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What Will All the New Norms Be?


KATHY GABLER–I don’t know what all the New NORMS are going to be for us and Churchianity by the end of this year, but I know they’re coming because “Thy Kingdom come” is continually coming in increasing manifestation. Jesus described the Kingdom like a seed and a tree or yeast spreading.  That’s a picture of His ruling order and His authority increasing in our awareness until its influence is big enough to change us, our lives and our Norms.  And while new NORMS sound really awesome, new NORMS also mean some old ones are going to be shaken.  That may sound seamless at first, and we might think, “Bring it on,” but it might be more realistic to think, “How big a boy are ya?” Many folks could tell you stories of outliving major storms that were caused by Kingdom awareness increasing and old Norms getting shaken in their church.


Speak Peace

Melissa Gabler—A reminder in the face of so much opposition: don’t forget that a lot of what you are dealing with personally, whether it be physically or emotionally, may be the war in the atmosphere.  We have the authority to say “peace” because we are His agents.  When our Lord told the storm to “be still” the atmosphere listened.  We carry that same authority and it is our job to change the atmosphere during our lifetime.  So, the next time you are dealing with something personally let your first reaction be to remember there is so much more going on around you than your eyes can see.  Ask, “Where is this coming from and how do I need to deal with it?” You may simply need to say, “Peace, be still.”


Thoughts Back On Him

wavesIn Jn.14:1 when our Lord is telling us to not let our hearts be troubled, this Jesus is saying, “Stop putting your thoughts on those things and put your thoughts back on Me.”  That is not putting your head in the sand but getting your focus where it belongs. I know the waves are there! I am sitting in 6in. of water! But the answer is not in focusing on the waves but focusing on Him who is so desiring to pull me up out of the waves.

(This is the third excerpt from Marty’s article “Launching Into A New Era” in Volume 17 Issue 6 of SEEC Magazine.)

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Marty will be speaking at the SEEC Kingdom Conference * Mar.5-7.  Conference details are at  https://martygabler.com/ctk-conference/  and you may hear a few excerpts of Apostles Hodges’ message from last year at this link:  http://martygabler.podomatic.com/entry/2014-02-05T11_42_39-08_00