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A Timing Notice

I was telling a pastor friend about this “Let It Rain” prophetic song and her eyes lit up. That same Sunday morning, in the worship at her church, the watch faceworship leader also prophesied in song that she could see a cloud the size of a man’s hand. She told her pastor later that she saw a small cloud with a wind around it, as if it were energizing it. Even greater than what she saw was the sense of getting ready for a manifestation of the glory and blessing of God because a breakthrough was coming. Let’s note this is established in the mouth of two witnesses on the same day and neither released it as a weak-someday-somehow, but rather a now-notice. We have heard, like Elijah heard something in verse 41, and he told them to celebrate, “There is the sound of abundance of rain, there is the sound of the roar of a heavy shower, rain is on the way; I hear it coming,” but then he saw something. The tiny cloud was a timing notice because when it showed up he said, “Saddle up and get down from the mountain before the rain stops you.” The cloud meant all systems go—it was the beginning. It was time for change to begin! We too have heard it, now go look again! Melissa continued singing, “He makes all things new, let it settle over you. We are gonna go ahead and break through . . . because it’s the year of the cloud.”

(This is the final excerpt from Kathy Gabler’s article “Year Of The Cloud” taken from SEEC Magazine * Volume 18 Issue 1)

This is the link to the prophetic song Melissa sang “Let It Rain”
http://martygabler.podomatic.com/entry/2014-02-01T10_40_06-08_00


Well-Intended Efforts

targets_bullseyesWhere it is the case, may the Lord show His people where their well-intended efforts have not really been necessary, or possibly even wasted, in order that they may be more efficient and effective. May He help us discover more accurately where we need to concentrate effort, time and finance so that His purposes may best be served. “Mark a life of discipline and live wisely; don’t squander your precious life.” (Prov.8:33, Msg)

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Listen to a short audio file of MARTY GABLER speaking on “The Voice Of God In Action.”
CLICK ON THIS LINK: http://martygabler.podomatic.com/entry/2014-02-26T13_27_21-08_00


Look Beyond Changelessness

When hope stumbles in starvation and is deferred to the point of heartsick, it is hard to get excited about “looking again.” Realistically, it might be difficult for some to catch the “go look again” alum_canzeal just because they are drained by time and waiting. That particular event in 1Kings 18 was the completion of a three year ordeal. When changelessness lasts longer, like decades, it might take a cattle prod to get us to look again, right? Empty expectations pile up like empty cans (and you can at least sell the cans.) Worn-out hopes won’t even salvage anything by the pound. Nevertheless, consider Melissa’s “Let It Rain–Go Look Again” song a release of an official challenge to believe God is bigger than the debris of experience. Even if you are kicking the cans of empty expectations, dare to go look again until a “cloud” of hope appears. Dare to hope God is gonna show up and you be determined not to miss the first clue.

(This is the sixth excerpt from Kathy Gabler’s article “Year Of The Cloud” taken from SEEC Magazine * Volume 18 Issue 1)

This is the link to the prophetic song Melissa sang “Let It Rain–Go Look Again–Cloud The Size Of A Man’s Hand”  http://martygabler.podomatic.com/entry/2014-02-01T10_40_06-08_00


May He Place A Guard

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As you have received a touch from the Lord and as you have received a move of the Holy Spirit within your life, may you retain everything the Lord did in that moment or in that time period. May He place a guard upon your heart and your spirit that no attack or accusation can get past to steal or taint that touch. “The blessing of the Lord—it makes [truly] rich, and He adds no sorrow with it [neither does toiling increase it].”Prov.10:22

Listen to a short audio file of MARTY GABLER speaking on “The Voice Of God In Action.”
CLICK ON THIS LINK: http://martygabler.podomatic.com/entry/2014-02-26T13_27_21-08_00


Comprehension And New Thoughts

thinking_solutionsMay the Lord bless His people and give them a good mind, comprehension, skills, new ideas, new thoughts, and inventions.
“The wise also will hear and increase in learning, and the person of understanding will acquire skill and attain to sound counsel [so that he may be able to steer his course rightly]” (Prov.1:5, Amp)
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Listen to a short audio file of MELISSA GABLER speaking on “Everything Is Set Up For You To Cross The Finish Line.” CLICK ON THIS LINK: http://martygabler.podomatic.com/entry/2014-02-24T20_55_32-08_00


Clouds And Drought

rain and cloudClear skies usually signify good times, but clear skies are not a positive when rain is desperately needed.  Cloudy skies are welcomed when they signal the end of a drought.  If the drought is financial, rain means money is coming with relief.  If the drought is a matter of heated circumstances that are daily burning possibilities and potential, then rain is welcomed change.  If the drought has dried up the life flow of former relationships or any hope of new ones, then the rain means restoration and new streams.

(This is the fourth excerpt from Kathy Gabler’s article “Year Of The Cloud” taken from SEEC Magazine * Volume 18  Issue 1)

This is the link to the prophetic song Melissa sang “Let It Rain”  http://martygabler.podomatic.com/entry/2014-02-01T10_40_06-08_00

Listen to a short audio file of Kathy Gabler :  CLICK ON THIS LINK:
http://martygabler.podomatic.com/entry/2014-02-18T21_51_13-08_00


Not Lose Grip On Word

grip WordAs the people of God assemble today, may they hear and feed upon the life-giving, life-enhancing, life-changing Word of God. May they take it out the door with them and into the week ahead. May they not lose their grip on it and may Its effective truth stick to them like glue through the whole week, through every circumstance, through every encounter.

“Now these are the ones sown among thorns; they are the ones who hear the word, 19 and the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. 20 But these are the ones sown on good ground, those who hear the word, accept it, and bear fruit: some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundred.” (Mk.4:18-20, 

 

Set Up For Profitable Progress

grabbing someoneMay the Lord keep you from circumstances, events and people that would hold you back from any form of progress that would cause you to be blessed and to be a proper representative of His purposes. May the hand that reaches out to clutch you, detain you and taint you with undesirable identity, lose its grip. And may the Lord delightfully set you up for profitable progress.

“From one disaster after another he delivers you;  no matter what the calamity, the evil can’t touch you—”Job 5:19 (Msg)

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Read the current issue of Marty & Kathy’s ministry magazine:
https://martygabler.com/magazine/


Go Look Again

As Melissa sang “Go look again because it’s the year of the cloud,” I began to weep as the significance of her Look at distancedeclaration mushroomed in my understanding.   It is time for those manifestation-of-God changes.  That tiny cloud marks the beginning of change coming, so watch for it.  Go look again and again until you see it!  Of course the cloud the size of a man’s hand references the time in 1Kings 18 when God supernaturally showed up.  It marks a time when a project orchestrated by God and His prophet came to completion and brought change in the earth. Go look again.

(This is the third excerpt from Kathy Gabler’s article “Year Of The Cloud” taken from SEEC Magazine * Volume 18  Issue 1)

This is the link to the prophetic song Melissa sang “Let It Rain”  http://martygabler.podomatic.com/entry/2014-02-01T10_40_06-08_00


Standing For My Family

large familyI am still standing on this Scripture for my household (my whole family), that the life-giving Message of Holy Scripture will save them all (Acts 11:14). And that the Holy Ghost would fall on them (v.15) so that those watching their lives might glorify God (v.18).
“He will give and explain to you a message by means of which you and all your household [as well] will be saved [from eternal death].” (Acts 11:14, Amp)

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(One hour after I posted this on FB I received a phone call that a guy I
grew up with accepted Jesus yesterday!  I had, in fact, just prayed for
him and his brother two weeks ago.  Keep praying and standing on the Word.)


The Year Of The Cloud

On a recent Sunday,  I was caught up in the sounds that seemed to beat with the pulse of God and my spirit was stirred.  Melissa began to cloudprophesy in song.  The words whirled within me, round and round, “Hallelujah, You make all things new and You will come like the rain.  So, let it rain, let it rain, let it rain.”  At first, I could not explain the tears spilling onto my cheeks nor the strange mixture of gratefulness and anticipation tumbling inside my chest.  Then my understanding began to open with the next words she sang, “Go look again, go look again.  Is the sky clear over you?  Then go look again.  Is the sky clear over you, no sign of rain over you?  Go look again because it’s the year of the cloud.  It’s the year of the cloud the size of a man’s hand.” (1Kings 18:44)

(This is the second excerpt from Kathy Gabler’s article “Year Of The Cloud” taken from SEEC Magazine * Volume 18  Issue 1)

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Listen to Melissa singing the prophetic song “Let It Rain”:

Listen to a short audio file of Kathy Gabler :
CLICK ON THIS LINK:
http://martygabler.podomatic.com/entry/2014-02-18T21_51_13-08_00


Consider The Name Of The Lord

prayer_look upHow often do we give consideration and priority to the named thing that is against us?  We give our thoughts and emotions to the illness and speak of it, then we put our thoughts and hopes on treatments. We give our attention to the financial threat that looms over us and then we put our thoughts on a possible raise or some sort of financial windfall. We worry about a loved one or a friend and long for the day they surrender to the LORD. But we would do well to give priority to consideration of the Name of the LORD. His Name speaks of His capabilities, who He is and His character. While we are concerned about the other things and people, let’s first consider the Name of the LORD, call on the Name, and then approach the situation with the assurance of His intervention that glorifies His Name.

“Our help is in the name of the LORD, Who made heaven and earth.” (Ps.124:8, NKJV)

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Listen to a short audio file of  MARTY  GABLER  speaking on
“The Voice Of God In Action.”
To hear MARTY — CLICK ON THIS LINK:
http://martygabler.podomatic.com/entry/2014-02-26T13_27_21-08_00

 


The Four-Lettered Word, Time

clocksProphets carry a lot of “wait” in the earth.  It seems they are always waiting to see what they’ve seen, touch what they have felt and hear what they have heard.  TIME can be the most dreaded or most beloved four-letter word.  So, nothing thrills me more than when God’s due-time converges with His plans and projects and processes in our lives.

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Below is a short audio file of Kathy Gabler speaking on
“Escaping Victim Syndrome”.
To hear audio excerpts CLICK ON THIS LINK:
http://martygabler.podomatic.com/entry/2014-02-18T21_51_13-08_00


What Is Worthy Of My Focus?

focus cameraWhen God has given us a promise and witness by the Holy Spirit (2Cor.1:22), why then do we get discouraged or give up? The witness has not been removed. It is, however, that we are now looking at and listening to that which we perceive has interrupted or canceled promise.

There seems to exist some perverted rule which says, “That which bullies its way in gets to stay.” Those defeating thoughts and doubts which demand to be considered begin to take the forefront and will eventually replace the words and witness of promise. It is that prophetic gift which comes to remind us that God’s Word holds the highest priority of consideration. We must ask ourselves, “What has priority? What is worthy of our focus? What will destroy promise? What will sustain promise? What will launch me into the season I belong in? And which am I entertaining?”

(This is the last excerpt from Marty’s article “Launching Into A New Era” in Volume 17 Issue 6 of SEEC Magazine. You may read other excerpts by scrolling down this home page at http://martygabler.com)

 

In His Envelope

envelope2May the Lord bless His people today. May they be kept in safety and, LORD, in your envelope of love and favor. May their efforts to get their job done be effective beyond the energy and skill that they put into it because they and their righteous efforts are blessed by the touch of your hand. May they sense the companionship and help of your precious Holy Spirit with everything they face and everyone they must deal with today.

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Listen to Marty & Kathy’s Podcasts:  http://martygabler.podomatic.com

Rowing Against The Wind

When God gives a promise He gives a witness of the Holy Spirit in our hearts. “He… put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come” (2Co rowing in storm1:22). We allow pressures and delay to smother the witness, of the Holy Spirit, to promise. When we are on our way to the fulfillment of promise and the wind is not at our backs, the tendency is to turn around and go back so that we are not opposed by the wind. Rowing with the wind is much easier than rowing against the wind. But winds of opposition will come from the enemy because he does not want the promise of God to be fulfilled in us. If it is fulfilled in us it will not only revolutionize our lives but it will also bless those around us. It will advance the Kingdom of God. The wind will resist our shifting into a new season.

(This is the fifteenth excerpt from Marty’s article “Launching Into A New Era” in Volume 17 Issue 6 of SEEC Magazine. You may read other excerpts by scrolling down this page and by going to http://martygabler.com)

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Marty & Kathy Gabler invite you to read the latest issue of SEEC Magazine * February/March 2014.
CLICK HERE:  https://martygabler.com/magazine/
We believe that this issue of SEEC Magazine will edify you.


Bid Me Come

That  “BID  me  COME  to  You  on  the  water,” was a cry of DESTINY coming up from Peter’s spirit . . .  An inner YEARNING to do what  JESUS was doing. An inner KNOWING he was born to walk on water.

Feet on waterThat “BID me COME” (Matt.14:28)  is in the heart of all of us. It’s  DEEP calling unto DEEP.  It’s  in  our  spiritual  DNA  because . . .  God created us to be SONS that walk in Dominion.

There is no need for us to live a watered-down version of what God had in mind for our lifetime. The only way we  will  leave a wimpy or skimpy heritage, is if we ignore or suppress  that which is inside us . . .  “LORD,  BID me COME to You on the water.”

I’m obviously no 20-something, so why am I talking about taking dominion at  my age . . Because “BID me COME” will  trump age. “BID me COME” will  trump sickness & disease. “BID me COME” will  trump past failures & defeats. And every disorder we bring into Heaven’s order is the Kingdom of God advancing in the earth.

We were born to walk in the authority that trumps all things. “You don’t understand what I am up against.”    No, I don’t, but I know His “COME ON”  is bigger . . . Besides, when you’re walking on water, it doesn’t matter if it’s 2ft. deep  or 20ft. deep.

(This was taken from the message Kathy spoke at the SEEC Kingdom Conference 3-7-14.)

 Marty & Kathy’s Podcasts:  http://martygabler.podomatic.come

Operating On Fore-Gone Conclusions

When Jesus came walking on the water (ruling over the very circumstances plaguing them), “they screamed out with fright” Walking on water(Matt.14:26, Amp) They could not conceive, in this condition, the possibility of Jesus being the one walking on the water. There isn’t even any evidence that they are attempting to bale water out of the boat. They are now operating on fore-gone conclusions and it has left them in nonproductive panic. 

The miracle of provision they had just witnessed (feeding of 5,000+ with 12 baskets of leftovers) was forgotten with their focus on the present negative factors. Their hearts are very troubled and they are very unproductive. Is it more difficult for Jesus to calm wind and waves than it is to multiply a little boy’s lunch to feed 5,000+? Is it more difficult to walk on 300-foot-deep water than to walk on 3-foot-deep water? Has He stopped working miracles because “this is now and that was then”? The same authority and power applied to loaves and fishes gets the same results when applied to wind and waves!

(This is the fourteenth excerpt from Marty’s article “Launching Into A New Era” in Volume 17 Issue 6 of SEEC Magazine)
podcasts:  http://martygabler.podomatic.com/


Thy Kingdom Affect Environment

city crowdOur Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. If our Father’s will be done on earth–at least–as it concerns me, as concerns my family, as concerns my church–it will affect my environment.

“Thy Kingdom come, they will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” (Matt.6:10)

 

Focused On Facts

Jesus calms stormWhen Jesus told His disciples to go to the other side of the lake, the hard facts the disciples focused on, once out on the water in the storm, were (Matt.14:22-27):  1.) it was night-dark  2.) they were a great distance from land  3.) the boat was beaten by waves  4.) the wind was against them—blowing the opposite direction they were supposed to go. We must beware of reaching a point that we are merely dwelling on just the facts. These may be the present facts but they are not the conclusion of the matter. In the Bible, present facts and final conclusions always looked very different from one another.

(This is the thirteenth excerpt from Marty’s article “Launching Into A New Era” in Volume 17 Issue 6 of SEEC Magazine)

*Dr. Don Crum is speaking today (11a.m. & 7p.m.) at the SEEC Kingdom Conference. Info: https://martygabler.com/ctk-conference

Listen to a short audio track of his message on “Royal Dynasty”:   http://martygabler.podomatic.com/entry/2014-02-12T10_43_08-08_00


His Government Increasing

David wrestle lion“There will be no end to the increase of His government” (Isa.9:7) There is always a point at which the rule of God, the government of God, can increase in our lives and there is always a point at which it can increase through our lives into the environment He has put us in. 

Consider that David advanced from dealing with sheep to dealing with a lion, then to a bear, then to a dysfunctional king, then to Goliath, then to the throne of Israel, then to facilitating the building of the Temple. The Kingdom of God–the rule of God, the authority of God–advanced IN David and then THROUGH him affecting his environment. 

(This is an excerpt from Marty’s message “The Advancing Kingdom” which he brought at the SEEC Kingdom Conference 2014.)

 

“The Kingdom In Action” – Jim Hodges

Jim Hodges2Listen to a short audio file from Jim Hodges “The Kingdom In Action.”
For the 2014 Conference Apostle Hodges says:
“The question is not how much does the Kingdom advance before the King returns.  The question is how much will the Body of Christ pray and participate in the agenda of the Kingdom of God in the culture.  An increasing Kingdom that was prophesied by Isaiah demands an anointed, activated, and fearless people of God”.

To hear audio excerpts CLICK ON THIS LINK:
http://martygabler.podomatic.com/entry/2014-02-05T11_42_39-08_00

To see details of the conference click on:  https://martygabler.com/ctk-conference/


Stop The Negative

How do we, in a time of need, suddenly stop the negative and suddenly begin authoritatively operating in the power of the Throne? stop signHow do we, in a season-shift, push down the troubling aspects of our environment and see what the Father is doing and do what the Father is doing in spite of those elements? We can immediately go to panic, to fear, to flight but our emotional make-up is such that we require a period of time before turning to the positive. I have seen deer in the wild that were perfectly at peace, grazing and resting. But, suddenly, there is a noise and they jump and snort and run. Then they stand around stomping and snorting and looking at each other and looking all around their environment. They eventually settle back down but the operative word here is “eventually.” It only takes one deer to keep the rest from settling back down and all the rest will run and abandon food and rest because of the one. How do we turn it around in our minds? We “be not conformed” (Rom.12:2). We do not allow ourselves to be pressed into the mold of present circumstances. We submit our minds to be transformed by the Word of God. Applied to the correct report, we can renew our minds. If we neglect knowing the intentions of the King for this season of history, we cannot be transformed into the mindset that cooperates with and gets the results of His Kingdom intentions.

(This is the twelfth excerpt from Marty’s article “Launching Into A New Era” in Volume 17 Issue 6 of SEEC Magazine)
Listen to Jim Hodges “The Kingdom In Action” a short audio track: http://martygabler.podomatic.com/entry/2014-02-05T11_42_39-08_00
To see details of the conference click on:  https://martygabler.com/ctk-conference/

 

Intense Exertion

pushing_exertionIn spite of the angle of descent of morals and values, in spite of what the world money market looks like, in spite of what the state of the union looks like, we stand on the brink of a destiny that our forefathers never imagined. But it will require our moving from waiters and observers to acting. It will require shifting, transition and intense exertion; the “violent” action of Matt.11:12 which means “intense exertion.”  It is not violent in the sense of doing persons harm but in the sense of putting forth effort in opposition to things that oppose purpose. We must oppose darkness like opposing a rattlesnake trying to crawl up in our bed.

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(This is an excerpt from the message Marty preached at Kingdom Conference last year. He will be speaking Wednesday night March 5. Info: https://martygabler.com/ctk-conference )

Below is a short audio file of  MARTY  GABLER  speaking on “The Voice Of God In Action.”
He will be speaking this year at Kingdom Conference * March 5-7, 2014 *
Grace International * Willis, TX * Just north of Houston on I-45 * 936-856-2455

To hear MARTY — CLICK ON THIS LINK:
http://martygabler.podomatic.com/entry/2014-02-26T13_27_21-08_00

Melissa Gabler (Marty’s daughter) will be leading worship. Excerpts from Kingdom Conference-CLICK HERE: http://martygabler.podomatic.com/entry/2014-03-01T07_07_28-08_00
* Sound is best enjoyed with earbuds or headphones.