Thoughts Higher Than Mine_Living Word Chronicle

Go and say, "Lay aside the trumpet to play your own praise." The song of your own praise is not a rich melody. It is an empty tune from sounding brass and tingling cymbals. Go from the fellowship of those who say they are rich and increased with goods and have need of nothing. They are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked. Who they really are cannot be seen for this covering of self-righteousness. Many have become as men hidden by mounds of self-righteousness with my righteousness concealed. I desire to show you who you really are. The poverty level of your spirituality is not necessary. You may call it riches, but I say, "You will not be the rich man of God I see hidden until you have allowed the refiner's fire to make you rich." I have sat among my people as a refiner and purifier of silver. They have not counseled with me. They have sought religious experiences that are not worth anything. Allow me to purify you and purge you as gold and silver then will you offer unto me an offering in righteousness.

(RHEMA: The Poverty Level of Spirituality Is Done Away With In the Refiner's Fire Where Gold Is Bought)

I will go and say, "Lay aside the trumpet to play your own praise." The song of our own praise is not a rich melody. It is an empty tune from sounding brass and tingling cymbals. I will go from the fellowship of those who say they are rich and increased with goods and have need of nothing. They are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked. Who they really are cannot be seen for this covering of self-righteousness. Many have become as men hidden by mounds of self-righteousness with God's righteousness concealed. The Lord desires to show me who I really am. The poverty level of my spirituality is not necessary. I may call it riches, but the Lord says, "You will not be the rich man of God I see hidden until you have allowed the refiner's fire to make you rich." He sat among his people as a refiner and purifier of silver. They have not counseled with him. They have sought religious experiences that are not worth anything. I will allow God to purify me and purge me as gold and silver then will I offer unto him an offering in righteousness.

(Confession of a Sound Mind: Words of Light Upon the Face of Self-righteousness and Spiritual Poverty)

By Moses Hightower

Moses and Thelma Hightower

A Light In the Clouds of the Evening Hour

If I would regard your iniquities and your transgressions, you would be led away to the judgment without mercy and grace, but because of my lovingkindness and tender mercies, you have been brought before my throne of grace that you might have mercy and grace to help you in this time of need. I am the light of your life. Because darkness has hovered over your head, does not mean that the light of your life is affected by the presence of the darkness. I am not affected by its presence, neither am I intimidated by its threats. I am the head of all principalities and power. I am the head of all the rulers of the darkness of this world. The light that I am cannot be shut off, neither can it be contended with. I am the conqueror, the deliverer from heaven, your creator, and your God. I am your Father. Jesus is my name. My name is the essence of my being and my nature. Trust in my name, and know that I have heard your cry and have responded unto your desperate cry. If you being a father responded to the desperate cries of your children, how much more have I responded to the cries of desperation from my children?

I have made you a son and accepted you in the cage of my belly. In my spiritual rib, have I placed you and assimilated you into my church. I have placed faith and grace within you that love will not fail but that love would endure in you and not fail because of adversity and ignorance. I have not judged you after your ignorance and transgressions, neither have I offered rewards according to your failures and sins, but after my tender mercies, which are sure and everlasting, have I laid up rewards for you by faith. I have put the blessing of faith within you and foreordained your victory over the world. Be not stymied by the clouds of the evening hour, for I tell you that there is surely light in this time. I have come to your rescue and taken off every shackle and fetter. The enemy that has sent forth his words of judgment has been pushed aside, and now my arms have embraced you and brought you to the banqueting table of victory. Eat the bread of victory, and drink the wine of success. You are in the Father's house, and now there is fruit left for you to taste. Taste and see that the package before you is not an illusion, neither is it the strong delusion that I have sent forth unto those who love not the truth, but I have sent you a blessing, which cannot be erased or blotted out.

Enter into my rest, and wait there until my coming. My rest shall be your chamber of preparation and the seat of departure. Rest in my rest. Usher forth stammering lips and other tongues now, for I have made you glad from within. The things without are uncovered, and now you see them for what they really are. All these things are as the dung of cattle. Now count them all lost, for I do give you myself as an exceeding and great reward. Now count my value if you can. You cannot count the sand of the sea, neither the stars of heaven then how and by what instrument will you count my value?

I am immeasurable, but I am approachable. I am immeasurable, but I am accessible. Count all these trials joy, and mark every disappointment down as peace, for I have used these things as foundations for right attitudes and right expressions of holy character. Do not forget the teachings of grace, for I have settled the issues by allowing the sufferings that have come. Be not a forgetful hearer, but be quick to remember the teaching of my love that has chastened and produced joyous sufferings.

Come and worship, for I am the Lord who changes not. Come and drink of waters that are fresh and not stale. Come and skip as a young ram on the mountaintop. I have brought you to the mountain of the last days. Look over the horizon of the end times, and see that the light was always shining even before there was a world. The creation of the world did not bring me into existence, but I am the light that created all that is created. Look unto me again, and see that I am easily beheld to those whom I do reveal myself unto. Behold the dust of the last days and the horses and riders of the end times. Worship now, for there cometh the hour when peace shall be no more, for I will take peace from the earth. Prepare to leave with the Prince of peace, for there is none other.

By Don Grigsby

Don and Linda Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - A Light In the Clouds of the Evening Hour

Gross darkness may cover the earth and darkness the minds of people, but the light of the revelation of truth will fill every canyon of darkness with illumination. Clouds are the smoke screen of the enemy. He tries to taunt us with images of defeat and phantoms of the shadows of fear. Our dreams are not defined by the phobias of this hour, but they are supplied by the inspiration of the Almighty. We are not the children of the night, but we are of the day, and we put on the armor of light. We do not sleep as those who are in the night, but we are awake to the coming of the Lord, and the harvest of the miraculous that is happening now. We are told that Judah will be as a good horse in the day of battle. As we worship the Lord and feast on the blessings that are prepared for us, we will leave the devil in the dust that God said he would have to eat. We have been brought forth by the supernatural deliverance of salvation. We are being sent forth into a battle that may appear vicious and terrible. We are assured of victory by the promises that have sent us forth. Defeat is the diet of the devil and not of those who have been chosen to ride in the army of horses of final defeat for the whole world to see. The same word that created light in the beginning of time has pulled back the curtains of time to show us that glory that will be revealed in the new heavens and earth. We will rule and rein with him.

ADVERSITY, IGNORANCE, AND INTIMIDATION

If God would regard my iniquities and my transgressions, I would be led away to the judgment without mercy and grace, but because of his lovingkindness and tender mercies, I have been brought before his throne of grace that I might have mercy and grace to help me in this time of need. Jesus is the light of my life. Because darkness has hovered over my head, does not mean that the light of my life is affected by the presence of the darkness. He is not affected by its presence, neither is he intimidated by its threats. He is the head of all principalities and power. He is the head of all the rulers of the darkness of this world. The light that he is cannot be shut off, neither can it be contended with. The Lord is the conqueror, the deliverer from heaven, my creator, and my God. He is my Father. Jesus is his name. His name is the essence of his being and his nature. I trust in his name, and I know that he has heard my cry and has responded unto my desperate cry. If I being a father responded to the desperate cries of my children, God has responded to the cries of desperation from his children much more.

The Lord has made me a son and accepted me in the cage of his belly. In his spiritual rib, has he placed me and assimilated me into his church. God has placed faith and grace within me that love will not fail but that love would endure in me and not fail because of adversity and ignorance. God has not judged me after my ignorance and transgressions, neither has he offered rewards according to my failures and sins, but after his tender mercies, which are sure and everlasting, has he laid up rewards for me by faith. He has put the blessing of faith within me and foreordained my victory over the world. I determine not to be stymied by the clouds of the evening hour, for God tells me that there is surely light in this time. He has come to my rescue and taken off every shackle and fetter. The enemy that has sent forth his words of judgment has been pushed aside, and now God's arms have embraced me and brought me to the banqueting table of victory. I eat the bread of victory and drink the wine of success. I am in the Father's house, and now there is fruit left for me to taste. I taste and see that the package before me is not an illusion, neither is it the strong delusion that God has sent forth unto those who love not the truth, but God has sent me a blessing, which cannot be erased or blotted out.

I enter into his rest and wait there until his coming. The Lord's rest shall be my chamber of preparation and the seat of departure. I rest in his rest. I usher forth stammering lips and other tongues now, for Jesus has made me glad from within. The things without are uncovered, and now I see them for what they really are. All these things are as the dung of cattle. Now I count them all lost, for God does give me himself as an exceeding and great reward. Now I count his value if I can. I cannot count the sand of the sea, neither the stars of heaven. There is no way or any instrument by which I can count his value.

Jesus is immeasurable, but he is approachable. He is immeasurable, but he is accessible. I count all these trials joy and mark every disappointment down as peace, for he has used these things as foundations for right attitudes and right expressions of holy character. I purpose not to forget the teachings of grace, for God has settled the issues by allowing the sufferings that have come. I determine not to be a forgetful hearer but quick to remember the teaching of his love that has chastened and produced joyous sufferings.

I will worship God for he is the Lord and does not change. I will drink of waters that are fresh and not stale, and I will skip as a young ram on the mountaintop. God has brought me to the mountain of the last days. I look over the horizon of the end times and see that the light was always shining, even before there was a world. The creation of the world did not bring God into existence, but he is the light that created all that is created. I look unto Jesus again and see that he is easily beheld to those whom he does reveal himself unto. I behold the dust of the last days and the horses and riders of the end times. I worship now, for there cometh the hour when peace shall be no more, for God will take peace from the earth. I will prepare to leave with the Prince of peace, for there is none other.

INSPIRATION

By Don Grigsby

RHEMA - The Height of Impossibility Illustrates How High Your Faith Can Reach

God's wisdom uses inverse reciprocals of faith as he shows us to throw away our measuring instruments. The greater the problem or the higher the mountain the greater the miracle we can certainly expect. In our weakness, is the enigma or his strength. If promises of power flow out of questions that are impossible to answer, except that God would do it. We can be sure that if weakness seems to lay its draining blanket on our spirit, that the anointed mantle of incredible power is about to be placed on our spiritual shoulders. Our strength will flow like a massive river out of the pit that would have followed up our climbing steps up the mountains of our testing. We must wear the lens of faith and worship as we survey the terrain beneath us and above us. No matter what our senses tell us, we are going to the top safely with his help.

Our mind may whirl about in the winds of adversity. Our spirits may be whipped about by winds that would try to remove us from the face of the mountain, but we must remember who made the mountains and who made the molecules of matter. Atoms of power are resident in them both. All of our seen world came out of the unseen, but we are seeing the marching hosts of his armies defeating the foe before us and the ropes of safety and camps of secured and fulfilled promises that await our arrival. Just beyond our ability is where he always extends into the oblivion beyond. We are not destined for a fall or failure but for victory and success.

(Continued)

My love has not authored victory and defeat at the same time. My love has assured you of total victory and perfect peace. Do not allow the pains from the past to cause you to continually cry over the hurts and bruises, but look to my sacrifice, and behold the effect of all these things on my sacrifice. Now are you forgiven and healed. I took away all these things in my own body. Now are you free to come to this throne of grace as a son. My hand is stretched forth to bring you into a right relationship with me and not an unacceptable relationship. My blood has made this possible.

85. Now who will make it impossible?

Many lives have been destroyed on the waters of life because many have placed their trust in the vehicles of man and flesh. If you lean on the arm of flesh instead of the arm of the Lord, you will be sabotaged by your own unbelief. Trust in the name of the Lord.

86. Do you remember the name of the Lord that saved you while you were burning on the stormy sea of your past life?

(To Be Continued)

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