Thoughts Higher Than Mine_Living Word Chronicle

I do not count anyone righteous if they do not believe in me. Abram believed my promise to him, and I counted it to him for righteousness. Take heed unto yourself, and make sure that the foundation of your belief is not in you or man. Your righteousness has not gotten you anything. Beware that you do not make an image of yourself by considering your own achievements, neither allow others to fashion you as an idol. Hide yourself in me, and give all glory unto me, the Lord, your God. I will not share my glory with another. Those who glory in themselves have turned their lives upside down and are plunging toward destruction. Leave the controls of your life in my hands, and offer all praise unto me and then will your life be stabilized.

(RHEMA: Leave the Controls of Your Life In God's Hands and Then Will Your Life Be Stabilized)

The Lord does not count anyone righteous if they do not believe in him. Abram believed his promise to him, and he counted it to him for righteousness. I will take heed unto myself and make sure that the foundation of my belief is not in myself or man. My righteousness has not gotten me anything. I will beware that I do not make an image of myself by considering my own achievements, neither to allow others to fashion me as an idol. I purpose to hide myself in him and give all glory unto him, the Lord, my God. He will not share his glory with another. Those who glory in themselves have turned their lives upside down and are plunging toward destruction. I leave the controls of my life in his hands, and I offer all praise unto him and then will my life be stabilized.

By Moses Hightower

Moses and Thelma Hightower

The Goodness of God Follows You Everywhere You Go

I AM THAT I AM. I AM. Only believe that I AM the same one that spoke to Moses out of the burning bush. I am the same one that delivered Daniel's friends out of the fiery furnace. I am the same one who called Abraham out of his country. I am the same one who said unto Paul, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting." I am the same yesterday, today, and forever. Is anything too hard for me?

Look unto me, and be strengthened in your faith. This trial is not strange to me. I know the beginning and the ending. Trust in me with all your heart, and lean not to your own understanding. I desire for you to understand the principles of my goodness and mercy. If you understood these principles, you would do good to everyone that you meet, not simply those you like. Do well to your enemies. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. You must love my law, and nothing will, in any wise, offend you. My laws are not grievous. They are codes that are not ruthless. I placed them within you. Allow them to restrain your actions and prompt you unto obedience and love. Honor awaits those who love my law and its principles. The fundamentals of truth should be a way of life for you. You will retain your integrity in the worst trials if your doctrine is the same as mine.

Come from the platform of your traditions, and abide on the platform of faith. Here on the platform of faith, my righteousness has become your standing. You are no longer standing in the quick sand of your own righteousness but on the rock of the church. Be convicted today of the sure word of prophecy, and refuse the theories of men. The simplicity that is in me has been exalted. Now abide by this simplicity, and be not corrupted by philosophies and traditions. You have been declared righteous, and you have power with me. The works that you perform are not because of your own righteousness, but they are a result of the Father who dwells in you. Rise up, and glorify your king. Give praise to me, and you will never falter in the face of the warriors of the darkness.

I satisfied my justice by sending forth my love into the world. Justice is now on your side as a satisfied force for your good. Justice is upholding all things for you in a fair and decent perspective of righteousness. Justice is now rewarding you with the things that my love always wanted you to have. Justice has stayed the hands of punishment and rewarded you with the gift of life. A recompense of good is yours. It has been placed in your bosom. Now rejoice, for the judge of the entire earth will do right toward you. I am the good magistrate of grace. My grace has abounded toward you. I have not given you grace and retracted it while it was yet in your mouth. Taste and see. I am good always.

By Don Grigsby

Don and Linda Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - The Goodness of God Follows You Everywhere You Go

Burning bush experiences are not over with. God's mandates of deliverance are like sheep that are following us. Dramatic promises and miracles are waiting in every bush that we pass to blaze out in prophetic utterance to lift us above the desert floor that we feel we are walking on to stand on holy ground. He is the everything that we seek, and all we could ever dream of. God validates dreamers in the exaltation of Joseph in Egypt.

God spoke to me and said, "Never let anything lesser or lower your expectations of me. What you have dreamed of is just the small dust of my design shop. If you would let me, I would usher you into the massive creation of grace that I am about to draw back the curtain on. You would stand and weep because your dreams were too small. Make a big deal out of magnifying and multiplying your praise of me."

Goodness has seated us in the pavilion of the great things of God. We will behold his beauty in his temple daily. Our daily bread is not the crumbs of a harvest past but the barns full of the harvest about to be unloaded at our residence. In his judgment he has remembered mercy on our behalf. We could have been destroyed a long time ago. We are overflowing with the thanksgiving that lifts us up into the throne room of his presence. Surely goodness and mercy will always be that which goes before us and keeps us from the attack of yesterday and our past.

PHILOSOPHIES AND TRADITIONS

GOD IS THE I AM. GOD IS. I believe that HE IS the same one that spoke to Moses out of the burning bush. He is the same one that delivered Daniel's friends out of the fiery furnace. He is the same one who called Abraham out of his country. He is the same one who said unto Paul, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting." He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Nothing is too hard for the Lord.

I look unto the Lord, and I am strengthened in my faith. This trial is not strange to God. He knows the beginning and the ending. I will trust in him with all my heart and lean not to my own understanding. God desires for me to understand the principles of his goodness and mercy. If I understood these principles, I would do good to everyone that I meet, not simply those I like. I will do well to my enemies. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. I must love his law, and nothing will, in any wise, offend me. His laws are not grievous. They are codes that are not ruthless. God placed them within me. I allow them to restrain my actions and prompt me unto obedience and love. Honor awaits those who love his law and its principles. The fundamentals of truth should be a way of life for me. I will retain my integrity in the worst trials if my doctrine is the same as God's.

I come from the platform of my traditions and abide on the platform of faith. Here on the platform of faith, his righteousness has become my standing. I am no longer standing in the quicksand of my own righteousness but on the rock of the church. I am convicted of the sure word of prophecy, and I refuse the theories of men. The simplicity that is in Christ has been exalted. Now I abide by this simplicity, and I will not be corrupted by philosophies and traditions. I have been declared righteous, and I have power with God. The works that I perform are not because of my own righteousness, but they are a result of the Father who dwells in me. I rise up and glorify my king. I give praise to him, and I will never falter in the face of the warriors of the darkness.

Jesus satisfied his justice by sending forth his love into the world. Justice is now on my side as a satisfied force for my good. Justice is upholding all things for me in a fair and decent perspective of righteousness. Justice is now rewarding me with the things that God's love always wanted me to have. Justice has stayed the hands of punishment and rewarded me with the gift of life. A recompense of good is mine. It has been placed in my bosom. Now I rejoice, for the judge of the entire earth will do right toward me. Jesus is the good magistrate of grace. His grace has abounded toward me. He has not given me grace and retracted it while it was yet in my mouth. I taste and see that God is good always.

RHEMA

By Don Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - The Arms of the Redeemer Reach For Arms Caught Up by Resurrection's Power

Our grace was given in the redemption that was done before the foundation of the world. We were accepted in the beloved, and he intends to present us spotless before the presence of his glory with great joy. Resurrection power is flooding down into the lives of those who have been loosed from the gravity of the flesh that was slain in the victory of the cross. Many have fled to the cheap substitutes of entertainment in worship, but we worship in prophetic authenticity beyond the reach of the corruption of man. Our rejoicing is in the eternal realm of the spirit that has ushered us into the dimension that will hurl us into the rapture beyond the reach of this world's systems. When we were in sin, our arms and hands were weak, but now his strength is ours, and we are more than conquerors through him. Our destiny is not here but in the supernatural realm we are headed for and that which we live in now awaiting his return.

(Continued)

Many only serve me to avoid eternal damnation in hell. I desire them to serve me as if there was no heaven or hell. The fact that there is a heaven and a hell does not add any value to my worth or my glory. If you would seek me with all your heart, then will you learn of my splendor and magnificence. I desire you to praise me with understanding. I have come into your presence to teach you to really adore me and honor me. The idols of the hour are adored and honored. I will not compete with them for your love. You debase my glory and my ability when you compare me with idols skilled in entertainment. Keep yourself from idols. They seek your heart. My people are consumed with idolatry. The heavens declare my glory, and the firmament shows my handiwork. I created you to show forth my glory and my handiwork.

67. Must people only look to the heavens and the firmament to learn of me?

You are an epistle known and read of all men.

68. If men read your epistle, will they translate your actions as vain glory?

The arrogance of men, boastfulness of their hearts, and pride of life are all vanity. Make your boast in me. Rejoice in your God, and glory in my holy name. The world's idols brag and vaunt themselves. They flaunt their own worth and glorify their laudable pride. They are boasting against me.

69. Will you join the celebrations of pride, vanity, and exultation, which are all unto self-commendation?

If you can believe, all things are possible. The things that seem impossible are no match for me. I desire to enlarge your faith so that you may experience victory over these things.

70. How did I turn water into wine?

(To Be Continued)

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