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Archive for April, 2014

What God Has Put In Us

David n GoliathWe must be careful not to undersell ourselves. All of us have undersold what God has put in us for appointments and we have kept our mouths shut because we have focused on our individual value without consideration for what God has put in us. David’s brothers only considered him as their bothersome little brother when they told him to go back home and tend to those few sheep. Thank God he did not limit himself to the considerations his brothers limited him to. It was evident, when he faced Goliath, where David’s considerations were: “And David said to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of Jehovah of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.” (1Sa 17:45)   Goliath came against David with only consideration of who he was within himself but David came against Goliath with only consideration of who God was in him. 

(This is the thirteenth excerpt from Marty’s article “The Governor’s Power” taken from Marty & Kathy’s ministry magazine, SEEC Magazine Volume 17 Issue 5. More excerpts will be posted on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The article in its entirety may be read at this link: https://martygabler.com/articles/)

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More Or Less Spiritual

looking upHaving been around church-life a good many years I have observed a variety of people comparing who is “more spiritual” than whom and making judgments accordingly. Yet, after considering Scripture and observing folks, indication is that the one who is “more spiritual” is least judgmental; the one who is “more spiritual” is more loving and is most willing to walk the extra mile; the one who is “more spiritual” doesn’t cause criticism and rebellion in others. The “more spiritual” concept doesn’t separate, it adds to. Honestly, looking back over the years, I really don’t remember “truly spiritual people” (those whose lifetime proved Scripturally exemplary and reflective of the fruit of the Spirit) actually being all that concerned about making assessments on the lives of others. (1Cor. 9:27; 13:1-3; 2Cor. 10:12)


Doors For Release

200019477-001There have been unknown, unnamed people who have had an impact on a nation because they were in a place where God wanted them to be to release what He had put in them to release. God can put you in a position where someone else can open a door for you that you would have never been able to pry open on your most determined day.

(This is the twelfth excerpt from Marty’s article “The Governor’s Power” taken from Marty & Kathy’s ministry magazine, SEEC Magazine Volume 17 Issue 5. More excerpts will be posted on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The article in its entirety may be read at this link: https://martygabler.com/articles/)

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Marty & Kathy’s articles * SEEC Magazine * April/May 2014
Click on this link to read articles: https://martygabler.com/magazine/


Kingdom Expression

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The Kingdom of God has an expression in each generation. What our parents were not, we can be. 

What has not been accomplished in past generations can be accomplished in our generation.

“Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, And Your dominion endures throughout all generations.” (Ps.145:13, NKJV)

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God’s Active Government

people prayingGod’s government is active in this world today. It is not by something on the order of the waving of a magic wand. That government is active through sons/daughters that are indwelled by the powerful Person called Holy Spirit. Every son/daughter of God carries the same authority that Jesus did (Jn.20:21). Everything that needs to be done in this earth is already in you and I. Compare the example of Adam naming the animals. God turned him loose to name the animals because it was already in Adam. All it needed was for the Governor to authorize the release. God releases us to “get it done” by the empowering of the Holy Spirit (Acts1:8).

(This is the eleventh excerpt from Marty’s article “The Governor’s Power” taken from Marty & Kathy’s ministry magazine, SEEC Magazine Volume 17 Issue 5. More excerpts will be posted on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The article in its entirety may be read at this link: https://martygabler.com/articles/)


Your Sanctuary

home and familyMay the people of God find their home a sanctuary where they are able to have peace and be rested. May it be a place of love, understanding and acceptance. May it be a place of affirmation and support.

“Then all the people departed, every man to his house; and David returned to bless his house.” (1Chron.16:43, NKJV)

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Marty & Kathy’s articles * SEEC Magazine * April/May 2014
Click on this link to read articles: https://martygabler.com/magazine/

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Listen to Worship_Soaking Music
Melissa Gabler and the Grace Worship Band 4-13-14
*Sound is best enjoyed with ear buds or headphones.*
http://martygabler.podomatic.com/entry/2014-04-13T21_03_46-07_00


From Point A To Point B

We need the power of Holy Spirit in order for God to be able to get us from point A to point B. The blessings of God stem from the fact that God has a point a to bSon, and a purpose to glorify that Son because that Son has a destiny. God will take a person from point A and, no matter how impossible it seems, get them to point B to participate in fulfilling some aspect of His Son’s destiny in advancing His Kingdom. 

(This is the tenth excerpt from Marty’s article “The Governor’s Power” taken from Marty & Kathy’s ministry magazine, SEEC Magazine Volume 17 Issue 5. More excerpts will be posted on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The article in its entirety may be read at this link: https://martygabler.com/articles/)

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Going Through Doors

May we not slam doors of opportunity that are open to us through our words and/or our actions (even if we did not intend those words or actions to walk thru doorbe detrimental). May we be open to approaching doors considering the possibility that we just might have to go through this one after adjusting our paradigms and preferences. May we not look back in several years and wish we had done something differently or wish we had been willing to “pay the price” to walk through that door. May we hear the voice of our LORD as we approach doors in the future and walk through them in the manner of His choosing within His timing.

“Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner.”(Jn. 5:19, NKJV)

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Listen to Worship_Soaking Music
Melissa Gabler and the Grace Worship Band 4-13-14
*Sound is best enjoyed with ear buds or headphones.*
http://martygabler.podomatic.com/entry/2014-04-13T21_03_46-07_00


Run Through A Troop

It is up to our God/King to sit upon His throne in the heaven of heavens and delegate and it is up to us to take that authority and enablement and run through2resist the “press of weight” and “cut through waves” and “run through troops”. David spoke in the past tense saying, “I have run through a troop.” It was something he had already done by the power of His God and wrote of it to testify to us so that we might take courage and do likewise. You were born to run through the enemy—not just one small one— but through a troop of them. You do not have to abide the enemy and certainly do not have to cower before him. You can “run through” because it is by the power of the Holy Spirit. Come, Holy Spirit, and be the Communicating, Governing and Empowering Factor in our lives!

(This is the ninth excerpt from Marty’s article “The Governor’s Power” taken from Marty & Kathy’s ministry magazine, SEEC Magazine Volume 17 Issue 5. More excerpts will be posted on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The article in its entirety may be read at this link: https://martygabler.com/articles/)

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Marty & Kathy’s articles * SEEC Magazine * April/May 2014

Click on this link to read articles: https://martygabler.com/magazine/


Resurrection Is A Person

Martha spoke of resurrection in terms of an end-time doctrine. JESUS spoke of resurrection in terms of that which is a present fact applicable to present circumstances. JESUS was challenging Martha to see it and experience it BEFORE the Last Day.

cross_LightIf JESUS cannot raise us from the death of failure (“death”: termination or extinction of something; cessation of all vital functions), from the death “of ceasing of function”, from the death of “not functioning because of fault or breakdown”, how can He raise us from the dust at the Last Day?

Here at Bethany, where JESUS is speaking to Martha, He is only two miles from Jerusalem where He healed one who had been diseased for 38 years; He healed one who had been blind since birth; now He raised one who had been dead for four days. Surely He can raise you up today. I like this definition of resurrection: “to stand up again.” Rejoice, it’s Resurrection Day! You can stand up again because Resurrection is a Person! (v.25 “I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE”)

“23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”  24  Martha said to Him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”  25  Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.” (Jn.11:23-25, NKJV)

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Jesus is alive!  Marty reads inspirational Easter scriptures!

http://martygabler.podomatic.com/entry/2013-03-28T11_30_05-07_00


One Grain But Much Fruit

grain of wheat

“Truly I say to you that UNLESS a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies…”(Jesus speaking in Jn.12:24) This particular Grain of Wheat had a choice as to whether or not He would die and go into the earth. Knowing what was coming, He said to the Father, “yet not my will, but yours be done.”(Lk.22:42) He was willing! Because this Grain would not “remain alone”: v.24 “if it dies, it bears much fruit.” Those redeemed by the shed blood of Jesus are His fruit. We are His message, His living letters (2Co.3:3) that He has sent into the future. He rose, He lives and His fruit (His message to this generation) will show Him and His resurrection to the world by the power of His Spirit. He was willing to die to bear much fruit and His resurrection enables us to live to bear much fruit.

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Jesus is alive!  Marty reads inspirational Easter scriptures!

http://martygabler.podomatic.com/entry/2013-03-28T11_30_05-07_00


Mighty Ships

The mighty ship that crosses oceans with great loads of valuable cargo was not meant to be tied up to the dock while the waves tossed and the wind Shiphowled out at sea. The ship was designed and built to ply the seas and its time in harbor at dock was meant to be for resupplying so that it could get back out upon the seas it was built for. The reason for a big harbor isn’t so that more ships may get into it and reside there, it is so that more ships may be supplied and equipped more efficiently to get back out on the seas as quickly as possible. And then once out at sea the bow must push its way through the resisting waves and currents to get to its point of delivery. We are built, like the great ships, to handle resistance and cut through resistance. Progress and profit only come from the ships that ply the seas.
(This is the eighth excerpt from Marty’s article “The Governor’s Power” taken from Marty & Kathy’s ministry magazine, SEEC Magazine Volume 17 Issue 5. More excerpts will be posted on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The article in its entirety may be read at this link: https://martygabler.com/articles/)

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Marty & Kathy’s articles * SEEC Magazine * April/May 2014
Click on this link to read articles: https://martygabler.com/magazine/

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Listen to Worship_Soaking Music * Melissa Gabler and the Grace Worship Band 4-13-14
*Sound is best enjoyed with ear buds or headphones.*
http://martygabler.podomatic.com/entry/2014-04-13T21_03_46-07_00


Good Heritage Results

Portrait Of Extended Family Group In ParkYour healing is not dependent upon how much of something has come down through your bloodline or how much of something is lacking in your bloodline. What is purportedly happening to your age-group financially and health-wise are not predetermined factors that sons and daughters of God must bow to.

“The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; yes, I have a good heritage.” (Ps.16:6, Amp)

“I have been young and now am old, yet have I not seen the [uncompromisingly] righteous forsaken or their seed begging bread.” (Ps.37:25, Amp)

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Marty & Kathy’s articles * SEEC Magazine * April/May 2014

Click on this link to read articles: https://martygabler.com/magazine/


Profit From Resistance

A body builder by the name of Arnold Schwarzenegger didn’t get that way because God made his environment perfect. He got that way by pumping weight liftingand pressing against iron. Let me say that another way: he worked with resistance. He didn’t stop or go another direction when the great resistance of weighty iron was presented to him.  His experience in resisting iron was that every time he would push the iron up, the iron—through its weight—would push down. He consistently worked with that resistance to build a championship physique whereby he was able to rule in the world of body builders. The perfect environment that brought him through to championship was one of resistance.

(This is the seventh excerpt from Marty’s article “The Governor’s Power” taken from Marty & Kathy’s ministry magazine, SEEC Magazine Volume 17 Issue 5. More excerpts will be posted on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The article in its entirety may be read at this link: https://martygabler.com/articles/)

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Marty & Kathy’s articles * SEEC Magazine * April/May 2014

Click on this link to read articles: https://martygabler.com/magazine/

 


Worship_Soaking Music

MSG_Worship4-13-14Listen to Worship_Soaking Music

Melissa Gabler and the Grace Worship Band 4-13-14

*Sound is best enjoyed with ear buds or headphones.*

http://martygabler.podomatic.com/entry/2014-04-13T21_03_46-07_00


Jehovah-Jireh

fieldDo not look to demographics to make decisions concerning those things you have asked God for. He does not consider the rise or fall of the market before He decides to give or not. Jehovah-Jireh does not wait for the Dow Jones report to estimate your annual supply. El Shaddai does not stand at the dock to see if any boats are coming in with sufficient loads. He is the sufficient One.

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

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Listen to Worship_Soaking Music
Melissa Gabler and the Grace Worship Band 4-13-14
*Sound is best enjoyed with ear buds or headphones.*
http://martygabler.podomatic.com/entry/2014-04-13T21_03_46-07_00


Marty and Kathy New Articles

Vol18_Iss2_CvrMarty & Kathy’s Articles * SEEC Magazine * April/May 2014

Marty & Kathy’s ministry magazine  *  Volume 18  Issue 2

Click on this link to read articles: SEEC Magazine * April/May 2014

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_______ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE_______
*The Seven Corporate Ministries of the End-Time Church
*Advancing The Kingdom Through Dominion
*Pulling The Heavenly Into The Earthly
*An Unfolding Revelation of Jesus Christ
*The Advancing Kingdom
*Be Strong And Courageous
*Whose Report Will You Believe?
*Advancing With The Kingdom


A Perfect Pair Of Brakes

Kathy and I grew up around church kids and minister’s kids. We know many for whom hurts and disappointments drove mean brakes1wedges between them and the Holy Spirit. That resulted in their not wanting anything to do with ministers or churches or Christians and. . . eventually God. The devil didn’t have to kill them to stop their progress in the destiny they were born with. The kids I’m talking about are ones that the obvious Hand and purpose of God was upon them. All satan has to do, in many cases, to bring a screeching halt to purposeful progress is to ask, “Did God say?” (Gen.3) A doubt offered and a doubt received is a perfect pair of brakes to stop most any vehicle. “Well, if God loved you, this would be a certain way and the other thing would be what ‘it ought to be’.” Just because our lives are not perfect does not mean that God doesn’t love us.

(This is the sixth excerpt from Marty’s article “The Governor’s Power” taken from Marty & Kathy’s ministry magazine, SEEC Magazine Volume 17 Issue 5. More excerpts will be posted on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The article in its entirety may be read at this link: https://martygabler.com/articles/)

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Marty & Kathy’s ministry magazine * New Articles * SEEC Magazine * April/May 2014

Click on this link to read articles: https://martygabler.com/magazine/


Reliable People

Business People Walking on Sidewalk, New York City, New York, USAMay the Lord give His people reliable people to walk with through life. May He give you good friends, wise counselors, mature companions and sincere encouragers. 

“…Be strengthened (perfected, completed, made what you ought to be); be encouraged and consoled and comforted; be of the same [agreeable] mind one with another; live in peace, and [then] the God of love [Who is the Source of affection, goodwill, love, and benevolence toward men] and the Author and Promoter of peace will be with you.” (2Cor.13:11, Amp)

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Melissa Gabler and the Grace Worship Band     

Worship Tracks 1 and 2 from SEEC Kingdom Conference 2014 

TO LISTEN CLICK HERE: http://martygabler.podomatic.com/entry/2014-04-07T20_31_18-07_00


No Wedge

The devil’s plan from the beginning was to simply separate Adam and Eve from the presence of God. He did not have to kill Adam and Eve. wedgeHe still doesn’t have to kill people today. As we go about ministering across the nation we occasionally come across people who express concern as to whether or not it is God’s will to heal them. They wonder, “Is God doing this to me? or “Is the devil doing this to me to get me out of the picture?” The devil actually doesn’t have to get himself involved in all that messy sort of entanglement. All he has to do is somehow, craftily provide opportunity for a wedge to get driven between us and the Communicator of heaven—The Holy Spirit.

(This is the fifth excerpt from Marty’s article “The Governor’s Power” taken from Marty & Kathy’s ministry magazine, SEEC Magazine Volume 17 Issue 5. More excerpts will be posted on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The article in its entirety may be read at this link: https://martygabler.com/articles/)

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Melissa Gabler and the Grace Worship Band

SEEC Kingdom Conference 2014 worship Tracks 1 and 2

http://martygabler.podomatic.com/entry/2014-04-07T20_31_18-07_00


May The Lord Remove The Sting

remove stingToday, may the sting and sorrow you have experienced in certain relationships be removed from you so that the sting heals without scar. May you be soothed deeply and may you feel the Good Shepherd’s loving hands applying healing balm as He compassionately massages away the tender bruises. May your conversations cease leading to the rehearsal of those hurts. May you receive multiplied recompense for all grief and suffering at every level of relationship past and present.

“Love does no wrong to one’s neighbor [it never hurts anybody]. Therefore love meets all the requirements and is the fulfilling of the Law.” (Rom.13:10, Amp)

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Melissa Gabler and the Grace Worship Band

SEEC Kingdom Conference 2014 worship Tracks 1 and 2

http://martygabler.podomatic.com/entry/2014-04-07T20_31_18-07_00

 


Worship At Conference 2014

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Melissa Gabler and the Grace Worship Band
SEEC Kingdom Conference 2014 worship tracks 1 and 2

Representing His Person

God’s plan is not to rule in the earth by sitting on a big gold throne in Jerusalem and sending out messages and orders and commissions and people talking2mandates by email and texting. His plan is to be upon His throne in the heaven of heavens. “The heavens are the heavens of the LORD, But the earth He has given to the sons of men.” (Psa 115:16) Why is it like that? Is the earth simply a place of woes and defeats that we have to try to tolerate until we have an opportunity to leave it? Is the earth ours so we can grow corn and cows and have great food and enjoy ourselves on holidays? Or is it so that we can be His representatives, fully representing His Person and character by saying what He would say if He were present and by doing what He would do if He were present?

(This is the fourth excerpt from Marty’s article “The Governor’s Power” taken from Marty & Kathy’s ministry magazine, SEEC Magazine Volume 17 Issue 5. More excerpts will be posted on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The article in its entirety may be read at this link: https://martygabler.com/articles/)

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Melissa Gabler and the Grace Worship Band

SEEC Kingdom Conference 2014 worship Tracks 1 and 2

http://martygabler.podomatic.com/entry/2014-04-07T20_31_18-07_00


Hold Them Near

huggingMay you hold those you have dreamed of in your arms: children and children’s children; husbands and wives; brothers and sisters; co-laborers for the Kingdom. May you hold them and receive strength and love from them and may you bless them for the days of destiny to come. May your covenant be unbroken with them and may the days ahead with them make you rich. May you sing and dance and laugh and drink and feast with them while rejoicing in the Lord who “maketh rich and He addeth no sorrow with it.” (Prov.10:22)

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Melissa Gabler and the Grace Worship Band

SEEC Kingdom Conference 2014 Worship Tracks 1 and 2

http://martygabler.podomatic.com/entry/2014-04-07T20_31_18-07_00