Thoughts Higher Than Mine_Living Word Chronicle

Lift up your eyes from the dungeon of pity and worry. Look upon the eyes and hands of divine love. My love for you has not waned in the face of your executors, neither have I backed away and watched them conspire against you. I have sent a host here beforetime. Now watch the wave of my power on your behalf. Come to the arms of love this evening, and rest from your labors of worry. You are stressing yourself out in vain. Rest and be renewed in my spirit. I am not passing you by. I am passing over and through this storm with you. Do not look upon the storm if you cannot bear looking in the face of frowning fury. Instead of staring at Fury's expressions, look into the face of love and rest. Your mother would not allow you to fall if she had the strength to prevail in a situation. I have more than enough strength, for I have all strength. Then if your mother being evil would not let you fall, how much more shall I sustain you?

Give me this monster that you have created by the hands of your own unbelief. Give it to me, and it will not torment you any longer. You have listened to its voice and viewed its demonstrations in the realm of thoughts and images. Come away from Imagination's program, and allow the stronghold of grace to instruct you. There is another stronghold that will not crumble in the face of Imagination's horror presentation. Grace does not fear the presentations by Imagination. It has already trodden this path and viewed this scene many times. Lift up your eyes to the stable position of grace, and be strengthened in your faith. Iniquity has contacted your imaginations and shoved its images through your mind. I have stopped this show in the theater of your mind and cut off all the electrical circuits of confusion. The power of grace is now working to restore the lost power of faith. (RHEMA: Safety In the Stronghold of Grace During the Storm of Fury)

(RHEMA: Safety In the Stronghold of Grace During the Storm of Fury)

I lift up my eyes from the dungeon of pity and worry. I look upon the eyes and hands of divine love. God's love for me has not waned in the face of my executors, neither has he backed away and watched them conspire against me. He has sent a host here beforetime. I will now watch the wave of his power on my behalf. I have come to the arms of love this evening, and now I rest from my labors of worry. I have been stressing myself out in vain. I will now rest and be renewed in God's spirit. The Lord is not passing me by. He is passing over and through this storm with me. I will look upon this storm, for God has given me more grace to bear looking in the face of frowning fury. Instead of staring at Fury's expressions, I will look into the face of love and rest. My mother would not allow me to fall if she had the strength to prevail in a situation. God has more than enough strength, for he has all strength. If my mother being evil would not let me fall, then I know that the Lord will sustain me. I give God this monster that I have created by the hands of my own unbelief. I give it to him, and it will not torment me any longer. I have listened to its voice and viewed its demonstrations in the realm of thoughts and images. I come away from Imagination's program, and allow the stronghold of grace to instruct me. God has a stronghold that will not crumble in the face of Imagination's horror presentation. Grace does not fear the presentations by Imagination. It has already trodden this path and viewed this scene many times. I will lift up my eyes to the stable position of grace and be strengthened in my faith. Iniquity has contacted my imaginations and shoved its images through my mind. The Lord has stopped this show in the theater of my mind and cut off all the electrical circuits of confusion. The power of grace is now working to restore the lost power of faith.

By Moses Hightower

Moses and Thelma Hightower

The Judgment of Righteousness Upon Condemnation

As I prayed unto the Lord, I could see myself standing on "a spot" which was the result of light shining. "A spotlight" from above was directed at me and came from above my head. This spot from the light was all about me so that I was surrounded by this spot from the light. The diameter of the spot began to enlarge itself. I fell to the ground and then upon my back. I could see the different rays that were in this light. I thanked the Lord for the light and his righteousness, for I began to perceive that the Lord's attributes, which were the rays of light, were now my clothes and that I was not dressed in the fig leaves of my works but in the righteousness of God. I heard the Lord say, "Come." I came when he beckoned and sat down and waited for the communion of the Spirit. Then these words came unto me,

You are bought with a price. This price is the blood of Jesus. Can this price be matched by the kings and princes of this world?

Is there a God beside me?

I am the only Lord God, and my name is Jesus. Is there a savior beside me?

I know no other. I am a just God and your redeemer. I have come to you to express the beauty of salvation and the benefits granted unto you through my redeeming blood. I have settled all the issues that come from the mouth of the accuser of the brethren. The charges that were against you have been placed on my account, and now there is no evidence against you. I have stood in your stead and redeemed you.

I am the Lord who knows all things. I am not the minister of sin. I am the minister of righteousness. I am ministering righteousness unto you. The enemy came with his accusing voice and attempted to bring the power of guilt unto your mind. I have come as the faithful witness to stand and give my testimony of the works of your representative on behalf of you and all those who do believe on Christ. I am more than a man. I am Jehovah, the God of Abraham, the father of faith, and the father of many nations. Your mother is not a slave and a bondwoman, but your mother is the Church. You were born free. You were not born a slave. You did not come into this place with the shackles of sin, but sin's shackles were taken off in baptism.

Believe me, for I have placed the great light of love within your heart, and now every ray of this great light shines with the brilliancy of a great diamond whose many rays are seen by the eyes of the accuser. Even the angels look, and behold the radiance of my righteousness as it works on your behalf. The angle that they look from allows them to see one thing this moment, but before it is all said and done, they shall behold the continual turning of righteousness on your behalf. They marvel at the effect of my righteousness as it is a blinding light in the face of Accusation. Accusation places its hand before its eyes to prevent the glorious rays of righteousness from blinding its eyes. Be not afraid, neither be intimidated, for I am here with the glorious rays of light. Let this light shine, and never worry about condemnation. Pick up your own light, and be condemned.

Trust not yourself, and lean not to your own understanding. Make no provision for the flesh, for the flesh does not profit anything. Have no confidence in the flesh, for you will only find the rays of self-righteousness that produce the garments of filth. Do not place these filthy rags on your redeemed life, but allow the machine of my righteousness to fashion you a new garment, which is without spot or without wrinkle. This righteousness of God fashions you a robe of righteousness that causes you to stand in the presence of hell's court and the world's assassins without fear and without guilt. Fear the accuser no longer, for I do cut off his pointing finger and his head that rears up with the voice of defeat. I shall cut his head off with this sword of righteousness, and you shall behold the fingers that pointed and the head that spoke. They shall be amputated and cast beneath your feet.

Now behold the swing of righteousness as I swing the sword of judgment against the accuser of the brethren. Behold this mighty swing of righteousness as I bring victory to those of faith. Behold it. I do swing now while you yet listen. The swing of my righteousness shall bring you peace and rest. It shall bring you victory and great favor. Look at the finger of the accuser and look at the head of the accuser. Behold it as it faces the judgment of righteousness. Behold the judgment of righteousness upon condemnation.

By Don Grigsby

Don and Linda Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - The Judgment of Righteousness Upon Condemnation

There is therefore now no condemnation to those that are in Christ Jesus. We have been declared not guilty by the blood of the Lamb. Justification and righteousness are nearly the same word in the Greek language. Those who sit in the seat of the scornful will not be the judges of anyone. God himself will be the judge of all. When others condemn us, they will stand before the judgment of unforgiveness themselves. When we judge others, we condemn ourselves. God has given us the ministry of reconciliation and the word of reconciliation. We were not called to be prosecuting attorneys. God is the righteous judge and the faithful witness, and he will vindicate his children before the mouth of lions or liars. The work of righteousness is peace. Accusation will be destroyed by the atonement of the Lamb.

CONDEMNATION

As our pastor prayed unto the Lord, he could see himself standing on "a spot" which was the result of light shining. "A spotlight" from above was directed at him and came from above his head. This spot from the light was all about him so that he was surrounded by this spot from the light. The diameter of the spot began to enlarge itself. He fell to the ground and then upon his back. He could see the different rays that were in this light. He thanked the Lord for the light and his righteousness, for he began to perceive that the Lord's attributes, which were the rays of light, were now his clothes and that he was not dressed in the fig leaves of his works but in the righteousness of God. Now I will confess my agreement with God as part of the communion of the Spirit.

I am bought with a price. This price is the blood of Jesus. This price cannot be matched by the kings and princes of this world. There is no God beside him. He is the only Lord God, and his name is Jesus. There is no savior beside him. Jesus knows no other. He is a just God and my redeemer. He has come to me to express the beauty of salvation and the benefits granted unto me through the Lord's redeeming blood. He has settled all the issues that come from the mouth of the accuser of the brethren. The charges that were against me have been placed on his account, and now there is no evidence against me. The Lord has stood in my stead and redeemed me.

Jesus is the Lord who knows all things. He is not the minister of sin. He is the minister of righteousness. He is ministering righteousness unto me. The enemy came with his accusing voice and attempted to bring the power of guilt unto my mind. The Lord has come as the faithful witness to stand and give his testimony of the works of my representative on behalf of me and all those who do believe on Christ. He is more than a man. Jesus is Jehovah, the God of Abraham, the father of faith, and the father of many nations. My mother is not a slave and a bondwoman, but my mother is the Church. I was born free. I was not born a slave. I did not come into this place with the shackles of sin, but sin's shackles were taken off in baptism.

I believe the Lord, for he has placed the great light of love within my heart, and now every ray of this great light shines with the brilliancy of a great diamond whose many rays are seen by the eyes of the accuser. Even the angels look and behold the radiance of God's righteousness as it works on my behalf. The angle that they look from allows them to see one thing this moment, but before it is all said and done, they shall behold the continual turning of righteousness on my behalf. They marvel at the effect of God's righteousness, as it is a blinding light in the face of Accusation. Accusation places its hand before its eyes to prevent the glorious rays of righteousness from blinding its eyes. I am not afraid, neither will I be intimidated, for Jesus is here with the glorious rays of light. I will let this light shine and never worry about condemnation. When I pick up my own light, I will be condemned.

I will not trust in myself and lean not to my own understanding. I will not make provision for the flesh, for the flesh does not profit anything. I will have no confidence in the flesh, for I will only find the rays of self-righteousness that produce the garments of filth. I will not place these filthy rags on my redeemed life, but I will allow the machine of his righteousness to fashion me a new garment, which is without spot or without wrinkle. This righteousness of God fashions me a robe of righteousness that causes me to stand in the presence of hell's court and the world's assassins without fear and without guilt. I will not fear the accuser any longer, for God does cut off his pointing finger and his head that rears up with the voice of defeat. The Lord shall cut his head off with this sword of righteousness, and I shall behold the fingers that pointed and the head that spoke. They shall be amputated and cast beneath my feet.

Now I behold the swing of righteousness as the Lord swings the sword of judgment against the accuser of the brethren. I behold this mighty swing of righteousness as he brings victory to those of faith. I behold it. The Lord does swing now while I yet speak. The swing of God's righteousness shall bring me peace and rest. It shall bring me victory and great favor. I look at the finger of the accuser and look at the head of the accuser. I behold it as it faces the judgment of righteousness. I behold the judgment of righteousness upon condemnation.

INSPIRATION

By Don Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - A Miracle Is Not Determined by Human Qualifications

God spoke to me yesterday and said,

You do not need to struggle within yourself or try to move anything by yourself. Do I not still have all power in heaven and earth? Why would you try to accomplish what you know you could never finish? Why would you even consider that which I have placed purposely beyond your ability to show you my ability? Know that I will come with such a flow of a river and wind of power that the resistance and the enemy will be swept away and all your doubts and fears with it. You have measured the degrees of difficulty long enough. I always have more left over when I finish supplying your need than what you started with. Did I not have baskets full left over when I supplied the needs of multitudes? Why would I not meet the greatest need you could ask for and not have much more after I finished doing that work?

This caused me to realize all over again that we are his children, and we do not have to impress him. We are already impressed by him (in his Image). Pardon the play on words. His efforts on our behalf stand finished forever.

(Continued)

Hear the voice of the spirit, for I do speak with the love of the Savior. I am speaking plainly unto my prophets in this hour. I am speaking plainly unto my teachers in this hour. I am speaking plainly unto my pastors in this hour. I am speaking plainly to my apostles. I am speaking plainly to my evangelists. Now prepare for the wave of the hand of the ministry through this congregation, for I do bring a wave of deliverance that shall feed the people the bread and the water of my victory. Then shall you be full, and rise up from the table to go, and feed the hungry at the door. Greet the babes in the womb of faith.

336. Do you not hear the voices of the unborn?

337. Will you be as the abortionist of the land and not know of the life that is in the womb of the church?

I have brought my righteousness unto you and placed it within you. You are the righteousness of God within me. I have declared you righteous.

338. Will you declare yourself unrighteous?

The people of my name are coming forth as a mighty army. They are marching with one mind and one intent. The people of my name are coming forth walking by the same rule and minding the same thing. Get in rank, and walk in harmony with the body of Christ, which is called by my name, Jesus. Do not break rank to walk after the "whistling leaders," who are not leaders but are blind leaders of the blind.

339. Will you align yourself with those who are blind and stumble in the day?

340. How will you see in the night if you see not in the day?

(To Be Continued)

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