Thoughts Higher Than Mine_Living Word Chronicle

My name will be honored in you. It is already honored, yet it shall be glorified more than ever before in you, for the light of this name must shine brightly in the closing hours of darkness. The hour and the power of darkness have dominated the life of those who know not God. Those who are in bondage to the princes of the power of the air look for a light. How will they see your light if only the light of humanity shines?

The light of humanity is not bright enough for those in sin to see, for they are blind. The light of the glorious gospel is for the blind, which see not. The light of the gospel shines beyond human eyesight and penetrates to "the seeing soul." Let your light so shine that they may see you and your good works with the eyes of the soul. The light of humanism is shining, yet the masses are yet in darkness. Come to me today, and allow me to light your spirit with my Spirit. My spirit is a fire unfolding itself. It is a consuming fire that sin might be destroyed and that souls might live.

(RHEMA: The Light of the Glorious Gospel Is Shining Into the Seeing Soul)

The Lord's name will be honored in me. It is already honored, yet it shall be glorified more than ever before in me, for the light of this name must shine brightly in the closing hours of darkness. The hour and the power of darkness have dominated the life of those who know not God. Those who are in bondage to the princes of the power of the air look for a light. They will not see my light if only the light of humanity shines. The light of humanity is not bright enough for those in sin to see, for they are blind. The light of the glorious gospel is for the blind, which see not. The light of the gospel shines beyond human eyesight and penetrates to "the seeing soul." I let my light so shine that they may see me and my good works with the eyes of the soul. The light of humanism is shining, yet the masses are yet in darkness. I come to God today, and I allow him to light my spirit with his Spirit. His spirit is a fire unfolding itself. It is a consuming fire that sin might be destroyed and that souls might live.

By Moses Hightower

Moses and Thelma Hightower

Recover Your First Love

I heard your cry. Your voice did not fall upon ears that cannot hear, but your cry came unto hearing ears. My ears are open unto the cry of my children, for I am their shepherd. I gave my life for these sheep. All forsook me when they came for my life, but I cannot be chased away by the terror of the night and arrows of wickedness that come by the daytime.

Lift up your voice in the sanctuary, and proclaim the love of Jesus. I am a help that is very present. I am always present with my people. Unto the ends of the world, I will be here with you. Do not allow the things that intimidate to create frustration within you. Cast off your lack of confidence in my faithfulness. I have never forsaken my children. A woman can forget her child even if it has sucked her breast, but I will never forget you. I am love, and this love is not a fabrication of human manipulation. This love is eternal. My eternal love persuaded my humanity to give itself unto death for its preservation. What would I claim if I would have allowed you to perish after promising to redeem you?

Love is bound by promise. I do not break my promises. It is impossible for me to lie. I am love, and love cannot lie. Love believeth all things. I am not here to seek my own, but I came to seek you. I have found you, and now I will not lose you. Today is the day of salvation. Many need true salvation, for the forms of godliness have been presented, and many are spoiled by the philosophies of the age. Go and proclaim the love that purchased redemption and won freedom for the slaves to sin. Slavery of all forms is cruel, but spiritual slavery is worse. You were a slave to sin and in bondage to a cruel slave master, but I gave myself unto the master of slaves and took his keys. Now are you free. Now are you redeemed. Now are you bought back from the house of bondage and darkness. You can now choose between light and darkness. In time past, you had no choice, for you were conceived in sin and shapen in iniquity. Now are you conceived in faith and shapen by righteousness. Do not draw back from the molding of righteousness' hand. Righteousness shall inflict you with suffering and cause you to choose the narrow way. Righteousness will not fit in the broad way, neither will holiness journey along the pathway of the world. Peace will not journey to the courts of condemnation, neither will joy remain in the chambers of weakness. Love will not be embraced by the arms of unfaithfulness and be used by the conspiracy of the liars, but love will snatch away its presents and take flight as a dove, for its sensitivity to ingratitude compels its wings to fly away into the presence of gratefulness and sincerity.

Lift up your eyes, and open up your ears to the whisper of love, for I have come and whispered in your ears. The words that I speak are not words of enticement, but they are words from the sincere heart of redemption. The voice of your redeemer brings to your recall the suffering of my humanity and the pleasing of my spirit for such a sacrifice. It pleased me well to bruise my humanity for such a bride as you. I have chosen to do what I am doing, and now are you my own.

Lift up your eyes unto the coming of your bridegroom, and do not regret the cost of preparation. Your freedom was expensive and so shall your preparation. You must lose all to win me, for I am not coming back for those who have reserved things in their heart over love for me. I will not be a second love to things, nor creatures. I will not be a second love to selfishness. I will not be a second love to lust and sensuousness. I will not be a second love to anything in this world. I am here offering myself to you again. Now return to your first love so that you might experience a revival of love. Love for me has grown cold. I will not receive the cold love of selfish creatures, but I am coming for fervent, hot love that will not fade in the darkness of these last days. Come and renew your love, for if you are lukewarm, do not expect to embrace the arms of love. The mouth of love shall spew out the offering of lukewarm love. Come and renew your love. My love is fervent. Now return to me the fervency of your first love.

By Don Grigsby

Don and Linda Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - Recover Your First Love

In a screaming world, we don't need a whisper of his power. We need the thunder of his power. In a world where the love of many has waxed cold, we need to demonstrate our passionate love for Jesus Christ. We are told that we can leave not loose our first love. God will never leave or not show up. It is our sins that separate us from him. He reconciles and redeems and we are prone to retreat. Our fervency of spirit must include our running after him and holding him. We must not be caught up in the trivializing of the things of God. The spirit of Jacob that caused him to desire the things of God brought God to him even in his escape from his brother. Even when we suffer for righteousness sake, we should count it all joy that he has chosen us to be partakers of his suffering. Our joy should not be reduced or watered down by what does or does not happen to us. We will rejoice in the Lord at all times. A friend loveth at all times. We are more than friends. We are his beloved. Our love transcends the petty pressures of this hour. It seems that when people used to get married they just stayed with it. They were committed to marriage for the long haul. Now people quit at the drop of the hat. Our commitment to him is a covenant of endless love. Being lukewarm must vanish before the fervent love of believers in this time of shallow commitments.

FRUSTRATION, LUST, SELFISHNESS, AND SENSUOUSNESS

The Lord heard my cry. My voice did not fall upon ears that cannot hear, but my cry came unto hearing ears. His ears are open unto the cry of his children, for Jesus is their shepherd. He gave his life for these sheep. All forsook him when they came for his life, but he cannot be chased away by the terror of the night and arrows of wickedness that come by the daytime.

I lift up my voice in the sanctuary and proclaim the love of Jesus. He is a help that is very present. He is always present with his people. Unto the ends of the world, he will be here with me. I do not allow the things that intimidate to create frustration within me. I cast off my lack of confidence in God's faithfulness. He has never forsaken his children. A woman can forget her child even if it has sucked her breast, but the Lord will never forget me. God is love, and this love is not a fabrication of human manipulation. This love is eternal. His eternal love persuaded his humanity to give itself unto death for its preservation. The Lord could not claim anything if he would have allowed me to perish after promising to redeem me.

Love is bound by promise. He does not break his promises. It is impossible for him to lie. God is love, and love cannot lie. Love believeth all things. He is not here to seek his own, but he came to seek me. He has found me, and now he will not lose me. Today is the day of salvation. Many need true salvation, for the forms of godliness have been presented, and many are spoiled by the philosophies of the age. I will go and proclaim the love that purchased redemption and won freedom for the slaves to sin. Slavery of all forms is cruel, but spiritual slavery is worse. I was a slave to sin and in bondage to a cruel slave master, but Jesus gave himself unto the master of slaves and took his keys. Now I am free. Now I am redeemed. Now I am bought back from the house of bondage and darkness. I can now choose between light and darkness. In time past, I had no choice, for I was conceived in sin and shapen in iniquity. Now I am conceived in faith and shapen by righteousness. I do not draw back from the molding of righteousness' hand. Righteousness shall inflict me with suffering and cause me to choose the narrow way. Righteousness will not fit in the broad way, neither will holiness journey along the pathway of the world. Peace will not journey to the courts of condemnation, neither will joy remain in the chambers of weakness. Love will not be embraced by the arms of unfaithfulness and be used by the conspiracy of the liars, but love will snatch away its presents and take flight as a dove, for its sensitivity to ingratitude compels its wings to fly away into the presence of gratefulness and sincerity.

I lift up my eyes and open up my ears to the whisper of love, for he has come and whispered in my ears. The words that he speaks are not words of enticement, but they are words from the sincere heart of redemption. The voice of my redeemer brings to my recall the suffering of his humanity and the pleasing of his spirit for such a sacrifice. It pleased the Lord well to bruise his humanity for such a bride as myself. He has chosen to do what he is doing, and now I am his own.

I lift up my eyes unto the coming of my bridegroom, and I do not regret the cost of preparation. My freedom was expensive and so shall my preparation. I must lose all to win Jesus, for he is not coming back for those who have reserved things in their hearts over love for him. He will not be a second love to things, nor creatures. He will not be a second love to selfishness. He will not be a second love to lust and sensuousness. He will not be a second love to anything in this world. He is here offering himself to me again. Now I return to my first love so that I might experience a revival of love. Love for God has grown cold. He will not receive the cold love of selfish creatures, but he is coming for fervent, hot love that will not fade in the darkness of these last days. I renew my love, for if I am lukewarm, I do not expect to embrace the arms of love. The mouth of love shall spew out the offering of lukewarm love, but the love of God is restored. His love is fervent. Now I return to Jesus in the fervency of my first love.

RHEMA

By Don Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - The Riches Purchased In the Fire of Trial Will Make You Exceptionally Affluent

Our elevated complaints and whining may be the constant words of our song of helpless pain when we are feeling the weight of the trial of our faith. Again and again he arrives in a vehicle of faith and says that we should get in and take a tour of his wealthy estate that is ours already. How many times do we feel a twisted pleasure of feeling the depression that makes us want to sit on the porch of self pity while the super highway of faith and victory runs full just down the street?

Years ago, I was asking the Lord for deliverance from a situation for a whole year. Nothing seemed to budge. It was a monetary problem. He reminded me of the Word. The trial of my faith would be more precious than gold. He then asked this revealing question. "What do you want, me or the gold?"

I said, "I want you if I never receive anything else."

In just a few days, the whole thing broke free when I decided that the true riches were in him, not that he did not turn around and abundantly supply my financial need, but I needed to see him in the right perspective. Sometimes God will let us hurt enough so that we will turn loose of the things that we think we need so that he can give us what we really need. God has truly set us apart for himself, and sometimes we become his stage to show the principalities and powers above his wisdom as he did through Job. We will always come forth twice as blessed and wealthy on the other side. If we will break out in the dancing and worship in the midst of the fire, he will bring his entire entourage from heaven and have the victory celebration as hell falls apart around us. Our confidence is our house of security, and we will dwell in his shadow even in the midst of the fire of the trial.

(Continued)

You have been discouraged long enough. It is time to re-focus your life and bring all that you are doing into true spiritual focus. I have not left you to figure a way to have revival, nor to figure a way to win the lost. I have already paid the price and beckoned you to come, and follow me as I make you a fisher of men.

56. How will you fish according to my understanding if you are leaning toward your own?

I have not lifted your eyes from a pit to distract you from poverty only to lead you to more poverty, but I have invited you to attend unto my voice and come to a table of prosperity. You are doubting because of the time frame that you are operating in. You desire to see the money before you arrive at the destination.

57. Are you able to trust me to be on time, or does the absence of that which you cannot see create a false impression of me?

58. Is your concept of me determined by what you are able to see, or is your concept of me determined by your faith?

(To Be Continued)

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