Thoughts Higher Than Mine_Living Word Chronicle

Utilize the Sickle of Praise and Discover New Ground for the Harvest of Plenty and the Uncollected Crop of God's Goodness

By Moses Hightower

A thankful heart is an open avenue for my goodness. I inhabit the praises of my people. Continue to be thankful and behold the abundance of goodness overtaking you. The windows of heaven have been opened, and blessings are being poured out. Behold the kindness that I am showing to you each day that you live. Be abundantly grateful, and experience me in a light of knowledge not known to those who casually give thanks. There is a super abundance of my goodness. Many live in the shallow places of this life because they have never filled their entire hearts with thanksgiving. Be overwhelmed with thanksgiving. I am filled with goodness. My generosity is plenteous. My kindness is a willing expression of my great love. I am the excellent God who is above all gods. I have come to live inside of you. Of what value is that to you?

How much is that worth to you?

How often do you think about that reality?

You have found grace in my sight. I go with you and remain with you, even unto the end of the age. I have called you by name. My goodness has come unto you, and my graciousness is obvious in your life. Brokenness should be your expression because I have shown you mercy. I have revealed myself unto you. Though you know me in a little portion; however, that little portion of knowledge is great in value. How little a portion is heard of me, the Living God?

Who can understand the thunder of my power?

You see through a glass darkly, but one day you shall see me face to face. You know in part now, but one day you shall know me as I am. Grace and abundant goodness are yours. My goodness leads to repentance; therefore, keep the commandments without spot, unrebukeable, until my appearing when I shall show that I am the only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords.

What value have you placed on the open door into my presence?

You came into the presence of the Creator. Did you consider that?

Many walk into my presence and take my goodness for granted. If my goodness were taken away from you, where would you dwell?

I have restored the joy of salvation. A living word has been given to you. Eat the good word of God and taste and see how good I am. The abundance of my goodness has abounded. The fields of your life are filled with plenty. The fruit of my goodness has exceeded your expectancy. If you would come through your fields with the sickle of praise, then you would find new ground for the harvest of plenty. My goodness is as an unharvested crop in a field for many. They have not journeyed down the rows of their lives and given thanks for all that is there. Take up the sickle of praise and harvest my goodness. Take up baskets of thanksgiving and gather the fruit of my goodness. My goodness has spoiled you, for you have left much of its fruit in the vineyard of your life and not touched it with the hands of praise and the lips of thanksgiving. Journey through your heart with me, and I will show you how wretched you are. Much of my goodness is not perceived because your heart is filled with so much of self and things. If you would behold the majesty of the one who lives inside, your temple would be filled with my glory. My glory does not shine on the faces of the people because they neglect to give abundant praise and thanksgiving to their King who abides forever. I touched your eyes that you may behold me living inside of you. Cry out for this awareness, and you shall envision the reality of my Spirit within you. What royal guest comes to your house and is not honored to the highest degree?

Am I a guest or the Lord of the house?

Where is my honor and my praise?

Self, Things, and Unthankfulness

By Linda Galati

"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light, and there was light."

A thankful heart is an open avenue for God’s goodness. He inhabits the praises of his people. I will continue to be thankful, and I will behold the abundance of goodness overtaking me. The windows of heaven have been opened, and blessings are being poured out. I behold the kindness that God is showing to me each day that I live. I am abundantly grateful, and I experience him in a light of knowledge not known to those who casually give thanks. There is a super abundance of his goodness. Many live in the shallow places of this life because they have never filled their entire hearts with thanksgiving. I must be overwhelmed with thanksgiving. God is filled with goodness. His generosity is plenteous. His kindness is a willing expression of his great love. He is the excellent God who is above all gods. He has come to live inside of me. This is of great value to me. I do not often think about that reality.

I have found grace in his sight. God goes with me and remains with me, even unto the end of the age. He has called me by name. His goodness has come unto me, and his graciousness is obvious in my life. Brokenness should be my expression because he has shown me mercy. He has revealed himself unto me. I know him in a little portion, however, that little portion of knowledge is great in value. A little portion is heard of him, the Living God. No one can understand the thunder of his power. I see through a glass darkly, but one day I shall see him face to face. I know in part now, but one day I shall know him as he is. Grace and abundant goodness are mine. God’s goodness leads to repentance; therefore, I will keep the commandments without spot and unrebukeable until his appearing when he shall show that he is the only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords.

I must place a value on the open door into his presence. I did not really consider that I came into the presence of the Creator. Many walk into his presence and take his goodness for granted. If his goodness were taken away from me, I would dwell in darkness. Jesus has restored the joy of salvation. A living word has been given to me. I eat the good word of God and taste and see how good he is. The abundance of his goodness has abounded. The fields of my life are filled with plenty. The fruit of his goodness has exceeded my expectancy. If I would come through my fields with the sickle of praise, then I would find new ground for the harvest of plenty. God’s goodness is as an unharvested crop in a field for many. They have not journeyed down the rows of their lives and given thanks for all that is there. I will take up the sickle of praise and harvest the Lord’s goodness. I will take up baskets of thanksgiving and gather the fruit of his goodness. His goodness has spoiled me, for I have left much of its fruit in the vineyard of my life and not touched it with the hands of praise and the lips of thanksgiving.

I journey through my heart with God, and he will show me how wretched I am. Much of his goodness is not perceived because my heart is filled with so much of self and things. If I would behold the majesty of the one who lives inside, my temple would be filled with his glory. God’s glory does not shine on the faces of the people because they neglect to give abundant praise and thanksgiving to their King who abides forever. He touched my eyes that I may behold him living inside of me. I cry out for this awareness, and I shall envision the reality of his Spirit within me. When a royal guest comes to my house, he is honored to the highest degree. Jesus is not a guest, but he is the Lord of the house. His honor and praise are in my mouth.

By Don Grigsby

Don and Linda Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - Utilize the Sickle of Praise, and Discover New Ground for the Harvest of Plenty and the Uncollected Crop of God's Goodness

Thankful hearts purge the acid of bitterness and the poison of the lack of forgiveness. We sterilize the very ground of the heart that we could have received a harvest of goodness out of and in by being self centered. Grace will teach us that we deserve nothing, and anything that we receive is from the love of God. His mercy freely bestows gifts upon us. He that hath a merry heart has a continual feast. None can have a feast without a bountiful harvest in the field of life. A merry heart here in the scripture means a heart overflowing with praise. Praise plants the seed of prosperity and plenty in the hearts of grateful givers. When we give of ourselves and all we have, we are giving to him. Brokenness is the anointing oil of praise and thanksgiving. Proud hearts will never bow at the altar of true worship and praise. Just as God did for Israel in the Old Testament, our praise will open the vast treasure so that we can receive the things that we did not look for or ask for. In the battle, they went out praising God's mercy and received the victory of a battle that they did not have to fight, more spoil than they could carry off, and complete peace from all the nations round about.

By Moses Hightower

I am sending forth an expression of grace that shall transform you. By my grace, I am doing more than you could ask or think. You are a new creature in me. Now lift up your eyes from the tree of man's knowledge, and look to the knowledge of God Almighty. I am the same yesterday, today, and forever. In me, there is no darkness. In me, there is no defeat. With every trial, you are growing in my grace and in the knowledge of me, your Lord and Savior; therefore, be strong in this grace, and show forth the testimony of my victory. Though you have sinned and fallen short of my glory, you are justified and counted righteous. Sin cannot rule over you. Sin must bow to my name. Do not continue in the altar of prostrated sin. Grace shall only abound as you continue in righteousness and holiness. Do not take your relationship with me for granted, but realize that which is available to you is a blessing and a free gift.

By LWWC Confession Writers

The Lord is sending forth an expression of grace that shall transform me. By his grace, he is doing more than I could ask or think. I am a new creature in him. I lift up my eyes from the tree of man's knowledge and look to the knowledge of God Almighty. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. In him, there is no darkness. In him, there is no defeat. With every trial, I am growing in his grace and in the knowledge of him, my Lord and Savior; therefore, I am strong in this grace, and I show forth the testimony of his victory. Though I have sinned and fallen short of his glory, I am justified and counted righteous. Sin cannot rule over me. Sin must bow to his name. I do not continue in the altar of prostrated sin. Grace shall only abound as I continue in righteousness and holiness. I do not take my relationship with the Lord for granted, but I realize that which is available to me is a blessing and a free gift.

By Don Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - Our Secret Weapon Against Conspiring Masters of Illusions

Illusions are the distortions of reality. They that love the Truth will never allow him to be overshadowed by lies and pretense. Our own attempts to be what God never intended for us to be many times are the deepest shadows of our lives. Mirrors and lenses of distortion bring complex spiritual dysfunction to our lives. Many people will take the lens of a past wrong that has been forgiven in a person's life and continue to view that life through the distorted lens of unforgiveness. Faith and love have such an arsenal of weaponry that we can unleash that the host of the enemy will be consumed by the intensity of them. All the designs and plans of the enemy will come to nothing, and he will be a thing of naught because our help cometh from the Lord. We will not view the images of the present through the illusions of past shortcomings.

By Moses Hightower

(Continued)

I am the Lord, your God, the Holy One of Israel. I have released you from sin and let you go. By my same grace, I have preserved you and counted you worthy to escape all the things that are coming upon this earth. I have not planned to give you up to the will of your enemies, neither have I planned to give you back to the darkness that held you by the power of your own sins. The payment that I rendered is sufficient for recompense and restoration. Believe on my word and have confidence in your salvation. I have not given you salvation and betrayed myself. You are not your own now. You belong to me.

365. Will I deny myself?

The enemy has sent a campaign of fear and intimidation against you daily. The enemy intends to hamper your testimony by intimidating you. The stares of the spiritual enemies in dreams are terrifying. He has penetrated your dreams and attempted to corrupt the atmosphere of your peace and rest. The intimidating figures and icons of your dreams are real, and so am I. I am sanctified in you. I am the Lord of hosts. Allow me to be your fear. Allow me to be your dread. Do not draw back because of the beasts who come to war against you. Paul fought with the beasts of Ephesus.

366. Do you think that the enemy has sent house cats to fight against you?

(To Be Continued)

March 14 , 2007

By David Walls

Lord, thank you for giving me a thankful heart that will purge the acid of bitterness and the poison of the lack of forgiveness from my life. I am grateful that the very ground of my heart is no longer self-centered and you are granting me a harvest of goodness. Your grace teaches me that I deserve nothing, and anything that I receive is from your love. I am overjoyed because your mercy freely bestows gifts upon me. Because of a merry heart, I am partaking of a continual feast. I realize that no one can have a feast without a bountiful harvest in the field of life; therefore, I rejoice with a merry heart that is overflowing with praise. It gives me joy to have the opportunity to give of myself and all that I have and am to you. You are allowing my praise to plant the seeds of prosperity and plenty in my heart. I thank you for giving me a brokenness and the ability to praise you. The praise that you have placed in me is the door to vast treasures of things that you have prepared for me, even those that I did not look for or ask you for. Because of your mercy, I have been given victory in battles that I did not have to fight and peace all about me. With a heart full of thanksgiving, I offer praise unto you!

RE: PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING - March 14, 2007

Bitterness is the poison that paralyzes love and faith. Thanksgiving is the fuel to the fusion reactor of God's grace and power. Planting that has roots of bitterness will destroy the harvest. Planting that has strong roots of thanksgiving will produce a bumper crop even in the time of drought. David said in Psalms 26:7 that we would publish the awesome works of God with thanksgiving. God inhabits the praise of his people and does not abide in the tents of cynicism and pessimism. I cannot afford to be a pitcher full of petulance. Our vessels must be filled with the waters of deep appreciation for the grace that is multiplied only in the hands that are uplifted as the evening sacrifice. It is only through the lens of thanksgiving that we behold the fields of victory. Thanksgiving builds the stage for mercy and grace to rehearse their production of life upon. We have feasts of joy in the tents of salvation. We look through an enigma and see only the shadows of his power. In thunders of thanksgiving, we hear shouts of his power and not the faint whispers. Grace and mercy are the daily meal of those who have been born out of God's measureless mercy and continuously acknowledge it.