Thoughts Higher Than Mine_Living Word Chronicle

There is a raging attitude that is rampant among the people of God. Many are caught up into a dimension of imaginations. Go and bring focus to their lives. There is an attack on the true anointed ones of the Lord. The enemy has taken counsel among themselves and set themselves against my anointed ones. Do not worry about them, for I shall laugh at them and have them in derision. Do not be distracted by this trickery, for the attack against you is a subtle device to remove you from purpose. Leave the enemy unto me. I shall vex them in my sore displeasure. I shall break them with a rod of iron and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. Remember, they shall surely gather together but not by me. Whosoever shall gather together against you, shall fall for your sake. Be not intimidated because of their number. The children of the desolate have more children than the married wife. You shall break forth in due time, for you shall break forth on the right hand and on the left hand. Your seed shall flourish among the Gentiles. I am your husband, your Maker; the Lord of hosts is my name. I am the Holy One of Israel, the God of the whole earth. Cease looking for trouble to come. Cease looking to be swept away by the floods of the hour. I am not wroth with you, neither will I rebuke you. Mountains shall depart, and the hills shall be removed, but my kindness shall not depart from you, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed. I am showing forth mercy unto you.

(RHEMA: We Are the Married Wife of Our Maker)

There is a raging attitude that is rampant among the people of God. Many are caught up into a dimension of imaginations. I purpose to go and bring focus to their lives. There is an attack on the true anointed ones of the Lord. The enemy has taken counsel among themselves and set themselves against God's anointed ones. I will not worry about them, for the Lord shall laugh at them and have them in derision. I shall not be distracted by this trickery, for the attack against me is a subtle device to remove me from purpose. I leave the enemy unto him. God shall vex them in his sore displeasure. He shall break them with a rod of iron and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. I remember, they shall surely gather together but not by him. Whosoever shall gather together against me, shall fall for my sake. I am not intimidated because of their number. The children of the desolate have more children than the married wife. I shall break forth in due time, for I shall break forth on the right hand and on the left hand. My seed shall flourish among the Gentiles. Jesus is my husband, my Maker; the Lord of hosts is his name. He is the Holy One of Israel, the God of the whole earth. I cease looking for trouble to come. I cease looking to be swept away by the floods of the hour. God is not wroth with me, neither will he rebuke me. Mountains shall depart, and the hills shall be removed, but his kindness shall not depart from me, neither shall the covenant of his peace be removed. He is showing forth mercy unto me.

By Moses Hightower

Moses and Thelma Hightower

Sounds of Life and Peace For Heads That Hang Down

If I would mark down your iniquities, you would not be standing. You would be slain and fallen, yet I have come with grace and truth and presented them to you as ornaments of freedom and liberty. Grace and truth have been made a trophy of victory in you. This trophy is your reward for faith. Hang not grace and truth on the walls of a carnal heart and life then proclaim liberty with your lips, but show forth the fruit of grace and truth as you leap for the joy of your salvation. The law came by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. The instruments of the law played the tunes of death and great sorrow, but these instruments that are fashioned after the likeness of Jesus Christ play the tunes of life and peace. Return from the strange lands in your hearts, and come and walk with me along the rivers of living water. Take your harps from the willows that weep, and play the sounds of praise for the souls whose heads hang down. Where will the sinners hear the sounds of joy if the redeemed sing not the sounds of joy?

The sinners never had a song that I could love, for their hearts were spoiled with sin. Shall spoiled hearts sing the songs of joy when their lives have been plundered by the spirits from the grave?

Sing unto me a new song and then shall the sinners lift their heads from their knees and look upon the music of life that I demonstrate through you. Sing unto me a new song. I have placed it in you by my word. Now allow the word to be flesh in you. The word which I sent is alive. My word plays a new tune, and it expresses a new song. Sing unto me a new song.

By Don Grigsby

Don and Linda Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - Sounds of Life and Peace For Heads That Hang Down

Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning. "They sow in tears" has been misunderstood. You cannot sow tears and reap joy. The word in the Hebrew is "in the midst of." So, we sow joy in the midst of our weeping then we will reap in joy. Joy that God gives is the vigor of our lives. Its trumpet proclaims the life that flows in the rivers of peace in the hearts of the believer. Peace is not a pipe dream. Peace has been made by the blood of the cross that is beyond the reach of earth to tamper with. My peace is not in the circumstance but in the Lord who controls every circumstance. We have refused to sing the sad songs of the defeated. We will shout the battle cry and rejoice over sadness. Anointing of joy is the portion of every child of God, and sorrow and sadness is pictured in retreat. Ziglag teaches us to strengthen ourselves in the Lord, and we will undoubtedly recover everything that was ever lost.

CONFUSION, GREAT SORROW, AND DEATH

If the Lord would mark down my iniquities, I would not be standing. I would be slain and fallen, yet he has come with grace and truth and presented them to me as ornaments of freedom and liberty. Grace and truth have been made a trophy of victory in me. This trophy is my reward for faith. I do not hang grace and truth on the walls of a carnal heart and life then proclaim liberty with my lips, but I show forth the fruit of grace and truth as I leap for the joy of my salvation. The law came by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. The instruments of the law played the tunes of death and great sorrow, but these instruments that are fashioned after the likeness of Jesus Christ play the tunes of life and peace. I return from the strange lands in my heart, and I come and walk with Jesus along the rivers of living water. I take my harps from the willows that weep and play the sounds of praise for the souls whose heads hang down. The sinners will not hear the sounds of joy if the redeemed sing not the sounds of joy. The sinners never had a song that God could love, for our hearts were spoiled with sin. Spoiled hearts shall not sing the songs of joy when their lives have been plundered by the spirits from the grave. I sing unto the Lord a new song and then shall the sinners lift their heads from their knees and look upon the music of life that he demonstrates through me. I sing unto him a new song. The Lord has placed it in me by his word. Now I allow the word to be flesh in me. The word which he sent is alive. His word plays a new tune, and it expresses a new song. I sing unto the Lord a new song.

RHEMA

By Don Grigsby

RE: RHEMA: Grace Necessitates the Casting Aside of Filthy Rags of Vain Works

The Lord spoke to me last night and said,

How many times will I have to whisper into your ears that the efforts you put forth try to accelerate or contribute to what I have already done are useless?

Do not allow the filthy rags of self righteousness to stumble when I have prepared tailor made, flowing robes of priestly garments of worship for you to declare the work that is done, in thanksgiving, before it takes place. I never asked you to do the work, only to allow it to happen. In your futile effort to assist me in the outcome, you miss the rest that I have provided in the work already done. Don't frustrate yourself and my grace by fretting over anything that is yet to come to pass!

All our assumptions that we can do anything without him are miserable scribbles on the canvass of life when he has already painted the finished portrait of grace for our lives. Our blessing and relationship in this grace precludes us from designating anyone else as deficient or unworthy when they do not measure up to our personal standards. I fall short in so many ways that God makes up the difference to cover my glaring errors of shame with his glory. Works puff us up like frogs that will always sit in the pond croaking with the same old groan. Grace inspires us to fly like the angels above the throne. Its inspiration throws us into the dimension of grace that displaces human effort with supernatural effort that will never fail.

(Continued)

Men who destroy the lives of the innocent now proclaim, "Praise God."

411. Why say, "Praise God" with your lips if you destroy me in my innocence?

412. When have you destroyed me in my innocence?

I am the light that shines and compliment the eyesight of the spirit. Vision is possible because of eyesight and light.

413. Without light, what does your eyesight produce?

414. Without eyesight what will light produce?

(To Be Continued)

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