Daily Devotions

Archive for November, 2014

The Power Of God To Salvation

altar call

 

As the people of God assemble today may people
be saved, healed and delivered by the saving power
of Jesus Christ and His shed blood at Calvary.

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it
is the power of God to salvation for everyone who
believes…” (Rom.1:16a, NKJV)


Cooperation With Your Purpose

business discussion

 

May the Lord cause individuals, companies and
entities to work in cooperation with His purposes for you.

“You’re blessed when you can show people how to cooperate
instead of compete or fight. That’s when you discover who you
really are, and your place in God’s family.” (Matt.5:9, Msg)


Dealing With Less Fallout

fallout

 

In Absalom, the people got the appearance and looks that fit their agenda but they didn’t get the character in the man.  He was able to present a fine appearance and a desirable program but there was no character behind the appearance.  Absalom got the results of a self-promoter and Israel got the privilege of dealing with the fallout.  Maybe if we give ourselves to time and process and track records, we will have less fallout to deal with.
“And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;” (1Thess.5:12, KJV)


Thanking God No Matter What

Thanksgiving1“Be cheerful no matter what; pray all the time; THANK GOD no matter what happens. This is the way God wants you who belong to Christ Jesus to live.” (1Thess.5:16-18, Msg)

The one who knows Jehovah God knows that, in spite of what circumstances or people have done, God Almighty still has a purpose of His own in that person’s life. This Great God is too wise to act irrationally and too compassionate to be cruel. We are in Christ Jesus and giving thanks from that position from which nothing nor anyone can remove us.

“I’m absolutely convinced that nothing—nothing living or dead, angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow, high or low, thinkable or unthinkable—absolutely nothing can get between us and God’s love because of the way that Jesus our Master has embraced us.” (Rom.8:38-39, Msg)

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“…Thanksgiving is our dialect.” (Eph.5:4b, Msg)


Don’t Doubt Your Worth

affirmation father

 

The second thing Satan said to Jesus was,   “Since you are God’s Son, jump.”  That meant, prove your Father values You and values the purpose in You.  However, God had publicly affirmed Jesus when He said, “This is My beloved Son in whom I’m well pleased.”  So, Satan couldn’t make Jesus test His own affirmation and worth because Satan couldn’t make Him doubt it.  Many people grow up never being affirmed.  No authority figure or nurturer or friend ever takes the time to declare their worth and affirm them.  That is sad, but it does not have to be terminal.  If you haven’t had the affirmation needed to have a solid sense of self-worth, you can still decide to be a victim of that and never get where you were born to go, or you can overcome it.

(This is the eleventh excerpt from Kathy’s article “Seeing Us The Way God Sees Us” which was published in SEEC Magazine. Excerpts will be posted Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Previous excerpts may be read by scrolling down this page. The audio CD of this message is entitled “Free To Be.”)


Control Or Trust

sunrise boat

 

You can either have control or trust.

You can’t have both–KathyGabler


Click the link below to hear Melissa and Marty singing “Rise Up”
on Track 10 of their worship CD “An Encounter.”
The CD is prophetic worship.
Produced by FICMI Studio Conroe,TX.
Arranged and engineered by Jorge Gamboa.
* The audio is best enjoyed using ear buds or headphones.

Click on this link: http://martygabler.podomatic.com/entry/2013-09-30T20_14_28-07_00

We pray you are edified,

Marty


Who Told You That You Were Naked?

fig and leaf2> The second question God asked Adam was, “Who told you that you were naked?”  In other words, who judged you and put your value on the line and undermined your affirmation?  God had created Adam in His own image and put him on earth with undeniable, detailed daily purpose, so there was no lack of affirmation.  I believe the “who” is what God was emphasizing in this question because “naked” was nothing new.  If this was Friday, Adam had been naked on Thursday too.  The real issue was “who” decided Adam was worth less in the last twenty-four hours?  Mature sons shouldn’t hide when they need to repent.  Sowing fig leaves was an attempt to fix things without repentance.  Repentance is going up to the “pent-house” (mind) to see from a higher, God perspective and change our thinking.  No change in thinking means no real change.  The question pointed out that it was Adam who believed his identity was damaged.  It was not God that was doubting worth or abandoning. In fact, it never is God that decides worth is diminished.
(This is the tenth excerpt from Kathy’s article “Seeing Us The Way God Sees Us” which was published in SEEC Magazine. Excerpts will be posted Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Previous excerpts may be read by scrolling down this page. The audio CD of this message is entitled “Free To Be.”)


Sing Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving God is good

 

As the people of God assemble today, may they lift their voices, their hearts and hands and sing thanksgiving unto the Lord God for all His beneficent blessings toward us. For God is good and greatly to be praised.

“[ A Song of Praise ] Come, let us praise the Lord! Let us sing for joy to God, who protects us! Let us come before him with thanksgiving and sing joyful songs of praise.” (Ps.95:1-2, GNT).


Priority Of Relationship

relationship build

 

 

     Let’s not pour doctrine into our
children before we establish the
priority of relationship-KG


Key To Sound Identity

We can see God addressing the three-legged design of basic human needs in the three questions He asked Adam: 

Identity1> The first question was, “Adam where are you?”  Where is the identity that had us as Father-to-son, face-to-face, yesterday, but today has you hiding?  After Adam ate of the tree, when he looked at himself, his mirror was cracked.  He was fragmented and his self-image was scarred.  If you think that mess-ups in your life can de-daughter or de-son you, your identity is too fragile, and it is not rooted in relationship with your Heavenly Father.  The first shot the devil took in the wilderness was at Jesus’ identity when he said, “If you are God’s Son.”  Jesus was so confident of His identity and unshakeable relationship with the Father that Satan couldn’t tempt Him to even try to prove it by turning stones to bread.  The key to sound identity is that it be rooted in relationship with God.

(This is the ninth excerpt from Kathy’s article “Seeing Us The Way God Sees Us” which was published in SEEC Magazine. Excerpts will be posted Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Previous excerpts may be read by scrolling down this page.)


The Things Said By Us

talk listen

We seem to end up living by the things said
TO US when we could be living by all the
things said BY US.

“But what does it say? ‘The word is near you,
in your mouth and in your heart’ (that is,
the word of faith which we preach):
(Rom.10:8, NKJV)


Melissa Gabler and the Grace Worship Band
singing “Manifesto” in a worship service
at Grace International Church * www.graceic.org
Click on link below to listen:
http://martygabler.podomatic.com/entry/2013-09-19T07_57_28-07_00


Someone Else Is Aware

cat mirrorWhether we are aware we function around this three-legged design of basic human needs or not, our adversary, the devil, is very aware.   So when he comes to steal or kill or destroy, he will target either self-image or self-worth or self-government.  He knows any one of the three can undermine the other two.  Why does he know this, because he’s been practicing since the garden.  When he seduced Eve and Adam and they failed in self-government, their self-image and self-worth crumbled also.

(This is the eighth excerpt from Kathy’s article “Seeing Us The Way God Sees Us” which was published in SEEC Magazine. Excerpts will be posted Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Previous excerpts may be read by scrolling down this page.)


“He is putting gates in your fences.”
In this 3min. audio file, Kathy Gabler brings an encouraging word.
http://martygabler.podomatic.com/entry/2013-09-04T13_14_04-07_00


A Place Of Agreement

family time

 

Your Home #9 — May your home be a place of agreement where squabbles and disagreement can’t find dwelling places. May it be the place of “where two or three are gathered in my Name” becomes the place of “all things are possible”.

“Your wife will be like a fruitful vine in your home, and your children will be like young olive trees around your table.” (Ps.128:3, GNB)


“I have held back the enemy by My Hand.”
In this 2 min. audio file, Marty Gabler brings an encouraging word.
http://martygabler.podomatic.com/entry/2013-09-04T13_06_15-07_00


A Cracked Reflection

cracked image

 

None of us outgrow the need for identity, affirmation or boundaries.  If  they are  met, they help us to be healthy mentally, emotionally, physically and relationally.  If they are not met, they set us up for sabotage.  Since none of us had a perfect family life growing up, we have all been sabotaged to some degree and had conflicts with self-image that left our self-worth in doubt, or vice versa.  And we have all faced embarrassment or failure regarding our self-government.  So, it is no private scar since everyone’s mirror (self-image) gets whacked in life.  Sometimes it is even our own doing; but how we respond after the fact is the crucial matter.  If we continue to only look at a cracked reflection, a marred, fragmented person; that will keep us from agreeing with the way God sees us and keep us from lining up with God’s intentions for our life and future.

(This is the seventh excerpt from Kathy’s article “Seeing Us The Way God Sees Us” which was published in SEEC Magazine. Excerpts will be posted Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Previous excerpts may be read by scrolling down this page.)


That Can Only Be The Power Of God

water fallAs the people of God assemble today, may there be
such an anointing of the power of Almighty God
upon our ministers (in speaking the Word and in
performing the Word) that people cannot help but
say, “That can only be the power of God”.  

“Then everyone will see the saving power
of God.” (Lk.3:6, CEV)


Inferior To The King

lion n kittenEverything you fear operates on the authority of a government that is inferior to the government and King of the Kingdom of God.

“…He is the promised Anointed One, the Supreme Authority!” (Lk.2:11b, The Voice)

“He… taught people the truth of God. God’s kingdom was his theme—that beginning right now they were under God’s government, a good government!” (Matt.4:23b, Msg)

“All governments are under God.” (Rom.13:1a, Msg) 

“and you have been given full life in union with him. He is supreme over every spiritual ruler and authority.”(Col.2:10, GNT)


Boundaries To Function Within

fence top
While identity is the first basic need in helping see ourselves as God does, the second basic need for all of us is the need for affirmation and the third basic need for all humans is boundaries.  Boundaries give us an order to function within to insure our safety and well-being.  Boundaries would be one side of a coin and the other is self-government.  

(This is the sixth excerpt from Kathy’s article “Seeing Us The Way God Sees Us” which was published in SEEC Magazine. Excerpts will be posted Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Previous excerpts may be read by scrolling down this page.)


Marty & Kathy Gabler invite you to read their
articles in the latest issue of SEEC Magazine. Volume 18 Issue 5
CLICK HERE to read SEEC Magazine


Why Are We In This Present Mess?

questions

 

“Why are we in this present mess and why is God allowing it?”  That is basically what Gideon was asking. The old phrase comes to mind, “How soon they forget”.  Gideon was asking that question in Jud.6:13 but if we scoot back up a few verses to verse one it plainly states, “The children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord…”.  Perhaps one reason humans let their “forgetter” work so efficiently is because we pretty much feel that we are not accountable for what we don’t remember. Yet, consequences still follow.


Seeing Value In You

hand shoulder

 

While identity is the first basic need in helping see ourselves as God does, the second basic need for all of us is the need for affirmation.  Affirmation is someone else’s agreement that there is value in you, in your potential, in your purpose and in your presence on earth.  Affirmation comes thru relationship.  If affirmation is one side of a coin, the other is self-worth.
(This is the fifth excerpt from Kathy’s article “Seeing Us The Way God Sees Us” which was published in SEEC Magazine. Excerpts will be posted Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Previous excerpts may be read by scrolling down this page.)


Click the link below to hear Melissa and Marty singing “Rise Up”
on Track 10 of their worship CD “An Encounter.”
The CD is prophetic worship.
Produced by FICMI Studio Conroe,TX.
Arranged and engineered by Jorge Gamboa.
* The audio is best enjoyed using ear buds or headphones.

Click on this link: http://martygabler.podomatic.com/entry/2013-09-30T20_14_28-07_00

We pray you are edified,

Marty


Your Home A Place Of Creativity

Family Creative

 

Your Home #8 — May your home be a place of creativity
and enlightenment where minds are creatively inspired
and may those minds soar into the possibilities of Almighty
God. May solutions be discovered and spoken and put into motion.

“Live creatively, friends.”   5   “Each of you must take responsibility
for doing the creative best you can with your own life.” (Gal.6:1a, 5, Msg)


“I have held back the enemy by My Hand.”
In this 2min. Audio file, Marty Gabler brings and encouraging word.
http://martygabler.podomatic.com/entry/2013-09-04T13_06_15-07_00


Identity And Self-Image

So Let’s come to some insight on how to see ourselves as God does, starting with awareness of three basic needs common to all of us.  These needs may adjust and morph as we mature, but they don’t go away.  The first is identity.  We all need a sense of self.  Identity is who you see young woman looking into a mirrorwhen you look in the mirror.  Identity includes the way you process and think, the way you react to life, the things that you hold important and how you express your feelings.  Part of your identity is in your “wiring” or personality.  We are born with some combination of the four basic personalities, which I will label as lion, eagle, man and ox (Lance Wallnau).  A “lion” is fast paced and has a drive to get results.  An “eagle” is slow paced and gets up in the morning to get their task list perfectly completed at their own pace.  The “man” personality is a fast paced, people-person whose identity includes relating with others.  The “ox” person is slow paced and finds identity in facilitating others.  The way we view relationships and the way we invest in relationships are all part of our identity.  Since our identity is one side of a coin and self-image is the other, a healthy sense of identity yields a healthy self-image.

(This is the fourth excerpt from Kathy’s article “Seeing Us The Way God Sees Us” which was published in SEEC Magazine. Excerpts will be posted Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Previous excerpts may be read by scrolling down this page.)


Different Than They Came

jump up1

 

As the people of God gather today, may people leave different than they came. As they leave the meeting, may they say, “I will never be the same again because of the power of the risen Christ that has changed me”.

“He jumped to his feet and walked. The man went into the Temple with them, walking back and forth, dancing and praising God. Everybody there saw him walking around and praising God. They recognized him as the one who sat begging at the Temple’s Gate Beautiful and rubbed their eyes, astonished, scarcely believing what they were seeing.” (Acts 3:8-10, Msg)


Lengthen The Cords Of Your Tent

tent cords

 

May you be blessed with increase and your ministry be
enlarged so that you have to lengthen the cords of your
tent and stretch forth your curtains.

“Enlarge the place of your tent, And let them stretch out
the curtains of your dwellings; Do not spare; Lengthen
your cords, And strengthen your stakes.  3  For you shall
expand to the right and to the left…” (Isa.54:2-3a, NKJV)


Marty & Kathy Gabler invite you to read their
articles in the latest issue of SEEC Magazine. Volume 18 Issue 5
CLICK HERE to read SEEC Magazine


Power In God-Thinking

God-thinking

 

There’s power and protection in thinking like God thinks, and it will keep us from becoming prey for the thief when he comes to kill, steal and destroy.  If we have mis-beliefs  about who we are, conclusions contaminated by experiences or emotions or hurts, they can cause limitations that keep us from destiny and purpose.   They can make us miss the life God intended us to live.   
(This is the third excerpt from Kathy’s article “Seeing Us The Way God Sees Us” which was published in SEEC Magazine. Excerpts will be posted Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Previous excerpts may be read by scrolling down this page.)


 

In this 2 min. audio encouragement Kathy
declares: “Your Redeemer lives and He is
able to buy back time that the locusts have eaten.”
CLICK ON THIS LINK to listen:
http://martygabler.podomatic.com/entry/2013-10-14T04_56_06-07_00