Thoughts Higher Than Mine_Living Word Chronicle

The magnitude of the storm, the velocity of the storm, the strength of the storm, and all the difficulties in the storm shall help you in the future to determine: Who? What? How many can be against you?

I am for you. If you have never had a host to chase you, then how will you know that I am greater than the host and for you?

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

The magnitude of the storm, the velocity of the storm, the strength of the storm, and all the difficulties in the storm shall help me in the future to determine: Who? What? How many can be against me?

God is for me. Since I have had a host to chase me, now I know that, in relationship to me, God is greater than the host and for me.

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

By Moses Hightower

Thelma and Moses Hightower

The Lord Will See You Through the Stormy Sea

(Part 5)

You are racing with an enemy named, “Fury.” “Fury” runs to and fro on the stormy seas created by confusion. It has chased you and tormented you upon every wave and even in between waves. Fury fell upon your mind and wrapped its cold winds around it, but as a warm cap, I have covered you with the thoughts of victory and confidence. Stand on your feet, and look Fury in the face. You have shunned the sight of Fury. As a man without confidence, you have turned your head when Fury stared at you and blew its wind of threat in your face. Turn your head to the face of Fury and do not be condemned for your mistakes and sins. There is forgiveness at my throne. Accept the forgiveness and mercy, which I have provided. Now stare Fury in the face, and say to your soul, “Do not worry. The way is made.” Grace has conquered Fury and tied it up. Fury is bound, and confidence is restored. Rejoice in the face of Fury 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 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.

By Don Grigsby

Don and Linda Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - The Lord Will See You Through the Stormy Sea

God made the seas and all that are in them. Man with his pollution and experimentation can cause to mutate or be fashioned the monsters and freaks of nature that we behold. We many times create our own fears and troubles, but the Lord delivers us out of them all. Much of the New Testament details the ability of Jesus to walk on the stormy waves, still the storm, and cause the ship to be on the other side, and the fish to get in the nets. Everything that there was about the sea he controlled. It did not stop the disciples from encountering the storms and difficulties. He just made sure that they could know that he would not leave them at the mercy of the wind and rain. God controlled the Jordan river and the red sea in the Old Testament. The flood of Noah fulfilled his word. Leprosy was cleansed in the Jordan. Bitter waters were made sweet and the iron that sank did swim. Since water covers more of the earth than the land, it speaks of the most numerous problems of impossibility that we will meet. We are told also that the glory of the Lord will cover the earth as the waters cover the sea. When the floods clap their hands, I believe that it is the ocean participating in the fulfillment of all God's word. When God made an ordinance for the seas to only come in so far we can see its certainty daily in the tides. We may be living at the flood tide of time, but the Lord still controls the tides. If he says we are going to the other side, then we are going to the other side. The promises he has placed in the arc that preserves us personally like Moses in the river of Egypt will bring us to the prosperity of the throne. Stormy seas are not the scourges of our destruction. Stormy seas are the covenant of our security in his arms. In the book of Psalms, the writer says it well. He raises up the stormy wind. They cry to the Lord at their wit's end and the Lord brings them into their desired haven.

A SPIRITUAL STORM

(Part 5)

I am racing with an enemy named, “Fury.” “Fury” runs to and fro on the stormy seas created by confusion. It has chased me and tormented me upon every wave and even in between waves. Fury fell upon my mind and wrapped its cold winds around it, but as a warm cap, God has covered me with the thoughts of victory and confidence. I stand on my feet and look Fury in the face. I have shunned the sight of Fury. As a man without confidence, I have turned my head when Fury stared at me and blew its wind of threat in my face. I turn my head to the face of Fury, and I will not be condemned for my mistakes and sins. There is forgiveness at God’s throne. I accept the forgiveness and mercy, which he has provided. Now I stare Fury in the face and say to my soul, “Do not worry. The way is made.” Grace has conquered Fury and tied it up. Fury is bound, and confidence is restored. I rejoice in the face of Fury. 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 he shall order Fury and sorrow out of his presence while he expresses his everlasting love toward me.

INSPIRATION

By Don Grigsby

Re: RHEMA: Eating and Drinking In the Banqueting House

Love's feast fills mouths with the fruit of his extravagant grace. His wine, that is miraculous in nature, is the best there is because it is his poured out obedience in our lives. Our enemies may come to attack us, but he will blind them with his power and then bring them into an abundant table to feed them and send them home defeated because they saw their ability vanish before the ability of the Almighty. His love that covers the heaven has covered the house of our eating and drinking with a peace and assurance that shines like chandeliers of crystal understanding in the light of his mercy. His words are pleasant to our taste. They entreat us and seat us with honor at a table we could never deserve to sit at. Taste and see the goodness of his grace seasoned meals. The words that have filled our mouths with faith's meat and bread are pouring forth into a meal for this generation. His words are full of forgiveness, mercy, creation, power, joy, and hope. No meal of any other supplements will fill the hunger of our longing soul. The bread of our mouth will feed the starving under a tent that has been spread by the love of God for them. We must go from the houses of abundant love and feasting with portions for those for whom nothing has been prepared. His banqueting house is filled with the warm smells of life and not of death. Our tables are filled with promises that will never be erased. Love is eternal, and its menu is indelible.

(Continued)

Awaken out of sleep and I will give you light.

413. Must the lashes of the enemy come against your back to awaken you unto the grace within your heart?

I bring to your remembrance the many things that I have delivered you from. Count all these things joy that have choked away your pleasures. Remember that you deserved to die in the floods of the past. You should have drowned in the waters of trouble that went over your head. It was not your own struggles that gave you strength to escape the belly of the floods of trouble, but it was my grace enabling you to wash upon the shores of life. Open your eyes and view the past scenes of tragedy where many lay dead in their trespasses and sins, yet you are alive today with an opportunity to praise the name of the God that kept you alive.

414. How many of your friends died in their sins while serving themselves and the gods of religion?

(To Be Continued)

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