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Cry Out

The Lord God Almighty is the One who actually commands us to call upon Him. Jer.33:3,Amp—”Call to Me and I will answer you, and tell you [and even show you] great and mighty things, [things which have been confined and hidden], which you do not know and understand and cannot distinguish.’” That “call to me” is in, what linguists actually call, the command voice.  The Hebrew word for “cry out”, tsa’aq, means to cry out or call out for help unto God under great distress. It also means to cry out in great desperation to Jehovah while in great need. It is the cry that calls out to Jehovah to display His power to glorify His name.


That Stillness of Heart

Kathy—When Jesus said, “My peace I give unto you,” He was not telling His disciples they would never be troubled, but He was giving them His power to be unshaken by it.  That stillness of heart and mind is not a matter of our determination but rather a matter of His faithfulness.  It’s His gift to us and it is a powerful shield in the face of opposition.  Father has not changed His mind nor His good plans because of conflicts.  So, we are watching to see a God outcome where His goodness prevails.  Luk 2:14–“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.”


Power of Accusation

Melissa—This is where the power of accusation comes from: Proverbs 18:21 “Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.” Proverbs 11:9 “An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbor” Prov. 15:4 (MSG) “Kind words heal and help; cutting words wound and maim.” It is the epitome of “using your powers for good and not evil”.  There is power in our words because God intended it that way so we can make a difference when we speak. The problem is that we tend to forget that it goes both ways.


Jehovah’s Names and Awesomeness

Quite often we sing that nothing is impossible with our awesome God. We worship Him as the God of the impossible and sing and testify that nothing is too hard for God. Worship is important on several levels but there is that level where we realize Who Jehovah is and what He can do. That is why Jehovah gave Israel His names. When they worshipped those names, they had opportunity to realize just how awesome and capable their mighty God was Who desired to act in their behalf.


Timing is the Key

Kathy—I encourage you not to get frustrated if a dream has to wait and open over time. There may be elements in it that are in process and not yet reachable, but the dream can still be a landmark or confirmation later.  One dream I had over 25 years ago just opened to me recently.  In the dream, Marty and I turned off a major four-lane road onto a dirt road.  It lead to an old country house.  There was an elderly lady sitting in a rocker on the porch.  No words were spoken but we knew the old home place was ours and that she had been overseeing it and waiting for us to get there.  She was a watchman (angel) guarding our destiny and heritage.

When I got out of the car, there was a wooden fence a few feet from me and a huge bull was standing on the other side of it.  He came as close to me as he could get with only two boards separating him and me.  He lowered his head and glared at me.  My legs felt weak as water.  I sensed the bull and I were facing off and I could not cower to his silent bullying.  I took a deep breath, crossed my arms to stop the trembling, and I stared into his eyes and said, “I’m not afraid of you.”  I turned my back on him, let my breath out slowly and walked away.

There was a bag that was full of seed when we got up to the house.  The bag seemed to be moving as though the seeds were active and alive within it.  Marty was suddenly urgent to get the seed planted, and I felt compelled to help him.  There was a tangible sense of sowing for a specific harvest that would be fruitful and have powerful impact in the future.  As the sun set, we ended up in the house, sleeping in a small room, like a parlor off the living room (where the lady now sat).  Melissa was also there with us then. I remember thinking she must be part of the ministry call we were realizing in this destined time and place.

The whole dream was an allegory about our family and how our calling and purpose  and heritage is pre-destined by God and already in place.  However, the dream was a loud message for me personally to keep in mind the potential danger of my strong will (the bull).  While I am not to yield in fear of its strength, neither can I ignore it.  The bull didn’t just lie down or go away because of that face-off, but neither did it break out of bounds.  I’m sure the Lord intended my will to be an asset and would not want it weak or useless, but neither should it be allowed to do damage or dominate my life if I am to walk out the destiny God has planned.  

I had never forgotten the dream and often wondered why it did not open in my understanding for so many years.  Now I see that timing was the key.  Had I squared off with my will at the time of the dream, I would have been determined to conquer it in my own strength. Ironically, that would have built more muscle in the “bull” and beefed-up the problem in the process.  Instead, the Holy Spirit has been saving and sanctifying my soul (and that strong) will for 25 years, and that was the wise way to keep it within necessary boundaries.  I am grateful for this understanding now and so very grateful for His faithful tending of my soul.  

  I pray 2022 becomes the year of clarity and courage to walk into God intersections and see His Kingdom come on earth as in heaven.


Accusation

Melissa—I recently heard a message that shook me to my core.  It was one of those messages that you just know God is putting His finger on something in your life and giving you the opportunity to deal with some things and walk over a threshold into the next season.  This message was about the power of accusation.  I suspect that accusation is what has taken out some people before their time.  And I know it is something we deal with personally and in our churches.    

We should start here: Revelation 12:10-12,17 — 10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. 11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.  17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman (symbolic of the church) , and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. 

I want to hone in on these sections of the scriptures:

-“for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.

Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.

and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.”

This is talking about us.  The accuser of the brethren accuses us day and night, and because of his anger he continues to accuse and make war against us in this way.  But the devil has been defeated so how can accusation be an issue? It’s about agreement.  For accusation to become an issue he needs agreement from those that have more power than he does. So he is looking for Christians who will verbally agree with the accusations he is hurling.  He can accuse all day and all night by himself, or even with the agreement of an unbeliever but when he can get a Christian to agree with his accusation against someone and speak it out of their mouth that is where the power comes from.


Execute the Word

As the people of God assemble today may they realize that they are the Ekklesia of God and that they have the authority of God on earth to execute the Word of God and the purposes of God in their generation. May they stand together in covenant relationship and not be moved by what they see in their environment but stand upon the solid Rock in spite of wind and storms. (Matt.16:18, KJV)—‘…upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.’


Weigh and Judge

There is a lot of downloading coming to us from heaven. There is also a lot coming to us through the internet. Take caution with what you do with what is coming in on your computer. There are all manner of prophecies out there about what is supposed to be happening in the near future. I received a call from a pastor recently who told me that there were some people in his congregation hearing one thing from one prophet and others were hearing from another prophet who contradicted the first prophet and the church was torn as to which one they were going to go with concerning the future.
WEIGH AND JUDGE
We are in a time when there is a great need to weigh matters and judge words rather than just taking everything that we hear and zealously trying to get it to fit into our theology and our eschatology. There are even some folks who are willing to adjust their theology to get it to fit words coming from voices that are continually predicting near events even though many of them have not come to pass. Some of those people and their words are finding acceptance because of what seems to be widespread fear and despair. If someone is in fear or suspicion, they can find a word that will accommodate it. It is time to come to balance and one of the best ways to do that is to realize who God is in this hour. His throne is not and cannot be shaken. His plan has not changed nor has He throttled back on His purposes in this earth. There are no oil spills on the carpet around His throne and there are no fault lines running through the floor.

The Order Vision

Greg CrawfordDr. Greg Crawford—[In January Dr. Crawford had a prophetic vision while he was meditating on many things concerning the life of the Body of Christ, the disconnected ones, the order needed, the power required, and he was seeking asking God what will it take to align and re-order all of this to your intention. Along with several other things, this is what was conveyed.] (You may read the whole vision in SEEC Magazine Volume 26 Issue 1)
This item was called “The Order”.  “I saw an order coming into the earth again. This order was the ways of God. The order was defining the realignment of past structures. A structuring of governmental legislating. A way that would produce a path. The Path was part of the order. It was the outcome of the ways. The sound of the Ecclesia was the order. The order was coming to release authority. I saw wave upon wave of authority being released upon the earth, as another part of the order and path of God was being found and walked. The more this repeated the stronger the sound and the order became. Men’s hearts were giving way to the order as a more excellent way.”
(Dr. Crawford will be speaking at Kingdom Congress 2022 March 3 at 10am. Grace Church Willis: gracewillis.org     All info for KC2022 – martygabler.com/kc2022/)


Heaven is Not a Faraway Place

Dr. Don Crum–The woman with the issue of blood in Mark 5 reached through that thin veil that separates the earthly from the heavenly.  Heaven is not a faraway place, but rather a whole other dimension within close proximity to where we are in the earthly realm.  When Jesus healed or delivered, He often made an important announcement, saying, “Behold, the kingdom of heaven has come upon you or near you”.  So I think heaven is not a distant place but right on the other side of a thin veil that separates the earthly from the heavenly.  This lady reached through that thin veil with her desperate faith, right into the heavenly dimension of God and laid hold of a stick of spiritual dynamite, lit the fuse with her fiery passion and pulled it into her circumstance, where it exploded and annihilated her disease.  It completely went away that day because she pulled a stick of God’s dynamite into it!

(Dr. Crum will be speaking at Kingdom Congress 2022 March 2 at 7pm. Grace Church Willis: 936-856-2455; All info for KC2022 – martygabler.com/kc2022/)

 


What God Can do in a Minute

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In this brief video Melissa addresses the question: “What Can God do in a Minute?”
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Will the Body of Christ Pray?

Jim Hodges2Jim Hodges—“The question is not how much does the Kingdom advance before the King returns. The question is how much will the Body of Christ pray and participate in the agenda of the Kingdom of God in the culture? An increasing Kingdom that was prophesied by Isaiah demands an anointed, activated, and fearless people of God.”
(JIM HODGES will be speaking at Kingdom Congress 2022 March 3 at 7pm. Jim Hodges website: fmci.org   Grace Church Willis: 936-856-2455; All info for KC2022 – martygabler.com/kc2022/)


Like a Lost Sheep

As the people of God assemble today may those who have strayed like a lost sheep respond to the Good Shepherd’s seeking of them. May they not forget His commandments and may they return to the safety of the fold. “I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek, inquire for, and demand Your servant, for I do not forget your commandments.” (Ps.119:176, Amp)


Bitter Roots

Free RootsLarry 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 simply 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 2022 March 2-4. Grace Church Willis: 936-856-2455; All info for KC2022 – martygabler.com/kc2022/)


Delay or Growing in Strength?

Melissa—I love this definition of “threshold”: A point at which something would take effect. There are things that take time to build and hone.  Some things that have seemed like massive delay are things that have been growing in strength, knowledge and size this whole time.  As much as it feels like we have been holding on for dear life just to make it, the truth is our Lord’s intention beyond our understanding has been building steam.  It’s been building to the point of taking effect. We are there.  We are at the threshold and stepping over.  So, even though things may not look different, you are.  What that means is you will now be able to handle things in an EFFECTIVE way.  If you decided to keep holding on, then you need to prepare for this threshold geyser to erupt! And to take it another step deeper, these kind of eruptions can’t help but cause awakening.  When the atmosphere begins to quake, blinders fall off and eyes open.  “Do not remember the former things, Nor consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing, Now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness And rivers in the desert.”  (Is. 43:18-19)

Melissa will be leading worship and speaking at the 15th Annual Kingdom Congress on March 3, 2022 at 10:00am.  No Fee
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Transition and Change

KG Brenham 1-31-21bKathy—Transition and change and growth and maturity can feel as drastic and unsettling as war; and the long-standing plans and purposes of God for our generation involve transition and change and growth and maturity. Our goal is NOT to change for change’s sake, but to obey God and let the word of God have effect.  If traditions of men are challenged, let them fight for themselves.  When Gideon tore down the altar of Baal, the men of the city said to his father, “Bring out your son that he may die, for he has torn down the altar of Baal!”  But his dad said, “Are you Baal’s deliverers?  If he is a god, let him contend for himself!  If any traditions of men prove to be God-ordained, they will live.  Meanwhile let’s not be distracted from obedience to give them CPR or keep them on a breathing machine.  We can pray for discernment and wisdom so that we can cut through the fog of emotions and opinions that arise during transition and change and growth and maturity and war.  God’s wisdom will keep us from standing against the changes that He is bringing to His church and our lives.  Jam. 1:5  “But if any of you lack wisdom, you should pray to God, who will give it to you; because God gives generously and graciously to all.” (GNB)
KATHY WILL BE SPEAKING AT KC2022 Mar.4 at 10:00am.
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KATHY IS SPEAKING AT KINGDOM CONGRESS MAR.4,2022 at 10:00am.
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CLICK HERE to watch a video of Kathy speaking on “Let Not Your Heart be Troubled”.


Keep Out Obsessing

Keep Out!–May the power of the Word of God and enablement of the Holy Spirit help us keep out tendencies to obsess over difficult people.   “Forget about what’s happened;  don’t keep going over old history.  19  Be alert, be present. I’m about to do something brand-new…” (Isa.43:18-19a, Msg)


15th Annual Congress

Marty & Melissa Gabler are excited about seeing what the Lord will do in the meetings Mar.2-4,2022 at the 15th Annual Kingdom Congress. They are talking about some of the awesome things Almighty God Jehovah has done in past meetings and some that the healing, delivering Jesus has done in recent days. They are looking forward to the remainder of 2022 and to the future and to the equipping of Holy Spirit for the Kingdom purposes of King Jesus. No Fee to attend. All info for KC2022 is at martygabler.com/kc2022/

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Threshold Gateway

Melissa—We are at a new threshold! I sense that this threshold is the gateway to some things that we have held on to for a long time.  These are things that we have considered giving up or walking away from but couldn’t quite let go.  This is a gateway to some promises and manifested dreams, a place of seeing what we know is the character of God right before our eyes. Look at the definition of “threshold”: the starting point of an experience, event, or venture, a level or point at which something would take effect. (Dictionary.com) This speaks to me of something coming all along that we had to be prepared to participate in.  It’s not magic, it’s time.

Melissa will be leading worship and speaking at Kingdom Congress 2022 March 2-4.
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READ SEEC MAGAZINE

Marty and Kathy invite you to read the
February/March 2022 issue of SEEC Magazine
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Connecting the Dots

Kathy—Since clarity and connecting the dots is the goal of communication, then pursuing God for wisdom is evidently what He had in mind for us to do.  If we remember the definition of wisdom is sage advice or the act of interpreting dreams and the ability to discover the meaning of a mysterious number or vision, then when we ask for it, we know we are asking for the ability to interpret and discover meanings.  And James 1:5 tells us that if we ask for wisdom, God will give it.  Even if God doesn’t give you a gift with a bow on it like a word of wisdom, He will give you wisdom that leads you in the search and discovery process. Then you will be able to find answers or find resources or references with answers, and once you understand a dream, you can ask for wisdom also to know how to respond to it.


Keeping Our Grip

As the people of God assemble today may they deeply experience the knowledge that Yahweh has a plan and that He may be fully trusted to keep His people on track with His intent regardless of the circumstances and fear-inducing turmoil so readily available on the web and on TV. May they determine and encourage one another that they won’t stop doing anything Jehovah has ordained them to do with any less faith, dedication, enthusiasm or determination than they committed themselves to in the past. Heb 3:14,Msg—“If we can only keep our grip on the sure thing we started out with, we’re in this with Christ for the long haul.”


God Asking, Who is on My Side?

When Joshua saw the man with the sword in his hand he asked, “Are you for us or for our adversaries?” (Josh 5:13) The man said, “No.” Joshua met someone who was not evil that was not on his side. He had to stop and think. We are so concerned about our causes, our comfort and our interests that we seldom stop to find out what God’s causes and interests are in a region or in a season. Many are asking, “What is going on?” I think God is probably asking, “Who is on My side?” “Who truly has My interests at heart?” “Occupy till . . .” (Lk.19:13) sounds like: don’t stop doing anything I have ordained you to do with any less faith, dedication, enthusiasm or determination!  What is going on? What is going on is that “what can be shaken” (Heb.12:27) is being shaken until all that is left standing is an unshakeable Kingdom.  Heb 3:14  If we can only keep our grip on the sure thing we started out with, we’re in this with Christ for the long haul. (The Message)


15th Annual KINGDOM CONGRESS Mar.2-4,2022

15th Annual KINGDOM CONGRESS.
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Speakers: Marty, Kathy, Melissa, Jim Hodges, Dr.Crum, Dr.Crawford, Larry Burden
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