Grow in grace and in the knowledge of the Lord. If you are righteous,
your friendship should flourish as the palm tree. You should be as the
dew unto those who are dry. Your roots should be a strong support. Your
branches should spread beyond your own tree, and your beauty should
be as the olive tree. The fragrance of your praise should have a pleasant
odor. Stretch forth the shadow of your friendship, and cover others
during their heated trials. Water the friendless, and revive them as
fertile corn. I have joined you to abundant grace. Now give the same
grace to others whose reach has been shortened by the famine of the
hearing of my word.
(RHEMA:
The Fire of Praise Shooting Forth Arrows of Friendship)
I will grow in grace and in the knowledge of the Lord. If I am righteous,
my friendship will flourish as the palm tree. I will be as the dew unto
those who are dry. My roots will be a strong support. My branches will
spread beyond my own tree, and my beauty will be as the olive tree.
The fragrance of my praise will have a pleasant odor. I will stretch
forth the shadow of my friendship and cover others during their heated
trials. I will water the friendless and revive them as fertile corn.
God has joined me to abundant grace. I will now give the same grace
to others whose reach has been shortened by the famine of the hearing
of the Lord's word.
Moses
Hightower
The
Signature of Redemption Upon the Dotted Line of Uncertainty
I have begotten you unto a lively hope. The lively hope granted you
will not make you ashamed. Shame has been defeated. Because you believe,
you have been planted together with me into the likeness of my death
and granted the benefits of the resurrection. My cross has been endured
and the shame of sin despised. The joy of redemption was seized and
set before me. This glorious joy of redemption is now yours for strength.
Sound the horns of praise, and declare the victorious joy that cannot
be captured by the scheme of sadness. Sorrow and sighing are bundled
together and cast upon fleeing horses. As riders, they journey beyond
the horizon of joy. Joy's horizon is firmly fixed. It is not removed
from the foundation of strength. Lift your eyes again to love's height
if you can. The benefits of the banner over you cannot be numbered;
therefore, go forth with your banner of everlasting praise. Everlasting
joy is upon your heads. The joy of Messiah is within. Open the gates
of praise today, and the strength of joy shall flood the palaces and
strongholds that resist you.
Confidence
is not defeated. Integrity is not dead. Character is not marred. Faithfulness
is not erased from the earth. The clouds of trouble have flown through
lives. They have cast the temporal shadows of spiritual barrenness and
blindness. They are as a giant fog; however, their time is over, and
the sunshine of victory's beam has broken through. Forecast victory's
reality. Proclaim the light from shore to shore. Shout the vibrant praises
of victory, for its light refuses to live in the darkness of the clouds
of trouble. "My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things
which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready
writer." (Psalms 45:1)
Break
forth unto joy. Rend the garments of heaviness, and adorn yourselves
with the garments of praise. Get dressed in the royal garments of thanksgiving,
and write your signature of redemption. Sign on the dotted lines of
uncertainty. You have been given the authority to sign the family name.
Now take your pen of the ready writer, and sign my name for your release.
I have released you from every prison of the darkness. Light is yours.
The release of the light within you has expressed a language only interpreted
by the angels and the redeemed. Come and follow the light through the
corridors of the world. Its language commands respect, and its effect
warrants liberty. Come and follow the light of praise. It is the outward
expression of inner joy. Wear the testimony of praise to the throne
of grace, and my name shall touch the lips that offer glory. You are
loosed, not bound. You are freed, not captured. You are healed, not
sick. You are redeemed. Go and say that you are.
By
Don Grigsby
Don
and Linda Grigsby
RE:
RHEMA - The Signature of Redemption Upon the Dotted Line of Uncertainty
Jesus Christ is the guarantor of the covenant that is in our lives.
If all the promises are in him, yes and amen, then we have the certainty
that they must come to pass. Only eternity holds all the evidence that
he has canceled every uncertainty by writing his name over every false
accusation of failure that the enemy would cast against us. Our confidence
does not rest in the uncertainty of circumstances but in the Creator's
crafted words of power. Redemption is an object lesson of the erasure
of doubt. Just as his blood blots out our sin, the power of his name
will remove every line of fear's details of defeat. Joy is enlisting
an army that invites our celebrations of joy at the foot of the cross.
The cross nailed everything that would negate our faith to the wall
of God's revealed power and is removed. As our sins have been buried
in the depths of the sea, God's rivers of living atonement has made
us one with his words of love. Redemption's relationship has expelled
the lack of certainty from our minds. Jesus Christ is not a casual friend
but a foe of every one of our enemies. Redemption in the Old Testament
included an avenger of blood. In other words, he will vindicate us of
all charges. As the transactions like this were conducted in the gates
of the city, as Boaz paid for the redemption of Ruth, Calvary redeemed
us unto him before every distraction. Redemption has found a voice in
the choir of the ransomed from the ruin of sin. We will lift up our
voice above the shouts of every "no" that can be uttered.
HEAVINESS, SADNESS, SHAME, SIGHING, AND SORROW
Jesus has begotten me unto a lively hope. The lively hope granted
me will not make me ashamed. Shame has been defeated. Because I
believe, I have been planted together with him into the likeness
of his death and granted the benefits of the resurrection. His cross
has been endured and the shame of sin despised. The joy of redemption
was seized and set before him. This glorious joy of redemption is
now mine for strength. I sound the horns of praise and declare the
victorious joy that cannot be captured by the scheme of sadness.
Sorrow and sighing are bundled together and cast upon fleeing horses.
As riders, they journey beyond the horizon of joy. Joy's horizon
is firmly fixed. It is not removed from the foundation of strength.
I
determine to lift my eyes again to love's height. The benefits of
the banner over me cannot be numbered; therefore, I will go forth
with my banner of everlasting praise. Everlasting joy is upon my
head. The joy of Messiah is within. I open the gates of praise today,
and the strength of joy shall flood the palaces and strongholds
that resist me. Confidence is not defeated. Integrity is not dead.
Character is not marred. Faithfulness is not erased from the earth.
The clouds of trouble have flown through lives. They have cast the
temporal shadows of spiritual barrenness and blindness. They are
as a giant fog; however, their time is over, and the sunshine of
victory's beam has broken through. I forecast victory's reality.
I
purpose to proclaim the light from shore to shore. I will shout
the vibrant praises of victory, for its light refuses to live in
the darkness of the clouds of trouble. The word of the Lord says,
"My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which
I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer."
(Psalms 45:1) I break forth unto joy.
I
rend the garments of heaviness and adorn myself with the garments
of praise. I choose to get dressed in the royal garments of thanksgiving
and write my signature of redemption. I sign on the dotted lines
of uncertainty. I have been given the authority to sign the family
name. Now I will take my pen of the ready writer and sign the name
of Jesus for my release. He has released me from every prison of
the darkness. Light is mine. The release of the light within me
has expressed a language only interpreted by the angels and the
redeemed. I will go and follow the light through the corridors of
the world. Its language commands respect and its effect warrants
liberty. I will go and follow the light of praise. It is the outward
expression of inner joy. I elect to wear the testimony of praise
to the throne of grace, and his name shall touch the lips that offer
glory. I am loosed, not bound. I am freed, not captured. I am healed,
not sick. I am redeemed. I will go and say that I am.
INSPIRATION
By
Don Grigsby
RE:
RHEMA - The Righteous Has Heard the Sound of Redemption and Accepted
the Trumpet's Blast of Surrender
No
notes of defeat or condemnation for the righteous. Their ears are
tuned to the pitch of the silver of the redemption of grace. Many
songs that are played within and without would try to lead us away
from the announcement of liberty for the soul. We have decided the
battle is the Lord's. His blood has not only paid the price of my
redemption but won the battle over every false accusation that could
ever come my way. Our will is resting in his will. We have ceased
to struggle with the reservations and dreads of the flesh, and rest
in the finished work of the cross.
(Continued)
Many have fallen from grace seeking to justify themselves through lies
and self-righteousness. Pick yourself up from the way of self-justification,
for the entire world is guilty before me. No one is justified in my
sight by the deeds of the law. The righteousness of God without the
law is manifested. All have sinned and come short of my glory, but you
are justified freely by my grace through the redemption that is in Christ
Jesus. I am declaring to you again, my righteousness, for the remission
of sins that are past through the forbearance of God.
206.
Do you believe in Jesus?
I have not forgotten my promises to you. I have not left you alone on
this stormy sea. Look ahead. Your goal is in reach. Rest and dream a
few more dreams. Rest and have a few more visions. Rest and pray a few
more prayers. Rest and shout a few more shabachs. Rest and dance a few
more steps. Rest and sing a few more songs. Press on as a good soldier
of the faith. The storm is not your enemies' instrument of doom, but
the storm is your master teacher's illustration to help you understand
faith and the faithfulness of your God. Press your way to the class.
Sit in the comfort of a new classroom. I will give you a review of the
previous lessons, and there will you find that I have never failed you.
207.
Will I fail you now?
208.
Why have you thought of failure and defeat?
Lean not to your own understanding. Your own understanding cannot perceive
of the power of the resurrection. By the spirit, I am imparting the
spiritual understanding that will unveil resurrection's power to you.
I am pulling back the veil from your mind, and I am wiping the scales
from your eyes that you might see the magnificence of the resurrection
in the earth. I am the resurrection and the life. The dead things are
now living. The crooked things are being made straight. The high things
are being brought low. The dry things are being watered. The miraculous
power of the resurrection is bringing to life the deadness of the dry
bones of spiritual graveyards.
209.
Can the bones of the dead who once knew me live?
I have not relinquished you to yourself, neither have I turned you over
to the principalities and powers of the air. I have raised you up and
made you sit together with me in heavenly places in Christ.
210.
Shall a spirit invade this heavenly place and thrust you out when I
brought you in and placed my robe of acceptance upon you?
(To
Be Continued)
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