Thoughts Higher Than Mine_Living Word Chronicle

Your thanksgiving has been received as a sweet savor of incense. Your praises are inhabited by my presence and received as a place to enthrone myself. The fire of my love has turned your offering into suitable ashes of exchange, and the wind of beauty has blown your ashes away. The wind of beauty has manifested itself as a monument of my faithfulness, and my name has taken on a special meaning at this altar of praise and prayer. My name shall be synonymous with love, mercy, and grace unto you. When you think of my name, you shall think of a great light. The many colors of this light shall be unto you as the many things that I am. You do not need to look beyond this one name, for all that I am is represented by and equated to my name. My name is holy. My name is good. I am from everlasting to everlasting and so is my name. As my name is, so am I. Sing unto me, and also sing praises unto my name. Bless me, the Lord, and also bless my name. Give unto me the glory due my name. Call upon me, and also call upon my name. I have remembered my covenant forever. I made a covenant with Abraham. I have remembered you, for you are the seed of Christ and therefore, the seed of Abraham. Though you are small and few in number, I will stay the hand of your enemies and reprove the mighty if they attempt to do you wrong. Lift up your head, and be encouraged in me today. I am with you to reprove those who touch you and do you harm. Lift up your head. My name is on you, and you are called by it. Bless my holy name.

(RHEMA: Offerings of Praise Are Suitable Ashes of Exchange)

My thanksgiving has been received as a sweet savor of incense. My praises are inhabited by his presence and received as a place to enthrone God. The fire of his love has turned my offering into suitable ashes of exchange, and the wind of beauty has blown my ashes away. The wind of beauty has manifested itself as a monument of his faithfulness, and his name has taken on a special meaning at this altar of praise and prayer. His name shall be synonymous with love, mercy, and grace unto me. When I think of his name, I shall think of a great light. The many colors of this light shall be unto me as the many things that he is. I do not need to look beyond this one name, for all that he is may be represented by and equated to his name. His name is holy and good. He is from everlasting to everlasting and so is his name. As his name is, so is he. I will sing unto him and also sing praises unto his name. I will bless the Lord and also bless his name. I give unto him the glory due his name. I call upon him and also call upon his name. He has remembered his covenant forever. He made a covenant with Abraham. He has remembered me, for I am the seed of Christ and therefore, the seed of Abraham. Though we are small and few in number, he will stay the hand of our enemies and reprove the mighty if they attempt to do us wrong. I lift up my head, and I am encouraged in him today. God is with me to reprove those who touch me and do me harm. I lift up my head, for his name is on me, and I am called by it. I bless his holy name.

Moses Hightower

The Lord Using the Leadership As a New, Sharp Threshing Instrument Having Teeth Against Those Who Strive With Them by Means of Treachery

I have not brought you here to fail. I have succeeded for you. Now have faith in my completed work. I have overcome the devil, the world, and the flesh. Now you have overcome by faith. Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Use your faith, and obtain a good report. Though you abide with treachery, be not distracted by these acts of deliberate betrayal. You have given trust to many, but you have been betrayed. The betrayal of your trust does not mean defeat. I have saved you from the entrapment that was set for you and for those who follow you. I lead you in a plain path because of your enemies; therefore, be not worried about the treason among you. I will always warn you aforetime when people are selling out and double-crossing you. I will not always strive with those who take up with this spirit. Some have been disloyal and betrayed you. Their dishonesty will be their own demise and destruction, for I will allow them to be bound by their own cords of dishonesty. Their lack of honesty and acts of lying and cheating will be their pathway to devastation.

Be not distracted by these activities among you. I am the keeper of the flock, and I am not deceived by their pretentious ways. They will be exposed before all as they continue in their conceited paths. The subversive conduct is known of me. I will deal with it in due time. Be not deceived. I am not mocked. They will reap the treason that they are sowing. Doubt not that I am fully aware of the intent of their evil hearts and perverse ways. I will cast them out of the congregation if they continue to follow after their wicked desires. They have risen to war against me when they have sought to deceive and misrepresent acts of love to fulfill their own lustful and selfish intents. I am against these malicious devices sent against my body and families in the church.

Behold my actions against these spirits. They shall be swift and decisive. I have offered mercy in times past, as I am longsuffering and full of grace. Now we must go on to the purpose for which cause I came into the world. I will not encompass this mountain of temptation again. I will cast this spirit out of my presence and everyone that takes up with this spirit. My word is sure. I will not always strive with man. Man is flesh, and his days are numbered. A man is foolish to strive with his maker. I speak once, yea twice, yet man does not perceive. I opened your understanding in a dream this morning. In a vision of the night, when deep sleep fell upon you, then I opened your ears and sealed instructions for today.

I desire to keep back men's soul from the pit and their life from perishing by the sword. The souls of men that do this evil draw near unto the grave and their life to the destroyers. I look upon men and if any say, "I have sinned and perverted that which was right, for it profited me not," I will deliver their soul from going into the pit, and their life shall see the light. My way is to work repentance in their lives to bring back their soul from the pit to be enlightened with the light of the living. I am teaching wisdom. Let him that is wise repent. Let him that is foolish continue in his crafty ways only to find that they are the ways of death.

I will not do wickedly, neither will I pervert judgment. If I set my heart upon man, I will gather unto myself his spirit and his breath. All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn aside unto dust. He who has understanding, hear this, and listen attentively unto the voice of my words. There is no darkness, nor shadow of death where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. I shall break them in pieces and set others in their stead, for I know their works and overturn them in the night so that they are destroyed. I will strike them as wicked men in the open sight of others that these hypocrites do not reign with me and that other people be not ensnared with their fraud. They openly fight against you and my body. Now I will fight against them, for they have striven with me. I will confound them and put them to shame. I will turn them back, and they shall be brought to confusion. They shall be as chaff before the wind, for the angel of the Lord shall chase them. Their way shall be dark and slippery, and the angel of the Lord shall persecute them. Destruction shall come upon them unawares. The net that they hid for others shall catch them. Into the very destruction that they planned for others, they shall fall themselves.

They have striven with my anointed when they have subtlety attempted to lure others into their vicious traps of lust. Now shall they be ashamed and confounded. They shall be as nothing, and they that strive with you shall perish. People shall seek them and shall not find them. Those who contended with you and warred against you shall be as nothing and a thing of naught. I, the Lord, thy God will hold your right hand. You do not pastor this congregation alone. I will help you. Behold, I will make you a new, sharp threshing instrument, having teeth. You shall beat them small and make the hills as chaff. You shall fan them, and the wind shall carry them away. The whirlwind shall scatter them, and they shall know the hand of the Lord has done this thing in their midst. Behold, I have created you as a new, sharp threshing instrument among the people. Behold what I will do.

By Don Grigsby

Don and Linda Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - The Lord Using the Leadership As a New, Sharp Threshing Instrument Having Teeth Against Those Who Strive With Them by Means of Treachery

We are told that the angels left the rebuke of the enemy to the Lord. God will loose the weapon of his indignation upon anything that will bring about confusion as Babylon. As he loosed a sword upon her liars, he will loose his prophetic word today to slay the words of destruction. Judas was a betrayer and a thief, but the Lord never stopped reaching for him. Judas went out and hanged himself. We do not need a chariot of war, for the Lord will take the intensity of those who are pursuing that which is not right and turn it into their own destruction. Haman's trap for Mordecai became the instrument of his own destruction. Mordecai just prayed with Esther and the people, and God gave the complete deliverance. God showed this very clearly in the triangle of David, Naval, and Abigail. Abigail showed how that a sling shot was being used by another to sling at him, but God would be sure that the one doing the shooting would be slung out of his own device. David thanked Abigail and the Lord for not letting him exact any vengeance but allowing the Lord to do the work. It is obvious that the stones of hurt that were being hurled by Nabal came back to him because his heart died within him, and he became a stone.

BETRAYAL

Jesus has not brought me here to fail. He has succeeded for me. Now, I have faith in his completed work. He has overcome the devil, the world, and the flesh. Now I have overcome by faith. Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. I purpose to use my faith and obtain a good report. Though I abide with treachery, I will not be distracted by these acts of deliberate betrayal. I have given trust to many, but I have been betrayed. The betrayal of my trust does not mean defeat. God has saved me from the entrapment that was set for me and for those who follow me. He leads me in a plain path because of my enemies; therefore, I am not worried about the treason among us. He will always warn me aforetime when people are selling out and double-crossing me. He will not always strive with those who take up with this spirit. Some have been disloyal and betrayed me. Their dishonesty will be their own demise and destruction, for he will allow them to be bound by their own cords of dishonesty. Their lack of honesty and acts of lying and cheating will be their pathway to devastation.

I am not distracted by these activities among us. Jesus is the keeper of the flock, and he is not deceived by their pretentious ways. They will be exposed before all as they continue in their conceited paths. The subversive conduct is known of him. He will deal with it in due time. I am not deceived. God is not mocked. They will reap the treason that they are sowing. I will not doubt that he is fully aware of the intent of their evil hearts and perverse ways. He will cast them out of the congregation if they continue to follow after their wicked desires. They have risen to war against God when they have sought to deceive and misrepresent acts of love to fulfill their own lustful and selfish intents. God is against these malicious devices sent against his body and families in the church.

I behold his actions against these spirits. They shall be swift and decisive. He has offered mercy in times past as he is longsuffering and full of grace. Now we must go on to the purpose for which cause he came into the world. The Lord will not encompass this mountain of temptation again. He will cast this spirit out of his presence and everyone that takes up with this spirit. God's word is sure. He will not always strive with man. Man is flesh, and his days are numbered. A man is foolish to strive with his maker. He speaks once, yea twice, yet man does not perceive. He opened my understanding in a dream this morning. In a vision of the night, when deep sleep fell upon me, then I opened my ears and sealed instructions for today. He desires to keep back men's soul from the pit and their life from perishing by the sword. The souls of men that do this evil draw near unto the grave and their life to the destroyers. The Lord looks upon men and if any say, "I have sinned and perverted that which was right, for it profited me not," he will deliver their soul from going into the pit, and their life shall see the light. His way is to work repentance in their lives to bring back their soul from the pit to be enlightened with the light of the living. He is teaching wisdom. Let him that is wise repent. Let him that is foolish continue in his crafty ways only to find that they are the ways of death.

God will not do wickedly, neither will he pervert judgment. If he sets his heart upon man, he will gather unto himself his spirit and his breath. All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn aside unto dust. He who has understanding, hear this, and listen attentively unto the voice of God's words. There is no darkness, nor shadow of death where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. The Lord shall break them in pieces and set others in their stead, for he knows their works and overturns them in the night so that they are destroyed. He will strike them as wicked men in the open sight of others that these hypocrites do not reign with him and that other people are not ensnared with their fraud. They openly fight against me and the Lord's body. Now he will fight against them, for they have striven with him. God will confound and put them to shame. He will turn them back, and they shall be brought to confusion.

They shall be as chaff before the wind, for the angel of the Lord shall chase them. Their way shall be dark and slippery, and the angel of the Lord shall persecute them. Destruction shall come upon them unawares. The net that they hid for others shall catch them. Into the very destruction that they planned for others, they shall fall themselves. They have striven with his anointed when they have subtlety attempted to lure others into their vicious traps of lust. Now shall they be ashamed and confounded. They shall be as nothing, and they that strive with me shall perish. People shall seek them and shall not find them. Those who contended with me and warred against me shall be as nothing and a thing of naught. Jesus, the Lord, my God will hold my right hand. I do not pastor this congregation alone. He helps me. He will make me a new, sharp threshing instrument, having teeth. I shall beat them small and make the hills as chaff. I shall fan them, and the wind shall carry them away. The whirlwind shall scatter them, and they shall know the hand of the Lord has done this thing in their midst. I behold that he has created me as a new, sharp threshing instrument among the people. I behold what he will do.

INSPIRATION

By Don Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - Mental Journey To the Chambers of Death and Judgment

The blood of Jesus and his unspeakable suffering was substituted for the penalty we should have had extracted in our lives on an eternal basis for sin. Our sins demanded multiple suffering because of the brutal complex that sin, death, condemnation, and judgment had become. Its overwhelming actions had sent us into a helpless trajectory unto the oblivion of separation from God. Sin only lies about the pain and suffering it masks over with the pretense of pleasure. In his suffering, he wrapped all my pain up in his hands and nailed it in himself to the tree he was hung on in humiliation, our God, of awesome glory, in such a state of shame and debased abject agony for the little freedoms we let our flesh be at liberty to indulge in. In becoming the brutally ravaged form of suffering in actual feelings that penetrated the core of emotion, soul, and spirit, he erased the impact of the crushing blows that any one of them would have been my annihilation. Our thanksgiving should be constantly overflowing from our hearts for this indescribable price of redemption.

You may choose by your obedience or your disobedience as to what you will regret or enjoy. Choose to worship the God of life and then will you wish and pray to live. Worship the god of self or the god of this world and you will wish and pray to die. The god of this world is ugly and cruel, but I am kind and compassionate. I did not mean the things in your life for bad. I meant them for good. You must learn to bring sweetness out of the bitter things of life and good out of evil.

93. How can you say you have grown in the knowledge of God when you yet wrestle with what's fair and what's wrong?

I am the God of honor; therefore, do not charge me with allowing things to happen as a punishment to you. Grace is teaching you.

94. Are you learning?

95. Why go through the hard times if you are going to cast the lessons of great value into the pits of this world?

You will have suffered in vain if you do not learn from your pains. What you expected during the harvest of your evil sowing was an erroneous expectation.

96. How can you expect a celebration of victory when you have sown the seeds of mourning and grief?

The crop of deception was sown long ago. Now eat the bitter seeds of your sowing and then will joy come because of godly endurance. Be not deceived. I am not mocked. Whatsoever a person sows, that is what that person will reap. I ate the bitter herbs and drank the bitter cup of your sins for the joy that I set before me. Now you come to me, and I will help you eat and drink of your bitter experiences that the horror of their reality is dulled by my mercy and grace that I will give to you. You may eat it alone, but I offer you my companionship. I ate and drank from your bitter lot alone.

97. Shall the wrong not taste of any bitterness when no one was available to eat and drink with the right?

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