Thoughts Higher Than Mine_Living Word Chronicle

I counsel you to buy of me gold tried in the fire that you may be rich. The sorcerers and the psychics reign in your territories because you have not sought gold tried in the fire. You are not rich enough to close down their business of deception. Where is the salt of the earth?

Where is the light that dispels the false gods and prevents them from setting up their wares in your community?

Seek the Counselor, and ask for gold tried in the fire. You will be given riches that make you powerful enough to bail out perishing souls. Hide no longer behind the mounds of self-righteousness. Lay aside this weighty baggage, and come forth clothed with new garments instead of the filth of minstrel clothes. Lay aside the tunes of self-righteousness, and angels shall play the tunes of my righteousness. Obey these words, and come forth a new man not seen or heard before.

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

The Lord has counseled with me to buy of him gold tried in the fire that I may be rich. The sorcerers and the psychics reign in my territories because I have not sought gold tried in the fire. I am not rich enough to close down their business of deception. I have hidden the salt of the earth. I have hidden the light that dispels the false gods and prevents them from setting up their wares in my community. I will seek the Counselor, and ask for gold tried in the fire. I will be given riches that make me powerful enough to bail out perishing souls. I will not hide any longer behind the mounds of self-righteousness. I lay aside this weighty baggage, and come forth clothed with new garments instead of the filth of minstrel clothes. I lay aside the tunes of self-righteousness, and angels shall play the tunes of God's righteousness. I will obey these words, and come forth a new man not seen or heard before.

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

By Moses Hightower

Moses and Thelma Hightower

Style the Fashion of Christ

You have not believed in vain, neither have you placed your trust in an idol which has no power, but you have placed your trust in the supreme authority and power in the universe. I am the head of all principality and power. I am the one true God, whose name is Jesus. I have revealed myself unto you, and I do show forth the glory of my name throughout the world, and all shall know that I am the Lord. Be not frustrated, nor intimidated by the threat of the voices of the age, neither by the ignorance of many leaders whose inspiration is after Satan. Be conformed unto my word, and know of the light that will continually shine into the dark corners of the world. I do shine a light into the depths of darkness and bring out prisoners whose eyes have been blinded by ignorance and sin. I shall use the prisoners from the pits in a mighty way in these last days, for I shall take the captives and make them captains in my army of faith. Look unto the ends of the earth if you can, and tell me of my works. What do you know of my works?

Can you comprehend them?

Then do not try to figure out why I do what I do, but trust in my leading for your life, for I am your Father, and you are my son. You are the clay, and I am the potter. You are the vessel, and I am the Creator. You are the sheep, and I am the shepherd. I have brought you into this pasture of grace and caused you to lie down. Lie down with the spirit of rest, and know peace in this valley. Little lambs, there is peace in the valley for you. My peace do I give unto you. Not as the world gives but as your Heavenly Father gives. I do give you peace that goes beyond the understanding which issues forth from your reasoning. You have reasoned and come forth with man's ideals of victory, but I have spoken and brought forth victory according to my ideals. Bring me the mold that you have in your mind, and allow me to destroy it, for you have fashioned images of defeat and spiritual poverty instead of images of victory and spiritual wealth. I bring you the fashion of Christ that shall style the riches of my kingdom in these closing hours of my Church upon the earth. Take off those rags that you are wearing, and wear the garment of salvation and praise. You have dressed yourself while looking in the mirror of human reasoning. Turn from that faulty mirror of human reasoning, and look into my word, and there will you find the true image of Christ.

I am the same. Yesterday, I am God. Today, I am God. Tomorrow, I am God. I AM THAT I AM. I am the Everlasting Father and the Mighty God. Believe on me as the scriptures have declared me to be. Now stretch forth your hand unto the hand of faithfulness that reaches down to you from the top of this pit, and allow me to pull you out of your troubles.

Come. I have made a way out by my blood. By my blood, I have sent forth all who believe out of the pit wherein there is no water. The water of revival awaits you. Come and drink of these waters before the great falling away comes. Fear of death shall depart from many, and the spirit of diplomacy shall arise on the scene of time. The spirit of false peace shall come and entertain your mind. Unless you are revived, you shall march and dance to the music of diplomacy and sorcery.

Come and drink of the waters of revival. The trail of praise leads you to the waters of revival. Rejoice in me always, and know the joy of continual revival even in the midst of prosperity.

Come. The revival awaits your arrival at its gates of praise. Come and willingly praise without coercion. Come and praise because you love me. I have loved you with an everlasting love. My cross expressed the degree of my love for you. Does your praise express the degree of your love for me, or does it express the degree of your doubts and fears?

Come and worship, for there comes the time when there shall be no rain. Come and follow me. There is much fishing to do. Come. I have said, "Come." Now you go and say, "Come."

By Don Grigsby

Don and Linda Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - Style the Fashion of Christ

The fashion of this world will pass away. God has designed the garments of praise and righteousness that robe us as kings and priests. We are not to be conformed to the ways of this world or be poured into the mold that would cast over us a death like shroud of uncertainty. We have a clear identity in Jesus Christ. If praise is comely in our mouth, then it will beautify the meek with the garments of salvation that are more beautiful than that which he clothes the morning with. God will truly bring forth those who have been obscured in the lowest regions of pain and destruction. He will bring forth his greatness through them as a shining light of day. We are declared to have washed our robes in the blood of the Lamb. We have laid aside the rags of self righteousness that are no covering at all. His atonement has covered us with the suits of power that will stand in the floods of the enemy and prevail. Our worship is to the tune of the love that brought us out of the depths to stand before his throne. He will not allow this to be done in a corner. It will be shouted from the housetops of this hour. We will come forth as a spectacle for the world to see as we dance in the excitement of his joy. Man's designs will never fill our closets, but they will vanish as the thoughts of men perish in the heat of the morning sun. He has clothed us with that which will stand in the furnace of trial and not have the smell of smoke on it.

DIPLOMACY, DOUBT, AND FEAR

I have not believed in vain, neither have I placed my trust in an idol which has no power, but I have placed my trust in the supreme authority and power in the universe. He is the head of all principality and power. He is the one, true God, whose name is Jesus. He has revealed himself unto me, and I do show forth the glory of his name throughout the world, and all shall know that he is the Lord.

I am not frustrated, nor intimidated by the threat of the voices of the age, neither by the ignorance of many leaders whose inspiration is after Satan. I am determined to be conformed unto his word and know of the light that will continually shine into the dark corners of the world. He shines a light into the depths of darkness and brings out prisoners whose eyes have been blinded by ignorance and sin. The Lord shall use the prisoners from the pits in a mighty way in these last days, for he shall take the captives and make them captains in his army of faith.

I cannot look unto the ends of the earth and tell God of his works. My knowledge of his wondrous works is limited; therefore, I cannot comprehend them, and I will not try to figure out why he does what he does, but I will trust in his leading for my life, for he is my Father, and I am his son. I am the clay, and he is the potter. I am the vessel, and he is the Creator. I am the sheep, and he is the shepherd. He has brought me into this pasture of grace and caused me to lie down. I lie down with the spirit of rest and know peace in this valley. As one of his little lambs, there is peace in the valley for me. The Lord's peace is given unto me, not as the world gives but as my Heavenly Father gives. He gives me peace that goes beyond the understanding which issues forth from my reasoning. I have reasoned and come forth with man's ideals of victory, but God has spoken and brought forth victory according to his ideals. I bring him the mold that I have in my mind, and I allow him to destroy it, for I have fashioned images of defeat and spiritual poverty instead of images of victory and spiritual wealth.

The Lord brings me the fashion of Christ that shall style the riches of his kingdom in these closing hours of his Church upon the earth. I take off the rags that I am wearing and wear the garment of salvation and praise. I have dressed myself while looking in the mirror of human reasoning. I turn from that faulty mirror of human reasoning, and I look into God's word, and here I find the true image of Christ. Jesus is the same. Yesterday, he is God. Today, he is God. Tomorrow, he is God. He is the Great I AM. He is the Everlasting Father and the Mighty God. I believe on him as the scriptures have declared him to be.

Now I stretch forth my hand unto the hand of faithfulness that reaches down to me from the top of this pit, and I allow him to pull me out of my troubles. He has made a way out by his blood. By his blood, he has sent forth all who believe out of the pit wherein no water is. The water of revival awaits me. I drink of these waters before the great falling away comes. Fear of death shall depart from many and the spirit of diplomacy shall arise on the scene of time. The spirit of false peace shall come and entertain my mind. Unless I am revived, I shall march and dance to the music of diplomacy and sorcery. I drink of the waters of revival. The trail of praise leads me to the waters of revival. I must rejoice in God always, and I will know the joy of continual revival even in the midst of prosperity. The revival awaits my arrival at its gates of praise.

I willingly praise the Lord without coercion. I praise him because I love him. He has loved me with an everlasting love. His cross expressed the degree of his love for me, and I purpose that my praise will begin to express the degree of my love for him. I am determined to no longer express the degree of my doubts and fears. I worship God, for there comes the time when there shall be no rain. I will follow Jesus. There is much fishing to do. The Lord has said, "Come." Now I will go and say, "Come."

RHEMA

By Don Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - The Power of the Identity Factor In Our Relationship with Christ

The Lord spoke to me and said,

"You do not need any more icons in your life. Many people have substituted coming to church, praise and worship, and bible reading for seeking me. I have command that all who would come to me should seek me. Men have substituted "its" for me. Israel said, "The ark it will save us." You cannot live for me on impersonal things that are associated with me. You must have that burning, breathing, listening relationship of being face to face and mouth to mouth with me. This is the relationship that I have desired from the beginning, not man's stale arrangement for a prayer meeting or the stilted and dead ceremony that so many have for a service that tries to experience me. I have yearned for those who would not limit me and allow my people to stretch themselves beyond themselves to the beginning of a powerful walk that would project them into a dimension where they would be in control of their lives and life would not control their emotions or faith."

Everywhere we look, there are images of God that are passed off on us as the real thing. We must refuse to bow down to or worship the false images of powerless creature ideas that reach for our worship. His spiritual image beckons to us on the limits of our fleshly horizons like a 21st century burning bush or pillar of fire that stands beside the door of a promised land that flows with the milk and honey that has already been prepared for us. We must determine to keep him as our focus as he goes before us in a shekinah or power that will only give us the proper image for us to be constantly changed into from glory to glory by his spirit.

(Continued)

I am not hiding my will and the right direction from you. It is clearly revealed unto those who are called according to my purpose and those who love me. Those who love me shall cleave to me. When you have left your own reasoning and your own understanding and rooted yourself in love, then will you cease worrying about controlling your destiny. Give me the controls of your life.

87. How can you relinquish the controls without giving me all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength?

When you have sought me with all your heart, that day, you will surely find me, and abide in the perfect will of God. The ship of Zion is not in trouble on the seas of life. I am not troubled, neither is my body.

88. The gates of hell are not going to prevail against my body then how will trouble in this hour prevail against you?

(To Be Continued)

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