Thoughts Higher Than Mine_Living Word Chronicle

By Moses Hightower

Thelma and Moses Hightower

The Children of God Are Peacemakers

I have given angels charge over you to keep you in all your ways. I have not withdrawn the angels that look out for you. They are encamped round about you and will deliver you. Do not fear, neither doubt. Your faith is on trial. Do not think that this trial is a strange trial. It has come that you might be tried. Rejoice. I have counted you worthy because of my blood. Those who fight against you, fight against me. I am not fighting on both sides. If you choose to love, then I am fighting on love’s side. If you choose to be at peace with everyone, then I am fighting on the side of peace. I have said, “Follow peace with all men and holiness, without which, no man shall see me.” If you follow peace, then reconciliation is what you are ensuing. Men who fail to be reconciled with one another on this side will not live with me on the other side; therefore, let love rule in your heart and forgive those who trespass against you, and pray for those who despitefully use you. The measure of your faith is short if you do not resort to love when others do you wrong. Vengeance is mine. I will repay. If you seek to avenge yourself, are you perfected in love and faith?

The judge of the entire earth will do right. Why not leave those who have done you wrong to me instead of taking things into your own hands?

Do you have a pure heart if you seek to take judgment into your own hands?

If you take judgment into your own hands, then you have become a judge, and you will be judged as you have judged others. Are you without sin?

Then come down from the judgment seat before the gavel of justice falls on you for your own transgressions. When the gavel of justice is swung, it will bring an end to wrong. Why continue a discussion of rights and wrongs when justice has swung its gavel?

I am the Prince of peace. Allow me to bring peace to every situation that you are involved in. Be a peacemaker, and then will you be a child of God. Continue in the ways of strife, and the evil works of the devil will consume you. An evil messenger is sent against all those who do not follow peace; therefore, make sure that your ways are the ways of peace and not of strife, envy, and revenge. There is no need to defend yourself if you have prayed to me to work things out for you. Why pray to me, if you are going to work things out yourself?

I have said, “The Father that dwells in you does the work.” Have I changed my mind and given you a charge to do the work?

My love for you is eternal. Eternal love sent Adam out of the garden. Where will eternal love send you if you follow after your own will? Pray this prayer: “Father, let your will be done in my life and not my own will. Amen.” Some minds have been corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. You will be deceived as Eve was deceived if you do not turn back to the simplicity that is in Christ. The enemy will beguile you by his subtlety unless the simplicity of Christ operates in you. Forgive and love. Forgive and be reconciled. Forgive and follow peace. If you bite and devour one another, you will be consumed one of another. My children do not fight one another. Whose children are you if you fight one another?

If you are my children, cease fighting one another, and start loving one another. Did you see me do what you are doing?

You are of your father, the devil, if you are fighting one another instead of loving one another. I am love. Have I sent you to murder others?

If you hate your brother, you are a murderer. Fights arise out of hatred. Peace arises out of love. Seek peace, and then will you see me.

ATTACKS, CONFUSION, DISCORD, ENVY, HATRED, HYPOCRISY, REVENGE, AND STRIFE

The Lord has given angels charge over me to keep me in all my ways. He has not withdrawn the angels that look out for me. They are encamped round about me and will deliver me. I do not fear, neither doubt. My faith is on trial. I do not think that this trial is a strange trial. It has come that I might be tried; therefore, I rejoice. God has counted me worthy because of his blood. Those who fight against me, fight against him. He is not fighting on both sides. If I choose to love, I know that he is fighting on love’s side. If I choose to be at peace with everyone, I know God is fighting on the side of peace. He has said, “Follow peace with all men and holiness, without which, no man shall see me.” If I follow peace, then reconciliation is what I am ensuing. Men who fail to be reconciled with one another on this side will not live with God on the other side; therefore, I let love rule in my heart, and I forgive those who trespass against me. I pray for those who despitefully use me. The measure of my faith is short if I do not resort to love when others do me wrong. Vengeance is the Lord’s. He will repay. If I seek to avenge myself, I am not perfected in love and faith. The judge of the entire earth will do right. I will leave those who have done me wrong to God instead of taking things into my own hands. I do not have a pure heart if I seek to take judgment into my own hands. If I take judgment into my own hands, then I have become a judge, and I will be judged as I have judged others. I know that I am not without sin; therefore, I come down from the judgment seat before the gavel of justice falls on me for my own transgressions. When the gavel of justice is swung, it will bring an end to wrong. I will not continue a discussion of rights and wrongs when justice has swung its gavel.

Jesus is the Prince of peace. I allow him to bring peace to every situation that I am involved in. I will be a peacemaker and a child of God. If I continue in the ways of strife, then the evil works of the devil will consume me. An evil messenger is sent against all those who do not follow peace; therefore, I will make sure that my ways are the ways of peace and not of strife, envy, and revenge. There is no need to defend myself if I have prayed to God to work things out for me. He has said, “The Father that dwells in you does the work.” He has not changed his mind and given me a charge to do the work.

God’s love for me is eternal. Eternal love sent Adam out of the garden. Eternal love will send me away if I follow after my own will. I will pray this prayer: “Father, let your will be done in my life and not my own will. Amen.”

Some minds have been corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. I will be deceived as Eve was deceived if I do not turn back to the simplicity that is in Christ. The enemy will beguile me by his subtlety unless the simplicity of Christ operates in me. I will forgive and love. I will forgive and be reconciled. I will forgive and follow peace. If we bite and devour one another, we will be consumed one of another. The Lord’s children do not fight one another. If we fight one another we are not his. When we become God’s children, we cease fighting one another and start loving one another. We did not see the Lord fighting with others. I am of my father, the devil, if I am fighting others, instead of loving others. God is love. He has not sent me to murder others. If I hate my brother, I am a murderer. Fights arise out of hatred. Peace arises out of love. I seek peace, then will I be assured that I will see God.

By Don Grigsby

Don and Linda Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - The Children of God Are Peacemakers

We are exhorted to fret not ourselves with evil doers and the increase in deception. The Holy Ghost is righteousness, peace and joy in our lives. Peace is a fruit of the Spirit. This fact makes peace a natural outflow of the kingdom of God in our lives. As our relationship with God remains healthy, then we will have an abundant harvest of peace in our lives that will overflow into the lives of others. When we are peacemakers, we defeat the armies of hell. The devil is a liar, thief, and a murderer from the beginning. If we allow him to inject us with the venom of hatred, we will see judgment arise in our lives and none of us are fit to judge the law or those who we would measure by our own standards. Proverbs says that a soft answer turns away wrath. When we begin to open our mouth in heated communication, we will feed the fire that will burn someone's house down. We become the creative speakers that God equipped us to be when we speak peace into a situation. It is remarkable how eloquent silence can be in many situations. Being quick to hear and slow to speak is the greatest advice that any child of God can follow. Judgment does not fit well in the hands that were made to clap for joy. Forgiveness is the great plow of our soul and mercy. It is the certified seed that will produce a harvest of peacemakers.

Break forth unto joy. Rend the garments of heaviness, and adorn yourselves with the garments of praise. Get dressed in the royal garments of thanksgiving, and write your signature of redemption. Sign on the dotted lines of uncertainty. You have been given the authority to sign the family name. Now take your pen of the ready writer and sign my name for your release. I have released you from every prison of the darkness. Light is yours. The release of the light within you has expressed a language only interpreted by the angels and the redeemed.

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

I will break forth unto joy. I choose to rend the garments of heaviness, and adorn myself with the garments of praise. I choose to get dressed in the royal garments of thanksgiving and write my signature of redemption. I sign on the dotted lines of uncertainty. I have been given the authority to sign the family name. I take my pen of the ready writer and sign my name for my release. The Lord has released me from every prison of the darkness. Light is mine. The release of the light within me has expressed a language only interpreted by the angels and the redeemed.

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

By Don Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - The Evidence of Our Liberty Is Not Circumstantial, But It Is Proof of God's Love

Our joy is not circumstantial, but the joy of the Lord is our strength. His joy is everlasting, so nothing changes it. Circumstantial joy only lasts as long as the emotion of the good feeling. I do not have to feel anything to have joy or liberty. Liberty has been declared in my life by the unfailing and eternal word of the Lord. What he has declared, will never cease. Its power and anointing will sweep away all the clouds and smog of confusion from my mind. We have been crowned with glory and honor of authority of kings and priests. We are not under the heel of any tyranny that would try to hold us hostage or captive. As the children declare to be free, this really means we are exempt from the laws of the limited natural world and under the power of the supernatural world. Angels have to come to reinforce the declarations of victory and liberty in our lives. Many things that we see and hear will try to cause doubt to arise in our hearts. Nothing and no one can separate us from the love of God. People may be filled with apprehension and other visions that are not from God. We have been filled with the visions of truth that will set us free from the fretting and reservations of inaction. Action is the key word of the kingdom. Liberty will loose the active power of strength of the Almighty within us. We will not fear to go forth and declare the liberty of the Lord in the face of every contradictory word!

(Continued)

There is no need to defend yourself if you have prayed to me to work things out for you. Why pray to me, if you are going to work things out yourself. I have said, “The Father that dwells in you does the work.”

47. Have I changed my mind and given you a charge to do the work?

My love for you is eternal. Eternal love sent Adam out of the garden.

48. Where will eternal love send you if you follow after your own will?

Some minds have been corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. You will be deceived as Eve was deceived if they do not turn back to the simplicity that is in Christ. The enemy will beguile you by his subtlety unless the simplicity of Christ operates in you. Forgive and love. Forgive and be reconciled. Forgive and follow peace. If you bite and devour one another, you will be consumed one of another. My children do not fight one another.

49. Whose children are you if you fight one another?

(To Be Continued)