Thoughts Higher Than Mine_Living Word Chronicle

By Moses Hightower

Thelma and Moses Hightower

Towering Grace Expressing the Value System of God at the Doorstep of the Amphitheater of Departure

I am your covert from the searching things of the hour. As I did not allow you to plunge to the bottom of the canyon of ignorance, I have also kept your feet from falling and given you more grace in the time when many are falling. Lift up your voice and offer sacrificial praise. Praises that do not cost you anything are also worthless praises unto me. I desire effectual, fervent praises that are poured out unto me as precious water that you have risked your life for. Why offer me anything that did not cost you something?

Am I a god, or am I the Living Eternal God?

If I am God, then predicate your worship upon my worth and not upon your feelings and blessings. You must decide to worship me according to my worth, but how will you effectively worship me if you have not discovered that my worth is not calculable?

There is no instrument that will measure my worth. The value system of the kingdom of God is not the same as the value systems of the world. Come to the marketplace of fiery trial and weigh the worth of experiences found in the treasures of fire. I have not allowed you to go down to the low pit of destruction, but I have continually expressed love toward you, even when you were disobedient and ignorant. I have sent forth the surging power of my knowledge and allowed you to eat again of life's bread. I have placed bread on the platter of your praises. Will you eat and drink without the leaven of hypocrisy and unbelief?

Lift your eyes again to true faith. True faith will bring you into the large room of sincerity and truth. The room of truth is not fashioned after the room of lies. The architect of religion has fashioned rooms of lies that now hold many in the prison cells of religious bondage. I have brought you out of the religious performances of the age and placed you before a throne of grace. Before this throne, you are elected because of love and not because of religious advantage. Come and behold the light of truth in this large room for your habitation. This light will not shine in vain, for it cannot be turned unto vanity. The light of truth has shined and glorified me, the only Lord God. Go and declare the beauty of holiness and the power of sacrificial praise. There is no defeat in me. I know no failure. I am the Eternal God, and all power is mine. All power is in my hands, and no one will wrestle power and authority from me. There is no counsel against me, for I am the counselor. I have sought you to bring you to my counsel room and counsel with me. Why seek counsel from the unwise and the ungodly?

If you stand in the congregation of the unrighteous and walk in the counsel of the ungodly, you shall reap their inheritances. I have given you a standing in me. Your platform is the righteousness of God. Now walk in the counsel of my holiness, and you will not fall into the ditches dug by your foes. You have come to the threshold of the catching away of my body. Shall you walk into this arena of departure and have the mind of the world?

No worldly person shall enter into the body of this final glorified body. Flesh and blood cannot inherit eternal life, neither can those who hold on to worldly lusts. I have sent grace to teach you to deny ungodliness and worldly lust. Will you refuse the teachings of grace and inherit eternal life?

Do not believe the lies that say that you cannot lose your eternal life. Those who do not continue in the paths of righteousness shall lose eternal life. Eternal life will not venture into the paths of unrighteousness with you. Lay hold on eternal life so that you follow it to the gates of departure. You have come to the threshold of the end. Place your hands to the plow, and follow peace and holiness without which no one shall see me. You must have peace with all men and holiness to see me. If you do not have peace with all men and holiness, then how will you lay claim to a pure heart?

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. What do you see?

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

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

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

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

Then cast down your wrong attitudes, and allow my word to dig around you so that you begin new growth of fresh godly fruit.

DESTRUCTION, DISOBEDIENCE, UNGODLY COUNSEL, IGNORANCE, AND WORLDLY LUST

God is my covert from the searching things of the hour. As he did not allow me to plunge to the bottom of the canyon of ignorance, he has also kept my feet from falling and given me more grace in the time when many are falling. I lift up my voice and offer sacrificial praise. Praises that do not cost me anything are also worthless praises unto God. He desires effectual, fervent praises that are poured out unto him as precious water that I have risked my life for. I must offer him sacrificial praises that cost me something.

Jesus is the Living Eternal God, not just a god. I will predicate my worship upon his worth and not upon my feelings and blessings. I must decide to worship him according to his worth, but I cannot effectively worship him if I have not discovered that his worth is not calculable. There is no instrument that will measure his worth. The value system of the kingdom of God is not the same as the value systems of the world. I have come to the marketplace of fiery trial and weighed the worth of experiences found in the treasures of fire. God has not allowed me to go down to the low pit of destruction, but he has continually expressed love toward me, even when I was disobedient and ignorant. He has sent forth the surging power of his knowledge and allowed me to eat again of life's bread. He has placed bread on the platter of my praises. I will eat and drink without the leaven of hypocrisy and unbelief.

I lift my eyes again to true faith. True faith will bring me into the large room of sincerity and truth. The room of truth is not fashioned after the room of lies. The architect of religion has fashioned rooms of lies that now hold many in the prison cells of religious bondage. God has brought me out of the religious performances of the age and placed me before a throne of grace. Before this throne, I am elected because of love and not because of religious advantage. I come and behold the light of truth in this large room for my habitation. This light will not shine in vain, for it cannot be turned unto vanity. The light of truth has shined and glorified Jesus, the only Lord God. I will go and declare the beauty of holiness and the power of sacrificial praise.

There is no defeat in the Lord. He knows no failure. He is the Eternal God, and all power is his. All power is in his hands, and no one will wrestle power and authority from him. There is no counsel against him, for he is the counselor. He has sought me to bring me to his counsel room and counsel with him. I will not seek counsel from the unwise and the ungodly. If I stand in the congregation of the unrighteous and walk in the counsel of the ungodly, I shall reap their inheritances. God has given me a standing in him. My platform is the righteousness of God. Now I walk in the counsel of his holiness, and I will not fall into the ditches dug by my foes. I have come to the threshold of the catching away of his body. I will not walk into this arena of departure and have the mind of the world. No worldly person shall enter into the body of this final glorified body. Flesh and blood cannot inherit eternal life, neither can those who hold on to worldly lusts. The Lord has sent grace to teach me to deny ungodliness and worldly lust. I cannot refuse the teachings of grace and inherit eternal life.

I will not believe the lies that say that I cannot lose my eternal life. Those who do not continue in the paths of righteousness shall lose eternal life. Eternal life will not venture into the paths of unrighteousness with me. I lay hold on eternal life so that I follow it to the gates of departure. I have come to the threshold of the end. I place my hands to the plow and follow peace and holiness without which no one shall see God. I must have peace with all men and holiness to see him. If I do not have peace with all men and holiness, then I cannot lay claim to a pure heart. God purifies 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. I allow him to prune me, and I will bring forth fruit and not be cast into eternal fire. I look to the end of my life and see the rewards of heaven. I look to the end of the life of the wicked, and I behold their rewards. The judgment for living a life of wickedness is not what I really desire. I cannot change the judgment already sent upon the wicked. My attitude at this moment should be the fruit of love and not the fruit of pride. There is nothing I can give in exchange for my soul if my soul were required of me. I cast down my wrong attitudes, and I allow God’s word to dig around me so that I begin new growth of fresh godly fruit.

By Don Grigsby

Don and Linda Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - Towering Grace Expressing the Value System of God at the Doorstep of the Amphitheater of Departure

When grace stepped into the arena of time, condemnation melted into a corner like a shadow. Darkest nights became blazing sunrises upon the darkened valleys of sin. Distress and despair’s deserts became a garden in floods of the rain of mercy that would never quit. Evil thrones were emptied, and thrones melted into the pavement of flaming crystal as grace ascended the throne of the universe. Heaven gasped as all beheld him who sat upon the throne of ancient days. Earth became a clear mirror instead of a marred canvas as it reflected his face, but it was really mine! All of us looked up out of awful dread and judgment’s chains as freedom’s vocabulary filled the air with liberty's shouts. Grace rewrote our story. We became a story of redemption and not a vanishing chapter in the book of hell’s horror flicks. When this realization grasps us, we are launched into an orbit that is beyond the gravity of negative thought. We soar on the wings of eagles above the mundane and menial.

God has taken the judgments of limited things off the table of our lives. Grace has spread the design of a life that has an intended great finale to it. We have not been laid out to be dissected by failure. We have been lifted up to be vaulted into the leaping and dancing gyrations of the loved and loosed. Grace is playing the songs of forgiveness, and love is singing the new songs of accomplishments to come. Orchestras of faith are filling our hearing with songs of victory. This world can have its dirges and listen to its commentary of chaos and cataclysmic disasters. We are rejoicing with heaven in another language and citizenship of the eternal blessing that is residing in our lives. Wrong attitudes are not our authority. Only the One who is filled with grace and truth can sit on the throne of our lives that was created for him. All other pretenders are trespassers and need to be quickly evicted from our lives.

Lift your eyes and behold the blessings that are already in the barn of faith. I have called you blessed. Now nothing, no one, no spirit, no principality, no dominion, no person, and no adversary can call you cursed. I lift up one, and I bring down another. Be content in the place that I have set you. I have set you as a pillar in the church. Now go forth in the power of the resurrection that carries you. The power of the resurrection is carrying you during this time of weariness; therefore, be not weary in well doing. You are reaping more than you realize. Carry the harvest to the barn of fulfillment. When it is harvested by the angels that minister, then will you see what you have reaped. Angels have assisted you all the while. Now behold their presence in your life in a manner that you have not seen. I am touching your eyes to behold the realness of angelic help in this time of spiritual wickedness against you and the body of Christ. Behold the power of the ministry of angels on your behalf. Go and preach the gospel. My word is already in your tongue, and the expression of the resurrection waits to deliver the people. Prepare for a wave of deliverance on behalf of my name.

I lift up my eyes and behold the blessings that are already in the barn of faith. God has called me blessed. Now nothing, no one, no spirit, no principality, no dominion, no person, and no adversary can call me cursed. The Lord lifts up one, and he brings down another. I will be content in the place that he has set me in. He has set me as a pillar in the church. I will go forth in the power of the resurrection that carries me. The power of the resurrection is carrying me during this time of weariness; therefore, I am not weary in well doing. I am reaping more than I realize. I purpose to carry the harvest to the barn of fulfillment. When it is harvested by the angels that minister, then I will see what I have reaped. Angels have assisted me all the while. I behold their presence in my life in a manner that I have not seen. God is touching my eyes to behold the realness of angelic help in this time of spiritual wickedness against me and the body of Christ. I behold the power of the ministry of angels on my behalf. I determine to go and preach the gospel. God's word is already in my tongue, and the expression of the resurrection waits to deliver the people. I prepare for a wave of deliverance on behalf of his name.

By Don Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - The Passion of Redemption

Redemption's passion is so intense that it will destroy the very gates of hell that come against us.

The Lord spoke to me and said,

My love is hotter than the flames of hell itself. My understanding is deeper than hell. I spoke to David and let everyone know that my love is so intense that I will go to the depths of hell where men make their beds. No attacker can rip you from my arms and not feel the counter attack of my love. Many believe that my love is just soft and tender, but I tell you that I will cause even the coldest heart to feel the warmth of my reaching hand. If I can cause the frozen, icy stare of hatred to melt with my love, then I can tune the most rejecting attitude into acceptance. Nothing is hidden from the heat of my searching and the voice of my pleading. The fires of my love will turn hell’s hostages into heaven's hosts!

By Moses Hightower

(Continued)

I have spread a table before you and placed fresh bread, water, wine, and meat in your view. Eat the meal on my table, and do not eat from the table of devils. If you eat from the table of devils, then you are trusting the provider of that table to give you liberty. You cannot eat at both tables. You must choose the table that you are going to eat from. The one that you choose has the God that you will serve.

148. Why praise me with your mouth while sitting with my enemies for a meal?

I am the Lord.

149. Are the things on my table sufficient in all things?

150. Where did you get your appetite for devilish things?

(To Be Continued)

RE: PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING - December 16, 2006

Grace's value system is filled with a standard of value that transcends the elements of the universe. When we see the concerted efforts of the universe worshiping in the 5th chapter of Revelation, we see that they reach for words of description and cannot get past Worthy! Thunderous praise cannot adorn the throne of grace with the embellishments that it so richly deserves. Grace hid under the soil of the garden of Eden to receive the blood of an innocent animal. Grace, then in turn, took the sacrifice of blood and magnified and multiplied it a million times in the blood of the Lamb that was slain before the foundation of the world. Grace hides in the shadows of our days to quickly embrace us in the times that we stumble and tend to fall. Grace looks into the eyes of a failure and sees the reflection of a future greatness, the greatest success story ever told. Grace turned Jonah's judgment into more grace and deliverance. Calvary takes the failed human family and makes us Kings and Priests unto our God! From the gutter of paupers to the palaces of princes with prosperity, the dream of grace not only lives but is actualized in our hearts! With the proper attitude of thanksgiving and praise, we ascend to the throne that grace has prepared for us to rule and reign in life on this earth. We were never intended to be a statistical casualty of the mundane, but we have been chosen by grace to be the certified original works of art painted by the brushes of mercy and the oils of creation on the canvas of powerful promises waiting to absorb the brush strokes of the Master!

By Marco Mendoza

December 16 , 2006

I thank you Lord that your grace stepped into the arena of time, and condemnation melted into a corner like a shadow. The darkest nights became blazing sunrises upon the darkened valleys of sin. Distress and despair’s deserts became a garden in floods of the rain of mercy that would never quit. Evil thrones were emptied and melted into the pavement of flaming crystal as your grace ascended the throne of the universe. Your grace has rewritten my story. I thank you that I have become a story of redemption and not a vanishing chapter in the book of hells' horror flicks. I allow this realization to grasp me that I may be launched into an orbit that is beyond the gravity of negative thoughts. I soar on the wings of eagles above the mundane and menial. You have taken the judgment of limited things off the table of my life. Your grace has spread the design of a life that has an intended great finale to it. I thank you that I have not been laid out to be dissected by failure. Your grace is playing the songs of forgiveness, and love is singing the new songs of accomplishments to come. Orchestras of faith are filling my hearing with songs of victory. This world can have its dirges and listen to its commentary of chaos and cataclysmic disasters. I thank you that wrong attitudes are not my authority. Only you the One who is filled with grace and truth can sit on the throne of my life that was created for you.

You are my covert from the searching things of the hour. As you did not allow me to plunge to the bottom of the canyon of ignorance, you also have kept my feet from falling and given me more grace in the time when many are falling. I lift up my voice and offer sacrificial praise. Praises that do not cost me anything are also worthless praises unto you. O Lord, you desire effectual, fervent praises that are poured out unto you as precious water that I have risked my life for. I must offer you sacrificial praises that cost me something. You are the Living Eternal God, not just a god. I will predicate my worship upon your worth and not upon my feelings and blessings. I must decide to worship you according to your worth. There is no instrument that will measure your worth. I thank you that you did not allow me to go down to the low pit of destruction, but you have continually expressed your love toward me, even when I was disobedient and ignorant. I praise you for sending forth the surging power of your knowledge and allowing me to eat again of life's bread. You have placed bread on the platter of my praises. I will eat and drink without the leaven of hypocrisy and unbelief.

I lift my eyes again to true faith. True faith will bring me into the large room of sincerity and truth. I worship you for bringing me out of the religious performances of the age and placing me before a throne of grace. I come and behold the light of truth in this large room for my habitation. The light of truth has shined and glorified you, the only Lord God. I will go and declare the beauty of your holiness and the power of sacrificial praise. I thank you that there is no defeat in you. You know no failure. You are the Eternal God, and all power is yours. All power is in your hands, and no one will wrestle power and authority from you. There is no counsel against you, for you are the counselor. I am thankful that you have sought me to bring me to your counsel room to counsel with you. I will not seek counsel from the unwise and the ungodly. If I stand in the congregation of the unrighteous and walk in the counsel of the ungodly, I shall reap their inheritances. O God, you have given me a standing in you. My platform is your righteousness. Now I walk in the counsel of your holiness, and I will not fall into the ditches dug by my foes. I have come to the threshold of the catching away of your body. Now I rejoice, for you have sent grace to teach me to deny ungodliness and worldly lust.

Thank you for a sound mind that I will not believe the lies that say that I cannot lose my eternal life. Those who do not continue in the path of righteousness shall lose eternal life. By grace, I place my hands to the plow and follow peace and holiness without which no one shall see you. I must have peace with all men and holiness to see you. If I do not have peace with all men and holiness, then I cannot lay claim to a pure heart. O Lord, you purify my heart by faith, and the heart purified by faith shall manifest the fruit of love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, meekness, temperance, and such like. Thank you for pruning me that I will bring forth fruit and not be cast into eternal fire. I look to the end of my life and see the rewards of heaven. I look to the end of the life of the wicked, and I behold their rewards. My attitude at this moment should be the fruit of love and not the fruit of pride. There is nothing I can give in exchange for my soul if my soul were required of me. I cast down my wrong attitudes, and I rejoice that your word will dig around me so that I may begin new growth as fresh godly fruit.