Thoughts Higher Than Mine_Living Word Chronicle

The dispute of the enemy cannot stand against my righteousness. You have received remission of sins through baptism in my name. I have declared you righteous and adorned you with a robe of righteousness. I am the Lord, your righteousness that lives inside of you. You are pitched inside and outside with the righteousness of God. You will not drown in this flood of accusations. I have given you faith and grace to endure this contradiction of foes. Exhaustion shall not prevail. The hand of the enemy shall not deny you access to my promises. I have brought you manna from heaven. During a time of famine, you have plenty. The hearing of the words of God has dropped down like rain. Eat the bread of your profession, and confess what I have said unto you. The enemy cannot resist this testimony. Each time the enemy opens his mouth against you, he contradicts himself. His self-contradiction is his own downfall. My rebuttal has silenced the response of the enemy's confrontation. Without an argument, I have justified you. Now who is it that will condemn you?

(RHEMA: The Rebuttal of Righteousness Silences the Response of the Enemy's Confrontation)

The dispute of the enemy cannot stand against God's righteousness. I have received remission of sins through baptism in his name. He has declared me righteous and adorned me with a robe of righteousness. He is the Lord, my righteousness that lives inside of me. I am pitched inside and outside with the righteousness of God. I will not drown in this flood of accusations. He has given me faith and grace to endure this contradiction of foes. Exhaustion shall not prevail. The hand of the enemy shall not deny me access to his promises. He has brought me manna from heaven. During a time of famine, I have plenty. The hearing of the words of God has dropped down like rain. I eat the bread of my profession, and I confess what he has said unto me. The enemy cannot resist this testimony. Each time the enemy opens his mouth against me, he contradicts himself. His self-contradiction is his own downfall. My rebuttal has silenced the response of the enemy's confrontation. Without an argument, God has justified me. Now there is no one that can condemn me.

Moses Hightower

The Removal of the Lions and Serpents of Distraction

You are free. I made you free by the truth. The spirit of bondage desires to enslave you and make you a prisoner of ignorance. Be not chained to ignorance. Be assured that I have made you free and liberated you in Christ Jesus. Be not controlled by men who use subtle weapons of self-righteousness and positions in this life to restrict others. Many are limited in liberty because of the doctrines of men and philosophies of this world. Obey those who have the rule over you, but do not submit yourselves to false leaders. You shall know them by their fruits. I have given you freedom. Now do not go back to the halls of bondage again. You served many years in the house of bondage. You were robbed in the house of bondage. By subtle schemes and false promises, you were held in quarters of oppression. I came and made you free by the truth. Now worship me in spirit and in truth. Know this of a truth, that even your worship in the house of bondage was not in vain. Your worship came unto me in sincerity and was received by me. I will show forth the fruit of your worship not many days hence. You shall know that I am a just God and not a respecter of persons.

I have given you the special rights of a citizen of heaven. Be not restricted in heavenly places, for the freedom of these places has been given, and none can retract their privileges. You do not need to resort to the tactics of a freedom fighter to gain your privileges. Do not resort to terrorist policies to hold on to your liberties. The battle is mine. I will repay. Go on to win the lost, and leave men and their schemes up to me. I will render to every man his just reward. I gave you sons and daughters. They were stolen from you. Now I will decide who gets who, for all sheep are mine. I am judging between you and your brethren. No advantages are given because of race and position. I am just. Now behold the swing of justice on your behalf.

I have not led you into another bondage house. You will not be vanquished or brought under the dominion of men. Many men are rebels in conquest of their own kingdoms using my name as their authority. Do not listen to these men, for they speak for themselves and not for me. I am not double-minded, neither am I unjust. The laws of my kingdom are right. The laws of men must be in subjection to the laws of God. The laws of many men are man-made. Be not in bondage to their laws. Many have been brought into captivity and conquered by man-made laws; therefore, making the law of liberty of non-effect. You have been emancipated from the dominion of man. You are the bondservant to me. I am your head. I have appointed men of love and honor in the governing positions in my kingdom. Come and follow me, and I will show you men of integrity, honor, and love. Refuse to serve under the slavery authored by men. I swore by oath to your father Abraham that you would be granted deliverance out of the hand of your enemies and that you might serve me without fear in holiness and righteousness. A light has been given to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death to guide your feet into the way of peace. I have sent you into a desert till your time comes. Wait here until I call you forth for the mission that you are appointed unto.

I have given you a highway, a way, the way of holiness. The unclean shall not pass over it, but it shall be for those, the wayfaring men, though fools shall not err therein. No lion shall be here, nor shall any ravenous beast go up thereon, it shall not be found here, but the redeemed shall walk here. And the ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads. They shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. I shall save you with an everlasting salvation, and you shall not be ashamed, nor confounded, a world without end.

Don Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - The Removal of the Lions and Serpents of Distraction

Bondage is the ashes of a life that has surrendered to the power of its conqueror. We are more that conquerors through him that has defeated every bondage that will come or be created. His Spirit is the spirit of liberty. We are children of the heavenlies, so we are exempt from the spiritual taxation of the system of fear. All around us the house of captivity is filled with crushed and bound spirits, but the One who has the keys of death and hell will never allow us to be the residents of these places. We become entangled in our own human frailties and weaknesses. Our tendencies will tie us in knots and leave us bound and gagged if we fail to listen to the One who has already provided a highway of holiness that rides above the regions of bondage. His residence is in us, and who he has made free is beyond the reach of the one who is bound by the direct limitations of the Word of God. The atmosphere of captivity breeds emotions and expectations that are negative. We must never allow this mind set to brain wash us from the mind set of power. We have been given the mind of Christ.

THE DOCTRINES OF MEN AND PHILSOPHIES OF THIS WORLD

I am free. The Lord made me free by the truth. The spirit of bondage desires to enslave me and make me a prisoner of ignorance. I will not be chained to ignorance. I am assured that God has made me free and liberated me in Christ Jesus. I will not be controlled by men who use subtle weapons of self-righteousness and positions in this life to restrict others. Many are limited in liberty because of the doctrines of men and philosophies of this world. I will obey those who have the rule over me, but I will not submit myself to false leaders. I know them by their fruits. The Lord has given me freedom. I will not go back to the halls of bondage again. I served many years in the house of bondage where I was robbed. By subtle schemes and false promises, I was held in quarters of oppression. God came and made me free by the truth. Now I worship him in spirit and in truth. This one thing I know: that even my worship in the house of bondage was not in vain. My worship came unto the Lord in sincerity and was received by him. He will show forth the fruit of my worship not many days hence. I will know that he is a just God and not a respecter of persons.

God has given me the special rights of a citizen of heaven. I am not restricted in heavenly places, for the freedom of these places has been given, and none can retract these privileges. I do not need to resort to the tactics of a freedom fighter to gain my privileges. I will not resort to terrorist policies to hold on to my liberties. The battle is the Lord's. He will repay. I will go on to win the lost and leave men and their schemes up to God. He will render to every man his just reward. The Lord gave me sons and daughters. They were stolen from me. Now he will decide who gets who, for all sheep are his. He is judging between me and my brethren. No advantages are given because of race and position. God is just. Now I behold the swing of justice on my behalf.

Jesus has not led me into another bondage house. I will not be vanquished or brought under the dominion of men. Many men are rebels in conquest of their own kingdoms using the Lord's name as their authority. I choose not to listen to these men, for they speak for themselves and not for God. The Lord is not double-minded, neither is he unjust. The laws of his kingdom are right. The laws of men must be in subjection to the laws of God. The laws of many men are man-made. I will not be in bondage to their laws. Many have been brought into captivity and conquered by man-made laws; thereby, making the law of liberty of non-effect. I have been emancipated from the dominion of man. I am the bondservant of God. He is my head. God has appointed men of love and honor in the governing positions in his kingdom. I will follow the Lord, and he will show me men of integrity, honor, and love. I refuse to serve under the slavery authored by men. God swore by oath to my father Abraham that I would be granted deliverance out of the hand of my enemies and that I might serve him without fear in holiness and righteousness. A light has been given to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death to guide their feet into the way of peace. God has sent me into a desert till my time comes. I will wait here until he calls me forth for the mission that I am appointed unto.

The Lord has given me a highway, a way, the way of holiness. The unclean shall not pass over it, but it shall be for those, the wayfaring men, though fools shall not err therein. No lion shall be here, nor shall any ravenous beast go up thereon, it shall not be found here, but the redeemed shall walk here, and the ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads. They shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. Jesus shall save me with an everlasting salvation, and I shall not be ashamed, nor confounded, a world without end.

INSPIRATION

By Don Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - A Work of God In Response To Rejection

Every lying spirit in the beginning lined up in mass and hurled the insult toward God, "It will never be!" God said let there be and there was. Nobody could have seen Genesis 1:31 "Everything that he had made was very good."...in Genesis 1:2 "...without form and void...." God saw it before, and he still sees all the created visible things coming forth from the invisible. The spirit of a liar opens up for every other unclean spirit to come and inhabit the vessel it lives in or around. Pride, anger, self justification, depression, and any number of destroying spirits would like to overrun the church. As overseers we must never allow those to hang around but send them back to the pit from which they came. Mighty works of God stand on our horizon, and the ingathering of the harvest of souls beckons us with open arms. We must never allow an intruder to abort the work God has destined to happen.

YOUR KNOWLEDGE

When I made the clouds, the garments thereof, and thick darkness a swaddling-band for it and broke up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors and said,

541. Hitherto shall you come, but no further: and here shall your proud waves be stayed?

542. Have the gates of death been opened unto you?

543. Or have you seen the doors of the shadow of death?

Give thanks at the remembrance of my holiness. Sing unto me. Sing unto me a new song. My anger endureth but a moment. You will find life in my grace and then will you know that weeping endures for a night, but joy comes in the morning. I am making your mountain to stand strong, and by my grace, I am lifting you above the shadows of trouble.

544. What profit is there in your blood if I allow you to go down to the pit?

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