Thoughts Higher Than Mine_Living Word Chronicle

By Moses Hightower

Thelma and Moses Hightower

The Great Potentate of Light Has Subdued the Morning Star of the Darkness and His Kingdom

By Moses Hightower

Behold my power. I desire you to become more aware of the influence of my power in your life. I am the administrator of power. Yield yourself to me, and behold the working of my mighty power in your life. The activity of my power is awesome. If you could visualize the working of my power in your life, you would surely be confident of the greatness of it; however, you do not walk by sight, but you walk by faith. Only believe that I am greater than all other forces and powers. I am the power that moves all things. I am the power that sustains all things. I have all power. I have power to produce the changes that are needed in this life and in you. Behold my power.

Have you ever observed the power of heat?

Have you ever observed the power of sound?

Behold the power of the wind as it propels a ship. Demons can get in the wind and cause the power of the wind to become destructive, yet I have power over demons and their activities. I am the head of all principality and power. Satan is the prince of the power of the air, yet I am his head; therefore, do not fear the prince of the power of the air. At my name his knee bows. His influence is limited although he has power to move the minds of the disobedient, for he works in the children of disobedience. He persuades them because he has the power to influence them. Walk in the spirit, and you will not be influenced by wickedness, neither by the wicked one. If you abide in me and my words abide in you, you will ask what you will, and it shall be done unto you.

Submit yourself unto me, the sovereign God. I am the governor of an everlasting kingdom. My kingdom has no end, and all power is mine. I rule over everything. I have dominion over everything. Satan has been given power over darkness, yet I am his head. I have the key to darkness. Do not fear the darkness, for it is under my feet. In the time of darkness, I will enlighten your darkness; therefore, do not be afraid for the terror by night; or for the arrow that flieth by day; nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. A thousand shall fall at your side and ten thousand at your right hand, but it shall not come nigh you. I am your refuge. Now make me your habitation, and no evil shall befall you, neither shall any plague come nigh your dwelling. Behold the many souls that dwell in darkness. I have sent my army with the word that will deliver them out of darkness and the shadow of death. I will break their bands in sunder. I will break their gates of brass and cut their bars of iron in sunder.

Behold the many souls who sit at the gates of death. They are crying unto me. Come and follow me, for I will save them out of their distresses. I have sent my word to heal them and deliver them from their destructions. I am gracious. I am full of compassion. I am righteous, and I have given you righteousness. Because you are counted righteous, there is light for you in the darkness. You have been given power. Now go forth and preach my word unto those that the enemy has persecuted. He has smitten their lives down to the ground and made them to dwell in darkness. They are dead in trespasses and sins. Their spirits are overwhelmed within them, and their hearts are desolate. They are stretching forth their hands unto me, and their souls are thirsting after me. I will not hide my face from them any longer. Go and preach the gospel in the face of the prince of the power of darkness, for there are souls that I must deliver whose spirits are about to fail. Go and preach my loving-kindness, and they shall come unto me. For my name's sake, I will quicken them and bring their souls out of trouble. Go, and you shall behold my ability, my strength, and my grace performs the work in you. I have all power and all authority. I have given you a commission to go preach my word. I will supply the power. When I am the power behind my word, then shall people be astonished at the doctrine. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it with a word in due season. I am the authority and the power behind all that you say. Open your mouth, and speak the word that I have placed in your tongue.

DARKNESS, DISOBEDIENCE, DISTRESSES, LACK OF CONFIDENCE, AND PERSECUTION

By Aaron Stickel

I behold the power of the Lord. He desires me to become more aware of the influence of his power in my life. He is the administrator of power. I yield myself to him and behold the working of his mighty power in my life. The activity of God’s power is awesome. If I could visualize the working of his power in my life, I would surely be confident of the greatness of it; however, I do not walk by sight, but I walk by faith. I believe that Jesus is greater than all other forces and powers. He is the power that moves all things. He is the power that sustains all things. God has all power. He has power to produce the changes that are needed in this life and in me. I behold his power.

I have observed the power of heat. I have observed the power of sound. I have beheld the power of the wind as it propels a ship. Demons can get in the wind and cause the power of the wind to become destructive, yet the Lord has power over demons and their activities. He is the head of all principality and power. Satan is the prince of the power of the air, yet Jesus is his head; therefore, I will not fear the prince of the power of the air. At Jesus’ name, his knee bows. Satan’s influence is limited although he has power to move the minds of the disobedient, for he works in the children of disobedience. He persuades them because he has the power to influence them. I will walk in the spirit, and I will not be influenced by wickedness, neither by the wicked one. If I abide in Jesus and his words abide in me, I will ask what I will and it shall be done unto me.

I submit myself unto Jesus, the sovereign God. He is the governor of an everlasting kingdom. His kingdom has no end, and all power is mine. Jesus rules over everything. He has dominion over everything. Satan has been given power over darkness, yet God is his head. He has the key to darkness. I will not fear the darkness, for it is under the Lord’s feet. In the time of darkness, God will enlighten my darkness; therefore, I will not be afraid for the terror by night, nor for the arrow that flieth by day, nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness, nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. A thousand shall fall at my side and ten thousand at my right hand, but it shall not come nigh me. Jesus is my refuge. Now I make Jesus my habitation, and no evil shall befall me, neither shall any plague come nigh my dwelling.

I behold the many souls that dwell in darkness. God has sent his army with the word that will deliver them out of darkness and the shadow of death. He will break their bands in sunder and break their gates of brass and cut their bars of iron in sunder. I behold the many souls who sit at the gates of death. They are crying unto God. I come and follow him, for he will save them out of their distresses. God has sent his word to heal them and deliver them from their destructions. He is gracious and full of compassion. He is righteous, and he has given me righteousness. Because I am counted righteous, there is light for me in the darkness. I have been given power. Now I will go forth and preach his word unto those that the enemy has persecuted. He has smitten their lives down to the ground and made them to dwell in darkness. They are dead in trespasses and sins. Their spirits are overwhelmed within them and their hearts are desolate. They are stretching forth their hands unto the Lord, and their souls are thirsting after him. He will not hide his face from them any longer. I will go and preach the gospel in the face of the prince of the power of darkness, for there are souls that Jesus must deliver whose spirits are about to fail. I will go and preach his loving-kindness, and they shall come unto him. For his name's sake, he will quicken them and bring their souls out of trouble. I will go, and I shall behold God’s ability, his strength, and his grace performs the work in me. God has all power and all authority. He has given me a commission to go preach his word. He will supply the power. When Jesus is the power behind his word, then shall people be astonished at the doctrine. I open my mouth wide, and he will fill it with a word in due season. He is the authority and the power behind all that I say. I open my mouth, and speak the word that God has placed in my tongue.

By Don Grigsby

Don and Linda Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - The Great Potentate of Light Has Subdued the Morning Star of the Darkness and His Kingdom

I will share the words that the Lord gave me at the beginning of the year and the confirming evidence that is backed by Romans 1:20 with this Rhema. It is not a coincidence that they speak of the same thing spiritually.

The Lord said, ”I am the Father of lights, and every good and perfect gift comes down from above. Remember, when you get blessed you say that you feel it from the top of your head to the bottom of your feet. Just as I opened the heavens for Ezekiel and he saw visions of my greatness and the whirling stars of my creation, so will I open the doors of your experience so that you may behold the power that I will release that your mind cannot measure. Isaiah declared the desire of my heart when he asked me to rend the heavens. This is the same manner that I rent the curtains of the temple at the cross. I will open the heavenly venues as never before to my people as I opened the holiest place of my presence to a kingdom of kings and priests. When the enemy comes in, I will come into your life like a flood. I will flood your experience and the confusion here on earth with revelation and communication that will drown the attack of the enemy. I can send forth so much light that the darkness will be vaporized before my power."

The Lord then reminded me of the two things that I read on two different NASA web sites. In December of 2006, NASA stated that there was such a flood of electromagnetic power that came from the sun that every GPS device on earth was disrupted for 24 hours. In one of the next sites was the prediction that in 2007 there would be a massive increase in the cycle of solar storms that would affect the earth. Solar winds come toward the earth from the sun or heaven at the rate of 100,000 miles per second. Just as the wind of the spirit came from heaven on the day of Pentecost, it will come again in an increased volume. Ezekiel saw it as a hurricane of power. Electromagnetism speaks of dynamic energy and the magnetic and powerful attraction of light itself.

God then spoke to me and continued to say, "I reached across time with my word and formed and fashioned man and all of creation. Men now try to reach across the barrier of time with their own words and are not able to enter the realm of power that I have created by my words. If you will completely yield to me and loose your attempts to try to put me into the limited words that you understand, I will take you into the same realm as Paul where he heard words that cannot be put into earthly vocabulary. I will give you a vocabulary of the heavens, and I will flood the atmosphere with such floods of communication that every other communication of earthly origin will be disrupted. Satan is helpless as long as my words are flooding the dimension that the devil is trying to invade."

I believe that in 2007 we will see and hear overwhelming facts of power that the darkness has tried to veil for centuries.

By Moses Hightower

I have not called you to be a wanderer, but I have sent you to preach the gospel and make disciples of men. Many of the hazards that come to the people of God come to them because they are idle and unfruitful. They must add to their faith the necessary spiritual ingredients if they are to prevent blindness, falling, and unfruitfulness. Many are wandering from service to service and place to place without purpose and commitment. Vision must be allowed to enter into them. Vision has been cast, but many have willingly closed their eyes to vision while preferring lust and pride. Go and sound the alarm concerning their ignorance to the devices of the enemy.

By LWWC Confession Writers

God has not called me to be a wanderer. He has sent me to preach the gospel and make disciples of men. Many of the hazards that come to the people of God come to them because they are idle and unfruitful. They must add to their faith the necessary spiritual ingredients if they are to prevent blindness, falling, and unfruitfulness. Many are wandering from service to service and place to place without purpose and commitment. Vision must be allowed to enter into them. Vision has been cast, but many have willingly closed their eyes to vision while preferring lust and pride. I will go and sound the alarm concerning their ignorance to the devices of the enemy.

By Don Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - The Light in the Valley Makes the Shadow of Death Visible

Our gratitude is the container of blessing that we receive the abundance of God in. Thanksgiving opens the treasure houses of the riches of his grace. Life is full of destructive forces that would annihilate our faith and confidence in God's providence. Every day seems to bring its own series of problems and battles, but the Lord delivers us out of them all as we exalt him above the gravity of each trial and difficulty. Death prowls the paths of life with its howling pack behind him. Our shepherd is always on the guard to deliver us from harm and danger. Death and its fearful charades would stress us into corners of emotional paralysis. Shadows of darkness may seem to forebode the funeral of all good that would come to us. Grace has prophetically declared a different end. We are kept by God's power in the preserving arms of faith. Adam and Eve were promised the dominion over everything on this earth. In sin, they lost this inheritance. On the cross, Jesus purchased this inheritance back for us. We have the right to walk in the light of hope and not to grope in the shadows of despair. We have been told to rejoice in everything, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning us. One version of Paul's writings tells us that we should greet our trials as friends. We can see the light of the victory shining in the valley that despair would challenge hope in. We will see every giant that would knock us down and rob us of our faith in God slain by the rejoicing faith of the righteous.

God recently spoke to me in prayer and said, "Do not struggle against the battle. Remember that the battle is mine. Your problem and trial does not have the authority over you. I have given you the jurisdiction as authority over them if you would simply declare it in prayer."

Satan's challenges of terror and death are the flying missiles that the shield of faith will quench. Fear is an intruder in the property of the saints. The fear of death that is part of the curse has been destroyed and spoiled at the cross. Funeral announcements have been canceled for us and birth announcements have been sent out instead. Our supernatural birth is still the driving power that swallows up every foe that would defeat us. God is still the defender of the church and will cause us to stand triumphant over all the attacks of the enemy.

By Moses Hightower

(Continued)

I am your light, the light of the lighthouse. I am the same in a storm. I am the same when there is no storm. I am the everlasting Father. My love has not faded because of your storms. I have turned the light your way and lifted your hope from despair. You have looked at the rocks all about you and only envisioned trouble. I have lifted your hope and caused you to look into the mind of the hope of glory.

256. Now tell me if you see ruin and defeat, or do you behold the construction of the resurrection?

I speak to the wanderers of the hour. I speak to those who have drifted far from the shores of victory. Come back to your first love and take down your sail of unbelief. The sail of unbelief is only cast to catch the winds of cold love. You have drifted long enough. Now pull down this sail of unbelief and raise the sail of prayer and praise. When prayer has been raised in your life again, then will you receive the warm winds of my love, which shall direct you to the shores of victory again. On the strange waters of the wanderer, there are many fogs and many creatures of torment.

257. Why wander into these strange places and suffer the torment of a sinner when you could live in the security of love?

258. You are allowing selfishness to lure you into these strange areas of frustration. Do you enjoy troubling yourselves?

259. Do you enjoy having complex, self-inflicted hardships for your daily conversations?

(To Be Continued)

By Rigoberto Toledo

January 27, 2007

I am grateful for your power O Lord. I acknowledge your desire for me to become more aware of the influence of your power in my life. You are the administrator of power. By your grace, I yield myself to you, and I behold the working of your mighty power in my life. The activity of your power is awesome. Through grace, I visualize the working of your power in my life. By this same grace, I will be confident of the greatness of it. I do not walk by sight, but I walk by faith. I believe that you are greater than all other forces and powers. You are the power that moves all things. Your power sustains all things. You have all power and it produces the changes that are needed in this life and in me. I am appreciative of your life changing power.

I have observed the power of heat. I have observed the power of sound. I have beheld the power of the wind as it propels a ship. Demons can get in the wind and cause the power of the wind to become destructive, but you have power over demons and their activities. I am refreshed that you are the head of all principalities and powers. Satan is the prince of the power of the air, yet you are his head; therefore, I will rejoice and not fear the prince of the power of the air. At your name, his knee bows. His influence is limited although he has power to move the minds of the disobedient, for he works in the children of disobedience. He persuades them because he has the power to influence them. By your loving-kindness and tender mercies, I will walk in the spirit, and I will not be influenced by wickedness, neither by the wicked one. If I abide in you and your words abide in me, I will ask what I will and it shall be done unto me.

Through grace, I submit myself unto you, the sovereign God. You are the governor of an everlasting kingdom. Your kingdom has no end, and all power belongs to you. You rule over everything. You have dominion over everything. Satan has been given power over darkness, but you are his head. He has the key to darkness, but I will not fear the darkness, for it is under your feet. In the time of darkness, you will enlighten my darkness; therefore, I will not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; or for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. Because of your mighty power, a thousand shall fall at my side and ten thousand at my right hand, but it shall not come nigh me. I am full of gratitude that you are my refuge. Now by your favor I make you my habitation, and no evil shall befall me, neither shall any plague come nigh my dwelling.

I behold the many souls that dwell in darkness. You have sent your army with the word that will deliver them out of darkness and the shadow of death. You will break their bands in sunder and break their gates of brass and cut their bars of iron in sunder. I behold the many souls who sit at the gates of death. They are crying unto you. I come and follow you, for you will save them out of their distresses. You have sent your word to heal them and deliver them from their destructions. You are gracious and full of compassion. I give thanks that you are righteous. Because of your grace, you have given me righteousness. You have counted me righteous. I am grateful. Now by your enabling power, I will go forth and preach your word unto those that the enemy has persecuted. He has smitten their lives down to the ground and made them to dwell in darkness. They are dead in trespasses and sins. Their spirits are overwhelmed within them, and their hearts are desolate. They are stretching forth their hands unto you, and their souls are thirsting after you. Because of your love, you will not hide your face from them. Your loving-kindness will allow me to go and preach the gospel in the face of the prince of the power of darkness, for there are souls that must be delivered whose spirits are about to fail. I will go and preach your loving-kindness, and they shall come unto you. For your name sake, they will be quickened and their souls will be brought out of trouble. I shall behold your ability, your strength, and your grace perform the work in me. I am happy to know that you have all power and all authority. You have given me a commission to go preach your word. You will supply the power. When you are the power behind your word, then shall people be astonished at the doctrine. I purpose through grace to open my mouth wide, and you will fill it with a word in due season. I am comforted that you are the authority and the power behind all that I say. By grace, I open my mouth and speak your word that you have placed in my tongue.

Your love will motivate me to share the words that you have given and the confirming evidence that is backed by your written word with the Rhema. I praise you, for you are the Father of lights and every good and perfect gift comes down from above. I will speak of your blessings that come from the top of the head to the bottom of the foot. Just as you opened the heavens for Ezekiel and he saw visions of your greatness and the whirling stars of creation, you have opened the doors of experience so that I may behold the power that you will release that the mind cannot measure. Isaiah declared the desires of your heart when he asked to rend the heavens. In this same manner that you rent the curtains of the temple at the cross, I believe that you will open the heavenly venues as never before to your people as the holiest place of your presence to a kingdom of kings and priests. When the enemy comes in, I am grateful that you will come into my life like a flood. You will flood my experience and the confusion here on earth with revelation and communication that will drown the attack of the enemy. You send forth so much light that the darkness will be vaporized before your power. I will go and declare your goodness and your awesome power.

RE: PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING - January 27, 2007

The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament the power thereof. Faith is the sunrise of life and the morning star of grace that has arisen in our hearts. In the heavens, God has set a tabernacle for the sun. According to NASA, our sun is so powerful that it gives off enough heat energy in one second to melt an ice bridge two miles wide and one mile thick from here to the sun in one second! That means that the God who made the sun and gave it power is the same power in us. He can melt the hardest heart and turn around the love of those that has wax cold. Every good and perfect gift comes down from him, who is the Father of lights. His eternal power and godhead are understood by the things that are made. Even the things that are invisible from the creation of the world are clearly seen though his magnificent manifestation in our lives. He who created the universe is so powerful that there is such power in his hand that none is able to resist him. He doeth his will in all the armies of heaven, and he rules in all the kingdoms of the heathen! God can in fact release such a flood of power into our lives that every thing that is against us is swept away in the tidal wave of his power.