Thoughts Higher Than Mine_Living Word Chronicle

You take things too seriously. Learn to rest in every situation. Meekness is an attribute that I impart, not something you possess because of yourself. You cannot impress me with anything you do, for all things that you do that please me come from my spirit. The things that please me are fruit of my own spirit. When I called on you this evening, I called on you to teach you of my love for you. Allow this word that came to teach you of my faithfulness and my concern for you. Allow this word to remove from your mind the limited concepts that you have concerning my nature and me. I am not limited to a five-word conversation with man, but my conversation with him is determined by his willingness to trust in me. I am demonstrating to you now of the restoration you have received. I communed with Adam this way. I communed with Abraham this way. I communed with Jacob this way. I communed with Moses this way. I talked to Isaiah this way. I talked with Paul this way and revealed to him the truth concerning the gospel and me. I have brought you the same fellowship and communion. Julio spoke to you of the relationship that would follow. He told you that you would have power like Peter, power like Paul. Believe it. You have received power, for the Holy Ghost has come upon you. Reach out to the tongues of fire upon you, and return not to the dead works of religion and traditions. I have living words for the people. Go and open your mouth, and speak all that I have spoken unto you. I will bring them alive unto me by the spirit of prophecy, which is in the building where they gather to worship.

(RHEMA: Fiery Trials Are Illustrations Used by Grace, One of Our Teachers)

I take things too seriously. I will learn to rest in every situation. Meekness is an attribute that God imparts, not something I possess because of myself. I cannot impress the Lord with anything I do, for all things that I do that please him come from his spirit. The things that please him are fruit of his own spirit. When he called on me this evening, he called on me to teach me of his love for me. I allow this word to teach me of his faithfulness and his concern for me. I allow this word to remove from my mind the limited concepts that I have concerning his nature and Christ. The Lord is not limited to a five-word conversation with man, but his conversation with man is determined by his willingness to trust in him. He is demonstrating to me now of the restoration I have received. He communed with Adam this way. He communed with Abraham this way. He communed with Jacob this way. He communed with Moses this way. He talked to Isaiah this way. He talked with Paul this way and revealed to him the truth concerning the gospel and Christ. He has brought me the same fellowship and communion. I have power like Peter, power like Paul. I believe it. I have received power, for the Holy Ghost has come upon me. I will reach out to the tongues of fire upon me, and I will not return to the dead works of religion and traditions. God has living words for the people. I will go and open my mouth and speak all that he has spoken unto me. God will bring the people back to life unto himself by the spirit of prophecy, which is in the building where they gather to worship.

By Moses Hightower

Moses and Thelma Hightower

The Gravity of Love's Effect

You are lifted up into a place, which is heavenly, not devilish nor dark, but the place that you reside in is full of light. The redeemed of the Lord are saying what has happened unto them, not what their enemies desire to do unto them. I have said, "Let the redeemed of the Lord say that they are bought back." Do not say that you are damned or that you are in the darkness of this world, but say that you are victorious, for by the faith of Jesus Christ you have overcome all these things. You are of God and have overcome the world because I am in you, and I am greater than all of the things on the outside. Lift up your head now, and let it be as a gate of victory for you.

I am walking in the temples of the redeemed. No longer are you a vagabond and a fugitive, but you are now the son of God; therefore, say so. Let the redeemed of the Lord hear your testimony of victory and not the testimony of defeat and distress. Distress has tried to muffle the sounds of praise and cause them to be as a silent voice in the earth, but I have taken off your muffler and given you the sounds of praise that are without a muffler or any hindrance. Let the sounds of praise come from your mouth. Do not be stifled by the hands of the enemy. Though he places his hands of darkness in your face, remember that you are the light, and what you have shined in his face leaves him without a foundation for any strategy against you.

I am your refuge and your cleft in a rock of salvation. My walls are the end of the journey for the enemy that has chased you. Look up to the throne, and see that blood has been placed in heaven for you. You are not under the laws of condemnation, but you are under the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus. The law of love is working on your behalf. Allow the law of love to work for you and then will you see the gravity of love's effect draw you into the clutches of peace and safety.

The gravity of love's effect will repel that which is foreign to its field. No strange thing can enter this gravitation field of love where I have drawn you. You are hidden with me, the Light of the world. Be at peace, and rest in the arms of love, for I have secured you by the grace of the Lord, and now there is no reason for the sounds of distress and worry, for I have made you free.

Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, for I have truly redeemed them. Let the redeemed of the Lord say that they are healed. Let the redeemed of the Lord say that they are liberated. Let the redeemed of the Lord say that they have peace. Let them say that they have hope. Let the redeemed of the Lord say that they have overcome by my blood and the word of their testimony. Let the redeemed of the Lord show forth the newness of my confidence, for I am faithful.

I have promised, and I will perform that which I have promised. My word has gone out of my mouth. You have captured many words from me. Now stand fast in the liberty of their truth. Know that though the things before you show forth voids and no forms and though the deep has a face of darkness with no visible eyes, only believe that the same four words, "Let there be light," are being spoken for your life, and there shall be light. There shall be healing. There shall be prosperity. There shall be peace. There shall be love. There shall be mercy. There shall be joy. There shall be faith. There shall be miracles. There shall be revival. There shall be new souls born into my kingdom, and your life shall be saved from destruction and ruin, for I have ordained the victory for you, my child, the redeemed.

By Don Grigsby

Don and Linda Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - The Gravity of Love's Effect

Love's words are an escalator into the heavens. Love has called for us to come away from the winter of discontent. He embraces us with the hands that have meted out the heavens. His hands hold a creation in their measure. He has measured our difficulties and cast them into the sea of forgotten things as he did our sins. Lingering effects to the wounds of the past and present may cause our nerve systems to ache. Love is balm of healing and the covering of warmth that can melt the love of many that has waxed cold. Satan may try to throw rocks at our windows of praise and worship, but God will turn them into such elastic power that it will crush his head. The way of a man with a maid is together in the list of things too wonderful to understand with the way of a serpent on a rock. Love will be sure that the serpent crawls up on the Rock of Ages on the cross and he will crush his head! As powerful as his love is to pull the universe out of the formless void, it is even greater in its power to propel us beyond every component of defeat. Love has given us a confidence and testimony that creates a force field that will destroy hate and unbelief. We are not parrots of depreciation but of declaration of God's greatness in us.

DARKNESS, DEFEAT, AND DISTRESS

I am lifted up into a place which is heavenly, not devilish nor dark, but the place that I reside in is full of light. The redeemed of the Lord are saying what has happened unto them, not what their enemies desire to do unto them. God has said, "Let the redeemed of the Lord say that they are bought back." I will not say that I am damned or that I am in the darkness of this world, but I will say that I am victorious, for by the faith of Jesus Christ, I have overcome all these things. I am of God and have overcome the world because he is in me, and he is greater than all of the things on the outside. I lift up my head, and I let it be as a gate of victory for me.

Jesus is walking in the temples of the redeemed. I am no longer a vagabond and a fugitive, but I am now the son of God; therefore, I say so. I will let the redeemed of the Lord hear my testimony of victory and not the testimony of defeat and distress. Distress has tried to muffle the sounds of praise and cause them to be a silent voice in the earth, but the Lord has taken off my muffler and given me the sounds of praise that are without a muffler or any hindrance. I let the sounds of praise come from my mouth. I choose not to be stifled by the hands of the enemy. Though he places his hands of darkness in my face, I remember that I am the light and what I have shined in his face leaves him without a foundation for any strategy against me.

God is my refuge and my cleft in a rock of salvation. His walls are the end of the journey for the enemy that has chased me. I look up to the throne and see that blood has been placed in heaven for me. I am not under the laws of condemnation, but I am under the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus. The law of love is working on my behalf. I allow the law of love to work for me, and now I will see the gravity of love's effect draw me into the clutches of peace and safety.

The gravity of love's effect will repel that which is foreign to its field. No strange thing can enter this gravitation field of love where he has drawn me. I am hidden with Jesus, the Light of the world. I am at peace, and I rest in the arms of love, for he has secured me by the grace of the Lord, and now there is no reason for the sounds of distress and worry, for he has made me free.

The Lord said to me, "Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, for I have truly redeemed them. Let the redeemed of the Lord say that they are healed. Let the redeemed of the Lord say that they are liberated. Let the redeemed of the Lord say that they have peace. Let them say that they have hope. Let the redeemed of the Lord say that they have overcome by my blood and the word of their testimony. Let the redeemed of the Lord show forth the newness of my confidence, for I am faithful."

God has promised, and he will perform that which he has promised. His word has gone out of his mouth. I have captured many words from him. Now I stand fast in the liberty of their truth. I know that though the things before me show forth voids and no forms and though the deep has a face of darkness with no visible eyes, I believe that the same four words, "Let there be light," are being spoken for my life, and there shall be light. There shall be healing. There shall be prosperity. There shall be peace. There shall be love. There shall be mercy. There shall be joy. There shall be faith. There shall be miracles. There shall be revival. There shall be new souls born into the Kingdom of God, and my life shall be saved from destruction and ruin, for the Lord has ordained the victory for me, his child, and the redeemed.

RHEMA

By Don Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - Access the Opportunity To Express Mercy Unto Others

As we measure mercy to others, this action fashions the size container that we will receive mercy in. I need rivers and oceans of mercy. I must be careful to really never measure the mercy I give to others. Those who are rich in mercy live a life time full of liberty from bitterness, resentment, and unforgiveness. If we are miserly in our mercy, we will be tormented by the things we hold on to as we reserve our right to hurt back. God, in his wisdom, did not destroy man after sin but mercifully forgave him. We continue to live in the refreshing flow of that fountain of his love that never quits. If we choose to enter into judgment, we become stuck in a destructive mode. It will affect every action we take. As we flow in the freedom of the river of mercy, we will live in the flow of creative power. Mercy has no tools that are made for demolition, only the tools of rebuilding and restoration. We will never be more like God than in the unmerited and unconditional mercy that we give to others. It is easy to tear up a piece of paper that has been scribbled on than to fix it and restore it to its original state. Mercy seeks to do this very thing in the life of others. It gives us the ability to treat them as if they had never sinned. As we live in a world where there continues to be less and less tolerance, we can melt the icicles of hate and unforgiveness by the warmth of the love of the riches of his mercy. To be forgiven, is to be liberated. We have been called to set at liberty those that are bound. How better can we liberate those in bondage in the world and in the church than in the unfettered flow of mercy?

(Continued)

Enjoy the presence of the light and all its benefits as you are surrounded by the terror of the night. The arrows which fly by the day time shall not wound you. The pestilence of the day and of the night shall not devour you in their time of hunger for the souls of men, but these things shall be consumed by the power of the light, which is in you. I am greater than all these things; therefore, embrace the heavenly Lord of your life, and be free from the entanglement of the night. The night is approaching.

345. Will you work in the night?

346. You have not worked in the day as a child of the redeemed then how will you work at midnight?

All the ungodliness of the world shall be punished. What the world calls good is devilish and sensual. Hell is not a comedy, neither is there any vacation there, but the worms do not die, and the torment is forever and forever. The smoke of those tormented ascends forever and forever. Do not go to the place of the devil and his angels, for it is eternal damnation and no refuge. Do not be enticed by the sensual expressions of the age. Lay your treasure out of reach of the images used by the prince of the power of the air. If you lay your treasure within reach of the enemy, he shall surely hook your heart with the hook of covetousness and lust. I do not tempt any man. A man is drawn away of his own lust and enticed. Lust has many prisons designed for the unaware. If lust is not conquered, it will surely entrap the unsuspecting in its prison of hatred and death. No one is alone in lust. It will not be satisfied until it has a companion.

347. Shall the enemy speak in your ear when the Holy Spirit of God is lord of your life?

Search my word daily, and be found broken upon the altar of grace. Do not challenge these thieves, for they have come with the force of their own gravity, which is greater than the gravity of human understanding. Do not trust yourself in the presence of these wicked things, but lean on the everlasting arms of faithfulness. I am your faithfulness; therefore, yield to me that your example is fashioned after holiness and righteousness. The lambs are following you; therefore, do not be a fool and lead them down the pathway of destruction. The church will mourn the death of the mighty in the last days.

348. O' how are the mighty fallen, and how are the prudent deceived?

(To Be Continued)

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