Thoughts Higher Than Mine_Living Word Chronicle

By Moses Hightower

Thelma and Moses Hightower

Enthusiasm Leaps In Our Minds To Rush Into the Activities Communing with Our Beloved

I am the Lord, your God. Jesus is my name. I came unto my own, and they did not receive me. Blessed are those who find the grace to receive me. I am pouring out grace in an immeasurable portion. Receive this grace and do not turn it unto lasciviousness. To you, a Gentile, there has come precious grace. Have you ever considered what it would be like without my grace?

Without my grace, you would be trampled under the feet of wicked men and spirits. Without my grace, sickness would control your life, and you would be void of health. Without my grace, confusion would be your crown, and peace would be far from you. Always shun the temptation to postpone prayer in the mornings, for when you postpone prayer, you stand me up. You did not leave me standing as I waited on your communion and fellowship. This was one of the reasons why you were created. How many advantages can you list for praying in the morning?

How can you begin a walk with me that pleases me if you do not begin your day with prayer?

Enoch walked with me, and he pleased me. Do you think that he began his day by acknowledging me?

Are you being respectful if you begin your day without acknowledging your creator?

I have come to make you a better person. Let this day be the first day of a brand new life of prayer. I have said, “Pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape the things that are coming upon the earth.” How many people would be counted worthy today to escape the things that are coming upon the earth?

Would you escape the things that are coming upon the earth?

Without my grace, no one will escape these things; therefore, grace has brought you the desire, the ability, the sufficiency, and the power to pray. Yield to the grace to pray, and you will not fall into temptations. The tempter desires to sift you as wheat. Be strengthened. Now go and strengthen my body.

CONFUSION, PRAYERLESSNESS, SICKNESS, AND WICKED MEN

Jesus Christ is the Lord, my God. Jesus is his name. He came unto his own, and they did not receive him. Blessed are those who find the grace to receive him. God is pouring out grace in an immeasurable portion. I receive this grace and do not turn it unto lasciviousness. To me, a Gentile, there has come precious grace. I have never considered what it would be like without God’s grace. Without his grace, I would be trampled under the feet of wicked men and spirits. Without God’s grace, sickness would control my life, and I would be void of health. Without his grace, confusion would be my crown, and peace would be far from me. By grace, I will always shun the temptation to postpone prayer in the mornings, for when I postpone prayer, I stand up Jesus. I did not leave him standing as he waited on my communion and fellowship. This was one of the reasons why I was created.

There are innumerable advantages for praying in the morning. If I do not begin my day with prayer, I cannot begin a walk with God that pleases him. Enoch walked with the Lord, and he pleased him. I think that he began his day by acknowledging God. If I begin my day without acknowledging my creator, I am not being respectful. The Lord has come to make me a better person. I will let this day be the first day of a brand new life of prayer. Jesus said, “Pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape the things that are coming upon the earth.” Few people would be counted worthy today to escape the things that are coming upon the earth. Only by God’s grace would I escape the things that are coming upon the earth. Without God’s grace, no one will escape these things; therefore, grace has brought me the desire, the ability, the sufficiency, and the power to pray. I yield to the grace to pray, and I will not fall into temptations. The tempter desires to sift me as wheat. I will be strengthened. Now I will go and strengthen Christ’s body.

By Don Grigsby

Don and Linda Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - Excitement and Spiritual Enthusiasm Leaps In Our Minds To Rush Into the Activities Communing with Our Beloved

Grace is preparing the bride for the rapture of the church. Every dimension of ingratitude and lack of commitment is being swept by the fires of the Spirit. Our floors of activity are being swept clean of every neglectful thought and filled with the harvest of the overflow of his gracious preparations. Many things would swallow us up, but God has spoken his preventive protection over our hearts and spirits. Excitement and spiritual enthusiasm leap in our minds to rush into the activities of communing with our Beloved. He is calling us away from our fleshly garments and desires to feast on the things of the presence of the Holy One. The riches of his grace are not to be squandered in our detours of lasciviousness. Prayer will enable us with all the strength of grace to escape the landslide events of the end time. We can live in the secret chambers of his grace, which is prepared for the protection of his people in the end time. We can know in the end time the fellowship of Enoch as he walked with God and of Adam before he sinned.

Do not boast against those who do not rise early. Simply come as a partaker of the strength of grace. Grace brought you here. Speak of my glory, and talk of my power in your body, the temple of the Holy Ghost. The Father of lights and the Father of spirits summoned you. I removed sleep from your eyes and drew you to the throne of grace. A scepter of righteousness is granted you by imputation, and a hand of mercy is granted to you because of my love. The innocent blood of Jesus has covered you, and the renewing of the Holy Ghost has graced you with a sanctified presence. Lift up your voice in praise unto the King Eternal, and shout for joy that your eyes see and your ears hear the voice of God. I have not allowed my grace to retreat from your life. Grace continues to shine bright as it shows you the kingdom of God. Continue to live in the Spirit, and do not be desirous of vainglory. What do you have to glory about?

I do not boast against those who do not rise early. I simply come as a partaker of the strength of grace. Grace brought me here. Now I speak of his glory and talk of his power in my body, the temple of the Holy Ghost. The Father of lights and the Father of spirits summoned me today. He removed sleep from my eyes and drew me to the throne of grace. A scepter of righteousness is granted me by imputation, and a hand of mercy is granted to me because of God's love. The innocent blood of Jesus has covered me, and the renewing of the Holy Ghost has graced me with a sanctified presence. I lift up my voice in praise unto the King Eternal and shout for joy that my eyes see and my ears hear the voice of God. God has not allowed his grace to retreat from my life. Grace continues to shine bright as it shows me the kingdom of God. I will continue to live in the Spirit, and I will not be desirous of vainglory. I have nothing to glory about.

By Don Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - Go On Unto the Joyful Things of Today and Tomorrow, and Cease Balancing the Books of the Past

Yesterday is like an open chasm before us and behind us. The one who gave the law of the pit in the Old Testament will fill the pit with his grace and cover us with his blood. Eternity takes us to the feet of the El Olam. This term in the Hebrew means “time beyond our thoughts and senses.” It also means “hidden things that are beyond our minds.” Our minds and human reasoning will try to put us through the crazy maze of time. Time will try to make us jump through its endless hoops and still be frustrated. God's eternal joy is not circumstantial. We have never seen or heard the things that God has prepared for us and put on the shelves of today and tomorrow within our reach. We make a spiritual effort to forget and bury the things of yesterday and reach for the things that are just before us in today and tomorrow. Yesterday will keep us in its dungeon of regret. Today and tomorrow will bring us to the table of blessing in the presence of his face. All the pain and the suffering of today that seems to have its source is not the past trying to drown us but the very present help of God pushing us into greater dimensions of his power. The one who is rich in mercy has already balanced the ledgers of our past by depositing his eternal redemption into our account. Its wealth runs over into every new day we look into the face of. Love's embrace will shield us from the storms that try to stir up our past into some trouble in the present. Our safe harbor is assured as we call upon him.

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If you love the praises of men more than the praise of God, you will not confess me as the scriptures have declared of me, although you believe on me. Men will put you out of their sanctuaries for the true report of the Lord, for they do not know who I really am. He who believes on me, believes not on me, but on him that sent me, and he that sees me, sees him that sent me.