Thoughts Higher Than Mine_Living Word Chronicle

You are not in darkness. You are in the light. Now walk in the light as I am in the light. You will have fellowship with me, and the blood of Jesus will cleanse you of all sin. Be not self-righteous and say that you have no sin. I am not a liar. It is impossible for me to lie. If you say that you have no sin, you accuse me of being a liar. Being in the light does not exclude you from warfare and fiery trials. The light is in a constant conflict with the darkness. Rulers of the darkness of this world oppose my kingdom. There are principalities and powers using their wiles to ensnare and beguile you. As the serpent beguiled Eve, so are these rulers and spirits attempting to beguile you through his subtlety to corrupt your minds from the simplicity that is in Christ. Beware of another Jesus. He has come to offer liberty as a cloak of maliciousness. Refuse his cloak, and continue to walk in the light of love. Do not allow your liberty to become a stumbling block to others. Seek not your own way, and you will not damage the conscience of others. There are no new liberties in me. I have not changed, for I am the same yesterday, today, and forever. I am the Lord, and I change not.

(RHEMA: Refuse the Robe of the False Christ)

I am not in darkness. I am in the light. I will walk in the light as Jesus is in the light. I will have fellowship with him, and the blood of Jesus will cleanse me of all sin. I will not be self-righteous and say that I have no sin. God is not a liar. It is impossible for him to lie. If I say that I have no sin, I accuse him of being a liar. Being in the light does not exclude me from warfare and fiery trials. The light is in a constant conflict with the darkness. Rulers of the darkness of this world oppose the Lord's kingdom. There are principalities and powers using their wiles to ensnare and beguile us. As the serpent beguiled Eve, so are these rulers and spirits attempting to beguile us through his subtlety to corrupt our minds from the simplicity that is in Christ. I will beware of another Jesus. Another Jesus has come to offer liberty as a cloak of maliciousness. I will refuse his cloak and continue to walk in the light of love. I will not allow my liberty to become a stumbling block to others. I will not seek my own way, and I will not damage the conscience of others. There are no new liberties in Christ. He has not changed, for he is the same yesterday, today, and forever. He is the Lord, and he does not change.

By Moses Hightower

Moses and Thelma Hightower

The Consuming Fire of God For Cold Waxy Lives

Bring all your thoughts into obedience to the spirit of Christ within you then shall you see confusion cast down beneath your feet. I have not sent the confusing voices into the ears of the people, but they have elected to listen to the voices of disruption in their ears. The weapons of your warfare are not carnal. Your weapons are mighty weapons through me to the pulling down of strongholds, the casting down of imaginations, and every high thing that exalts itself above my knowledge, and the bringing into captivity every thought into my obedience. I have placed mighty weapons within you. Yield to the expression of the mighty weapons of war within you and then shall you know peace and a different mind-set. Think on the things which are pure, lovely, honest, true, and of a good report. Think on things fostered and authored by me, the only Lord God. You have the mind of Christ. I am speaking clearly in this same hour and granting my sheep reception. The approaching night brings a wave of confusion to those looking back and to those looking to the world in their hearts. Look not to the world in your heart, or you shall be crystallized by the effect of worldliness. Look to me and not the world and then shall you be filled with the love of your heavenly Father. I will not share you with the world. If any one loves the world, then my love is not in them. All that is in the world is the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of this life.

Lift up your eyes unto my divinity, and see the magnitude of grace that is yours by the free gift of righteousness. I have redeemed you by precious blood and set you on a hill where you cannot be hid. Lift up the bushel of doubt, and run to the wide open spaces of evangelism. The spirit of evangelism is in you. I have come to evangelize the world. Come out of your cocoon of comfort, and inflict your dignity. When you have buffeted yourselves and declared yourselves dead to self, to the devil, and to the world, then shall the wick of evangelism shine bright in you. I am the light of the world. I have lit the wick of life within you, but your flesh does not want to die to the things of this world. Don't you know that a candle is not used without its wax being spent?

Don't be a candle for display only. You have been candles for display long enough. Come and allow me to light your wick of life again then shall you be spent. Your wax of the flesh shall run throughout the world as I, by my consuming fire within you, burn up the effects of resistance to soul-winning. Return to me, your first love. When you make me your second love, then your faith becomes second hand faith. If you are to have first hand faith as Jesus, then you must have me as your first love. You must be totally committed to me. You must be willingly obedient to me. Come and allow me to pour out a fresh baptism of love upon you this day then shall you lift up your eyes unto the fields, which are white and ripe for the harvest of the last days.

Lift up your heads from the fear of sufferings. Lift up your eyes from the debris of wasted self-centered things and self-centered acts. The vultures shall eat the waste of the lives of the ungodly and the eagles shall gather about the dead of the world, but I have gathered in your midst with a host of angels. Now shall I express a new dimension of living by my spirit. Look upon my arms which are extended to you. You are weak, but I am strong. By my spirit, I do energize you again. Now go and shine. Fear not the melting effect of your fleshly desires. They must be burned in the consuming fire, or they will not be spent, and your light will not shine. I have moved into your midst to bring the flesh to naught and to exalt my spirit as Lord.

By Don Grigsby

Don and Linda Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - The Consuming Fire of God For Cold Waxy Lives

Eden was the lighting of a candle compared to the intense fire of the Holy Ghost that is enfolding itself around the lives of on fire believers. It is the greatest travesty for the believer to be smoldering or only smoking when the reflection of the fire of supernatural creation is seen in the immeasurable inferno in the stars of the galaxies. God always validated acceptable sacrifices and offerings with fire out of the heights of heaven. Fire consumed 50's and captains. Sodom experienced the statement of displeasure of the fire of the wrath of God. We have experienced the fervent fire of the love of God in regeneration. As we continually present ourselves as a living sacrifice, we will be the burning bush on the edge of the wilderness of this world. A pillar of fire was the guiding directive for Israel. Fire should be the strong impact on our every day relationship with God. To be fervent in spirit is to be boiling hot. We see the imagery of God coming down in the book of Isaiah and causing the waters to boil and the mountains to flow down at his presence. His fiery presence doesn't only write on tables of stone but on the tables of our hearts. Our impossibilities are vaporized by the tremendous power of the fire of the Almighty. As we are consumed by his presence, the enemy has nothing to lay hold on. So in reality, when we are totally consumed by God's Spirit, we are free from the clutches of the enemy. Iniquity may abound and the love of many wax cold but the fires of the altars of his anointed ones will set on fire the fields of today's Philistines. His Spirit should be so intense in us that it is hotter than any fire of lust that could ever burn in our members.

SPIRITUAL COLDNESS

I will bring all my thoughts into obedience to the spirit of Christ within me then I shall see confusion cast down beneath my feet. God has not sent the confusing voices into the ears of the people, but they have elected to listen to the voices of disruption in their ears. The weapons of my warfare are not carnal. My weapons are mighty weapons through God to the pulling down of strongholds, the casting down of imaginations, and every high thing that exalts itself above his knowledge, and the bringing into captivity every thought into his obedience. He has placed mighty weapons within me. I yield to the expression of the mighty weapons of war within me and then I shall know peace and a different mind-set. I will think on the things which are pure, lovely, honest, true, and of a good report. I think on things fostered and authored by Jesus, the only Lord God. I have the mind of Christ. He is speaking clearly in this same hour and granting his sheep reception. The approaching night brings a wave of confusion to those looking back and to those looking to the world in their hearts. I purpose not to look to the world in my heart, or I shall be crystallized by the effect of worldliness. I will look to Jesus and not to the world, and then I shall be filled with the love of my heavenly Father. He will not share me with the world. If any one loves the world, then God's love is not in them. All that is in the world is the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of this life.

I lift up my eyes unto God's divinity and see the magnitude of grace that is mine by the free gift of righteousness. Jesus has redeemed me by precious blood and set me on a hill where I cannot be hid. I lift up the bushel of doubt and run to the wide open spaces of evangelism. The spirit of evangelism is in me. God has come to evangelize the world. I will come out of my cocoon of comfort, and I inflict my dignity. When I have buffeted myself and declared myself dead to self, to the devil, and to the world, then shall the wick of evangelism shine bright in me. Jesus is the light of the world. He has lit the wick of life within me, but my flesh does not want to die to the things of this world.

I know that a candle is not used without its wax being spent. I determine not to be a candle for display only. I have been a candle for display long enough. I will go and allow God to light my wick of life again and then I shall be spent. My wax of the flesh shall run throughout the world as Jesus, by his consuming fire within me, burns up the effects of resistance to soul-winning. I return to Jesus, my first love. When I make him my second love, then my faith becomes second hand faith. If I am to have first hand faith as Jesus, then I must have him as my first love. I must be totally committed to God. I must be willingly obedient to him. I will go and allow him to pour out a fresh baptism of love upon me this day then I shall lift up my eyes unto the fields, which are white and ripe for the harvest of the last days.

I lift up my head from the fear of sufferings. I lift up my eyes from the debris of wasted self-centered things and self-centered acts. The vultures shall eat the waste of the lives of the ungodly, and the eagles shall gather about the dead of the world, but God has gathered in my midst with a host of angels. Now he shall express a new dimension of living by his spirit. I look upon his arms which are extended to me. I am weak, but he is strong. By his spirit, he does energize me again. Now I will go and shine. I do not fear the melting effect of my fleshly desires. They must be burned in the consuming fire, or they will not be spent, and my light will not shine. The Lord has moved into my midst to bring the flesh to naught and to exalt his spirit as Lord.

SPECIAL REVELATION

By Don Grigsby

Special Revelation For the Church

August 5, 2004

I felt this was so significant that I needed to send it to you. I had looked at Proverbs 29:18 over the years;

"Where there is no vision the people perish..."

I had noticed that in the Interpreters Bible it made note that the RSV version reads,

"Where there is no prophecy the people cast off restraint."

I became very interested to say the least. I checked the Pulpit commentary and in the Proverbs volume on that verse this is what is stated.

"Vision in the Hebrew is prophecy in its widest sense. Denoting the revelation of God's will made known through agents, which direct the course of events and was intended to coordinate with Supreme authority. The prophet was the instructor of the people in divine things. The fatal effect of the absence of such revelation is stated to be confusion, disorder, and the falling into grievous excesses which nothing but high principles can restrain."

I said, "Wow!" There is more evidence. In the Hebrew commentary by Keil and Delitzsch on page 432, it states that;

Vision is the prophetic revelation itself. It is the contents of that which is proclaimed.

In the Hebrew lexicon by Brown-Driver and Briggs, it states on page 303 that the word is the same as in I Samuel 3:1.

A word from the Lord was unusual in those days, and there was no open vision.

It further states that the word for vision is the oracle or prophecy itself.

It even goes on to say that the word includes the writings of the prophets as is stated in the book of II Chronicles 32:32 written in the vision of the prophet.

I began to shout and say, "Lord, how does this really apply to think that you said that where there is no prophecy the people throw off all restraint?"

It began to come to me. Prophecy is the only word from God that is the spiritual glue that puts together the written promises with the current Rhema word from God. It is the fact that people's faith falls apart without prophecy; therefore, they fall into excesses. Further, the original word for perish is to be loosed or fall apart or be dissolved. It is like the bonding of atoms or the fusing of them. Without this glue, hydrogen would not stick to oxygen and form water. Again, the spiritual Rhema puts together the promises of God with prophecy, and we have the living water of his faithfulness. This is why there is a famine scene for the hearing of the Word in Amos 8:11-12. There are promises that are floating all around believers in the minds and in sermons, but the only thing that will make the true faith connection is the prophetic word! People without prophecy are all running around seeking a real thrill in the wrong things, and their faith is in shambles because it has fallen apart because of the lack of prophecy!

Let me know what you think, and you may have already discovered this.

Here is a word that the Lord shared with me yesterday.

As I was looking at the evil report of the spies that went to Canaan, the Lord added;

Will you fall like grasshoppers running from giants or my greater works slaying Giants? Giants will turn into grasshoppers when you walk into the galaxies of my power. My greatness is only manifested to those who are not afraid to write the description of today without any input from yesterday. All your measures of me have no meaning when my majesty makes manifest its magnificence. Every minute you minimize the marvelous, will become mastered by the might manifestation of the same majesty. The largest degrees of greater works than these has been looking for a gate ever since Adam closed the door on the garden. If my people will take down their guard on their thoughts, I will sweep through the gates of your imagination on a parade of power that will cause your head to spin.

Giants will become grease marks on the pavement of power. Evil evidence needs to be expunged from your thoughts. Expand your thoughts so that I may enlarge your exposure to the exception. All the mobs of malevolent thoughts will be mashed into miserable mistakes by the unmeasurable maker of miracles. Now is the time to expand your exposure aperture and the gates of entrance into your life. This needs to come to you on a super size landing runway. No foot path or bicycle rack will do. I want to unload 18 wheeler loads of supplies at your door.

Further on the first item that I shared. I believe that it establishes another principle. If people can see what they are prophesying, then they feel more sure of themselves. I know we can say some things by faith, but prophecy takes all the guess work away by supplying the spiritual vision to see what the Lord is saying to us at the same time we speak it. I hope that makes sense.

(Continued)

I have awaited the sweet savor of your praises, yet you gave me few. Empty out yourself, and see the difference in your life. I am the Savior of the world, the Bright and the Morning Star. Come from your dark corners of the night, and enter into the wide open spaces of today's harvest field. Do not cringe with despair and fear, but empty despair and fear out upon the altar. I will give you an exchange for your praises.

382. How much of yourself are you willing to spend?

Come. I wait the dispensing of your economy.

383. Do you understand the economics of worship and praise?

Make a joyful noise unto your God, and be strengthened in this time of weariness and regret. The light of joy confronts you. Give way to its expression in the morning of your prayer and not unto the election of your flesh. The flesh is weak indeed, but the spirit is willing to be joyful and full of praise. I have come that you might have life. The life of Jesus has come to your house with the abundance of his expression. The economics of worship and praise are opened unto you. Now rejoice, and be glad in the day of the Lord. I have brought the day of the Lord to your horizons. Now leap for the joy of your salvation.

384. Why do you wrestle with condemnation when my word says that you are not under the law but under grace?

385. Why do you struggle to obtain when I have obtained for you?

(To Be Continued)

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