Thoughts Higher Than Mine_Living Word Chronicle

Take courage and rest in the voyage across this sea. I have determined already to not take you out of the stormy sea but to give you faith to cross it. Your flesh wants to come out of the stormy sea, but faith will not be built on the calm sea that you seek right now. The calm sea is ahead but not now. I have new confidence that I must place in you. It can only be built in the midst of the waves of depression ahead. You are already dressed for it, but I must dress you within with new confidence and new contentment.

(RHEMA: Our Captain Knows Where He Is Going In the Voyage Across the Stormy Sea)

I take courage and rest in the voyage across this sea. God has determined already to not take me out of the stormy sea but to give me faith to cross it. My flesh wants to come out of the stormy sea, but faith will not be built on the calm sea that I seek right now. The calm sea is ahead but not now. God has new confidence that he must place in me. It can only be built in the midst of the waves of depression ahead. I am already dressed for it, but he must dress me within with new confidence and new contentment.

(Confession of a Sound Mind: Words of Light Upon the Face of a Stormy Sea)

By Moses Hightower

Thelma and Moses Hightower

A Son Eating from the Father's Table, Not a Gentile Dog Eating Crumbs from the Floor

You were strangers and foreigners to the covenants of promise. No way was made for you to enter into the relationship that was common to the sons of Abraham. I came as your lamb and made a way for you to enter into the holiest of all by my blood. Now that you are sons and daughters of adoption, I have caused you to sit at the table of mercy and goodness to eat with my sons of promise. Rejoice in the salvation of the Lord, your God. I have stretched forth a scepter of righteousness to your hands of faith and passed life to you instead of death. Death was your lot, and hell was your destination, but now by the precious blood of Jesus, life is your lot, and heaven is your new destination. Behold the goodness of God and the wonders of my mercy. I have brought forth the newness of the promises and have taken away the old things of the covenant of old. I took away the first and established the second.

Life is imparted to those who have believed according to the scriptures. The bellies of faith are now filled with rivers of living water. These rivers now flow out of bellies, which were empty and dry. Your belly was once a barren place, a pit without water, but now by the blood of the covenant, I have sent you forth out of this empty place of prisoners and dogs.

I have brought you to the banqueting table of bread and wine. Eat of the goodness of the Master’s hand, and behold the freshness of his provision. Lift up your eyes from the crumbs that you have sought for. Climb to the seat that was reserved for you at the Master’s table. Adorn yourself properly, and embrace the beauty of holiness as a son of a king and not a blind prisoner of Lucifer. Remove all resemblances of your old father, the devil, and adorn yourself in the beautiful things of holiness and purity. Place the cloth of righteousness about your neck before you eat at the table of plenty in the Master’s house. You are now seated with sons and daughters of the covenant, and you are no longer a child of the darkness.

Look around, and see that none were worthy of this place at my table. I chose you because of my love for you. You were all unworthy of this habitation, but my works and love made provision for you. Lift up your eyes from the tears that drop to the floor, and wash your face in the fresh waters of redemption. The washing of regeneration and the renewing of my Holy Spirit is waiting on your arrival. Come for the washing of regeneration today, and renew yourself in the Spirit, which is within you as a river. Don’t simply come and stand by the river and watch others bathe in the Spirit, but dive in yourself, and be cleansed in these waters of washing and cleansing.

The time of your personal revival is here. Some have said, “Revive us, O, God. Let your people rejoice in you.” Now I say, “Come to the waters of reviving, and wash yourself in these waters.” These waters shall awaken you from slumber. They shall alert you to the things about you, for they shall bring a different temperature unto your being. These waters are the cool stream of the garden and the clean still waters for the sheep of my hand. Come and wash. Come and drink. Come and walk to the other side, and there will you find a new relationship with your king, the Lord of glory.

Lift up your eyes from yourself. Go on beyond what you are able to see and think. If you don’t go beyond yourself, you will never find what you have sought. I am not a man that I should lie. I have beckoned you to come to the place of repentance. I have not hidden it so that you cannot find it, but this day, I have brought the place of repentance and placed it before the rivers within your soul. Seek again for the place of repentance, and you shall find it. Break your heart and your spirit upon the rock there in the place of repentance, and there will you find your birthright restored to you. You have sold out, but now have I bought back your opportunity that was spurned. Come and see that I have given you another chance at love. Come and see that my love is not elusive, neither full of vengeance, but my love is full of compassion, forgiveness, and mercy. Come and see. There is love for you. Come.

By Don Grigsby

Don and Linda Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - A Son Eating from the Father's Table, Not a Gentile Dog Eating Crumbs from the Floor

Our daily bread is more than buttered toast. His words that cascade down into our lives like a Niagara fill multiple tables for our strength and empowerment. Grace has prepared a banquet hall filled with every provision that we can think of and those that we don't even know that we need. As his children, we have an abundance that overflows into the lives of others. We cast aside the garments of the poverty of sin and put on the robes of true holiness. We are not bound by man-made codes to live holy, but we desire to reflect the One who called us out of the tyranny of sin. We have been delivered from the poison and pollution that would destroy our soul. We will gladly wear and wave holiness as a banner in our thanksgiving and gratitude for our deliverance. Revival in the land is the harvest of God's plenty. Famine is what sin produces. Bumper crops of miracles and new spiritual dimensions are filling the fields of harvest. As we share the good things for those for whom nothing is prepared, we will be blessed in our provision and in our store. On a daily basis, we are renewed and regenerated by the Rhema word of God. He will wash away the pollution of the world that would like to attach itself to us and wash us with the refreshing elements of his Spirit at the same time. As we come to him in repentance, his words will be healing and restorative.

ALIENATION AND REJECTION

We were strangers and foreigners to the covenants of promise. No way was made for us to enter into the relationship that was common to the sons of Abraham. Jesus came as our lamb and made a way for us to enter into the holiest of all by his blood. Now that we are sons and daughters of adoption, the Lord has caused us to sit at the table of mercy and goodness to eat with his sons of promise. I rejoice in the salvation of the Lord, my God. He has stretched forth a scepter of righteousness to my hands of faith and passed life to me instead of death. Death was my lot, and hell was my destination, but now by the precious blood of Jesus, life is my lot, and heaven is my new destination. I behold the goodness of God and the wonders of his mercy. He brought forth the newness of the promises and took away the old things of the covenant of old. He took away the first and established the second.

Life is imparted to those who have believed according to the scriptures. The bellies of faith are now filled with rivers of living water. These rivers now flow out of bellies, which were empty and dry. My belly was once a barren place, a pit without water, but now by the blood of the covenant, Jesus has sent me forth out of this empty place of prisoners and dogs.

The Lord brought me to the banqueting table of bread and wine. I will eat of the goodness of the Master’s hand and behold the freshness of his provision. I lift up my eyes from the crumbs that I have sought for. I will climb to the seat that was reserved for me at the Master’s table. I will adorn myself properly and embrace the beauty of holiness as a son of a king and not a blind prisoner of Lucifer. I remove all resemblances of my old father, the devil, and I adorn myself in the beautiful things of holiness and purity. I will place the cloth of righteousness about my neck before I eat at the table of plenty in the Master’s house. I am now seated with sons and daughters of the covenant, and I am no longer a child of the darkness.

I look around and see that none were worthy of this place at the Lord’s Table. He chose me because of his love for me. We were all unworthy of this habitation, but Jesus’ works and love made provision for me. I lift up my eyes from the tears that drop to the floor and wash my face in the fresh waters of redemption. The washing of regeneration and the renewing of God’s Holy Spirit is waiting on my arrival. I come for the washing of regeneration and renew myself in the Spirit, which is within me as a river. I don’t simply come and stand by the river and watch others bathe in the Spirit, but I dive in myself, and I am cleansed in these waters of washing and cleansing.

The time of my personal revival is here. Some have said, “Revive us, O, God. Let your people rejoice in you.” Now the Lord says, “Come to the waters of reviving, and wash yourself in these waters.” These waters shall awaken me from slumber. They shall alert me to the things about me, for they shall bring a different temperature unto my being. These waters are the cool stream of the garden and the clean still waters for the sheep of his hand.

I will come to the Lord and wash. I will come to him and drink. I will come to him and walk to the other side, and there will I find a new relationship with my king, the Lord of glory. I lift up my eyes from myself. I will go on beyond what I am able to see and think. If I don’t go beyond myself, I will never find what I have sought. God is not a man that he should lie. He has beckoned me to come to the place of repentance. He has not hidden it so that I cannot find it, but this day, he has brought the place of repentance and placed it before the rivers within my soul.

I will seek again for the place of repentance, and I shall find it. I will break my heart and my spirit upon the rock in the place of repentance, and there will I find my birthright restored to me. I had sold out, but now has he bought back my opportunity which was spurned. I will come to him and find that he has given me another chance at love. I will come to him and find that his love is not elusive, neither full of vengeance, but his love is full of compassion, forgiveness, and mercy. I will come to him and find that there is love for me.

RHEMA

By Don Grigsby

RE: RHEMA: The Faithfulness of God Ministering To His People During Nauseating Effects Produced by a Storm of Disappointment

Joy robbers are the worst thieves in the universe. The currency of joy of the Lord is the richest standard of living in the universe. Joy stealers have been marauding around the church ever since the days of the apostle Paul. Their mouths must be stopped. God has a special attack host of angels that can put them on the run. The chasing angels run with those who dare to believe that one shall chase a thousand. Delay is not defeat. Disappointment is just the wood of the fire of the sacrifice of thanksgiving. We will anchor ourselves in the harbor of expectation and hope in the Lord. We are sickened as David said at one time that when he thought of God, he was filled with pain. He reminded himself that God has always come through and that he would do it now. When Israel was facing certain defeat, the prophet said to dig ditches for water that was not there. God gave them water they did not have and victory that they could never have affected. We will not turn and run but stand and declare his faithful words. God will fulfill his word.

I was praying Sunday morning and the Lord said;

Timing of the events of your miracle often becomes the bottomless pit that swallows up your faith. I will fill that pit with my power and promises. I was amazed to discover when I looked at the word “fulfilled” in the Greek, it meant, first of all, “the cram, full like a net, to cover over and to fill like a hollow or a pit.” The root word had to do with the specifics of time.

I said, “Wow! How great is that?” I had only casually studied the word before. I believed that God is trying to tell us all that time is his, and he will fill it with all the promises he has made in his way. He can accelerate it or slow it down. It will always be in his time.

We will sing a new song of power and greatness. We will not reflect on our fears or reservations, but we will sing to the well of water that is just beneath the surface of our wilderness. He will prepare us a table in the presence of the voice of every enemy. The table will be spread with all the things he has promised and more. It will be a feast of celebration of the faithful words he has spoken into our lives. We are not waiting for our ship to come in, it has already arrived in him!

(Continued)

If you continue your pretentious drama for man, then you will inherit man’s reality of damnation without the bread of sincerity and truth. Come with brokenness. Come with the sacrifice of praise. I will not turn away the broken spirits and the broken-hearted. My hand is stretched forth and many are waiting in line with their gifts, which are their flowers of praise and thankfulness. They are standing as little children desiring acceptance and a show of love and favor.

393. Will you stand outside the gate of praise and grieve today and tomorrow?

394. Or will you open up the gate of sacrificial praise while you cast down your pretentious lies about a victory that you have not experienced?

(To Be Continued)

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