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The Lord’s Prayer

PrayingHandsFoldedAs we read Matthew 6 and Luke 10, we find Jesus teaching the disciples to pray.  The verses leading up to the actual prayer reveal firstly what prayer is not.  Prayer is not practicing your righteousness before men.  Prayer is not using surplus words trying to cover your bases.  Prayer is not from any motive that would manipulate God or man.  Then, Jesus gives directions to His disciples on how to communicate with the Father.  His instruction becomes a model for us known as “The Lord’s Prayer”.

(This is the first excerpt from Kathy’s article “Praying As Sons“ which was published in SEEC Magazine [Marty and Kathy’s ministry magazine]. More excerpts will be posted Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.)


 


Active Participants

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As the people of God assemble today may people who have been no more than mere attenders realize that they are called to be an active participant in the local house and its expression in the community. May they realize that they are to become participants in the giving of their time, effort and resources. 

“Take your stand with God’s loyal community and live. . .” (Prov.11:19, Msg)


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


Listen To Worship Music

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WORSHIP MUSIC
Melissa Gabler and the Grace Worship Band
Melissa will be leading worship at the
Kingdom Equipping Congress March 4-6, 2015

Worship Tracks 1 and 2 from SEEC Kingdom Conference 2014
http://martygabler.podomatic.com/entry/2014-04-07T20_31_18-07_00


For more info about the Kingdom Equipping Congress 2015
https://martygabler.com/ctk-conference/

 

 


May Your Metabolism Increase

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May your metabolism kick
up to points beyond your
normal and typical.

“Beloved, I wish above all
things that thou mayest prosper
and be in health, even as thy soul
prospereth.” (3Jn.1:2, KJV)


 


A Place That Cheers Your Heart

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Your Home #16 – May your home, at all times, be a picture
in your mind of a place of peace, a place you want to be,
a place that cheers your heart.

“Return to your home, and recount [the story] of how
many and great things God has done for you.” (Lk.8:39a, 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.


Walls Not Prevail

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The walls of Jericho, though formidable as they were, could not prevail and keep Israel out of where Israel was supposed to be. Those walls held great fame in the land. They were not something anyone or anyone’s army would even attempt to breach. Israel did not even have to breach the walls. The supremacy of the authority and presence of God and the glory of God breached the walls so that they fell down flat.

“By faith, the Israelites marched around the walls of Jericho for seven days, and the walls fell flat.” (Heb.11:30, Msg)


Melissa Gabler and the Grace Worship Band
Worship Tracks 1 and 2 from SEEC Kingdom Conference 2014
http://martygabler.podomatic.com/entry/2014-04-07T20_31_18-07_00

Info for 8th Annual Kingdom Equipping Congress > NO FEE
March 4-6, 2015
https://martygabler.com/ctk-conference/


Getting To God-Ordained Appointments

 

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We have appointments to get to in 2015. If we listen to what seems to be apparent and logical and reasonable and live according to those things, it is possible that we will not get to God-ordained appointments. Trying to live by what others say can result in the sad report of Acts 27:20 “all hope was taken away”—that is the point at which people give up and stop trying. For the coming days of our lives we best listen and take Paul’s example and Paul’s instruction who said “I believe God” (Acts 27:25) and “…The Word is near you, even in your mouth and in your heart”… (Rom.10:8, NKJV). Let’s stop trying to live by things said BY OTHERS and start living by things said BY US. (Cf. Prov.15:30; 18:21)
(This is the last 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/

 


Effect Of Words And Thoughts

Silhouetted female in front of sunset sky   Why are our words, thoughts and attitudes so important? Because they are registered somewhere in our mortal bodies. They affect us as well as others. “For as he thinks in his heart, so is he…” (Prov.23:7a, NKJV) “Words are not mere words, you know. If they’re not backed by a godly life, they accumulate as poison in the soul.” (2Tim.2:16b-17a, Msg) (cf.Prov.18:21, Msg)


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/


The Foundational Thing: I Believe God

 

Boat_Paul_RomeFrom the stormy Acts 27 account Paul decided, in the midst of a dangerous situation, to not live by things said BY OTHERS. The foundational thing he said was in v.25 “I believe God”. He believed the thing said in v.24 “you must be brought before Caesar”; and HE SAID that thing also. Other things he said that were contrary to what was apparent: v.22 “there shall be no loss”; v.24 “fear not”; v.24 “all will be saved”. All the other 275 people and their authorities (unbelievers) were crying out contrary things but Paul did not live according to what they said; he lived according to what he had been instructed and what he had been instructed, HE SAID. Not only did Paul firmly stand on what HE SAID but, eventually, those in authority began to say what he said and all were saved.

(This is the fifth 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 Annual Conference  >  NO FEE
March 4-6, 2015
Theme:  “THY Kingdom Come”
More info:  https://martygabler.com/ctk-conference/

 


Each Standing With The Other

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As the people of God assemble today may there be people who discover that the people of God care about them and what they are going through. May there be assurances that each is standing with the other to get to the other side of the lake in spite of the storm.

“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/


Forgiveness Is An Investment

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As we release others, dead or alive, from what they owe us in apology for pain, hassle, grief or injustice, we are freed up from the debt we have built. Debt erased from our future will change it. Forgiveness is an investment in your future.—KG

“And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.” (Matt.6:12, KJV)


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/


Because Someone Said

Paul had a God-ordained appointment to get to. He was traveling in a ship that was in the middle of a storm and PointingTalkingthe ship was in danger of sinking. Other people were making decisions about that journey and about that ship and were saying things that were in agreement with what was apparent in the present set of circumstances. In Acts 27:17 experienced seamen were “fearing” and in v.20 things had escalated to the point that the report is “all hope was taken away”. In v.11 the centurion had already listened to something said by an experienced sea captain and was putting 276 people in peril for their lives and v.12 says “the majority favored the plan of putting to sea”. Experienced people and the majority put the loss of the ship and everyone’s life in peril because “someone said”. 

(This is the fourth 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/

 


Keep The Amen Alive

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Keep the “Amen” alive in you;  that “Amen” the Holy Spirit put down deep in you when you accepted Jesus as your Lord and Savior.  Worship, read the Word, listen to the teaching of the Word, share your testimony.  Stir up the “Amen” to Who God is and to His Word.

“Whatever God has promised gets stamped with the Yes of Jesus.  In Him, this is what we preach and pray, THE GREAT AMEN, God’s Yes and our Yes together, gloriously evident. God affirms us, making us a sure thing in Christ, PUTTING HIS YES WITHIN US.  By His Spirit He has stamped us with His eternal pledge—a sure beginning of what He is destined to complete.” (2Cor.1:20-22, Msg)


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.


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
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https://martygabler.com/ctk-conference/