Sound the horns of praise, and declare the victorious joy that cannot be captured by the scheme of sadness. Sorrow and sighing are bundled together and cast upon fleeing horses. As riders, they journey beyond the horizon of joy. Joy's horizon is firmly fixed. It is not removed from the foundation of strength. Lift your eyes again to love's height if you can. The benefits of the banner over you cannot be numbered; therefore, go forth with your banner of everlasting praise. Everlasting joy is upon your heads. The joy of Messiah is within. Open the gates of praise, and the strength of joy shall flood the palaces and strongholds that resist you.

(RHEMA: Sound the Horns of Praise and Declare Victorious Joy, Which Is Free from Sorrow and Sighing)

I sound the horns of praise and declare the victorious joy that cannot be captured by the scheme of sadness. Sorrow and sighing are bundled together and cast upon fleeing horses. As riders, they journey beyond the horizon of joy. Joy's horizon is firmly fixed. It is not removed from the foundation of strength. I shall lift my eyes again to love's height if I can. The benefits of the banner over me cannot be numbered; therefore, I will go forth with my banner of everlasting praise. Everlasting joy is upon my head. The joy of Messiah is within. I choose to open the gates of praise, and the strength of joy shall flood the palaces and strongholds that resist me.

(Confessions of a Sound Mind: Words of Light Upon the Face of Heaviness, Prayerlessness, Sadness, Shame, Sorrow, and Spiritual Barrenness and Blindness)

By Don Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - Restraining Power of Prayer In the Hour of Great Deception and Strong Delusion

Trials and heavy burdens are not punitive but the door into the relationship that he desires for us to have. When he allows us to be tested, it is never beyond that we are able to stand. He always makes a way out straight into his arms. Tribulation worketh patience, and it will do a perfecting work in our lives. God will not abandon us or leave us helpless and exposed by the trials that come our way. He will wrap us in the same unconditional love that he saved us with. He was full of grace and truth, and we have received perpetual grace in the time of our weakness. His strength becomes our support when we cannot seem to find a place to stand. Faith is not a crutch but a platform with seating that gives us true rest. Grace’s inheritance will not be given to another. He will never allow someone to embezzle the investment he has in us.

We may have wept for a night, but the rejoicing is in the eternal morning that is always present in the lives of his chosen vessels. We are not vessels fitted for bitterness or caustic actions. His sweetness and forgiveness that flowed from the cross are the streams of strength that characterize the life of a true child of God. His holiness that washes over us is as pure as the words he gives to our hurting hearts. Healing and therapy are in the tongue of the righteous. Since we have been failures many times, we, in our suffering, learn to relive the suffering of others in the times of trouble we walk through. His compassion will wrap us all into a community of healers in a world full of social lepers.