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March is for Moving With the Wind

The month of MARCH IS FOR MOVING WITH THE WIND.  The Holy Spirit Wind of Jahweh is moving throughout the earth. May we move with Him day by day, decision by decision and act by act. And we shall be participants in the extraordinary of heaven moving into the earth for the redemptive purposes of Jahweh.  ”Only God’s Spirit gives new life. The Spirit is like the wind that blows wherever it wants to…”   (Jn.3:8, CEV)  ”…You move on the wings of the wind.” (Ps.104:3, NOG)
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KINGDOM CONGRESS 2018 March 7-9  NO FEE
Grace International Willis,TX just north of Houston.
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Turning Influence for Kingdom Purpose

As the people of God assemble today, may they not forget those of high office and celebrity who need Jesus Christ and whose influence, once turned to righteous purpose, may have great impact for the Kingdom upon each of their generations respectively.   ”However, certain men joined with Paul and believed, among whom was Dionysius, a member of the aristocratic council, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.” (Acts 17:34, NMB)
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The King and His Kingdom will be preached (Lk.9:2) March 7-9 at Kingdom Congress 2018.
“He sent them to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.” (Lk.9:2, KJV)
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On or Off The Potter’s Wheel?


(Kathy Gabler) — We tend to get off the Potter’s Wheel when He rubs us the wrong way.   “Or are you denying the right of the potter to make out of clay whatever he wants? Doesn’t the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay an elegant vase or an ordinary pot?” (Rom.9:21, TPT)   (KATHY GABLER will be ministering in KINGDOM CONGRESS 2018  Mar.7-9 held at Grace International Willis,TX – Phone: 936-856-2455. NO FEE.)

The King and His Kingdom will be preached (Lk.9:2) March 7-9 at Kingdom Congress 2018.
“He sent them to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.” (Lk.9:2, KJV)

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Location: Grace International Willis,TX  just north of Houston,TX.
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Get Ready For Extraordinary Events

We received a call from a pastor of a small church. There had been several logistical problems leading up to the service time that past Sunday and only a small number of people ended up being in attendance. He was thinking, “Wow, we just barely have enough people here today to have a service.” The service started and a group of strangers walked in and filled one whole row of seats. A few minutes later a man leading a few other people walked in and took a seat on the back row. A minute or two later another man walked in with a couple of people. Then a few minutes later yet another man walked in with some people and sat down. By this time the room is about half full. The pastor said that all the people entered into worship and were obviously not strangers to the presence of the Lord. At the end of the service the pastor thought, “I need to get back there and introduce myself and find out who all these people are.” To get quickly to the point, each of those three men were billionaires. None of the three knew each other but each of the three said that God had told them to be there for that service. They had each flown there in their private planes, one of them from Asia—just for that service. They each donated supplies to the church’s disaster relief project where they were ministering to the city. Each of the billionaires had come across the church’s website which presented their outreach to the city and each of them wanted to come and see the church and meet the pastor to see if it all was for real. Later, at lunch, the pastor and his family were talking about what had just transpired. The pastor said, “I just don’t understand what has happened!” and he was literally trembling at the awesome thing God had done. His daughter said, “Dad, don’t you remember the prophecy Marty Gabler gave you two months ago? He said that you should get ready for God to move in extraordinary ways, in ways that you would not ever think of. This was one of those extraordinary events.”  (Eighth excerpt from Marty’s article “Embracing a New Era”; Marty will be ministering prophetically at KINGDOM CONGRESS 2018 Mar.7-9. Call for information: 936-856-2455)
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Prototype of New Testament Worship

(Prophet Sam Brassfield) — What are the fundamentals of the Tabernacle of David that will not only spearhead a new spiritual awakening but also result in a new spiritual movement in the earth?…The Levitical priesthood in Moses’ Tabernacle was still offering up sacrifices of animals at the prescribed times and seasons, while the new Davidic order was where Israel was offering sacrifices of praise in joyful songs filled with thanks- giving to the Living God of Israel. His very manifest Presence was now once again in their midst. Their earthly King David was leading them in a totally new order of live worship. The Tabernacle of David was a prototype of the worship that was coming to the New Testament Church. Its sacrifices are from the New Covenant priesthood, which offers sacrifices of praise, joy and thanksgiving, no longer the blood of bulls and goats. Christ Himself is our High Priest in Whom and by Whom we can now offer ourselves as a living sacrifice unto His Father in heaven.  (PROPHET SAM BRASSFIELD will minister and lead us in an activation/impartation service Wednesday night at KINGDOM CONGRESS 2018 March 7-9. Information: 936-856-2455)
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Something He Never Heard Of Happened

Peter’s friends were weeping and praying for his release from prison but it is most doubtful that they were visualizing an angel walking in and slapping him on the hip and commanding him to rise up while his chains simply fell off. Which one of them actually pictured in their mind that an angel would simply usher Peter out of that prison like they were going for a Sunday stroll? How can we call this event anything but extraordinary? One of the amazing factors about Peter’s experience is that he was experiencing something that he had never even taught on! There was no popular teaching making the rounds at all the big conferences that taught about the existence of a special squad of jail-breaking angels. Something happened that Peter had never heard of. (Seventh excerpt from Marty’s article “Embracing a New Era”;  Marty will be ministering prophetically at KINGDOM CONGRESS 2018 Mar.7-9. Info: Grace International Church 936-856-2455)
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Bitter Roots

(Larry Burden) — Bitter roots are defined as sinful reactions to painful events. The events, themselves, do not cause the root. The reaction to the events is at the core of the bitter root. Bitter roots express themselves as condemning judgments of people or the refusal or inability to forgive those who have hurt us. They manifest as names or careless words that we have either thought about, called others, or said about the ones who have hurt us. They are powerful toxic pollutants that damage and defile our souls and others around us as well. In response to hurts, wounds, or painful events, we express condemning judgments. We may try to push down the hurts, rationalize them, blow them off, or sim- ply just pass them off as no big deal. But they are big deals! Over time these seeds of bitterness will build a root system and, if left unchecked, become the driving force of our personality, manifesting such things as: Cynicism, Apathy, Negativity and more.  (LARRY BURDEN will be speaking at Kingdom Congress 2018 March 7-9. Grace Int. Church: 936-856-2455)
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Extraordinary Standard

When Peter was in prison (Acts 12:7) he had been presented with a great opportunity to be introduced to the Book-of-Acts-norm. In reading that awesome book’s account of the early church, we cannot help but observe that God’s people had been ushered into a new era, an era in which they could fully expect to function in ways and means they had never seen the like of. There are things, events and supply in Heaven that Father wants to get into the earth. But they are extraordinary by our standards and He is desiring cooperation from us “earthen vessels that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.” (2Cor.4:7)  (Sixth excerpt from Marty’s article “Embracing a New Era”;  Marty will be ministering prophetically at KINGDOM CONGRESS 2018 Mar.7-9. Info: Grace International Church 936-856-2455)
The King and His Kingdom will be preached (Lk.9:2) March 7-9 at Kingdom Congress 2018.
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Looking to Our Lord’s Throne/Authority

As the people of God assemble today, may they see that their Lord is high and lifted up and that He sits enthroned above every impossibility and obstacle that they are struggling against. Just as Isaiah saw that majestic representation of Jehovah as King in the midst of His people, may the people of God today look up by faith and reach up to His mercy and authority and receive help in time of need. “In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple. (Isa.6:1, NKJV)
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The King and His Kingdom will be preached (Lk.9:2) March 7-9 at
Kingdom Congress 2018.
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21st Century Obed-Edom

(Sam Brassfield) We have an emerging generation that has the right DNA, or what I call Divine Nature Anointing, waiting in the wings, but not for long. They are so properly wired for this next great spiritual awakening in the earth. From what I have experienced visiting the many local churches and attending places, these youth are involved in praise and worship. I have absolutely no doubt that they are the next Davidic generation arising in the earth. They are the twenty-first century spiritual type of Obed-Edom and family who will leave the farm so to speak, and move to Zion the city of David. They will become the next attendants in the newly rebuilt spiritual Tabernacle of David.   (SAM BRASSFIELD will be speaking and imparting at KINGDOM CONGRESS 2018 March 7-9. Information: 936-856-2455)
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New Mindsets for New Era

Consider the nation of Israel when they were murmuring about the food situation in the wilderness in Exodus Chapter 16. That whole scenario was an opportunity for every person involved to stop, look and listen to what was transpiring and conclude that these were not just a series of events that were simply to be written down in a history book somewhere. When they woke up that first morning of the manna event they discovered something so extraordinary that they didn’t know what to call it. So, they ended up calling it “what is it?” (v.15). They, however, did not adjust to the new era and did not change their thinking and old habits. They continued trying to operate by old mindsets, did not heed the instructions of Moses and ended up with a smelly, undesirable mess (v.20). A new era cannot be new and cannot be the vehicle carrying us to new results if we intend operating in the mindsets of the old era. The never-before-experienced extraordinary of the new season turned to waste and to something that was untenable because the Israelites refused to operate by the tenets of the new (v.19). A new threshold serves little or no purpose if we have no intention of operating in the new with the respective new mindset. New eras are themselves announcements of new norms.
(Fifth excerpt from Marty’s article “Embracing a New Era”;  Marty will be ministering prophetically at KINGDOM CONGRESS 2018 Mar.7-9. Info: Grace International Church 936-856-2455)
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God Releasing Over Our Nation

(Melissa Gabler) — Even though the sky is clearing there may be a storm or two that pops up as we head into the God ordained days ahead. No worries though, the storms have to “be still” and bow to the intention of God. In prayer the other night I heard this after it came out of my mouth, “Your Kingdom is over this nation and you are releasing another increment upon us.” What if we are that increment?! What if we are the stealth measures He is putting in place to release a deeper increment of His Kingdom on this earth? Me thinks we are!  (Melissa will be leading worship and speaking at KINGDOM CONGRESS 2018 March 7-9. Church No.: 936-856-2455)

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Come to a New Norm

When a person or a nation received a breakthrough, when they began a new era, God was trying to tell them that they did not have to operate at the previous level. He was, through His Word and through their experiences, attempting to get across to them that they had come to a new norm. When we come to a new norm (or simply desire to) we would do well to realize that we must think differently and put effort into functioning differently.  (Fourth excerpt from Marty’s article “Embracing a New Era”;  Marty will be ministering prophetically at KINGDOM CONGRESS 2018 Mar.7-9. Info: Grace International Church 936-856-2455)
KINGDOM CONGRESS 2018 Theme: “From Heaven to Earth”   March 7-9
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Peace Maker

(Simon Purvis) – “Jesus Christ as mediator is a peacemaker.  We were enemies against God so Jesus came to reconcile us back to the Father.  Salvation is about coming to peace with God.  Peacemaking is reconciliation.”  (SIMON  PURVIS is speaking at KINGDOM CONGRESS 2018  March 7-9. Grace International Willis,TX  936-856-2455)
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No Business as Usual

Even while in the middle of the wilderness, Israel was on the verge of a new era. Yet, there weren’t any people walking around or gathering groups under a tree to listen to them preach about the new era that was being ushered in and that they should have hope and that they should give themselves wholeheartedly to it and, most certainly, no one had even announced a Countdown to Canaan Conference. Even without the thing being announced in bright lights, the new season was moving in upon them just the same. One factor we must always be aware of that can spawn disillusionment is when the proclaimers of new eras leave us with the assumption that it is going to be a “magic carpet ride”. We will not be able to simply go on about “business as usual” but must look for ways to adjust to what is coming and adjust and make preparations for what we are hoping will be. (Third excerpt from Marty’s article “Embracing a New Era”;  Marty will be ministering prophetically at KINGDOM CONGRESS 2018 Mar.7-9. Info: Grace International Church 936-856-2455)  HOTELS AND SCHEDULE FOR KC2018  Be Strengthened Encouraged Equipped in your purpose for 2018.
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Settle For Nothing Less

As the people of God assemble today, may they settle for nothing less than the extraordinary of Heaven in their midst. May they not look to those things known only by religious sentiment. May they lift up their heads and look to where there is transforming power and radical answers that change individuals and grip them with an insatiable vision for the Kingdom of Heaven in the earth.  “Manifest your kingdom realm, and cause your every purpose to be fulfilled on earth, just as it is fulfilled in heaven.” (Matt.6:10, TPT)  (Kingdom Congress Mar.7-9, 2018 Theme: “From Heaven to Earth”)
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Let Not Your Heart be Troubled

(Kathy) —The Bible doesn’t say “Let your heart be troubled only occasionally”. It says, “Let not your heart be troubled.” It’s not an option.   “Peace I leave with you; My [own] peace I now give and bequeath to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. [Stop allowing yourselves to be agitated and disturbed; and do not permit yourselves to be fearful and intimidated and cowardly and unsettled.]” (Jn.14:27, AMPC)  (KATHY will be speaking at KINGDOM CONGRESS 2018 Mar.7-9  Grace International [936-856-2455] just north of Houston.) KC2018-Your 2018 opportunity to be Strengthened, Encouraged, Equipped-  DETAILS FOR KINGDOM CONGRESS 2018
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The Extraordinary of Heaven

We are in an era of history when nothing less than the extraordinary of Heaven is required in the earth. We cannot and will not look for those things offered by mere religious sentiment that serve as nothing more than band-aids covering the unresolved issues and fruitless programs of western
religion. We must lift up our heads from where we are and look to where there is transforming power and radical answers that change individuals and grip them with an insatiable vision for the Kingdom of Heaven in the earth. We must reach up and get hold of God’s extraordinary which is more than a span of revival meetings that gives us temporary relief from the mundane. The mundane must be invaded in such a way that we do not simply return to it after a brief respite and after things are trying to sink back into “business as usual”.  (Second excerpt from Marty’s article “Embracing a New Era”;  Marty will be ministering prophetically at KINGDOM CONGRESS 2018  March 7-9. Info: Grace International Church just north of Houston 936-856-2455)
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Wheat and Tares at War

(Jim Hodges) One of the main points in the parable of the wheat and tares is that the tares are not removed until they mature while mixed in with the wheat.  Attempts to remove the tares from the wheat during growth will destroy the harvest.  So, in history, wheat or sons of the Kingdom grow together simultaneously with the tares or sons of the evil one.  They are occupying the same earth and they are at war because of two different agendas.  That is the basic reason that becoming a son or daughter of God is signing up for conflict.  Peace only comes by winning the conflict, not just tolerating the enemy.  The time for removing the tares is when they fully manifest what they are, like Jesus cast out devils when they manifested.  (Hear Jim Hodges (fmci.org) at Kingdom Congress 2018 March 7-9.) Grace: 936-856-2455
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Embracing a New Era

The coming of a new year finds many people hoping for a new era, a new season. Many have hopes and dreams that a new season will hold something fresh and fulfilling. There is a God-something in us that urges us to reach beyond what we have experienced and strive for more than we have known. We so desire to eagerly respond to the “Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not” invitation of Jer.33:3. We want to see and experience the “never seen” and “never known” which is beyond our own capacity so that we may know resolve and victories and fulfillment that have, heretofore, been beyond our reach. (First excerpt from Marty’s article “Embracing a New Era”;  Marty will be ministering prophetically at KINGDOM CONGRESS 2018. Info: Grace International Church 936-856-2455)
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Under Authority

(Sam Brassfield) — David was under authority; therefore, he had authority. If we are not under authority, we have no authority. All authority outside of the Triune Godhead is delegated authority. David had been given authority by his earthly father Jesse to tend his father’s sheep. David used that authority to slay the enemies that came to devour his father’s flocks. He just used this same premise of authority in regards to his heavenly Father. David knew that when he faced the giant who was in defiance of his heavenly father, that he would be given the power of God to back up the authority he had been given to protect God’s flock called Israel.  (SAM BRASSFIELD will be speaking at KINGDOM CONGRESS 2018 March 7-9. Information: 936-856-2455)  KINGDOM CONGRESS 2018 INFORMATION


The Perfect Prayer

Truth and relationship with the Lord is about your meditations, thoughts, words, prayers. Are your thoughts and prayers abounding from His truth or the latest from Fox, CNN, Facebook, or Twitter? A safe and healthy place from which to operate your day is praying in tongues throughout. It’s the perfect prayer not swayed by national or family events. It’s the perfect prayer not swayed by the soul. In fact, don’t limit it to that. You may think you’re praying about what is concerning at the moment, but the Spirit prays what needs to be prayed at the moment whether it be for that particular situation or something completely different. Thank God that type of prayer cannot be touched by soulish fears and desires. That is exactly why it is perfect! God knew what He was doing when He gave us such a gift. Yes, I’d say it’s for today. My thought, the soul might say otherwise because it can’t control it. Ok, I’ll just leave that right there and wrap this up. It’s time to call on Him. It’s time to see great and mighty things. It’s time to be great and mighty things.  (Last excerpt from Melissa Gabler’s article “Call on Him”.) Melissa is speaking and leading worship at Kingdom Congress 2018 – March 7-9. Grace International Church Willis,TX. Info: 936-856-2455
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Strengthening Hands That Hang Down

As the people of God assemble today, may they notice the hands that are hanging down and the knees that are trembling. May they give an encouraging word, an encouraging touch and at least a bit of understanding.  “Give strength to hands that are tired and to knees that tremble with weakness.  4  Tell everyone who is discouraged, “Be strong and don’t be afraid! God is coming to your rescue, coming to punish your enemies.” (Isa.35:3-4, GNT)
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