedience.

He wants us to look to Him, not as our God who is obligated to do everything we want Him to do, but as our God who loves us so much that He chooses to do what He is not obligated to do.

So, let’s be sure to give Him our whole heart, our dedication and our obedience, and learn to love Him for who He is, not for what He can do for us.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth! 

Have you ever watched God confound the wise in a specific situation? 

We have a new video for you today called, “The Foolish Things”. 

In this new video we teach about how God uses different kinds of things and methods to confound the so-called wise and intellectual people, proving who He is and proving His sovereignty. 

We hope you’ll watch this fun and encouraging video!

Please click here to watch the video now.

We love you all! 

Sincerely in Christ, 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443 

401-439-3780 

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Exodus 28:5-6 (NKJV) 5 “They shall take the gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and the fine linen, 6 and they shall make the ephod of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, artistically worked.

Over the years, I have gone through the Bible in its entirety many times. And no matter how many times I have done this, there are specific sections of some books that aren’t easy to read; they don’t hold my attention due to the subject matter being discussed.

But as I was making my way through Leviticus recently, which is one of those books with lots of things that haven’t held my attention in the past, I noticed something that changed my thinking.

If you look at the verse above, you will notice that there are many details being given to Moses regarding the clothing that was to be made for the priests to wear.

These verses are specific to the ephod, a sacred garment to be worn by the priests.

Verses 5-6, above, are just a small piece of the detailed instructions that God gave Moses regarding this one item. His instructions actually continued through verse 14.

So, what does this mean to us? After all, we don’t wear an ephod. And why did verses like this one change my thinking?

What caught my attention is the fact that God pays attention to even the littlest of details.

He is not random when He does something. It all matters.

Now, we may not always understand why He does something the way he does, or why He requires us to do something a certain way. But He has His reasons.

This should comfort us, knowing that God doesn’t operate randomly, but with a purpose in all He does.

His detailed nature can be seen in His creation.

Planets rotate on a specific axis. Orbits are specific in their timing. Distances between planets are for a purpose. Seasons last a specific amount of time, etc.

We may not know or understand all those purposes, but that doesn’t make them any less important.

So, if you’ve ever felt like nothing matters, that everything is just random and without purpose, let this be a reminder that God has a purpose for everything.

And in that purpose, there is stability and goodness.

He is faithful in everything. Amen

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Isaiah 55:8 (NKJV) 8 “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord.

My thoughts are not your thoughts…

We can’t expect to have the same way of thinking as God. He is beyond our comprehension! He has to teach us through the leading of the Holy Spirit how to walk out this life as His child.

God is mighty! He is an Omnipotent, Omniscient, and Omnipresent God.

He has unlimited power, able to do anything! He is described as Omnipotent and benevolent, meaning His desire is to do good all the time!

He is Omniscient, He knows it all and sees it all. He knows everything about us. He knows our thought before we speak it out as words.

He is omnipresent, present everywhere at the same time, His power being all around us.

His thoughts are not our thoughts and our way is not His way, but we can learn so much about Him when we seek after Him with everything in us, when we read His word and we follow His steps.

We learn, we grow and we become more like Him. We will get to know Him and do things according to His will more than ours.

Don’t be afraid to step out in the things that He is calling us into today. He is with us and will provide the way, the means and the knowhow.

We just need courage to say no to the usual way of doing things and be more open to learn His thoughts and His way. Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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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.”

During my lifetime, I have personally seen God do what man said was impossible. And not just once, but on more than one occasion.

Man said that the asthma that I was diagnosed with when I was 7 years old was incurable.

God said differently. He healed me of asthma 30 years later. I have been 100% free of asthma since then.

We have had many more examples in our lives, but this is not about us. It’s about God’s faithfulness and sovereignty.

In God’s word, man said many things where God proved them wrong.

The Egyptians should have slaughtered the Israelites on the shores of the Red Sea. God opened the sea and allowed the Israelites to cross on dry land.

The adulterous woman should have been stoned to death for her sin. Jesus said otherwise.

Man said that the wall around Jericho should have kept the Israelites out. God proved them wrong.

Man said that Jesus should have stayed dead in the tomb. God had other plans.

And this God who has proven that He has the final say in everything is still the same, proving man wrong again and again.

He never changes.

Malachi 3:6 (NKJV) 6 “For I am the Lord, I do not change…

So, if you’re facing something today that seems impossible, and something that man says can never happen, trust that if God wants it to happen, man has no say in it.

God is still the same as He has been over the centuries.

Where does your trust lie?

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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