My Bible Verse of The Day - 4-20-25
Who Do We Rely On?
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie teach about learning to rely on God in everything, even when making everyday choices and decisions.
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My Bible Verse of The Day - 4-19-25
Psalm 18:1 (NKJV) 1 I will love You, O Lord, my strength.
I may not be perfect. I may not have all the answers. I may do foolish things at times. I try my best to be a good person. And sometimes my best is not good enough.
But the one thing that I know is that I love the Lord. And by loving Him, it keeps me accountable for my actions. Because no one wants to ever hurt the one they love.
Don’t give up on God today. Maybe you love Him with all your heart, but you have made mistakes that you think caused Him to disown you.
Know that God not only cares more than we could ever understand, but He will forgive us and give us another chance to get it right if we sincerely repent for what we have done.
If we love Him, we will want to get it right. And if we love Him, we will receive correction and then get back up and fix the thing that is causing us to mess up.
We may love the Lord, but sometimes it can take us time to get things right. That doesn’t mean we should stop trying.
This is a lifetime walk of continued adjustments and changes. We may fail Him, but we should never give up on the One we love.
Let us all stand together with each other, learning, changing, and growing closer to Him.
And never, ever let embarrassment keep us from receiving His correction to help us in areas where we need help.
Amen.
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443
401-439-3780
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My Bible Verse of The Day - 4-18-25
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.
Yesterday we discussed the creation, and the ensuing fall, of man.
With a single action, mankind disobeyed God, and their relationship with God was shattered.
It would appear that man was destined to be eternally separated from God, forever banished from His presence.
The future surely looked bleak.
But God had a redemption plan already in place.
Many may wonder why God allowed this to happen. Why didn’t He create man to be sinless and perfect?
But God wanted man to comprehend His great love for humanity. He needed us to see our own hearts and then see His great love through the incredible actions He took to redeem us.
Approximately 4,000 years after Adam and Eve fell, a child was born; a child from an obscure city (Nazareth), born with no fanfare and little human recognition.
But this was no ordinary infant. This baby was the Son of God; God incarnate, born of a woman.
The name of this child was Jesus (or Yeshua).
Matthew 1:21 (LS 21 And she will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”
It is important to note that the word, “He”, in the verse above literally means, He Himself.
Jesus needed no help. He needed no one else, as we referenced in another devotional recently. He alone was enough!
And so it was that Jesus came, God in the flesh (Immanuel, God with us), lived and walked among mankind, demonstrating God’s love for us in everything He did, even unto death on a brutal cross, shedding His holy blood to atone for our sins.
God was not yet finished with humanity.
And the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ was proof of this as Jesus rose from the dead on the third day after His burial, shedding the grave clothes and walking among men for another forty days before ascending to sit at the right hand of the Father for eternity.
His resurrection destroyed the grip that death had on humanity, giving us hope for life beyond the grave.
So, despite what had transpired in the garden centuries before, with man falling to temptation, God offers redemption to man through the blood of Christ. And to those who choose to embrace this offer, He gives the right to be called a child of God.
John 1:11-12 (NKJV) 11 He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. 12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name:
Amen!
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443
401-439-3780
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My Bible Verse of The Day - 4-17-25
Genesis 2:7 (NKJV) 7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.
Before humanity was created, the earth was empty and void.
There was nothing here.
There was no light, no land, no sea, no food, no trees, no herbs, no sea creatures nor animals, and no man!
There was no life whatsoever.
God created Adam, the first man, from the dust of the ground, With His hands He formed him.
After this, He breathed His own breath into Adam’s nostrils. Humanity began on this earth.
And that my friend is how life began!
Eve, on the other hand, was formed from Adam’s rib.
God caused Adam to go into a deep sleep. He then opened him up, took out a rib, and sealed up the wound.
When Adam woke from this deep sleep, he knew that Eve was bone of his bones, flesh of his flesh!
How simply beautiful. Adam called her woman because she was taken out of man.
The Hebrew word for man is Ish. And for woman, it is Ishshah!
God supplied everything for Adam and Eve.
He gave them everything to enjoy. But He told them they could not touch one specific tree in the garden.
As we all know, Adam and Eve fell. They disobeyed God.
Temptation got the best of them.
Let us not look down at Adam and Eve for disobeying God. Instead, let us learn from it.
It is a big lesson for us all. These things can happen quickly. And no one is exempt from it.
Consider these things:
Adam and Eve were not lacking or in need of anything when this took place.
They were advised by God. They knew right from wrong.
And most importantly, they were as close as anyone could get to God. Had they called on His name, He would surely have helped them to resist.
None of us ever wants to disobey God. But it does happen at times.
Thankfully, He made a way for us to be redeemed through the blood of Christ.
Please join us tomorrow as we discuss this further.
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443
401-439-3780
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My Bible Verse of The Day - 4-16-25
Acts 4:12 (NKJV) 12 Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
Over the last few decades, we have seen the rising popularity of various schools of thought that have become immensely popular.
Some of these things do not appear particularly religious in nature if we look only on the surface, while others are a religion in and of themselves.
As time has gone by, we have watched as bits and pieces from these various schools of thought, ideologies, and religions have become interwoven into Christianity and the everyday lives of believers.
We may often hear people speak of karma; an ancient Indian Sanskrit teaching.
We may hear about chanting or types of meditation that are based on various eastern religions or mysticism.
We may even hear about the benefits of yoga, which, in reality, is spiritual at its core.
Many people tend to mix and intermingle these things with Christianity. It may not be done intentionally, but it is done, nonetheless.
This brings about confusion and a watering down of the truth. And if we are not careful, it can lead to two things.
People thinking that this is OK to do.
Unbelievers and uninformed believers thinking that Jesus alone is not enough to redeem us and save us.
It is important that we understand this truth; Jesus needs the help of no one else. His blood is enough.
Jesus plus something else (or someone else) is not necessary for us to be washed clean of our sins. His blood is sufficient.
The grace and mercy of God do not need additional personas to assist in the salvation of mankind.
In fact, these other things only detract from the truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Karma is a counterfeit, masquerading in place of God’s principles of reciprocity (we reap what we sow).
Meditation on God and His word is the original. It leads us and draws us closer to Him. Meditations of any other kind are counterfeits that only lead us away from God.
And Yoga is a thinly disguised gateway to eastern mysticism, which uses its humming, chanting and various exercises to open ourselves up to spirits other than the Holy Spirit.
So, let us be keenly aware of these things. We must understand the importance of keeping our walk with God as pure and unadulterated as possible.
And in doing so, we will see and hear God more clearly and discern more accurately those things that desire only to pull us away from God.
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443
401-439-3780
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