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).
Let’s not pour doctrine into our
children before we establish the
priority of relationship-KG
We can see God addressing the three-legged design of basic human needs in the three questions He asked Adam:
1> 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.)
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
Whether 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
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
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.)
As 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)
Everything 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)
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
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