I have not passed you by in your dilemma. I have observed the entire operation of Impossibility's plan. No matter how well structured the plan of Impossibility, it is too weak for my strength. No matter how well planned the design of defeat, victory is more successful on your behalf. I will show you of the glory of my love and compassion. Believe me. I will not pass you by while you are drowning in confusion. There is no storm of confusion that can drown a child of mine while I am watching with the careful eyes of love and concern. I am the true savior of the world, not one of the false saviors of the earth. I am calling on you as I am calling on others at the same time.
(RHEMA: There Is No Comparison between the Magnitude of Impossibility's Range of Power and Magnitude of God’s Range of Power)
God has not passed me by in my dilemma. He has observed the entire operation of Impossibility's plan. No matter how well structured the plan of Impossibility, it is too weak for his strength. No matter how well planned the design of defeat, victory is more successful on my behalf. The Lord will show me of the glory of his love and compassion. I believe God. He will not pass me by while I am drowning in confusion. There is no storm of confusion that can drown a child of God while he is watching with the careful eyes of love and concern. Our God is the true savior of the world, not one of the false saviors of the earth. He is calling on us as he is calling on others at the same time.
(Confession of a Sound Mind: Words of Light Upon the Face of Impossibility, Problems, Traditions, and Trouble)
By
Moses Hightower
Thelma and Moses Hightower
Surviving Grace At the Funeral of Unforgiveness and Self-justification
I have not left you in a dilemma, neither have I walked away from you in trouble. I am here with you. In the fiery trial, I am with you as I promised. My word has gone out of my mouth. Do not expect it to return void, for it will not. It will return full of purpose and full of satisfaction. I will satisfy you with my goodness. My blessing has been given already, and it will make you rich and will not add any sorrow. Throw down these things that you have picked up yourself, and allow me to give you the true blessings of my goodness. These things that I give will not leave a sour taste in your spirit or in your mouth.
Come away from the tempter whose intent is to inoculate you with bitterness and resentment. Come away from his voice and his display. He has displayed a drama of self-justifying actions in your mind. These things are intended to lodge in your heart and be buried there. Do not allow the burial of self-justification to remain in your presence, or the funeral procession for your spirituality will begin. Refuse to lose your relationship with me in exchange for bitterness and resentment. What will you give in exchange for godliness if your currency only includes putrefied unforgiveness and self-justification?
Do not relinquish the precious things of love for the spiritual bank account of spiritual paupers. You can be rich in love simply by taking the things that have come your way patiently. Count all these things joy. What do you really deserve?
If you were judged for your thoughts, your intents, your desires, your actions, and your words today, then what would be your judgment and your destiny?
Judge others the way you want to be judged. Do you want to be judged with mercy?
Then judge others with mercy and not after your personal feelings toward their attitudes and their actions.
Lift up your voice in confidence, and know that I settled all these things long ago. I have already defended you in every way, for I am in eternity looking at time from the beginning to the ending. Rest now in the solutions that come your way. They are from my wisdom and my understanding. I am allowing the things that come according to my divine wisdom and love. Lift up your head, and receive the understanding imparted to you. Enclosed within understanding is the grace to respond after my spirit and not your own. Lift up your eyes, and be encouraged in me. I am the same in provision and in holiness. Be holy as I am holy.
By
Don Grigsby
Don
and Linda Grigsby
RE: RHEMA - Surviving Grace At the Funeral of Unforgiveness and Self-justification
So many times we come to God with our hands full of emptiness. It is the emptiness of the unfulfilled promises that we lift up to him. We must empty our hands of the perceived emptiness in order for him to fill our hands with the real answers. God still prepares a table in the presence of our enemies. We will not eat the bread of bitterness and resentment. As the prophet Elisha before us, we will not destroy the enemy's army that God has smitten with blindness. We will feed them with forgiveness. God has and will defeat them with the kind of blindness that they will take the hand of their own enemy and let them lead them to a table of grace and mercy. Bitterness and resentment are neurotic pleasures that all of us like to taste when we are injured. We must spit their poison out of our mouth. Jesus tasted bitterness for us on the cross as he did death, so we could always choose the sweet waters of grace instead.
UNFORGIVENESS AND SELF-JUSTIFICATION
The Lord has not left me in a dilemma, neither has he walked away from me in trouble. He is here with me. In the fiery trial, he is with me as he promised. His word has gone out of his mouth. I do not expect it to return void, for it will not. It will return full of purpose and full of satisfaction. God will satisfy me with his goodness. His blessings have been given already, and they will make me rich and will not add any sorrow. I throw down these things that I have picked up myself, and I allow God to give me the true blessings of his goodness. These things that he gives will not leave a sour taste in my spirit or in my mouth.
I come away from the tempter whose intent is to inoculate me with bitterness and resentment. I come away from his voice and his display. He has displayed a drama of self-justifying actions in my mind. These things are intended to lodge in my heart and be buried there. I determine not to allow the burial of self-justification to remain in my presence, or the funeral procession for my spirituality will begin. I refuse to lose my relationship with God in exchange for bitterness and resentment.
There is nothing I can give in exchange for godliness if my currency only includes putrefied unforgiveness and self-justification. I will not relinquish the precious things of love for the spiritual bank account of spiritual paupers. I can be rich in love simply by taking the things that have come my way patiently. I count all these things joy. I really deserve death. If I were judged for my thoughts, my intents, my desires, my actions, and my words today, then death would be my judgment and my destiny. I will judge others the way I want to be judged. I want to be judged with mercy. I will judge others with mercy and not after my personal feelings toward their attitudes and their actions.
I lift up my voice in confidence and know that God settled all these things long ago. He has already defended me in every way, for he is in eternity looking at time from the beginning to the ending. I rest now in the solutions that come my way. They are from God’s wisdom and his understanding. He is allowing the things that come according to his divine wisdom and love. I lift up my head and receive the understanding imparted to me. Enclosed within understanding is the grace to respond after God’s spirit and not my own. I lift up my eyes, and I am encouraged in Christ. He is the same in provision and in holiness. I will be holy as he is holy.
INSPIRATION
By
Don Grigsby
RE: RHEMA - There Are No Deductions from Our Faith and No Charges Against Our Life Along the Path of Righteousness
Our ransom has been paid. We have been justified by faith in the blood that paid the horrible price of our deliverance. Our account has been paid in full by the sacrifice of the cross. Who or what shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect?
In saying this God has actually promised that nobody and nothing can lay anything to our account, we are debtors to no one. The children are free or exempt from the condemnation of any tribunal. We have been delivered from the prison house of debt, and we are now rejoicing in the safe house of the abundance of the sons of God. The first man Adam made a debt at the pawn shop of pleasure, but the second man Adam has redeemed us, and we are not under any obligation to this world. We have the right to declare that we have been redeemed. We need to publish that God has discharged the debt and penalty of sin that we could never afford. He has unloaded all the heavy load of condemnation that would have crushed us beneath its pain. Our resurrection experience is the resounding and case testimony that shouts all other claims into silence. It should give us the boldness, the refusal of any feelings of condemnation that would try to adhere to our spirits. Being set free by his grace, we have no seats for condemnation in our house.
So many today live in the shadow of the gallows of sin and its ultimate penalty. Fear and condemnation come in so many forms in their lives even the thoughts that God would not or could not forgive them. We have the liberating announcement to proclaim to them. They have heard the mobs of fear in the streets of their nights of fear. It is time for us to hold up to the light of revelation the lies of the accuser and slanderer. Our mission is to not only liberate our friends and family from the heavy handed blows of guilt and condemnation but we must announce that they have access to ride in the same chariot of salvation that he has picked us up in and carried us beyond the cries and demands of all charges and recrimination. Let our voices ring with the authority of the Deliverer out of Zion, declaring grace to mountains that will still move them even if they are made of condemnation's best attempts to pull everyone down.
(Continued)
I shall wax great on your behalf. The enemy shall be defeated again at his own game. Do not look to the things that seem too great for you. Simply look to me, the author and the finisher of your faith. I have designed victory. Show forth praises unto me and I will dwell in these praises as a secret weapon against the enemy. Show forth the triumphant praises of your king and I will show forth my strength against the enemy. Do not look at the greatness of the problems, but look at the awesomeness of your God. Compare the entire problem to me.
368. Who is greater?
The light of the glorious gospel will not go out because you fail. The conditions for success are not rooted in any flesh. You can of yourself do nothing. I have brought you to this point in the journey to strip you of trust in self and the arm of flesh. I want you to know me as you should know me. Lift your eyes from the fear of the loss of things, reputation, friends, and people. You have stared at these things long enough. Count them all loss and look to me. I am here to impart the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus. When your heart has laid down all things, then I will be your prize.
369. You have counted things loss with your mouth, but what about your heart?
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