Thoughts Higher Than Mine_Living Word Chronicle

By Moses Hightower

Thelma and Moses Hightower

You Have Christ within You, but You Must Continually Win Him

I have not come that death might rule over you, but I have come that you might have life and that more abundantly. Death does not rule over you because I came and destroyed the workings of the devil. I have placed you in me by the gospel and brought you into heavenly places. Reside in the peaceful places with your king and his body. I have settled the issues you have entertained in your ears. Listen no longer to the echoes of fallen angels who speak daily in the ears of those who fear and do not have faith. Listen unto the voice of the Lord, the greater one inside of you. I have given you my Spirit, the Holy Ghost. Christ lives in you. I am the hope of glory. The Lord of Hosts is my name. I have given you the revelation of who I am. Will I not also give you the benefits of the offering of my own son?

In that I offered my own son up for all, will I not also freely give you all things?

End your search for things and search for me with all your heart. Search for the one treasure inside of you. You must win me, but how will you win me if things are more worthy than I am?

How will you win me if someone is more worthy than I am?

You must choose who will be the Lord in your heart. I am a jealous God. My name is jealous. Look away from the idols passed on to you because of your traditions and seek me, the Living God. When you have sought me with all your heart, then will you find that I am the true God of Abraham. This is the hour of revelation. I am revealing myself unto many. Come out from among the prostitutes of truth and be separate, and then I will receive you. Do not follow the spiritual diseases fostered by idolaters to be communicated to you. Seek holiness and righteousness. I have said, "Seek ye first the kingdom of God and my righteousness." I placed it within you. Why search without for anything else?

I have promised to add all the other things unto you. Look beyond the veil of human reasoning. Look unto me, the author and the finisher of your faith. I have not brought you to this point in life to abandon you, but I have brought you here that I might be glorified in you. Remember, you are not your own. I bought you. Now that I am your owner, I will demonstrate the authority of your owner in you. Simply be patient, and do not seek your own way. I am the owner. Shall I not lead your life?

Relinquish the leading of your life unto me and not yourself. I know the beginning and the ending. Trust the divine knowledge and wisdom of your owner. I created you. I know what specifications are within you. What do you know about yourself?

You know very little in comparison to what I know about you. Before I fashioned you, I had a design for you. Now that you are made, have I forgotten the design and the fulfillment of why I made you?

Look away from the spirit of fear. Fear has stalked men from the beginning. I have placed perfect love within you; therefore, allow perfect love to cast out this spirit that has invaded the house of the redeemed. It is not my will that tormenting spirits hinder you. Bind these things on the earth and then shall they be bound in heaven. You are called to rule over all these things. Now rule with the authority given you by my Spirit and through my name.

I stopped to give thanks unto the Lord and to bind the spirits of hindrance that have hindered and tormented us. I continued to acknowledge and give thanks unto the Lord, and then I heard these words,

You have not seen the good things that I have prepared for you. Eyes have not seen, ears have not heard, neither has it entered into the heart of man, the good things that I have prepared for you. Do not stop here, but continue in my word and you will see the good things prepared for you. Many will not continue on and will miss the good things prepared. What will they miss?

To miss the good things prepared for those who love me is as missing all of the glory of what I have created in heaven and in earth. Make your calling and election sure.

DEATH, SPIRITUAL DISEASES, IDOLATRY, ISSUES, AND VANITY

Jesus has not come that death might rule over me, but he has come that I might have life and that more abundantly. Death does not rule over me because Jesus came and destroyed the workings of the devil. He has placed me in Christ by the gospel and brought me into heavenly places. I reside in the peaceful places with my king and his body. God has settled the issues I have entertained in my ears. I will not listen any longer to the echoes of fallen angels who speak daily in the ears of those who fear and do not have faith, but I will listen unto the voice of the Lord, the greater one inside of me. God has given me his Spirit, the Holy Ghost. Christ lives in me. He is the hope of glory. The Lord of Hosts is his name. He has given me the revelation of who he is. He will also give me the benefits of the offering of his own son. In that he offered his own son up for all, he will also freely give me all things.

I end my search for things and search for the Lord with all my heart. I will search for the one treasure inside of me. I must win Jesus, but I cannot win him if things are more worthy than he is. I cannot win him if someone is more worthy than he is. I must choose who will be the Lord in my heart. Jesus is a jealous God. His name is jealous. I look away from the idols passed on to me because of my traditions and seek him, the Living God. When I have sought him with all my heart, then will I find that he is the true God of Abraham. This is the hour of revelation. He is revealing himself unto many. I will come out from among the prostitutes of truth and be separate, and then God will receive me. By grace, I will not follow the spiritual diseases fostered by idolaters and then to be communicated to me, but I will seek holiness and righteousness. God has said, "Seek ye first the kingdom of God and my righteousness." He placed it within me. There is no reason to search without for anything else. God has promised to add all the other things unto me. I look beyond the veil of human reasoning and look unto Jesus, the author and the finisher of my faith. He has not brought me to this point in life to abandon me, but he has brought me here that he might be glorified in me. I remember that I am not my own. Jesus bought me. Now that he is my owner, he will demonstrate the authority of my owner in me. I will simply be patient and not seek my own way. Jesus is the owner. He will lead my life. I relinquish the leading of my life unto him and not myself. God knows the beginning and the ending. I trust the divine knowledge and wisdom of my owner. Jesus created me. He knows what specifications are within me. I know very little about myself. I know very little in comparison to what God knows about me. Before he fashioned me, he had a design for me. Now that I am made, he has not forgotten the design and the fulfillment of why he made me.

I look away from the spirit of fear. Fear has stalked men from the beginning. God has placed perfect love within me; therefore, I allow perfect love to cast out this spirit that has invaded the house of the redeemed. It is not the Lord’s will that tormenting spirits hinder me. I will bind these things on the earth, and then shall they be bound in heaven. I am called to rule over all these things. Now I rule with the authority given to me by God’s Spirit and through his name. I have not seen the good things that God has prepared for me. Eyes have not seen, ears have not heard, neither has it entered into the heart of man, the good things that he has prepared for me. I will not stop here, but by grace, I will continue in his word and see the good things prepared for me. Many will not continue on and will miss the good things prepared. They will miss all the glory of God and his blessings. To miss the good things prepared for those who love the Lord is as missing all of the glory of what he has created in heaven and in earth. I will make my calling and election sure.

By Don Grigsby

Don and Linda Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - You Have Christ within You, but You Must Continually Win Him

Jesus died to set us free from the fear of death and the dominion of death. We are hidden in him away from the winds of fear and terror of the night. He that is within us is greater than any force that is without. He is the treasure that is within us, but we seek his kingdom fervently on a daily basis. We have the things that everyone else is pursuing added to the inventory of our lives. Our focus is to run after him and to seek him fervently to the exclusion of all other lovers. In this race, we become weary of the infighting that arises around us. We have distractions that shout their dissenting opinions in our ears, but they are of no circumstance whatsoever. Eternity is calling us to a glory and power that will not fade away. Everything here will perish and vanish away. We treasure holiness and righteousness. We will seek these daily at his gates. Daily promises and provision are the diet of those who hunger after his word. Fresh words contain fresh promises for our soul. We will be washed of our doubts and fears as we sit at his feet and diligently hearken to the voice of creation. He will share all the details of the great things that he has for us if we hunger for them.

I have not brought life to your ears and to your doors only to have you come and find death and defeat. I have brought you the glorious victory of my cross and granted you the fruit of my sufferings. My sufferings were not in vain. All that I suffered was for you, and now the fruit of my sufferings is for your tasting. Taste of the victory of my bruises. Taste of the victory of my wounds. Taste the fruit of my stripes. Taste of the fruit of Gethsemane. Taste of the fruit of my submission unto death. I have not sent forth an empty experience into your life, but what I have sent forth is the total victory of life over death; health over sickness; prosperity over poverty; peace over confusion; liberty over bondage; a sound mind over troubled minds; and righteousness over unrighteousness. I am a holy God. There is no defeat in me. I have all power, and there is no counsel against me. Lift your eyes to me, and give me your heart today. I have all power. I created man and made woman from the man's rib. Has my creative power diminished when I am the Lord who does not change?

Has my constructive power withered as a flower in its state of withering?

God has not brought life to my ears and to my doors only to have me come and find death and defeat. He has brought me the glorious victory of his cross and granted me the fruit of his sufferings. His sufferings were not in vain. All that he suffered was for me, and now the fruit of his sufferings is for my tasting. I will taste of the victory of his bruises, his wounds, and his stripes. I will taste of the fruit of Gethsemane and his submission unto death. He has not sent forth an empty experience into my life, but what he has sent forth is the total victory of life over death; health over sickness; prosperity over poverty; peace over confusion; liberty over bondage; a sound mind over troubled minds; and righteousness over unrighteousness. The Lord is a holy God. There is no defeat in him. He has all power, and there is no counsel against him. I lift my eyes to him, and I give him my heart. He has all power. He created man and made woman from the man's rib. His creative power has not diminished when he is the Lord who does not change. His constructive power has not withered as a flower in its state of withering.

By Don Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - Minister Unto the Lord Our God

When Jesus told the Devil that the Lord was the one and only that should be worshiped, he left him alone. This is still our mightiest weapon against the enemy. He causes us to always triumph in his praise. This truth cannot be altered or changed. We are trampling the enemy like the dust in the streets when we are dancing and worshiping in spirit and truth. We will see the enemy flee in terror when we fill the air with the praise of the Lord as we minister to him all our waking moments.

In a prison service, this message was given to the men in a service,

Let your praise be as the rivers that flow to the sea and never cease. As you ignite the sacrifice of praise, you will be consuming the enemy on his terms. He has tricked you to be excited about sports, sex, and Hollywood's movies. If you would stand and offer the same kind of thunderous cheers for the Lord, your God, he will deliver you from every trouble and snare of the wicked one.

We are the devil's worst nightmare when we celebrate in the presence of the King.

By Moses Hightower

(Continued)

Take up the true cross and prepare to lose your life for my sake, then will you find true life. You have followed from afar while being drawn nigh by precious blood. I came in a human body and was accursed for you. In the flesh, I was made a curse for you so that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ. You have received the promise of the spirit through faith. Through faith, take up the true cross of a redeemed disciple zealous of good works. The joy of the Lord must be set before you. It must be greater in your life than the shame of your cross that you despise. You say that you do not despise your cross.

166. Why are you weary?

167. Why are you nearly fainting in your mind?

(To Be Continued)

RE: PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING - December 24, 2006

God has not bestowed on us the spirit of dread and insufficiency but a bold feeling of his all sufficient power. Our freedom does not post fear's notices of failure. Our liberty is the leaflet of love that leaps on the pages of bold declarations of miracles in the hands of the believers. Every distraction has been covered over with a dozen fresh promises of power that are heavier than a ton of the lies of the devil. Fear and death have no rights to the throne that was created within me for the King to sit upon. Just as we are promised that sin shall not reign in us so whatsoever that is not of faith, including fear, shall not have dominion over us. Every utterance that we speak and every thought that we process should come from above. We are not the libraries of fear and failure. Every shelf of my mind and file of my spirit has the hands and the inscriptions of faith vividly emblazoned upon them. Reason and logic will never be the arbitrators of any decision we make in our journey of life. Reason and logic told us we were dead a long time ago. Why should I listen to anything that had spoken me into the grave? Graphic words of power have been written on the walls of the chambers of my life. I will not dance to the songs of death. We have chosen life and joy to be the dance floors of our lives. Beyond today the best events of our lives in the spirit are rushing to meet us.

By Thelma Hightower

December 24 , 2006

Thank you Lord that you died to set me free from the fear and dominion of death. I know that I am hidden from the winds of fear and the terror of the night. You, the Holy Ghost within me, are greater than any force without. You are the treasure within me. I am thankful for the opportunity to seek you fervently on a daily basis. My focus is to run after you and to seek you fervently to the exclusion of all other lovers. I have distractions that shout their dissenting opinions in my ears, but they are of no circumstance whatsoever. Eternity is calling me to a glory and power that will not fade away. I know that everything here will perish and vanish away. I treasure your holiness and righteousness. I will seek these daily at your gates. Thank you for your daily promises and provision that are my diet when I hunger after your word. Your fresh words contain fresh promises for my soul. I know that I will be washed of my doubts and fears as I sit at your feet and diligently hearken to the voice of creation. You will share all the details of the great things that you have for me if I hunger for them. You have not come that death might rule over me, but you came that I might have life and that more abundantly. I rejoice and I am glad that death does not rule over me because you came and destroyed the workings of the devil. You placed me in yourself by the gospel and brought me into heavenly places. I am thankful that I reside in the peaceful places with you. You have settled the issues that I have entertained in my ears. I purpose not to listen any longer to the echoes of fallen angels who speak daily in my ears when I fear and do not have faith, but I will listen unto your voice, the greater one inside of me. You have given me your Spirit, the Holy Ghost. You live in me. You are my hope of glory. The Lord of Hosts is your name. Thank you for giving me the revelation of who you are.

Thank you for giving me all things freely. By grace, I end my search for things and I search for you with all my heart. I will search for the one treasure inside of me. I choose to win you, so that no one else in my life is worthier than you. I have chosen you to be the Lord in my heart. You are a jealous God. Your name is jealous. I look away from the idols passed on to me because of my traditions and seek you, the Living God. I know that when I have sought you with all my heart, then will I find that you are the true God of Abraham. I believe that this is the hour of revelation. Thank you for revealing yourself unto me. I give thanks that your grace has allowed me to come out from among the prostitutes of truth and be separate, and then you will receive me. I will not follow the spiritual diseases fostered by idolaters, but I will seek holiness and righteousness. I will seek you first and your kingdom. Thank you for placing the kingdom within me. I have no reason to search without for anything else. You have promised to add all the other things unto me. I look beyond the veil of human reasoning and look unto you, the author and the finisher of my faith. You did not bring me to this point in my life to abandon me, but you have brought me here that you might be glorified in me. I am not my own. You bought me. Now that you are my owner, you will demonstrate authority in me. I will simply be patient and not seek my own way. Jesus, you are my owner. I give thanks for your leading of my life. I relinquish the leading of my life unto you and not myself. You know the beginning and the ending. I trust your divine knowledge and wisdom.

Thank you for creating me. You know what specifications are within me. I know very little about myself. I know very little in comparison to what you know about me. Before you fashioned me, you had a design for me. I am rejoicing that you have placed perfect love within me; therefore, I allow perfect love to cast out this spirit that has invaded the house of the redeemed. I am thankful that I do not have to allow tormenting spirits to hinder me. I will bind these things on the earth, and then shall they be bound in heaven. I know that I am called to rule over all these things, and I rule will with the authority given to me by your Spirit and through your name. I have not seen the good things that you have prepared for me. Eyes have not seen, ears have not heard, neither has it entered into the heart of man the good things that you have prepared for me. I will not stop here, but by grace, I will continue in your word, and I will see the good things prepared for me. I will make my calling and election sure. I thank you for your goodness and mercy unto me.