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Wisdom to be Our Guide

MARTY GABLER—Father, I pray for your wisdom to be my daily thoughts and guide. That I might escape the fruit of folly and show forth your greatness in all I think and do. I declare that the remainder of this year will be great! The wisdom of God is in me and I have the mind of Christ for the purposes already outlined for me in the remainder of this year. The wisdom of God in me will bring resolve of issues. “Get wisdom! Get understanding! Do not forget, nor turn away from the words of my mouth.  6 Do not forsake her, and she will preserve you; Love her, and she will keep you.  7   Wisdom is the principal thing; Therefore get wisdom. And in all your getting, get understanding. 8  Exalt her, and she will promote you; She will bring you honor, when you embrace her. 9  She will place on your head an ornament of grace; A crown of glory she will deliver to you.” 10  Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, And the years of your life will be many.” (Prov.4:5-10, NKJV)

Have I Been Forgotten?

MELISSA GABLER—Now that it is settled that (1) you are not junk, (2) You have not messed up your “one shot”, and (3) you do not have to live with sickness and pain, let’s step back to get an even bigger view, and ask the right questions:  
– So, due to the above stated facts, is what I am going through right now because of what I carry and NOT because I have been forgotten? 
– Is this physical issue I’m dealing with simply the poison being pulled to the top so that I can be delivered of a long-cycling issue? 
– Is this heaviness from the war in the atmosphere, and I carry the words to change that?

The Kingdom is in Reach


KATHY GABLER—In our culture, when we hear the word “government,”  most people think politics.  However, when God says “government,” He thinks relationship.  When we hear “dominion”, we think aspiring to a throne, but when God says “dominion,” He thinks obedience.  Our thinking is really distorted if we think of dominion as arrogantly doing what we want, when we want.  That’s not dominion, that’s just ditzy-dingy!  We see why Jesus said, “Repent,” before He said “the Kingdom is in reach.”  It’s going to take changing our minds and thinking past our experience and our environment and our examples and our personal agendas to reach for the order of heaven and bring it into the earth.

Walking in Good Health


MARTY GABLER—May the Lord help us get to the knowledge and correct information we need to walk in good health. May He bring to us knowledge of what is good for us and what is not. May He steer us away from fad methods and onto that lifestyle that is profitable to healthy living. May the Lord instill in us the good sense to heed wise counsel about our health and act accordingly. “Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.” (3Jn. 1:2, NKJV) 

The Right Questions


MELISSA GABLER— We can ask the right kind of questions that lead down a path of deliverance, healing, and action.  When we ask the right questions we are able to hear the answers we need.  When we ask fear-based questions we have already come to the wrong, statistic-based, society-experienced conclusions.  These soulish conclusions make it really hard to hear a Spirit answer.  So, a good place to start asking the right question is to ask the Holy Spirit, “What questions should I be asking about this situation?” He will tell you, and most of the time these questions carry the answer in them.  The right questions are a key to unlock doors and chains.  The right questions give you the right perspective.

Obedience and Sabotage


KATHY GABLER—We dare not expose our obediences to sabotage with our doubt and unbelief. I mean, even after the fact, we can go away analyzing and criticizing and speculating for months about its success to the point of concluding it was a failure or worthless effort. Unfortunately, the harvest crop can be tall and to the point of the ears forming or being almost complete, but our conclusions were all the thief needed to kill, steal and destroy. It takes as much trust with the after effects as it does to obey in the beginning, so let’s rest in the confidence that He will always be Lord of the harvest.

There is no Limitation With God

MARTY GABLER–As the people of God assemble today may they call upon the name of God Most High knowing that there is no limitation with Him and He gives abundantly. Eph.3:20,Amp — “Now to Him who is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly more than all that we dare ask or think [infinitely beyond our greatest prayers, hopes, or dreams], according to His power that is at work within us,”

Understanding and Speaking


MARTIN GABLER—The sons of Issachar understood the times in which they lived, understood what was being said by the rulers and cultures of the times. Of the sons of Issachar, men who understood the times, with knowledge of what Israel should do… (1Ch 12:32). They were able to speak more than just their tribal, colloquial tongue. They both understood and spoke the understandings of culture, politics and science. They were then able to articulate those matters to their tribe (v.32) so that action could be taken upon their wisdom. Their knowledge made them profitable to their families, their tribe and their nation.

From Defensive to Offensive


KATHY GABLER—I believe that part of maturing as sons is moving from a defensive to an offensive  perspective.   An example is in the BEATITUDES  (which can be considered the constitution of the Kingdom).   Matt 5:3, “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”  Being poor in spirit might seem to be a needy and defensive posture at first. But we move from defense to offense in our mindset by realizing that the poor in spirit are not the insignificant but those who know they are bankrupt without Him and therefore welcome adoption as a son and gladly receive the key to their Father’s household and submit to His rule of power and government order.  There is no insignificance in that scenario.