Thoughts Higher Than Mine_Living Word Chronicle

Come now, and I will show you the glory of living with me in these last days. Follow my spirit, and lean not to your own understanding. The flood of evil is not meant to destroy you, but the flood of evil is consuming the ungodly. You are not chosen unto wrath, but you are chosen unto eternal salvation. The seas of life are stormy for those who are uncertain of their relationship with me, but to those who have found me, the Prince of peace, rest is their reward. Be not afraid in this stormy time. Fear not the rocky paths all about you. There are special shoes for your feet and precious promises for you to embrace. I am in control of the wind. I am in control of the storm. I am in control of all your circumstances. The author of your troubles cannot shake my strong arms of salvation from your heart. Instead of holding on with your hands, hold on with your hearts. Give me your heart, and your hands will follow. An enemy has diverted your mind to the things in this life. Set your affections on things above then will your heart be established where eternal treasures abide.

(RHEMA: The Voice of Grace Speaking In the Midst of the Flood of Condemnation)

I will go now, and he will show me the glory of living with him in these last days. I will follow his spirit, and lean not to my own understanding. The flood of evil is not meant to destroy me, but the flood of evil is consuming the ungodly. I am not chosen unto wrath, but I am chosen unto eternal salvation. The seas of life are stormy for those who are uncertain of their relationship with God, but to those who have found Jesus, the Prince of peace, rest is their reward. I will not be afraid in this stormy time. I will not fear the rocky paths all about me. There are special shoes for my feet and precious promises for me to embrace. Jesus is in control of the wind. He is in control of the storm. He is in control of all my circumstances. The author of my troubles cannot shake his strong arms of salvation from my heart. Instead of holding on with our hands, we will hold on with our hearts. I give Jesus my heart, and my hands will follow. An enemy has diverted my mind to the things in this life. I set my affections on things above then will my heart be established where eternal treasures abide.

(Confession of a Sound Mind: Words of Light Upon the Face of Condemnation and Storms)

By Moses Hightower

Moses and Thelma Hightower

The Tracks of Redemption Along
the Path of Cross-bearing

The time has arrived that I spoke to you of in time past concerning those whom I would bring to sit at the table of victory and eat the bread of victory. I have given you much bread that you might feed my lambs. Open your mouth wide, and allow the bread of life to be poured into their lives. The bread of victory shall satisfy their hunger. Many have poured the diet of the world into their lives, and their appetites are spoiled for spiritual things. Back away from those who are not hungry for righteousness that I might develop in them appetites for living bread by the fiery trials that I send their way. Leave them to me, for I know how to produce healthy appetites in them. I am the builder of the church. If you labor without me, then you labor in vain. If you stay awake to keep the house, then you will remain awake in vain unless I keep the house and the city. Look unto me, the author and the finisher of this faith. I have begun a good work, and I will finish this good work. I did not begin it to halt my building of this work in its unfinished stage. I counted the cost and deposited the necessary provision in the account of sufficiency aforetime. Now behold the faith of Jesus Christ, and do not worry about finishing the work. I have already finished this work. Now walk in the fulfillment that is before you.

My steps are marked. They are clearly marked and set before your face. Do not expect to find the tracks of redemption along the highway of worldliness and lack of sacrifice. The path of self-denial and the path of cross-bearing are necessary if you are to follow the blood stained tracks of redemption.

How will you follow me if you do not have a cross?

How will you follow me if you do not have a love for me?

How will you follow me if you do not have a love for the lost?

How will you follow me if you do not have faith?

How will you follow me if you do not deny yourself?

How will you follow me if you are a friend to the world?

How will you follow me without the true gospel message?

The message of redemption has gone throughout the earth. The message did not begin here. It began in Jerusalem. This is the uttermost part of the earth. Now shall the end come, for this gospel has been preached throughout the world. You say, “Has it really?”

Go to your map, and learn of the geography of redemption. There will you find that the gospel has come from Jerusalem unto this part of the world. Now I do return to those who rejected me, for they do fashion their lips to say, “Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.” I will reveal myself unto them and pardon their sins. I shall fill them with my spirit and seal the new covenant in their hearts. My love for them does burn again, and now I do prepare for the end times with them.

Make your calling and election sure, for the hour has come for the quick work among the Gentiles. Look unto the stars, and see if you can discern the times. Look unto the news reports, and see if you can tell the time. The red sky of redemption has flashed across your mind, and the light of the glorious gospel has appeared unto you in this hour. Look to me now, for I do show you great and mighty things that you have never known.

Do not fear to trust me, for I am your source. Do not look upon your own things, neither upon that which appears to be secure. I am your source and your security. There is no security in things or in money. I am the source; therefore, trust in the source. Your present financial trial is to snatch away your trust in money, things, and people and to bring you back to total trust in me, the only Lord God. Lift up your head unto these hands of provision, and know that I have already provided for you and settled all the issues that the enemy desires you to entertain and focus upon. Do not focus upon your impossibilities, but focus your faith upon your God, the source of miracles.

By Don Grigsby

Don and Linda Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - The Tracks of Redemption Along the Path of Cross-bearing

We have been seated at the table of victory. Our diet should never be received from the table of defeat. Defeat and despair are the kitchens that supply much of the world's menu. We have a continual feast of fat things because he has prepared his feast and it always has Living Bread in abundance on the table that makes the hearts of men glad. The one who has redeemed us will never leave us to be poisoned by the spoiled food of this world. Our confidence in ourselves will always cause us to have spiritual indigestion. His promises are the predigested honey in our mouth. His pathway led him though storms and difficulties with his disciples, but he emphasized over and over again that he would be with them, and they would be victorious on the other side. It seems it is not a time to shout on this side of the shadow of our test and trial. The same one who walked in the path of suffering that we would not have to was tempted in all points as we have been. Our cross is not a symbol or piece of art or jewelry. Our cross is the killing of self that resides in our flesh. Our flesh will always contend to be its own god. Our suffering and trials are to crucify this disorderly resident. As we slay the flesh, the faith of the Lord that lives in this temple will illuminate the house with brilliant rainbows of provision already provided.

WORLDLINESS

The time has arrived that the Lord spoke to me of in times past concerning those whom he would bring to sit at the table of victory and eat the bread of victory. He has given me much bread that I might feed his lambs. I open my mouth wide, and I allow the bread of life to be poured into their lives. The bread of victory shall satisfy their hunger. Many have poured the diet of the world into their lives, and their appetites are spoiled for spiritual things. I will back away from those who are not hungry for righteousness that I might develop in them appetites for living bread by the fiery trials that God sends their way. I will leave them to God, for he knows how to produce healthy appetites in them. He is the builder of the church. If I labor without him, then I labor in vain. If I stay awake to keep the house, then I will remain awake in vain, unless God keeps the house and the city. I look unto Jesus, the author and the finisher of this faith. He has begun a good work, and he will finish this good work. He did not begin it to halt his building of this work in its unfinished stage. The Lord counted the cost and deposited the necessary provision in the account of sufficiency aforetime. Now I behold the faith of Jesus Christ, and I do not worry about finishing the work. He has already finished this work. Now I walk in the fulfillment that is before me.

The Lord’s steps are marked. They are clearly marked and set before my face. I do not expect to find the tracks of redemption along the highway of worldliness and lack of sacrifice. The path of self-denial and the path of cross-bearing are necessary if I am to follow the blood stained tracks of redemption.

I will not be able to follow Jesus if I do not have a cross. I certainly will not be able to follow him if I do not have a love for him. I must have a love for the lost if I am going to follow Jesus. I cannot follow him if I do not have faith. I must deny myself if I am going to follow him. I cannot be a friend of the world and follow Jesus. I must maintain the true gospel message within me if I am to follow Christ.

I will go to my map and learn of the geography of redemption. There will I find that the gospel has come from Jerusalem unto this part of the world. Now he does return to those who rejected him, for they do fashion their lips to say, “Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.” He will reveal himself unto them and pardon their sins. He shall fill them with his spirit and seal the new covenant in their hearts. His love for them does burn again, and now he does prepare for the end times with them.

I am determined to make my calling and election sure, for the hour has come for the quick work among the Gentiles. I have looked unto the stars to see if I could discern the times. I looked unto the news reports to see if I can tell the time. The red sky of redemption has flashed across my mind, and the light of the glorious gospel has appeared unto me in this hour. I look to Jesus now, for he does show me great and mighty things that I have never known.

I do not fear to trust God, for he is my source. I do not look upon my own things, neither upon that which appears to be secure. He is my source and my security. There is no security in things or in money. Jesus is the source; therefore, I trust in the source. My present financial trial is to snatch away my trust in money, things, and people and to bring me back to total trust in him, the only Lord God. I lift up my head unto these hands of provision, and I know that he has already provided for me and settled all the issues that the enemy desires me to entertain and focus upon. I do not focus upon my impossibilities, but I focus my faith upon my God, the source of miracles.

INSPIRATION

By Don Grigsby

The Lord shared this with me, and I will share it with you.

Spiritual words fashion a vast network that turns into a flood, gushing out of death like the existence of this world. It washes us upon the shore of the supernatural, and the sound of another world washes the unmoving face of the lifelessness of today. Tomorrow breaks life from the stranglehold of the meaningless void. Songs of symphonic power written in the key of the eternal sweep the darkness of the finite to the back of the auditorium of time. All the strings of joy pulse and fill the atmosphere with the vibrations of their love. All the wanting and wishing, wonder and worry are like sand rushing through the open doors of time.

Eternity has long stood and watched us march into the oblivion of minute finiteness when all the whirling, infinite eternal venues have stood poised to extend beyond the horizons of the limits of heaven itself. Sweeping into view are all the previous hurdling hosts rushing out of the nothingness of pure creation. When men try to say something, is it just anything? My ageless word is always new. Men say the same thing over and over again. My word is shouting what ears and minds have never heard before. Grace extends its creative reach beyond the bland limits of the earthly. As you sleep in the eventless night of disinterest, you will be awakened by the clarion sweep of trumpets of creative power beyond the reach of destruction. I have presently desired to bring you forth out of the bondage of all past failures and disappointments. Today the curtain will be pulled back on a stage where all these undesirable components will be missing. Upon the stage will stand the provisions you have already spoken into existence. You have spoken my words until you have overlaid your frame of reference with fullness of the memorial of Cornelius.

Beyond these, are the fixtures that will defy your understanding. I have long time desired to give to someone the Eden fullness of promise. The design has always been there, but the designee has not been able, until now, to receive. I have given you my best. My best is far beyond the comparison of the most elite items in this life. There is no element, component, or construction on this earth to place it next to for evaluation. Your fears will tell you now that you are a sentimental, over spiritual fool. But I tell you that you are the spiritual foreteller of the details of a spiritual reality that hell will weep over because it will never be able to counter the work I do. I will never disappoint you, tease you, or deceive you. I want to delight you, deliver you, and demonstrate deity in you as I dismiss all your doubts. You are not filled with folly, but you have been seated at a fantastic feast filled with facts of the final focus.

I hope this is a blessing to you as it was to me.

(Continued)

The counsel of wickedness awaits the time to rejoice at your failure and defeat. They wait anxiously to hear the reading of the verdict from on high of your fall and judgment. They have read their accusations to me and plead for judgment upon your life for wrong doings and failure. They have cried in my ears,"Will the judge of the entire earth not do right?" I have sent forth the declaration of forgiveness into the earth. The testimony of my blood will not be retracted. I have sought you to offer you mercy and goodness, yet the trail of the devourer has not been washed away. The enemy awaits your total defeat and will not settle for anything less. It wants to be rid of you that it might run rampant in the earth without the hindrances from the word of the Lord in a fresh state.

131. Where are the swamps filled with quicksand and spiritual alligators from the lagoons of death?

132. Where are the forces of the air that shot at you from their abundance of spiritual artillery?

133. Where are the liars who have not ceased to tell lies?

(To Be Continued)

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