Thoughts Higher Than Mine_Living Word Chronicle

I am all-wise, all-powerful, and all-knowing. I am the head of this foe. He uses the unknown as a skillful tool to conceal direction and simplicity. Do not allow self-confidence to mask your mind. Wear not that mask, which leads to a spiritual ambush. The power of redemption is working on your behalf. I have saved you by grace, and I am keeping you by grace. You must trust me and not lean to your own understanding. Man's own understanding can become a secret place for your enemy to hide. Allow not your own understanding to become a secret path for a spiritual ambush. I resist the proud and give grace to the humble; therefore, walk through the secured door of humility, and you will close off the back stairs of pride.

(RHEMA: The Path To the Secret Door of Humility Is a Direction To Take To Elude the Evil Spiritual General)

God is all-wise, all-powerful, and all-knowing. He is the head of this foe. This foe uses the unknown as a skillful tool to conceal direction and simplicity. I will not allow self-confidence to mask my mind. I do not wear that mask, which leads to a spiritual ambush. The power of redemption is working on my behalf. The Lord has saved me by grace, and he is keeping me by grace. I must trust him and not lean to my own understanding. Man's own understanding can become a secret place for my enemy to hide. I do not allow my own understanding to become a secret path for a spiritual ambush. God resists the proud and gives grace to the humble; therefore, I walk through the secured door of humility, and I will close off the back stairs of pride.

Moses Hightower

The Consuming Fire of God Saves from the Coldness of Lethargy

Those who have followed after the flesh have become lethargic. They are lacking in spiritual energy and unable to accomplish anything in the spirit for me. Many are asleep spiritually and have lost their appetite for the things of the spirit. They struggle to escape the morbid drowsiness that has swept over the entire earth. You wonder why they respond the way they do. It is because of the sleep that has seduced them. Many will never awaken. Their state of inactivity and indifference is rampant. I have come to revive many. My grace is enough to awaken them from this comatose state. Though they are dull and sluggish, I will constrain the lethargy, and they shall awaken out of the spiritual comas. Grace will be the medicine that prevents spiritual sleep from continuing.

Go and proclaim my love to them, and those who slumber shall hear my voice. Go and say, "Awake and put on strength, for the Lord Jesus gives you light and strength." I will touch them again with the resurrection power, and they shall live in activity. Idleness shall pass away. Laziness shall be a thing of the past. Those who have dozed shall no longer be inclined to sleep. The dull in reasoning shall suddenly have new reasoning and possess understanding. The faint will have their spirits revived, and languishing shall pass from their lives. The cold shall suddenly turn hot as the fire of my love burns in them again. Though the love of many is waxing cold, my love will consume the cold love in my body. Indifference and unconcern shall pass into the sewers of this life, and those who have not been able to show affection shall no longer greet one another with cold receptions. Preach the word of faith, and arise from the platform of condemnation and judgment. Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt so that you will know how to answer every man.

I have made your tongue a pen of a ready writer. Now go, and write a new chapter in the lives of my people. Write an end to lethargy and a new beginning for fervent love. The epistles of my body shall be opened to a new script that is void of the spiritual diseases of the past. I am bringing a healing to my body. Go and remove the blanket of slumbering, and instruct my people how to dress for revival. The chill of the last days will not touch those who are mine, for the warmth of my love shall protect them from the low temperatures of cold love's hand and breath. Go preach the love of God. It shall be manifest with all the power of the resurrection. Behold the power of the resurrection in your midst.

By Don Grigsby

Don and Linda Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - The Consuming Fire of God Saves from the Coldness of Lethargy

When we are consumed by the fire of God's Spirit, there is nothing left for the enemy to lay hold on. Being lukewarm and lethargic goes up in the smoke of the intensity of the worshipers who will never stop praising the Lord. Even when we are wrung out, wore out, and washed out, we are still worshipers. They that sleep, sleep in the night. Conditions in the world will lull us to sleep. We must be as Rizpah and build a fire daily to prevent the birds and beasts of prey from touching one piece of the things we consider to be important in eternity. We must wake from sleep, for now is our salvation closer than when we first believed. Coldness slows down our responses and reflexes in the natural and gives us a false sense of warmth even when we are freezing. God's consuming fire needs to burn daily on the fires of our hearts. Love that waxes cold is in a process that happens over time. We must never allow ourselves to be heated and cooled off over and over again or all our inspiration will be evaporated.

LETHARGY

Those who have followed after the flesh have become lethargic. They are lacking in spiritual energy and unable to accomplish anything in the spirit for the Lord. Many are asleep spiritually and have lost their appetite for the things of the spirit. They struggle to escape the morbid drowsiness that has swept over the entire earth. I wonder why they respond the way they do. It is because of the sleep that has seduced them. Many will never awaken. Their state of inactivity and indifference is rampant. God has come to revive many. His grace is enough to awaken them from this comatose state. Though they are dull and sluggish, he will constrain the lethargy, and they shall awaken out of the spiritual comas. Grace will be the medicine that prevents spiritual sleep from continuing.

I will go and proclaim God's love to them, and those who slumber shall hear his voice. I will go and say, "Awake and put on strength, for the Lord Jesus gives you light and strength." The Lord will touch them again with the resurrection power, and they shall live in activity. Idleness shall pass away. Laziness shall be a thing of the past. Those who have dozed shall no longer be inclined to sleep. The dull in reasoning shall suddenly have new reasoning and possess understanding. The faint will have their spirits revived, and languishing shall pass from their lives. The cold shall suddenly turn hot as the fire of God's love burns in them again. Though the love of many is waxing cold, God's love will consume the cold love in his body. Indifference and unconcern shall pass into the sewers of this life, and those who have not been able to show affection shall no longer greet one another with cold receptions. I will preach the word of faith and arise from the platform of condemnation and judgment. I will let my speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt so that I will know how to answer every man.

God has made my tongue a pen of a ready writer. Now I will go and write a new chapter in the lives of his people. I will write an end to lethargy and a new beginning for fervent love. The epistles of God's body shall be opened to a new script that is void of the spiritual diseases of the past. He is bringing a healing to his body. I will go and remove the blanket of slumbering and instruct God's people how to dress for revival. The chill of the last days will not touch those who are his, for the warmth of his love shall protect them from the low temperatures of cold love's hand and breath. I will go preach the love of Jesus. It shall be manifest with all the power of the resurrection. I behold the power of the resurrection in my midst.

INSPIRATION

By Don Grigsby

RE: Rhema - Cast Out the Offspring of the Works of Your Flesh, and You Will Not Be Bound by Their Contempt

All that is born of the flesh will always pull us toward the center of ourselves. Deification of self is Satan's toll of destruction in our lives. It will always contend with and persecute that which is born of the flesh to the point of destroying it's inspiration in our lives. Without the revelation and inspiration of the spirit in our lives we are just a vapor swept along with the other clouds. Our lives must become a rain of righteousness to make a difference in a flesh cast system. Our confidence is in the supernatural power that is the creator of heaven and earth. We will not lean on the fleshly understanding. Spiritual understanding evicts the works of the flesh and all things that are born of it. His greatness and majesty are trumpeted by our exalting his name. His name shows forth his identity. His Word stands on the immutable power to fulfill his Word by the authority of his name. Dunamos--supernatural power, exosia---authority, and kratos----Manifest power and dominion all flow together into a mosaic foundation on which our faith stands and will not be shaken. He will see to it that we will not be disappointed as we trust in him and his redemptive royalty. We have not drunken from the vessels of fear but of faith and love. Our feast is in the name of the Lord.

(Continued)

Many want to know me in the power of my resurrection but do not desire to know the fellowship of my sufferings. Their knowledge of me is incomplete and worthless without the knowledge of the fellowship of my sufferings.

261. What glory can be revealed in you, if you have not suffered with me in this present time?

If you suffer, you shall also reign with me; therefore, rejoice inasmuch as you are partakers of my sufferings. You are being reproached for my name's sake. Be happy, for the spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. Be glad with exceeding great joy. I know the truth about all that has happened. Others know in part. The truth shall be made known in due time; therefore, continue to suffer as a Christian, for judgment belongs unto me. I had sympathizers, and I had enemies as I suffered on the cross.

262. I could have saved myself, but if I had saved myself, who would have saved the world?

Be not filled with dismay, and do not despair. All things are working together for good. You love me and are called according to my purpose. Worry not about the things that you do not understand. Know this of a truth, I am teaching you by the Holy Ghost. Do not compare spiritual things with natural things, but compare spiritual things with spiritual. The natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness unto him, neither can he know them because they are spiritually discerned. He that is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. No man knows the mind of God.

263. Who can instruct the Almighty?

Cry out to me for mercy. Weep between the porch and the altar for them, for they are your brothers and sisters who have been enticed to abandon the spirit of truth to follow the spirit of error, which is the spirit of antichrist. They have lost the respect that was once given to them. They attempt to trample under their feet their own children because their children believe in my voice.

264. Who can have respect for this kind of mother?

Behold the mercy and the grace that you have found. If I had not been on your side, you would be fallen and destroyed. Be thankful, and always bless my name and my people. My people are precious in my sight. They are redeemed by precious blood. The great price that I paid for them is an expression of their value to me. The fact that I laid down my life for them is how my love for them is perceived. There is no other way to realize my love the way it really is unless it is viewed through the lens of my sacrifice for the sins of the world.

265. Now that you have perceived the love of God because I laid down my life for you, shouldn't you lay down your life for the brethren?

(To Be Continued)

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