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Griping and Responsibility


“In relationship struggles, gripes do not justify wrong behavior. The core issue is not your gripes, but that you are griping. Griping without taking the responsibility of finding God-solutions shows immaturity and lack of character.”—Kathy Gabler

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Experience and Taking Ground

fingerpointingupExperience is hard to out argue.  Experience can dominate our belief system.  Experience can demand we doubt God and square-off with Him:  “God, IF you’re there, then do something!“ Have you ever wondered why some people get prayers like that answered?  They pray, “If you are God, heal me!”  And they are healed!  Or, “If there really is a God, give me a miracle.” And they get it!  That’s got to be God’s goodness to bring them to repentance.  Mature sons, already in the Vine, cannot start with, “IF you are God, then . . .”  God will not accept that challenge.  He knows a manipulative hissy fit when He sees one.  At the point of a hissy fit, the next step is our response, not God’s.  We can either repent and take some ground or spiral down into unbelief.  

(This is the fourth excerpt from Kathy’s article “Rebuilding Our Temple“ 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.)

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New Gates Are Not Optional

New Gates Are Not Optional (by Kathy Gabler)
While prophesying to a lady, I saw her as a bird in a gilded cage.  The door was open on the cage, but she would not fly out.  Instead of leaving her captivity, she decorated it, but the golden captivity was still captivity.  We can comfort ourselves with former revelation, with blessings already received and with testimonies of past obediences, or refuse to move and just focus on quests that everyone would call godly, but God’s designs are always moving beyond the past and even beyond the now. When He builds a gate, He is not presenting options; rather He is giving direction. That gate will lead to growth, increase, maturity and change. Purpose beckons us beyond our current fence line.  God is faithful to build the gate, but it is up to us to choose to go through it.