Tag: What the Bible says about sowing

Bible Verse of The Day – 11-2-24

Psalm 128:2 (NKJV) 2 When you eat the labor of your hands, You shall be happy, and it shall be well with you.

I remember as a child my dad would go out every Spring and get the rototiller out of the shed and begin to plow the ground where our garden was going to be.

That ground would be hard and matted down; compressed from the hard, cold winter months.

I would see him working so hard to keep that rototiller going in a straight path. If he didn’t hold it in place, it would bounce back and forth, from side to side as it tried to break the ground.

Eventually it would begin to get a little easier for him as the tines broke ground and got a little deeper down into the soil.

For my Dad, this was hard work. It must have been tiring for him to do.

Maybe some of us are feeling tired.

The ground we have been plowing has been taking its toll on us.

It’s been hard ground to prepare and break up, having to push through each day. And sometimes it makes us feel like giving up and putting down the plow.

But God is saying, “well done! Stay steadfast. The winds of change are coming.”

After the rototilling is done, the next step is planting the seeds!

This doesn’t mean we can just kick back and relax. That would cause all our hard work to go to waste.

There’s still watering, weeding, and nurturing if we want it to grow and be fruitful.

But know that better days are coming.

We will receive the reward when we see that beautiful bud on that plant and watch it grow to its fullness!

We will eat and enjoy the fruits of our work and be happy when they produce a harvest!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries 
49 N Lamplighters Walk 
Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 2-17-24

Galatians 6:7 (NKJV) 7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

Sometimes we will face situations that will really test us and show us how weak or strong we are when it comes to sowing the right seeds at the right time.

Have you ever been accused of something, and you weren’t at fault? The seeds you sow during those situations are important.

They are seeds that are noticed, and we will reap from those seeds!

When everything in us says, “run from it, run far away”, but we stay and go the extra mile to do the right thing, we are sowing very good seeds that we will reap from.

It’s those hard situations, we need to take our time and get God’s wisdom and His understanding on how to turn things around.

When we obey His plan, we will sometimes experience a great feeling of accomplishment or victory. But that’s not what it’s about.

What’s better is knowing that when we sow these types of seeds, we are bringing glory and honor to the One who created us and saved us.

Reaping from those seeds in the natural is just a “fringe benefit” compared to that.

Amen.

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 – 12-30-23

Luke 6:38 (NKJV) 38 Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.”

Give and it will be given to us pressed down, shaken together and running over!  Amen.

Many people today are facing financial struggles. They work so hard to just make ends meet.

Some may only have enough for their bills and to put food on their table.

If we were to check on our neighbors that we think are doing so much better than us, we would probably find that they are going through similar things in one way or another.

We are not alone on this journey. Others are so much worse off. If we only knew.

It’s everywhere. Prices are high, and our money doesn’t go as far as it used to.

We are paying double what we used to pay for things, and working harder and longer hours than ever before.

Trusting God in such times is a test for us all.

But God doesn’t tell us to obey His scripture only when times are good and everything is plentiful.

Where would having faith be in doing that?

It is in times like these we need to press in and continue to do the right thing in trusting Him.

1 Corinthians 1:9 (NKJV) 9 God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Tithing is the first place people will pull back from if things are getting tight or the pressure is on financially.

We know it’s hard to remain steady when we feel the pinch. It’s how our flesh reacts to such things.

However, tithing is the very practice we need to protect and keep pushing through. It is through our tithes and offerings, and giving out of our need, that will pull us through such hard seasons in our lives.

We can attest to this in our own lives many, many times.

We can’t let fear stop us from trusting God.

Keep sowing where God tells you to. Keep being faithful and obeying His Word.

He will come through and it will be measured back to us according to how we have given!

We who need a job, we who need a home, we who are struggling in our finances, or even in our family; we need a breakthrough and deliverance in some areas of our life.

He will come through, no matter how things look. Keep giving to Him in whatever way He leads you to. Don’t pull back because of what we see.

We walk by faith, not by sight. Stand on those promises in His Word! Amen.

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

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Bible Verse of The Day – 1-3-20

John 4:37-38 (NKJV) 37 For in this the saying is true: ‘One sows and another reaps.’ 38 I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored, and you have entered into their labors.”

As we walk this walk with Christ, one of the things that’s important to understand is that we work for Him, not for us or for anyone else.

But most importantly, all of the glory and honor for whatever we happen to accomplish while we’re here on earth belongs solely to Him.

If we’re not careful, it can be easy to let our pride and ego get in the way, and before we know it, we become puffed up and haughty.

One of the ways to avoid that is to understand that we are simply laborers for Christ. And we are only one of many!

No matter what we do, the labors we put forth are only a tiny little piece of a very giant picture.

We may be a groundbreaker. We may be a sower. We may be a waterer. Regardless, God is the One who reaps.

1 Corinthians 3:6-8 (NKJV) 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase. 8 Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor.

It’s all His. He created it all, including you and me. He owns it all.

Without Him we are nothing. Oh, we can exist without Him, but our lives are empty and aimless.

John 15:5 (NKJV) 5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.

We need to be sure we understand why we labor, and Who we labor for. Once we get that understanding we will learn to set ourselves aside and not worry about getting credit for it or wanting notoriety.

So, let’s be sure to keep a right attitude and right motives as we labor for the kingdom, being sure to always keep God first and foremost.

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 – 4-27-19

Matthew 13:8-9 (NKJV) 8 But others fell on good ground and yielded a crop: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. 9 He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”

We want to thank you all for your giving, helping this ministry to grow and reach all over the globe with God’s life-changing message of hope and love!

Your support is a blessing to us, and we are in awe when God touches your heart and you act on that heartfelt touch. You are not only sowing a heartfelt seed, but a seed of obedience into God’s kingdom.

Every life that is touched, changed, saved, delivered or healed, your seed has helped provide for God’s word of love to reach them wherever they are.

We know that God is going to take care of you as He does for us in so many ways. We have no doubt that if you are having any kind of concerns about money, health, family issues, business or ministry situations, etc., God is faithful to meet our needs according to His riches in glory.

Philippians 4:19 (NKJV) 19 And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

The things that we may be facing today can easily be turned around as we obey Him in whatever He is asking us to do. And if it is to sow, don’t ever hold back.

When we obey that which He is asking us to do, that seed will be sown and it will grow and multiply back to us up to a hundred-fold.

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 – 3-1-19

Malachi 3:10 (NKJV) 10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, That there may be food in My house, And try Me now in this,” Says the Lord of hosts, “If I will not open for you the windows of heaven And pour out for you such blessing That there will not be room enough to receive it.

Is our money spent before we even cash our check? Are we just buying things on the spur of the moment, things that we don’t need? Are we dining out more then we dine at home?

Watching what we spend our money on and taking the time to invest it into a good place will help us to be the head and not the tail. God is willing to do His part, but are we willing to step up to the plate and do ours? He can only work with what we give Him.

Deuteronomy 28:13 (NKJV) 13 And the Lord will make you the head and not the tail; you shall be above only, and not be beneath, if you heed the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, and are careful to observe them.

We may not even think about God when it comes to our money. We just keep on doing what we’ve always done and leave Him out of the equation. And we find ourselves constantly in the same boat; never ahead.

God wants to help us. He wants to open for us the windows of heaven and pour out blessings.

We challenge you today, if you are not already giving to God from your firstfruits, start by setting a date and begin to put Him first on your list of expenses. Watch how things begin to change for you.

We are not saying it will happen instantly. It may or may not. But, as you are faithful and obedient with your money, you will at some point begin to see His favor working in your life. You will notice at times looking at your situation and wondering how it ever worked out the way it did. Well, that’s God!

God is good. Invest in Him. He is trustworthy and a safe place to deposit into.

Luke 6:38 (NKJV) 38 Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back 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 – 9-17-15

Galatians 6:7 (NKJV) 7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

Sowing. It’s a word that farmers are intimately familiar with.

Farmers know that if they don’t sow, they won’t reap their harvest. It’s just a basic principle that will never change.

If they expect to reap, they know that they must spend the time and effort sowing. And they know that whatever they sow, that they will also reap. If they sow corn, they will reap corn. If they sow soybeans, they will reap soybeans.

And so it is with us, even if we’re not farmers or don’t grow our own fruits or vegetables. Whatever we sow in life, we will also reap.

If we sow joy, we reap joy. If we sow kindness, we will reap kindness. If we sow finances, we will reap finances And so it goes with everything.

So many of us are looking to reap a financial harvest. But are we sowing finances? Or are we just secretly hoping that God will drop a bag of money into our laps? So often we fail to understand that we will get what we give. Yet we walk around expecting to find a bag of cash laying somewhere that we can use to pay all of our bills.

Sowing is a necessity if we expect to reap! It’s something that we can’t change and we need to understand if we ever hope to grow in our lives, not just financially, but in every way.

And to disarm any critics, please understand that this is not a prosperity message. It’s a word of truth that the body of Christ needs to understand if we are ever going to climb out of our financial holes and get free from the chains of debt and poverty!

If we are constantly in a state of lack and always looking for that next dollar (or whatever currency your country uses), maybe we need to take a look at our giving and see if it measures up, or if it even exists at all.

If we’re saying that we don’t give because we can’t afford to, we need to realize that we can’t afford not to give!

There is so much more that could be shared on this topic, but we don’t want this to be too lengthy.

So, please, let’s do ourselves a huge favor and sincerely ask God if we’re sowing enough, or if we’re even sowing at all. Because once we get this right, so many other things in our lives will start to fall into place for us.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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