My Bible Verse of The Day - 5-18-25
God Speaks
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie teach about some of the various ways that God speaks to us, and the importance of us learning to be careful not to miss what He is saying.
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My Bible Verse of The Day - 5-17-25
Matthew 4:3-4 (NKJV) 3 Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.” 4 But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’ ”
Understand when Satan, the tempter, comes to tempt us, we have what we need to overcome the temptation.
What is it? The Word of God!
There is power to overcome any kind of temptation by God’s promises. By His truth. By His word!
Sometimes we may not remember the exact chapter and verse, but knowing what God says is what’s most important.
The Holy Spirit will help us in this, but we must be willing to trust God and stand against temptation when it is staring us in the face.
Jesus didn’t try to overcome this on His own. He used the Word of God to rebuke the devil, and He was victorious!
God’s word is powerful. It is true, it’s alive, and it wins every battle the enemy throws at us.
Know the words of God. We must stand on them, and hold them dear to our hearts! Use them whenever the enemy tries to tempt us. And he will flee.
Matthew 4:11 (NKJV) 11 Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him.
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 - 5-16-25
Luke 6:38 (LS 38 Give, and it will be given to you. They will pour into your lap a good measure—pressed down, shaken together, running over. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return.”
When Jesus taught in parables, He was always careful to make sure He used examples that were relevant to the life that people were familiar with.
He wanted them to easily understand what He was saying so they could receive understanding from God’s Spirit.
Speaking in ways that were difficult for the people to understand would benefit no one. They would walk away as spiritually ignorant as they were prior to hearing Jesus teach.
The verse above is one that we frequently hear taught. It speaks directly about generosity. But Jesus used verbiage that the people could readily relate to and draw conclusions from.
Let’s break this down a bit so we can be sure to get a clear understanding of what Jesus said, and why He chose the words He used.
As Jesus taught them about giving, He used the phrase, “They will pour into your lap a good measure”, which may seem foreign to our modern-day minds. What does this mean?
This is a direct reference to the marketplaces of that time. Grain at that time was poured into containers. Long robes were used to carry any excess.
As grain was measured out, the receiving container was shaken as a means of causing the grain to settle, creating room for more grain. This guaranteed that the buyer was getting a “full measure” of what they were buying.
And they would often get extra to be sure they received their money’s worth.
Jesus used this familiar practice to teach the people about the importance of generosity, and giving liberally.
His primary message was that we receive by the same standard we use in our giving.
If we give little, we also receive little. But if we give much, we will be abundantly blessed by God for our generosity.
This is a spiritual principle put in place by God that He wants us to understand and to live by. It is not merely a suggestion, but a deep truth that has large ramifications.
So, let us develop understanding in this area and put it into practice in our daily lives. For with the measure we bless others, by that same measure will we too be blessed.
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 - 5-15-25
James 5:16 (NKJV) 16 Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
If there is one thing we can do in our relationship with God, it is to be real. He knows us deeply and we cannot pretend with Him.
The next thing is to be real with our brothers and sisters in Christ.
If we are going through things, it’s good to be prayerful about it. But we don’t need to hide what is happening.
Let’s be real with ourselves and with others, and share as God leads us.
Many times, as I have shared something personal that was very heavy on me, the person I was speaking to would say something to encourage or advise me.
What a huge help it was.
If we don’t open up and talk about these things, we will probably always be in the same place, struggling with the thing that weighs so heavy on us.
But through speaking about it, we can get insight and help from others. Yes, that means we have to bring it up and speak of it.
Can we be real with each other without people thinking we are being negative?
If we can’t talk to fellow children of God about real life things happening in our lives, we’re in trouble.
As believers let us not fail in this area. Let us be mature enough to admit when we need help; when we need to share our problems with others.
Being a Christian does not mean life is going to always be pretty.
Let us get real! Get real with God, get real with each other. We are not fooling anyone. God can see our struggles.
Prayer is what will help us all. But if we don’t open up and confess, admit, acknowledge or declare to one another what is wrong, how can we pray and help each other? How can we know what others are going through if we are afraid to share?
Stop pretending. And know that it’s OK to talk about our problem, sin or any other issues we may be having. Don’t let others make us feel like we are a bad Christian if we have something going on.
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 - 5-14-25
Philippians 4:6-7 (NKJV) 6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
As followers of Christ, learning and growing is a lifelong process. There is no beginning or end date.
Growth is something that God wants for each of us.
Part of that learning and growing process happens without us realizing it is happening.
It comes by way of the things we experience in our lives.
Difficulties can push us to grow in areas that we never desired to grow in. Adversity will cause us to reach beyond our perceived boundaries. It will stretch us.
Pastor Ellie and I have seen our share of adversities. We are not exempt.
Admittedly, while facing those difficulties we wanted them to go away. But we have learned to value what God taught us through them.
One of the most prominent and life-changing lessons was learning not to be anxious.
This was not an easy lesson to learn. It required that we fully surrender to God and follow every step He gave us.
But as we did this, He showed us His ways. And He led us through the storm that we were caught in, bringing us safely out the other side with stronger faith in Him than we had ever thought possible.
He has done this for us more than once. And each time taught us new, valuable lessons in faith and trust.
We are not special. He can and will do the same for you. Will you let Him?
Will you surrender to Him and let Him show you His ways, and walk you through whatever storm you may be facing?
It will change your walk with God.
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443
401-439-3780
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