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Participants In Worshiping God

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As the people of God assemble today, may they draw on the strength that is in one another. May they not worship God as a bunch of individuals but as the body of believers and may they leave the meeting edified and strengthened by having been participants in loving on their God together.

“I will tell of Your name to my brethren; In the midst of the assembly I will praise You.” (Ps.22:22, NASB)

Don’t Obsess Over A Judgment

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May the power of the Word of God and enablement of the Holy Spirit help us keep out tendencies to obsess over a judgment someone made against us in the past so that we might walk in the liberty and victory of the present.

Then I said, “God-of-the-Angel-Armies, you’re a fair judge. You examine and cross-examine human actions and motives. I want to see these people shown up and put down! I’m an open book before you. Clear my name.” (Jer.11:20, Msg)

 

Peter And The “If”

Matthew 14 tells us that the boisterous wind didn’t die down until minutes after Peter’s request when Jesus actually got in the hand reachingboat! Yet in the dark storminess Peter says, “Lord, if it is You, BID me COME.” (v.28) Notice his first word was “if.” That “if” indicates he was still not totally sure if this was a ghost or not! So with one leg over the side of the boat, he intends to put his life on the line to test and see if it is Jesus or a ghost. I’m thinking James and John grabbed Peter’s coattail yelling, “Peter have you gone completely mental? If a ghost came after us in the middle of this stormy darkness, don’t you think he might lie and tell you he is Jesus?” Nothing about that situation was logical. Peter’s response was not logical because that cry in Peter did not come up out of his logic. Peter was known to be rash and rambunctious, but that cry did not come out of his recklessness. That cry came up out of the destiny in Peter.

(This is the second excerpt from the article “Bid Me Come” written by Kathy Gabler in Volume 18 Issue 3 of SEEC Magazine. Excerpts are posted on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.)

May Your Feet Be Without Pain

feet walkingMay you enjoy walking and exercising. May you walk without getting winded.

May your feet be without pain and carry you every place you are supposed

to be for all of your days.

“For You have delivered my life from death, yes, and my feet from falling,

that I may walk before God in the light of life and of the living.” (Ps.56:13, Amp)


 

Marty & Kathy Gabler invite you to read their articles in
the latest issue of SEEC Magazine.
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Would You Say, “Bid me come”?

Stormy watersThe disciples were already tired from feeding 5,000 to 10,000 people in a long day of ministry with Jesus, and here they were still awake at 4:00 am in the morning, the fourth watch.  They were in a boat, out to sea, surrounded by pitch blackness and sounds of boisterous wind and waves battering the boat. They are short of breath and their ears are tingling from an adrenaline surge because they thought they had just seen a ghost coming toward them. Their throats are stinging from screaming out in fear!  In that moment, even though Jesus called out, “It’s me, don’t worry,” would it even enter your mind to answer, “Oh, then bid me come to you on the water”?  

(This is the first excerpt from the article “Bid Me Come” written by Kathy Gabler in Volume 18 Issue 3 of SEEC Magazine. Excerpts are posted on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.)

 

Stretch Forth His Hand

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May the Lord keep His people, revive them and stretch forth His hand
to do what they cannot do in the midst of their trouble. May He stretch
forth His hand and save them from their trouble.

“Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me; You will
stretch out Your hand Against the wrath of my enemies, And Your
right hand will save me.” (Ps.138:7, NKJV)


“Advancing The Kingdom” — Kathy’s message from the SEEC Kingdom Conference 2014 (52 min.)
Click link below to listen:
http://martygabler.podomatic.com/entry/2014-05-04T04_57_51-07_00

 

 

Father, Speak Into Our Lives

Sunlight cloudsFather, by your awesome Spirit, speak into our lives where we have forgotten your desires and purposes and have concluded that we will not have an heir (Gen.15:3-4), and certain things will be and other things will not be. Holy Spirit, come and set the Word of God in our hearts that we may call upon Him so that He may show us great and mighty things. Come and witness to us today what shall be and what you shall grant by your power from your throne. You are not subject to political schemes, monetary declines or medical limitations. You are above all those limited structures. We must know what we do not now know that the glory may be to Your Name.  
(This is the last excerpt from the article “Just A Call” written by Marty Gabler in Volume 13 Issue 4 of SEEC Magazine. Excerpts are posted on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

 


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Hearts Given To What Matters To Him

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As the people of God assemble today, may we allow our Lord to direct
our hearts and minds on to the matter He has for us to focus on as a
corporate body. May we give ourselves to corporate unity so that His
purposes might accomplish notable results beyond the walls of the
gathering because our hearts were given to what matters to Him.

“We have thought, O God, on Your lovingkindness,  In the midst
of Your temple.” (Ps.48:9, NKJV)

 

Like Yeast In A Lump

doughMay the Word of God you have spoken to family, friends and strangers
continue to work in them like yeast working in dough. May it speak to
them in the quiet of the wee hours, in the middle of their work day and
in the midst of their troubles. And may they finally see that truth and
respond with a realizing “Yes!”.

“The Kingdom of Heaven can be compared to a woman making bread.
She takes a measure of flour and mixes in the yeast until it permeates
every part of the dough.” (Matt.13:33, Living Bible)


Marty & Kathy’s articles * SEEC Magazine * June/July 2014
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We Will Not Fall Backward

FallBackwardThere are blessings, signs, wonders and miracles about to happen in our lives, our families, our churches and our nation because God was witnessing of it before you and I were ever born—for His Name’s sake. We will not fall backward from promise in our confession. We will not say as Abraham, “Since You have given no offspring to me, one born in my house is my heir.” (Gen.15:3). Because He who is Witness responds “This man will not be your heir; but one who will come forth from your own body, he shall be your heir.” (v.4)
(This is the ninth excerpt from the article “Just A Call” written by Marty Gabler in Volume 13 Issue 4 of SEEC Magazine. Excerpts are posted on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.