Thoughts Higher Than Mine_Living Word Chronicle

I saved you in the moments of your greatest folly. I delivered you when you acted in total ignorance. My grace has always been exceeding, abundant with faith and love. You have always obtained mercy; therefore, I can show others this same longsuffering through your testimony. Go and honor me by witnessing of the mercy and the compassion that you have experienced.

(RHEMA: Ministries with Charity and Compassion Are Led Into Areas of Profitable Spiritual Returns)

The Lord saved me in the moments of my greatest folly. He delivered me when I acted in total ignorance. His grace has always been exceeding, abundant with faith and love. I have always obtained mercy; therefore, he can show others this same longsuffering through my testimony. I will go and honor him by witnessing of the mercy and the compassion that I have experienced.

(Confession of a Sound Mind: Words of Light Upon the Face of Impossibility and Indebtedness)

By Moses Hightower

Thelma and Moses Hightower

Angels Are Sometimes Manifested In Fiery Trials

The cry of the righteous is always heard by the shepherd of the sheepfold. Do not worry about the circumstances of the hour. These things cannot harm you. Trials come, and they go, but integrity remains. Hold on to your integrity, and do not release it, for the only true values are values held within your heart. It is not what goes into a man that defiles him but what goes out.

Speak the truth in love, and do not defend yourself. Give love when hate has been given you. Give the attributes of God which reside in you instead of that which naturally flows from your humanity and carnality. Even thieves do good to one another, but true love is an expression from the Living God within you. I have chosen you as a vessel of my expression; therefore, open up your heart, and allow the expression of my charity to express itself in this time of misunderstanding. Do not wear the shades of misunderstanding and presumptuousness. There are hidden things in the spectrum of misunderstanding and presumptuousness that can damn your soul. Give all the things that you are confronting to me, and do not look upon them as they appear. Simply give all these things to me in prayer and supplication, and I will be your defense and your lawyer. I know the expression of your own heart, and I know your true desires. I will respond according to your commitment to me.

Have you given me your life?

Then, will I not respond on my own behalf in regard to that which is mine?

I am your shepherd; therefore, do not want. I am making you lie down in a pasture of my own choice. This pasture was selected by supreme wisdom and understanding. My choices are not made without the wisdom that created and fashioned the creation. Trust this wisdom in the formation of your own life, and rest in the decisions that I have allowed to come your way. Do not be presumptuous, for I am the one that you are trusting in, not man. Do not make flesh your arm, but lean on the everlasting arms of salvation. I will not fail you, neither will I leave you. I am the God of your salvation, the rock in this strange land of trial. Do not be distraught, neither be filled with dismay. Do not think that this trial is a strange trial. This is a trial sent forth to try you. Allow its fire to burn you, and know that you will come to the visibility of the angel who is with you. You will not see him in the dark areas of complacency and shallow experiences. His home is in the furnace of trial. Walk on further, and do not fret because of the pain of disappointment and misunderstanding. The angel reaches for your hand, and now shall you see the realness of your security and companionship. I have given angels charge over you to keep you in all your ways. They are keeping you in this way of this present trial. Now relax, and be assured that they will also bring to you valuable information concerning this trial and the direction of your life and ministry.

I have not left you alone, neither am I hiding anything from you. I have loved you with a fervent, everlasting love. My love shall prove itself to you again, and you shall know of the faithfulness of your God. I called you to this fellowship. You did not ask for it. I simply called you and gave it to you. Be assured that I have not forgotten you, neither have I forsaken you. Open your eyes to the miracle that I am doing for you now. Lift up your eyes, and behold the wonder that is coming in the distance. Look up, and behold the wonder.

By Don Grigsby

Don and Linda Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - Angels Are Sometimes Manifested In Fiery Trials

Angels show up in the most interesting places. They may be as you are in the pasture as a burning bush, on the front lines as a spiritual captain, or on the path of an enemy that is come to curse you. I have seen them be the buffer zones in auto accidents. They also act as spiritual buffer zones so that the enemy may try to breathe out fire, but it will not touch us. Angels in fiery furnaces and lion dens are common occurrences in the lives of God's chosen vessels. Angels love to hear the voice of their creator. They will stand at attention for hours to hear him speak. When we are the vessels of God's utterance, you will draw angels like a magnet. A force field full of angels will surround you. We need not send out a host of our own words in defense of the enemy’s assaults upon us. God will dispatch angels to destroy the force of the enemy as he destroyed the 185,000 in one night. Love is the wind of power that the angels and the chariots of fire ride in like a supernatural jet stream in the earth. God has chosen us and spoken on our behalf. God's counsel of love is immutable and cannot be annulled. Everything else may rise to scream against us in a time of trial, but God's voice of love will counter every false charge with more truth than lies can stand. As the angel puts one foot on the land and sea and declares that time will be no more, so shall they stand in the earth on our behalf and declare that the time of the attack of the enemy shall be no more. They will declare the beginning of the endless day of God's glory and blessing in our lives.

MISUNDERSTANDING, PRESUMPTUOUSNESS, AND THE FURNACE OF TRIAL

The cry of the righteous is always heard by the shepherd of the sheepfold. I will not worry about the circumstances of the hour. These things cannot harm me. Trials come, and they go, but integrity remains. I choose to hold on to my integrity and to not release it, for the only true values are values held within my heart. It is not what goes into a man that defiles him but what goes out. I speak the truth in love and do not defend myself. I give love when hate has been given to me. I give the attributes of God, which reside in me instead of that which naturally flows from my humanity and carnality. Even thieves do good to one another, but true love is an expression from the Living God within me. The Lord has chosen me as a vessel of his expression; therefore, I open up my heart and allow the expression of his charity to express itself in this time of misunderstanding. I do not wear the shades of misunderstanding and presumptuousness. There are hidden things in the spectrum of misunderstanding and presumptuousness that can damn my soul. I give all the things that I am confronting to God, and I do not look upon them as they appear. I simply give all these things to him in prayer and supplication, and he will be my defense and my lawyer. He knows the expression of my own heart, and he knows my true desires. He will respond according to my commitment to him. Because I have given my life to God, then he will respond on his own behalf in regard to that which is his.

The Lord is my shepherd; therefore, I do not want. He is making me lie down in a pasture of his own choice. This pasture was selected by supreme wisdom and understanding. His choices are not made without the wisdom that created and fashioned the creation. I trust this wisdom in the formation of my own life, and I rest in the decisions that he has allowed to come my way. I will not be presumptuous, for God is the one that I am trusting in, not man. I do not make flesh my arm but lean on the everlasting arms of salvation. He will not fail me, neither will he leave me. He is the God of my salvation, the rock in this strange land of trial. I will not be distraught, neither filled with dismay. I do not think that this trial is a strange trial. This is a trial sent forth to try me. I allow its fire to burn me, and I know that I will come to the visibility of the angel who is with me. I will not see him in the dark areas of complacency and shallow experiences. His home is in the furnace of trial. I walk on further and do not fret because of the pain of disappointment and misunderstanding.

The angel reaches for my hand, and now shall I see the realness of my security and companionship. The Lord has given angels charge over me to keep me in all my ways. They are keeping me in this way of this present trial. Now I relax and am assured that they will also bring to me valuable information concerning this trial and the direction of my life and ministry. He has not left me alone, neither is he hiding anything from me. He has loved me with a fervent everlasting love. His love shall prove itself to me again, and I shall know of the faithfulness of my God. I did not ask for it. He simply called me and gave it to me. I am assured that he has not forgotten me, neither has he forsaken me. I open my eyes to the miracle that he is doing for me now. I lift up my eyes, and I behold the wonder that is coming in the distance. I look up and behold the wonder.

INSPIRATION

By Don Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - The Bright Sunlight of Blessing Has Come To the Desert of Trials and Causes the Desert To Blossom As a Rose

Hidden in the sands of the hot burning desert are the rich oils of anointing. Watercourses that hide just beneath the surface wait to spring from beneath the surface. His sunlight will cause the flowers of promise to blossom beneath the sudden showers of grace. He promised in Isaiah to cause the trees of the mountains to grow and flourish in the desert. If man has proved that he can plant and nourish large plantings of certain trees and plants in the desert and change the atmosphere in that area, how much more is this true spiritually when God brings his planting of grace into our desert of trial?

Destruction may have posted its signs of disaster at the dried up waterholes. God will cause a mighty river of blessing to burst forth on the horizon of our trouble. Make no mistake that the desert is just the wrapping on the package of victory that is placed in our hands. Serpent spirits and crawling things that lie in wait for us have been crushed under his feet already. Imaginations that attack our faith play mental videos of our being struck down by their attacks. God has already moved them from the highway of holiness that he has paved through the desert. No voice will ever cancel a sunrise or revoke a sunset. They have been postponed but never done away with. God will never make a promise and then unlove us. Others may think they have laid a trap for us. God will set ambushments against them. Our promises will not be derailed by their obstacles of gainsaying. They will be cursed in their gainsaying, and we will be blessed in our affirmative of “yes” to the promises of God. Eternal and innumerable thoughts and promises of God belong to us. They do not lay in a file to be inventoried, but they march triumphant into our desert of trial to outnumber anything that tries to overwhelm us.

(Continued)

I have never meant to bring anything that was not good for you into your life. You love me and are called according to my purpose; therefore, all things are working together for good. Your disappointments are working together with other things for good. Your misunderstandings are working together with other things for good. All things are working together for good. Show forth the praises within you and do not hold them back while waiting on your natural senses to behold what you have hoped for. The substance of the things hoped for is real.

359. If it were not real, then how could it be considered important?

(To Be Continued)

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