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Reaching Beyond Barriers

Declaration 1 (Part 3)— This is the year to take the next step.—Peter walked on water. Some have let go of the mast of the boat and taken a step toward the gunwale but have only peeked over the side. Some have actually stepped over to the gunwale and have climbed up and are dangling their feet over the side but have stopped there. All 12 disciples could have taken the next step and gotten off the side and onto the water but Peter was the only one who did. The only people who criticize Peter for going down in the waves are people who are standing on shore in dry weather; are those who are satisfied to continue sitting right where they are now. (Phil.3:13) “Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but [this] one thing [I do], forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,  14  I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” (KJV) “Reaching forth to those things that are before” is reaching beyond a barrier; reaching beyond something that has not been passed before.

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The Next Step–Study the Bible

Declaration 1 (Part 2)— THIS IS THE YEAR TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP.  (d.) This is the year to study things in the Bible you have never studied before. Buy books and software.  e.) This is the year to take the necessary step in the direction of health and nutrition.  f.) This is the year to set aside a daily, designated time for prayer and devotion. Buy a daily journal.  g.) This is the year for some to take the step into leadership.  (Second segment from 2018 Declarations)

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The Year to Take the Next Step

Declaration 1.–This is the year to take the next step.  Kids Version: Adventure is Out There: Ready, Set, Go!  This year you will be taking a step more in the direction the Lord has you headed in within your bent, your calling, your purpose. This is the year for stepping up to the next level of your purpose and function in the Kingdom of God.  (a.) If you have been praying for people to be healed of colds, you will start praying for people to be healed of cancer.  (b.) This is the year to take the test for the next highest position in the company you work for.  (c.) This is the year, if you have a high school degree, to take the step toward a bachelor’s degree; take step toward masters.
(First segment from 2018 Declarations)

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2018 DECLARATIONS

2018 DECLARATIONS

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The Month of January is For

The month of JANUARY IS FOR REACHING BEYOND FORMER BARRIERS. In January, (and throughout 2018) we will reach beyond the stopping points we have always stopped at before. We will not allow poor self-image, sense of unworthiness, family-accepted pitfalls or limited resources to keep us from “reaching forward to those things which are before” (Phil.3:13). We will press forward and extend our reach to some markable degree greater than we have before.

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Purposed to Run

As the people of God assemble today, may they see plainer than ever the road that they are purposed to run in the new year. May one be an encouragement to another to steadily get on down the path this year that leads to success for our Lord’s plan.

“…I want you to get out there and walk—better yet, run!—on the road God called you to travel. I don’t want any of you sitting around on your hands. I don’t want anyone strolling off, down some path that goes nowhere. And mark that you do this with humility and discipline—not in fits and starts, but steadily, pouring yourselves out for each other in acts of love, alert at noticing differences and quick at mending fences.” Eph.4:1b-3, Msg)


LEAVE OUT THE COP-OUTS

If you spend any time around little children, you will realize that they are champions at excuses for not obeying or completing tasks. If allowed to carry that fall-back into their future without being expected to fulfill requirements put upon them it will result in their failure in tasks and in the proper development of their character.

It is good to realize our utter dependence upon God as long as we don’t shift it from humble recognition to excuse. (1Ki 3:7)  “Now, O Lord my God, You have made Your servant king instead of David my father, and I am but a lad [in wisdom and experience]; I know not how to go out (begin) or come in (finish).” (Amp)  Proclaiming not knowing how to begin or end a thing shouldn’t be an excuse but rather an acknowledgement of Who does. Then, if we know Who does know how to begin and end a thing ((Isa.46:10), we can yield to Him and His principles of enablement for and completing mandates and making necessary adjustments in preferences, appetites and emotions.

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Finishing One Battle Before Starting Another

Finishing up one level of mandate before going to another level of mandate is prudent, saves time, saves energy and money. Finishing the necessary portions of the first floor before beginning the second floor typically prevents the second floor from collapsing the whole house. Finishing one battle before taking on another one carries obvious advantages.
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Marty Gabler will be giving the 2018 Declarations at Grace International Church on Sunday 12-31-17 at 10:00am.
More information and map: www.graceic.org


Wrapping up Tattered Ends

A huge, muscular draft horse was pulling a weighted sled in a competition.  The horse was obviously straining forward with every ounce of strength he could muster and was making some progress. But he was, with every step, getting closer and closer to a definite stopping point. It didn’t matter that he had dragged the heavy steel sled farther than any of the other horses in the competition, he still came to a sudden halt. It just happened to be a halt that was a bit farther down the track than the other horses’ halts. The “Year End Wrap Up” theme seems to speak to the need to not drag old stuff from the previous year (or even previous years) into the new year. Even though it is a burden, we tend to wrestle with old issues that seem to never get settled or worked out and we just continue to take them along with us into the future.

Lethargy, wavering commitment, fear and neglect are some of the weights that make for burdensome sleds that we drag with us from one season to the next. There are issues to resolve before the end of this year that would be easier dealt with and resolved more readily without adding the laborious task of not having ended things well. It is time for a season in our lives where we “wrap up” what has been left at tattered ends.

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Decisions and Determinations for the New

Going into the new year or new season or new opportunities requires adjustments, decisions and determination on our part. When Israel left old Egypt for the new promised land, they increased the difficulty of the transition by taking old issues, and resultant attitudes, with them. It is OK to take a wilderness experience into promise. We all have some kind of wilderness experience at some point in life, if not several of them. Having gone through the not-so-fun wilderness events, we tend to come out on the other end with negative residue on us. Not “washing off” the residue of the past will taint the tomorrow of promise. It is OK to go into promise with a wilderness experience. But is destructive to go into promise with a wilderness heart. What we don’t leave in the wilderness, trips us up in the promised land. Achan’s family, as well as himself, suffered the consequences of a wilderness heart in the promised land (Josh. 7). What we don’t get over today, overcomes us tomorrow.

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December is For Going Over

The month of DECEMBER IS FOR GOING OVER. December is for going over things that have mounted up and stubbornly stood in opposition. We will not wait for the New Year but will go over the top of opposition and defeat at the end of the year so that we may have a head start at the beginning of the year and our going over shall set the pace for 2018. ”…YOU SHALL GO OVER and take possession of that good land.” (Deut.4:22, ESV)

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SEEC Magazine Volume 21 Issue 1

vol21iss1_500Marty and Kathy Gabler invite you to read
SEEC Magazine  Volume 21  Issue 1.
This is our 21st year of publication.
May you be strengthened, encouraged
and equipped.
CLICK ON THIS LINK TO READ:
https://martygabler.com/magazine/

 

 

 


IN THIS ISSUE:
2017 Declarations………………Marty Gabler
Investing in Relationships…..Kathy Gabler
Walking in Covenant
Relationships………………….Jim Hodges
Full Grown Sons……………….Simon Purvis
Let Your Future
Define Your Present………..Larry Burden
The Good and the Bad……….Dr. Lynn Burling
Knowing Christ………………..Sam Brassfield
Week by Week…………………Melissa Gabler
What if We……………………..Joe Bogue


 


Audio Excerpts Kingdom Congress

Jim Hodges2Apostle Jim Hodges will be speaking at Kingdom Congress 2017
March 1-3, 2017. Click on this link to hear an excerpt of
Bro Jim’s teaching: http://tinyurl.com/h5qukz3

More info about KC2017: https://martygabler.com/kec2017/

 

kg_looking-upKathy Gabler will be speaking at Kingdom Congress 2017
March 1-3, 2017. Click on this link to hear an excerpt of
Kathy’s teaching:
 http://tinyurl.com/huozxcz
More info about KC2017: https://martygabler.com/kec2017/

 

 

msg-looking-upMelissa Gabler will be speaking at Kingdom Congress 2017
March 1-3, 2017. Click on this link to hear an excerpt of
Melissa’s teaching: 
http://tinyurl.com/h6mrgwv
More info about KC2017: https://martygabler.com/kec2017/


Kingdom Congress 2017   March 1-3, 2017   NO FEE
Free registration at the door.
kc2017_flyer_bk2017 Theme: “Anticipation” *** Anticipating seeing the power
of God’s Kingdom in 2017.
“…until they see God’s Kingdom come with power.” (Mk.9:1)


 


A Guide For This Season

GuideHikeHere’s what you need to know first and foremost: YOU are important, YOU have a piece that the rest of us need, YOU have a gift and skill combo no one else has, YOU will live and not die, YOU are created for His glory, and all of these things are His original intent for you! Now that that is in the atmosphere let’s talk about life in the season ahead.
(This is the first excerpt from Melissa Gabler’s article “A Guide For This Season”.)


Beside Still Waters is an evening devotional live on Facebook each Tuesday at 8:00pm CDT USA. Join Marty Gabler each Tuesday for time in the Word of God and prayer.


Answered Prayer

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In 2017 I am praying to see a lot of posts that start with:

“Hey, you guys, another prayer was just answered!”


Listen to a short audio excerpt of Larry Burden.
Larry will be speaking at Kingdom Congress 2017
March 1-3, 2017
  http://tinyurl.com/jeajyow

Information about KC2017: martygabler.com/kec2017/


 


Enjoy the Will of God in 2019

WalkingHappyMay you not fling away your fearless confidence. May you find that it carries a great compensation of reward. May you have a steadfast patience and endurance and, with them, perform and fully accomplish the will of God. May you enjoy doing the will of God in 2019. May you receive what is promised. We are praying you discover daily that you are walking more and more in that for which you were born.
(Heb.10:35-36, Amp) “Do not, therefore, fling away your fearless confidence, for it carries a great and glorious compensation of reward. For you have need of steadfast patience and endurance, so that you may perform and fully accomplish the will of God, and thus receive and carry away [and enjoy to the full] what is promised.”


 


When Battle Heats Up

WELDING: Linn-Benton Community CollegeLife’s battles do not intensify just because the devil gets mad or has a personal grudge.  No, the battle heats up by reason of the needed outcome.  As surely as heat can determine the strength of a weld, so does the intensity of battle establish the strength and longevity of the victory.  The vehemence of battle welds the outcome in undeniable purpose rather than just leaving us with fragmented memories of war. Heat is one of the components of long-term victory and intense battle yields intensely awesome results! (Kathy)


SEEC Ministries 10th Annual Kingdom Congress 2017
March 1-3, 2017  ***  NO FEE
More Info: martygabler.com/kec2017/


Kingdom Congress 2017

Click on the KC2017 Flyer for more information.
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2017 Declaration #2

seepotentialothersIn 2017 you will be reminded of potential in people.  Kid’s Declaration: 2. People are awesome and God will help us see that. Looking beyond their faults, our eyes will be opened to their potential. We will be enabled to do that by Holy Spirit, by compassion of Christ; that means we will have to lean on Him for that. We will become aware of potential in them that we were not previously aware of. We will speak to that potential, we will have words of wisdom for them, words of release that will propel them into potential. ”Be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because of your love.”(Eph.4:2, Living Bible) 
(Declaration #2 from the 2017 Declarations. The Kid’s version was written by Brian and Hannah Sherman.)


 


2017 Declaration #1

walkoutholeThings you have had to dig your way out of in the past, you will just step out of this year.  Kid’s Declaration: 1. It will be easy to get unstuck.  “I have declared the former things [which happened to Israel] in times past; They went forth from My mouth and I proclaimed them; Suddenly I acted, and they came to pass.” (Isa.48:3, Amp)  (Declaration #1 from the 2017 Declarations. The Kid’s version was written by Brian and Hannah Sherman.)
Read the 2017 Declarations including the Kid’s Declarations: https://martygabler.com/2017-declarations/


 


Kingdom Congress 2017 March 1-3, 2017

kingdom-congress-2017-posterMarty and Kathy invite you to Kingdom Congress 2017
March 1-3, 2017 — Grace International Church — Willis,TX
Speakers: Marty Gabler, Kathy Gabler, Melissa Gabler, Jim Hodges,
Simon Purvis, Sam Brassfield, Larry Burden
Theme: “Anticipation”
Worship, Teaching, Prophecy, Impartation Services
Be Strengthened, Encouraged, Equipped for Your Kingdom Purpose
Wednesday: 7pm; Thursday: 9:30am-1:00pm; Friday: 9:30am-1:00pm
For updated info: martygabler.com/kec2017/


 


Expectancy for the Coming Year

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As the people of God assemble today may they join hands and hearts and look toward the coming year with expectancy for the purposes of the Lord in each other and the victorious intervention of the Lord in their behalf.

“Paul, Silvanus (Silas), and Timothy, to the assembly (church) of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah): Grace (spiritual blessing and divine favor) to you and [heart] peace.” (1Thess.1:1, Amp)


 


2017: The Game Changer #5

sunrisesnow(Melissa) 2017: The Game Changer #5 — What a great, great year to be alive! We GET to not only see the shift, we get to BE the shift. Yes, the glory of God is going to be not only seen, but known.  And it’s not because things just got that bad, it’s because things and people (this includes you) are now in place for undeniable God elements.  Get ready.


 


Get a Deep Breath

FreshbreathAs the people of God seek His face today may those whose hearts are heavy from failures, defeats and grief of the past lift their heads, get a deep breath and realize that they are part of the family of God and that they have strength and fellowship through Christ our Lord and the family of God to go on to victories in the coming days.
“But You, O Lord, are a shield for me, my glory, and the lifter of my head.  4  With my voice I cry to the Lord, and He hears and answers me out of His holy hill. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! (Ps.3:3-4, Amp)