Thoughts Higher Than Mine_Living Word Chronicle

The afflictions in your life are light. They are working for you a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. Allow these afflictions to be used for my purpose in your life and then will you realize that I have designed these things for your profit that you might be a partaker of my holiness. There is coming the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto you; therefore, rejoice in the face of these grievous things that are happening. Grace and more grace have been supplied unto you; therefore, look diligently, and do not fail of this grace that is freely given to you. If you fail of this grace, a root of bitterness will spring up and trouble you. Everyone that comes into fellowship with you will be defiled by the bitterness that will surely overtake you if you fail of grace. Give grace, and you will receive grace. Freely you have received it; now freely give it. Grace has supplied you with an inheritance. Now do not sell it as a spiritual fornicator. Many have been rejected because they found no place of repentance when they sought their inheritance even with tears. Give thanks at the remembrance of my holiness. Sing unto me. Sing unto me a new song. My anger endureth but a moment. You will find life in my grace and then will you know that weeping endures for a night, but joy comes in the morning.

(RHEMA: Afflictions Bring About a Great Reward)

The afflictions in my life are light. They are working for me a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. I will allow these afflictions to be used for God's purpose in my life and then will I realize that God has designed these things for my profit that I may be a partaker of his holiness. There is coming the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto me; therefore, I will rejoice in the face of these grievous things that are happening. Grace and more grace have been supplied unto me; therefore, I will look diligently and will not fail of this grace that is freely given to me. If I fail of this grace, a root of bitterness will spring up and trouble me. Everyone that comes into fellowship with me will be defiled by the bitterness that will surely overtake me if I fail of grace. I determine in my mind to give grace, and I will receive grace. Freely, I have received it; now I will freely give it. Grace has supplied me with an inheritance. Now I will not sell it as a spiritual fornicator. Many have been rejected because they found no place of repentance when they sought their inheritance even with tears. I give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. I will sing unto God. I will sing unto him a new song. His anger endureth but a moment. I will find life in his grace and then will I know that weeping endures for a night, but joy comes in the morning.

By Moses Hightower

Moses and Thelma Hightower

Why Halt Between Heaven and Hell?

The hour is late. Time is very far spent. Hell has enlarged herself, and many are walking blindly into the pit of everlasting damnation. Hell is real, just as heaven is real. My realness declares both my goodness and my severity. Consider both. Be not unbalanced and think that my severity will not come, for it shall come upon all who reject the gospel of Jesus Christ. There is no other gospel other than the gospel of Christ. He who believes the gospel and obeys it shall be saved, but he who hears and believes not shall surely be damned. Damnation is more than a word. The world of the damned is not a pleasure place, but it is a place of eternal punishment. Words cannot describe the horror of eternal punishment. In my flesh, tears came to my eyes when I beheld the punishment of the wicked and the punishment of the sons of Jacob who knew not the time of their visitation. My hour of visitation does come to many today. Go and declare the goodness and the severity of God. My goodness leads to repentance, but my severity shall come upon those who fall. Continue in my goodness that you fall not with the mighty and the foolish.

Many shall fall in these last days even the youth and the young shall utterly fall, but I have provided grace for those who will accept the truth and run with the redeemed. Come unto these arms of love, and embrace my love. The strong arms of love are reaching for those who will accept my salvation. I did come and provide a way out of the eternal flames of hell. Reject not the strong arms of love, for there remaineth no other arms to run to. When judgment is full and mercy has withdrawn unto the throne, there shall be no hiding place from death and the effect of death.

You say, "Why am I giving you these words when you are suppose to be edifying the people," but I say, "Let not your heart attempt to dictate my will, for there are people that I am bringing to this service that must have my mercy, or hell shall be their permanent abode. They shall weep and lament. They shall have an eternity to gnash their teeth and wail for the grievous torment of the horror of damnation. I am speaking unto the people, for the hour is late, and we must move on."

I do take you away in the spirit to see that separation from me is not an exit out of the door of a house, but separation from me is a leap into the darkness of a bottomless pit. Do not deceive yourself and say that what you see is a figment of your imagination, but the vision before your mind is reality. Do not go unto yonder place to leap from the bosom of grace and into the seemingly right path of human reasoning. The path of rejection of truth is a path of damnation and slavery forever. I have come that you might have life and to have that life more abundantly. Will you halt between the opinions of heaven and hell?

Choose today whether you will go to heaven or hell. Choose today whom you will serve. There are ways that seem to be right. The path of unbelief and the path of lies is the path of damnation. My grace has appeared to the congregation, and my grace is reaching for those who will be saved. I have stretched forth love and said, "Come unto my love," but today I say, "I stretch forth my love again and say run from the flames of hell, for the day does come that the smoke of the torment of the damned shall ascend up forever and forever. Be not in the number that is cast into the pit of everlasting fire, for the second death is more than you can bear."

Hear the words of warning, and repent and seek my face. I have come to save some today with fear, pulling them out of the fire, for I do hate their garments that are spotted by the flesh. I will give new garments today to those who repent, and come to me after allowing godly sorrow to work the repentance that I seek. I am not fooled by the pretense of men and women or boys or girls, but I look upon the heart and behold the need of the people to pray through.

I speak unto you today and say go and say this, "You have not repented at my great love and goodness to you. Repent unless you perish with those who know not God, for there cometh the hour when flaming fire and vengeance shall cover the entire earth. This present earth shall pass away with a great noise and a fervent heat. Hear the warning and the admonitions of this prophecy, and seek the face of mercy. I shall shake off the spirits of slumber. I shall subdue the spirits of laziness and idleness. Come to me, and allow me to change you that you might be prepared for my coming. I have sent angels to assist with the adorning of new garments made white in the blood of Jesus. Do you want a new garment, which is washed in my name and by my spirit, or do you prefer the garment that is soiled and stained by the works of your flesh? Come, for my invitation is real. My judgment is real, and the time is now. Today is the day of salvation. Hear these words, and do not let them slip lest you slip through the gate of truth and out the back door of salvation."

By Don Grigsby

Don and Linda Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - Why Halt Between Heaven and Hell?

God in his infinity is deeper that hell and higher than heaven. Many times his people are suspended between the two extremes. We sit together in heavenly places, and then we turn around and make our bed in hell. God has given us the heritage of Jacob that we should ride on the high places of the earth. Its desolate regions and arid wilderness is the place of both trial and destruction. We have been called to ascend and not to descend. God's judgment is not condescending but ascending. He has lifted us up to his throne to send forth judgment unto victory. He has the keys of death and hell. Eternity stretches out before us, and all who obey not the gospel. The rich man was in and still is in a place of torment. This region was not designed for us. Heaven was designed and planned for our arrival at some point in time. It is in the times of trial that the gates of a crucible open to torment us. Our God will step into the midst of furnaces of destruction to deliver us. We must not bow down to any image except the image of the invisible God, the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace is the throne of judgment that we come before. Nobody should desire any other bar of examination. His blood has testified in our behalf and justified us. All other charges and judges are false. Now is the time for us to maker our calling and election sure. Nothing will erase the places of eternal destiny. We should place our future in the hands of mercy, and let grace be the judge of our lives. Our own works will always fail to measure up. God is calling for us to look at the clock of the Scriptures, and behold it is the hour of sudden changes. He that is righteous will be righteous, and he that is unrighteous will be unrighteous. Today is not the time to retreat but to run on though the open doors of grace.

JUDGMENT

The hour is late. Time is very far spent. Hell has enlarged herself, and many are walking blindly into the pit of everlasting damnation. Hell is real, just as heaven is real. God's realness declares both his goodness and his severity. I consider both. I am not unbalanced and think that his severity will not come, for it shall come upon all who reject the gospel of Jesus Christ. There is no other gospel other than the gospel of Christ. He who believes the gospel and obeys it shall be saved, but he who hears and believes not shall surely be damned. Damnation is more than a word. The world of the damned is not a pleasure place, but it is a place of eternal punishment. Words cannot describe the horror of eternal punishment. In his flesh, tears came to his eyes when he beheld the punishment of the wicked and the punishment of the sons of Jacob who knew not the time of their visitation. His hour of visitation comes to many. I will go and declare the goodness and the severity of God. His goodness leads to repentance, but his severity shall come upon those who fall. I continue in his goodness that I fall not with the mighty and the foolish.

Many shall fall in these last days even the youth and the young shall utterly fall, but God has provided grace for those who will accept the truth and run with the redeemed. I have come unto these arms of love and embraced his love. The strong arms of love are reaching for those who will accept his salvation. He came and provided a way out of the eternal flames of hell. I will not reject the strong arms of love, for there are no other arms to run to. When judgment is full and mercy has withdrawn unto the throne, there shall be no hiding place from death and the effect of death.

I said, "Why are you giving me these words when I am supposed to be edifying the people," but the Lord says, "Let not your heart attempt to dictate my will, for there are people that I am bringing to this service that must have my mercy or hell shall be their permanent abode. They shall weep and lament. They shall have an eternity to gnash their teeth and wail for the grievous torment of the horror of damnation. I am speaking unto the people, for the hour is late, and we must move on."

The Lord took me away in the spirit to see that separation from him is not an exit out of the door of a house, but separation from him is a leap into the darkness of a bottomless pit. I must not deceive myself and say that what I see is a figment of my imagination, but the vision before my mind is reality. I do not go unto yonder place to leap from the bosom of grace and into the seemingly right path of human reasoning. The path of rejection of truth is a path of damnation and slavery forever.

Jesus has come that I might have life and to have that life more abundantly. I will not halt between the opinions of heaven and hell. I choose whether I will go to heaven or hell. I choose whom I will serve. There are ways that seem to be right. The path of unbelief and the path of lies is the path of damnation. God's grace has appeared to the congregation, and his grace is reaching for those who will be saved. He has stretched forth love and said, "Come unto my love," but today he says, "Stretch forth my love again and say run from the flames of hell, for the day does come that the smoke of the torment of the damned shall ascend up forever and forever. Be not in the number that is cast into the pit of everlasting fire, for the second death is more than you can bear."

I have heard the words of warning and repent and seek his face. He has come to save some with fear, pulling them out of the fire, for he hates their garments that are spotted by the flesh. He will give new garments to those who repent and come to him after allowing godly sorrow to work the repentance that he seeks. He is not fooled by the pretense of men and women or boys or girls, but he looks upon the heart and beholds the need of the people to pray through. He has spoken unto me and said go and say this, "You have not repented at my great love and goodness to you. Repent unless you perish with those who know not God, for there cometh the hour when flaming fire and vengeance shall cover the entire earth. This present earth shall pass away with a great noise and a fervent heat. Hear the warning and the admonitions of this prophecy, and seek the face of mercy. I shall shake off the spirits of slumber. I shall subdue the spirits of laziness and idleness. Come to me, and allow me to change you that you might be prepared for my coming. I have sent angels to assist with the adorning of new garments made white in the blood of Jesus. Do you want a new garment, which is washed in my name and by my spirit, or do you prefer the garment that is soiled and stained by the works of your flesh? Come, for my invitation is real. My judgment is real, and the time is now. Today is the day of salvation. Hear these words, and do not let them slip lest you slip through the gate of truth and out the back door of salvation."

INSPIRATION

By Don Grigsby

RE: RHEMA: Grace Abolishes the Apprehensions Formulated In the Atmosphere of Imaginations and Frees Us from the Plague of Vain Territorial Thoughts

Satan's downfall was precipitated by corrupted wisdom. He would like to infect us in our minds with false ideas and vain imaginations. Grace is the ultimate immune system to the attack of false images of fear in our minds. Grace will take its warm hands and remove all the icicles of fear that would try to form in our minds. Our ultimate battlefield is in the mindsets that the enemy would try to cast upon us. Grace is a continual renewal of the spirit of our minds. Pure mirrors of love enhance the images and background we see life through. Spiritual fruit is not cast off prematurely when we are planted in the ground of grace. Our minds belong to the Landlord of the universe. Satan and his doubt has no right to trespass on private property. Our arena of thought has been bought, not only by the blood and death of the Lord, but by the excruciating pain inflicted by the thorns crushed into his skull. This announces to us that he has crushed every foe that would try to conquer our mind in any of its territory. My thoughts must be consumed by the aggressive grace context of his wisdom. Grace was promised to us in Christ before the world began. Our times are in his hands. Things present of things to come are no match for the eternal power of grace that has already prepared my entrance triumphantly through every attack and difficulty that would try to swallow me up. Failure is not wired into the spiritual neuron network of the mind of the believer. The circuitry of defeat has already been shorted out by the cross. Our spiritual electronic charges are only positive because he has already bonded all the reproaches and defeats in to the judgment already declared and posted at the cross. Heaven has illuminated the banquet hall with the illumination of our minds with the feast of victory. We will break every false mirror of distortion on the mantels of grace.

(Continued)

I have proven myself by my mighty acts.

451. Will you look back to the pit where there is no water, or will you look up to the heavens and agree that the heavens declare my glory and the firmament my handiwork?

I do call again unto the wayward and the backsliders. I do call again unto those who have heard my call and stood with reluctant glances at the truth. I do call again for those who will be saved to come and follow me. The hour is late, and the time is almost spent. What you are going to do, that must you do. I have come that you might have life.

452. Shall life wait for death again?

I brought you to the bank of the river that overflows with doubt and unbelief.

453. Shall you look at the raging waters of trouble, and compare its rage with my power?

454. Am I a man, or am I the Creator?

Go and sell something in your house, and give unto the prophet. I will multiply it and bring to pass the miracle of provision. Do not be faithless, but be full of faith, and know that I shall multiply this seed of faith many times. It shall be as the total and complete supply of the entire apple seed that is planted once and then produces a tree full of apples with each apple seed thereon and therein planted perpetually.

455. Do you understand what I said?

(To Be Continued)

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