Thoughts Higher Than Mine_Living Word Chronicle

Be not afraid to open your mouth and prophesy. I have not sent you only to prophesy for things. I have also sent you to prophesy against some things and some people. Many people will come against you. Fear not. I am in control of the minds of people. When they come against you, at that same time, I shall cause things to come into their minds. They shall think the wrong thoughts and be defeated by the error of their thoughts. I am sending strong delusions among those who fight against you. I have made you a stumbling block and placed you in their path that I might bring them down. I am shaking everything that can be shaken. Do not refuse me in this hour, for if they did not escape who refused me that spoke on earth, then those who turn away from me now and who turn away from hearing my voice, shall not escape. I am preparing to shake earth and heaven. When I finish, only those things that cannot be shaken shall remain. Remain in the kingdom of God, and continue to follow after my voice. I have given you a kingdom that cannot be moved. I have given you grace so that you may serve me acceptably with reverence and godly fear. Give me all of yourself, and I shall burn away all of the dross in your life, for I am a consuming fire.

(RHEMA: The Waster Has Been Stripped of Its Prosperity)

I am not afraid to open my mouth and prophesy. God has not sent me only to prophesy for things. He has also sent me to prophesy against some things and some people. Many people will come against me. I will not fear. God is in control of the minds of people. When they come against me, at that same time, he shall cause things to come into their minds. They shall think the wrong thoughts and be defeated by the error of their thoughts. The Lord is sending strong delusions among those who fight against me. He has made me a stumbling block and placed me in their path that he might bring them down. He is shaking everything that can be shaken. I do not refuse him in this hour, for if they did not escape, who refused him that spoke on earth, then those who turn away from him now and those who turn away from hearing his voice shall not escape. The Lord is preparing to shake earth and heaven. When he finishes, only those things that cannot be shaken shall remain. I remain in the kingdom of God, and I continue to follow after his voice. He is given me a kingdom that cannot be moved. He has given me grace so that I may serve him acceptably with reverence and godly fear. I give him all of myself, and he shall burn away all of the dross in my life, for he is a consuming fire.

By Moses Hightower

Moses and Thelma Hightower

Straight Talk from Love

The drama of fame is waved before your face, and all the glamour of romance, money, sex, and perversion will be at the fingertips of whosoever will, just as my love is there. Where this iniquity does abound, my grace and love does much more abound. Do not be deceived in these last days and fall asleep as those who know not God. You know me, and I have shown you what real love is. The thing that the world calls love is not love. All that is in the world is the lust of eyes, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of this life, which is not of God but is of the world which is going to pass away. Romance not the strange gods of the world lest you be found their slaves. They will enslave you and make you an imp for their prostitution of imagery. The images that they use are flesh and blood, flesh and blood that will not enter into my heavenlies. Flesh and blood cannot enter in. They all must be born again if they are to enter in. After bringing you out of corruption, return not to slavery to sin. The gods of this world desire you as a captive and an image of unrighteousness. Be not drawn away from my grace, for it is the only thing that is sufficient for you. The gifts and the calling of God are without repentance. Draw not close to the line that divides the truth and error lest you are disillusioned with the wave of fame on the other side of truth. The enemy shall romance you and make you think that you are great of yourself, but believe not his lies, for you can do nothing of yourself. He shall attempt to take this which is holy and pervert it unto himself. These are words given by the Master, and the inspiration comes from on high. Cherish the relationship, and never stray, nor become ungrateful.

I know what is within man. Trust not yourself, for you do not know yourself and your own heart. Your own wicked heart desires to hear and experience the things of the past and of the future things of the darkness. The enemy sends his number one warriors for you. Fear not, for I am your refuge. They cannot touch you as long as you walk in the paths of righteousness. They can only watch from the sides of this path. Fear not. Simply trust in me, the good shepherd.

The wonder of man and what he can become is a wonder. Stay in the safety of the Spirit of God. There is inspiration from the spirit of error that can sound good and seem good but is of the darkness. Aspire not to be known simply for being known. Exalt not yourself lest you are abased. Hear my voice, and do not go down the lane of pride and self-exaltation. Many talented men have been given the opportunity that I am presenting to you. I present this to you with the admonitions of mercy. I already know what is going to happen, but you must act out and fulfill this righteousness that has come unto you.

Rely on talent, and you shall fail. Rely on charisma, and you shall fail. Rely on self, and you shall fail. The enemy desires to make a fool of you and hang your head and name in the hall of fools. Be not his fool, but be his enemy, and love righteousness and godliness. The tunes of the enemy are all musical lies. As the notes in music, he shall fling you around in the air and parade your words before the world. Accept not the offer of the enemy, for he is a liar. He cannot accomplish his purpose without your cooperation. The enemy has not offered his best. His best comes on the scene with the illusions and deceptions of Jezebel. I do give you grace to find your place in my secret place. Come not out of the secret place and then shall you be found faithful in your time of temptation. Submit yourself unto me, and allow me to cleanse you totally that the enemy's hook has no landing place in your heart. Do you not see the wave of enchantment before your eyes?

You are no match for these things in your humanity. You must be completely yielded to me. Yield yourself to me now. All that have known me and looked away from me to the world have lost me and gained nothing. Make not their mistake. Look to me, the author and finisher of your faith. I have the answers, not the movie stars and rock stars. Only I know how to save all flesh that shall be saved. Buy not the devil's lies that there is another way. There is only one gospel and only one way to save man and that is my way. There is no other way. Hear not the voice of gain and follow after the way of Cain, Korah, and Balaam. The babies cannot be saved by the hands of humanity, for all flesh is as grass and only know the way of grass that shall be burned by my scorching judgment fire.

Go and say, "Save yourselves from this untoward generation, for it is corrupted and wasted of righteousness. The earth shall swallow your blood, and the oil that you seek shall be your oily grave. Your music shall be the piper's tune to march to your destruction if you lend your ear to the piper's sounds of witchcraft. The devil's pipers have perverted the things of God and coveted them for themselves. Join not the parade of death, which marches rapidly to the threshold of damnation and destruction."

The enemy has things that appear good but are corrupt to the core on the inside. Enter not into the relationships that the enemy calls good. No not one is good but God. Don't be a hermit, for the enemy desires you to be a hermit and go into the hiding places of sin's dungeon. He wants you to hide from me, but first, he must strip you of my righteousness. Give not your God-given righteousness, for the clothes of righteousness are the garments that have brought you into my presence. Be not stripped of the robe of righteousness. I, the Father, gave you this and brought you into this prayer fellowship. This is my kingdom and my glory and my power. Fear not the enemy. As long as you are submitted to me, he cannot harm you. Go from my presence, and you shall seek me in vain, for I will not be found of you. That which I give unto you is precious to me.

I speak to you in lovingkindness that you might know what I expect of you. The mistakes and sins of the past are forgotten and forgiven. Worry not about the past, but be assured that this is no game, for my love has been stretched forth to you, and I do place you on the platform of my love. Spurn not my love, for it will only burn you. Cherish and adore it, and it shall burn your enemies and your chains. The enemy can devise no jail, nor prison, neither any weapon against you, for this fire of love shall burn you out and make a way of escape at all times. Reverence me, and respect me, and you shall find me a friend that the world cannot know. I will be here forever. Love me. I desire to be loved, and I am weak for your love only. I am moved by true love to me, for I am love. The enemy has his highest award to give to you if you will pervert the things of God. Yet his highest award will only merit you my greater damnation. Be not a fool and exchange your soul for the highest award of perverted fame. Though the world does clap and worship at your feet, all that is vanity and foolishness, for what will you give in exchange for your soul in the great day of judgment?

In your greatest day of fame, it would only be your weakest and most terrible moment of your life. Buy not the package before you, for it is a package of lies. The scenario is ready, and the offering has been decided openly in the counsel of the wicked. Though you say God with your mouth and give thanks to a god, I will be no part of that which glorifies you or the devil. This can be the first day of the rest of your life in the presence of the mighty God and the Everlasting Father, or it can be the first day of your journey to hell. What will you do?

You have gifts and talents. I have life and that more abundantly. I also have a lake of fire for all those who love me not and obey not the gospel. What will you do?

You will not sing your way out of hell. You will not lie your way out. You will not walk out, but you shall be tormented forever and forever by the great and most devastating punishment that could be designed. Be not a fool. Accept my offer of eternal life, and walk with me in this glorious walk and fellowship with your God. I love you, and this love cannot be quenched by the power of deception and the power of death. My love is not a smooth drama, neither is it the sleight of hands and an illusion, but it is real. My love is real. No other call should be answered when love has called you. You have answered the call of love. Now follow the call of love, and look not back to the call of death and grave. I have not interrupted my plans to change my course. My plan is still the same, for there is no other gospel. Walk crucified with me, and the world shall never pull you away. If you marry the world, you shall only sing its blues and weep its tears. You shall join in its frustrations and know of its troubles. You shall fall to its deepest pits and come to all its corners of crookedness. Its final destiny is destruction. Be not another tragedy, but be saved.

By Don Grigsby

Don and Linda Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - Straight Talk from Love

Our walk with Jesus Christ must be a relationship of love. Men can memorize the scriptures and miss the source of the inspiration. People can sing the songs of praise and never have the message behind the song. Many loves vie for our attention. Strange enticements will come before us in the best presentations. If they take us away from the one who our soul loveth, then we will fall into a pit. False lovers will cause us to seek our own fame, reputation, and fans. Love does not have to have a fan club. We are pleasing the only one who matters. If we can be the best preacher and do miracles and yet not have the concepts of loving the unlovable or the down and out, then we are less than nothing in the kingdom of God. Love will cover a multitude of sin. Love will cover with a roof of prayer and silence the failures of others. When I readily pounce on the mistakes of others, I forget that I need the shelter of love's embrace instead of the harsh hands of stone throwers. Where iniquity abounds, then the love of others evaporates slowly. We must not allow the enemy to slowly reduce our intensity and fervor for Jesus Christ. If we can just simply fall in love with him all over again in total abandonment, in love with his word, songs, worship, time in prayer, telling others of his greatness, nothing compares to the love that is in the believer that is blind to every false influence. The eyes of faith that works by love have only eyes for him. You can exchange love notes via worship and prayer, fellowship, and writing down the floating petals of love's rose buds. Everything that would distract us is consumed in the fires of commitment to the cross where the fountain of love never stops flowing. Evil is left with nothing to hold on to in our lives when we become Love's living sacrifice. Love will not make a major project of my failures. Its plans of success are in the house of harmony that it is preparing within us today that is a best seller on any market. Perversion will present us with many fake and plastic relationships. Pure love will cast out the counterfeits. We will love one another and him with a pure heart fervently. Love will never fail to take us beyond ourselves and the limits that humanity places on us.

DECEPTIONS, ILLUSIONS, TEMPTATIONS, AND WITCHCRAFT

The drama of fame is waved before my face and all the glamour of romance, money, sex, and perversion will be at the fingertips of whosoever will, just as God's love is there. Where this iniquity does abound, God's grace and love does much more abound. I will be deceived in these last days and fall asleep as those who know not God. I know Jesus, and he has shown me what real love is. The thing that the world calls love is not love. All that is in the world is the lust of eyes, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of this life, which is not of God but is of the world which is going to pass away. I will not romance the strange gods of the world lest I be found their slave. They will enslave me, and make me an imp for their prostitution of imagery. The images that they use are flesh and blood, flesh and blood that will not enter into the Lord's heavenlies. Flesh and blood cannot enter in. They all must be born again if they are to enter in. After bringing me out of corruption, I will not return to slavery to sin. The gods of this world desire me as a captive and an image of unrighteousness. I will not be drawn away from his grace, for it is the only thing that is sufficient for me. The gifts and the calling of God are without repentance. I will not draw close to the line that divides the truth and error lest I am disillusioned with the wave of fame on the other side of truth. The enemy shall romance me and make me think that I am great of myself, but I will not believe his lies, for I can do nothing of myself. He shall attempt to take this which is holy and pervert it unto himself. These are words given by the Master, and the inspiration comes from on high. I cherish the relationship and will never stray, nor become ungrateful.

The Lord knows what is within man. I do not trust myself, for I do not know myself and my own heart. My own wicked heart desires to hear and experience the things of the past and of the future things of the darkness. The enemy sends his number one warriors for me. I will not fear, for the Lord is my refuge. They cannot touch me as long as I walk in the paths of righteousness. They can only watch from the sides of this path. I will not fear. I simply trust in him, the good shepherd. The wonder of man and what he can become is a wonder. I must stay in the safety of the Spirit of God. There is inspiration from the spirit of error that can sound good and seem good but is of the darkness. I will not aspire to be known simply for being known. I will not exalt myself lest I am abased. I hear his voice and will not go down the lane of pride and self-exaltation. Many talented men have been given the opportunity that he is presenting to me. God presents this to me with the admonitions of mercy. He already knows what is going to happen, but I must act out and fulfill this righteousness that has come unto me. If I rely on talent, I shall fail. If I rely on charisma, I shall fail. If I rely on self, I shall fail. The enemy desires to make a fool of me and hang my head and name in the hall of fools. I will not be his fool, but I will be his enemy and love righteousness and godliness. The tunes of the enemy are all musical lies. As the notes in music, he shall fling me around in the air and parade my words before the world. I will not accept the offer of the enemy, for he is a liar. He cannot accomplish his purpose without my cooperation. The enemy has not offered his best. His best comes on the scene with the illusions and deceptions of Jezebel. The Lord gives me grace to find my place in his secret place. I will not come out of the secret place and then shall I be found faithful in my time of temptation. I submit myself unto the Lord and allow him to cleanse me totally that the enemy's hook has no landing place in my heart. I have seen the wave of enchantment before my eyes. I am no match for these things in my humanity. I must be completely yielded to God. I yield myself to him now. All that have known God and looked away from him to the world have lost him and gained nothing. I will not make their mistake. I look to him, the author and finisher of my faith. He has the answers, not the movie stars and rock stars. Only he knows how to save all flesh that shall be saved. I will not buy the devil's lies that there is another way. There is only one gospel and only one way to save man and that is God's way. There is no other way. I will not listen to the voice of gain and follow after the way of Cain, Korah, and Balaam. The babies cannot be saved by the hands of humanity, for all flesh is as grass and only know the way of grass that shall be burned by God's scorching judgment fire.

I will go and say, "Save yourselves from this untoward generation, for it is corrupted and wasted of righteousness. The earth shall swallow your blood and the oil that you seek shall be your oily grave. Your music shall be the piper's tune to march to your destruction if you lend your ear to the piper's sounds of witchcraft. The devil's pipers have perverted the things of God and coveted them for themselves. Join not the parade of death, which marches rapidly to the threshold of damnation and destruction."

The enemy has things that appear good but are corrupt to the core on the inside. I choose not to enter into the relationships that the enemy calls good. No not one is good but God. I will not purpose to be a hermit, for the enemy desires me to be a hermit and go into the hiding places of sin's dungeon. He wants me to hide from God, but first, he must strip me of the Lord's righteousness. I will not give my God-given righteousness, for the clothes of righteousness are the garments that have brought me into his presence. I refuse to be stripped of the robe of righteousness. Jesus, the Father, gave me this and brought me into this prayer fellowship. This is his kingdom and his glory and his power. I will not fear the enemy. As long as I am submitted to God, the enemy cannot harm me. If I go from God's presence, I shall seek him in vain, for he will not be found of me. That which he gives unto me is precious to him. The Lord speaks to me in lovingkindness that I might know what he expects of me. The mistakes and sins of the past are forgotten and forgiven. I will not worry about the past, but I am assured that this is no game, for God's love has been stretched forth to me, and he does place me on the platform of his love. I will not spurn his love, for it will only burn me. I will cherish and adore it, and it shall burn my enemies and my chains. The enemy can devise no jail, nor prison, neither any weapon against me, for this fire of love shall burn me out and make a way of escape at all times. I reverence Jesus and respect him, and I shall find him a friend that the world cannot know. He will be here forever. I love him. He desires to be loved, and he is weak for my love only. Jesus is moved by true love to him, for he is love.

The enemy has his highest award to give to me if I will pervert the things of God. Yet, his highest award will only merit me God's greater damnation. I will not be a fool and exchange my soul for the highest award of perverted fame. Though the world does clap and worship at my feet, all that is vanity and foolishness and I will not exchange anything for my soul in the great Day of Judgment. In my greatest day of fame, it would only be my weakest and most terrible moment of my life. I will not buy the package before me, for it is a package of lies. The scenario is ready, and the offering has been decided openly in the counsel of the wicked. Though I say God with my mouth and give thanks to a god, Jesus will be no part of that which glorifies me or the devil. This can be the first day of the rest of my life in the presence of the mighty God and the Everlasting Father, or it can be the first day of my journey to hell. I must decide what I am going to do.

I have gifts and talents. Jesus has life and that more abundantly. He also has a lake of fire for all those who do not love him and do not obey the gospel. I will obey. I will not sing my way out of hell. I will not lie my way out. I will not walk out, but I shall be tormented forever and forever by the great and most devastating punishment that could be designed. I will not be a fool. I accept God's offer of eternal life and walk with him in this glorious walk and fellowship with my God. He loves me, and this love cannot be quenched by the power of deception and the power of death. His love is not a smooth drama, neither is it the sleight of hands and an illusion, but it is real. His love is real. No other call should be answered when love has called me. I have answered the call of love. Now I follow the call of love and do not look back to the call of death and grave. The Lord has not interrupted his plans to change his course. His plan is still the same, for there is no other gospel. I walk crucified with him, and the world shall never pull me away. If I marry the world, I shall only sing its blues and weep its tears. I shall join in its frustrations and know of its troubles. I shall fall to its deepest pits and come to all its corners of crookedness. Its final destiny is destruction. I will not be another tragedy, but I will be saved.

INSPIRATION

By Don Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - Righteousness and Peace Have Kissed; Therefore, Allow Their Love To Cause Praise To Usher Through the Gate of Your Lips

All the condemnation and dispensers of judgment encircled my life when in, through the curtains of the law, flew the mighty eagle of grace. For a long time, I thought that the eagle of Ezekiel was just the wings of deliverance. However, David mentions the wings of silver covered with gold. These were the images of the worshiping cherubims above the mercy seat. Now, since righteousness and peace have bonded in worship above the mercy seat, our worship flies into the heights of power by the eagle of the flight of grace. As Calvary lifted up the curse placed upon the sacrifice on the real mercy seat of the cross, we can cover the mercy seat of power to roll away our guilt and condemnation forever through the worship of the sacrifice of the lamb. Love did not just lift a curtain of the law and throw us a bone. We are seated at the love feast of praise as guests of righteousness and peace.

(Continued)

Do not look to the foundation of death's door. I am not there anymore. I entered into its door once, and I enter no more. I only need to speak the word and the prisoners of death now come forth as Lazarus. As slaves to sin and slaves to death, many have been draped with the clothes of discouragement. Many are ready to give up on this eve of miracles. Go unto the people and tell them not to give up, for their hour has come. Faith cannot give up, for though the body that faith resides in contains no life, faith yet speaks. The prayers of faith and the praises that came because of faith, yet count, even after your body dies.

422. Shall discouragement wrap up your past prayers of faith and expressions of praise and "write them off" as meaningless expressions from your mouth?

I am Lord, and I do according to my own will. Do not question the way I live my life in you, for it is I, the Lord Jesus, living out my life in you. Do not be cast down again, for the resurrection is standing up aright in you. The resurrection is standing up in you. Stand up with the resurrection! There is no weight of Satan's kingdom that can push down the resurrection. There is no power in Satan's possession that can keep you down. You are lifted up with me into a heavenly place.

423. Can the powers of darkness invade the heavenly place where I am Lord?

Today is another day that I made. I made the day and all that is within the earth and the heaven. I am your Creator. All things are possible with me and by me. I am from everlasting to everlasting, and my truth endureth unto all generations. There shall not come a generation in which my truth shall not reach. No one is out of my reach, for these long arms of salvation have been revealed.

424. Have you read, "To whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?" Do you really know what that means?

(To Be Continued)

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