Thoughts Higher Than Mine_Living Word Chronicle

It is I, the Lord Jesus, who gathered you unto myself. You once were a wanderer. When I found you, there was no place to go. You were dwelling in the pits of this world, wandering from one pit to another. You ate the vomit from the pits of this life, and your soul was starved, hungry, and thirsty for the good food of life. When you cried out unto me from the pits of distress and despair, I delivered you and brought you into this narrow path which is the right way. A city of refuge has now become your habitation. Continue to praise me for my goodness and then will you see my presence come as a giant earthmover and move your mountains of trouble. Do not wait until your longing soul is satisfied to praise me. While you are yet hungry and thirsty, praise me, and I will surely satisfy your longing soul and fill your hungry soul with my goodness. Remember the pit where you once sat in darkness and in the shadow of death. There were you bound in the chains of sin and distress. Panic was the expression of your countenance, and the sins of your life were the bars on the windows of your soul. You had ignorantly served a cruel slave master and dwelled in the tents of wickedness. No friend could come to your rescue, for all were barred from your prison house, and there was none to help. When you cried unto me from your pit of sin, I heard your cry and saved you.

(RHEMA: The Gates of Mistakes and Misfortune Cannot Restrain God from You)

It is the Lord Jesus who gathered me unto himself. I once was a wanderer. When he found me, there was no place to go. I was dwelling in the pits of this world, wandering from one pit to another. I ate the vomit from the pits of this life, and my soul was starved, hungry, and thirsty for the good food of life. When I cried out unto God from the pits of distress and despair, he delivered me and brought me into this narrow path, which is the right way. A city of refuge has now become my habitation. I choose to continue to praise him for his goodness and then will I see his presence come as a giant earthmover and move my mountains of trouble. I won't wait until my longing soul is satisfied to praise him. While I am yet hungry and thirsty, I will praise him, and he will surely satisfy my longing soul and fill my hungry soul with his goodness. I remember the pit where I once sat in darkness and in the shadow of death. I was bound there in the chains of sin and distress. Panic was the expression of my countenance, and the sins of my life were the bars on the windows of my soul. I had ignorantly served a cruel slave master and dwelled in the tents of wickedness. No friend could come to my rescue, for all were barred from my prison house, and there was none to help. When I cried unto God from my pit of sin, he heard my cry and saved me.

Moses Hightower

The Flames of Faith and Love Are An Inferno of Victory Over Insecurity and Unbelief

Unbelief has sent forth a mighty force that is attracting everything toward its center. Draw nigh me, and keep your faith in me. Do not allow your own insecurities to influence you to doubt my faithfulness. Love believes all things. Love does not think any evil. Love never fails. Do not be drawn away from love by the gravity of unbelief. You have abiding in you faith, hope, and charity. The greatest of these is charity. Act after the inspiration of charity, and the gravity of unbelief will not affect your insecurities and cause you to respond after the spirit of error. Follow after charity. You are blessed with a precious gift. Now think after the inspiration of charity, and you will continue to prophesy unto edification, exhortation, and comfort. My body is in need of edification. Do not speak into the air, nor voice the suspicions of unbelief. There are many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them are without signification. Do not discard your trust in me, and you will not live after the inspiration of other voices.

I am your Lord. I own you. You are mine. All that is yours belongs to me. Trust me with all of your possessions, and lean not to your own understanding. Unless I keep the city, you are staying awake in vain. Return to edifying the church and excel in edification. I have made you strong for the last days. Now be a man in understanding. Do not allow malice to minister through you. The secrets of the hearts of men will be made manifest by your gift. I will show that I am in you, and people will fall on their faces and worship me. I have placed a gift in you that others may learn and be comforted by the inspiration of the gift. I am not the author of confusion. I am the author of peace. Be not drawn away by the magnetism of confusion. The enemy desires you to gravitate toward confusion. The magnetism of confusion is mighty, but it is no match for love. Do not allow the enemy to mix unbelief with confusion in your life. This is a mixture that has snared many. The gravity of this mixture will turn you from peace. Beware of this unholy mixture.

I am your balance. Keep me as the center of gravity, and the things around you will not sway you one way or the other. I have placed you in the center of motion. You are at rest here. Now all things move around you, but they do not move you. I am the center of everything in relation to you. Your joy is centered in me. Your victory is centered in me. Your confidence is centered in me. Your hope is centered in me. Rest in me. Make me your concentration and not your imaginations. Cast down imaginations and every high thing that exalts itself above my knowledge. Concentrate on me totally, and I will become your focus. When I am your focus, all other things will be reflected to yonder pit. When I am your focus, the fuel of confusion and unbelief can find nothing to feed upon. The fire of unbelief sought to burn in you, but I have extinguished it by my love. Do not allow doubt to fuel the fire of unbelief. Doubt seeks to increase the flame of unbelief. You have felt its heat. Turn from the intensity of its flames before it burns you. I have not called you to warm by the flames of unbelief. You have been called to throw the flames of faith and love. Arise and hurl the flames of victory into the face of unbelief and insecurity. An inferno of conquest has come from your mouth. Insecurity is destroyed in the blaze of faith and love. I have healed your short-sightedness and restored your lost focus. Only believe, and rejoice in your salvation.

By Don Grigsby

Don and Linda Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - The Flames of Faith and Love Are An Inferno of Victory Over Insecurity and Unbelief

Whirlpools of doubt and fear have tried to swallow up believers in their journey to the fountain of living waters. Living waters flow out from the throne in the heavenly city and they flow out from the throne of worship that has been established in the earth. Every facet of our lives is subjected to the attack and threat of disaster from the propaganda centers of the enemy. As we put our flesh on the altar of commitment to God's word, the fires of faith and love will still fall from heaven and consume the sacrifice. Faith worketh by love. Love has always been unconditional form God. He is love; therefore, his faith is in operation in our lives.

Every time that discouragement and despair would try to unload their trash and garbage in our lives, faith can have a bonfire of power and demonstration. God's promises are the guarantee of the promise. Our security does not stand in our goodness but in his faithfulness. Our voices need to be in concert of agreement of the certainty of the words that will be fulfilled in the feast that the Lord has prepared on the face of supreme cynicism in the world. Love does not mutate the meanings of the statements that it makes. Its words are not full of matter but of the meanings of the promises. Love is the hyphen between heaven and earth. We need never fear becoming the lighting rod of hope in a land that is filled with a famine for words of love and faith. Words of anger and terror have created intensely destructive factories of toys for the recreation of the unbeliever.

We are not in the market for any device of the enemy. We have the treasure of power in our vessels of hope. Worry may be the small bag of hope that some wait to receive from the Lord with, but we stand with the unlimited container of faith expecting to receive all that He has promised. We are the match that God will use to ignite the inferno that will light the night. Many are cold and weary in the vacuum of any good news. We are consumed with the ringing cries of liberty that are being constantly shouted by love. Our focus is upon the faithful One of eternity. God's providence is not a hidden commodity in the closet of religion but the open supply of heaven's best. Phony messengers of gloom and riders that bring the fears of imaginations will be defeated by the marching, riding hosts of those who will not be silent about the Words that He has spoken to us. As Sampson set the Philistines fields on fire, we will set the fields of fear and doubt on fire, and see the victory as we dance in worship with the Lord.

INSECURITY AND UNBELIEF

Unbelief has sent forth a mighty force that is attracting everything toward its center. I will draw nigh to the Lord and keep my faith in him. I will not allow my own insecurities to influence me to doubt his faithfulness. Love believes all things. Love does not think any evil. Love never fails. I purpose not to be drawn away from love by the gravity of unbelief. I have abiding in me faith, hope, and charity. The greatest of these is charity. I must act after the inspiration of charity, and the gravity of unbelief will not affect my insecurities and cause me to respond after the spirit of error. I will follow after charity. I am blessed with a precious gift. Now I will think after the inspiration of charity, and I will continue to prophesy unto edification, exhortation, and comfort. God's body is in need of edification. I will not speak into the air, nor voice the suspicions of unbelief. There are many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them are without signification. I determine not to discard my trust in God, and I will not live after the inspiration of other voices.

Jesus is my Lord. He owns me. I am his. All that is mine belongs to him. I trust him with all of my possessions, and I lean not to my own understanding. Unless he keeps the city, I am staying awake in vain. I will return to edifying the church and excel in edification. God has made me strong for the last days. Now I am a man in understanding. I will not allow malice to minister through me. The secrets of the hearts of men will be made manifest by my gift. God will show that he is in me, and people will fall on their faces and worship him. He has placed a gift in me that others may learn and be comforted by the inspiration of the gift. He is not the author of confusion. He is the author of peace. I will not be drawn away by the magnetism of confusion. The enemy desires me to gravitate toward confusion. The magnetism of confusion is mighty, but it is no match for love. I do not allow the enemy to mix unbelief with confusion in my life. This is a mixture that has snared many. The gravity of this mixture will turn me from peace. I am aware of this unholy mixture.

The Lord is my balance. I keep him as the center of gravity, and the things around me will not sway me one way or the other. He has placed me in the center of motion. I am at rest here. Now all things move around me, but they do not move me. God is the center of everything in relation to me. My joy is centered in him. My victory is centered in him. My confidence is centered in him. My hope is centered in him. I rest in him. I make him my concentration and not my imaginations. I cast down imaginations and every high thing that exalts itself above his knowledge. I concentrate on him totally, and he will become my focus. When Jesus is my focus, all other things will be reflected to yonder pit. When he is my focus, the fuel of confusion and unbelief can find nothing to feed upon. The fire of unbelief sought to burn in me, but God has extinguished it by his love. I will not allow doubt to fuel the fire of unbelief. Doubt seeks to increase the flame of unbelief. I have felt its heat. I turn from the intensity of its flames before it burns me. God has not called me to warm by the flames of unbelief. I have been called to throw the flames of faith and love. I arise and hurl the flames of victory into the face of unbelief and insecurity. An inferno of conquest has come from my mouth. Insecurity is destroyed in the blaze of faith and love. God has healed my short-sightedness and restored my lost focus. I believe, and I rejoice in my salvation.

RHEMA

By Don Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - Dance In the Invisible Rain of Blessings of the Future

We have only to remember that the prophet described him as the God who hides himself. Habakkuk 3:4 describes the hiding of his power. The latest 2 Micron All Sky Survey shows by the invisible infrared a fantastic view of 1.5 million galaxies that most are hidden by dust. One of the latest X-ray images by the X-ray Chandra probe shows us the brilliant colors of oxygen burning in the darkness that is mirrored in visible light. It just lets us know that even when things look dark, that God is in the curtains about to burst forth with tremendous demonstrations of his power. In Job 38: 9, the darkness as a swaddlingband, indicates that God stands just beyond our sight with a brand new creation wrapped in a baby blanket for us!

God spoke to us recently and said,

I can take all the things that you see and turn them into all the things that do not exist because I am the existence of the unseen. Yet, I have already seen all the things you do not think exist marching triumphantly on parade through the door of your nothing. Your problem is the parable of your prevailing. Fear has drawn you sketches of what it says is coming, and you have started a picture gallery in your mind. My presence is the hallway out of your mind and brings you into my courts of miraculous supply. My Spirit has hidden behind sunsets, ridden on the edges of storms, hovered above the dust of battle, and is just inside tent doors. Just remember that the trouble that you are so alarmed about is just putting up the tent for the arrival of your victory celebration.

(Continued)

I have not given you the spirit of bondage again to fear but the spirit of power, of love, and of a sound mind. You have received power, for the Holy Ghost has come unto you. Go and be a witness unto me, and fear not demonic powers. In my name, you have power to do miracles. Great grace is upon you; therefore, rejoice, for your name is written in heaven. I have filled you with faith and power. Wonders and miracles shall follow you. I am Jesus, so go and be a witness of me. I have delivered you from those who were against you. Now go open the eyes of those who have not seen me, turn them from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God that they may receive forgiveness of sins and inheritance among them, which are sanctified by faith that is in me.

386. Are you ashamed of the gospel of Christ?

It is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. In the gospel, lies the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith. Live by faith, and you shall behold the fulfillment of my word. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. It is not of him that wills it, nor of him that runs but of me that shows mercy. I raised you up that I might show my power in you and that my name might be declared in the earth; therefore, have I had mercy on whom I will have mercy and whom I will, I will harden. No one has been my instructor, neither my counselor. People are confounded because they thought I would act against you.

387. Who has resisted my will?

388. Who is he that replies against me?

389. Shall the thing formed say to me that formed it, "Why have you made me this way?"

The potter has power over the clay. I make one unto honor and another unto dishonor. I have called you my people and given you true worship in spirit and in truth. Now go make my name shine in all of its glory. You are the children of the Living God. Those who resist the power resist my ordinance, and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. I sent you.

390. Now who will send you away?

(To Be Continued)

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