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God Acting In Your Behalf

SunLeavesWaterMay the Lord God increase your awareness of His character and that He is acting out of it in your behalf. The people of God are recipients of the power of God and are bearers of that power.

“…you will praise the name of the Lord your God, who has acted wondrously in your behalf. My people will never again be put to
shame.” (Joel 2:26b, NET)


 

Agreement To Heal Old Issues

HeartShapeByHandsA lady told me about a dream.  In the dream her son who is thirty was ten years old.  A snake was wrapped around his leg and it had bitten him.  The wound was below his knee and was bleeding and swollen.  She was afraid the dream was a warning of something bad about to happen to him.  However, the key to understanding the dream was her son’s age.  The issue was a historical wound because her son was a child again.  The wound he had obviously received at the age of ten was still not healed and had undoubtedly affected his walk in life or crippled part of his soul since that age.  I explained to her that God was calling her to intercession and agreement with His desire to address and heal this old issue of the heart. Tears came to her eyes suddenly as the significance was clear.  Her son’s father had left the family when the boy was ten years old.  God was saying its time for that wound to be healed so it will stop affecting his walk and destiny.  

(This is the first excerpt from Kathy’s article “Healing The Parts To Be Whole“ which was published in SEEC Magazine [Marty and Kathy’s ministry magazine]. More excerpts will be posted Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.)


KATHY GABLER gives a brief encouraging word:
“Escape From The Victim Syndrome”
TO LISTEN, CLICK HERE: http://martygabler.podomatic.com/entry/2014-02-18T21_51_13-08_00

So Others Lift Up Their Head

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May the Lord use us, through our language and our attitudes,
to inspire others to lift up their heads and look unto the hills
from whence cometh their help.

“Now your attitudes and thoughts must all be constantly
changing for the better.” (Eph.4:23, Living Bible)


Listen to a short audio file of  MARTY  GABLER  speaking on
“The Voice Of God In Action.”
 CLICK HERE:  THE VOICE OF GOD IN ACTION

Doing Things That Have An Effect

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“…the people who know their God shall be strong and do exploits” (Dan.11:32) To know the “THY” of the Kingdom, to know His Word, to worship Him for Who He is, is to be available to “do things that have an effect” (Heb.:”do exploits”) according to v.32. It is possible to do exploits through the enablements of the Spirit, with money, with political power, with influence (Esther), talent and skills. If we will take what is at hand into our hand (and not limit it with the poverty of human experience), God will enable its effect beyond our abilities. Samson took the jawbone of an ass into his hand and slew 1,000 of the Philistines. Mere reason would reckon that an animal jawbone nor Samson could hold up long enough to slay a fraction of that number. But. . . “the people who know their God shall be strong and do exploits”  “Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you.” (Rom.12:2, Msg)  “For there is nothing to prevent the Lord from saving by many or by few.” (1Sam.14:6, Amp) “Whatever He says to you, do it.” (Jn.2:5)

(This is the last excerpt from Marty’s article “Kingdom Mentality“ which was published in SEEC Magazine [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.)


Marty & Kathy Gabler invite you to read their
articles in the latest issue of SEEC Magazine.
Volume 19 Issue 2
CLICK HERE to read SEEC Magazine

Father Seen In Son

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Though the Father was sitting upon a throne in heaven, He could be seen in the earth in Jesus as He interacted with His environment. And so it is with His sons today. (Jn.14:9; 20:21; 1Pe.2:9)
“The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood. We saw the
glory with our own eyes, the one-of-a-kind glory, like Father, like Son, Generous inside and out, true from start to finish.” (Jn.1:14, Msg)


“What A Day Can Hold”
Melissa Gabler singing a spontaneous song in
worship at Grace International Church.
(Best enjoyed with headphones or earbuds)
http://martygabler.podomatic.com/entry/2015-05-11T22_38_33-07_00

Same Yesterday, Today And Forever

There are experiences and Kingdom participation that offer themselves in day-to-day living. When my grandfather was a nine year old boy, a OuterSpaceEarthlarge farm wagon full of rocks ran over his leg between his knee and hip.  The big wheel crushed the leg bone the width of the wheel. There was no doctor available. That old Methodist family laid him on his bed, washed him and all nine brothers and sisters and both parents stood around his bed and prayed for him. The next morning when his sisters woke up they could not believe their ears for they heard him in the yard yelling and chasing his brother. There is nothing in the Bible that says God can’t or won’t do anything like that today. He is the same yesterday, today and forever (Heb.13:8). Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, And Your dominion endures throughout all generations. (Ps.145:13) Our God and King, you have ruled since ancient times; you have won victories everywhere on this earth. (Ps.74:12, CEV)  Only a denying or a divorcing of a Kingdom mentality can remove us from the display of the wisdom of God Almighty. Atoms, molecules and cells respond to the voice of God in an instant and cooperate with His purposes in the moment and in time to come (2K.13:21). The tangible and the intangible both respond to the authority of God (Matt.8:16; 10:8; 12:28; Mk.3:15; 4:39; 5:15; Jn.9:32).

(This is the sixth excerpt from Marty’s article “Kingdom Mentality“ which was published in SEEC Magazine [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.)


To listen to Marty and Kathy’s teachings
and Worship Music: 
CLICK HERE

Always Thankful

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As the people of God assemble today, may they
remember and thankfully recount to one another
the good things the Lord has done.

“I will always thank God for what he has done;
I will praise his good name when his people meet.”
(Ps.52:9, CEV)


LiveStream broadcast of Grace International Church
Starts at 10:15 each Sunday morning.
http://www.graceic.org/grace-tv/

The Limitless God

We must let go of theology that has been formed from human experience and man’s reasoning and look to the Word of God that shows us the StarsSpacelimitless God Whose Kingdom comes and comes and comes (Isa.9:7). That Kingdom comes right through time, right on through opposition, right through the shouts of dissenting mobs and even through walls (Lk.24:36). The Bible and worship bring us a picture of God and His Kingdom that is a great deal larger than the picture that the poverty-of-the-human-experience paints. In Acts 12:7-10, an angel walked Peter out of chains and prison like they were going for a stroll in the park. In Jn.2, Jesus turned plain water into the best wine that the host had tasted. The chemical composition of the water was so changed that it became wine. In His human body, that had typical density, Jesus defied gravity and the density of water and walked atop it with ease. Human reasoning tried sorely to deny the disciples of the extraordinary of God when it reasoned that what the disciples saw was only a ghost (Matt.14:26). Our King and His authority and His purposes will not be so easily dismissed. Peter joined Jesus and also walked on water (Matt.14:29). Therefore, the sons of the Kingdom are candidates to participate in what their King has set up.

(This is the fifth excerpt from Marty’s article “Kingdom Mentality“ which was published in SEEC Magazine [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.)


To read articles by Marty and Kathy Gabler,
Jim Hodges and Simon Purvis
CLICK HERE—ARTICLES

Discretion And Understanding

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May the Lord help us to act with discretion and may we
seek Him and His Word until we have the understanding
we need to speak and act judiciously, not just for ourselves
but for the sake of others.

“Discretion shall watch over you, understanding shall
keep you.” (Prov.2:11, Amp)


Listen to a short audio file of MELISSA GABLER speaking.
CLICK ON THIS LINK: “Everything Is Set Up For You To Cross The Finish Line.”