Thoughts Higher Than Mine_Living Word Chronicle

Faith Can Afford Anything That You Will Praise God For

By Moses Hightower

I have not forgotten my promises unto you. I am God, and I cannot lie. It is impossible for me to lie. I have not held back my promises, but a spirit has influenced you to doubt. Refuse the inspiration of doubt and allow the faith that I have given you to express itself. Faith is willing to express its ability and confidence. Faith is speaking, but you will not allow it to speak continually. You have expressed a double-mind's view of things and have not received that which you could have. Today is the day of victory. Now go and express the faith of Christ and not the doubts of your mind. All things are possible if you believe.

Lift up your voice in the sanctuary and declare the hope of the cross. I have made a bridge and placed it under your feet. The cross is a bridge across all troubled waters and through every scorching fire. It is time for "hard-headed" faith and not the time for doubt and unbelief. The enemy has counted on your double-mindedness, but I know that you will abound with thanksgiving because of faith. Go and proclaim the victory that is already won by the cross. Go and proclaim my faithfulness to Israel and the faithfulness to you and the church. I cannot fail. There is no failure in me. There is no darkness in me, neither is there a shadow of turning in me. In me, there is liberty and power. You are not bound. You are free. Now rise up and proclaim what you know by the Living Word that is in you. I am Jesus, the Lord of lords and the King of kings. Believe on me as the scriptures have declared of me, and the rivers within you shall flow against the fires of discouragement and defeat.

I have sent forth mighty rivers against the banks of the enemy. These rivers will wash spirits from your presence. Lift up your voices in praise and cause the rivers within you to flood the palaces of the devil. The enemy has set up bunkers in your lives and called them palaces of victory, but I have sent forth the flood from my rivers of living water to wash away his sand castles of lies. I am the Lord, your God, the father of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The night shall not come before I confirm my promises to my church, which is called by my name. I am moving through your midst now to show forth the strength of the resurrection. I am raising you up in spite of the pull of evil's gravity. There is no power in Satan's kingdom that can withstand the lifting of the resurrection. I have sent you forth out of the hand of defeat and secured your promises in a heavenly place. Cease living the lives of paupers and beggars and begin a new life of wealthy, redeemed saints. I have summoned the white horse of freedom for your journey and caused your enemies to lead you through the places that were once places of shame and regret. Only believe, and you shall see the glory of God.

My truth has marched through your mind. The liberty of this truth has made you free and compelled you to believe the faith of Jesus. Now accept your miracles on the platter of your praises and eat of the returns from the hand of my faithfulness. I have placed my promises in the midst of your praises. While you praise, taste and see how good my provision is. For some of you, I have placed healing in the midst of your platter of praise. For some of you, I have placed prosperity in the midst of your platter. For some of you, I have placed peace on your platter. Even those of you who do not have the faith to praise me, grace has been given you that you might be encouraged to respond within your hearts. The opportunity to rise from your comfort zones is being offered. Rise from obscurity and leap to the heights of true victory. I will accept the sacrifices of praise and respond with miracles in deliverance.

I speak plainly, and I am touching minds to receive of the understanding that only faith can afford. Faith is rich and can afford the expensive items that impossibility has placed on sale before your eyes. Health is not possessed by impossibility, but health is mine to give. Sickness has come by ignorance and sin, but it has no claim to being impossible. The price it has listed is not too high, for nothing is impossible if you believe. Now believe the gospel and the word of faith, and then receive the healing that flows from your God. I am the Living Bread. I have sent it into your ears. Faith has come by hearing and so has the expectations of your heart. Close the door of impossibility and lift your voices with the triumphant praises of the Lord. I have responded and ambushed your impossibilities. Only believe.

DEFEAT, DISCOURAGEMENT, DOUBLE-MINDEDNESS, DOUBT, IMPOSSIBILITIES, LIES, REGRET, SHAME, AND SICKNESS

By Milton Rodriguez

The Lord has not forgotten his promises unto me. He is God, and he cannot lie. It is impossible for him to lie. He has not held back his promises, but a spirit has influenced me to doubt. I refuse the inspiration of doubt and allow the faith that Christ has given me to express itself. Faith is willing to express its ability and confidence. Faith is speaking, but I have not allowed it to speak continually. I have expressed a double-mind's view of things and have not received that which I could have. Today is the day of victory. Now I go and express the faith of Christ and not the doubts of my mind. All things are possible if I believe.

I lift up my voice in the sanctuary and declare the hope of the cross. God has made a bridge and placed it under my feet. The cross is a bridge across all troubled waters and through every scorching fire. It is time for "hard-headed" faith and not the time for doubt and unbelief. The enemy has counted on my double-mindedness, but God knows that I will abound with thanksgiving because of faith. I will go and proclaim the victory that is already won by the cross. I will go and proclaim God’s faithfulness to Israel and the faithfulness to me and the church. God cannot fail. There is no failure in him. There is no darkness in him, neither is there a shadow of turning in him. In Christ, there is liberty and power. I am not bound. I am free. Now I rise up and proclaim what I know by the Living Word that is in me. Jesus is the Lord of lords and the King of kings. I believe on him as the scriptures have declared of him, and the rivers within me shall flow against the fires of discouragement and defeat.

God has sent forth mighty rivers against the banks of the enemy. These rivers will wash spirits from my presence. I lift up my voice in praise and cause the rivers within me to flood the palaces of the devil. The enemy has set up bunkers in my life and called them palaces of victory, but God has sent forth the flood from his rivers of living water to wash away his sandcastles of lies. Jesus is the Lord, my God, the father of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The night shall not come before he confirms his promises to his church, which is called by his name. God is moving through my midst now to show forth the strength of the resurrection. God is raising me up in spite of the pull of evil's gravity. There is no power in Satan's kingdom that can withstand the lifting of the resurrection. The Lord has sent me forth out of the hand of defeat and secured my promises in a heavenly place. Now, I cease living the life of a pauper and beggar and begin a new life of a wealthy, redeemed saint. God has summoned the white horse of freedom for my journey and caused my enemies to lead me through the places that were once places of shame and regret. I believe, and I shall see the glory of God.

His truth has marched through my mind. The liberty of this truth has made me free and compelled me to believe the faith of Jesus. Now I accept my miracles on the platter of my praises and eat of the returns from the hand of God’s faithfulness. He has placed his promises in the midst of my praises. While I praise, I will taste and see how good God’s provision are. For some of us, he has placed healing in the midst of our platter of praise. For some of us, he has placed prosperity in the midst of our platter. For some of us, he has placed peace on our platter. Even those of us who do not have the faith to praise him, grace has been given them that they might be encouraged to respond within their hearts. The opportunity to rise from my comfort zone is being offered. I rise from obscurity and leap to the heights of true victory. The Lord will accept the sacrifices of praise and respond with miracles in deliverance.

The Lord is speaking plainly and touching minds to receive of the understanding that only faith can afford. Faith is rich and can afford the expensive items that impossibility has placed on sale before my eyes. Health is not possessed by impossibility, but health is God’s to give. Sickness has come by ignorance and sin, but it has no claim to being impossible. The price it has listed is not too high, for nothing is impossible if I believe. Now I believe the gospel and the word of faith, and I will receive the healing that flows from my God. Jesus is the Living Bread. He has sent it into my ears. Faith has come by hearing and so has the expectations of my heart. I close the door of impossibility and lift my voice with the triumphant praises of the Lord. God has responded and ambushed my impossibilities. I believe.

By Don Grigsby

Don and Linda Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - Faith Can Afford Anything That You Will Praise God For

We do not spend the currency backed by gold and silver. Our currency of exchange is that which is backed up by the blood and the suffering of the cross. Before we ever ask, faith's payment of all of our debts assures us that anything we ask in the Lord’s name will be done. Daily faith is challenging us to reach beyond what we know into the realms of the impossible and live in the overflow of the abundance of God's provision. Sometimes, we are like the golfer who makes a hole in one. Great odds are against this happening. When it does happen many cannot believe it, but it is possible. We need to know that no matter how many odds are against us that it does not matter, for Jesus is for us! We must determine not to become involved in conversations or meditations that stir up words or thoughts of things that should remain forgotten and are behind us. Our goal must be to reach for the things that are ahead. Greater works are ours, not lesser works. God is not “El-Get-By” but El Shaddai! God did not call us to just barely make it but to live in his abundance. Daily upon our beds we need to say as Psalms 35:27-28 did that we will shout for joy and say continually the Lord be magnified who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant. Our tongues shall speak it and praise him all the day long!

By Moses Hightower

The light of the glorious gospel has not shined in vain. The profit of the gospel is enormous. It has profited you much. Allow its value to be expressed with the voice of thanksgiving, and your testimony shall be filled with merchants who have received the wealth of the gospel. A light is not held under a container and hidden from the inhabitants. Unveil this light, and go shine its beam in the face of the sinners of this world. My light has come into the world, and now the effects of the light are spreading rapidly and without hindrance. Come from your stage of emotional appeal, and war with the good fight of faith, always believing in the hope of the gospel.

By LWWC Confession Writers

The light of the glorious gospel has not shined in vain. The profit of the gospel is enormous. It has profited me much. I allow its value to be expressed with the voice of thanksgiving, and my testimony shall be filled with merchants who have received the wealth of the gospel. A light is not held under a container and hidden from the inhabitants. I unveil this light and go shine its beam in the face of the sinners of this world. The Lord's light has come into the world, and now the effects of the light are spreading rapidly and without hindrance. I come from my stage of emotional appeal and war with the good fight of faith always believing in the hope of the gospel.

By Don Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - Our Help from the Hills Builds a Mighty Monument in the Corner of Entrapment

We should never observe that which seems to be obvious and apparent. We look at the things that are not seen. Our view of all that swirls around us is on the monitor of the One who calls those things which be not as though they were. When events and people declare things not to be as we have expected, we can believe that just the opposite is true. We look through a glass darkly. Darkly is the word that is derived from the Greek word for enigma. Two of the best Lexicons define it as reverse reality of an indirect divine revelation. As strange as it may sound, we may be viewing the image of the Almighty in the face of weakness. He makes everything beautiful in its time. Trouble may be a triumph whose time has not come. Corners of entrapment may be the center of where God intends to express his greatest revelation yet in our ears. Many times we are in the valley between promise and the performance of the promise. It is in this valley between the hills that God will rise up like a mighty volcanic mountain that will erupt all over the enemy in total destruction. When we come to these positions, we can hear the sound of the mighty host from above. We can hear the sound of the command of victory from the very throne of God.

At the service, God spoke to us in a very powerful way. He said,

"Remember the prayers and the declarations of the Old Testament in the face of battle. They never recognized the problem as a focus. They focused on the fact that I was the creator of the universe. It was always said that they would say of the Lord. Stop and consider that you need to declare me in the face of every giant and problem. Your problem and difficulty is not god but I AM! Do not give any resistance or adversary the status of deity in your thoughts or imaginations! I am the only God that is in your life. In the face of a fiery furnace, my servants declared that I was able to deliver them! Declare my deliverance, and do not react to the attacks of the enemy. Burn his camp to the ground before he can arrange an attack on your lives."

By Moses Hightower

(Continued)

The world cannot know me, but you know me. I have given you peace and many blessings. The things that I have given you are not as the things that the world gives, so do not let your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. Rise up with a grateful heart and be filled with the voice of thanksgiving. Blessed are the people of the Lord who will be found watching. I will make everyone who watches to sit down and eat meat with me. Do not lose your relationship with me to a thief. I will come in an hour that you think not; therefore, be ready always.

285. If you do not have faith to watch, then how will you have faith as a grain of mustard seed?

286. If you do not have faith to say unto yourself, “Watch”, how will you say unto the sycamine tree, “Be thou plucked up by the root and be planted in the sea”?

Arise and worship out of a love for me and not out of duty.

287. Do you love me?

(To Be Continued)

February 8, 2007

By Tony Johnson

Lord, it thrills my soul to know that you have not forgotten the promises you made unto me. You are God, and you cannot lie. It is impossible for you to lie. I realize that you have not held back your promises, but a spirit has influenced me to doubt. I refuse the inspiration of doubt and allow the faith that you have given to me to be expressed. Faith is willing to express its ability and confidence. Though faith is speaking, I have not allowed it to speak continually. In my ignorance, I have expressed a double-mind's view of things and have not received that which I could have. Today is the day of victory. Because of your grace, I will go and express the faith of Christ and not the doubts of my mind. All things are possible if I believe.

I lift up my voice in the sanctuary and declare the hope of the cross. I appreciate the bridge that you have made and placed under my feet. The cross is a bridge across all troubled waters and through every scorching fire. It is time for "hard-headed" faith and not the time for doubt and unbelief. The enemy has counted on my double-mindedness, but you know that I will abound with thanksgiving because of faith. I will go and proclaim the victory that is already won by the cross. By grace, I will go and proclaim your faithfulness to Israel and your faithfulness to me and the church. I rest assured that you cannot fail, and that there is no failure in you. There is no darkness, neither is there a shadow of turning in you, but there is liberty and power. I rejoice because I am not bound. I am free. Now I rise up and proclaim what I know by the living word that is in me. Jesus, you are the Lord of lords and the King of kings. I believe on you as the scriptures have declared of you, and the rivers within me shall flow against the fires of discouragement and defeat.

I am indebted to you for sending forth mighty rivers against the banks of the enemy. These rivers will wash spirits from my presence. I lift up my voice in praise and cause the rivers within me to flood the palaces of the devil. The enemy has set up bunkers in my life and called them palaces of victory, but you have sent forth the flood from your rivers of living water to wash away his sandcastles of lies. I am comforted by the fact that the night shall not come before you confirm your promises to your church, which is called by your name. Thank you for showing forth the strength of the resurrection. I am elated because you raised me up in spite of the pull of evil's gravity. There is no power in Satan's kingdom that can withstand the lifting of the resurrection. I praise you for sending me out of the hand of defeat and securing my promises in a heavenly place. Now I cease living the life of a pauper and begin a new life of a wealthy, redeemed saint. I am humbled by your summoning of the white horse of freedom for my journey and causing my enemies to lead me through the places that were once places of shame and regret. I believe, and I shall see your glory, O Lord.

I am so glad that the liberty of your truth has made me free and compelled me to believe the faith of Jesus Christ. Now I accept my miracles on the platter of my praises and eat of the returns from the hand of your faithfulness. I am refreshed because you placed your promises in the midst of my praises. While I praise, I will taste and see how good your provisions are. For some of us, you placed healing, prosperity, and peace in the midst of our platter of praise. Your grace is so awesome that even those who do not have the faith to praise you are encouraged to respond within their hearts. I appreciate the opportunity you have offered to rise from my comfort zone. I rise from obscurity and leap to the heights of true victory. I am overjoyed by your acceptance of the sacrifices of praise and your response with miracles in deliverance.

I welcome your voice that is speaking plainly and touching minds to receive of the understanding that only faith can afford. Faith is rich and can afford the expensive items that impossibility has placed on sale before my eyes. Health is not possessed by impossibility, but health is yours to give. Sickness has come by ignorance and sin, but it has no claim to being impossible. The price it has listed is not too high, for nothing is impossible if I believe. Now I believe the gospel and the word of faith, and now I receive the healing that flows from you. You are the Living Bread, and you have sent it into my ears. Faith has come by hearing and so has the expectations of my heart.

I close the door of impossibility and lift my voice with the triumphant praises of the Lord. I give you praise for ambushing my impossibilities. There is solace in knowing that even before we ever ask faith's payment of all of our debts guarantees that anything we ask in your name will be done. By grace, I will accept faith’s challenge to reach beyond what I know into the realms of the impossible and live in the overflow of your abundant provision. I believe that greater works are ours and not lesser works. Lord, you are not “El-Get-By”, but you are El Shaddai! You did not call us to just barely make it. So daily we need to say, as Psalms 35:27-28 did, that we will shout for joy and say continually the Lord be magnified who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

RE: PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING - February 8, 2007

The Hebrew word for truth contains the first, middle, and last letter of the Hebrew alphabet, so the rabbis teach that the real meaning of truth is the commitment of God to keep his word or promises! Jesus Christ is the consummation of truth and faithfulness. Jesus is Alpha and Omega and everything that the whole alphabet can spell. God desires our prosperity. His promises are never at the expense of our peril. In our minds and observations, we become tempted to vacillate or waver. Every question has been answered and every promise secured by the sacrifice of the cross. God does not play games with our faith. He does not punt our prayers from one end of the field to another. He hears our cries and will move heaven and earth to arrive with more than enough supply to do the impossible in our lives. Mental games are the devices of the enemy. We are persuaded beyond doubt that God will keep that which we have committed to him. Lies can whirl around us like the wild fires of a dry forest, but he will send the rain of redemption and preserve every pasture of promise in our lives. He has the power in his Spirit to change the direction of any destruction that would come nigh to our dwelling. If God in his grace has given us riches that are beyond the ability to place a price upon them, he will surely give us the things that have a price on them. He is rich in ability to act on our behalf. Let us be rich in our response to his refreshing presence daily.