Thoughts Higher Than Mine_Living Word Chronicle

By Moses Hightower

Thelma and Moses Hightower

The Body of Christ, the Rescue Team during Spiritual Quake Hopelessness

There is an unceasing assault by the spirit of hopelessness. Hopelessness is a storm spirit. This spirit of storm has left the lives of many a disaster zone. Many are left fearful because of this spirit and its devastating blows upon the inhabitants of the earth. It oftentimes comes as an earthquake that turns lives into rubble. Hopelessness attempts to destroy everything in its path. It plans to leave no survivors. I am the only hope in the face of the spiritual quake of hopelessness. I am the hope of glory, and I have sent my church as a rescue team to pluck lives out of the devastating hands of hopelessness. Many are as babies in a storm and do not know that they are in a spiritual quake. You must go and pluck them out of the hands of this quake, for they do not have the awareness of the reality of this storm. Come and follow me, and I will show you how to search for those who have a desire to live in Christ Jesus. Not everyone caught up in the storm of hopelessness wants to die in their sins. Many have been deceived by false teachers and false prophets; therefore, they are unaware of the ditches that they are in. Go and search for the living that I am drawing unto the church of the Living God.

You must prevail in prayer, for by prayer, you will be able to find those whose voices are weak and faint, yet are crying out from the rubbish that they are buried under. Many are buried in the storm of vain traditions that almost silence their soul's cry. Many voices are faint, yet they are crying. You will not hear these faint voices unless you pray and become sensitive to the voices of the needy. Many are dying in religion. The carnal mind would not expect to find people dying in church buildings. Multitudes are dying in religion because rescue teams that are unaware and untrained have missed the multitudes who are devout but lost. Go into the byways of the abode of every creature. You will find many who hunger and thirst for me. You ask why are these things happening to you, but I say, “If you did not experience pain and suffering, you would not extend yourself to find others under the falling debris and religious trash that has fallen upon many.” You have dug deeper in prayer, not so much for yourself but for many others who are buried under religious fallings that have buried many people. Keep digging by means of prayer, for you are about to reach many who have almost lost the will to live. Keep digging in prayer, and you shall reach the hands of multitudes that await you to find them buried under the religious fallout of the hour.

ATTACKS, DECEPTIONS, DEVASTATION, DISASTER, HOPELESSNESS, SPIRITUAL STORMS, AND VAIN TRADITIONS

There is an unceasing assault by the spirit of hopelessness. Hopelessness is a storm spirit. This spirit of storm has left the lives of many a disaster zone. Many are left fearful because of this spirit and its devastating blows upon the inhabitants of the earth. It oftentimes comes as an earthquake that turns lives into rubble. Hopelessness attempts to destroy everything in its path. It plans to leave no survivors. God is the only hope in the face of the spiritual quake of hopelessness. He is the hope of glory, and he has sent his church as a rescue team to pluck lives out of the devastating hands of hopelessness. Many are as babies in a storm and do not know that they are in a spiritual quake. I must go and pluck them out of the hands of this quake, for they do not have the awareness of the reality of this storm. I will follow the Lord, and he will show me how to search for those who have a desire to live in Christ Jesus. Not everyone caught up in the storm of hopelessness wants to die in their sins. Many have been deceived by false teachers and false prophets; therefore, they are unaware of the ditches that they are in. I will go and search for the living that he is drawing unto the church of the Living God.

I must prevail in prayer, for by prayer, I will be able to find those whose voices are weak and faint yet are crying out from the rubbish that they are buried under. Many are buried in the storm of vain traditions that almost silence their soul's cry. Many voices are faint, yet they are crying. I will not hear these faint voices unless I pray and become sensitive to the voices of the needy. Many are dying in religion. The carnal mind would not expect to find people dying in church buildings. Multitudes are dying in religion because rescue teams that are unaware and untrained have missed the multitudes who are devout but lost. I will go into the byways of the abode of every creature. I will find many who hunger and thirst for Jesus. I ask, “Why are these things happening to me.” The Lord says, “If you did not experience pain and suffering, you would not extend yourself to find others under the falling debris and religious trash that has fallen upon many.” I have dug deeper in prayer, not so much for myself but for many others who are buried under religious fallings that have buried many people. I will keep digging by means of prayer, for I am about to reach many who have almost lost the will to live. I will keep digging in prayer, and I shall reach the hands of multitudes that await me to find them buried under the religious fallout of the hour.

By Don Grigsby

Don and Linda Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - The Body of Christ, the Rescue Team During Spiritual Quake Hopelessness

Every believer since Job has had the sense of being without help and alone. Never a greater lie was spawned by the Devil. Our God will never leave us or forsake us. He is eternally Jehovah Shammah, which means the Lord is there (Always). Storms may rise and the waves may lift us up to the heights and down to hell itself, but when we cry to the Lord, he brings us out and into our desired haven. David spoke of the earth shaking and trembling, which was certainly describing an earth seismic event. As we are bound together in worship and prayer, so are we in the time of upheaval. Though the mountains may fall into the sea, he will preserve us and bring a host to intercede for our deliverance. We as the body of Christ are the first responders to those who are in the family of God and to those who are crying out for help. Many feel like they are being hurled over the precipice of eternity without hope. Their cries fill the air all around us. We have and know a Savior who will deliver and rescue us if we allow him to work through us. Many have fallen into the pits of traditions and religious abuse. Grace has a household of faith that they can come and find the loving arms of the Savior and his saints. Our prayers and intercessions are the torch light of their path to the place of deliverance.

I have not allowed you to come to this place in life and have an enemy take you under to the pits of corruption. I have brought you to the place of redemption and not the places of defeat. An enemy has lied to you and attempted to abort your faith in my faithfulness. Come from the table of voices. There are many voices, and none of them is without signification. I have sent forth the voice of the Spirit of God. My voice is speaking clearly in this hour. I have begun a good work, and I will finish the work that I have started. Fear not the enemy and his threats. Be confident of the victory that is already won. I won your victory at Calvary. Now rest in the victory of the cross. My blood is a paved way to the victory over all the things that I have won for you. Lift your voice and praise me, even in the times when you see no victory. The victory that I have won is not a victory that is beheld by the natural eyes. It is a victory that is beheld by the eyes of faith.

God has not allowed me to come to this place in life and have an enemy take me under to the pits of corruption. He has brought me to the place of redemption and not the places of defeat. An enemy has lied to me and attempted to abort my faith in his faithfulness. I come from the table of voices. There are many voices, and none of them is without signification. God has sent forth the voice of the Spirit of God. His voice is speaking clearly in this hour. He has begun a good work, and he will finish the work that he has started. I do not fear the enemy and his threats. I am confident of the victory that is already won. The Lord has won my victory at Calvary. I rest in the victory of the cross. His blood is a paved way to the victory over all the things that he has won for me. I lift my voice and praise him, even in the times when I see no victory. The victory that the Lord has won is not a victory that is beheld by the natural eyes. It is a victory that is beheld by the eyes of faith.

By Don Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - What Will You Give the Paying Passenger in Exchange for Your Soul?

He that hath begun a good work in us will perform it until the end. God has not brought us to this hour to fail. He has brought us out to bring us in. Everything will try to distract us in this hour. If the enemy knows that something will get us diverted, he will do his best to send it or speak it in our direction. We must be as Nehemiah and refuse to carry on a conversation with the enemy. We must refuse to come down from the wall of salvation that we are standing on. If we bite and devour one another, we will be devoured of one another. Dogs have a habit. If one starts chasing something, then every dog in the neighborhood will try to catch it. We must not adopt a pack mentality. Dogs return to their own vomit. Satan would like us to get the nature of a dog instead of a sheep that desires the green pastures that his shepherd will lead him to. All the chorus or howling dogs in the neighborhood will be joined mindlessly by every dog that hears it. We have not heard the voice of the chorus of biting condemnation and damnation. This is the howling pack that hunts shadows that are nothing. They run and howl just to run. All the liars of this hour just like to hear their own howls against the chosen servants of the Lord. We have been invited to sing the song of the redeemed. We will not join in the chorus of the condemners. Some have said that if the devil does not have our price, he has the down payment if we are for sale. We are of the truth, and we will not sell out at any price!

By Moses Hightower

(Continued)

In view of the fact that I am your Lord, then I have placed my nature inside of you, and I have given you a godly appetite for true spiritual things. Regurgitate everything that is unclean and unholy. Remember the lesson about sugar yesterday. You became weak after eating four cookies laden with sugar. Your body cannot metabolize the refined sugar. Likewise, your spiritual life cannot metabolize lust, pride, self-righteousness, and sin. This is why so many of my people are weak, sleepy, and impotent in power. They have eaten from the wrong table where delicacies of the flesh are served. You cannot consume sinful things and remain energetic and powerful. The devil has stripped my people of their power and spiritual energy by using ignorance and lack of knowledge as a weapon against them. I am restoring knowledge and destroying ignorance in you. Do not be destroyed with the masses by lack of knowledge, neither reject the knowledge that is given to you.

151. Aren’t you tired of being powerless and incapable of obtaining victory at your doorsteps?

I have created you helpless and powerless, but I have given you power over all of the enemy’s power. When you lay your hands on people, they should be healed.

152. Why don’t you see more people healed?

(To Be Continued)

RE: PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING - December 17, 2006

Everywhere that we can be located, the Lord has promised to be there in the manifested power of his Spirit. We are not talking about an analogy or just symbolism but the real existence of the tangible presence of the Almighty. In time, God has acted decisively to remove every wall and barrier between mankind and himself. From enmity to guilt and condemnation, they have all been swept away by the flood of the presence of grace and truth released in Jesus Christ. Many today are in the very depths of a surging sea of suffering. God has positioned us with the abundance of grace and mercy to heal the broken and hurting. Healing of broken hearts and wounded spirits is the main focus of the outreach of the church. We see a harvest of summer fruit that is easily bruised. This is because they have waited a long time for somebody with deliverance to find them in their lonely limb of life. We have the healing of true hope for the hopeless. We have real happiness in store for those who have been harassed by trouble. God has fashioned and formed the believer for this hour. We have been through some tough times and difficulties. God knew that it would, if properly understood, open our being to minister special help and healing to those who are so desperate in this hour.

By Tony Johnson

December 17 , 2006

Jesus, I thank you for always being there for me. Even though you promised to never leave or forsake me, I and every believer since Job have had the sense of being without help and alone. I know that there has never been a greater lie spawned by the Devil, for you promised you would never leave or forsake me. You are eternally Jehovah Shammah, Storms may rise and the waves may lift me up to the heights and down to hell itself, but when I cry out to you O Lord, you bring me out and into my desired haven. David spoke of the earth shaking and trembling, which was certainly describing an earth seismic event. As I am bound together in worship and prayer, so am I in the time of upheaval. Though the mountains may fall into the sea, you will preserve me and bring a host to intercede for my deliverance. As a member of the body of Christ, I am one of the first responders to those who are in the family of God and to those who are crying out for help. Though many feel like they are being hurled over the precipice of eternity without hope and their cries fill the air all around me, I am so glad I know you, as my Savior. I know that the masses have fallen into the pits of tradition and religious abuse, but your grace has a household of faith that they can come to and find your loving arms and those of your saints. The prayer and intercession you have placed in my heart will be the torch light of their path to the place of deliverance.

By your grace, I will not fear in the face of the unceasing assault by the spirit of hopelessness. Though hopelessness is a storm spirit, this spirit of storm will not leave my life as a disaster zone. I thank you that I am not left fearful because of this spirit and its devastating blows upon the inhabitants of the earth. I am thankful that you are the hope of glory, and you have sent your church as a rescue team to pluck lives out of the devastating hands of hopelessness. The babes in a storm do not know that they are in a spiritual quake. I will follow you, and you will show me how to search for those who have a desire to live in Christ Jesus. You have shown me that there are some who are caught up in the storm of hopelessness but do not want to die in their sins. They have been deceived by false teachers and false prophets, and they are unaware of the ditches that they are really in. As you guide me, I will go and search for the living that you are drawing unto your church.

Your grace is causing me to prevail in prayer, and by prayer, I will be able to find those whose voices are weak and faint yet are crying out from the rubbish that they are buried under. I will continue in prayer so that I will hear these faint voices and become sensitive to the voices of the needy. Except by your grace, I could have been one of the many who are dying in religion even though the carnal mind would not expect to find people dying in church buildings. Lord, I thank you for a change of heart and a change of mind. By your grace, I understand that there are multitudes who are dying in religion because rescue teams that are unaware and untrained have missed those who are devout but lost. Your love will cause me to go into the byways of the abode of every creature. I will find many who hunger and thirst for you. You are entreating me to dig deeper in prayer, not so much for myself but for many others who are buried under religious fallings. My prayers to you will keep digging for those I am about to reach who have almost lost the will to live. I will keep on digging in prayer, and I shall reach the hands of multitudes that await me to find them buried under the religious fallout of the hour.