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(RHEMA: Resurrected from the Dust of the Dead)
Moses Hightower
A Window of Opportunity and New Dimensions Shrouded by Disappointment and Hurt
Do not think that the situations that have happened unto you are unusual. These things are not out of the ordinary. You should expect these things, for I have told you of them in my word. Though these things have brought unto you great pain, disappointment, rejection, betrayal, and sorrow, they are the ingredients of greater good that is in the making. These things are alien to the mentality of some Christians, for they do not know me in the fellowship of my sufferings. How can you rule over disappointment, grief, sorrow, rejection, betrayal, and impossibility, if you have not overcome them? These things rule over most Christians because they have not bought gold tried in the fire. These things rule in the dimension of the fire. You should rule in these domains, for your God is a consuming fire, and you are a son of the fire. These things rule as giants over most people because they are weak in faith. How will you overcome the world, if you have not faith? I shed my blood and gave you faith, grace, and love so that you might overcome all these things. Now by the blood of the Lamb and faith, rise up, and overcome this army of uncomfortable things. The fellowship of my sufferings must become an everyday experience for you. It must become common and ordinary for you. Many people want to know me in the power of the resurrection but have neglected to know me in the fellowship of my sufferings. I am sending forth a new decree into my body requiring those who are deemed worthy of me to know me as I want them to know me. Because you have become familiar with songs about me and had experiences with me, does not mean that you know me. My name is a familiar word used in Christian exercises, but a real knowledge of me is absent from these same exercises. I have come to give you living experiences that will train you for ministry beyond the good things of this life. What good is a ministry that can only minister to recipients of good things? The experiences that I have designed for your life will make you ready for actual problems to be faced in future wars. By the time you enter into the wars ahead of you, you will be at ease with all the elements of the war for your soul. Many trials are considered strange to some because these trials are beyond their experiences, and the spirits that they war against use tactics that deviate from their knowledge of me. I am faithful and the same in every trial. I am your sufficiency. Look to me as the source of wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and victory. You must learn to use joy as a weapon of war in your trials. You will not be strong enough to overcome grief and sorrow without the joy of the Lord. Many are attempting to overcome grief and sorrow using grief and sorrow as weapons. They are overcome easily, for they are defenseless. Lift up your voice with joy. Rejoice in the presence of all these things that have come to contend with you. Lead the people into rejoicing. Teach them to offer praise willingly. Rejoice with great joy and say, "Blessed be the Lord God of the church and of Israel, our father, forever and ever. Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine. Thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all. Both riches and honor come of thee. Thou reignest over all and in thine hand is power and might. In thine hand it is to make great and to give strength unto all. Now therefore, our God, we thank you and praise your glorious name." Come forth shouting for joy, and drown out the weeping of the people. Shout aloud so that the joy of the Lord is heard afar off. I will make the people joyful and strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel, and of the church. Come forth with the renewed joy of the Lord. It is your strength.
Don Grigsby
RHEMA: A Window of Opportunity and New Dimensions Shrouded by Disappointment and Hurt Our problems are always the platform for the supernatural power of God to provide the greatest moments of our lives. God's kingdom within us is full of paradoxes. What he takes away from us is his enrichment of us. Many times he lets us hurt enough so we will turn loose of what we think we must have so he can give us what we really need. Windows of opportunity present us the avenue of access into higher dimensions of his love when disappointment would cover the light of this opening into God's wisdom. What appears to be a slate of effacement and slander of the accuser of the brethren is just the promise of greater demonstrations in reciprocal form. When shadows seem to cloud our path, they are just the announcement of the arrival of the light of powerful revelation and insight into the bondage of self that he wants to liberate us from. Our lives may be placed upon the places where it seems we will be broken to pieces, but it is when we are broken in heart and contrite in spirit that the anointing that destroys every yoke pours upon us. Instead of our imploding with regret and fear, we should explode with expressions of praise. It is in the wilderness that the wonderful things of the Almighty are exposed. We can be caught in the sandstorm of confusion, or we can be brought to the stairs of his pavilions of power. The more pressure that he places upon our vessel, the more precious the results he is anticipating. His love for us transcends the platonic feelings of man. Family and friends will sometimes join the parade of those who mourn our premature demise, but the Lord has planned a resurrection and victory dance. His armies have already surrounded all the foes that encamp against us. We will celebrate and dance in the light of the windows of heaven. Heaven will illuminate our minds and hearts with a wisdom and understanding that the world has never viewed. We shall behold our lives as he has fashioned them. Eternity has the promise of golden streets, but the enmity that is erased under our feet as we stand in his grace will be better than the gold of the city. It will give us joy in the absolute face of adversity.
DISAPPOINTMENT, GRIEF, SORROW, REJECTION, AND IMPOSSIBILITY
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Fight not those who oppress you. Worry not about the results of their
schemes. You are my child. You have repented unto me, and my word remains
in your tongue. Be not afraid of men that shall die. Be not afraid of
the sons of men that shall be made as grass. Look unto me, the Lord,
your Maker. The subtle fury of the oppressor cannot destroy you. Look
to the end of all these things. Where is the fury of the oppressor?
The oppressor did not rob you, and my words were not removed from your
mouth. I covered you in the shadow of my hand and hid you among those
planted by the Lord in righteousness. I have removed the cup of trembling
and placed it in the hand of those who attempt to afflict you. Shake
yourself, and arise from the dust of the dead. Life flows in you; therefore,
awaken and loose yourself from the bands on your neck. Their hands cannot
remain on you to subdue you for their own selfish cause. Shake yourself
with the voice of praise and thanksgiving. Arise and carry good tidings
that publish peace unto the people. Publish salvation, and carry good
tidings of good. I have hidden you in my word and in the cleft of my
hand. The salvation of the Lord has manifested itself for you. Break
forth into joy. Your Lord reigns. 
