Daily Devotions

Posts tagged “Bethel

Grief And Change

ButterflyBlueGrief can feel like the right thing to do.  We can get used to grief until it begins to feel “normal;” and normal is comfortable!  So, as hard as GRIEF is, CHANGE is harder.  True comfort will mean change of position and perspective and change of heart.  One of the original meanings of “shall be comforted” is 1) to call to one’s side, (Strong/Thayer).  As God calls us to His side, we CHANGE positions, moving from our view of the situation to God’s view or moving from our view of self  to God’s view of us. 2) “Shall be comforted” also means to speak to, instruct, to encourage, to teach.  We CHANGE from debating our cause to hearing the truth.  We CHANGE from reacting to feelings to responding to truth.
(This is the sixth 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. Previous excerpts may be read by scrolling down this page.)


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.”


Like The Eagle

EagleHighSoar
May the people of God Most High not just look up and look around like the goose who hears honking from other geese and begins honking because they are honking, but may we be like the eagle that soars above it all so that we may gain proper perspectives for positive action that is guided by the better perspective.
“But those who wait for the Lord [who expect, look for, and hope in Him] shall change and renew their strength and power; they shall lift their wings and mount up [close to God] as eagles [mount up to the sun]; they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint or become tired.” (Isa.40:31, Amp)


Click the link below to hear Melissa and Marty singing “Rise Up”
on Track 10 of their worship CD “An Encounter.”
* The audio is best enjoyed using earbuds or headphones.
Click on this link:
http://martygabler.podomatic.com/entry/2013-09-30T20_14_28-07_00


Comfort Requires Change

WalkUphill
The man I mentioned with fifty years worth of “infection” around his
wound refuses to be comforted!  Why?  Why don’t people always move
on and welcome comfort?  Why do people refuse to “get over” some things?
I believe the major reason is  because receiving COMFORT requires CHANGE!  

(This is the fifth 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 brings an encouraging word in this 3min. audio file.
“He is putting gates in your fences.”
http://martygabler.podomatic.com/entry/2013-09-04T13_14_04-07_00


Awareness Of The Lord’s Doings

RiverTreesGreen
As the people of God assemble today, may they receive from the Lord awareness of what the Lord is doing in this hour, both in their church and in them—aware that the Lord is making a roadway out of captivity and rivers that supply where past predictions have said they couldn’t supply.

“Behold, I will do something new, Now it will spring forth; Will you not be aware of it? I will even make a roadway in the wilderness, Rivers in the desert.” (Isa.43:19, NASB)


Favor For Travel

PeopleLuggage
May the Lord keep those who travel and stay in hotels.
May He keep them as they travel and give them favor
in booking flights and hotels.

“I am sending an angel ahead of you, who will protect
[guard] you as you travel [on the way/path]. He will lead
[bring] you to the place I have prepared.” (Ex.23:20, EXB)


Dreams, Visions And Prophecy Conference
September 25-27, 2015
For Information click on link below:
https://martygabler.com/dreams-visions-prophecy/


Being Comforted

ComfortingSomeoneGrief itself can feel too heavy to bear, like a smothering heaviness that dulls our passions and confuses our thinking.  It is a painful fog that can blur our vision and distort our reasoning abilities.  That is why, even though grief is a necessary first step, we cannot stay there.  We must move on.  Matt 5:4, “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.”  The second step to healing is “being comforted.”  Wounds to the soul and spirit are only healed when we move from GRIEF to COMFORT.
(This is the fourth 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.)


In this 2 min. audio encouragement Kathy
declares: “Your Redeemer lives and He is
able to buy back time that the locusts have eaten.”
CLICK ON THIS LINK to listen:
http://martygabler.podomatic.com/entry/2013-10-14T04_56_06-07_00


Forward With Energy And Success

ShuttleNRocketMay the Lord propel you, and the work you were born for, forward
with energy and success while enemies and obstacles retreat into obscurity.

“We wish to inform you that we went to the construction site of the Temple
of the great God of Judah. It is being built with huge stones, and timber is
being laid in the city walls. The work is going forward with great energy
and success.” (Ezra 5:8, LB)


Marty on KPLE-TV
Subject: “New Testament Prophecy”
CLICK ON THIS LINK TO WATCH–https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1pJT7ykeCE


Step Toward Healing

StepForwardHealing does not come by ignoring wounds.  TIME does NOT heal ALL wounds.  I know a man in his sixties who continually rehearses his abusive childhood.  Some of the laws he lives by are actually memorials to those past injustices! Healing of the soul is almost always a process.  Believe it or not, the first step toward healing is grieving.  We invest TIME in relationships.  We invest SWEAT in our labors.  We invest HOPE in our plans.   Investment is God’s principle of seed time and harvest.  Built into sowing is the expectation of harvest; so grief is unavoidable when our efforts end in disappointment or loss.  Grief is a necessary part of the healing process because we need to cry and release the inner pain that medicine cannot touch. 
(This is the third 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.)


More Strength And Vitality

Jumping
May you have more strength and vitality and
freedom from pain by the end of the week.

“For the highest God above, who is and always will be, the only One who is holy has this to say: Eternal One: I live in the high and holy place, yet I am with the low, the weak, and the humble. I renew their vitality and revive their strength.” (Isa.57:15, The Voice)


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

Melissa’s Worship Music: CLICK HERE
__________________________________________________________________________________________


Healed And Equipped

BandageDavid prayed in Psalm 41:4, “Heal my inner self.” (AMP)  We all have wounds in our lives that we cannot fit into a pretty picture:  experiences that seem to deny God’s goodness, injustices that oppose His plans, conditions that contradict faith, circumstances that seem to defy God’s presence and relationships that resist His love.  Jesus told us offenses would come, Matthew 18:7; and the truth is that we have all suffered the wounds of offense, injustice and loss.  But the greater issue is that our experiences can either Equip us or Cripple us.  It is the will of our Father that we be healed and equipped.
(This is the second 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.)


 


Over And Above Typical

CongregationWorshipAs the people of God assemble today, may they open up their hearts and
minds and release their faith in Him who is able to do far over and above
the typical in their midst so that they glorify Christ Jesus whom it is all about.

“God can do anything, you know—far more than you could ever imagine or
guess or request in your wildest dreams! He does it not by pushing us around
but by working within us, his Spirit deeply and gently within us. Glory to God
in the church! Glory to God in the Messiah, in Jesus!Glory down all the
generations! Glory through all millennia! Oh, yes!” (Eph.3:20-21, Msg)


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

MountainManLook
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

wall stone

.

“…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

LionFatherSon
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

ShakingHandsChurch
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/


Great Method

BibleHandsPray
The reason John and Charles Wesley and their
movement were called “The Methodists” is
because of their method:  “Prayer and Bible
reading lead to sanctification”.  Now that’s
a great method.


Click here for spontaneous worship music:
http://martygabler.podomatic.com/entry/2013-03-21T10_33_09-07_00


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

Large group of successful businesspeople standing together and discussing.  They are isolated on white background.  [url=http://www.istockphoto.com/search/lightbox/9786622][img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/40117171/business.jpg[/img][/url]

.

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.”


Knowing The THY Of THY Kingdom

DiamondFacetsWe are not praying for just “any” kingdom to come nor for “a” kingdom to come but for “THY” Kingdom to come (Matt.6:10). To have a Kingdom mentality, it is a necessity to know the “THY” of that unshakeable Kingdom (Heb.12:28). I heard a preacher say that he was taken up to heaven and an angel gave him a tour. After awhile they walked up to a room from which was shining a great brightness. He looked in and saw a great, bright Being on a throne. Above the Being were angels circling the throne. With each revolution around the throne they would begin shouting and praising all over again. The man asked the angel why they did that. The angel said that those angels had been circling the throne like that forever and that each time they made a new revolution around the throne they would see some aspect of God that they had not ever seen before and it would start them praising all over again. He is the God of the wisdom that has “innumerable aspects and infinite variety” (Eph.3:10). We have not seen everything.

(This is the fourth 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


Jesus Supreme

HoldingBibleUpThe truth of Jesus be supreme above
every belief, philosophy and creed. 

“[ Beware of Requirements Invented by Humans ] Be
careful not to let anyone rob you of this faith through
a shallow and misleading philosophy. Such a person
follows human traditions and the world’s way of doing
things rather than following Christ.” (Col.2:8, GW)


Marty brings an encouraging word in this 2 min. audio.
CLICK HERE: The Word of God is working in you!

 


Redemptive Wisdom

MountainsunshineThe church is not the Kingdom of God but a model and stewarding entity within the Kingdom. The purpose of the church in the Kingdom of God: “[The purpose is] that through the church the complicated, many-sided wisdom of God in all its infinite variety and innumerable aspects might now be made known…” (Eph.3:10, Amp). That wisdom is made known through redemptive acts of power (Lk.10:9;11:20;1Cor.2:4;4:20; 1Thess.1:5). That redemptive wisdom is the foundation and body of our thinking and mindsets when we have gotten it out of the Word of God and into our hearts and minds and decisions and actions. Theology formed from the poverty of human experience leaves minds severely limited and disoriented with no true compass. We must adjust our focus from matters and things that people say are impossible to focusing on Him Whose Kingdom, Whose rule and authority, comes in the moment and brings with it the power and resources of heaven. “Poverty” basically means “insufficiency” and the human experience is far too insufficient to form anything to stand on, let alone anything that will bring hope or any viable form of solution.

(This is the third 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