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They Didn’t Seem to Get It

KATHY GABLER—Jesus said,  “O unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him to Me!” (Mark 9:19).  His frustration was obviously because He had been training the twelve to be sons who understood Kingdom Power, but they didn’t seem to “get it.”  Jesus then looked to the father and asked, “How long has this been happening to your son?”  The father answered, “From childhood. It has often thrown him both into the fire and into the water to destroy him. If You can do anything, take pity on us and help us!”  Jesus did not always ask a question like this.  His question caused the man to lay everything on the table, 1) his grief from the past, 2) his helplessness in the present and 3) his plea for the future.  Evidently, Jesus wanted the father to say it, so he could see his thinking because anticipation, or the realization of what can happen is only the beginning.  The father’s follow-through-thinking would be crucial to their future. 


Overcoming With the Compassion of Jesus

MARTIN GABLER—As the people of God assemble today, may they stand hand in hand facing the same goals with the same determination that the first century church had: to confront and overcome the oppressive powers of darkness in their nation with the compassion and resurrection power of their Lord and Savior, JESUS.  “For we are not wrestling with flesh and blood [contending only with physical opponents], but against the despotisms, against the powers, against [the master spirits who are] the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spirit forces of wickedness in the heavenly (supernatural) sphere.” (Eph.6:12, Amp)


Stir the Ashes

MP GABLER—The air was bone-chilling cold. The fire had gone out and it seemed useless to pick up the stick and stir the ashes which looked so lifeless. Yet, when I began to stir around in the ashes, sparks began to fly, embers were exposed to the air and they began to flame into life. The embers that came to life had not been apparent before I stirred up the ashes. I added some small twigs and in a short period of time, after feeding the fire with some larger pieces, I had a full-grown fire to warm myself.
Paul urged Timothy, “Stir up the gift of God within you (2Tim.1:6 KJV).” There was no impassioned plea for Timothy to sit quietly by until a holy stick-bearing angel came and stirred up the fire. Actually, the imperative is to do just the opposite: “[You] Fan into flame the gift of God.” This phrase was used in the common vernacular of the time to describe the rekindling of a fire that had been allowed to die down through neglect (W.E. Vine).


How do we Prepare For What’s Ahead?

MELISSA GABLER—How do we prepare for what’s ahead? You’ve been made ready in ways you haven’t put together yet, but it will come together as we head further into the year. Also, we need to realize it’s just time to BE the new creation Jesus exemplified. We need to pick up the Bible and rehearse the things Jesus set in motion. We typically call those “promises,” but in our modern culture that word tends to have only a future connotation. His promises are fully alive and available for application now and where we are headed. For instance, we read in the gospels about fish and bread being multiplied to feed thousands. We need to be ready to facilitate that new creation norm. Finally, remember this isn’t all about evil being exposed. Our focus needs to be on the increasing Kingdom that is going to be revealed in the midst of the mess. “I have told you these things in parables (veiled language, allegories, dark sayings); the hour is now coming when I shall no longer speak to you in figures of speech, but I shall tell you about the Father in plain words and openly (without reserve).” (John 16:25 Amplified) The reality and mysteries of God being uncovered will be the biggest mind-blower of all! The “brainwashed zombie” in each of us will try and hold on to old logic through the upheaval ahead, but the new creation we already are will bring us through to a victory that words can’t relay right now.


Repentance Ushers in Release

Kathy Gabler– Repentance ushers in release and change for everyone. One reason we avoid it is shame locks us down. The fact that we need to think differently and change feels like an indictment against our self-image or even worse, against our Christianity. That’s the deception of shame in action. The truth is that repentance brings healthy changes and change is part of the process of maturing and overcoming.  2Co.7:10, TPT — “God designed us to feel remorse over sin in order to produce repentance that leads to victory. This leaves us with no regrets. But the sorrow of the world works death.”


Detractor Spirit

MARTY GABLER—The enemy of your promise does not have to completely destroy that promise. If he can’t get it all, he’ll be satisfied with stealing a vital piece of it. That is the job of the detractor spirit. A detractor is something that takes away. It steals away pieces and takes away value from the whole making it incomplete, not fully functional, not fully serving its purpose. It is like a motor not running on all cylinders.

A detractor takes a spray can and paints smudges on a beautiful statue and vulgarities on a clean wall. A detractor draws a mustache on an exquisite painting. If someone notices a lady and says, “Isn’t she beautiful?” the detractor responds, “Yes, but her nose is too big.”

That spirit has a way of making things or people look and sound unattractive, unworthy or unuseful even though they may have legitimately been at one time. It devastates or, at the least, depreciates. It loves to make the promise of God appear difficult or unattainable. We just need to realize though, that if God promises, He is the One who brings it to pass. Beware all detractors that get in the way of God’s moving toward fulfillment. He performs that which He promises (Rom.4:21).  “and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform.” (Rom.4:21)


Don’t Confuse Trust With Diligence

Melissa Gabler— Some of us have confused trust with diligence.  By “diligence” I mean we handle, fixate on, and stay worried about a problem until it’s fixed.  That is nowhere in the definition of trust.  It’s not only the opposite of trust, but it is seething with dysfunction and disease.  A lack of trust is one of our worst enemies.  We might be blaming things on the devil that are really a lack of trust in our own lives.  I’m sure the devil doesn’t mind when we blame him for such things because it makes his job easier.


Three Victories With Un-carnal Weapons

KATHY GABLER—Following are three victories won with un-carnal weapons that were received in dreams and visions: Vicarious Insights (Walking in someone else’s shoes so we can swing an un-carnal weapon in their behalf!): Recently a doctor and his wife told me of a dream and a vision they had on the same night. The experience brought the two warriors into agreement that literally set the enemy to flight. The doctor had a patient who was a satan-worshipper and the patient had a tag-along demonic force to be dealt with during his visits. The doctor asked his wife to pray with him concerning the situation.
That night the doctor’s wife dreamed she was trying to feed some needy people and one man in a demonic outburst started to bite her. She was frustrated that there seemed to be no one to help her get him to deliverance. In her frustration she turned to look for assistance and blurted out, “For the love of God . . .”
Suddenly her husband awoke, “Did you hear that?” She was grateful to be awakened from the dream, but admitted she had not heard anything. He had awakened to the sound of their back door slamming. When he went to check the door, he found it unlocked but shut. In that same moment he knew by the Spirit that a dark spirit had just fled from his house.
In the dream, the wife was experiencing “biting the hand that feeds you.” The demonized man was attacking her as she tried to help him. This was an intercessory picture for her of what her husband was going through. A patient, that he obviously was trying to help, was a bearer of a dark spirit that opposed anything good or positive and was running interference and trying to harass the doctor. The wife’s outcry in the dream, “For the love of God!” was an un-carnal weapon, a declaration of the purpose and plan of God in intercessory warfare.
Let me lay some groundwork. A man we know went to India to minister. Soon after he arrived, a shaman came to his hotel room. He obviously came to harass and intimidate him because he did not use the door. The shaman came right through the wall and backed the man onto his bed where he towered over him menacingly. The shaman demanded, “What are you doing here?” The minister hesitated and then spoke wisely from his spirit, “I am here because of the compassion of Christ.” If the minister had argued his rights and his cause rather than the cause of Christ, he would have been limited to self-protection; and self would not have been a match for the experienced power of darkness confronting him. There was no arguing with the wise answer however, and the shaman disappeared as quickly as he’d come without another word.
The “love of God” and “the compassion of Christ” are un-carnal weapons, mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds! That outcry in the wife’s dream was intercessory for her husband’s situation. That power point of agreement with her husband literally set the enemy to flight. Her husband witnessed the flight in a night vision as he heard the door slam. (In visions we can experience the spirit realm, meaning we can see, hear, taste, smell or touch things in the spirit realm around us.) Their agreement, a powerful un-carnal weapon, had set darkness to flight! Two days later the patient was gone also.
KATHY will be speaking at DREAMS VISIONS PROPHECY 2025. Location: Grace Church Willis TX. NO FEE. Sept.12-14. Click on this link for all information: martygabler.com/dvp2025/


Speak the Same Thing

MARTIN GABLER–As the people of God assemble today, may they be of one heart and one mind to hear the truths of God in His Word and to “speak the same thing” that the Holy Bible declares so that the truths of God Most High, that represent His character and that bless and give life, may not be considered arguable by regional or culturally preferential viewpoints.
“Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.” (1Cor.1:10, NKJV)

Full Promise of God

MARTIN PHILLIP GABLER–Would you buy a bird without a song or a dog without a bark? Then don’t “buy” anything from the devil or this world system that is less than what God has promised. If you went to a hospital to have a baby and they brought out a large doll and said, “This is your baby,” would you just simply accept it “because that’s the way things are, that’s just the way things worked out this time?” Would you accept just a picture of your paycheck because your boss talked you into believing that it is a reasonable facsimile thereof? No you wouldn’t because you know very well that it would not be the real thing and you could not spend it. Therefore, don’t settle for anything less than the full promise of God which you know full well (cf.Rom.4:18).
>>MARTY will be speaking and prophesying at DREAMS VISIONS PROPHECY 2025. There is NO FEE to attend. You may bring your coffee mug. There will be free coffee and snacks during the Saturday sessions. No livestream. Nursery will be available.
Location: Grace Church Willis TX. 936-856-2455. Check it out at this link: martygabler.com/dvp2025/


Perfect Tool for This Time

MELISSA GABLER— This passage is a perfect tool for this time: Proverbs 2:3-6, “make your ear attentive to wisdom and incline your heart to understanding; yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, if you don’t seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God. For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;” Ask for insight and understanding and you will begin to awaken to the fear of the Lord. Then you will understand how to navigate through what is at hand and what is to come. This is our opportunity to demonstrate the Kingdom of God and leave an effectual legacy centered in the fear of the Lord. I’ve heard so many times over the last couple of years that revival is coming. Yes, revival is coming, and it will come through awakened people bowing their knee to the Almighty God.
Come to DREAMS VISIONS PROPHECY Sept.12-14,2025 and worship with Jamie Lipe and the Grace Worship Team. Melissa will be speaking to encourage us about our purpose for “Such a Time”. NO FEE. All information for DVP2025 is at this link: martygabler.com/dvp2025/ 


Cain’s Heart

Kathy Gabler — Gen.4:5, “But for Cain and his offering God had no respect or regard.” Listen to that wording. There was something amuck with Cain’s heart and character already for God to have no respect for him as well as his offering. His character flaws became obvious when His behavior and action was not accepted by God. Instead of humbling himself before God for a son’s correction, He took offense! Prov.3:11, TPT — “My child, when the Lord God speaks to you, never take his words lightly, and never be upset when he corrects you.“


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Devices of the Crafty Frustrated


Made to Advance

MELISSA GABLER—We were made to advance the Kingdom in this moment.  We get to be alive to advance the Kingdom in this moment! God doesn’t do things by chance, He does them with intention.  I say this to say, you have the eternal plan of God inside of you, all you need to do is walk it out.  How do we walk it out? By relationship with our Father which solidifies our identity as a son or daughter made to manifest the dominion mandate. 

(MELISSA will be speaking at DREAMS VISIONS PROPHECY 2023. No Fee. Date: September 12-14,2025. Location: Grace Church Willis,TX. FOR SCHEDULE AND ALL INFORMATION, USE THIS LINK: martygabler.com/dvp2025/)


Not Warring According to the Flesh

KATHY GABLER—“For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh.  For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds,” (2 Cor.10:3-4, NKJ)  I pray we become a people of God, skillful in the use of un-carnal weapons.  I believe the first step to that goal is learning to recognize the difference between carnal (governed by mere human nature only) and un-carnal weapons.  If we simply “do what comes naturally,” we are choosing carnal weapons.  So, we must learn to do what comes super-naturally.  Emotional reactions that flare up in us are sometimes explosive and therefore seem powerful.  After all, we all know what it is like to fear someone’s upset or wrath.  However, emotional outbursts, like a persuasive tongue or logic or rationalization are common weapons of the natural man; therefore they are still carnal weapons and do not compare with un-carnal weapons like Godly authority and wisdom or Divine revelation and intervention.
KATHY will be speaking at DREAMS VISIONS PROPHECY 2025. Location: Grace Church Willis TX.  NO FEE.  Click on this link for all information: martygabler.com/dvp2025/


Preserved in Purpose

MARTY GABLER—As the people of God assemble today may the people of God all worship Him and call on His name in one accord. And may they find, as they go through the week, that they are preserved in their person, their family, their job and their purpose. Ps.31:23, NKJV — “Oh, love the Lord, all you His saints! For the Lord preserves the faithful, And fully repays the proud person.”   v.23, EXB — “Love the Lord, all you ·who belong to him [loyal ones; saints]. The Lord protects those who ·truly believe [are faithful], but he ·punishes [repays] ·the proud as much as they have sinned [those who act with pride].”


August is for Looking Where our Help Comes From

MARTY GABLER—The month of August is for looking unto the hills where our help comes from. It comes from the Lord (Psalm 121:1-2). In August, let us do as instructed in verse one as we lift up our eyes to where our Help is. We must lift up our eyes to see beyond the immediate representations and visages of what appear to be immovable, indefatigable threats against purpose and life. Verse 3 unembarrassedly announces to us that “He will not suffer thy foot to be moved” while verse 5 boldly reminds us in the most certain of terms that “The Lord is thy keeper”. All through August we must lift up our eyes and run to the Rock (Ps.61:2) because the Psalmist proclaims with all assurance that “The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil; He shall preserve thy soul”.


DREAMS VISIONS PROPHECY 2025 — NO FEE

Click on this link for all information about DVP2025: martygabler.com/dvp2025/


Resurrection Life

MELISSA GABLER—The Man Jesus Who walked out of that tomb did it as an example for all of us as how life should be from then on and there is so much more to resurrection life than walking out of the grave. That sounds crazy because that’s the biggest thing we can think of on earth but it’s bigger than we can comprehend with our finite minds. We weren’t built to hang on and hope for the best. We were made to operate in resurrection life until life on earth is “as it is in heaven” and we usher the King into the new earth He is worthy of. What a time to be alive. I’m thankful we all get to live this resurrection life together!


Seeing the Hand of God

KATHY GABLER—I have been seeing God’s hand moving behind a curtain on a stage.  That has kept me anticipating the curtain rising in my understanding.  Little by little an expectation has grown in me that we are about to see many things the Holy Spirit has been adjusting, rearranging, developing, redeeming, restoring and maturing.  I don’t think there will be some colorful, feel good, fairytale play behind those curtains, rather a stage set with details that bring clarity and a God-perspective that equips us, literally showing us another way to think and perceive and prevail.  I have a feeling the curtain will rise on insights that adjust our mode of operation and strategies and change our outcomes.
KATHY will be speaking at DREAMS VISIONS PROPHECY 2025. Location: Grace Church Willis TX.  NO FEE.  Click on this link for all information: martygabler.com/dvp2025/


A Head and a Destiny

MARTY GABLER—The Body Has A Head And A Destiny. Paul did not teach that some day, by and by, the Church will eventually be a Head and a body. He proclaimed that to be the present make-up of the Church. (1Co 12:27; Eph 5:23) According to Paul, Jesus is the Head and believers are the body. That is God’s plan, not the plan of a committee. How or why would God attach His awesome Son/Head to a beleaguered, weary body that was seeking to avoid its destiny? In the physical human body, the impulses that tell the body what to do and enable it to do those things, come from the head. The head sends messages to the body so that the body can act it out. We can do anything in this earth that Jesus did: raise the dead, heal the sick, deliver the captive and affect nature. Many years ago I prophesied to small children concerning the purpose of God for their lives. Some of them are now bringing their babies to our meetings and asking me to prophesy over their babies like I did over them. Those young parents and their children can sense that there is a God-given purpose in them now. We have a destiny right here and right now.
Marty will be speaking and prophesying at DREAMS VISIONS PROPHECY 2025 which is Sept.12-14 at Grace Church Willis. You can see all information at: martygabler.com/dvp2025/


Standing on the Truth

Melissa Gabler — Our stance in this season is standing—standing on the truth that our magnificent God is doing something BIG.  He is establishing His plan for the last half of 2025 and beyond.  We GET to be a part of this.  We GET to be a change agent simply by standing.  Yes, YOU have what is needed for this moment.  Now is not the time to throw your hands up.  Now is the time to take a deep breath and watch the glorious show unfolding in the days ahead.  Yes, there will be shockers.  BUT all we need to know is that those shockers are proof that God is shaking what can be shaken (Heb. 12:27-28)!  Thankful to be Your daughter, my King.  “The kingdom of God doesn’t come by counting the days on the calendar. Nor when someone says, ‘Look here!’ or, ‘There it is!’ And why? Because God’s kingdom is already among you.” (Luke 17:21 MSG) It’s time to wake up, and be who we were born to be.  Let’s win this war, as God has intended. 


POSITIONED for Purpose

KATHY GABLER–Do you think Zacharias, Elizabeth, Joseph and Mary had any sense they were POSITIONED for their purpose? I don’t think so! Neither did the Widow of Nain plodding along in the funeral procession, feel POSITIONED by God to dance home with a resurrected son, but she was! Saul atop his horse, on a Christian-killing mission, answering only to the Sanhedrin had no warning he was about to be blind, wrapped around that horse’s knees and entering training to be an apostle, but he was POSITIONED by the purpose of God! Murmuring Martha, grieving and waiting to give Jesus a piece of her mind over his tardiness, had no inkling she was about to un-bury the brother she had buried four days before, but she was POSITIONED … in destiny … in purpose … in history.
KATHY GABLER will be speaking at DREAMS VISIONS PROPHECY 2025.
Location: Grace Church Willis      Date: Sept.12-14,2025
All information is at this link: martygabler.com/dvp2025/


Groan of Creation

MARTY GABLER–As the people of God assemble today, may they receive the invigorating, equipping Word of God that will compel them to meet the groan of creation. That groan that is for those revealed as the authorized and empowered sons who release the compassion and power of the risen Christ to assuage the groan of that which is out from under the order of the King of Kings.
“[ Present distress is temporary and negligible ] In my opinion whatever we may have to go through now is less than nothing compared with the magnificent future God has planned for us. The whole creation is on tiptoe to see the wonderful sight of the sons of God coming into their own. The world of creation cannot as yet see reality, not because it chooses to be blind, but because in God’s purpose it has been so limited—yet it has been given hope. And the hope is that in the end the whole of created life will be rescued from the tyranny of change and decay, and have its share in that magnificent liberty which can only belong to the children of God!” (Rom.8:18-21, JB Phillips)