May you go out under the cover of the hand of God, the protection
of God and the favor of God that you may be in the right place at
the right time successfully accomplishing the purposes of God
for your advancement and the advancing of the Kingdom.
”Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God
[set aside self-righteous pride], so that He may exalt you [to a
place of honor in His service] at the appropriate time,” (1Pe.5:6, Amp)
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(By Kathy G.) Some cocoons (entrapped, tough times in life) are common for many people, but we also have our customized cocoons, those tough times that are unique to us. These come from matters that need resolve in our soul, like you may be having to work on a relationship that was damaged by jealousy or fear or anger. Or you may be having to deal with problems you inherited, ongoing battles from choices made four generations ago. Perhaps your forerunners didn’t choose life and blessings and it caused them to end up with a view of marriage that’s bound to fail. So the next generation has to work through the trickle-down issues of divorce. Or a generation made wrong career choices and bankrupted the whole family causing poverty conditions and limitations for decades. Or a generation chose death and curses, deciding to be lawless, and the ripple effect undermined character to the point that a family or community or culture is cocooned in corruption. Can our struggles really be related to our purpose and our future when we can’t see any connection to either? We need to CHOOSE LIFE and bring CHANGE in our lifetime, and even expect change to ripple back to the previous generation.
(This is the first excerpt from Kathy Gabler’s article “Continuing to Choose Life“ which was published in SEEC Magazine -Volume 19 Issue 6 [Marty and Kathy’s ministry magazine]. More excerpts will be posted Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.)
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As the people of God assemble today, may the Lord enable them to step beyond issues that would otherwise hinder their hearing the truths of His Word. May issues not be considered or guarded as the Word of God is spoken. May those issues not be a screen that the Word has to get through before the Word can be considered for repentance and/or growth. May personal issues, and issues with others who are present in the meeting, take a back seat to the life and delivering power of the Word of God.
Psa 106:25 They found fault with the life they had and turned a deaf ear to GOD’s voice. (Msg)
Psa 81:11 But My people would not hearken to My voice, and Israel would have none of Me.
Psa 81:12 So I gave them up to their own hearts’ lust and let them go after their own stubborn will, that they might follow their own counsels.
Psa 81:13 Oh, that My people would listen to Me, that Israel would walk in My ways!
Psa 81:14 Speedily then I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their adversaries. (Amp)
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May the Lord most high free you from being fenced in by lack of
opportunity and circumstantial opposition. May you run free like
the calf set free from the stall and cross finish lines and goal
lines accomplishing all you were born to be.
“When I was fenced in, you freed and rescued
me because you love me.” (Ps.18:19, CEV)
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People, time and circumstances seem to be working against destiny for many. BUT ask Joseph, “Did God bring you to purpose? And when He finally did, was He too late?” Ask David, “Did personalities keep you down so that your life did not fulfill God’s purpose?” The deciding factor is this: Is God our goal? That is the only goal God will guarantee. To have God as our goal means that we want to possess Him, to know Him, to walk with Him more than anything. To have God as our goal means that we will know Him and we will know Him by His Word getting into us and walking by that Word. If we know Him we will allow Him to bring us into the likeness of His Son. “That was then and this is now.” True, BUT God had an unpredictable habit of manifesting Himself miraculously then and…. His habits have not changed NOW!
(This is the last excerpt from Marty Gabler’s article “Too Late“ which was published in SEEC Magazine -Volume 4 Issue 5 [Marty and Kathy’s ministry magazine]. More excerpts will be posted Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Previous excerpts may be read by scrolling down this page.)
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Counsel For Living #1—In keeping with Paul’s instruction for disciples’ every day living in Ephesians Chapter Six, let us pray every day and in every situation in the Spirit and let us use every kind of prayer. We must know how to pray in particular situations. Simon Purvis lists some of the prayers we should be praying: 1) Prayer of Thanksgiving, 2) Prayer of Petition, 3) Prayer of Agreement, 4) Prayer of Authority and 5) the Prayer of Perseverance.
“Pray in the Spirit in every situation. Use every kind of prayer and request there is.
For the same reason be alert. Use every kind of effort and make every kind of
request for all of God’s people.” (Eph.6:18, Amp)
(To read “Praying All Prayers” by Simon Purvis go to:
https://martygabler.com/articles/)
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Lying demons have come too late to tell you, God doesn’t care. Scoffing spirits have come too late to use religious people to convince you that God will not fulfill His purpose in you. People cannot keep you from fulfilling God’s purpose, no matter how adverse their personalities. Circumstances (no matter how dark and oppressive) cannot keep God from bringing you to purpose. Joseph, David and Daniel prove both points. People put Joseph and David and Daniel in impossible positions to work with. Circumstances degraded them, threatening not only purpose but their very lives. You know the Word of God and “they” have come too late to convince you that opposition and the delay of time mean God hasn’t put purpose in you that will be fulfilled.
(This is the twenty third excerpt from Marty Gabler’s article “Too Late“ which was published in SEEC Magazine -Volume 4 Issue 5 [Marty and Kathy’s ministry magazine]. More excerpts will be posted Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Previous excerpts may be read by scrolling down this page.)
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May God most high have mercy and help our “one nation under God”
that it stand “indivisible with liberty and justice”. May those who seek
the hurt and seek to destroy life and liberty in our great nation be
ashamed and humiliated and may they be turned back in defeat.
“Let those be ashamed and humiliated together who seek my life to
destroy it; Let those be turned back [in defeat] and dishonored
who delight in my hurt.” (Ps.40:14, Amp)
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This is the day the Lord has made so…
I will rejoice because the Lord has caused the lines to
fall for me in pleasant places, I have a good heritage and
He is working by His Word and His Spirit to deliver me
from the limitations of any negative portions of my heritage.
“The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places;
Yes, I have a good inheritance.” (Ps.16:6)
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As the people of God assemble today, may they rejoice as recipients and dispensers of the New Covenant of the shed blood of JESUS and its bounteous benefits and may they breathe in deeply the awesome life of the Holy Spirit.
“[It is He] Who has qualified us [making us to be fit and worthy and sufficient] as ministers and dispensers of a new covenant [of salvation through Christ], not [ministers] of the letter (of legally written code) but of the Spirit; for the code [of the Law] kills, but the [Holy] Spirit makes alive.” (2Cor.3:6, Amp)
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