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Cease comparing what shall be with what you can do and what man can do. I am not a man that I should lie. I am God, and I can do all things. I finished the heavens and the earth and all the host of the things in the heavens. I created man in my own image; in the image of God, I created him, male and female.

How is it that I can begin with dust and end with man and cannot begin with this church and end with an awesome revival?

How will you be saved if you cannot believe what I have said?

(RHEMA: By Faith, We Understand the Completed Work of God)

I cease comparing what shall be with what I can do and what man can do. God is not a man that he should lie. He is God, and he can do all things. He finished the heavens and the earth and all the host of the things in the heavens. He created man in his own image; in the image of God, he created him, male and female. God began with dust and ended with man; therefore, he can begin with this church and end with an awesome revival. I cannot be saved if I cannot believe what the Lord has said.

(Confession of a Sound Mind: Words of Light Upon the Face of Difficulty, Impossibility, and Incomprehensibility)

By Moses Hightower

Thelma and Moses Hightower

Recall the Past Victories While Feeling Trapped by Your Accusers

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.

Where are the monsters from the past?

Where is the sea monster that rose up out of the sea when he saw you on the beach of life in the past?

Is he still around, or is he waiting to rise up to swallow you whole again?

Where are the storms which threatened you in the past?

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

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

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

Where is your hope?

Is your hope in your success, or is your hope built upon the foundation of my righteousness and not your own?

Where is the poison from the mistake of the doctor in years past?

Where are the spirits who depended upon accidents to bring your demise?

Where are the conspirators of subtlety and craftiness who influenced friends to betray you?

Where are the spirits that sought to abort the salvation of your mother and grandmother?

Where are the things that you sought after in human strength?

Are you giving up because of what you see or what you do not see?

Is your confidence in the invisible or the visible?

Is your confidence in me, the invisible God or yourself and the arm of flesh?

Rest in the arms of trust, and be assured that I will not fail you. I have come to your rescue to give you a way out in this time of feeling trapped. Hear the voice of deliverance, and know that I will fashion a way out in time. Only believe.

By Don Grigsby

Don and Linda Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - Recall the Past Victories While Feeling Trapped by Your Accusers

David projects some of the most violent and powerful emotions on the pages of the Bible when he was trying to reconcile his awful situation with the power of God that he knew so well. He states that he had wept until his face was like a mildewed piece of clothing. He had prayed until he thought of God and he was greatly troubled. His misery and pain that ran over into his words was like a flooded river that had left its banks. In the midst of this, he rises above all the accusers that seem to surround him. He begins to declare all the victories that are in his past. He enumerates all the times that God was his defense and pleads his cause. He reminds himself and us of all the host that have come to his rescue.

The Lord spoke to me as I was ready to believe the lies of all the enemies that were around my mind. It seemed that I could not hear a good word from any direction.

God said,"Why would you believe the lies of the devil as he tells you that you will fail and falter? I will write over every false report with a blotter of good news. Victory will swallow up your defeat just as I swallowed up death in victory. I was encompassed about in my sacrifice for you with every kind of howling beast and ridiculing voice. I beheld the faces of attackers of such horror that they cannot be described by words. I knew they would come for you one day and I met them for you. In my death, I threw them back into the pit from which they came. You may hear their voice, but I have them confined. I will keep every covenant of blessing that I have spoken to you. Do not fall before the faces of those who have not facts. I will fill their faces with shame and send them away empty as I send you forth full."

ACCUSERS AND WICKEDNESS

The counsel of wickedness awaits the time to rejoice at my failure and defeat. They wait anxiously to hear the reading of the verdict from on high of my fall and judgment. They have read their accusations to the Lord and plead for judgment upon my life for wrong doings and failure. They have cried in God’s ears, “Will the judge of the entire earth not do right?”

The Lord has sent forth the declaration of forgiveness into the earth. The testimony of his blood will not be retracted. He has sought me to offer me mercy and goodness, yet the trail of the devourer has not been washed away. The enemy awaits my total defeat and will not settle for anything less. It wants to be rid of me that it might run rampant in the earth without the hindrances from the word of the Lord in a fresh state.

The monsters from the past are already defeated. The sea monster that rose up out of the sea when he saw me on the beach of life in the past has been vanquished. He is not still around waiting to rise up to swallow me whole again. The storms that threatened me in the past have ceased. The swamps filled with quicksand and spiritual alligators from the lagoons of death have been destroyed. The forces of the air that shot at me from their abundance of spiritual artillery have no power to destroy me. The liars who have not ceased to tell lies cannot harm me. My hope is in God. My hope is not in my success, but my hope is built upon the foundation of his righteousness and not my own. The poison from the mistake of the doctor in years past no longer is present. The spirits who depended upon accidents to bring my demise can do nothing except what God allows. The conspirators of subtlety and craftiness who influenced friends to betray me shall have their reward. The spirits that sought to abort the salvation of Pastor’s mother and grandmother did not find success. The things that I sought after in human strength have not prospered. I am not giving up because of what I see or what I do not see. My confidence is in the invisible, not the visible. My confidence is in the Lord, the invisible God and not myself and the arm of flesh. I rest in the arms of trust, and I am assured that he will not fail me. He has come to my rescue to give me a way out in this time of feeling trapped. I hear the voice of deliverance, and I know that God will fashion a way out in time. I believe.

INSPIRATION

By Don Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - Overcome and Conquer by Grace During the Time of Banishment

Our destiny is not in the hands of men or the enemy of our soul. We have been bought with the price of the blood that preserves and cleanses us from the toxins that would set up spiritual infections in our soul. Grace has come to pour fresh oil in any wound or hurt and lift us up to the arms that will shield us from the attack of the rejection and the banishment that is trying to captivate us. As he walked through the crowds that would have stoned him because it was not his time, we have an anointing to walk through all the false accusations that would be hurled at us because it is the time to speak. Hurtful words and opinions may be thrown upon us like the nets of some that would try to prevent us. We will not fail to declare his word. We may weep and be filled with pain, but our deepest pain will become his highest praise in the mouth that grace has healed. Our heads will be lifted up above our enemies. The hell and dungeon that they thought they had the power to hold us in is open, and we are free because the Living Word still has the keys. Our lips shall arise to the task and not turn back. God has put a burning fire in our hearts and none can put it out. Banishment did not keep John from speaking the greatest revelation of Jesus Christ up until that time. It will not close the door on the revelation that he has placed within our mouth.

(Continued)

I have also said, “No not one is good, but God.” People who have been forgiven and are not good cannot be charged in my sight. I am the judge of the entire earth, and I will do right. Look unto me, the Author and the Finisher of your faith. I have not started a good work in you only to finish in an incomplete, bad work because of your failures and your wretchedness.

496. Am I just learning that you are wretched?

I am your God and your Lord. I have judged according to my righteousness, not your righteousness, and your enemies will not rejoice over you. Though they say, “We have swallowed him up this time,” they shall be ashamed and brought to confusion. Those who have rejoiced at your hurt shall be clothed with shame and dishonor, for they have magnified themselves against you. I am magnified in this entire matter. Now let your tongue speak of my righteousness and of my praise all the day long, for no weapon that is formed against you shall prosper and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment, you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and your righteousness is of me.

497. What shall you then say to these things?

498. If I am for you, then who can be against you?

(To Be Continued)

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