Thoughts Higher Than Mine_Living Word Chronicle

Lift up your eyes from presumptuousness and mental smallness. Do not allow the carnal influences of those who have not my vision to cloud your mind with seeds of doubt and unbelief. The evil heart of unbelief is working in your midst. Take the sword of the Spirit, and cut off the vines of doubt and unbelief. These vines have attempted to grow over the walls of victory. I have revealed their subtlety unto you. Refuse to listen to the voices of distraction, but hear the voice of faith that speaks in you. I can do all things; therefore, lean not to your own understanding. Do not lean to the assumptions of the doubters and those who walk not by faith. Hear the voice of prophecy. It speaks in your ears with inspiration from the Faithful Witness as he grants you the testimony of Jesus Christ.

(RHEMA: Redemption Has Lifted Us Above the Gravity of Confusion)

I lift up my eyes from presumptuousness and mental smallness. I determine to not allow the carnal influences of those who do not have God's vision to cloud my mind with seeds of doubt and unbelief. The evil heart of unbelief is working in our midst. I purpose to take the sword of the Spirit and cut off the vines of doubt and unbelief. These vines have attempted to grow over the walls of victory. God has revealed their subtlety unto me. I refuse to listen to the voices of distraction. I hear the voice of faith that speaks in me. The Lord can do all things; therefore, I will not lean to my own understanding. I will not lean to the assumptions of the doubters and those who walk not by faith. I hear the voice of prophecy. It speaks in my ears with inspiration from the Faithful Witness as he grants me the testimony of Jesus Christ.

(Confession of a Sound Mind: Words of Light Upon the Face of Confusion, Intimidation, Mental Smallness, and Presumptuousness)

By Moses Hightower

Thelma and Moses Hightower

The Molding by the Hand of Righteousness

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 times 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 used by the conspiracy of the liars, but love will snatch away its presence 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 sensualness. 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 - The Molding by the Hand of Righteousness

Ephesus left its first love. They did not lose it. In other words, it was not an accident. It was a process of decisions over time. We have made deliberate choices to walk in holiness and righteousness. It does not matter how much we are bombarded by every kind of media or medium. We will not behold the images of lust and sin. They have been intellectually repackaged as things of progress and sensitivity. It will never be just a matter of being insensitive to hate sin. God has instructed us to put a difference between the clean and the unclean. We must hate the vile and cling to that which is precious. In the midst of the storm of relativism, we must remember that we have been chosen to be the righteous seed in the earth. We will not dishonor that choice of the King of righteousness. All the storms and difficulties that we have faced in other arenas have shaped us and molded us for the battle and the work of his righteousness in our lives. We cannot allow faith and love to become perverted in our lives. God has called us to a walk beyond the reach of cheap trinkets. Even if the love of many has waxed cold, we will be more intense than ever before in our love for righteousness.

FRUSTRATION, SELFISHNESS, AND SPIRITUAL SLAVERY

The Lord heard my cry. My voice did not fall upon ears that cannot hear, but my cry came unto hearing ears. God’s ears are open unto the cry of his children, for he 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 I 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 will not allow the things that intimidate to create frustration within me. I cast off my lack of confidence in his faithfulness. God has never forsaken his children. A woman can forget her child, even if it has sucked her breast, but God will never forget me. He 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. God could not claim anything if he would have allowed me to perish after promising to redeem me.

Love is bound by promise. God does not break his promises. It is impossible for him to lie. He is love, and love cannot lie. Love believeth all things. God 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 times 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 will 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 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 God 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 him well to bruise his humanity for such a bride as me. God 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 Christ, for he is not coming back for those who have reserved things in their heart 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 sensualness. He will not be a second love to anything in this world. God 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 will go and renew my love, for if I am lukewarm, I should not expect to embrace the arms of love. The mouth of love shall spew out the offering of lukewarm love. I will go and renew my love. God’s love is fervent. Now I return to him the fervency of my first love.

INSPIRATION

By Don Grigsby

These thoughts came unto me,

If God can turn a word into a river, how many expressions are in a river of words?

Only the rivers of light and brilliant burning gases flowing down through galaxies out of the fiery terminus of a super nova into the trackless spaces beyond can begin to count a few of the endless thoughts and designs of our infinite God.

It seems almost endless the amount of excuses and number of denials that a human mind can respond back to the one who loves them enough to die for them in their ignorant pursuit of their own selfish desires as their ultimate desire in life. More countless than these are the hands of deliverance and freedom beyond calculation that are multiplied by millions into an innumerable host that would take them forth from their head long plunge into destruction.

In the natural world, there are only so many shades of meaning and color, only so many angles and tangents, only so many dimensions we dare to ever imagine exist. In the existence of God, there are existent dimensions that have been standing in line for the ages on the horizon of eternity that he could release and men would be overrun, overflowed, and overwhelmed.

If we will disengage and cast away from us all the dynamics of fleshly things and mired, muddy, and mundane processes we hold to, he will take us by the hand and put spiritual dynamics in our hands that are concurrently functioning as both revelatory and delivering at the same instant. Supernatural processes that we have never seen and heard are currently happening vertically para subconsciously to us. They have been working beyond the notice of anybody but God, and he suddenly opens a door, and we are shocked at the miraculous event that has been unfolding. The work is at its completion before we see it.

Enigmas and conundrums of power are set forth night and day. In a oxymoron of power, God may allow an overdose of wickedness so that he double overdoses with grace. Other times, through a channel that we do not have the control valve to when we would sprinkle, he floods. When we would turn around and flood, he suspends everything for a period of time for the ground to soak it all in.

(Continued)

I purify hearts by faith, and the heart purified by faith shall manifest the fruit of love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, meekness, temperance, and such like. Allow me to prune you, and you will bring forth fruit and not be cast into eternal fire. Look to the end of your life and see the rewards of heaven. Look to the end of the life of the wicked and behold their rewards.

342. What do you see?

343. Is the judgment for living a life of wickedness what you really desire?

344. Then will you change the judgment already sent upon the wicked?

345. Is your attitude at this moment the fruit of love or is it the fruit of pride?

346. What will you give in exchange for your soul if your soul were required of you?

(To Be Continued)

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