Thoughts Higher Than Mine_Living Word Chronicle

God's Companionship and Deliverance while Going through the Fire and the Flood (PART 2)

By Moses Hightower

Remember that I am your rock and the high God, your redeemer. Speak a word in due season, for the word of life is in your mouth. I am full of compassion. I have forgiven your iniquities. I did not destroy you when you sinned, but I turned my anger away from you and did not stir up my wrath. I know that you are but flesh; therefore, I have granted you compassion, for I know that you are a wind that passes away and does not come again. There is a way that seems right unto a man, but the ends thereof are the ways of death. You ended up in a wilderness and a solitary place. You came to the deserts of spiritual debris. I have made all these places to blossom abundantly and rejoice with joy and singing. I have given these places the glory of the Lord and my excellency. Now shall people see the glory of the Lord and the excellency of your God.

I have placed a highway in your midst, a way that is called the way of holiness. The unclean shall not pass over this way, but this way is for the wayfaring men seeking refuge from lions and ravenous beasts. The wayfarings of the hour have become the redeemed, and they are walking on the highway of holiness. The ransomed of the Lord are returning and coming to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads. They are obtaining joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing are fleeing away.

I have created you in righteousness. I formed you from the womb. I have begotten you again by a lively hope and called you by name. You are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you. When you pass through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned and the flames will not kindle you.

I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. Do not fear, for I am with you. I have created you for my glory. You are called by my name. You are my witnesses. You know and you believe me. You understand that I am he, and before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me there is no savior. I am the Lord, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, their King and your King. I have made a way in the sea and a path in the mighty waters, which brings forth the chariot and the horse, the army and the power, the rockets and the bombs. I shall cause all of the artillery of the enemy to fall down and not rise up against you. I shall make the enemy's power against you ineffective and quench his fire of wrath with the water of my word.

Remember: I am the God of old. I will do for you what I did in former times. I do a new thing for you. It is springing forth. You shall know it. It is making a way in this wilderness. It is making rivers in your desert of helplessness. There is no temptation that has taken you but such as is common to you. I am faithful and will not suffer you to be tempted above that you are able, but with the temptation also make a way for you to escape that you may be able to bear it; therefore, rejoice. A way is made for you.

Covetousness, Discouragement, Enemies, Impossibility, Lust, Pride, Misunderstanding, and Sorrow (PART 2)

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."

I must remember that Jesus is my rock and the high God, my redeemer. I speak a word in due season, for the word of life is in my mouth. God is full of compassion. He has forgiven my iniquities. He did not destroy me when I sinned, but he turned his anger away from me and did not stir up his wrath. He knows that I am but flesh; therefore, he has granted me compassion, for he knows that I am a wind that passes away and does not come again. There is a way that seems right unto a man, but the ends thereof are the ways of death. I ended up in a wilderness and a solitary place. I came to the deserts of spiritual debris. God has made all these places to blossom abundantly and rejoice with joy and singing. He has given these places the glory of the Lord and his excellency. Now shall people see the glory of the Lord and the excellency of my God. He has placed a highway in my midst, a way that is called the way of holiness. The unclean shall not pass over this way, but this way is for the wayfaring men seeking refuge from lions and ravenous beasts. The wayfarings of the hour have become the redeemed, and they are walking on the highway of holiness. The ransomed of the Lord are returning and coming to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads. They are obtaining joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing are fleeing away.

The Lord has created me in righteousness. He formed me from the womb. He has begotten me again by a lively hope and called me by name. I am his. When I pass through the waters, he will be with me. When I pass through the rivers, they shall not overflow me. When I walk through the fire, I will not be burned and the flames will not kindle me.

Jesus is the Lord my God, the Holy One of Israel, my Savior. I will not fear, for he is with me. He has created me for his glory. I am called by his name. I am his witness. I know and I believe him. I understand that before him there was no God formed, neither shall there be after him. He, even he, is the Lord; beside him there is no savior. He is the Lord, my Holy One, the creator of Israel, their King and my King. He has made a way in the sea and a path in the mighty waters, which brings forth the chariot and the horse, the army and the power, the rockets and the bombs. God shall cause all of the artillery of the enemy to fall down and not rise up against me. He shall make the enemy's power against me ineffective and quench his fire of wrath with the water of his word.

The Lord is the God of old. He will do for me what he did in former times. He is doing a new thing for me. It is springing forth now. I shall know it. It is making a way in this wilderness. It is making rivers in my desert of helplessness. There is no temptation that has taken me but such as is common to me. God is faithful and will not suffer me to be tempted above that I am able, but with the temptation also he will make a way for me to escape that I may be able to bear it. I rejoice. A way is made for me.

By Don Grigsby

Don Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - God's Companionship and Deliverance while Going through the Fire and the Flood (PART 2)

Israel was an example to us upon whom the ends of the earth have come. In the wilderness of their journey, God did not let their shoes or clothing deteriorate. He supplied meat, manna, and water. He fought their battles and gave them impossible victories at every turn. Psalms 114 is a dramatic explanation of some of the events from David's viewpoint. He details that Judah or praise was his sanctuary. The sea saw them and fled. Jordan was driven back. The mountains and hills skipped like rams and lambs. God turned the rock into standing water and the flint into fountains of water. All of creation recognizes the hand of God and his great power. We need to anoint our eyes to see the beauty of the Lord and stand amazed every day in his presence as he goes before us in life. God's ways sweep us up into definitions of greatness that make the negative terms of fear and failure turn and erase the smudges on the pages of our mind. His highway of holiness is the way through the waste places and wildernesses of today. Other roads may seem better to our flesh, but they are filled with peril and danger. When we know his ways and follow them intensely, we are translated with the expedience of Elijah from earthly dimensions to heavenly deliverance.

By Moses Hightower

Prepare yourself for my coming. My wife will make herself ready. She shall be given grace that she might be arrayed in fine linen, clean, and white. She shall be adorned with the righteousness of saints. I have sent out the call unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. If you dishonor me, how will you be ready when I come for my wife?

By LWWC Confession Writers

I prepare myself for the Lord's coming. His wife will make herself ready. She shall be given grace that she might be arrayed in fine linen, clean, and white. She shall be adorned with the righteousness of saints. He has sent out the call unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. If I dishonor him, there is no way that I can be ready when he comes for his wife.

By Don Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - Walk on the Waters of Impossibility During the Raging Storms of Life

As I was praying the Lord said, "I will give my people greater miracles than the Red Sea and Jordan rolling back. I will turn the waters of defeat and uncertainty into the sweet waters of joy that will be better than the waters of Mara and the waters Elisha cast salt into. I have given you faith spoken with grace. Faith has been spoken in law terms and has robbed my people of the abundance that I would give to them. I will cause them to walk on the waters of lack and loss to the miracles of much more than they ever had. Look not at the things that rage around you. You are now walking in the midst of your miracle. I will turn off the words of the naysayers and speak to you in the flowing poetry of prosperity. Shout aloud the promise, and the walls of defeat will disappear before you."

We are heirs of the promises. The will cannot be broken in any court because it was finished in the highest court of the universe.

By Moses Hightower

(Continued)

Throw down your stones, for all have sinned and come short of my glory. Whosoever judges another condemns himself and is inexcusable, for he that judges does the same things. My judgment is according to truth against all that commit such things.

414. Do you think that if you judge them which do such things and you do the same that you will escape the judgment of God?

(To Be Continued)

April 6 , 2007

By Rigoberto Toledo

I thank you, O Lord, that you have given Israel as an example for me. In the wilderness of Israel’s journey, you did not let their shoes or clothing deteriorate. I praise you and I am thankful, for you have given me the supply of meat, manna, and water during my trying times in this journey of life. You fight my battles and give me what would appear to be impossible victories at every turn. Thank you for the opportunity to learn from David’s expressions. I too will allow praise to become my sanctuary and my hiding place. The rivers that block my freedom are driven back, and you have turned the rock into standing water and the flint into fountains of water. I acknowledge and recognize your hand and great power in all of this. I am full of gratitude and stand with joy unspeakable, for you have allowed mercy and goodness to follow me today. Your tenderness sweeps me up into a greater appreciation of your love for me.

Your expression erases all of the smudges on the pages of my mind, and I no longer have to focus on the negative terms presented by fear and failure. Your highway of holiness is my way through the waste places and wildernesses of today. Other roads may seem better to my flesh, but they are filled with peril and danger. Your grace allows me to continue in your ways and to follow them intensely. My hope is to please you and to continually grow in the unity of the faith and the knowledge of you unto a perfect man and unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ. I praise you! My heart is full of hope for your continual grace that creates in me a clean heart. I seek to know your ways and to follow them, and then will I be translated with the expedience of Elijah from earthly dimensions to heavenly deliverance. I give you thanks for your ever- abounding love, freedom, and hope. Amen.

RE: PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING - April 6, 2007

In Job 37:23 it says, "Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out..." His ways transcend our ways in measures that exceed the heights of the heavens. His pathways are among the stars and the great depths of the sea. He knows the path that we take, and he encompasses our path about. God knows our sitting down and our uprising. His ways may seem strange to our flesh, but they lead us to victory and blessing. Fleshly ways thrill us at first, but they end in terrible loss and destruction. Jesus Christ is the shepherd of the sheep. His paths of righteousness are the way to the refuge in the time of storm and the fortress in the time of battle. Our rejoicing and praise will keep us marching upward into the greater things of God and not descending to the paths of pollution into more sorrow.