Thoughts Higher Than Mine_Living Word Chronicle

The Fire of God's Love and the Wind of Beauty Creating Suitable Ashes of Exchange and a Monument of Faithfulness

By Moses Hightower

A place is prepared for you. Nothing has ever entered into your mind that resembles what I have prepared. This world and the things here can never compare to the heavenly things laid up for those who love me. Your love for me is tested every day by the agents from the prince of the power of the air. The god of the world has stepped up his war against the true church. His wiles are sharp and subtle. The artillery of the enemy is aimed at your mind. Beware of what you hear so that your mind is not corrupted by the words of the enemy. Return to the simplicity that is in Christ Jesus. The simplicity that is in Christ Jesus is the door of the deep things of God. I have chosen the weak things to confound the wise. Do not be high-minded, neither be unthankful, but abound with thanksgiving as you walk by faith. The walk of faith is not a fear of being lost. You must love me more than you fear being lost. You must love me more than you hate evil. The love of God is shed abroad in your heart. Allow it to be your motivation for all that you do. Only the love of God can bring you to the spiritual understanding required for this holy relationship. The love of God was in Christ Jesus. I have placed the same love in the spiritual body of Christ. The body of Christ is the church. The church is called by my name. I am the head of the body. My name is Jesus. Is my body called by a name different from the head?

What is the name of my body if I am the head?

Beware of spirits proclaiming another Jesus. I am the same, yesterday, today, and forever. Give thanks for the name that is above every name. I am God. Have I given another a name above my own?

Lift up your voice in the earth and proclaim the goodness of God and the revelation of Jesus Christ. My goodness has embraced you in a fleshly tabernacle. It has ushered you out of the slumber of human feelings. It has energized you with strength beyond your abilities. It has followed you to the throne of grace and became an altar for bent knees and a broken heart. I have not despised your brokenness. Your thanksgiving has been received as a sweet savor of incense. Your praises are inhabited by my presence and received as a place to enthrone myself. The fire of my love has turned your offering into suitable ashes of exchange, and the wind of beauty has blown your ashes away. The wind of beauty has manifested itself as a monument of my faithfulness, and my name has taken on a special meaning at this altar of praise and prayer.

My name shall be synonymous with love, mercy, and grace unto you. When you think of my name, you shall think of a great light. The many colors of this light shall be unto you as the many things I am. You do not need to look beyond this one name, for all that I am is represented by and equated to my name. My name is holy. My name is good. I am from everlasting to everlasting, and so is my name. As my name is, so am I. Sing unto me, and also sing praises unto my name. Bless me, the Lord, and also bless my name. Give unto me the glory due my name. Call upon me and also call upon my name. Enter into my gates with thanksgiving and into my courts with praise. Be thankful unto me, and bless my name. I am good and my mercy is everlasting. My truth endures to all generations. It has come unto you and made you free.

Give thanks unto me. I am the Lord. Call upon my name and make known my deeds among the people. Sing unto me. Sing spiritual songs unto me and talk of all my wondrous works. Glory in my holy name and let your heart rejoice in me. Give glory unto me and seek my face continually. Seek my strength and remember my marvelous works that I have done. I have remembered my covenant forever. I made a covenant with Abraham. I have remembered you, for you are the seed of Christ, and therefore; the seed of Abraham. Though you are small and few in number, I will stay the hand of your enemies and reprove the mighty if they attempt to do you wrong. Lift up your head and be encouraged in me. I am with you to reprove those who touch you and do you harm. Lift up your head. My name is on you, and you are called by it. Bless my holy name.

Agents from the Prince of Power of the Air, Enemies, and Unthankfulness

By Debbie McBee

"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."

The Lord has prepared a place for me. Nothing has ever entered into my mind that resembles what he has prepared for me. This world and the things here can never compare to the heavenly things laid up for those who love him. My love for him is tested every day by the agents from the prince of the power of the air. The god of the world has stepped up his war against the true church. His wiles are sharp and subtle. The artillery of the enemy is aimed at my mind. I must beware of what I hear so that my mind is not corrupted by the words of the enemy. I return to the simplicity that is in Christ Jesus. The simplicity that is in Christ Jesus is the door of the deep things of God.

I have chosen the weak things to confound the wise. I will not be high-minded, neither will I be unthankful, but I will abound with thanksgiving as I walk by faith. The walk of faith is not a fear of being lost. I must love God more than I fear being lost. I must love him more than I hate evil. The love of God is shed abroad in my heart. I will allow it to be my motivation for all that I do. Only the love of God can bring me to the spiritual understanding required for this holy relationship. The love of God was in Christ Jesus. He has placed the same love in the spiritual body of Christ. The body of Christ is the church. The church is called by his name. He is the head of the body. His name is Jesus. His body is not called by a name different from the head. Jesus is the head; therefore the name of the body is Jesus also.

I will beware of spirits proclaiming another Jesus. He is the same, yesterday, today, and forever. I give thanks for the name that is above every name. Jesus is God, and he has not given another a name above his own. I lift up my voice in the earth and proclaim the goodness of God and the revelation of Jesus Christ. His goodness has embraced me in a fleshly tabernacle. It has ushered me out of the slumber of human feelings. It has energized me with strength beyond my abilities. It has followed me to the throne of grace and became an altar for my bent knees and my broken heart. His grace has allowed me not to despise my brokenness. My thanksgiving has been received as a sweet savor of incense. My praises are inhabited by his presence and received as a place for him to be enthroned. The fire of his love has turned my offering into suitable ashes of exchange, and the wind of beauty has blown my ashes away. The wind of beauty has manifested itself as a monument of his faithfulness, and his name has taken on a special meaning at this altar of praise and prayer. His name shall be synonymous with love, mercy, and grace unto me. When I think of his name, I shall think of a great light. The many colors of this light shall be unto me as the many things that he is. I do not need to look beyond this one name, for represented by and equated to his name is all that he is. His name is holy. His name is good. He is from everlasting to everlasting, and so is his name. As his name is, so is he. I will sing unto the Lord and also sing praises unto his name. I bless him, the Lord, and also bless his name. I give unto him the glory due his name. I call upon him and also call upon his name. I enter into his gates with thanksgiving and into his courts with praise. I am thankful unto him, and I will bless his name. He is good and his mercy is everlasting. His truth endures to all generations. It has come unto me and made me free.

I give thanks unto Jesus. He is the Lord. I will call upon his name and make known his deeds among the people. I will sing unto him. I will sing spiritual songs unto him and talk of all his wondrous works. I will glory in his holy name and let my heart rejoice in him. I give glory unto him and seek his face continually. I will seek his strength and remember his marvelous works that he has done. He has remembered his covenant forever. He made a covenant with Abraham, and he has remembered me, for I am the seed of Christ, and therefore; the seed of Abraham. Though we are small and few in number, God will stay the hand of our enemies and reprove the mighty if they attempt to do us wrong. I lift up my head, and I am encouraged in God. He is with me to reprove those who touch me and do me harm. I lift up my head. His name is on me, and I am called by it. I will bless his holy name.

By Don Grigsby

Don and Linda Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - The Fire of God's Love and the Wind of Beauty Creating Suitable Ashes of Exchange and a Monument of Faithfulness

God's weapons are not those that hang on a wall of a spiritual museum. God has opened the armory of his indignation. Indignation has to do with the fire and the breath of his mouth. God is a consuming fire. His fire will consume the enemy and our personal sacrifice to him. Our minds and imaginations are the sectors of intense propaganda and suicidal attacks of the enemy. We have a shield of faith that will quench the fire of the enemy that can be captivating, but the fire of the Almighty is liberating. His breath and presence will blow away all the chaff that fills the air like the dust of confusion. Our enemy will make such beautiful presentations that we will almost be ready to do business with him and buy into his sales proposal. Yet, the truth that is in us is not for sale. Truth has set us free, and we will not sell our freedom at any price. We will constantly rejoice in our freedom from the flesh and its prison and pit of noise. God will always help us to fashion a proper altar of worship as Abraham did. Abraham believed that if he offered Isaac, God would raise him up out of the ashes to return to the young men. Winds of doubt may blow, but the wind of the Almighty and his fire will do the work of Carmel again and disprove all the false claims of the Baals of this hour. God will protect us from the hand of the Jezebels and Ahabs of this hour.

By Moses Hightower

Do not use the blessing of forgiveness as an opportunity and occasion to sin and serve the flesh and the world. Many have lost their relationship with me and become slaves to another master because they took me for granted. Come to the altar of repentance and be broken on me. Repent and acknowledge your helplessness to live victoriously without my grace and me.

By LWWC Confession Writers

I will not use the blessing of forgiveness as an opportunity and occasion to sin and serve the flesh and the world. Many have lost their relationship with God and become slaves to another master because they took him for granted. I come to the altar of repentance, and I am broken on the Lord. I repent and acknowledge my helplessness to live victoriously without his grace and him.

By Don Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - From the Boat of Trouble unto the Dry Ground of Acceptance

Jesus was despised and rejected of men so that we might be accepted. We have been accepted in the beloved before the foundation of the world. We dwell in the tabernacle of no condemnation because his laws of justification transcend the laws of earth. Gravity and all the laws of this world cannot negate the law of love and faith that mandate my liberty. Every adverse circumstance that has tried to mix itself into the purity of our walk will be thrown out by the power of his redemption. As we journey on the road of life, every kind of spirit and attitude will crowd our lane. God has given us a spiritual GPS that is locked in on our goal. We will not be judged by the standards of general achievement but by the sincerity of our effort to please God. Some could view things not yet as failures, but God still shows us that they are in formation. Our hearts seem to break under the load of pressures of many blows of negative expressions. Our Friend has given his approval in his love that flows to us each day. We have not been left in the wilderness of lonely despair, but we stand in the realm of joy that is inside the circle of his creative power. Everything that is beyond our understanding is in the hands of infinite sovereignty. It is the stage that his miracles of grace abound upon.

By Moses Hightower

(Continued)

Be persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature shall be able to separate you from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus, your Lord.

367. You can confess this, but are you really persuaded?

(To Be Continued)

March 15, 2007

By Debbie McBee

Lord, I thank you that your weapons are alive and usable in this hour. They are not relics assigned to a wall in the spiritual museums of the age. Though you have opened the armory of your indignation, I am so grateful to know that I am not a recipient of your hot displeasure. You are a consuming fire that consumes the enemy. The fire and the breath of your mouth will consume my enemies. I rejoice that you have given me the shield of faith that will quench the fiery darts of this defeated foe. Without your grace, this very subtle enemy would continually try to captivate me and fill my mind with propaganda that makes such beautiful presentations that if it were not for your keeping power, I would almost be ready to do business with him and buy into his sales proposal. Yet, the truth that is in me is not for sale. This precious truth has made me free, and I will not sell my freedom at any price. Jesus, I pray that you continually keep me, renew me, and cleanse me so that I do not become a casualty or a statistic of the suicide attacks of this ruthless enemy. I purpose to constantly rejoice in my freedom from the flesh and its prison and pit of noise. I am delighted that you always help me to fashion a proper altar of worship just as Abraham did. I give you thanks, my God, and it is you who protects me from the hands of the Jezebels and Ahabs of this hour. The false claims of the Baals of this hour are thwarted and blown away by your wind and your fire. You are my shield and buckler, and no one can pluck me out of your hand. For this, I give you praise!

RE: PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING - March 15, 2007

Our weapons are mighty and spiritual through God. Our minds are ground zero for the most intense attacks of the enemy. We are assured that God will keep us in perfect peace and wholeness with minds stayed on him. Our helmet of salvation has its counterpart in the walls of salvation in Isaiah. Both of these elements will thwart the bold assertions and attacks of the wicked one. Our constant worship and presenting ourselves as a living sacrifice will create the beauty for ashes that Isaiah spoke of. Monuments of faith are not built out of unchiseled stone. Faith many times has to chisel away the hard-heartedness and hard-headedness that is inherent in me. When I become pliant in the hands of the Potter then he can form and fire me into a vessel and from that will stand the test of trial. Many times, we fight and battle until the sword clings to our hand. Yet in that day, we win a battle for more than ourselves. We have been called to bless more than our own family. As we are consumed by God's holy fires upon the altar of dedication and worship, we will be the sweet savor that will fill everything around us. God's grace has kept us from the guess work of the flesh and placed us in the determined hands of the One who is our destiny. If God causes the wrath of men to praise him, then our brokenness will break the back of the assaults of the devil. If we have given ourselves away totally, then there is nothing for the thief and the liar to steal. We are not our own, but we have been bought with Jesus’ precious blood.