Thoughts Higher Than Mine_Living Word Chronicle

You have suffered. I have heard your crying and seen your tears. Learn obedience by the things that you have suffered. Suffering shall usher you into my presence to prepare you to reign with me. I am the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey me. The servant is not greater than his master. Take patiently the buffeting that has come. This is acceptable with me. Endure grief and persecution. Do not revile because others revile you. I am the Shepherd and Bishop of your soul. Be as a lamb led to the slaughter, and you will follow my example, and proceed in my steps. I am your example. Now do as I have done. You call me Lord and Master; therefore, do as I have done, for I have given you a proper example. You must be conformed to my image, the image of the Son. All things are working together for good. You love me and are called according to my purpose. Speak no more of all the things that are happening except to say, "If God be for you, who can be against you?"

(RHEMA: Joy Will Strengthen Your Faith)

I have suffered. The Lord has heard my crying and seen my tears. I am learning obedience by the things that I have suffered. Suffering shall usher me into his presence to prepare me to reign with him. He is the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him. The servant is not greater than his master. I will take patiently the buffeting that has come. This is acceptable with God. I determine to endure grief and persecution. I choose to not revile because others revile me. Jesus is the Shepherd and Bishop of my soul. I am as a lamb led to the slaughter, and I will follow his example and proceed in his steps. He is my example. Now I do as he has done. I call him Lord and Master; therefore, I do as he has done, for he has given me a proper example. I must be conformed to his image, the image of the Son. All things are working together for good. I love him, and I am called according to his purpose. I will speak no more of all the things that are happening except to say, "If God be for you, who can be against you?"

Moses Hightower

You Walk by Faith, Not by Sight

You walk not by sight but by faith. You are justified by faith and works. Show forth your faith. Do not simply confess your faith. Show forth what you believe. Do not stumble at the stumbling stone. Make me your focus, and do not stumble at me. Faith must have works, or it is dead, being alone. Faith without works is dead. By works, you are justified and not by faith only, for the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. Do not wait for things to be visualized outside of you. Many respond to what they sense on the outside. Faith is within you.

You are not aiming a firearm or appraising situations using an instrument. You are not using an instrument to aid you in what you believe. Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Stop valuating things through the sights of human perceptions. Validate by the evidence of things not seen. You are using the things that are seen as a firearm. Holster the things that are seen, for they are not used by faith. Cease surveying the circumstances. Miracles are not dependent on the circumstances. I am the miracle worker. Is anything too hard for me?

Then why are you evaluating the circumstances?

The evidence that faith uses is not circumstantial. It is real and concrete, for it is spiritual. I am manifesting what you hope for, not what appears by sight. The word is nigh you even in your mouth and in your heart. What have you heard in the Spirit?

Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. Only believe.

By Don Grigsby

Don and Linda Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - You Walk by Faith, Not by Sight

Faith does not arise out of observation. The unseen is the palate of the artist of the invisible. What appears obvious and apparent are the myopic lenses of clouded vision. Faith has prepared the path that is revealed by the Word that is like a torch burning in the night. Burning bushes of the supernatural appear to those who are looking for the things that are not. Circumstances will cause us to cease to declare the vision of the prophecy that has been given to us. Whirling images of kaleidoscopes of fear will fill our minds with fearful thoughts. We are looking to Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith. He has already seen us marching triumphant over every situation. We will not purchase the horror movies of doubt, but we will view the fiber optic clarity of the scenes of faith. Miracles are not mirages of those wasting in worry, but they are the murals of the Maker.

CIRCUMSTANCES

I walk not by sight but by faith. I am justified by faith and works. I will show forth my faith. I will not simply confess my faith, but I purpose to show forth what I believe. I determine not to stumble at the stumbling stone. I will make Jesus my focus and not stumble at him. Faith must have works, or it is dead, being alone. Faith without works is dead. By works, I am justified and not by faith only, for the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. I will not wait for things to be visualized outside of me. Many respond to what they sense on the outside. Faith is within me.

I am not aiming a firearm or appraising situations using an instrument. I am not using an instrument to aid me in what I believe. Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. I determine to stop valuating things through the sights of human perceptions. I will validate by the evidence of things not seen. I am using the things that are seen as a firearm. I holster the things that are seen, for they are not used by faith. I cease surveying the circumstances. Miracles are not dependent on the circumstances. Jesus is the miracle worker. Nothing is too hard for him; therefore, I will cease evaluating the circumstances. The evidence that faith uses is not circumstantial. It is real and concrete, for it is spiritual. Jesus is manifesting what I hope for, not what appears by sight. The word is nigh me even in my mouth and in my heart. In the spirit, I have heard that nothing is too hard for God. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. I believe.

INSPIRATION

By Don Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - The Secret Weapon of Praise At the Doorway of Confusion

Our help and expectation cometh from God alone. All other sources are synthetic counterfeits. Therefore, all our praise will rise to him. As long as we keep the laser beam of intense praise focused on him, all the false and confusing will be exposed for the lie that it is. I could not but think of the word the Lord gave me on praise a little while back. As a shell (for a gun) is packed with powder, so is the weapon of praise packed with power of performed promises. Praise is packed with promises and prophesies possessing plenty with princes and priests proceeding and prevailing to put principalities in their place! Our praise is the high impact weapon in the region of hell. When we get to really praising him, hell runs in terror because it knows part of the blessing is its destruction.

(Continued)

Many died without me this week.

378. Would it have been better to seek after bodies of those dead in Christ or seek after bodies of those who do not know me?

Prepare souls for dying that they might have the promise of eternal life instead of empty ceremonies of remembrance. More deaths are to come.

379. Who will go and prepare souls for the hour of their death?

Those who die in me have the promise of eternal life.

380. What do those who die without me have?

381. Then what is important to do?

(To Be Continued)

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