Thoughts Higher Than Mine_Living Word Chronicle

I have come that you might have life. I have given you that life. It is eternal. In the times that have passed, you have almost cast aside the most precious thing that you have possessed. You have almost cast aside eternal life. My grace kept you from casting me aside for dung. My love and mercy reached you when you were at your weakest moment and granted you grace to withstand the wiles of the devil. I did not allow the enemy to take you into the darkness because I love you, not because you are good. There is no good thing in your flesh. I am your goodness. I am your holiness. I am your wisdom. I am your love. Be thankful today and everyday that I am the God who lives inside of you. Inside, I dwell, and none can take me from you. Simply do not give yourself to anything unholy. I am a jealous God. Grace is given to you that you might make me first in your life. Grace is leading you back to your first love. Now follow the spirit of grace, and show it no despite (insult). I have loved you with an everlasting love. Now allow grace to show forth the reciprocal of what has been freely given you. The love of God is shed abroad in your heart by the Holy Ghost. You are inhabited by divine love. Allow it to be expressed unto others, and it will naturally be expressed unto me.

(RHEMA: Grace Shows You the Reciprocal of What Has Been Freely Given To You)

God has come that I might have life. He has given me that life. It is eternal. In the times that have past, I almost cast aside the most precious thing that I have possessed. I almost cast aside eternal life. God's grace kept me from casting the Lord aside for dung. His love and mercy reached me when I was at my weakest moment and granted me grace to withstand the wiles of the devil. The Lord did not allow the enemy to take me into the darkness because he loves me, not because I am good. There is no good thing in my flesh. God is my goodness. He is my holiness. He is my wisdom. He is my love. I will be thankful today and everyday that Jesus is the God who lives inside of me. Inside, he dwells, and none can take him from me. I will not give myself to anything unholy. The Lord is a jealous God. Grace is given to me that I might make Jesus first in my life. Grace is leading me back to my first love. By this same grace, I will now follow the spirit of grace and show it no insult. God has loved me with an everlasting love. I will now allow grace to show forth the reciprocal of what has been freely given me. The love of God is shed abroad in my heart by the Holy Ghost. I am inhabited by divine love. By grace through faith, I allow God's love to be expressed unto others. Now it will naturally be expressed unto him.

By Moses Hightower

Moses and Thelma Hightower

An Engraved Statement In the Dimension of Time

I am faithful. I am not inconsistent. I am the same today, yesterday, and forever. I am the Lord, and I change not. I will be with you unto the end. I will never forsake you, and I will never leave you. Look unto me with confidence, and be assured of my enduring love. This love is unconditional. I do not love you because of anything that you have done. I simply love you. I am love. Do you really understand what it means for your God to be love?

I AM LOVE. If I am love, then what is the nature of my expression?

An enemy has blinded the minds of my people to my true character and nature. I have been misrepresented by those who say they know me, but now I am sending forth the true representation of my character and nature. The works of my cross have stamped an expression of my character and my love. The stamp of the cross shall not be removed. It is engraved in the dimension of time. No one will erase and remove the statement that the cross and my sufferings made in the earth. Look again to the statement of the cross and my sufferings. There is a blessing there for you.

I am truly your light and your salvation. There is no fear in the statement of my sufferings. All your debts were marked paid by the statement that I made on the cross. Pick up your cross, and make a statement of your love for me. Men say with their mouths that they love me, but their hearts are far from me. I want a statement from you that is the statement of your heart, mind, soul, and strength. When you have declared with your works, the statement of your love toward me, then shall the world behold the epistles of my declaration.

I have brought you life. The life that I brought unto you is life and more abundant life. May your joy be fulfilled, for I have fountains of life that bring great joy unto your soul. Allow the free course of my spirit to operate in you and then will you see the power of the resurrection that is in you. I desire to lift the people into my atmosphere of faithfulness. I am faithful and have never been untrue to my people. They have allowed an enemy to distract them and turn their minds upon the attraction of the liar, who is the devil. He is the father of lies and desires to murder, destroy, and cause you to be damned. I have come with the spirit of truth. Now worship me in spirit and in truth.

Go and say, "Lift up holy hands without wrath and without doubting." Declare that I am the omnipresent savior whose love already proved it. I am love, and I have displayed the essence of my love by the demonstration of my love. I showed forth my love on the tree and declared to the entire world that you are precious in my sight. Must I display another act to prove my love?

I have given you the greatest sign and the only sign. There is no sign as specific and sure as the sign of the prophet Jonah. Look to that sign, and accept its pivotal direction for all lives. Turn from your doubts and fears, and know of a truth, that I will be on time. I am faithful unto the end. Only believe.

By Don Grigsby

Don and Linda Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - An Engraved Statement In the Dimension of Time

Infinite grace has no limits or boundaries. Endless and continual love that never weighs its portions has our hand in his. Far from the streets of the normal is sequestered in the pavilion of praise the banquet hall of a feast for all those who will pull back the veil of time and look into the face of the measureless Master of Everything. When we realize that God made everything out of nothing, then time and circumstance are just a short commute to the eternal power of God. The cross has laid its transom beams across the divisions of time and displayed an everlasting and unconditional love for all those who come. Our lives are not just a piece of scribbled on paper but the parchment of the artist of everlasting images. We have been changed into his image by the Spirit. Every false accusation and fabrication of lies will fall like cinders into oblivion as it is consumed on the burning flames of God's eternal love and power expressed for us. Time and its events are the purposed blotters of truth eternity love is filled with faith that arrests these vandals and shuts them up in eternal prisons of the forgotten.

DEBTS AND FEAR

God is faithful. He is not inconsistent. He is the same today, yesterday, and forever. Jesus is the Lord, and he does not change. He will be with me unto the end. He will never forsake me, and he will never leave me. I look unto him with confidence, and I am assured of his enduring love. This love is unconditional. He does not love me because of anything that I have done. He simply loves me. God is love.

I am trying to understand what it means for my God to be love. He is LOVE. God is love, and the nature of his expression is love. An enemy has blinded the minds of God's people to his true character and nature. He has been misrepresented by those who say they know him, but now he is sending forth the true representation of his character and nature. The works of his cross have stamped an expression of his character and his love. The stamp of the cross shall not be removed. It is engraved in the dimension of time. No one will erase and remove the statement that the cross and Jesus' sufferings made in the earth. I look again to the statement of the cross and his sufferings. There is a blessing there for me.

Jesus is truly my light and my salvation. There is no fear in the statement of his sufferings. All my debts were marked paid by the statement that he made on the cross. I pick up my cross and make a statement of my love for God. Men say with their mouths that they love him, but their hearts are far from him. He wants a statement from me that is the statement of my heart, mind, soul, and strength. When I have declared with my works, the statement of my love toward God, then the world shall behold an epistle of his declaration.

Jesus has brought me life. The life that he brought unto me is life and more abundant life. My joy will be fulfilled, for he has fountains of life that bring great joy unto my soul. I will allow the free course of his spirit to operate in me and then I will see the power of the resurrection that is in me. God desires to lift the people into his atmosphere of faithfulness. He is faithful and has never been untrue to his people. They have allowed an enemy to distract them and turn their minds upon the attraction of the liar, who is the devil. He is the father of lies and desires to murder, destroy, and cause me to be damned. Jesus has come with the spirit of truth. Now I worship him in spirit and in truth.

I will go and say, "Lift up holy hands without wrath and without doubting." I will declare that Jesus is the omnipresent savior whose love already proved itself. He is love, and he has displayed the essence of his love by the demonstration of his love. He showed forth his love on the tree and declared to the entire world that I am precious in his sight. He does not need to display another act to prove his love. God has given me the greatest sign and the only sign. There is no sign as specific and sure as the sign of the prophet Jonah. I look to that sign and accept its pivotal direction for all lives. I turn from my doubts and fears, and I know of a truth that God will be on time. He is faithful unto the end. I believe.

INSPIRATION

By Don Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - Appetites For True Spiritual Food Will Be Revived When Appetites For Carnal Things Are Spoiled

Tables are filled with the vomit of those who have gorged themselves on sensual pleasure. Our hunger must be for the eternal destinations that have been prepared for us. Any negative circumstances that pull us away from him should be held up to the light of truth and dismissed. Hurt and fear are the slow abrasives that wear our faith thin. Shields of faith and barriers of confidence will shield us from the deadly attack of rejection and sorrows. He will build us habitations to feast in that will rekindle our appetite for the spiritual. Spoiled and rotting foods from the world will case the door of our lives to be open to the attack of weakness and spiritual disease. Health and strength is on the plates of the righteous. Living waters and the light of the morning of rejoicing are on the menu daily to those who will feed beside the shepherd's tents.

(Continued)

My mercy endures forever. Let the redeemed go and say that they are redeemed. I am the redeemer, and I have bought you back from slavery. Be not a slave to the lower things of this life, neither the beggarly elements of this world, but be bonded to me, the love of God. I have loved you with an everlasting love. With everlasting kindness, have I stretched forth this mercy and grace. With my longsuffering, I have given you space for repentance each time that you have sinned. Be not drawn away to the slave chambers that exist in this hour, for there are many doors to walk into and become a slave.

367. Why be an inhabitant in a slave chamber, when I have invited you to sit together with me in heavenly places?

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. I laid my life down for you, an enemy to the purpose and the cause of God and then I took up my life again. Rejoice in me, for the resurrection and victor over death and the grave is worthy of your expression of joy. The enemy has been bruised on his head, and my heel has been bruised. Now the prophetic word of God is fulfilled, and you are now the seed of the promise child.

368. What will you do now that you are a seed of the Seed?

369. Will you sit and wonder if this is real, or will you rise up and claim the promises of Messiah?

370. Don't you know that redemption bought you everything?

371. What do you think of redemption?

(To Be Continued)

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