Thoughts Higher Than Mine_Living Word Chronicle

By Moses Hightower

Thelma and Moses Hightower

A Journey Through Time in the Care of Jesus (Part 5)

SCENE 7

As sheep gathered along the hillside, so have I gathered you together for grazing in a green, living place. Prepare to eat of freshness that you have never eaten. Prepare to drink of freshness that you have never been offered. I am serving the freshness of the Living God. I am the Good Shepherd, and I have not forgotten your needs. I have prepared a table. I have prepared a place where life is served and not death. Come and eat of life. You have eaten from the stale place of the past, but now I have spread the table of the last days before you. In the time of famine, you have been served plenty. Now grant me your praises, and I will show you of the benefits of the table of plenty. The benefits from this diet shall ensure strength for revival. Eat and be full, for the hour comes that strength must be exercised.

SCENE 8

The enemy has designed shelters for you to live in. They are mere shacks and traps for your feet. They are blinders for your mind. They are shields that prevent you from seeing the beauty of your salvation. Come from these shelters that are designed by the prince of the power of the air. Come and abide in the wide-open places of light instead of constructions by your enemy. Inside these constructions, you only receive little light. Look to the end of human reasoning and behold the light outside of your man-made shelters. These places are not places of security, but they are designs that prevent the light of victory from enhancing your vision. Worship the Living God, and come from the shelters that were offered as a gift of ease. Come to the places of hardness and fire, and then will you experience safety and security without human walls and human plans. Come and experience the shelters of the Lord.

FAMINE AND UNSAFE SHELTERS

SCENE 7

As sheep gathered along the hillside, so has the Lord gathered us together for grazing in a green, living place. I prepare to eat of freshness that I have never eaten. I prepare to drink of freshness that I have never been offered. Jesus is serving the freshness of the Living God. He is the Good Shepherd, and he has not forgotten my needs. He has prepared a table for me. He has prepared a place where life is served and not death. I will eat of life. I have eaten from the stale place of the past, but now God has spread the table of the last days before me. In the time of famine, I have been served plenty. I grant God my praises, and he will show me of the benefits of the table of plenty. The benefits from this diet shall ensure strength for revival. I will eat and be full, for the hour comes that strength must be exercised.

SCENE 8

The enemy has designed shelters for me to live in. They are mere shacks and traps for my feet. They are blinders for my mind. They are shields that prevent me from seeing the beauty of my salvation. I come from these shelters that are designed by the prince of the power of the air. I will come and abide in the wide-open places of light instead of constructions by my enemy. Inside these constructions, I only receive little light. I look to the end of human reasoning and behold the light outside of my man-made shelters. These places are not places of security, but they are designs that prevent the light of victory from enhancing my vision. I worship the Living God and come from the shelters that were offered as a gift of ease. I have come to the places of hardness and fire. Now will I experience safety and security without human walls and human plans. I will experience the shelters of the Lord.

By Don Grigsby

Don and Linda Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - A Journey Through Time in the Care of Jesus (Part 5)

SCENE 7

We are the sheep of his pasture and the people of his hand. We feed beside the shepherd’s tent at noonday. In the time of famine, we have pastures of green aplenty. Our mouth will be continually filled with praise for the tables of plenty, even in a wilderness time of our lives.

SCENE 8

We are not ignorant of Satan’s devices or mindsets. He will devise pleasures for us that will try to turn us aside to what almost seems like a religious experience. These habitations are the poison and deception of our total destruction. We will not travel the shadowy alleys and back roads of life’s pleasure. We will travel on the highway of holiness and truth. God sheltered the children of Israel by day and by night with a pillar of fire and cloud. He will wrap us with the warmth of his love by night and will cover us with the feathers of his love in the day’s journey.

Many are attempting to receive this washing with the filthy waters of death, for they have gone to the fountains of the letter and not the fountains of the spirit. Heed this admonition, and know that love speaks to you. I have sent forth a renewal of the living word in you. Now embrace this experience again, and behold people and things all around you come alive. The living words in you shall produce life. Now go, and proclaim the life that is in you.

Many are attempting to receive this washing with the filthy waters of death, for they have gone to the fountains of the letter and not the fountains of the spirit. I heed this admonition, and I know that love speaks to me. God has sent forth a renewal of the living word in me. Now I embrace this experience again, and I behold people and things all around me come alive. The living words in me shall produce life. I now go and proclaim the life that is in me.

By Don Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - The Chambers of God's Preparation in the Place of Evening Light

Thanksgiving will always look back to the pit that we were delivered from. As the leper returned to thank him and fell at his feet, we fall down at his feet filled with the wholeness that only Jesus Christ can project into our lives. It would be stepping back into a dimension of limitation for us to cease to be filled with thanksgiving for all that he has done. Our residence in the light of the evening is not in the shadow of fear’s forest but in the shade of the fields of peaceful flowers of faith that fragrantly fill our lives. We have not been shut up in a house of horrors to prepare to meet the bridegroom, but we have been given a guarded pavilion of power to retreat to. We will come forth from the chambers of preparation with the spices of the morning in the glow of the evening light. Our eyes will shine as the pools of Heshbon with the reflected light of his smiling face. God is not harassing us or holding us hostage to events of fear but inspiring us with the special gifts of power and prophetic utterances of his love that ravish our hearts. Special anointing causes the face of the church to shine forth in this hour. Our face is not one of shame, but it is glowing by the spirit that is within us and the anticipation of the glorious eternity that we will spend with our Beloved.

By Moses Hightower

(Continued)

The enemy is not giving up because you have come to the gates of hell. The enemy has attempted to win against the apostles and the prophets. They think that in this age of violence and lawlessness that you will lose to worldliness and ignorance. I have come to empower you with more grace that you might truly know me in the power of the resurrection. The power of the resurrection shall not fade in this hour of trouble in high places. I am the King of your life. Submit yourself totally to me, and I will show you the magnificence of the resurrection. I am the resurrection and the life. Look to this great power in you. It has been made available to those who believe. I have brought the power that raised Christ from the dead and placed it inside of you. I am the way, the truth, and the life.

179. Shall life fall in the face of death?

180. Shall victory succumb to defeat?

Behold the right hand of God working on your behalf. The enemy knows of the effect of the right hand of my power; therefore, he has sent forth distracting things into your life to turn you from the purpose of God and me. He knows that if you follow me, then my right hand is against him. Do not lean to the distractions vented against you. These distractions have not come as revealed weapons, but they have come in the power of all deceivableness. The enemy desires to see your effect against him crystallized by your double-mindedness. Remember Lot's wife.

181. How will you continue a journey of faith while beholding the loves of the past?

182. How will you walk in a path of righteousness for my name's sake while loving the pleasures of this life?

183. How will you walk a sanctified walk while drawn by the lust of the eyes, the flesh, and the pride of life?

(To Be Continued)

RE: PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING - December 29, 2006

Jesus has promised to gently lead the sheep and carry the lambs in his bosom. Every picture of God as a severe tyrant is shattered by this definition. The right arm of grace will direct my path, and the left arm of love will hold me close to his presence. His voice will awaken the symphony of nature in the green pastures that he leads me in, and the orchestra of my soul will join the concert. Words of grace that are fresher than the manna in the wilderness pour forth from his lips. Words like these causes the fountains of my spirit to spring forth in the fresh washing and supply of the waters of life. Fresh pastures and feasts of delightful provision and promises are laid out before us. Just as his compassions never fail and are fresh every morning, so is the feast beside the shepherd’s tents. He will not lead us into the dangerous paths that are along the slippery cliff of destruction. Everything that he does for us is for the purpose of keeping us safe. Our Shepherd will not sleep or slumber, but he keeps us safe beneath the covering of the shelters from the storms and attacks of fear in this life.

By Anthony Johnson

December 29 , 2006

Lord, I am thankful to be a part of your body that you have gathered together for grazing in a green, living place. Just as sheep are gathered along the hillside, I prepare to eat of freshness that I have never eaten. I prepare to drink of the freshness that I have never been offered. Thank you for serving me your freshness as the Living God. Thank you for being the Good Shepherd and for not forgetting my needs. I appreciate the table that you have prepared for me. I am thankful that you have prepared a place where life is served and not death. By your grace, I will eat of life. I have eaten from the stale place of the past, but now I rejoice because you have spread the table of the last days before me. In the time of famine, I have been served plenty. Now I grant you my praises as you show me of the benefits of the table of plenty. I leap for joy because the benefits from this diet have ensured me strength for revival. I will eat and be full, for the hour comes that strength must be exercised.

I am grateful that your love has caused me not to fear the shelters designed by my enemy. These mere shacks are traps for my feet and blinders for my mind, and they would be used as shields to prevent me from seeing the beauty of my salvation. Thank you for enabling me with the grace to come from these shelters that are designed by the prince of the power of the air. I will come and abide in the wide-open places of light instead of constructions by my enemy. I look to the end of human reasoning and behold the light outside of my man-made shelters. These places are not places of security, but they are designs that prevent the light of victory from enhancing my vision. I worship you, the Living God, and come from the shelters that were offered as a gift of ease. I have come to the places of hardness and fire, and I give you thanks as I experience your shelters of safety and security without human walls and human plans.

Lord, I am so glad to be a sheep of your pasture and a member of the people of your hand. Thank you for feeding me beside the shepherd’s tent at noonday. I am grateful that in the time of famine, you have given me pastures of green aplenty. My mouth will be continually filled with praise for the tables of plenty, even in a wilderness time of my life. Thank you for your wisdom that has not made me ignorant of Satan’s devices or mindsets. Although he has devised pleasures for me that seem like a religious experience and are filled with poison, I thank you for not relinquishing me to his deception that would lead to my total destruction. I thank you for not allowing me to travel the shadowy alleys and back roads of life’s pleasure. By your grace, I will travel on the highway of holiness and truth. I know that just as you sheltered the children of Israel by day and by night with a pillar of fire and cloud, you will wrap me with the warmth of your love by night. I thank you for the covering of your feathers of love in the day’s journey.