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Upheaval

MELISSA—I just heard, “There is upheaval ahead” and what I saw was a paved road being torn up and removed to expose the ground below it. Familiar, man-made resources are being undone and we are returning to the natural, God-made resources underneath. There will be upheaval when the paths we have been used to get destroyed. How will we know which way to go? When the limited, controlling man-made path is gone, our options will grow immensely. Next I heard, “Sensory overhaul.” When everything we’ve known starts shaking, we are going to get a sensory detox and rewire so that we can acclimate to heaven on earth!


Catalysts for Change in the Remainder of the Year

KATHY — In Acts 6, Stephen was openly demonstrating the Kingdom with signs, wonders and miracles among the people. Rather than realizing that God was using this young man as a catalyst to continue the powerful changes that Jesus had begun, they were angered by this catalyst and decided to remove it. May God help us not to reject the catalysts for change He is raising up in the remainder of this year.


Unfailing Word

Martin Phillip Gabler–As the people of God assemble today, may they be taught, reminded, encouraged, assured that God’s Word is just like Him, “the same yesterday, today and forever”. May the people of God encourage one another to stand on His unfailing Word so that as the wind blows and the waves crash, the house will continue to stand. “The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever.” (Isa.40:8, NKJV)


The Lively Element

There is a lively element to prophecy that cannot leave us like we are. That God-thing on the inside of us begins to get into agreement with His Word and makes room for His Word to come alive in us and work in us what otherwise was impossible before. The reason I like to use the eagle as a symbol of the prophetic is because of what the eagle represents to us: the ability to rise above; the ability to soar high and see from God’s perspective. The prophetic word enables us to rise up and see what we were not able to see from our circumstances.


Shed Some Light

MELISSA — We are in the midst of a seriously sobering season. We are in the thick of the increase of His perpetually increasing government (Isaiah 9:7). Awakening won’t be limited to the American church’s view of what it should look like to be most effective. Awakening is going to seep through the cracks in the foundation of the American church and reform it. Awakening brings reformation. We better be ready for awakening to bring some shock and awe too! “It is shameful even to talk about the things that ungodly people do in secret. But their evil intentions will be exposed when the light shines on them, (Eph. 5:12-13 NLT)”. This awakening is going deep. It’s going to shed light on things that have been going on under our noses but we haven’t seen it because we have been asleep. It will be shocking, but that is why reformation comes with it. Reform will deal with evil. (Melissa’s father Marty Gabler is praying for healing Friday morning and leading and speaking at KC2024 March 8, 7:00pm. Go to martygabler.com/kc2024/ for details.)


Repentance and Considering Things Differently

Kathy Gabler—After considering the meaning of repentance for some time, I came to a fuller understanding of biblical repentance meaning “to consider things differently and change your thinking”. I came to understand it to be “reconsidering for the purpose of aligning your thoughts with God’s”. As the process of repentance opened my understanding, even the phrase “the Kingdom of Heaven ” came to more meaning. I discovered that the Kingdom of Heaven was not a place with God that we can only reach after death, but that the Bible concept of the Kingdom of Heaven is His authority, power, order and ruling presence everywhere, at all times, both in eternity and the now. According to Psalm 145, His Kingdom always has been and always will be. Another major turn in my understanding then was that when Jesus said “the kingdom of heaven is at hand,” it is a major contradiction to think He meant that it is almost time to leave the earth to go to another place when He was actually saying the authority and power of God is within reach on earth! That made me realize that when Jesus healed some people, He said, “The Kingdom has come upon you.” He had a grasp on God’s order in Heaven and was pulling it into earth to heal. (KATHY is speaking at Kingdom Congress 2024 which is Mar.6-8 at Grace Church. Go to this link for details: martygabler.com/kc2024 )


What About God’s Causes?

Martin P—When Joshua saw the man with the sword in his hand he asked, “Are you for us or for our adversaries?” (Josh. 5:13) The man said, “No.” Joshua met someone who was not evil that was not on his side. He had to stop and think. We are so concerned about our causes, our comfort and our interests that we seldom stop to find out what God’s causes and interests are in a region or in a season. Many are asking, “What is going on?” I think God is asking, “Who is on MY side?” “Who truly has my interests at heart?” What is going on? What is going on is that what can be shaken is being shaken until all that is left standing is an unshakeable Kingdom (Heb.12:27). Occupy till . . . sounds like: don’t stop doing anything I have ordained you to do with any less faith, dedication, or enthusiasm. Heb 3:14  “If we can only keep our grip on the sure thing we started out with, we’re in this with Christ for the long haul.” (The Message)  Marty is speaking at Kingdom Congress 2024 which is Mar.6-8. No Fee. Click on the following link for schedule and details: martygabler.com/kc2024/)


Ever-increasing Dominion

MELISSA–Sitting here I keep hearing, “Of the increase of His government and peace there shall be no end” (Isaiah 9:7). This is not only a beloved Christmas time chapter, it is also laying out original intent. Looking up the word ‘government’ leads to this, Of the increase of His ‘dominion’ there shall be no end. Ever-increasing dominion is quite a powerful force! When I look at Isaiah 9 like that I just don’t think the plan is to keep cycling back around to needing revivals like we’ve known them in our lifetime. I say this for anyone who may be struggling with the term “revival” like I have. It can’t be about a formula, it has to be about the King’s dominion increasing during our lifetime.
(MELISSA is leading worship and speaking at KC2024. NO FEE. Go to martygabler.com/kc2024/ to see the schedule and all details.)


THE KINGDOM IS WITHIN YOUR GRASP

THE KINGDOM IS WITHIN YOUR GRASP
SFMV#59 – Scriptures for Morning Victory #59
Marty Gabler reads Scriptures and prays for our victory.
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The Same Jesus

As the people of God assemble today, let them lift their voices with expectancy that the Jesus of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John will act as compassionately and powerfully and amazingly in their gathering as He did in the Gospels. Matt.11:5, TPT — “‘The blind see again, the crippled walk, lepers are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised back to life, and the poor and broken now hear of the hope of salvation!’”


Kingdoms and Wheat and Tares

3-2-24  JIM HODGES — “The devil offered Jesus the kingdoms of this world in the wilderness. It is my conviction that Christ began to take on those kingdoms before the cross.  He took them on in the wilderness of Judea and won the victory there. He then celebrated the victory in the garden near Golgotha.  The whole ministry of Jesus is to transform a wilderness into a garden.  The Bible began in a garden and ends in a garden-like city.  When the devil told Jesus in the wilderness that he would give Him the kingdoms of this world Jesus, of course, would not bow to him.  He defeated the devil in the desert as the Son of Man because He did not use deity powers to do so.  That gives us hope of overcoming the devil also.  On the cross, Jesus legally, judicially and covenantally stripped Satan of all his authority and made an open show of his being defeated.
One of the main points in the parable of the wheat and tares is that the tares are not removed until they mature while mixed in with the wheat.  Attempts to remove the tares from the wheat during growth will destroy the harvest.  So, in history, wheat or sons of the Kingdom grow together simultaneously with the tares or sons of the evil one.  They are occupying the same earth and they are at war because of two different agendas.  That is the basic reason that becoming a son or daughter of God is signing up for conflict.  Peace only comes by winning the conflict, not just tolerating the enemy.  The time for removing the tares is when they fully manifest what they are, like Jesus cast out devils when they manifested.”
(Apostle Jim Hodges will be speaking at KINGDOM CONGRESS 2024 which is MARCH 6-8. He will also be speaking at Grace Willis Mar.10. Go to this link for all KC2024 Details:  martygabler.com/kc2024/)


Preparation Against Weapons

KATHY—Preparation Against Weapons —  Some time ago Melissa was awakened at 5:00 am on a Sunday morning with a terrible pain in her thigh.  Something was biting her.  She was already conditioned to panic with a memory root of having been bitten in her sleep before by a brown recluse spider.  Added to that, she had killed a scorpion in her house three weeks earlier.  So conditioned, she jumped up in a frantic search to find her attacker.  Suddenly, however, the Spirit of the Lord said, “Don’t you think I have prepared your body to beat the weapon I saw being formed against you?”  She then remembered the downloads the Holy Spirit had been giving her in recent weeks concerning foods and specific nutrients to take.  Her panic turned to peace as quickly as it had sprung up, and the bite lost its threat. She found the culprit, dead from her slap, and the bite was a tiny dot by midmorning. “Be prepared. You’re up against far more than you can handle on your own. Take all the help you can get, every weapon God has issued, so that when it’s all over but the shouting you’ll still be on your feet.” (Eph.6:13)


Overcoming Attacks

MARTIN GABLER—Have you recently felt as though you are personally under attack or that everything you have started or built or supported or cared about is being attacked with an unprecedented zeal? In the Kingdom of God there is no such thing as change/progress without opposition. We are now in an unprecedented time of history when change is a frequent factor in the lives of those in the Kingdom of God. I have had people tell me that before they came to Christ, or before they received a divine promise or calling, their lives were not all that much of a struggle. But since beginning to follow the Lord and apply themselves to progress in promise, they have been in one spiritual battle after another. When we accept Jesus, we are inducted into the army of God. God’s Kingdom has an army. He puts a robe of righteousness on us and armor which become a conspicuous uniform identifying which army we belong to. When we receive a prophecy and begin to walk it out or when we begin to hunger for the things of God which we have never experienced, we become a nuisance to that which prefers to perpetuate the status quo in us and in our environment. The enemy of the people of God knows that to let us go unhindered is to consent to defeat without a struggle. Satan’s most effective, time-proven weapons are intimidation and discouragement. As we continue to receive prophecies that propel us forward into our Kingdom purpose, there will be opposing forces that will attempt to intimidate and discourage us from doing mighty exploits. The 10 spies will cry, “Giants!” The Athaliahs will yell, “Treason!” The Michals will tauntingly proclaim, “Vile!” And the Sanballats will accusingly shout, “Rebellion!” If we check our mandate and our motivation and find them to be scriptural as David did, then let’s allow it to become our courage.


Can I be Real?

MELISSA—Can I just be real with you? Here’s where I am currently, things don’t look right or feel right, (and I’ve had multiple conversations with others feeling the same way). It’s looking like the norm we grew up in has faded into the sunset for good. Things that used to entertain us have become disgusting beyond words and the atmosphere is so weighty it is tangible. BUT in the midst of all of this, I sense something phenomenal coming that has me so full of hope and pure joy that I can breathe deeper than I ever have.    (MELISSA is leading worship and speaking at KC2024. Go to martygabler.com/kc2024/ to see the schedule and all details.)


Pinpointing Contradictions

KATHY—This is certainly a year in which we could see “resurrection out of contradiction”. I look at our nation’s situation and cannot ignore the need to take action and participate with God in this resurrection. Pinpointing contradictions is probably the first challenge. In the course of a day, we can hear a statement in passing that threatens our whole nation or run into the panic of a fast-moving virus or get caught up in economic predictions that smother hope or we might witness an incident that robs us of peace and security. The list is endless and unique to each of us, yet the bombardment is common to all of us. If we fail to disagree through word or deed when evil or malice is exposed, we tolerate a non-God influence in the atmosphere instead of taking it down with prayer and declarations from the Word of God.
(KATHY WILL BE SPEAKING AT KINGDOM CONGRESS 2024. She will be exhorting, prophesying and ministering words of knowledge. NO FEE to attend. Go to this link for details: martygabler.com/kc2024/.)


Redemption Through the Shed Blood of Jesus

MARTIN P—As the people of God assemble today may they take hope in their redemption through the shed blood of Jesus at Calvary. May they know they are sons/daughters of most high God and rest in His present love and care and plans for their future. Eph.1:5-8, TPT—“For it was always in his perfect plan to adopt us as his delightful children, through our union with Jesus, the Anointed One, so that his tremendous love that cascades over us would glorify his grace—for the same love he has for his Beloved One, Jesus, he has for us. And this unfolding plan brings him great pleasure 7 Since we are now joined to Christ, we have been given the treasures of redemption by his blood—the total cancellation of our sins—all because of the cascading riches of his grace. 8 This superabundant grace is already powerfully working in us…”


Revelation on Principle and Purpose

Revelation on Principle and Purpose

Kathy Gabler bringing an exhortation from KC2023.

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Sons, Daughters and Ambassadors

DR. DON CRUM — The government of the Kingdom of God increases as God’s sons and daughters who are His ambassadors in the earthly realm, understand and operate more in the implementation of God’s “Foreign Policies” in the earth. Therefore, His rule and reign extend and expand throughout the nations, pulling them into alignment. Matt 13:33 Jesus also used this illustration: “The Kingdom of Heaven is like the yeast a woman used in making bread. Even though she put only a little yeast in three measures of flour, it permeated every part of the dough.” God’s Kingdom Government is permeating throughout the nations through you and me as His Kingdom Ambassadors. As God’s sons and daughters in the earth, we are entrusted with an amazing inheritance of kingly authority to legislate the affairs of nations by invoking God’s plans and policies on a massive global scale. We are rapidly moving out of the Congregational and into the Congressional in this hour. Understanding our delegated authority in Christ’s imperative. (DR. CRUM is speaking at Kingdom Congress March 6, 2024. Location: Grace Church Willis. Go to this link for schedule and details about KC2024: martygabler.com/kc2024/)


Not by Might nor by Power

MELISSA—When the Lord said that we should pray so we can be prepared for the onslaught, we did, and then His instruction came to hold. What this instruction has shown me is “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’  says the Lord of Hosts.” (Zech. 4:6) This cannot be handled or fixed by our might or power. We are at the place where all of our self-help, strength, reasoning and logic have absolutely no power against this onslaught. What we are experiencing is what has been fueling the problems in lives and society and it has been hidden behind the scenes until now. This is a spiritual war and this is only the beginning.   (MELISSA is leading worship and speaking at KC2024. Go to martygabler com/kc2024/ to see the schedule and all details.)


Wisdom to Prevail in Days Ahead

KATHY — Wisdom is working to equip us to prevail in days ahead over key forces like offense, self-pity, anger and fear. The power of those forces is that they condition us to defeat ourselves. Offense is stumbling and it causes us to cripple ourselves. Offense causes us to become distrustful and desert our post. We do not have to take in offense even when it comes banging on our door with every logic. Ps.119:165, TPT — “There is such a great peace and well-being that comes to the lovers of your word, and they will never be offended.”


DRILL UNTIL . . . .

DRILL UNTIL . . . .

Scriptures for Morning Victory #57 – Marty reads Scriptures and prays to encourage us to take the victory by drilling to be productive.

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Grow Strong and be Filled With Wisdom

This is the day the Lord has made (Ps.118:24) so….  I will rejoice and be glad and grow strong in spirit and be filled with wisdom in it. Jesus was born with purpose and so are we. From the beginning, He not only grew physically but in His spirit and in wisdom for what was to come (Lk.2:52). One of our major goals for our children in 2024 should be to see them filled with the Spirit and to train them in godly wisdom.  “And the Child grew and became strong in spirit, filled with wisdom; and the grace (favor and spiritual blessing) of God was upon Him.” (Lk.2:40, Amp)
(Marty will be leading and speaking at Kingdom Congress 2024 – Grace Church Willis,TX. March 6-8. Go to this link for schedule and details: martygabler.com/kc2024/)

 


Prepare Us

MELISSA—Awhile back, when I was asking the Lord how to pray for Sunday service I clearly heard, “Prepare us for the onslaught.” I instantly had a sense that there are challenges coming to those of us that have been in the church for a while, challenges that will try to knock us off of our foundation in Christ. I’m not writing this from that place on the other side of a battle looking back over it. I’m writing from the midst of the onslaught. Also, I am not writing this from a place of despair!  The Lord does not give us insight like this to warn us to get ready to be beaten up and hope we can hold on to make it out alive. He gives us this kind of insight because He is doing something in the middle of it. There is something major shifting. An onslaught such as this proves something major is shifting! An enemy does not attack when it has you subdued and controlled. An enemy attacks when it’s control is being overturned. That is exactly where we are.

(MELISSA is leading worship and speaking at KC2024. Go to martygabler.com/kc2024/ to see the schedule and all info.)


The Need for Identity

KATHY—None of us outgrow the need for identity, affirmation or boundaries.  If they are met, they help us to be healthy mentally, emotionally, physically and relationally.  If they are not met, they set us up for sabotage.  Since none of us had a perfect family life growing up, we have all been sabotaged to some degree and had conflicts with self-image that left our self-worth in doubt, or vice versa.  And we have all faced embarrassment or failure regarding our self-government.  So, it is no private scar since everyone’s mirror (self-image) gets whacked in life.  Sometimes it is even our own doing; but how we respond after the fact is the crucial matter.  If we continue to only look at a cracked reflection, a marred, fragmented person; that will keep us from agreeing with the way God sees us and keep us from lining up with God’s intentions for our life and future.
(KATHY WILL BE SPEAKING AT KINGDOM CONGRESS 2024. NO FEE to attend. To see the schedule for KC2024 go to this link: martygabler.com/kc2024/.)