Thoughts Higher Than Mine_Living Word Chronicle

Grace has conquered Fury and tied it up. Fury is bound, and confidence is restored. Rejoice in the face of Fury, and then will you see it led away in the presence of its own wrath and destruction. The winds that it created shall be its own vehicle out of your presence. The winds of Fury shall even carry away your sorrows, for I shall order Fury and sorrow out of my presence while I express my everlasting love toward you. Believe on me according to the scriptures, and believe not the lies of Fury. I have given you the name of this storm. Now as an animal that no man has ever sat upon, you shall observe the taming of this furious storm. It shall subside now, and you shall understand my purpose for the storm.

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

Grace has conquered Fury and tied it up. Fury is bound, and confidence is restored. I rejoice in the face of Fury, and now will I see it led away in the presence of its own wrath and destruction. The winds that it created shall be its own vehicle out my presence. The winds of Fury shall even carry away my sorrows, for God shall order Fury and sorrow out of his presence while he expresses his everlasting love toward me. I believe on the Lord according to the scriptures, and I disbelieve the lies of Fury. God has given me the name of this storm. Now as an animal that no man has ever sat upon, I shall observe the taming of this furious storm. It shall subside now, and I shall understand God's purpose for the storm.

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

By Moses Hightower

Thelma and Moses Hightower

Love Is a Choice and So Is Hate

I have brought abundant life and placed it within you. You have been invited to the tree of life. Instead of being chased away by an angel with a flaming sword, you have been ushered into the throne room by an angel. Do not allow the power of this love to elude you for another love. There are other loves that are secondary loves. Do not love the world, neither the things that are in it. You must choose whom you will love. I leave it up to you to decide. You must choose. I will not choose your love. You must choose. The choice is yours. I will not receive love that is not chosen. Choose this day whom you will serve.

By Don Grigsby

Don and Linda Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - Love Is a Choice and So Is Hate

Because iniquity abounds, the love of many will wax cold. Our love for the Lord should never be subject to changes in temperature of our spiritual ardor. A friend loveth at all times. He is the best friend that we ever had or will ever have. When we hate in the New Testament sense of the word, it is to love less. Our choice must be to always under every circumstance, to love the Lord, and one another fervently with a pure heart. Love not only covers a multitude of sin. It will cause us to choose the best in God every time.

OTHER LOVES AND WRONG CHOICES

God has brought abundant life and placed it within me. I have been invited to the tree of life. Instead of being chased away by an angel with a flaming sword, I have been ushered into the throne room by an angel. I will not allow the power of this love to elude me for another love. There are other loves that are secondary loves. I do not love the world, neither the things that are in it. I must choose whom I will love. The Lord leaves it up to me to decide. I must choose. He will not choose my love. I must choose. The choice is mine. God will not receive love that is not chosen. I choose this day to serve the Lord.

INSPIRATION

By Don Grigsby

RE: RHEMA: Look Fear In the Face, and Stand In Its Presence With Total Confidence In God and His Promises - Part 1

Fear has come with all its masks and disguises. Every time we rise as the church or individual believers, it brings its garbage truck of torment and tries to dump it on us. We will not be a dump yard for the enemy’s lies and doubts. The fire of our faith will consume that trash before it hits the ground. God will remember the faithful work of all who have been steadfast in the faith and have not been moved by experience or criticism of others. Our faith stands as a memorial for others to see whenever other attackers of faith come in like a flood.

Grace has justified us by his blood, and we are the private property of the King. No trespassing notices have been posted by the owner of our property. Our enemy is a liar from the beginning. We must speak the words of truth under the anointing of the same spirit that breathed every word into a prophet’s mouth before it was written. God cannot and will not lie. We have been established, not only in the doctrines of truth but in the words of truth that have made us exempt from threats of a kingdom which has no jurisdiction in our case. Our trust is based on our confidence in the word of the Lord and not in the statements of men. When fear stands like a Goliath and shouts for a man, we will shout in its face that the living stone will still take him out. Confidence and assurance is the air that the believer inhales as the Spirit urges us on. Our expectation comes from the Lord, and no robber will be able to take that boldness and confidence from us as long as Jesus Christ goes before us and behind us.

(Continued)

You must believe the gospel and have faith in my completed works. I was taken in your stead. I was accused for your sake. I was taken captive for you. I was led away by the rulers in your place. It was for your despair that I was dragged before cruel accusers. Before the cruel accusers, I was brought to answer questions that you have no answer for. My silence answered what words cannot answer. Before vicious accusers and unmerciful mockers, I was brought, yet I did not open my mouth and was led as a lamb to the slaughter. Back and forth, they carried me. As a common criminal, I was tried. For you, I accepted the marking, the mocking, the scourging, the ridicule, and the shame.

397. Have you journeyed past my trial and not realized the torture in my mind?

You would be at peace if you realized that I had you in mind when I suffered all these things. Come back to the cross and behold them striping me with vicious and cruel beatings. Come back to the cross and behold them drag me with no thought of my pains, nor my innocence. Come back to the path to Golgotha and behold me bear my cross while you journey to your concept of heaven without a cross.

398. Who will you compel to carry your cross?

399. Don’t you know that you must bear your own cross if you are going to be my disciple?

(To Be Continued)

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