Thoughts Higher Than Mine_Living Word Chronicle

You must endure unto the end, not simply begin the race. Power to finish is in you by grace. Be not afraid of failure and the evil things that are begotten by unbelief. I have fixed your heart so that you may continue to trust in me. Be fully persuaded that your heart is established. I have placed my word in you and given you a new heart. You were once alienated and an enemy in your mind by wicked works, but you are now reconciled in the body of Christ. It is in Christ that I will present you holy, unblameable, and unreproveable in his sight. Be not moved away from this glorious gospel. Continue in the faith of Jesus, grounded and settled in the hope of glory.

(RHEMA: The Faith of Jesus Christ Removes the Fear of Failure)

I must endure unto the end, not simply begin the race. Power to finish is in me by grace. I will not be afraid of failure and the evil things that are begotten by unbelief. God has fixed my heart so that I may continue to trust in him. I am fully persuaded that my heart is established. The Lord has placed his word in me and given me a new heart. I was once alienated and an enemy in my mind by wicked works, but I am now reconciled in the body of Christ. It is in Christ that he will present me holy, unblameable, and unreproveable in his sight. By grace I will not be moved away from this glorious gospel. I will continue in the faith of Jesus, grounded and settled in the hope of glory.

By Moses Hightower

Moses and Thelma Hightower

A Living Fountain of Living Blood

There is a fountain filled with blood. This fountain was filled with blood from my veins, my bruises, my wounds, my back, and my brow. Come to the fountain of blood, and wash all your guilty stains away. There is forgiveness and more grace at the fountain of blood. Come and lose all your guilt here at the fountain. There is a fountain filled with blood. Wash all your guilty stains away. Come and be washed. Come. The Rock of Ages does wait on you. Come and break your hearts upon the rock which was smitten for you. Come and hide yourself in the rock which has a special cleft for you. There is a place in me and by me. Come, for this day is for you. This day is a day to stand because of your Rock, the Rock of Ages. I am higher than your sins; higher than your guilt; higher than your condemnation; higher than your enemies; higher than your faults; higher than your failures; higher than your doubts.

Come and see that I am filled with graciousness and compassion. Come and see that I am filled with goodness and mercy. Come and see that the Rock of Ages is a hiding place for you. This rock that followed Israel in the wilderness has also followed you in this life. I found you and brought you to the door of the rock that they hung upon an old rugged cross. Now the door of the rock that hung for you is opened, and now there is a refuge from all your troubles. Come in the door of the rock, and hide in the cleft. There is blood in the fountain, but you must come through the door of the altar. I am your altar. Come and be washed. Come and be forgiven. Come and be refreshed. As I have brought you the day that I did make, so have I brought you forgiveness and placed it before you. Come and receive it. It belongs to you; therefore, repent and be blessed.

By Don Grigsby

Don and Linda Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - A Living Fountain of Living Blood

As the life of the flesh is in the blood so is the fountain that renews and refreshes our soul. His blood not only continues to cleanse us within from every evil work and word, it has spiritual antibodies that are our spiritual immune system that builds up our strength and resistance. The blood is our atonement or covering. The clothes of Adam and the pitch of the arc are a type of the covering that would come to us by the blood of the cross. He will protect us from the evil onslaught of the enemy by hiding us in the blood that covers every sin. Some rocks in the mountains seep water. Our Rock drips blood that is both the water of life to our soul and a fountain of everlasting strength against the accusations of the accuser. His blood has declared us not guilty before the courts of eternity. Forgiveness stands with open arms in the door of the rock made by the flowing blood into our lives.

GUILT

There is a fountain filled with blood. This fountain was filled with blood from his veins, his bruises, his wounds, his back, and his brow. I come to the fountain of blood and wash all my guilty stains away. There is forgiveness and more grace at the fountain of blood. I lose all my guilt here at the fountain. There is a fountain filled with blood. I wash all my guilty stains away. I come to Jesus, and I am washed. The Rock of Ages waits on me. I have come to him and break my heart upon the rock, which was smitten for me. I hide myself in the rock, which has a special cleft for me. There is a place in God and by him. This day is for me. This day is a day to stand because of my Rock, the Rock of Ages. He is higher than my sins; higher than my guilt; higher than my condemnation; higher than my enemies; higher than my faults; higher than my failures; higher than my doubts. The Lord is filled with graciousness and compassion. He is filled with goodness and mercy. The Rock of Ages is a hiding place for me. This rock that followed Israel in the wilderness has also followed me in this life. He found me and brought me to the door of the rock that they hung upon an old rugged cross. Now the door of the rock that hung for me is opened, and now there is a refuge from all my troubles. I have entered in the door of the rock and have hidden in the cleft that was placed there for me. There is blood in the fountain, but I must come through the door of the altar. Jesus is my altar. Here I am washed because I am forgiven. I am refreshed. As he has brought me the day that he did make, so has he brought me forgiveness and placed it before me. I have received forgiveness. It belongs to me; therefore, have I repented, and now am I blessed.

INSPIRATION

By Don Grigsby

RHEMA: Stand In the Gap, Make Up a Hedge of Patience, and Wipe Out Flourishing Ignorance

God, in his eternity, has never failed to keep his promise or fulfill his Word. Misunderstanding can be one of the most hurtful forms of unbelief. Minds can be such a planted field of doubts and misgivings. It can be covered over like the toxic plants of a stagnant pond. A fresh word and living waters come into the soul of those who will seek his face. His word is a spiritual herbicide that will destroy to the roots, the vines and planting of ignorance and misunderstanding. Thorns of doubt will spring up and destroy our inspiration. We must burn up the vines of ignorance with the fresh fire of spiritual anointing. He is the true vine, and we are the branches. Our growth must not be allowed to be entangled with that of an enemy. Vines of pride and self are as a wild vine that will cover the building and foundation of the growth of the Spirit in our lives. God has loosed a powerful word to hew away the things that pull people down and apart. Our task is to patiently go to the field of harvest everyday, and swing this implement that will free the people from the bondage that over throws them. Redemption is the economy of God's grace. Our efforts and ability will never affect our destiny. If he took sin away, he can take any bondage or trouble away. No instrument forged by the slanderer has any forged place in our lives. When the Lord said, "We were free," the term in the Greek means, "We are exempt from any of the laws or taxing of this world system and the god of this world." It is eternity that holds our destiny. As we wait patiently, the harvest will come.

(Continued)

Do not leave the hiding place of holiness, neither masquerade yourself as a friend of the world thinking that you shall be accepted by the world's system of religion. Those who seek a sanctuary among those of another name and not those called by my name shall find themselves trapped by the conspiring spirits and the prince of worldliness. Do not be a friend of the world and then will you remain my friend. You cannot serve two masters. Call me Lord and Master, but do the things I say. Do not love the world, neither the things that are in the world.

32. Do you love the world?

33. Do you love me, your Father?

(To Be Continued)

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