Thoughts Higher Than Mine_Living Word Chronicle

By Moses Hightower

Thelma and Moses Hightower

Choose To Travel the Path of Love, and You Will Not Be Ensnared In the Pits Designed For the Impure In Heart

I am merciful. The mercy that I possess has been freely given to you; therefore, be merciful to others. You have prayed for your enemies and those who have despitefully used you. Always do this, and your heart will remain free of impurity. If you cannot pray for your enemies, then your heart is not pure. The pure in heart shall see me. The pure in heart are blessed. I desire you to have a perfect heart, to keep my commandments and to do all the things that I have asked you to do. I have tried your heart because I desire you to be upright in me. The iniquities of your heart have been revealed, and you have repented of the things that were made known to you. You found out how wretched you are. Rejoice that you found out before your departure from this life. Grace worked mightily and revealed to you the things that you had in you that were ungodly, unrighteous, and lustful. Now look for the blessed hope and the glorious appearing of your Lord. I gave myself for you so that I might redeem you from all iniquity and purify you unto myself a peculiar person, who is zealous of good works.

You may abide in my tabernacle and dwell in my holy hill. I have given you the grace to walk uprightly, to work righteousness, and to speak the truth in your heart. No longer will you backbite with your tongue and take up a reproach against your brother. Suffer wrong, instead of doing evil to your brother because he took up a sword against you. You will not be moved if you fear me and love those who despitefully use you. I will reward you according to righteousness, which comes to you by faith. I will save you and undergird you with strength. Your feet are now like hinds’ feet. Sit here in heavenly places with me while I make your enemies your footstool. Here in these heavenly places, I will teach you again to fight the good fight of faith and to use your weapons of warfare correctly. Your weapons are mighty through me to the pulling down of strong holds, casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of me, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. You have been bombarded by thoughts of fear and defeat, and you have not brought these thoughts into captivity. You have allowed them to wage war against you at will. Even in your dreams, these things waged war against you. I have given you grace to bring these thoughts into captivity today. Now those thoughts that have tormented you shall be obedient to me.

The enemy had broken your bows of ignorance that you took up against him. Fight no longer with a foolish war of words and an evil heart of wishes for your foes. Choose the path of love, and be delivered from the snares that have been set for those with impure hearts. Grace is given to you to seek the path of an enlarged course that will house the enlarged steps that I have given you. Now your feet will not slip. Do not worry about your enemies, for I will pursue them, overtake them, and consume them. The wounds that I will give them will cause them not to be able to rise. They shall fall under your feet. You are undergirded with a new strength, for joy is restored in you. I have subdued those who rose up against you and given you their necks. You are delivered from the strivings of your enemies; therefore, bless your Rock, and let the God of your salvation be exalted. I have avenged you and delivered you from your enemies. I have lifted you above those who rose up against you. I have delivered you from all violent men. Give thanks unto your God, and sing praises to my name. I have shown mercy to you, your seed, and those who follow you. You are anointed. I did not take back my anointing, or my gifts. The gifts and calling of God are irrevocable. Do not count yourself to have apprehended, but forget the things that are behind you and reach for the things that are before you. Press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. I am for you. Now who can be against you?

ENEMIES, IMPURITY OF HEART, LUST, UNGODLINESS, AND UNRIGHTEOUSNESS

The Lord is merciful. The mercy that he possesses has been freely given to me; therefore, I will be merciful to others. I have prayed for my enemies and those who have despitefully used me. I purpose to always do this, and my heart will remain free of impurity. If I cannot pray for my enemies, then my heart is not pure. The pure in heart shall see God. The pure in heart are blessed. He desires me to have a perfect heart, to keep his commandments, and to do all the things that he has asked me to do. He has tried my heart because he desires me to be upright in him. The iniquities of my heart have been revealed, and I have repented of the things that were made known to me. I found out how wretched I am. I rejoice that I found out before my departure from this life. Grace worked mightily and revealed to me the things that I had in me that were ungodly, unrighteous, and lustful. Now I look for the blessed hope and the glorious appearing of my Lord. He gave himself for me so that he might redeem me from all iniquity and purify me unto himself a peculiar person, who is zealous of good works.

God has made it possible for me to abide in the his tabernacle and to dwell in his holy hill. He has given me the grace to walk uprightly, to work righteousness, and to speak the truth in my heart. No longer will I backbite with my tongue and take up a reproach against my brother. I will suffer wrong, instead of doing evil to my brother because he took up a sword against me. I will not be moved if I fear God and love those who despitefully use me. God will reward me according to righteousness, which comes to me by faith. He will save me and undergird me with strength. My feet are now like hinds’ feet. I sit here in heavenly places with Christ while he makes my enemies my footstool. Here in these heavenly places, he will teach me again to fight the good fight of faith and to use my weapons of warfare correctly. My weapons are mighty through him to the pulling down of strong holds, casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. I have been bombarded by thoughts of fear and defeat, and I have not brought these thoughts into captivity. I have allowed them to wage war against me at will. Even in my dreams, these things waged war against me. God has given me grace to bring these thoughts into captivity today. Now those thoughts that have tormented me shall be obedient to him.

The enemy had broken my bows of ignorance that I took up against him. I will fight no longer with a foolish war of words and an evil heart of wishes for my foes. I choose the path of love, and I will be delivered from the snares that have been set for those with impure hearts. Grace is given to me to seek the path of an enlarged course that will house the enlarged steps that God has given me. Now my feet will not slip. I will not worry about my enemies, for God will pursue them, overtake them, and consume them. The wounds that he will give them will cause them not to be able to rise. They shall fall under my feet. I am undergirded with a new strength, for joy is restored in me. The Lord has subdued those who rose up against me and given me their necks. I am delivered from the strivings of my enemies; therefore, I will bless the Rock and let the God of my salvation be exalted. He has avenged me and delivered me from my enemies. He has lifted me above those who rose up against me. He has delivered me from all violent men. I give thanks unto my God and sing praises to his name. He has shown mercy to me, my seed, and those who follow me. I am yet anointed. God did not take back his anointing or his gifts. The gifts and calling of God are irrevocable. I do not count myself to have apprehended, but I forget the things that are behind me, and I reach for the things that are before me. I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. He is for me; therefore, no one can be against me.

By Don Grigsby

Don and Linda Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - Choose To Travel the Path of Love, and You Will Not Be Ensnared In the Pits

Miserable is the state of the person who does not know the nature of God and his grace. Calvary not only opened up the veil of an earthly temple, but it cleared the smoke and the fog all the way from here to the throne of God. When the Word was made flesh, grace and truth filled the earthly body. One day the words came to me that when Jesus was born that mercy lined the womb of truth with life, and grace was born. (In the Greek language, mercy and grace are masculine gender words. Truth is a feminine gender term. So this makes it even gender correct.) Such a flood of grace was released into the earth that the enemy had no ability to prevent the sweeping tide from washing away all his forces. Even though the enemy will try to come and intimidate us with his lies, the truth about grace will always incinerate the words of the enemy.

Calvary made such a sweeping statement of love that all the ink or type of the devil cannot cover one word to the endless proclamations of the cross. Our enemy may try to solicit the princes of this earth to form a coalition against us, but the Lord will scatter kings like blowing snow before the wind. Every plan of the enemy will be thwarted by the unfailing words of grace. Every lie will languish before the passionate love of our Defender and Redeemer. As we look at the One on the throne, we see the nature that has been portrayed on the very stage of time before the foundation of the world. When a business is to be started from the ground up, there must be a lot of investment capital that is put into the business. Let us imagine the bank of heaven looking at the application of man who did not exist except in the mind of God. What kind of record of responsibility does the applicant have for the riches of grace that it will take to exist. God looked forward in time and saw that man would be bankrupt millions of times because of his weak flesh and sin. God said, “I will not only co-sign the note but pay the price in full before the foundation of the world!” What love is portrayed before us of the grace that was in eternity past. We have been accepted in the beloved. This statement in Ephesians is a legal term of adoption and investment. In other words, we have been instated in God's government and before the foundation before time began. Jesus filed the papers of investment before any of us were ever born! If grace had that kind of sweeping love in the past looking into the present, then grace now looks at the attacks of the enemy as small insects that will be exterminated by the smoke of the incense of our thanks and worship before the throne of grace.

God said that he would purify our hearts by faith. If faith works by love, then grace will drive the enemy away with its power as smoke before the wind. God has given us the treasure of grace. Our words should be always by grace and seasoned with salt of God's goodness. Those who rise up to attack another are digging the grave that he would put another in will collapse on him. Every word that an enemy would speak against the righteous diminishes his own living to spiritual poverty. Rich is the person who will not allow the howls of the dogs of deceit and doubt that they hear in the distance to distract them from declaring the Word of the Lord. Revenge and retaliation are an endless maze of torture that leads into a pit worse than hell itself. Grace has lifted us above the pits of life into the realm of the professions of faith. If we suffer for the Lord, he will glorify us with the grace that will never fade. The way of the world is to balance the scales. Grace has already unbalanced the scales in our favor. We will stand on the scale where the One who alone is worthy, is standing. Our way is not the way of the world. We hold our peace and the armies of angels will come against the attack of the enemy. Our battle field is our mind so many times. We are tormented by the thoughts of possibilities. Our God is the ruler of the realm of the impossible. The realm of the impossible will always rule and override the realm of the possible. Grace has already spoken and testified on our behalf. Its words cannot be revoked or impugned. Our righteous judge has already passed judgment, and it cannot be appealed. His grace has declared that we are not guilty of all charges! We are free from the fears of all things and walk in the palaces of grace.

If I were a man, I would cast you out with the hypocrites of the age. I am God and not a man. I have not dealt with you as man deals with you. My lovingkindness and tender mercies have become a pathway for your feet. My love is a vehicle of faithful transportation for your journey to heaven. Look to my love, which is yours because you are mine. I have granted you the grace that you have received. You did not pry grace from my being. I freely gave you grace for my own sake. For my name's sake, I have saved you from yourself. I have granted you a place around my throne that I may give you what you need to be pleasing in my sight.

(RHEMA: The Fire of God’s Love Will Bring All the Frustrating Things To An End)

If God were a man, he would cast me out with the hypocrites of the age. He is God and not a man. He has not dealt with me as man deals with me. His lovingkindness and tender mercies have become a pathway for my feet. His love is a vehicle of faithful transportation for my journey to heaven. I look to God's love, which is mine because I am his. He has granted me the grace that I have received. I did not pry grace from his being. He freely gave me grace for his own sake. For his name's sake, he has saved me from myself. He has granted me a place around his throne that he may give me what I need to be pleasing in his sight.

(Confessions of a Sound Mind: Words of Light Upon the Face of Fear, Frustration, Hopelessness, Human Reasoning, and Self-righteousness)

By Don Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - Heirs of Salvation and Publishers of Peace

Satan is cruel, cold, and heartless. He could care less of what happens to us. He lures by his perverted wisdom and twisted logic into the pits of destruction. Lies of the wicked one will always be the bait in the trap of our soul. His greatest desire is to destroy our faith with every emotional tag that he can fashion to put into our lives. He will upset us with our own family and brothers and sisters in the church. He will even try to discredit our own relationship and faith by the shortcomings of others. God covers all our shortcomings in the shadow of his greatness. We must refuse to abide under any shadow but the shadow of the Almighty. Satan has sold death for life so well that people have bought it. He will get us to pawn our confidence in God for very little when stress and perplexity rise in our lives and those around us. This is the time that we must rise up, and throw off the chains of any bondage of thought and spirit, and proclaim boldly in prayer and worship our victory through the Lord, Jesus Christ. Armies of insurgents will come against us, but we will not hear their threats of defeat against the kingdom of God. Raiding parties of just a few will try to spoil the peace of our hearts and minds. Terroristic and suicidal attacks of the enemy will try to destroy and afflict many, but God will give us understanding to remove those spirits before they have a chance to establish themselves. The shields of the earth are the Lord's and he will shield us by his love from the destruction that wasteth at noon day.

(Continued)

Do not imagine or rehearse defeat to yourself because of the bombarding thoughts that come against your mind. Rehearse the victory promised, and go on beyond this wave of distracting things from the prince of the power of the air. I have forgiven you.

54. Shall the things that I have forgiven be your demise?

55. Or shall faith prevail against the accusations of the devil?

(To Be Continued)