Tag: What the Bible says about resting in God

Bible Verse of The Day – 6-30-16

Matthew 11:28 (NKJV) 28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Jesus came to give us life. As part of that, He wants us to bring our burdens and our heaviness to Him and give them to Him.

Most of us tend to carry way too many things on our shoulders for way too long. We have a tendency to think we need to fix everything ourselves.

Yes, there are things we need to do, but many things are beyond our control. And those are the things we need to lay at the cross and give to God.

There are many things that can weigh us down. Emotional wounds are one of them. Maybe someone has hurt us at some point in our past and we’re carrying those wounds with us. Those types of things can weigh us down for years, if we let them.

As a child of God, we need to learn to let God show us how to handle them. We need to give them to Him and let Him show us how to forgive and then let Him help us heal.

This isn’t always an easy process, but if we take the first step to get it started, we will be much better off. God has a way of healing things that we could never figure out ourselves. And He doesn’t just put bandages on our wounds. He fixes them the right way!

And when everything is said and done, that burden is lifted from us and we can move on with our life, minus the burden that we’ve been carrying.

So go to Him today. Give it to Him. Lay it down and let Him teach you how to let it go. And ask Him to help you forgive those who have hurt you. And then take one day at a time as you let Him help you with this.

Go ahead. Let Him give you rest.

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 – 12-18-15

Luke 12:6 (NKJV) 6 “Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? And not one of them is forgotten before God.

In March of this year my Dad had to go in for heart surgery. He was 80 years old. Being the age that he was made me realize that this could possibly be it for him. He has always been a very strong man. He had never been hospitalized his entire life. This was a big thing for our family.

The day came and my Dad was taken in for the surgery. As we sat in the waiting area, we heard a call for code blue come over the intercom. It was my Dad. My heart sank, and I was beyond knowing what to do or say. But deep within me I had this strength and a peace that kept me calm. It held me up. I knew God was in control, no matter what the outcome was.

He made it through that surgery and began to recover, only to find out that he needed two more surgeries, back to back. They had found cancer in his body, and his carotid artery was 99% clogged. For the natural mind, it was more than I could handle.

It was a trying time for our family. But one of the things that helped us the most was being together. No fighting, no bickering, no arguing, no criticizing; just simply being there, holding on to each other and our faith in Almighty God.

As we celebrated his 81st birthday today, he opened his gifts and played a CD, listening to the song “His eye is on the Sparrow.”

God watches over us. Rest in Him today.

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 – 4-22-15

Matthew 11:28 (NKJV) 28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Are you tired? Are the worries and cares of life dragging you down?

How about sin? Are you caught up in sin that’s causing you to feel guilty or condemned?

We all have things that we wrestle with. Sometimes it might be financial burdens. Sometimes it might be things that we’re tempted by.

Sometimes we don’t even know why we’re feeling worn out. We just know that we’re tired and it feels like we’re about to collapse.

Jesus said He came to give us rest. Will you trust Him? Will you take those burdens and place them at His feet?

We often teach people that our sins and our cares can be like an invisible backpack that we carry around. Every time we mess up, a new rock gets placed in that backpack. Every time we doubt God or feel condemned by the enemy, another rock gets tossed into that backpack. Anger, bitterness and unforgiveness can also put more rocks in there too.

Before we know it, we’re carrying around a lot of extra weight that we were not meant to carry. And it wears us out.

So, today, let’s take that backpack off and lay it at the feet of Jesus and leave it there. Permanently.

Come to Jesus, all you who are tired and burdened down. He will give you rest.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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