Thoughts Higher Than Mine_Living Word Chronicle

I despise the idols of the age. They will take your mind and your heart if you give them your eyes or your ears; therefore, love me with all your heart, mind, soul, and all your strength. You are no match for these idols; therefore, beware of your heart, which will seek that which is desperately wicked and deceitful. If you give your heart to another love other than your first love, then that love will ask for your head on the platters of the idols and lords of the earth. Return to your first love, and counsel with me to buy gold tried in the fire that you might be rich, that you might be clothed with righteousness and holiness and not be found naked before the world; that your eyes might be washed with eye salve so that you will not be blind in the age of gross darkness. You are feeling the pressure of the demands of a love that is not supposed to be your first love. Examine your hearts, and see if I am your first love. Now repent of this evil, and be reinstated to the floor of humility. When I have been declared Lord again, then will the hand of other loves be withdrawn. How can you keep your faith if your faith is in yourself and other loves?

(RHEMA: Refuse To Offer Your Head On the Platter of Idols)

God despises the idols of the age. They will take my mind and my heart if I give them my eyes or my ears; therefore, I will love the Lord with all my heart, mind, soul, and all my strength. I am no match for these idols; therefore, I am conscious of my heart, which will seek that which is desperately wicked and deceitful. If I give my heart to another love other than my first love, then that love will ask for my head on the platters of the idols and lords of the earth. I return to my first love and counsel with him to buy gold tried in the fire that I might be rich; that I might be clothed with righteousness and holiness and not be found naked before the world; that my eyes might be washed with eye salve so that I will not be blind in the age of gross darkness. I am feeling the pressure of the demands of a love that is not supposed to be my first love. I examine my heart to see if the Lord is my first love. I now repent of this evil, and I will be reinstated to the floor of humility. When God has been declared Lord again, then will the hand of other loves be withdrawn. I cannot keep my faith if my faith is in myself and other loves.

By Moses Hightower

Moses and Thelma Hightower

Awaken O Bride of the Evening Time Unto the Whisper of Your Lover

I am the Father of creation, the Lord, your God. Give glory unto the name that is above every name. It is a glorious name, for it is higher than all names. I am the one true God, the Eternal Spirit. Jesus is my name. There is no name above this name, for it is a hallowed name. It has been set apart in the heavens and in the earth. Be not drawn away from the truth concerning this hallowed name of your father. I am the Father of lights and the Father of spirits. There is no other Creator. I did not counsel with anyone. Who has been my counselor?

I am all wise and do not need to counsel with anyone. I am the Father of lights. Without me, there is no true light; therefore, forsake not the true light, for it lightens everyone. My spirit will not always strive with man, but in due time, the judgment of the Father of lights shall remove the candlestick of life from all who know not God and obey not the gospel.

Shake yourself, and awaken unto godliness and holiness. I am the Father of spirits, and I will not allow the spirit of the devil to reign with the spirit of God. Choose this day who you will follow, the spirit of God or the spirit of the devil; the spirit of truth or the spirit of error; the spirit of holiness and godliness or the spirit of unholiness and ungodliness.

Choose this day who you will serve. No man can serve two masters, for if you do, you will certainly hate one of them. Be not beguiled by the spirit of error and accept the inspiration which leads to a double mind, but awaken unto truth and light so that your mind will be enlightened with the spirit of truth and freedom. I am the light of the world, and those who have my light will not be hidden in these last days. I will force you out of hiding and bring you to the hill of visibility so that my light may shine and glorify me, your King.

Look up, and see that redemption is drawing near. The signs of the times are all about you. Be not slothful in this last hour of the church upon the earth, for I do come quickly for my bride.

Go and say, "Awaken Zion from your slumber, and put on strength, for the Lord Jehovah, your Jesus, prepare for your catching away."

Go and say, "Look up, O eyes of weariness, and be refreshed with the washing of Jehovah's water, for he does pour out fresh waters upon his bride in her closet."

Go and say, "O bride of the evening time, awaken unto the whisper of your lover, for he does prepare to knock on your heart and snatch you away with the swiftness of the resurrection's power. Awaken O bride of the evening hour, your lover, who is your God, comes for his purchased possession. Babylon shall fall, and its cry shall be heard from here to there and everywhere in the land. Awaken, O bride of the evening hour, for the love of Jehovah whispers in the ears of the hearers in the closet."

Go, for I have made you a messenger of the end time hour. Be not afraid to speak, neither concern yourself with who will believe you and who will not, for I have appointed you to speak and say, "I do come with the swiftness of the eagle of light. I have already arisen with healing in my wings, and now the bride of the gospel's closet shall prepare herself for her morning of glory. I do send my messengers to prepare her adornment. Her spirit shall be meek and quiet, and her holiness shall radiate with the radiance of purity and not the similitude of harlotry [prostitution]. I shall make you shine in your appearances of Modesty and sweetness of spirit, for I am the holiness within you, O bride of the evening hour, O bride of the evening hour, I do whisper in your ears and bring you to the threshold of pure trust and faith. Look and see the light through your window chambers in your heart. My messengers have peered through the chambers of your heart and prepared for you the messages of light so that you might know of the secret passage of truth where you shall run with the swift legs of love and be caught away in the morning of resurrection. Look unto me, O bride of the evening hour. It is evening time, and there is light. Come unto me, and know that my arms of love do reach forth unto your chamber. Come and know that these arms shall embrace you forever. Come, O bride of the evening hour."

(Then I saw the wonder of eternity as my eyes were closed and my mind filled with wonder for what would happen next. My mind went back to the Lord's Prayer. Reflections of the words, "Thy kingdom come" came to my mind. I heard the Lord say,...)

Do not look there. Do not look here. Do not look anywhere except within you, for my kingdom has already come and now dwells within your heart. The kingdom of God did not come by your observation, but it came with power and demonstration of my spirit and has been placed within you. This kingdom has made you the recipient of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. Awaken unto the kingdom, and know that this kingdom shall ever increase. It is the government of the hour and of the increase of this government and peace, there shall be no end.

I am causing my will to be done. Though it seems that many things are going wrong, everything is going right, for all things are working together for the good to all those who love me and all those who are called according to my purpose. I have made the wicked, and I have made the godly and the wicked for my own day of judgment. Choose this day, for I do show that the evil of the hour, neither the ungodly shall stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

Awaken and shine the light, for I do break the comprehension of the wicked and the ungodly, and they shall be in derision and total confusion. Awaken O light of the day, for I have brought my kingdom of pure light and placed it within you that you might shine. My will is being done in earth. It is being done in heaven. Allow it to be done in you. Here is bread. Know that it is the manna from the heavenly throne and from the baker of good bread, which is not filled with the leaven of the religious. This bread was baked with my spirit and imparted by my spirit and now served to the hungry for righteousness.

Open your mouth wide, and I shall feed you the bread of the morning and the diet of victory. Open up your mouths, and open up your hearts, for the bread of victory is placed in your mouths and in your hearts and in your minds. I do bring a renewing to your minds. The spirit of your mind shall show that you are sound and filled with power and love. Eat and be filled with my goodness, for I shall use you to manifest the truth of this gospel of deliverance.

(I began to speak in tongues and pray unto the Lord in the Holy Ghost. I felt myself being built up on HIS FAITH, which had become my holy faith. It dawned on me that I was living the life of God's word as a modern day believer. A surge of faith came, and I knew that all things were possible. Then I heard in my hearing these words...)

Lift up your head, and lift up your hands, not the hands of doubt and unbelief, but lift up holy hands without wrath and without doubting. Pray for forgiveness, and receive the forgiveness that you pray for. I am the Lord, the forgiver of all iniquity and all sin. Forgive all those who have trespassed against you while you sit and while you stand praying and then will I also forgive you. I have led you in a plain path, which leads to the still waters of the morning. It is your place to drink today. Here, there is a pasture with nourishment that shall bring you new strength. I have not tempted you, for I do not tempt anyone. Relinquish all your lusts and then will you continue to follow me, the Lord, your God. My hand is stretched forth for your lust. Give lust to me and then shall you remain near the legs of the church as it walks through the earth in liberty and freedom.

The enticing things of the hour shall not keep you from the preparation of my bride, for I have given you faith, and now righteousness shall lead you in my steps. You will come to the hill of salvation and from there shall you be caught away. I will deliver you from all evil for my own name's sake. All things are for my glory, for it is my power which has brought you to the chambers of departure. Lift up your eyes, for I do prepare to wipe your eyes and embrace you with eternal arms of eternal strength. Thus have I spoken unto you, O Gentile child.

By Don Grigsby

Don and Linda Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - Awaken O Bride of the Evening Time Unto the Whisper of Your Lover

Job 26:14, in one sense, is telling us that the when we hear the great details of his magnificent creation, we are only hearing the faint whisper of his power. Now in the evening time, God will multiply the power that is in us by the same spirit that magnified the steps of the lepers into the thunder of horses and chariots. What he whispers in our ears in his love, will be shouted in the thunder of praise that is mixed with fire from off the altar that is before his throne. It was at evening time that revelation came forth out of the fire that consumed the sacrifice on Carmel. A fresh and wonderful revelation of our Beloved and Almighty God is in the rushing wind that is bringing the rain of revival. If we ever wake up to the power that God has placed in us by his unconditional love, we will be in the highest states of joy every day. Evil will not have any part in the arrangement of the details of the end of the day of grace and the reign of the Kingdom. This day is like the seventh day that is without beginning or end. We will ride the prevailing winds of victory as Mordecai did with evil leading the horse of praise and evil being hanged on its own devices that were prepared for us. No weapon formed against us shall prosper (Hebrew: be victorious). Every detail of the final consummation of God's power in the church has been hidden and not written, so it may come from the mouth of those who have been anointed to declare it at this time. It will cause the ears of all in the kingdom to vibrate with power. We will not be swallowed up, but defeat and despair will be deleted from the story. Love's greatest lines have been reserved for the hours that will become the horizon of holiness.

THE SPIRIT OF ERROR AND UNHOLINESS

Jesus is the Father of creation, the Lord, my God. I give glory unto the name that is above every name. It is a glorious name, for it is higher than all names. He is the one true God, the Eternal Spirit. Jesus is his name. There is no name above this name, for it is a hallowed name. It has been set apart in the heavens and in the earth. I am not drawn away from the truth concerning this hallowed name of my Father. He is the Father of lights and the Father of spirits. There is no other creator. He did not counsel with anyone. No one has been his counselor. He is all wise and does not need to counsel with anyone. He is the Father of lights. Without him, there is no true light; therefore, I forsake not the true light, for it lightens everyone. The Lord's spirit will not always strive with man, but in due time, the judgment of the Father of lights shall remove the candlestick of life from all who know not God and obey not the gospel.

I shake myself, and I awaken unto godliness and holiness. He is the Father of spirits, and he will not allow the spirit of the devil to reign with the spirit of God. I must choose this day who I will follow, the spirit of God or the spirit of the devil; the spirit of truth or the spirit of error; the spirit of holiness and godliness or the spirit of unholiness and ungodliness. I have chosen this day who I will serve. No man can serve two masters, for if I do, I will certainly hate one of them. I am not beguiled by the spirit of error and will not accept the inspiration which leads to a double mind, but I awaken unto truth and light so that my mind will be enlightened with the spirit of truth and freedom. Jesus is the light of the world, and those who have his light will not be hidden in these last days. He will force me out of hiding and bring me to the hill of visibility so that his light may shine and glorify him, my King. I look up and see that redemption is drawing near. The signs of the times are all about me. I am not slothful in this last hour of the church upon the earth, for he does come quickly for his bride.

I will go and say, "Awaken Zion from your slumber, and put on strength, for the Lord Jehovah, your Jesus, prepares for your catching away."

I will go and say, "Look up, O eyes of weariness, and be refreshed with the washing of Jehovah's water, for he does pour out fresh waters upon his bride in her closet."

I will go and say, "O bride of the evening time, awaken unto the whisper of your lover, for he does prepare to knock on your heart and snatch you away with the swiftness of the resurrection's power. Awaken O bride of the evening hour, your lover, who is your God, comes for his purchased possession. Babylon shall fall, and its cry shall be heard from here to there and everywhere in the land. Awaken, O bride of the evening hour, for the love of Jehovah whispers in the ears of the hearers in the closet."

He has made me a messenger of the end time hour. I am not afraid to speak, neither will I concern myself with who will believe me and who will not, for God has appointed me to speak and say that: "He does come with the swiftness of the eagle of light. He has already arisen with healing in his wings, and now the bride of the gospel's closet shall prepare herself for her morning of glory. God does send his messengers to prepare her adornment. Her spirit shall be meek and quiet, and her holiness shall radiate with the radiance of purity and not the similitude of harlotry [prostitution]. He shall make you shine in your appearances of modesty and sweetness of spirit, for he is the holiness within you, O bride of the evening hour. O bride of the evening hour, the Lord does whisper in your ears and bring you to the threshold of pure trust and faith. Look and see the light through your window chambers in your heart. His messengers have peered through the chambers of your heart and prepared for you the messages of light so that you might know of the secret passage of truth where you shall run with the swift legs of love, and be caught away in the morning of resurrection. Look unto God, O bride of the evening hour. It is evening time, and there is light. Come unto him, and know that his arms of love do reach forth unto your chamber. Come and know that these arms shall embrace you forever. Come, O bride of the evening hour."

(Then Pastor saw the wonder of eternity as his eyes were closed and his mind filled with wonder for what would happen next. Then his mind went back to the Lord's Prayer. Reflections of the words, "Thy kingdom come" came to his mind and what he heard the Lord say, is turned into a confession...)

I will not look there. I will not look here. I will not look anywhere except within me, for the Lord's kingdom has already come and now dwells within my heart. The kingdom of God did not come by my observation, but it came with power and demonstration of his spirit and has been placed within me. This kingdom has made me the recipient of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. I awaken unto the kingdom and know that this kingdom shall ever increase. It is the government of the hour and of the increase of this government and peace, there shall be no end.

The Lord is causing his will to be done. Though it seems that many things are going wrong, everything is going right, for all things are working together for the good to all those who love him and all those who are called according to his purpose. He has made the wicked, and he has made the godly, the wicked for his own day of judgment. I choose this day, for he does show that the evil of the hour, neither the ungodly shall stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

I awaken and shine the light, for he does break the comprehension of the wicked and the ungodly, and they shall be in derision and total confusion. I awaken O light of the day, for he has brought his kingdom of pure light and placed it within me that I might shine. His will is being done in earth. It is being done in heaven. I allow it to be done in me. Here is bread. I know that it is the manna from the heavenly throne and from the baker of good bread, which is not filled with the leaven of the religious. This bread was baked with his spirit and imparted by his spirit and is now served to the hungry for righteousness.

I open my mouth wide, and he shall feed me the bread of the morning and the diet of victory. I open up my mouth, and I open up my heart, for the bread of victory is placed in my mouth and in my heart and in my mind. He does bring a renewing to my mind. The spirit of my mind shall show that I am sound and filled with power and love. I eat, and I am filled with his goodness, for he shall use me to manifest the truth of this gospel of deliverance.

(At the time the Lord gave this, Pastor began to speak in tongues and pray unto the Lord in the Holy Ghost. He felt himself being built up on the faith of Christ, which had become his holy faith. It dawned on him that he was living the life of God's word as a modern day believer. A surge of faith came, and he knew that all things were possible. Then the words he heard in his hearing are now turned into a confession...)

I lift up my head, and I lift up my hands, not the hands of doubt and unbelief, but I lift up holy hands without wrath and without doubting. I pray for forgiveness, and I receive the forgiveness that I pray for. He is the Lord, the forgiver of all iniquity and all sin. I forgive all those who have trespassed against me while I sit and while I stand praying and then will my heavenly Father also forgive me. He has led me in a plain path, which leads to the still waters of the morning. It is my place to drink today. Here, there is a pasture with nourishment that shall bring me new strength. God has not tempted me, for he does not tempt anyone. I relinquish all my lusts and then I will continue to follow him, the Lord, my God. His hand is stretched forth for my lust. I give lust to him and then I shall remain near the legs of the church as it walks through the earth in liberty and freedom.

The enticing things of the hour shall not keep me from the preparation of his bride, for he has given me faith, and now righteousness shall lead me in his steps. I will come to the hill of salvation and from there shall I be caught away. He will deliver me from all evil for his own name's sake. All things are for his glory, for it is his power which has brought me to the chambers of departure. I lift up my eyes, for he does prepare to wipe my eyes and embrace me with eternal arms of eternal strength. Thus he has spoken unto me, a Gentile child.

INSPIRATION

By Don Grigsby

RE: RHEMA: Freed from the Obligation To Live After Our Lower Nature by the Grace of God

In the beginning, God created a firmament between the waters above and the waters beneath. This atmosphere keeps the waters beneath from drowning us in the natural sense. Grace creates, in the new birth and the exercise of worship in spirit and truth, a firmament of power that keeps the lower or Adamic nature from drowning us spiritually. By creating a firmament of power by worship of the only true God, we preclude the worship of self and deny self any occasion to sit on the throne that was created for God alone. Self will always bring its stormy tides of fury up to the very gates of every decision and action of our life. We must determine to build a wall of the crucifixion of self as a sea wall against this rising tide. Men have been described as raging waves of the sea, foaming out of their own shame. God did not give us the emotional energy and outlets to be selfish but to be selfless in all our volitional actions. Romans chapter 6 describes the slaying of the body of sin. The law of sin and death does reside in our members. However, we need to mortify or spiritually embalm those features. Take away all their life fluids, and replace them with the power of his death on the cross to preserve the death of our sinful nature. The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made us free from the law of sin and death. The words "condemned sin in the flesh" means like the condemnation and execution of the offender, so he will never affect the individual preyed upon again. "Destroy sin in the flesh or the body of sin" means in the Greek to deprive sin of its power or influence to affect the individual. By his example on the cross, we die daily but in truth are liberated daily from the tyranny of the sinful, lower nature to rise up and imprison us. Faith will create the true arena of power to walk in, free from the incursions of lust and pride. Faith is more than just believing the supernatural. It should be the consuming fire of obedience that destroys every vestige of rebellion in our hearts. Grace has already declared the mandates of our newly acquired freedom from the lower nature. We must declare these fervently every day.

(Continued)

My steps are marked. They are clearly marked and set before your face. Do not expect to find the tracks of redemption along the highway of worldliness and lack of sacrifice. The path of self-denial and the path of cross-bearing are necessary if you are to follow the blood stained tracks of redemption.