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The Word In Your Mouth

Paul helped the Christians in Rome to wake up to a matter that would be a vital factor in their future: …”The Word is near you, even in your mouth and in your heart”… (Rom.10:8, NKJV). Some of us came through an era talkingmouthof religious training and teaching that left us with the understanding that the vital factors of our lives and our future would be the result of what someone else said to us. Some have grown up in dysfunctional families and some have come out of bad marriages thinking that they do not deserve anything more or different than the negative that was said about them. But the helpful instruction of Paul is that the word our ears (and the atmosphere and the environment) need to hear is the word that comes out of our own mouth. But that word must be influenced, must be shaped by THE Word of God:  “…that is, the Word of Faith which we proclaim;” (v.8b). What was to come out of the Romans’ mouths was to have been influenced by the instruction of the Word from godly leaders and teachers.

(This is the third excerpt from Marty’s article “By Others Or By Us?“ 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 will be speaking at the Kingdom Equipping Congress Mar.4-6, 2015.


Marty and Kathy’s 8th Annual Conference
Kingdom Equipping Congress 2015
March 4-6, 2015
Worship, Prophetic Ministry, Impartation Service
Click Here For More Info:  https://martygabler.com/ctk-conference/

 

 


Place Of Solace

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Your Home #15 – May your home be the place of safety and acceptance you think of when you are out in the world and are mistreated and taken advantage of. May you return there safely and may it be your place of solace.
“You will be sheltered,without fear of hurtful words or any other weapon. . . .   Your home will be secure, and your sheep will be safe.” (Job 5:21, 24, CEV)


Marty and Kathy’s 8th Annual Conference
Kingdom Equipping Congress 2015
March 4-6, 2015
Worship, Prophetic Ministry, Impartation Service
Click Here For More Info:  https://martygabler.com/ctk-conference/
Prophetic Worship * Ministry * Activation Service * Update on Israel and the Middle East

We are changing the name to KINGDOM EQUIPPING CONGRESS.
We pray you are equipped more dynamically and effectively for your
Kingdom purpose in 2015 through the impartation and strengthening
you receive in the meetings.
We invite you to come and be strengthened, encouraged and equipped.


By Us Or By Them?

All of these wonderful things (hopes and victories, finance, prosperity, health) could come to pass for some of us simply because we applied a very simple solution—they could happen because we have stopped living peopletalkingby what is said BY OTHERS and have started living by what is said BY US. Over the course of years I have heard of people who changed something in their life because of something an individual said to them. They stopped taking medicine or started taking a medicine because an individual, who had no medical training, said they should; and the result was disastrous. There are people who have brought someone into their life or expulsed someone from their life because an individual said they should; and the result was disastrous. There are people who have invested in a market an individual told them to invest in and the result was disastrous. I know a couple who were told by an older influential couple that they should stop paying tithes “because it did not make sense to pay tithes” proving on both ends (believer and unbeliever) that human reason can, somewhat easily, cast aside biblical principle because an opposing viewpoint seems logical at the time. We should be very wise in deciding whether to live by something said by others and decide the correctness of it by the truths evident in the Bible.

(This is the second excerpt from Marty’s article “By Others Or By Us?“ 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 will be speaking at the Kingdom Equipping Congress Mar.4-6, 2015.


Marty and Kathy’s 8th Annual Conference
Kingdom Equipping Congress 2015
March 4-6, 2015
Worship, Prophetic Ministry, Impartation Service
Click Here For More Info:  https://martygabler.com/ctk-conference/


Care For One Another

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As the people of God assemble today may they become more
unified in their connections with one another, their care for
one another and their vision for their city.

”So that there should be no division or discord or lack of adaptation
[of the parts of the body to each other], but the members all alike
should have a mutual interest in and care for one another.”. (1Cor.12:25, Amp)


Marty and Kathy’s 8th Annual Conference
Kingdom Equipping Congress 2015
March 4-6, 2015
Worship, Prophetic Ministry, Impartation Service
Click Here For More Info:  https://martygabler.com/ctk-conference/
Prophetic Worship * Ministry * Activation Service * Update on Israel and the Middle East

We are changing the name to KINGDOM EQUIPPING CONGRESS.
We pray you are equipped more dynamically and effectively for your
Kingdom purpose in 2015 through the impartation and strengthening
you receive in the meetings.
We invite you to come and be strengthened, encouraged and equipped.


Forgiveness Untethers

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Forgiveness untethers us so our lives
do not revolve around our conflicts. (Kathy)


 


The Look Of Answers

sunrisesnowIn time to come, may we live differently with different results than we have lived in times past. May our homes and work environment be filled with different conversation in times to come—different because we are no longer discussing threats and defeats but hopes and victories. May our homes be fuller in the coming year—full of the things we have needed, full of evidences of victories and full of love and good, productive fellowship. May our homes be filled with new language in this new year—the language of finance and prosperity, the language of health and the language of wise counsel given and heeded. May this coming year look totally different as we look back on it than any year prior has looked. May we say that it had the look of answers, resolve and fulfillment.

(This is the first excerpt from Marty’s article “By Others Or By Us?“ which was published in SEEC Magazine [Marty and Kathy’s ministry magazine]. More excerpts will be posted Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.)
Marty will be speaking at the Kingdom Equipping Congress Mar.4-6, 2015.
Worship, Prophetic Ministry, Impartation Service
Click Here For More Info:  https://martygabler.com/ctk-conference/

 


The Lion, The Bear, The Giant And The King

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The Lion, The Bear, The Giant And The King
The LION could not prosper against David because David kept God in the supreme position in his life, in his thoughts, in his consideration.  David had to put his harp down and sing his praises out of breath while running toward the lion to do battle with the lion. The BEAR could not prosper against David because of the supremacy of God in David’s life. The GIANT could not prosper against David even though he came against David with the deadliest of weapons. KING Saul could not prosper against David even though he had supreme authority in the land. God’s supremacy was far greater than Saul and his army.
“Yet God is my king from of old, Who works deeds of deliverance in the midst of the earth.” (Ps.74:12, NASB)


Marty and Kathy’s 8th Annual Conference
Kingdom Equipping Congress 2015
March 4-6, 2015
Worship, Prophetic Ministry, Impartation Service
Click Here For More Info:  https://martygabler.com/ctk-conference/


Free To Walk In Destiny

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Having  a cracked self-image, a shattered self-worth or a failed self-government, does not void our Father’s love or intent, nor His good plans for us!  If we learn to think in our hearts like that, that truth will free us up to walk in destiny and keep us from giving up before we become all God had in mind that we were born to be.  Father, may my life glorify you to the fullest extent.  Let me see me as You see me.  Cause me to value as You value.  Grace me to live honoring Your boundaries for my life.  May I live in the truth and may it be not only my freedom, but also my legacy.

(This is the last excerpt from Kathy’s article “Seeing Us The Way God Sees Us—Part 2“ 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 and Kathy’s 8th Annual Conference
Kingdom Equipping Congress 2015
March 4-6, 2015
Worship, Prophetic Ministry, Impartation Service
Click Here For More Info:  https://martygabler.com/ctk-conference/


A Night Of Worship

Melissa Gabler and the Grace Worship Team
Grace International Church  .  Willis, TX just north of Houston off I-45
For info and map:  www.graceic.org

Night Worship Grace


Setting The Pattern For Deliverance

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Circumstances must come together in such a way that Pharaoh’s snakes can be drawn out into the open, so they can be swallowed up in order to set the pattern for what is to come in the deliverance process. If those events do not come about, the snakes will stay in their hiding place.

“So have no fear of them; for nothing is concealed that will not be revealed, or kept secret that will not become known.” (Matt.10:26, Amp)


Marty and Kathy’s 8th Annual Conference
Kingdom Equipping Congress 2015
March 4-6, 2015
Worship, Prophetic Ministry, Impartation Service
Click Here For More Info:  https://martygabler.com/ctk-conference/


Marty and Kathy’s Annual Conference 2015

March 4-6, 2015  >  More info: https://martygabler.com/ctk-conference/
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Relationship With The Father

Self-image, self-worth and self-government cannot be determined by your IQ or strengths or looks or successes or skills, but neither are they determined by experiences or failures or opinions or lies.  The thing that outranks all of that is your relationship with the Father and guaranteed FatherSondaughtership or sonship.  Identity, affirmation and boundaries are powerfully established through that relationship.  Consider David.  Even when his self-government completely crashed, it did not kill his self-image, nor did it steal his self-worth.  Ding dong!   If you refused to take care of your duties and obligations as a God-appointed leader of a nation while taking time out to plot murder, so you can commit adultery and end up with a child out of that affair, wouldn’t that crack your mirror and change the way you see yourself?  Well, it didn’t seem to faze David, but I’m pretty sure the whole nation had a cracked view of David, especially when Nathan the prophet, publicly exposed all this. (2 Sam 12)  Most people would have crawled in a hole to eat worms and die, but David took personal responsibility and owned his mess.  That positioned him to repent (vs. 13). He didn’t act like Adam and try to hide after he sinned.  Neither did he spend the rest of his life cowering as unworthy or continually seeking reassurance that God still accepted him.  No, in fact, after he repented, he begged God to change His plan and spare the child born out of adultery.  Who would have the nerve to ask God for mercy at this point?  Even after his mirror cracked publicly, David didn’t allow condemnation to seep in the cracks.  It wasn’t that he was a simple-minded optimist, nor was he thinking in terms of deserving this, he  was  simply convinced God loved him.  None of David’s mess-ups ever got bigger to him than God.  He remained “a man after God’s own heart,” who continued to see himself as a son just like God did. That’s relationship.  That’s a strong family bond and some awesome sonship!
(This is the seventh excerpt from Kathy’s article “Seeing Us The Way God Sees Us—Part 2“ 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.)


Conference March 4-6, 2015
Click Here For More Info: 
https://martygabler.com/ctk-conference/

 


Standing Up Again

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As the people of God assemble today may the
hope in our Lord’s Name and presence cause
to stand erect those who are bowed under discouragement.

“The Lord upholds all those [of His own] who are
falling and raises up all those who are bowed down.”


Marty and Kathy’s 8th Annual Conference
Kingdom Equipping Congress 2015
March 4-6, 2015
Worship, Prophetic Ministry, Impartation Service
Click Here For More Info:  https://martygabler.com/ctk-conference/


Heat And The Future

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It appeared on more than one occasion that Joseph would not finish his course. Power-people seemed to step in his way around every other corner. Yet, being sold for a slave was one of the steps that assured Joseph would get where he was supposed to be when he was supposed to be there. (Gen.50:20) It wasn’t simply a step in the direction of salvation for Israel, it also worked out some things in Joseph that he couldn’t take with him to the palace. Interpreting dreams in the prison tried and prepared him to interpret dreams in the palace. In the dark hours and the obscure places, he gained godly wisdom that would soon be in demand. We need people who know the future and have an assurance about the future. They are in great demand. They will always have job security. And, biblically speaking, it seems those people step into position with the heat of the trying-furnace still on them.


 


Overcome The Damage

mirrorHandsIf we don’t overcome damage to our identity, worth and track record, we  develop an offense or an attitude or an outlook on life that leaves our mirror cracked, leaves our self-worth fragmented and pulls the rug out from under our self-government.  That, in turn, undermines every opportunity and relationship we have.  

(This is the sixth excerpt from Kathy’s article “Seeing Us The Way God Sees Us—Part 2“ 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.)


 


Relationships That Build Up

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This year may you find and keep the kind of relationships that build you up and don’t tear you down.

“For I am not ashamed, even if I have boasted somewhat too much about the authority that the Lord has given us—authority to build you up, not to tear you down.” (2Cor.10:8, GNB)


Marty and Kathy’s 10th Annual
Kingdom Congress 2017
March 1-3, 2017
Worship, Prophetic Ministry, Impartation Service, Israel Update
Click Here For More Info:  SEEC Ministries Kingdom Congress 2017


God Hasn’t Changed His Mind About You

I know a lady that was raised on the church bench.  She had such a heart for God when she was young, that she Walkingtruly considered marrying a minister.  She is wired primarily eagle, who tends to require perfection in self.  She is also ox, wanting no conflict, and she has a motivational gift of serving as well.  She went right from high school to being a secretary.  As choices flowed in her life, she married young and went through two divorces.  Being a conscientious church girl, she saw herself as disqualified and a failure.  She struggled with thinking that her potential and purpose were lost.  For years, her self-image and self-worth were shaken.  However, even with those two elements shaken, she was one of those exceptional people that had enough strength of character not to allow her self-government to take a dive.  She remained diligent in her career and rose to executive secretary.  After dealing with taunting questions like “Who am I now?   Why am I here now? (since I’ve messed up so badly),” she came to the realization that God had not changed His mind about His original intent for her and her gifts and calling were still intact.  Today, she has overcome and is an awesome intercessor, just as she was originally intended to be.  She realizes now that even her time as a secretary was actually intercessory in nature, building bridges between problems and their resolve.  She outgrew her feelings of unworthiness to even allow the Holy Spirit to stir gifts in her of discernment and prophetic proclamation.
(This is the fifth excerpt from Kathy’s article “Seeing Us The Way God Sees Us—Part 2“ 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.
CLICK HERE to read SEEC Magazine


Believing In My Redeemer

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We’ve got to believe more in our Redeemer
than we believe in the past.—(Kathy)

 
“Plead my cause and redeem me; revive me and
give me life according to Your word.” (Ps.119:154, Amp)


Marty and Kathy’s 8th Annual Conference
Kingdom Equipping Congress 2015
March 4-6, 2015
Worship, Prophetic Ministry, Impartation Service
Update on Israel and the Middle East
Click Here For More Info:  https://martygabler.com/ctk-conference/


Redeeming The Cracks

When our self-image takes a hit and our mirror gets cracked, it is tempting to feel so fragmented that we stop FaceCrackMirrorfunctioning.  If we do, then condemnation seeps into those cracks and tries to kill our relationship with our Father and tries to steal our sense of worth and tries to destroy our self-government.  Condemnation is one of the most lethal weapons the devil uses because it carries a mixture of truth and lie that is particularly toxic.  Condemnation’s first punch is usually true, like “You know you messed up. You’re guilty.”   However, it’s second punch is a poisonous lie like, “There is no way out, no healing for a cracked mirror.  There is no way to redeem value that was lost and no restoration of broken boundaries.”  Those lies should make you want to spit.
(This is the fourth excerpt from Kathy’s article “Seeing Us The Way God Sees Us—Part 2“ 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.
CLICK HERE to read SEEC Magazine


Changelessness Dissipates

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As the people of God assemble today may all impression and/or delusion of sameness and changelessness dissipate like a mist in the face of the truths and reality of the Word of God—that Word which changes not but changes people and circumstances.
“I want a walk in the country, I want a cabin in the woods.  I’m desperate for a change from rage and stormy weather.” (Ps.55:8, Msg)


They Are Getting Over It

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People who have said things about you in the past (even though they may have been right) are getting over it this year;  and the damage that they did with what they said you were, you are going to overcome this year and it’s going to turn around for your good.
“And they will say about you, ‘The Lord always does right!  God is our mighty rock.’” (Ps.92:15, CEV)


 


In Bounds Or Out Of Bounds

The third thing the devil did was offer Jesus a way to get what He came after by getting out of bounds on a shortcut. FenceBoundsSatan offered to not oppose Him and give Him the kingdoms of this world (Rev. 11:15). Jesus knew the kingdoms of the world were to be His, but He knew better than to worship Satan to get them. Jesus was a mature son of strong character, and He was so intent upon obedience and self-government, that He couldn’t be tempted by success any other way. Adam and Eve did fall for the temptation to get out of bounds and reach beyond the will of God. Then, evidently, they did not truly repent because they passed on the “thinking of their heart” to the next generation. Cain cracked his own mirror also by reaching outside God’s boundaries with a sacrifice that wasn’t acceptable. Then his self-worth plummeted and his self-government completely toppled when he murdered his brother.

(This is the third excerpt from Kathy’s article “Seeing Us The Way God Sees Us—Part 2“ 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 and Kathy’s 10th Annual Congress
Kingdom Congress 2017
March 1-3, 2017
Worship, Prophetic Ministry, Impartation Service
Click Here For More Info:
https://martygabler.com/kec2017/


 


Here To Happen

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I’m here to happen to, not be happened to.

I am here to affect a household, a culture
and a nation! (Melissa Gabler)


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


Character To Keep You

boundariesThe 3rd question God asked Adam was if he’d eaten of the tree.  God wasn’t looking for information of course.  He was helping Adam realize the point of origin of this earthquake that cracked his self-image and damaged his self-worth was when he defied the boundaries.  If anyone ever feels like God sets boundaries to demean or be unjust or cruel, they need some vitamin “G” as in “G”row up!  He sets boundaries wisely to set the stage for the truest expression of commitment, respect and honor in a lifetime.  It takes self-government to work within boundaries and that self-government develops maturity and character.  Character is a matter of righteous values and moral strength.  Character is essential to taste true fulfillment in your lifetime.  It will take Character to keep you wherever purpose takes you.  I’ve known really gifted and skilled people who lost everything because they did not have the self-government and character to honor boundaries and protocol in relationships or career or finances or health.

(This is the second excerpt from Kathy’s article “Seeing Us The Way God Sees Us—Part 2“ 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.)