Grace does not have to prepare for this trial, but this trial is part of Grace's teaching strategy. This trial is simply an illustration used by Grace to teach you of my love for you. You take things too seriously. Learn to rest in every situation. Meekness is an attribute that I impart, not something you possess because of yourself. You cannot impress me with anything you do, for all things that you do that please me come from my spirit. The things that please me are fruit of my own spirit. When I called on you this evening, I called on you to teach you of my love for you. Allow this word that came to teach you of my faithfulness and my concern for you. Allow this word to remove from your mind the limited concepts that you have concerning my nature and me.
(RHEMA: The Storm Vented by Imaginations and Unbelief Is Calmed by the Grace of God)
Grace does not have to prepare for this trial, but this trial is part of grace's teaching strategy. This trial is simply an illustration used by grace to teach me of God's love for me. I take things too seriously. I will learn to rest in every situation. Meekness is an attribute that God imparts, not something I possess because of myself. I cannot impress the Lord with anything I do, for all things that I do that please him come from his spirit. The things that please him are fruit of his own spirit. When he called on me this evening, he called on me to teach me of his love for me. I allow this word to teach me of his faithfulness and his concern for me. I allow this word to remove from my mind the limited concepts that I have concerning his nature and Christ.
(Confession of a Sound Mind: Words of Light Upon the Face of Imaginations and Unbelief)
By
Moses Hightower
Thelma and Moses Hightower
Do Not Throw Away Your Bag of Confidence
Do not distrust my faithfulness and my promises to you. I have not opened my mouth and lied. It is impossible for me to lie. Do not doubt the expressions of Rhema that have filled your life, but be continually receptive and confident of the surety of these expressions. They are not dead promises from the lips and the hearts of men, but they are living promises from the heart and lips of God. I have spoken through this medium to you. I have not lifted your eyes from a pit to distract you from poverty only to lead you to more poverty, but I have invited you to attend unto my voice and come to a table of prosperity. You are doubting because of the time frame that you are operating in. You desire to see the money before you arrive at the destination. Are you able to trust me to be on time, or does the absence of that which you cannot see create a false impression of me?
Is your concept of me determined by what you are able to see, or is your concept of me determined by your faith?
If you allow the absence of the things that appear to mold your concepts of me and my faithfulness, then you will never receive the things that are eternal. The eternal things are the real things, yet you do not see them. Come into this realm of real faith. Abide here on this invisible bench of trust. Rest here in the shade of confidence from the heat of distrust and worry. Abide here, and you shall see the glory of my faithfulness. I am the Lord who maketh all things. I have made the heavens and the earth. I own the cattle and the hills. All things are mine. All things were made by me, and without me, was not anything made that was made.
(I sat at the computer and begin to think. After a while, I heard these words,)
You are confident that when you pray and call out to me that I am going to answer you by speaking unto you. Be that confident that I am going to provide what you need. Stop looking upon your own ability and resources for the answer, and look to me, the source and the supply of all things. I do not grow impotent in provision or supply. I am the abundant supplier. You will rejoice when you see the glory of what I am doing. I am doing a work that you would never have imagined. There are sinners who would respond to your need, but I have not sent my child as a beggar into this world. You are not forsaken. I have not taken the answer and hidden it from you, but I have brought you to the threshold of trust. Walk along this threshold of trust and confidence in me and not in yourself. If you trust in yourself now, how will you trust in yourself to go over the swelling of Jordon of yourself?
If you trust in self now, will self carry you to heaven?
If you trust in self now, will self carry you through the wall of impossibility?
If you trust in self now, will self carry you up out of the hands of terminal illness?
If you trust in me now, will I be the same at the swelling of Jordon?
If you trust in me now, will I be the same when you are in the hands of terminal illness?
If you trust in me now, will I be the same when you come to your walls of impossibility?
If you trust in me now, will I be the same when it is rapture time?
Place all your faith and confidence in me, your Savior. I have begun a good work, and I will finish it. These things don’t move me. Don’t allow them to move you. I am faithful and will not suffer you to be moved by the shoving tactics of the enemy. He has shoved on your feelings and emotions, but your spirit cannot be moved.
Come now, and see the end of this thing. Look into the distance, and see the crumbling giant that stands before you. The stone of faith was directed by my spirit. You simply came as an instrument of my expression. Though you are weak, yet your strength is great, for all your strength is of me and not of yourself. Rest in the hope of your calling, knowing the light of this glorious gospel is the power of God working on your behalf in this dilemma. To you, it is a dilemma. Learn to relegate all impossibilities to my ability and not your own. If it is not a dilemma to me, then do not let it be a dilemma to you, for it is I, the Lord, your God, who will fight for you. I am a God of peace, yet I am the God of war. I am for you. Now tell me, can this thing be against you?
Do not cast away your confidence. The money is in the bag of confidence. Look in the bag of confidence, and tell me if it is empty. If it is empty, then expect nothing. If it is full, then expect a miracle according to your faith.
By
Don Grigsby
Don
and Linda Grigsby
The Grigsbys are out of town this week. When they return, Don will write his prophetic insight.
DISTRUST, DOUBT, AND IMPOSSIBILITY
I do not distrust God’s faithfulness and his promises to me. He has not opened his mouth and lied. It is impossible for him to lie. I do not doubt the expressions of Rhema that has filled my life, but I will be continually receptive and confident of the surety of these expressions. They are not dead promises from the lips and the heart of men, but they are living promises from the heart and lips of God. He has spoken through this medium to me. He has not lifted my eyes from a pit to distract me from poverty only to lead me to more poverty, but he has invited me to attend unto his voice and come to a table of prosperity. I have doubted because of the time frame that I am operating in. I desire to see the money before I arrive at the destination; by grace, I am enabled to trust Jesus to be on time. I will not allow the absence of that which I cannot see to create a false impression of the Lord. My concept of him is not determined by what I am able to see, but my concept of him, is determined by my faith in him.
I will never receive the things that are eternal if I allow the absence of the things that appear to mold my concepts of the Lord and his faithfulness. The eternal things are the real things, yet I do not see them. I will come into this realm of real faith. I abide here on this invisible bench of trust. I rest here in the shade of confidence from the heat of distrust and worry. I abide here, and I shall see the glory of God’s faithfulness. Jesus is the Lord who has made all things. He has made the heavens and the earth. He owns the cattle and the hills. All things are his. All things were made by him, and without him, was not anything made that was made.
I am confident that when I pray and call out to Jesus that he is going to answer me by speaking unto me. I will be that confident that Jesus is going to provide what I need. I will stop looking upon my own ability and resources for the answer, and I look to Jesus, the source and the supply of all things. He does not grow impotent in provision or supply. He is the abundant supplier. I will rejoice when I see the glory of what he is doing. He is doing a work that I would never have imagined. There are sinners who would respond to my need, but Jesus has not sent his child as a beggar into this world. I am not forsaken. He has not taken the answer and hid it from me, but he has brought me to the threshold of trust. I walk along this threshold of trust and confidence in God and not in myself.
I cannot trust in myself to go over the swelling of Jordon of myself if I trust in myself now. Self will not carry me to heaven if I trust in self. Self will not carry me carry me through the wall of impossibility if I trust in self. Self will not carry up out of the hands of terminal illness if I trust in self. However, if I trust in God now, he will be the same at the swelling of Jordon. He will be the same when I am in the hands of terminal illness. He will be the same when I come to my walls of impossibility. He will be the same when it is rapture time. I place all my faith and confidence in God, my Savior. He has begun a good work, and he will finish it. These things don’t move the Lord and neither will I allow them to move me. Jesus is faithful and will not suffer me to be moved by the shoving tactics of the enemy. He has shoved on my feelings and emotions, but my spirit cannot be moved.
I see the end of this thing. I have looked into the distance and have seen the crumbling giant that stands before me. The stone of faith was directed by his spirit. I simply come as an instrument of his expression. Though I am weak, yet my strength is great, for all my strength is of God and not of myself. I rest in the hope of my calling, knowing the light of this glorious gospel is the power of God working on my behalf in this dilemma. To me, it is a dilemma. I have learned to relegate all impossibilities to God’s ability and not my own. If it is not a dilemma to him, then I will not let it be a dilemma to me, for it is Jesus, the Lord, my God, who will fight for me. Jesus is a God of peace, yet he is the God of war. He is for me; therefore, this thing cannot be against me. I will not cast away my confidence. The money is in the bag of confidence. I look in the bag of confidence, and I see that it is not empty. If it had been empty, then I would expect nothing. Since it is full, now I expect a miracle according to my faith.
INSPIRATION
By
Don Grigsby
RE: RHEMA: True Faith Is Rooted In the Principles of Omnipresence and Omniscience - (Part 1)
Out of his infinite and eternal design, comes the unique individuals that we all are. If we view our inherent abilities and skills, it seems that some have more than others and yet men and women who are so talented, are tempted to rely on their own ability rather than the ability that God gives to us. In the same sense, those who realize their shortcomings will humbly seek the face of God for his help and are rewarded with his overwhelming provision. Enigmatic mirrors do not tell all the story. What seems apparent and obvious in the lives of many, is not what is behind the veil of truth and reality. Our ministry has been ordained to fit the avenues of entrance that present themselves and even the obstacles that stand in our path cannot deny us entrance.
God's abiding presence and all powerful workings will sweep away the horizons of dread and fear from our lives. There are times when our own impatience plays into the hands of our own fears. We must determine to not take dictation from our shortcomings and the immovable objects that stand before us as we humble ourselves in the light of the obvious inability, that he will create a chariot and vehicle of grace that will transport us beyond our own inability to arrive at the desired harbor. Pride will cast us into a pit, but he will build a bridge across the impassible chasms of darkness by the grace he has so abundantly provided.
Others may view us as only part of the crowd. They may not even consider us to be part of anything that would bring about anything. His abundant providence stands and anoints us with oil of supernatural ability above our fellows. We must not be overwhelmed with the distractions of criticism of those who have their own human scales and time tables of results. God will reap where he does not sow. As we plant and water, the Lord of the harvest will without doubt give the increase.
(Continued)
The day is almost over and night’s fist prepares to knock.
385. Will you be found arrayed in the garments of the world and aligned with the whores and whoremongers of the age as night knocks, or will you be found clean, white, and worthy?
Today, there is grace but very soon shall disgrace ride into the earth on the horse of false peace. Accept the grace that has entered into your life today and adorn yourself with humility and sincerity. Know this, that I am from everlasting to everlasting and that I see your actions of the future today. Bring me your heart for an exchange of heart so that the old heart of flesh and stone will not be the source of deception and wickedness for your life. I desire to give new hearts at my throne of grace today.
386. How can you come for a new heart when you have not desired a new relationship with me?
(To
Be Continued)
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