Thoughts Higher Than Mine_Living Word Chronicle

Take heed that no man deceives you and draws you away from this relationship. Allow not the discreditors of the hour to shake your faith in my voice. My sheep know and hear my voice, and they will not follow the voice of another. Seek to walk closer with me. Seek to please me. If you do not please me, then how will you escape the hands of deception?

The darkness of deception shall not find you if you please me. When the great day of my wrath comes, I will hide you with my bride as I position her as kings and priests. Grace has come to you. Now follow the light of it into new dimensions of submission and love for me. I am teaching you how to love me. I am teaching you how to please me. By faith, Enoch was translated that he should not see death and was not found because I translated him, for before his translation, he had this testimony that he pleased me. My covenant of life and peace is with you. Be not haughty or high-minded, but fear the Lord, your God, and keep my commandments. This is the whole duty of man.

(RHEMA: God's Mercy Is a Hiding Place from the Darkness of Deception)

I take heed that no man deceives me and draws me away from the relationship I have with the Lord. I will not allow the discreditors of the hour to shake my faith in his voice. His sheep know and hear his voice, and they will not follow the voice of another. I will seek to walk closer with God and will seek to please him. If I do not please him, then I will not escape the hands of deception. The darkness of deception shall not find me if I please the Lord. When the great day of his wrath comes, he will hide me with his bride as he positions her as kings and priests. Grace has come to me. I now follow the light of grace into new dimensions of submission and love for God. He is teaching me how to love him. He is teaching me how to please him. By faith, Enoch was translated that he should not see death and was not found because God translated him, for before his translation, he had this testimony that he pleased God. His covenant of life and peace is with me; therefore, I will not be haughty or high-minded, but I fear the Lord, my God, and keep his commandments. This is the whole duty of man.

Moses Hightower

We Are Sent Not With the Excellency of Speech Or of Wisdom But In Demonstration of the Spirit and of Power

Do not waste time with the devil. Cast him out, and go on about my business. I have given you power over all devils and to cure diseases. You have power to tread on serpents, scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing by any means shall hurt you. With the authority and power I gave unto you, command the unclean spirits to flee, and they shall obey you. You have been endued with power from on high, for my promise has been sent upon you. You have received my Spirit. You have been given power to become the sons of God, for you are born of me. No power can be given over you except it be given from above; therefore, fear not. I have not given you the spirit of bondage again to fear but the spirit of power, of love, and of a sound mind. You have received power, for the Holy Ghost has come unto you. Go and be a witness unto me, and fear not demonic powers. In my name, you have power to do miracles. Great grace is upon you; therefore, rejoice, for your name is written in heaven.

I have filled you with faith and power. Wonders and miracles shall follow you. I am Jesus, so go and be a witness of me. I have delivered you from those who were against you. Now go open the eyes of those who have not seen me. Turn them from darkness to light and the power of Satan unto God that they may receive forgiveness of sins and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me. Are you ashamed of the gospel of Christ?

It is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believes; to the Jew first and also to the Greek. In the gospel, lies the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith. Live by faith, and you shall behold the fulfillment of my word. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. It is not of him that wills it, nor of him that runs, but of me that shows mercy. I raised you up that I might show my power in you and that my name might be declared in the earth; therefore, have I had mercy on whom I will have mercy, and whom I will, I will harden. No one has been my instructor, neither my counselor. People are confounded because they thought I would act against you.

Who has resisted my will?

Who is he that replies against me?

Shall the thing formed say to me that formed it, “Why have you made me this way?”

The potter has power over the clay. I make one unto honor and another unto dishonor. I have called you my people and given you true worship in spirit and in truth. Now go make my name shine in all of its glory. You are the children of the Living God. Those who resist the power resist my ordinance, and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. I sent you. Now who will send you away?

Through the power of the Holy Ghost, abound in hope, for I have filled you with joy and peace. I have given you the power by the Spirit of God that precedes mighty signs and wonders. Now go forth believing that the things that I have said are true, and these signs shall follow you. Go and preach the cross and Christ, for the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness, but unto those who are saved it is the power of God. I sent you not with the excellency of speech or of wisdom but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power. Go and be not turned back by adversity or men. Go.

By Don Grigsby

Don and Linda Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - We Are Sent Not With the Excellency of Speech Or of Wisdom But In Demonstration of the Spirit and of Power

We do not need monuments or museums of past works of God's Spirit but current manifestations of God's power. When two disciples wanted to call fire down from heaven on the Samaritans because they rejected them, Jesus told them they had the wrong spirit. He has come to seek and save the lost. In the eighth chapter of Acts, there would be a manifestation of power so great that even the sorcerers wanted to purchase its display. Our world is drunk on sin, and we need to be drunk on the manifestations of the Spirit. DWI needs to be "Dancing while intoxicated" in the Spirit like David before the ark. DUI needs to be "Delighted under the influence" of the demonstration of the spirit. Paul wrote and spoke volumes of the works of God. In heaven, he saw and heard that which could not be put in men's words. When God's power is demonstrated in lives, there can be no debate of what happened. Our words can be sounding brass, but God's display of himself overshadows every silence or furious storm. When he says, "Peace be still" to a raging storm and the waves lay down like sheep before the Shepherd, there is no doubt who is on the scene. God's sovereignty over every vessel and situation will be made manifest. Signs following were the proofs of the power of God resident in the lives of believers. Every force and contradiction had to bow before the manifested power from the throne. Mercy's hands will take the broken vessels of life and create a garden from the shards of a few broken pots. God's display of the resurrection power in the spring of the year in nature lets us know this is just the shadow of what he desires to spring forth in our lives every day!

DEMONIC POWERS

I will not waste time with the devil. I cast him out and go on about God's business. The Lord has given me power over all devils and to cure diseases. I have power to tread on serpents, scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing by any means shall hurt me. With the authority and power he has given unto me, I command the unclean spirits to flee, and they shall obey me. I have been endued with power from on high, for his promise has been sent upon me. I have received his Spirit. We have been given power to become the sons of God, for we are born of God. No power can be given over me except it be given from above; therefore, I do not fear. He has not given me the spirit of bondage again to fear but the spirit of power, of love, and of a sound mind. I have received power, for the Holy Ghost has come unto me. I will go and be a witness unto Jesus and not fear demonic powers.

In Jesus' name, I have power to do miracles. Great grace is upon me; therefore, I rejoice, for my name is written in heaven. The Lord has filled me with faith and power. Wonders and miracles shall follow me. The Lord is Jesus, so I will go and be a witness of him. He has delivered me from those who were against me. Now I will go open the eyes of those who have not seen Jesus. Turn them from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God that they may receive forgiveness of sins and inheritance among them, which are sanctified by faith that is in Jesus. I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ. It is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. In the gospel, lies the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith. I live by faith, and I shall behold the fulfillment of God's word. He will have mercy on whom he will have mercy, and he will have compassion on whom he will have compassion. It is not of him that wills it, nor of him that runs but of God that shows mercy. He raised me up that he might show his power in me and that his name might be declared in the earth; therefore, has he had mercy on whom he will have mercy and whom he will, he will harden. No one has been his instructor, neither his counselor.

People are confounded because they thought he would act against me. No one has resisted his will. No one can reply against him. The thing formed should not say to God that formed it, "Why have you made me this way?" The potter has power over the clay. He makes one unto honor and another unto dishonor. He has called us his people and given us true worship in spirit and in truth. Now we will go and make his name shine in all of its glory. We are the children of the Living God. Those who resist the power resist his ordinance, and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. The Lord sent me. Now no one will send me away. Through the power of the Holy Ghost, I will abound in hope, for he has filled me with joy and peace. He has given me the power by the Spirit of God that precedes mighty signs and wonders. Now I will go forth believing that the things that he has said are true, and these signs shall follow me. I will go and preach the cross and Christ, for the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness, but unto those who are saved, it is the power of God. He did not send me with the excellency of speech or of wisdom but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power. I will go and not be turned back by adversity or men. I will go.

RHEMA

By Don Grigsby

I was praying and this came to me.

My eternal power brings to you words that the waves cannot whisper and the thunder cannot shout. Mighty waves of the sea sit in tranquil silence at the voice of their creator. Listen, you instruments of praise, and hear the mystery of the end times. So many voices have said "no" to what I have said "yes" to again and again. Only those listening for my expressions of greatness will have these treasures whispered in their ears. Every structure and association that wraps itself around the things that will be dissolved, will melt in the destruction that is inherent in itself. All those who have attached themselves to the arrows of my light and the shock waves of my thundering voice will ride in the chariots of war with me. These have lifted their voices, and the winds of the critical and cynical have tried to howl them into silence. Those who have tried to silence them will be held up for rebuke because their own failures that they tried to cover up will shout louder than any trustworthiness they would try to set forth in themselves. The thunder of my power will cause them to stand in muted silence in awe of my displayed power. They will fall into the streets as the casualties of the waves of promises fulfilled come riding down the streets in the chariot thrones of my salvation. My salvation will ride upon the wings of grace to the ends of the earth and sweep away the lies and derogatory statements.

Feel the wind of my greatness now as it descends into the deepest pits of failure and reveals the treasures I had hidden there. Statues of the efforts of men will crumble into dust before the shock waves of my Words of power. I say to all you that think you have it figured out, "Who is holy and who is righteous. Think again." You have no righteousness except I give it to you. If you cannot accept the words of righteousness that would be uttered into your lives, then you will have nothing at all unless I preserve you with righteous words of my prophets that you have banished to the wilderness of rejection.

All those who set themselves as learned, shall appear as fools. All those who think they know, will be left with their own empty thoughts because they cannot grasp one event of my power. All those who have tried to extinguish the influence of the inspiration of prophecy, will be destroyed by the flames of inspiration they have tried to put out. All those who have said, "God did not say it," their words shall be burned across the face of their own shame as they look for a word of help but will not find it because they have seared their own sensitivity to that which would be the way of deliverance out of their own despair.

Many sing from the strange lands of alienation today. They cannot sing the songs of Zion.

87. How will you sing the new songs of redemption and grace in the strange land of sin?

Go not to the rivers of the world with the soldiers of lust and pride. Be not taken by the captors who search for cold-hearted believers. Those who are taken into captivity will sit down beside the rivers of the world and remember the joy of the church and not be able to return. They will weep when they remember Zion. They will hang their spiritual harps of joy on the weeping willows of the world. The occupants of the world will ask you to sing a joyful song.

88. How will you sing the Lord's song in the strange land of sin?

I have taught you by many means. Lift up your eyes unto the teachings of nature, and behold how grace has saved you from shame. The natural production of grace has given you a new lineage in a heavenly place. Behold the declarations in the heavenly dimensions of life. The heavens declare my glory, and the firmament shows you my handiwork.

89. Have you looked to the heavens lately to learn of the declarations being declared?

My glory is being declared even now.

90. Are you listening to the declaration of the heavens?

I have broken the bondage of barrenness and given you souls in your bowels. Abram looked toward the heavens and saw the stars, yet if he could have numbered them, he could have told the number of his seed. Though he could not fathom the number, he yet believed, and it was counted to him for righteousness.

91. What do you believe?

92. Have you looked to the heavens and beheld the glory of your God?

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