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Strategic Dreams

A friend called with a strategic dream that was an answer to her prayer. She has been in a on-going trial at work and is weary of the situation. She asked God if she could leave the situation. In her dream she was a nurse in an emergency room and she was tending to three patients. A doctor walked in and she was relieved to see him because she knew he was a trustworthy doctor. He told her to go get something and she was walking quickly down a long hall. A door opened in the hall and a lady walked out. In the dream she realized it was angel. The angel beckoned her to come with her. But she knew the care for the three patients must be finished first, so she asked the angel if she could check with her tomorrow. The angel answered yes and walked back through a door which disappeared as it closed.
The trustworthy doctor was the Great Physician coming on the scene to intervene. That is why she knew Him and was so glad to see Him. Often, as in this case, a hall represents transition or moving from one place to another, one opportunity to another. She was encouraged to realize that He had given her instructions to enter a transition time, and allowed her to glimpse a new door, an opportunity divinely provided. Her sense of integrity kept her there to finish with the three patients. The three patients symbolized the three years of trial of her “patience” with her co-worker. She actually passed a test of character when she chose not to go through the door and to stay until finished because “three” also is significant of completing a divine process and purpose. And as the angel said, there will be another divine opportunity when the time is right.—Kathy (Kathy Gabler will be speaking at DREAMS VISIONS PROPHECY 2017 – September 22-24 at Grace Int. Church just north of Houston. 936-856-2455) Info: DVP2017

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The Rock is Constant

While interviewing the great frontiersman, Daniel Boone, a reporter asked him, “Mr. Boone, have you ever been lost?” To which he replied, “Well, I was once bewildered for four days but I’ve never been lost.” At first, that sounds quite humorous but, in fact, it is a statement of some certainty. For an experienced explorer like Boone, it would be next to impossible for him to actually be lost in the truest since because he was a man of resource, initiative and skill. It didn’t matter in what area of wilderness or frontier he found himself, he still had the confidence of his skills and wilderness survival knowledge. It didn’t matter if it was winter, summer, spring or fall. It made no difference if he was in mountains, prairies or swamps, his knowledge, experience and skills served to keep him alive and on a correct heading. North was always constant and south was still south and that will never change. He could, therefore, always find direction in any season or location and, in spite of bears and weather hazards he had to deal with on numerous occasions, he lived to tell the story time and again. Our God is the immovable Rock Who is always constant. (Ps.31:3, Amp) ”Yes, You are my rock and my fortress; For Your name’s sake You will lead me and guide me.”  (Marty will be speaking at DREAMS VISIONS PROPHECY 2017  September 22-23.)

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DVP2017 September 22-23

DVP2017 Detailed Info: martygabler.com/dreams-visions-prophecy/
Grace International Church: 936-856-2455 — Just north of Houston,TX
Team Gabler will also be at Grace Int. Church Sept.24 at 10a.m.


Timely Telegrams

I have sensed for several months that the Body of Christ is in an important time of transition into new norms.  One of the new norms I believe we can expect is strategic dreams that equip us for the purposes of God.  I consider strategic dreams to be those timely telegrams that confirm direction or give instruction or release insight and understanding for a mandate and call to action.—Kathy   (Kathy will be speaking at the DREAMS VISIONS PROPHECY CONFERENCE 2017  Sept.22-24 —  Church: 936-856-2455) 

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You Are A Carrier

We carry what our nation and the world needs, and you can change things from where you are at this moment. God used a remnant of people time and time again to make big changes. He’s God, a tiny dose of His power can turn this thing upside-down! Our new motto for this year and beyond can be: As goes the remnant, so goes the nation. — Melissa Gabler. (Melissa will be speaking on “Prophetic Lifestyle” at DREAMS VISIONS AND PROPHECY 2017.)

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The Holly Project

This is live worship with Melissa Gabler and
the team from Grace International.
To see more information about Holly and how to order

just click on the CD cover below. Thanks.


The Future Doesn’t Just Happen

The future doesn’t happen, it is built by preparation in the now. Some are trying to secure economics, secure real estate and secure borders for the future but we must secure a generation. The future will not be secured by videos and pizzas. While many are crying out that the church is only one generation away from extinction, I would cry out that the church is only one generation away from dominion in the earth. (Jesus said that He would build the Church and that what He built would not see the gates or authorities of hell prevail against it. The Church is not at the point of extinction if that is true.) If we have no faith that we are going to be able to draw out anything from our bank account, it is because we know that we have not put anything into it. If we have no faith in the coming generation it is because we have either neglected to impart to them or we have not had anything to impart to them. We’d best get ahold of something worth imparting. Failure to impart to a generation results in loss that can only be calculated on an exponential scale. We don’t want them to have to dig themselves out of a hole before they can go forward. (Marty is speaking at DREAMS VISIONS PROPHECY 2017 — SEPTEMBER 22-24 — Info: martygabler.com/dreams-visions-prophecy/)

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THE Star’s Signs

As the people of God assemble today, may they focus on THE one Star and Sign that points to the present security and future of God’s people. May they see His signs and wonders as they avail themselves to His Holy Spirit’s giftings, so that His redemptive works may be seen among creation to answer creation’s groaning. This Star’s signs and wonders were done in the marketplace, where groaning creation longed for Him.  (Rev.22:16b, NKJV) ”I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star.”

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Declaration of Trust

Give us this day our daily bread. . . In a healthy father-son relationship, a son does not ask his father for enough food to be sustained for a day.  (Matt.6:8 already stated Father is aware of our needs even before we are.)  Give us this day our daily bread, more than a request, is a declaration of trust that our Father will decide the right portion, daily.  Rather than a mere petition, it is a declaration of agreement when we realize that our Father already knows the portion of provision (physically, financially, circumstantially) that we need in our lives today, not just to survive but to be fulfilled and equipped and successful. —Kathy Gabler

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Kathy is speaking at DREAMS VISIONS PROPHECY 2017
September 22-24   Grace International Church just north of Houston.
DVP2017 Detailed Information 

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DREAMS VISIONS PROPHECY 2022

Click Here Detailed Information: 

DREAMS VISIONS PROPHECY 2022

Grace Church Willis
Willis, TX
Just north of Houston
Church: 936-856-2455

gracewillis.org

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Confronting and Declaring

I’ve told you about Hermana Cruz who had a robber put a gun to her head in front of her daughter’s house. A few weeks later, this same lady was in the teller’s line at the bank and noticed hooded men at the head of the line trying to commit robbery.  She stepped out of line and went to face off with the robbers and declared to them they wouldn’t get out of that bank with more than a dollar! While she confronted them, it seemed they were blinded and didn’t even see the teller contacting the police.  The robbers ended up grabbing the cash on the counter and running out of the bank with about $0.80!  The next day the headlines read: “Old Lady Stops Bank Robbery!”  (Seventh excerpt from Kathy Gabler’s SEEC Magazine article “Sons Must Get It”.)

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Marty’s Book “Prophecy-Strengthen Encourage Comfort”

PROPHECY — STRENGTHEN ENCOURAGE COMFORT – by Marty Gabler

This book is presented as the result of much research and observation over many years of relating to those in the prophetic movement. It is this writer’s hope that persons who read this study will be inspired to see more prophetic possibilities and make themselves more available than ever before to be used more fully by the Holy Spirit in expressing the “testimony of Jesus”, the resurrected Jesus, in a dark and hopeless world. The objective of doubtlessly evidencing a risen Jesus would, I think, include each and every believer. A good place to start would be to begin a journey of understanding what makes the “prophetic” the prophetic.

For more info: PROPHECY — STRENGTHEN ENCOURAGE COMFORT


PROPHECY — STRENGTHEN ENCOURAGE COMFORT has been revised and will be
re-released at 
Dreams Visions Prophecy 2017   September 22-24, 2017
DVP2017 is at Grace International Church just north of Houston,TX
Detailed information: DVP2017


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Discovery Conference — October 6-7, 2017


Anticipation is Inevitable

Anticipation is inevitable. The coming generation will anticipate something whether positive or negative. But what will they anticipate? One of the biggest favors we can do the coming generation is to build anticipation into them: anticipation for the intervention of God in their lives and in our nation. We must see beyond and we must help them to see beyond that which has been the norm. Let’s help them to anticipate something no previous generation has seen, to be what no generation has been. Mic.7:7- “But as for me, I will watch expectantly for the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.” We are praying you discover daily that you are looking beyond the ordinary and you are helping the coming generation to anticipate new possibilities.  (Marty’s Daily Discovery as heard on TEXAS PRAISE RADIO at the bottom of the hour 24hrs/day.)

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Father Showing Up

Now, considering the Father bringing his possessed son to Jesus, let’s factor in something: anticipating Kingdom Power and participating in Father’s business is not always going to be a marathon like Mark Chapter 9, nor will it always be a testimony of biblical proportion. It may center around what seems ordinary or unspiritual because Father’s business includes showing up in the everyday life of His sons.  Here’s a real-life example of that:  A friend, Hermana Cruz, from Venezuela was walking on the street to her daughter’s door.  A man on a motorcycle rushed up and put a gun in her chest to rob her.  In reaction, she formed a gun with her hand and touched his temple and said, “Who’s going to shoot first?” (That’s anticipating the POWER and government of God to prevail in the moment.)  He fell over the bike while scrambling to escape, and he ran away yelling, “You’re crazy!  You’re crazy!” (Sixth excerpt from Kathy Gabler’s SEEC Magazine article “Sons Must Get It”.)

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Dreams Visions Prophecy 2017  Sept.22-24  Information


The Life of Christ on Display

Benjamin Franklin said, “A good example is the best sermon”. Growing up, I heard a lady tell her children on several occasions, “Do as I say, not as I do.” She required her children to be good people but gave herself extra latitude of conduct. But how many know that her saying one thing and doing another was about as effective as a screen door in a submarine? Jesus speaking to the Father: (Jn.17:6, Msg) “I spelled out your character in detail to the men and women you gave me. (v.9) I pray for them. (v.10) And my life is on display in them. They’ll continue in the world.”  We are praying you discover daily that you are finding the list of people growing who watch you and speak well of you. (Marty’s Daily Discovery as heard on TEXAS PRAISE RADIO at the bottom of the hour 24hrs/day.)

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DREAMS VISIONS PROPHECY SYMPOSIUM 2017   Sept.22-24
DREAMS–
(Job 33:15-16) “In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep
falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
16 Then he openeth the
ears of men, and sealeth their instruction”.
VISIONS–
(Joel 2:28) “And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my
spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:”
PROPHECY–
(Rom.12:6) “Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given
to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;”
Information: martygabler.com/dreams-visions-prophecy/

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September is for Tuning In

The month of SEPTEMBER IS FOR TUNING IN. We will be tuning in to Holy Spirit’s frequency to pray more efficiently and to discern and to release words of knowledge and words of wisdom and counsel. We will be able to tune in because storms of life are passing that have, heretofore, interrupted communication from Father’s heart to ours. We will discover that Father is always attempting to redemptively communicate with us and that we are most welcome to tune in to His frequency of peace and wisdom.  (Prov.4:20, Msg) ”…listen well to my words; tune your ears to my voice.”

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Dreams Visions Prophecy Symposium
September 22-24, 2017 *** NO FEE
TEAM GABLER: Kathy, Melissa and Marty Gabler
Teaching Worship Ministry Activation
Grace International Church    Willis,TX
936-856-2455   
graceic.org
More Info:
martygabler.com/dreams-visions-prophecy/

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Suffering Relieved

As the people of God assemble today, may they be mindful of those who have suffered during the storm and flood. May they pray for those who are hurting and those who have lost so much. And may they be thankful for the mercies of the Lord that are new every morning, for great is His faithfulness. ”For He has not despised nor detested the suffering of the afflicted; Nor has He hidden His face from him; But when he cried to Him for help, He listened.” (Ps.22:24, Amp)

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Practical is not Always Adequate

In the middle of the storm, right on top of the troubled water Jesus said, “It is I”. The sufficiency of the boat was doubtful, the only practical thing that was available was less than adequate. It is Jesus who has given the promise and it is Jesus who will make good on it and it is Jesus that the storm cannot drive away! The storm cannot displace Jesus.  Just look at Who has given the promise. Jesus had far better transportation than a leaky old boat. The safest place on this occasion was not in the boat but on the water! Faith is for the purpose of getting out of the boat, not for asking Jesus to get into the boat (Matt. 14:28). Wishing a storm would have never come, asking why storms come, trying to lay blame for the storm are all distractions. Now is the time to look up from the threatening waters and walk with Jesus day by day “to the other side” (Matt.14:22). The safest place is with the Master of the storm.

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In the brief video “Texas You Are Not Alone” Marty Gabler
encourages those affected by Hurricane Harvey.
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Fear and Point of Reference

Concerning Hurricane Harvey we, on the Texas Gulf Coast, have just come through a series of unprecedented events and are now facing challenges that are unprecedented. In Matthew, the disciples were terrified because they had no point of reference for what was happening. When the disciples saw Jesus walking on the lake, that terrified them as much or more than the storm. “It’s a ghost,” they said, and cried out in fear (Mt 14:26). They did not see the circumstances allowing anyone, including Jesus, to walk on water. They considered these circumstances as those that take you down and never let you up. These men of God had heard the heart-wrenching stories of fishermen suffering disaster at sea. Each of them could vividly tell a story of a relative or a friend who had not been able to attain the goal of “the other side” (Matt.14:22)  Nerve-testing reports of failure to “reach the other side” had settled upon their ears and they had used them as foundation stones to build a point of reference which, at this point, filled their hearts with terror.

Victory was not on their minds. There was absolutely no thought of, nor any faith for, victory over this situation. Perseverance was no more than an idealistic point made by preachers on land, in the safety of storm-free weather. They hunkered down and just got ready for anything this set of circumstances wanted to throw at them. That is not how we make it. That is not how we persevere. That is not how we receive the promise. The prophetic gift always, annoyingly refuses to let us simply “grab a root and grunt.” Prophet Jesus immediately said to them: “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.” (Matt.14:27) Our focus is on Him Who is not bound by circumstances.

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Message in the Aftermath of Harvey

There are so many kind and thoughtful acts going on in the midst of the anguish and aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. In scene after scene, day after day on news broadcasts the redemptive character of God Almighty can be seen flowing out of willing, even sacrificial people who give themselves, their energy and their resources without expecting anything in return. When the reporter asked a policeman from another city what made him come to Houston and put himself on the line for another city the policemen replied, “It’s my God-calling”. In the face of darkness, despair and relentless criticism that our nation has been gorging on in recent months, people are stepping up and demonstrating that there is a higher calling from a Higher Power. Many wanted a miraculous sweep of an almighty, unseen hand to sweep over Texas and solve every bit of suffering and waste. But, the answers, the miracles have come in the form of many, many seen hands that have been impassioned and enabled by that same miraculous God as they go about His Kingdom business in His authority and love. So many across the U.S. have bitterly spewed that they can’t see God or that God is hiding Himself, if, in fact, He does actually exist. Just continue watching the news from Texas and if you don’t see God, the only reason can be that you’ve got your heart closed. 

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Unusual Repercussions

A father, in Mark 9, brought his possessed son to Jesus. After the spirit was kicked out, the boy was pale as a corpse, so people started saying, “He’s dead.”  Here’s another equipping insight in this scenario: sometimes participation in a Kingdom Power exploit may set off unusual repercussions or seemingly unending ripples around you! After all the clashes and outbursts and kicking and screaming already, the aftermath continued.  Most of the people there were fearful and mouthing as if Jesus had just failed and ended up with a dead child.  However, like Jesus, the important thing is to stay on task.  He took the boy by the hand and raised him and he got up.  The anticipation was fulfilled and the participation was complete and Father’s business was finished. (Fifth excerpt from Kathy Gabler’s SEEC Magazine article “Sons Must Get It”.)

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An Extraordinary Savior

The disciples were not expecting anything out of the ordinary from Jesus when He entreated them to row to the other side of the lake (while dealing with the throes of a violent storm). Ps. 50:21 “These things you have done, and I kept silence; you thought that I was just like you; I will reprove you, and state {the case} in order before your eyes.” (NAS) They may have been thinking that He was like them, being subject to the same limitations they were subject to. They were expecting ordinary things from an extraordinary Savior. If only they could have grasped the concept that He is THE MASTER OF THE STORM.  After Jesus had calmed the storm in Mk 4:41, they asked one another, “What manner of man is this?” (KJV). In other translations it reads “Who is this?” Not fully knowing who He was, and was therefore capable of, little did they know that He would be coming to join them walking on the water. “The Master of the Storm” is the answer to the question, “What manner of man is this?” When the Master is called on and relied on it is possible to get results that are out of the ordinary, for He has power over the power that threatens, even over the storm.

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