Thoughts Higher Than Mine_Living Word Chronicle

By Moses Hightower

Thelma and Moses Hightower

Sweet Wine from the Winepress of the Grapes of Wrath

My ways are not your ways. I am from above and you are from beneath. Although you were of this world and from beneath, I have lifted you into heavenly places in Christ Jesus and made you a citizen of heaven. You are a new creature, an heir to the common wealth of Israel's promise through Abraham. Lift your head to the heavenly seed in your midst, and look no longer to your old nature. You were without hope in the world. You were alienated from the promises, a stranger to the covenants, but now you are made free and complete in Christ. Look to the seed of Abraham, and you will discover the tree of life again. This tree of life is not found outside of Christ. The tree of life is not found in the garden of carnality and human wisdom. The tree of life is only found in Christ. Come to the tree of life and eat of that which is not forbidden. I have beckoned you to come to a tree of precious fruit. Do not follow after the desires of your flesh, for the flesh cannot inherit the kingdom of God. Follow after charity. Follow after peace. Follow after holiness. Follow the faith in you, and then will you behold your name written in the Lamb's book of life. Many seek to place their names in man's book of life, but man's book is a book of death, not a book of life. If you have hope only in this life, then you will be miserable. Hope in man's way is a pit and a prison house. Come to your tree of life and pick from my hands the fruit of the tree of life. I have offered you true love instead of lust. I have offered you true humility instead of pride. Choose today whose hand you will eat from. The enemy that was in the garden still offers lust and pride to deceive and corrupt. I am offering you grace and righteousness. Eat from the hands of life and not from the hands of death. How will you say that you are eating from the hands of life when you are satisfied with the things that I abhor and detest?

No abominable thing shall enter into the prepared place for the faithful. Only those who work righteousness shall enter in. Shall you work abominations and enter in when I have told you that no abominable thing shall enter in?

Where do you want to spend eternity?

Where will you spend eternity?

Then show forth the works of a heavenly creation. The works of righteousness is the currency of eternity. Only those who do the will of the Father shall inherit eternal life, not those who work lies and abominations. Do not drink from the cup of the whore who pours out fornications and abominations, but drink from the wine of the Church. I have poured into my body the wine of the last days. This wine is a result of the grapes of wrath that I have trodden. My garments were dyed red in the winepress that I have trodden alone. There was no intercessor worthy. There was no one to help. There was no mediator without sin. I came and walked in the winepress of the grapes of wrath for your eternal life. Drink from the cup of eternal life, and abhor the cup of lust and pride offered by the religions of the world. Come out from among them and be separate, and I will receive you. I will be your God, and you shall be my child. Do not regret the lost pleasures and treasures of the world, but rejoice that your name is written in the Lamb's book of life. I have written down your name in my book. Will you remove your name from my list to write your name in the hall of fools?

Choose according to truth and righteousness, and then your name will not be blotted out of my book. Choose this day whom you will serve. I am the God that was on the other side of your salvation. I am the God on this side of your salvation. Will you serve the gods on the other side of your salvation when they sought to destroy you and I saved you?

Rise up from your servitude of weak and beggarly elements and gods that cannot see, speak, nor walk. Rise up and activate the obedience of faith. I will reward you according to your faith and my loving-kindness.

ABOMINATIONS, CARNALITY, DESIRES OF THE FLESH, FORNICATION, HUMAN WISDOM, LUST, MISERY, AND PRIDE

God’s ways are not my ways. He is from above and I am from beneath. Although I was of this world and from beneath, Jesus has lifted me into heavenly places in him and made me a citizen of heaven. I am a new creature, an heir to the common wealth of Israel's promise through Abraham. I lift my head to the heavenly seed in my midst, and I look no longer to my old nature. I was without hope in the world. I was alienated from the promises, a stranger to the covenants, but now I am made free and complete in Christ. I look to the seed of Abraham, and I will discover the tree of life again. This tree of life is not found outside of Christ. The tree of life is not found in the garden of carnality and human wisdom. The tree of life is only found in Christ. I come to the tree of life and eat of that which is not forbidden. God has beckoned me to come to a tree of precious fruit. I purpose not to follow after the desires of my flesh, for the flesh cannot inherit the kingdom of God. I will follow after charity. I will follow after peace. I will follow after holiness. I will follow the faith in me and then will I behold my name written in the Lamb's book of life. Many seek to place their names in man's book of life, but God tells me that man's book is a book of death, not a book of life. If I have hope only in this life, then I am miserable. Hope in man's way is a pit and a prison house. I come to my tree of life and pick from the Lord’s hands the fruit of the tree of life. He has offered me true love instead of lust. He has offered me true humility instead of pride. I choose today whose hand I will eat from. The enemy that was in the garden still offers lust and pride to deceive and corrupt, but God is offering me grace and righteousness. I will eat from the hands of life and not from the hands of death. I cannot say that I am eating from the hands of life when I am satisfied with the things that God abhors and detests. No abominable thing shall enter into the prepared place for the faithful. Only those who work righteousness shall enter in. I will not work abominations and enter in when God has told me that no abominable thing shall enter in.

I want to spend eternity in heaven. I will only spend eternity in heaven if I work righteousness. I will show forth the works of a heavenly creation. The works of righteousness is the currency of eternity. Only those who do the will of the Father shall inherit eternal life, not those who work lies and abominations. I will not drink from the cup of the whore who pours out fornications and abominations, but I will drink from the wine of the Church. God has poured into his body, the wine of the last days. This wine is a result of the grapes of wrath that he has trodden. His garments were dyed red in the winepress that he has trodden alone. There was no intercessor worthy. There was no one to help. There was no mediator without sin. Jesus came and walked in the winepress of the grapes of wrath for my eternal life. I drink from the cup of eternal life and abhor the cup of lust and pride offered by the religions of the world. I will come out from among them and be separate, and God will receive me. He will be my God, and I shall be his child. I will not regret the lost pleasures and treasures of the world, but I rejoice that my name is written in the Lamb's book of life. God has written down my name in his book. I will not remove my name from his list to write my name in the hall of fools. I will choose according to truth and righteousness, and then my name will not be blotted out of the Lord’s book. I choose this day whom I will serve. Jesus is the God that was on the other side of my salvation. He is the God on this side of my salvation. I will not serve the gods on the other side of my salvation when they sought to destroy me and God saved me. I rise up from my servitude of weak and beggarly elements and gods that cannot see, speak, nor walk. I rise up and activate the obedience of faith. God will reward me according to my faith and his loving-kindness.

By Don Grigsby

Don and Linda Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - Sweet Wine from the Winepress of the Grapes of Wrath

Lust is the cannibal that devours us slowly. We can be consumed by the lustful animal that is within us, or we can run to the cross and embrace the love of the Lamb of God. Jesus Christ took our place on the altar and absorbed the wrath of God for sin in himself. He did this that we could not only have a substitute but that we could also be filled with the wine of deliverance and the living waters of salvation. We have received the gift of the Holy Ghost to do more than bless us and excite us. We have been empowered to have a divine nature that escapes the pollution that is in the world through lust. We were by nature the children of wrath, but now we have been washed and justified by the name of Jesus and his Spirit. His Spirit within us is holy; therefore, we will desire the holy and righteous path for our feet. We will not be at the strip malls of pleasure seeking fulfillment. We will not be at the bargain basement churches seeking the easiest way out. We are going to leave this world in triumph and great joy as we are revealed as the prize and treasure that God chose before the foundation of the world. Virtue is based on volition, and God intends to have a virtuous bride who has chosen well.

The light of my glory shines, and now shall my light of glory blind the eyes of the enemies against the church. Rise and behold the time frame of the Lord. I am the Lord, and I change not. Behold the glory of the Lord. Behold it, for it fills the whole earth. This glory shall overshadow the gross darkness that is also covering the land. My glory shall use it as a background for my brightness of victory and power. Only believe.

The light of God's glory shines, and now shall his light of glory blind the eyes of the enemies against the church. I rise and behold the time frame of the Lord. He is the Lord, and he does not change. I behold the glory of the Lord. I behold it, for it fills the whole earth. This glory shall overshadow the gross darkness that is also covering the land. God's glory shall use it as a background for his brightness of victory and power. I believe.

By Don Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - Mercy's Invitation into the Chambers of Love

Mercy does not live in the shadows of the shame of the past. Mountains of shame are removed by the love that is so intense that it consumes entire galaxies into supernovas. We are not displaced by the actions of the past, but we have been brought near to the throne of grace to enjoy God's acceptance instead of his rejection. Substitution started its march across history in its full blown form in the offering of Isaac. Our substitute is the Lamb that was slain from the foundation of the world. Our struggles with guilt and fear have been nailed to the cross. Jesus took away the middle wall of division between the Jew and the Gentile . In this merciful reconciliation, we see mirrored the reconciliation that was for all of us through the forbearance of God. Our doubts and frustrations may try to rise up in the murmuring of the day, but the master has multiplied grace to us in the chambers of peace that only love could furnish. Thanksgiving will turn aside the rushing charge of the bull of judgment. We have been held in the arms of the great shepherd in mercy's embrace. Our feast of love is not in the banquet house of the dog or carrion eaters, but we are eating feasts of grace that come from the words only spoken by the Living Voice. We will rejoice and dance in the chambers that have been reserved for us against the day of trouble that we are walking through.

By Moses Hightower

(Continued)

Many claim to have me without being filled with my Spirit. Some claim to have me but deny that I am God. I am the King of kings and the Lord of lords.

160. Who can rule the kingdom of God except the King of righteousness and the King of peace?

You must decrease if you want me to increase in your life. I have all power, all grace, and all love. When you are weighed in the balance, you are always found wanting.

161. What is the weight of your righteousness, your works, and your sufficiency?

(To Be Continued)

RE: PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING - December 21, 2006

The Holy Ghost is more than a prayer language. It is more than just an overwhelming and exciting experience. It is the power of salvation in our lives. Its source of promise is in Ezekiel where God raised dead bones into a mighty, marching army. What kind of army is this that would march out of sin's bone yard? It is one that would have a new heart and a new spirit within them so they would keep the laws of God and perform them. Paul exalts the definition when he says in Philippians that it is the power of God working in us both to will and to do his will. By his spirit, God puts the desire to do righteousness in us. We stand flat footed without an excuse to keep on sinning. If we have been born of the spirit, we do not continue in sin for grace to abound. It is the law of the spirit of life that has made us free from the law of sin and death in our members. Another world has intervened with laws that are higher than any nature here on the earth. Romans 6 speaks of the destruction of the body of the sins of the flesh, and other references speak of the destruction of the devil. It is a real fact that the power of the spirit has neutralized and made of no effect the fleshly nature and the promptings of Satan. We have all heard this, but we need to refresh our memories that the One within us will generate more power than we will ever need in the demolishing of the strongholds of the enemy in our lives. Our citizenship is heavenly and not here. We have been liberated as heaven lives and not as the fashion of this world is. Thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift that will deny the devil the door of our domicile. Perverted lovers may try to get my attention, but I'm so in love with the One who fills me with his love that I cannot hear their voice. All their advertising is drowned out by the thunder of the mighty Niagara of the Holy Ghost that is filling our lives.

By Rigoberto Toledo

December 21 , 2006

I thank you O Lord that I can run to the cross and embrace your love. You took my place on the altar and absorbed the wrath of sin upon yourself. I am grateful that you were not only my substitute, but you also filled me with the wine of deliverance and the living waters of salvation. When you gave me the gift of the Holy Ghost, you called me to do more than to just be blessed and excited. I thank you that you have empowered me with a divine nature that escapes the pollution that is in the world through lust. I was by nature a child of wrath, but now I rejoice that I have been washed and justified by your name and your Spirit. Your Spirit within me is holy; therefore, by your grace, I will desire the holy and righteous path for my feet. By this same grace, I will not be found at the strip malls of pleasure seeking fulfillment or the bargain basement churches seeking the easiest way out. I give thanks that I will leave this world in triumph and great joy as I am revealed as the prize and treasure that you chose before the foundation of the world.

Your ways are not my ways. You are from above, and I am from beneath. Although I was of this world and from beneath, I am so thankful that you lifted me into heavenly places in you and made me a citizen of heaven. I rejoice, for I am a new creature, an heir to the common wealth of Israel's promise through Abraham. I lift my head to the heavenly seed in my midst, and I look no longer to my old nature. I was without hope in the world. I was alienated from the promises, a stranger to the covenants, but now I am eternally grateful that I am made free and complete in you. By grace, I look to the seed of Abraham, and I will discover the tree of life again. This tree of life is not found outside of you. The tree of life is not found in the garden of carnality and human wisdom. The tree of life is only found in you. I thank you for beckoning me to come to the tree of life and of precious fruit. By your grace, I will not to follow after the desires of my flesh, for the flesh cannot inherit your kingdom. I will follow after charity, peace, and holiness. I will follow the faith in me and then will I behold my name written in the Lamb's book of life. I come to my tree of life and pick from your hands the fruit of the tree of life. Thank you for offering me true love instead of lust. Thank you for offering me true humility instead of pride. Your tenderness leads me to eat from your hand. Though the enemy that was in the garden still offers lust and pride to deceive and corrupt, I rejoice and receive of your offering of grace and righteousness. I give thanks and I will eat from your hands of life and not from the hands of death.

Lord, I want to spend eternity in heaven with you. Through your power, I will show forth the works of a heavenly creation and your righteousness. The works of righteousness are the currency of eternity. I desire to please you and to do your will. Thank you that you will not allow me to drink from the cup of the whore who pours out fornications and abominations, but you offer me a drink from the wine of the church. Thank you for allowing your garments to be dyed red in the winepress that you trod alone. There was no intercessor worthy. There was no one to help. There was no mediator without sin. You, O Lord, came and walked in the winepress of the grapes of wrath for my eternal life. By your grace, I will continually drink from the cup of eternal life and abhor the cup of lust and pride offered by the religions of the world. I will come out from among them and be separate, and you will receive me. You will be my God, and I shall be your child. I do not regret the lost pleasures and treasures of the world, but I rejoice that my name is written in the Lamb's book of life. You have written down my name in your book. I will choose according to truth and righteousness, and then my name will not be blotted out of your book. Jesus you are the God that was on the other side of my salvation. You are the God on this side of my salvation. I will not serve the gods on the other side of my salvation. When they sought to destroy me, you saved me. I rise up from my servitude of the weak and beggarly elements and of the gods that cannot see, speak, nor walk. I rise up and activate the obedience of faith. I rejoice and receive the reward that you will give me according to my faith and your loving-kindness.