Thoughts Higher Than Mine_Living Word Chronicle

The world hates you. Know this of a truth, that it hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love his own but because you are not of the world but I have chosen you out of the world; therefore, the world hates you. Remember the word that I said unto you, "The servant is not greater than his lord." If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake because they know not him that sent me. If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin, but now they have no cloak for their sin. Press on across the bridge of hatred, and pass from death unto life in the vehicle of love. You will only pass from death unto life by loving the brethren even those who hate and persecute you. Despise not their pits, their self-designed slave chambers, or their prisons designed by men. They are not for you. All these things are for their own judgment and demise. I have placed the dreamer's clothes on you and granted you liberty in their own chambers. Though you hurt, suffer, and grieve deep within, set your eyes on the end of the dream. Behold those who oppose prophecy as they bow. The spirit of the stone has given all the gifts. Do not come behind in any that I have granted. It is not you that is speaking. It is the spirit of your Father that is speaking in you. Rejoice. The cloak of the dreamer is upon you. The mantle of the prophet has been given. Now who shall take it away? Prophesy.

(RHEMA: The Mantle of the Prophet and the Dreamer's Clothes Are Given To You)

The world hates me. I know this of a truth, that it hated him before it hated me. If I were of the world, the world would love his own, but I am not of the world. God has chosen me out of the world; therefore, the world hates me. I remember the word that he said unto me, "The servant is not greater than his lord." If they have persecuted Jesus, they will also persecute me. If they have kept his saying, they will keep mine also. All these things will they do unto me for his name's sake because they know not him that sent Jesus. If Jesus had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin, but now they have no cloak for their sin. I press on across the bridge of hatred and pass from death unto life in the vehicle of love. I will only pass from death unto life by loving the brethren even those who hate and persecute me. I do not despise their pits, their self-designed slave chambers, or their prisons designed by men. They are not for me. All these things are for their own judgment and demise. God has placed the dreamer's clothes on me and granted me liberty in their own chambers. Though I hurt, suffer, and grieve deep within, I set my eyes on the end of the dream. I behold those who oppose prophecy as they bow. The spirit of the stone has given all the gifts. I do not come behind in any that God has granted. It is not me that is speaking. It is the spirit of my Father that is speaking in me. I rejoice. The cloak of the dreamer is upon me. The mantle of the prophet has been given. No one shall take it away. I go and prophesy.

By Moses Hightower

Moses and Thelma Hightower

Behold the Miracle That Love Has Worked Through Faith

I have given you the measure of faith. Now allow the love that I shed abroad in your heart to work that faith, and you will see great and mighty things that you do not know. It is the hour of a great manifestation of my power in the earth. The power of the resurrection works in you. The same power that brought forth Christ from the dead dwells in you. It is poised to come forth with the fruit of the resurrection in its hands. The shower of love is turned on to wash away the stench of death. Victory is expressing its song of deliverance. Compassion has quelled fear and left it helpless in your sight. Joy has supplied strength in your time of weakness. Peace has leaped in the path of confusion and commanded it to halt. Lift up your voice with praises that glorify me, and do not be silent in this time of frustration among the people of God. A symphony of my goodness is assembled in the earth as angels stand round about you to bring deliverance from all evil. They are ministering spirits who are sent forth to minister to you, an heir of this great salvation.

The exertion by love has pushed faith in the foreground of great victory. Nothing can stand against this faith that performs by love. You will succeed because love bears all things. Love does not fail; therefore, your faith is armed with the masterpiece of God. Faith is producing a handiwork that has never been seen before. Lift up your voice in praise, and be not detoured from the vision of victory. Victory is no longer in the distance. It is knocking on your door. Arise from the table of unbelief that has sent forth a wave of negative emotions into the earth, and glorify your father, which is in heaven and in his church. Faith is operating by the love that I have placed in you by the baptism of the Holy Ghost. Defeat is stunned by the manifestation of the fist of love, which has executed the actions of faith that has pleased me. The evidence of the things not seen has been brought forth. This evidence has freed you from the bondage of unbelief and doubt. The Rhema of God brought forth the precision of hearing as hearing transported faith as a vocal miracle into your life. A complete work has been accomplished by love. Close the door of fear, and place the lock of justification on the door. I have made you an overcomer by the blood of Jesus and the word of your testimony. The efforts of love are not weak. They are mighty; therefore, believe that the performance of love has brought you a successful testimony. Behold the miracle that love has worked through faith.

By Don Grigsby

Don and Linda Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - Behold the Miracle That Love Has Worked Through Faith

Faith places in the hands of the believer the evidence of creation's power. God chooses the things which are not to bring to nothing the empty venues of life. Everything in the seen world has it's origin in the unseen. Faith manifests in the present yesterday's dreams. Faith comforts us now with the assurances of tomorrow's blessings. Faith is weaving a tapestry of love to wrap us in. Love will not fail to go before us and stand behind us. Love is not some artifact of the past but a current developer of today's creative words of power. Love will sweep away the resistance of fear and bring us to the table he has prepared for us in the midst of famine. Doors into places that we have never stood are being opened by the hands of love. Our declaration of the future is not of destruction but of delight. Bitter tastes have been left in the mouth of so many hungry people. Love's words of faith are like the honey and milk of an abundant land. Let us close the entrance to the chambers of horror that the enemy would open, and open the doors to the throne room of grace.

UNBELIEF

The Lord has given me the measure of faith. Now I allow the love that he shed abroad in my heart to work that faith, and I will see great and mighty things that I do not know. It is the hour of a great manifestation of his power in the earth. The power of the resurrection works in me. The same power that brought forth Christ from the dead dwells in me. It is poised to come forth with the fruit of the resurrection in its hands. The shower of love is turned on to wash away the stench of death. Victory is expressing its song of deliverance. Compassion has quelled fear and left it helpless in my sight. Joy has supplied strength in my time of weakness. Peace has leaped in the path of confusion and commanded it to halt. I lift up my voice with praises that glorify God, and I will not be silent in this time of frustration among the people of God. A symphony of his goodness is assembled in the earth as angels stand round about me to bring deliverance from all evil. They are ministering spirits who are sent forth to minister to me, an heir of this great salvation.

The exertion by love has pushed faith in the foreground of great victory. Nothing can stand against this faith that performs by love. I will succeed because love bears all things. Love does not fail; therefore, my faith is armed with the masterpiece of God. Faith is producing a handiwork that has never been seen before. I lift up my voice in praise, and I am not detoured from the vision of victory. Victory is no longer in the distance. It is knocking on my door. I arise from the table of unbelief that has sent forth a wave of negative emotions into the earth and glorify my father, which is in heaven and in his church. Faith is operating by the love that he has placed in me by the baptism of the Holy Ghost. Defeat is stunned by the manifestation of the fist of love, which has executed the actions of faith that have pleased him. The evidence of the things not seen has been brought forth. This evidence has freed me from the bondage of unbelief and doubt. The Rhema of God brought forth the precision of hearing as hearing transported faith as a vocal miracle into my life. A complete work has been accomplished by love. I close the door of fear and place the lock of justification on the door. God has made me an overcomer by the blood of Jesus and the word of my testimony. The efforts of love are not weak. They are mighty; therefore, I believe that the performance of love has brought me a successful testimony. I behold the miracle that love has worked through faith.

INSPIRATION

By Don Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - Our Angelic Ministry Is a Powerful Force In Our Lives

God has an enumerable host of angels. Myriads of host that have never been seen are part of that created but unseen world. Ten million sing in one choir in the book of revelation. If one stands and covers the land and sea with his feet, how many do I need to defeat the enemy? His chariots and host always surround the prophetic anointing. They are always ready to be dispatched by the Lord or his servants to do their bidding. Battles may rage against us, but there will always be more with us than with the enemy. In the book of revelation, it only takes one ordinary angel (what is ordinary about them) as opposed to an archangel to chain up Satan and put him in the pit. Just before the first visit of the Lord as Savior to this world, there was a great increase in the appearances of angelic hosts. There was also the opening of the floodgates of the supernatural. It will be that way this time before the rapture of the church. We should not be surprised at the visible presence of the captain of the Lord's host as Joshua in the heat of every day battle. We can go forth with boldness in the most intense confrontation knowing that the Lord has sent his armies down into the field of battle when all some would hear would be the sounds of a breeze in the tops of the trees. Winds of the supernatural are blowing in the angels and the manifestations of heaven's best for this hour.

(Continued)

This is what I have done to your problems. Difficult situations have come voicing questions in your presence. I am the answer to all of their questions.

161. Direct these things to me, and you say unto all these things, "If God is for me, who can be against me?"

I have brought you life and immortality through my gospel. My death, my burial, and my resurrection have abolished all the pains of sin and its consequences from your record. You are a free man. I have not saved you from your sins to sentence you to damnation and defeat. The stench of your sins should have been enough to remind you of what could have been, but now in me, there is a fragrance of love and forgiveness that should cause you to anoint me with your praise forevermore. Praise the living God with all that is within you.

162. If you live a life of regret and worry about the past, the present, or the future, what glory is that unto me?

I have come that you might have life.

163. Is the life that I give a product of sin?

164. Then why has it produced unbelief in you?

Regret no longer your past mistakes and sins. I do not remember them any longer. You are forgiven. I came and swallowed up death in victory. The diet of your God included the menu of your sins and the sins of whole world. I have consumed all that would have caused you to be trapped in the belly of hell because of the judgment against your sins. I swallowed up all for you. Now rest in the power of the redemption that came to pass by the offering of myself for you. I was offered in your stead. Now worry no longer, for you are forgiven. My mercy came forth being authored by my love to take your place and usher you into this throne room. Now lift up your head to the one sitting on the throne of grace, and ask boldly for that which you need. You have come with a broken and contrite heart. I will not turn you away. The miracle that you need is not too hard for me.

165. Is any thing too hard for me, the Lord?

(To Be Continued)

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