Prayer & Declare
Prayer & Declare
I declare a settling of all matters that concern me. I declare this body I live in will conform to and strongly serve the Kingdom purposes of my King so that I may fully realize my value and design in those purposes. In Christ Jesus I have value for His Kingdom purposes in my generation.
“The Lord will perfect that which concerns me; Your mercy, O Lord, endures forever; Do not forsake the works of Your hands.” (Ps.138:8, NKJV)
No Fear of Being De-sonned
No Fear of Being De-sonned (Kathy)
The offensive strategy of sons of God gathering to strengthen and equip and be enabled to serve their place of purpose and calling in life is going to pivot on the individual believer getting this and maturing into a confident 
Father/son relationship. That’s a relationship that cannot be shaken by mistakes or failures, a bond that cannot be weakened by hard times and a relationship that can’t be manipulated by accusation or condemnation. Condemnation is probably the #1 most successful tool against Christians because it causes people to live like yoyo’s—up one minute, down the next—vitally involved one month and feeling totally disqualified the next. Condemnation is deadly because it measures your salvation by your behavior and disqualifies you with every error, sin or failure. Here’s a key: condemnation can only do you damage when your focus is works and behavior instead of relationship. Sons know they don’t get into the family by being perfect, so they don’t fear being de-sonned because of imperfection. Condemnation always connects your behavior to your self-worth, but God doesn’t. So, mature sons must learn to think like their Father and not remain an immature son who is likely to disinherit himself.
(This is an excerpt from an article by Kathy Gabler entitled “Offense: The Kingdom In Action” in which she talks about the advantage of moving from merely a defensive strategy to an offensive strategy.)
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Limitations To Sonship
(Kathy) So many challenges church leaders are facing are signals of how much this transition (from a religious mindset of church as an obligation to God 
to being effectual sons of God) is needed: finances decreasing, the same number of broken families in church as out, local churches losing respect and influence in the community and people losing motivation to be a part of the local church. Rather than be discouraged, we can take these things as a sign that it is time to take new ground. If we will move from traditional expectations and limitations to sonship, we’ll move into the empowerment of relationship where people are no longer just members of a church but Sons of God gathering to strengthen and equip and be enabled to serve their place of purpose and calling in life.
(This is an excerpt from an article by Kathy Gabler entitled “Offense: The Kingdom In Action” in which she talks about the advantage of moving from merely a defensive strategy to an offensive strategy.)
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“Offense: The Kingdom In Action” by Kathy Gabler
“Offense: The Kingdom In Action” (Kathy Gabler)
I believe we are in a transition moving from a religious mindset that views church as meetings that satisfy an obligation to God to realizing we are all sons of God gathering to be effectual, by living our lifetime demonstrating His Kingdom-come and will-being-done on earth as it is in heaven. This is not a new transition. It’s just a time of greater momentum with more obvious results and changes. The yeast is spreading, permeating our understanding. (Matt. 13:33)
(This is the first excerpt from an article by Kathy Gabler entitled “Offense: The Kingdom In Action” in which she talks about the advantage of moving from merely a defensive strategy to an offensive strategy.)
Walking In Kingdom Principles
Walking In Kingdom Principles
If we do not understand and walk in Kingdom principles it is doubtful that the King will willingly release to us His authority lest it be squandered and bring shame to His name. It would be foolish trying to repair a truck with a manual for a computer or trying to do surgery on someone using an instruction manual for fly fishing. Even so, it is not possible to operate in Kingdom authority the way typical men think and operate in the world system. Yet, as we yield to the time and processing of the Kingdom dynamic of His proving, the world will see the Kingdom and not just hear of the Kingdom while relegating it to a merely future context. The hope of the Kingdom that is yet to come is evidenced in its impact in the present and that impact comes through willing agency.
(This is the last excerpt from Marty’s article “The Kingdom, The Process, The Benefit”)
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HOW DO WE LEARN TO OPERATE IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD?
HOW DO WE LEARN TO OPERATE IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD?
Listed here are some factors to consider when desiring to operate in kingly authority: (1) search out and learn principles such as the one found in Luke 16. There is more to come in the Kingdom 
and we are presently (2) wrestling with the trials and proving grounds that will allow us the power and authority we so desperately need for ourselves and others. (3) Issues of continual defeat in our lives prevent and hold back the evidence of the Kingdom of God. Therefore, we must aggressively take hold of the Kingdom where we have been tenaciously clinging to the weaknesses that set us up for continual defeat. (4) It is plainly stated that if the man in Lk 16:10-12 cannot be trusted with money, he will most definitely not be trusted with power and authority that gets done what money falls short of doing. Quality decisions and relationship over time engender trust. (5) Ongoing relationship to other people in the Kingdom will bring us into both knowledge and experience that will enable us to take part in the dynamic of the Kingdom.
(This is an excerpt from Marty’s article “The Kingdom, The Process, The Benefit”)
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COMING THROUGH HUMAN AGENCY — PROCESS
COMING THROUGH HUMAN AGENCY — PROCESS
According to the language Jesus used in Matthew, the coming of the Kingdom of God is a process. Mt 6:10 “Thy Kingdom come.” The word “come” in that verse means: to come forth, to find place or influence; to be established (Thayer). This is not a magical popping into existence. The Kingdom comes forth, finds place and influence and is established in and through human agency today just as it came through human agency in Lk 4:21, Mt 12:28, Lk 9:10, and Lk 11:20. It came through Jesus and through His disciples. (cf. Jn 14:12 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater {works} than these shall he do; because I go to the Father. NAS)
(This is the seventh excerpt from Marty’s article “The Kingdom, The Process, The Benefit”)
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Jesus, The Message And The Kingdom
Though Jesus used the term “kingdom” often, He nowhere defined what He meant by the phrase. George Eldon Ladd notes that we must therefore assume that (1) the content of the phrase was so commonly understood by the people as to need no definition or that (2) the meaning of Jesus’ proclamation is to be interpreted in terms of His total mission and conduct.
In Lk 4:21 Jesus proclaimed, “This day is this scripture fulfilled.” The words and actions of Jesus are, therefore, the Kingdom of God. The Kingdom of God is realized in the very ministry of Jesus. The key to the meaning of the Kingdom is Christology. Jesus not only utters the message of the Kingdom of God, He is Himself the message (J. Jeremias).
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Delegated Rule
The Kingdom of God came into the earth through the Person of Jesus. JESUS (1) comes to earth, (2) learns obedience as a servant, pleases the Father in His obedience and, in so doing, (3) brings the authority, the rule, the reign of the Father into history and (4) experiences victory in every confrontation with the kingdom of darkness. God’s rule and 
reign are today evidenced through delegated authority that proceeds out of JESUS’ all-inclusive authority (Mt 28:18). Just as God’s rule has entered the earth in history through the Person of Jesus, His rule enters the earth today as His authority flows through His sons who are being made in the image of JESUS. (Rom.8:29)
(This is the fifth excerpt from Marty’s article “The Kingdom, The Process, The Benefit”)
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Discipline And Sacrifice
Discipline And Sacrifice
In order to participate in the authority and benefits of the Kingdom of God, we must understand and embrace the characteristics of the King of the Kingdom (cf. Ps 103:7). Requisites may include desire, discipline and even sacrifice if we are to take the Supreme Servant, Jesus as our example.
(This is the fourth excerpt from Marty’s article “The Kingdom, The Process, The Benefit”)
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Worship songs from Concerning The Kingdom Conference 2013
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The Bi-Product
The Bi-Product
It is not bad to have needs. It is not wrong to desire to receive from God. But there should come a point of development in relationship with God that focus on needs and receiving is not the basis for the relationship. Need is how and why we come to Jesus but there should be growth and development from that point. There should be a point at which seeking to be part of the expression of Father’s Kingdom and pleasing Father and being productive for Father is the main thrust of the relationship and His meeting our needs is just a bi-product of facilitation.
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. (Matt.6:33)
(This is the third excerpt from the article “The Kingdom, The Process, The Benefit” by Marty Gabler.)
Applied Responsibility
Applied Responsibility
The teachings, experiences and writings of the apostles matured, developed and equipped believers to be agency through which the Kingdom would be evidenced in this earth (Acts 8:12; 14:22; 19:8; 28:23,31; 1Co 4:20). Simply put, there is more to being a Christian than merely accepting Jesus as Savior and waiting for an opportunity to get our ticket to heaven punched. A realization of the Kingdom of God, a seeking of the Kingdom of God (Mt 6:33) will take us beyond mere “heaven-consciousness” to a maturing/developing process which results in more applied responsibility as sons, and that results in more visibility of the power of God in this present world and that meets man’s needs while bringing glory to God.
(This is the second excerpt from the article “The Kingdom, The Process, The Benefit” by Marty Gabler.)
The Kingdom, The Process, The Benefit
The Kingdom, The Process, The Benefit
Most of us have been vaguely aware of things going on in the spirit realm and their effect in the natural realm. We may not have been acutely tuned in to what is happening but we are grateful that they have been happening and that there are, at least, some results that are noticeable and some that are of benefit to our way of thinking.
We are glad to be identified with Christianity. People who first came into contact with Jesus in His earthly ministry noticed His miracles of healing and bread-breaking and followed Him for those benefits. They did not seem to produce or accomplish anything except fill the ranks as onlookers and receivers of benefits. His twelve disciples followed him for a few years as he spoke of and demonstrated the Kingdom of God. In teaching them to pray, He taught them a prayer of offering themselves as agency for the coming of that Kingdom into this earth (Mt 6:9-13). He spent His last forty days on this earth speaking to them of the Kingdom of God (Acts 1:3) and then He sent His Holy Spirit to empower them for their part in demonstrating the Kingdom (Lk 24:49; Acts 1:8).
(This is the first excerpt from the article “The Kingdom, The Process, The Benefit” by Marty Gabler.)
Melissa Gabler and the Grace Worship Band
Worship songs from Concerning The Kingdom Conference 2013
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Invisible Influence
Invisible Influence (Kathy)
Isaiah 30:19-21, is another pivotal scripture for this year as it addresses coming out of a siege and getting downloads from the Holy Spirit. For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem; you shall weep no more; He will be very gracious to you at the voice of your cry. When He hears it, He will answer you. And Jehovah gives you the 
bread of adversity and the water of affliction; yet your teachers shall not be removed into a corner any more, but your eyes shall see your teachers. And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, This is the way, walk in it, when you turn to the right hand and when you turn to the left. “A word behind you,” indicates an invisible influence, that Divine Teacher that will prompt with conscience or memory or supernatural knowledge or wisdom. I believe this year we should expect more Holy Spirit promptings like that “voice behind” with that instructive glimpse or a download while driving or a dream that impacts or a vision that equips. Therefore, it is essential that we recognize and acknowledge glimpses like dream parts, momentary visions and thoughts out of context. A helpful 1-2-3, to train our thinking for Holy Spirit downloads this year would be, 1) acknowledge, 2) consider, 3) connect. For His input to have impact, we must connect it to our lives through action or change or as a tool, a strategy, a weapon, a skill or a gift. And to connect it, we must first consider it until we understand it. Put your seat belt on and expect that “word behind you” to be louder and more frequent this year.
(This is the last installment of Kathy’s article “2013 Downloads”)
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The Pace Of Purpose
The Pace Of Purpose (Kathy)
Another consideration in that gap between expectation and manifestation is the pace of purpose during process. We must adjust our passions to the pace of purpose 
rather than trying to adjust God’s purpose to the pace of our passions. Whether we can see how or not, our purpose always connects to other people and a bigger picture. So, the pace of our purpose will ebb and flow at times because of who and what surrounds us in a season. Expectations and discernment can get bogged down during the ebbs, so keeping our “expector” above the bog is essential. I am not implying that it is a new thing for the Holy Spirit to release insights, but I believe they are going to increase in dimension and impact to a new level this year.
(This excerpt is a continuation of Kathy’s article “2013 Downloads”)
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Worship songs from Concerning The Kingdom Conference 2013
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Time Between Expectation And Manifestation
Time Between Expectation And Manifestation (by Kathy Gabler)
One thing that keeps us walking steadily forward in working out our salvation and our purpose is expectation. The length of time between expectation and manifestation is rarely 
predictable and usually only clear to God and hindsight. In that gap between “the now” and “the future,” that gap between “anticipate” and “achieve,” that gap between “reach” and “hold,” our greatest challenge is to keep processing and not give up. Perhaps we will be more apt not to quit if we understand three things about expectation: 1) Expectation is a force to be reckoned with because it can build a runway for the future. Expectation can be a literal form of agreement that opens a portal into our lives. 2) One snare to beware of is that expectations can lock you down. People tend to watch for and only hear what they expect and so they are blinded to the hand of God moving in any other way. Our single focus on specific expectations can make us miss the real answer to our prayers. 3) Another snare is that expectations are not always positive. People expect condemnation when they feel guilty. People expect failure because of experience. People expect rejection because of wounds. Training and aligning our expectations is one way to prepare to see and receive God-results through process this year.
(This excerpt is a continuation of Kathy’s article “2013 Downloads”)
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Jesus Is Alive!
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Many Languages Bless The Lamb
This is the day the Lord has made so…
I will rejoice and be glad that all around the world I am rejoicing with millions today that we have been redeemed by the blood of the Lamb, and in 
many languages we are all blessing Him and honoring Him who was slain.
9 And they sang a new song, saying: “YOU ARE WORTHY to take the scroll,And to open its seals; FOR YOU WERE SLAIN, And have REDEEMED us to God BY YOUR BLOOD Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,
10 And have made us kings and priests to our God; And we shall reign on the earth.”
11 Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands,
12 saying with a loud voice: “WORTHY IS THE LAMB WHO WAS SLAIN To receive power and riches and wisdom, And strength and honor and glory and blessing!”
13 And every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying: “Blessing and honor and glory and power Be to Him who sits on the throne, And TO THE LAMB FOREVER AND EVER!” (Rev.5:9-13, NKJV)
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Jesus Is Alive!
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The “Working Out” Of Our Salvation
The “Working Out” Of Our Salvation (Kathy)
“Work out your salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure,” Phi. 2:12,13. 
There is no option for working out our salvation. I’m not talking eternal life but the saving of our souls issue by issue, until we are transformed into the image of Christ in this lifetime. This “working out” is process, ever moving, changing and becoming, and as far as I can tell, it is more walking than broad jumping. It seems like broad jumping would speed up time and results, but timing really is not about the clock or calendar but rather the pace of purpose. Timing becomes most relevant as it intersects God’s purpose. If we prepare for purpose by yielding to His “reasoning together,” there is manifestation, fulfillment and “ahh’s” of success in those intersections with His timing. Appointed times come because we submit to correction and keep walking steadily on through process, not because we jumped in the middle of something unprepared.
This is the second excerpt in the series “2013 Downloads” by Kathy Gabler
2013 Downloads
2013 Downloads by Kathy Gabler
I heard a prophetic word recently that we are at the end of a 36 month siege on the mind and circumstances, and that we are entering a new chapter of 
our lives. That was good news to me and it aligns with some of my meditations for this year. As I awoke recently, Isaiah1:18, was on my mind. “Come let us reason together,” means let us correct, make right or decide together. Coming out of a time of a mental siege is an ideal time to hear a call to make changes for the future. “Though your sins be as scarlet,” says that our shortfalls and missing-the-mark failures are as obvious as a bloody nose, and it is time to confront issues in our lives so the outcomes ahead will be “as white as snow.” The focus in this scripture is cooperating with God who is at work in us through the process of reasoning together to get us into the next chapter.
“Come now, and let us reason together, says the Lord. Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be like wool.” (Isa.1:18)
(This is the first in a series by Kathy Gabler from her SEEC Magazine article “2013 Downloads”)
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Worship songs from Concerning The Kingdom Conference 2013
“Our Father”
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Worship music from Concerning The Kingdom Conference 2013
“Our Father”
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Spontaneous Worship
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In Authority Means Under Authority
In Authority Means Under Authority
When the prodigal came to himself and realized he had stepped outside the bounds of his metron, he declared, “I am going to return to my father’s house.” In the culture of that time, that meant he was returning to his father’s rule and embracing the metron of his father’s determining. It was not until after his considering that he stunk, his clothes were tattered, he had tightened his belt up to the last loop and here he sat with pigs for company. He received the centurion’s revelation: a man under authority is a man in authority (Mt 8). When he returned in that posture, it was then that the father once again measured his capacity and gave him the means to represent him in the marketplace (Lk 15:22). Our Father measures and sets the limits of our metron for His glory. He is too wise to act irrationally and too compassionate to be cruel. Let the wineskin yield in His hands.
2Co 10:13 We, on the other hand, will not boast beyond our legitimate province and proper limit, but will keep within the limits [of our commission which] God has allotted us as our measuring line… (Amplified)
(This is the last excerpt of the article “Your Sphere Of Influence”)
Supply For Servants
Supply For Servants
By the time the prodigal gets to the pig pen, this guy is having to eat that which is nothing more than left-over and waste. He is suffering at this level because he has stepped out of his metron 
(sphere of influence) not satisfied to yield to his father’s wise timing. Thankfully, he came to himself in that situation and realized that his father’s servants, in their metron, fared better than he did. Although he was a son, the servants were better off than him at this point and their position and circumstance was far more desirable than what he had being out of position as a son born to privilege and inheritance. After wasting the measure of rule he had carved out for himself, he realized that he had presumptuously grasped a measure of rule he was not ready for. If a private in the army can stay within his measure of rule, he will have all the food he needs, all the gasoline for his jeep, all the bullets for his rifle and all the medical care he will need; and he will never pay rent or electric bills (Mt 6:33-and all these things will be added unto you). His peers will never be allowed to promote him or talk him into taking the position of a captain. As his superior officers observe him, they will measure his abilities and promote him accordingly (Ps 75:6-7). The prodigal concluded, “My father’s servants have stayed within their measure of rule and look how well supplied they are.”
For not from the east nor from the west nor from the south come promotion and lifting up.
7 But God is the Judge! He puts down one and lifts up another. (Ps.75:6-7, Amp)
The Straw That Breaks The Back
The Straw That Breaks The Back
The prodigal got what he desired which was based upon his appetite, based upon what his aspirations could grasp. Those desires were nowhere near based upon the wisdom of His father. Our heavenly Father is too wise to act irrationally and too compassionate to be cruel. He continually measures us and will not put on us more than we are capable of bearing (compare Jn 6:5-6). He is never the one to lay on the proverbial straw that breaks the camel’s back.
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