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Power and Authority Within Reach

(KG) Eventually, I came to a fuller understanding of biblical repentance meaning “to consider things differently and change your thinking”.  I HandReaching3came to understand it to be “reconsidering for the purpose of aligning your thoughts with God’s”.  As the process of repentance opened my understanding, even the phrase “the Kingdom of Heaven ” came to more meaning.  I discovered that the Kingdom of Heaven was not a place with God that we can only reach after death, but that the Bible concept of the Kingdom of Heaven is His authority, power, order and ruling presence everywhere, at all times, both in eternity and the now.  According to Psalm 145, His Kingdom always has been and always will be.  Another major turn in my understanding then was that when Jesus said “the kingdom of heaven is at hand,” it is a major contradiction to think He meant that it is almost time to leave the earth to go to another place when He was actually saying the authority and power of God is within reach on earth!  That made me realize that when Jesus healed some people, He said, “The Kingdom has come upon you.”  He had a grasp on God’s order in Heaven and was pulling it into earth to heal.

(This is the fourth excerpt from Kathy Gabler’s article “Resurrection out of Contradiction“. More excerpts will be posted Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Previous excerpts may be read by scrolling down this page.)


 

Avoid Cannon Fodder

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May you skillfully discern when there is a hidden agenda in a question and not just simply answer it. May you discern when there is an accusation in a question and the asker is hoping you will give them “fodder for their cannon” so they can fire it back at you. May you be forthright and righteous in all your dealings with all people to the glory of our Lord as you watch Him intervene in your behalf.

“Blessed be the name of God, forever and ever… , He provides both intelligence and discernment, He opens up the depths, tells secrets, sees in the dark—light spills out of him! God of all my ancestors, all thanks! all praise! You made me wise and strong… ” (Dan.2:21b-23a)


 

Contradiction to Your Purpose

Resurrection out of Contradiction happening through process would involve repentance.  Let me give an example that explains that thinking:  I SunlightCloudsGoldgrew up on the church bench and when I heard, “Repent for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand,” I thought it meant, “Get right with God, girl, because you may be at the pearly gates any minute!”  In addition to that, my only concept of “repent” was to confess sin so you won’t go to hell.  So, my deduction was that we are on earth just to get saved, stay saved and then go to heaven.  I had no idea that conclusion was an absolute CONTRADICTION to God’s specific purpose and future planned for my life.  All I knew was, that as a teenager, that conclusion was a rather un-exciting view of life because staying saved didn’t sound like an adventure to me and Heaven sounded like more of the same, too boring to my young heart to motivate my daily life.  I was completely unaware that my thinking contradicted seeking the Kingdom, God’s power dimension, and that comprehensively contradicted accomplishing what I was born to do.
(This is the third excerpt from Kathy Gabler’s article “Resurrection out of Contradiction“. More excerpts will be posted Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Previous excerpts may be read by scrolling down this page.)


 

Your Home #31

SummerSandFlipflopsYour Home #31—May you and your family have the most
pleasant and relaxing summer you have ever enjoyed.
May your days be filled with adventures, discovery,
friends, family and fun. May the Lord sooth your
soul and restore you through them all.

”He refreshes and restores my soul (life);” (Ps.23:3a, Amp)


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Sometimes Rain

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(KG) It is time to overcome the smothering heaviness that contradicts God’s design and desire for your life. God knows I think in terms of cut-to-the-chase and quick results, so He patiently began to tweak my expectations a bit.  He pointed out to me that the resurrections coming in people’s lives may not be a sixty-second earthquake.  Some will break through contradictions one layer at a time.  I knew He was talking PROCESS which can mean a long rain rather than a lightning strike.

(This is the second excerpt from Kathy Gabler’s article “Resurrection out of Contradiction“. More excerpts will be posted Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Previous excerpts may be read by scrolling down this page.)


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Heads Above Flood Waters

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As the people of God assemble today, may they discover that in the midst of their corporate prayers, praises and fellowship that they are getting their heads above the flood waters of circumstances because the Light and presence of God Almighty is drawing them up into His arms and His purposes with His enablements.

”God thunders across the waters, Brilliant, his voice and his face,
streaming brightness— God, across the flood waters.” (Ps.29:3, Msg)


 

In Spite of the Dominoes

Have you felt lately that you were being assailed? It is difficult to replace that biblical description of what some of us have been under recently. Fallingdominoes“ASSAIL”: to attack with violence, to assault; to attack with a view to produce changes in the feelings, character or conduct; to shout at. Kathy and I have been assaulted with certain circumstances since the first of the year that have been building like a domino effect. Last night, sitting in my prayer chair, sometime after 2:00am it was as though I could hear a distant, faint laughter accompanied by a taunting voice saying, “And you thought that you would escape such circumstances.” This morning Kathy sat down at the piano amid the dampness and odor of mold and mildew and we began to sing of our Father’s faithfulness and we sang the names of our LORD that we worship and call on when “dominoes” are falling right and left. We decided to make our praises louder, louder than our racing hearts and louder than the clacking and falling “dominoes”. There is ample evidence all around us that we have been assailed but there is also a blessed assurance that our Father is releasing His marvelous favor and lovingkindness in the midst of the assault and the assailant is being put to flight.

”Blessed be the Lord, For He has shown His marvelous favor and lovingkindness
to me [when I was assailed] in a besieged city.” (Ps.31:21, Amp)


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Resurrection out of Contradiction

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One of the ways I get a download from God is that I suddenly see a scene like a photo or video and that glimpse deposits an awareness or insight from God’s perspective or intentions on a matter.  In early January, a friend told me a vision she’d had.  She saw a man rise up and burst through several layers of dirt to stride forward powerfully, crushing the remains scattered on what was obviously a battlefield.  Her vision was a second witness to the declaration Marty released for this year about people coming up out of the rubble of circumstances.  That second witness ignited my expectations.  When that vision replays in my mind, I hear, like lyrics from a song,  It is time for RESURRECTION  OUT OF CONTRADICTION.

(This is the first excerpt from Kathy Gabler’s article “Resurrection out of Contradiction“. More excerpts will be posted Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.)


 

Daily Discoveries with Marty Gabler

Texas Praise RadioListen to Daily Discoveries with Marty Gabler on TEXAS PRAISE
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Marty’s one minute spots are played on the half hour
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Each week there will be new spots to inspire.

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No More Stagnation

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May that which stagnates stagnate no longer. May the Lord put doors in obstacles for
you to go through or else, remove them. May you move forward with markable progress.

“The Lord God is my Strength, my personal bravery, and my invincible army; He makes
my feet like hinds’ feet and will make me to walk [not to stand still in terror, but to walk]
AND MAKE [spiritual] PROGRESS upon my high places [of trouble, suffering,
or responsibility]!” (Hab.3:19, Amp)


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Listen to Daily Discoveries with Marty Gabler on TEXAS PRAISE
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Marty’s one minute spots are played on the half hour
e.g., 12:30, 1:30, 2:30, etc.
Go to the Texas Praise site and the player will
appear in the middle of the page at the bottom.
Just click on the play arrow to start listening!
CLICK ON THIS LINK:  www.txpraise.com