Thoughts Higher Than Mine_Living Word Chronicle

My creative power is working continually. As I add to the church daily, I am making new creatures in Christ Jesus. The newness of your heart is my doing and not your own. The impossibilities that have confronted my people are no match for my power. What did I use to hang the earth upon?

What will I use to hang your miracle upon?

Do not come to this place in time to worry about how I will accomplish this and how I will accomplish that. I do not need anything to perform the miracles that I will do in your life. I have all things. I am the Creator. I will make all things new. Behold, I will make a new heaven and a new earth. Where will I get the substance to make these things?

This is not a problem for me. I am past finding out. Simply accept the fact that I can do all things. The marvelous works that I have done testify of my greatness. The wonders and the judgments of my mouth are remarkable. I am mighty in strength. Who can harden himself against me and prosper?

(RHEMA: The Creative Power of God Is Working Daily)

God's creative power is working continually. As he adds to the church daily, he is making new creatures in Christ Jesus. The newness of my heart is his doing and not my own. The impossibilities that have confronted his people are no match for his power. The Lord did not use anything to hang the earth upon. He does not need anything to hang my miracle upon. I have not come to this place in time to worry about how he will accomplish this and how he will accomplish that. He does not need anything to perform the miracles that he will do in my life. He has all things. He is the Creator. He will make all things new. He will make a new heaven and a new earth. He will create the substance to make these things. This is not a problem for him. He is past finding out. I accept the fact that he can do all things. The marvelous works that he has done testify of his greatness. The wonders and the judgments of his mouth are remarkable. He is mighty in strength. No one can harden himself against him and prosper.

By Moses Hightower

Moses and Thelma Hightower

Freed from the Obligation To Live After Our Lower Nature by the Grace of God

I have not hidden my blessings from you. The pleasures that you have desired are yet on my right hand where they have always been. You have turned in the right direction and taught others the right way. Now you are on the path of true success. The abundant life is yours. I have always desired it for you. The people are following you in faith. I will not disappoint them. Walk on in faith, for your faith is activated by your life style of self-denial. I have beckoned for you to come after me, and you have come denying yourself. Where is your cross?

What is your cross?

You have sought to save your life instead of losing it. If you are going to your own death, you must carry the cross that you are going to die upon. You must bring your own cross to this place of execution every day. Your natural passions and desires are doomed. Have you walked in this death procession and not considered them dead?

How can you be my disciple if you struggle with laying down the desires of your flesh?

The tower to heavenly things is not built by minds that are stayed on carnal things. The tower to heavenly things is built already. You must decide to travel there by faith. You cannot travel there if your life is fueled by passions and desires. You have started on this journey by faith. Now continue by faith. You have listened to many sermons about dying. Now do it! Must I be the only one who died?

How will you claim to belong to me if you have not crucified all of your self-indulgent passions and desires?

You must put all of the things of your human nature to death. In your human nature, there are many passions and desires. They are alive in you and will agitate you daily unless you crucify them. I bore your sins in my own body on the cross so that you might be dead to sin and alive unto me and all that is good. Accept your death that you suffered in baptism then you will not struggle with dying. You do not have to die. You are already dead. Why do you struggle with dying?

Why are you alive unto sin?

In me, you have been brought to an end. By the cross, you have already ceased to live. It is I who lives in you. What testimony is being lived through you?

Your life is hidden in God through Christ. I will show myself openly. If you have not allowed me to live my life out in you, how will you be glorified with me?

You are an idolater if you have not considered yourself dead to the things of the world with its passions, evil desires, and lusts. My holy anger will fall upon those who refuse to obey me. You once had a part with all these things. Have you returned to these dreadful things of your old life?

Reckon yourself dead to all these things. How can you reckon yourself dead to these things if you think on them?

You will allow sin to establish power over you if you give way to the lusts of sin. I am your new master; therefore, place yourself in my hands, and I will deliver you from these things. I have given you grace. Now abide in it. In the grace of God, you are qualified to be productive for me in the power of my love. Your lower nature has no claim on you; therefore, you are not obligated to live on its level. If you live on the level of your lower nature, you must die, but if you live by the Spirit, you have put to death all the base activities of the body. Now you can live. You are a new creature. Now live according to the declarations of your new nature.

By Don Grigsby

Don and Linda Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - Freed from the Obligation To Live After Our Lower Nature by the Grace of God

Praise creates in us the firmament of power that separates our lower nature from our spiritual nature. Just as in the creation the waters above were separated from the waters beneath by the firmament of God's creation. We are instructed to praise him in the firmament of his power. As we praise him, we allow the Day Star to arise in our hearts. As our sun is a star and it is more powerful than the earth's pull on our bodies in the natural. Our Sun of Righteousness will have more gravitational pull on us than the lower nature of the flesh and this world. Paul talks of the motion of sin that is in this body. When the Spirit moves in us in rivers of praise, it creates power as the hydroelectric plants use rivers to turn turbines to generate electricity. The principle of this turbine is the water turns against the force field in the dynamo. His power and Spirit will always be against the power field of the flesh, but in turning against it, there will be power generated in our lives beyond the power of our flesh. We are not of this world, and we have not obligation to live like this world. We have been bought with a price. We are not the servants of this system. Grace has given us a freedom that the world cannot touch. We have been lifted to a realm beyond the reach of lust. We will not step down or return back to that which we have put to death. The death of our flesh was the resurrection of the life we designed to live.

SELF-INDULGENT PASSIONS AND DESIRES

God has not hid his blessings from me. The pleasures that I have desired are yet on his right hand where they have always been. I have turned in the right direction and taught others the right way. Now I am on the path of true success. The abundant life is mine. The Lord has always desired it for me. The people are following me in faith. God will not disappoint them. I walk on in faith, for my faith is activated by my life style of self-denial. God has beckoned for me to come after him, and I have come denying myself. I am carrying my cross to go die on it. My cross is self-denial.

I have sought to save my life instead of losing it. If I am going to my own death, I must carry the cross that I am going to die upon. I must bring my own cross to this place of execution every day. My natural passions and desires are doomed. Many times I have walked in this death procession and not considered them dead. I cannot be God's disciple if I struggle with laying down the desires of my flesh. The tower to heavenly things is not built by minds that are stayed on carnal things. The tower to heavenly things is built already. I must decide to travel there by faith. I cannot travel there if my life is fueled by passions and desires. I have started on this journey by faith. Now I continue by faith. I have listened to many sermons about dying. Now I will do it!

Jesus should not be the only one who died. I cannot claim to belong to God if I have not crucified all of my self-indulgent passions and desires. I must put all of the things of my human nature to death. In my human nature, there are many passions and desires. They are alive in me and will agitate me daily unless I crucify them. Jesus bore my sins in his own body on the cross so that I might be dead to sin and alive unto him and all that is good. I accept my death that I suffered in baptism then I will not struggle with dying. I do not have to die. I am already dead. I have struggled with dying in times past because I had not accepted my death in baptism. I have been alive unto sin because I have not made self-denial an active part of my life. In Christ, I have been brought to an end. By the cross, I have already ceased to live. It is he who lives in me. The testimony of Jesus Christ is being lived through me.

My life is hidden in God through Christ. He will show himself openly. If I have not allowed him to live his life out in me, I will not be glorified with the Lord. I am an idolater if I have not considered myself dead to the things of the world with its passions, evil desires, and lusts. God's holy anger will fall upon those who refuse to obey him. I once had a part with all these things. I determine not to return to these dreadful things of my old life. I reckon myself dead to all these things. I cannot reckon myself dead to these things if I think on them. I will allow sin to establish power over me if I give way to the lusts of sin. Jesus is my new master; therefore, I place myself in his hands, and he will deliver me from these things. He has given me grace. Now I abide in it. In the grace of God, I am qualified to be productive for him in the power of his love. My lower nature has no claim on me; therefore, I am not obligated to live on its level. If I live on the level of my lower nature, I must die, but if I live by the Spirit, I have put to death all the base activities of the body. Now I can live. I am a new creature. Now I live according to the declarations of my new nature.

INSPIRATION

By Don Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - The Voice of Joy and the Voice of Praise Invalidates the Threat of Doubt and Unbelief

Anything the enemy has threatened to do, he does not have the permission to do. It is just that, an empty threat. If he has the permission to do it, he will just go ahead and do it. Satan had to have to permission to touch Job. He does not have any blanket permission to touch our lives. Give no place to the devil, indicates we have power to deny the enemy the access to our lives. He has no power because it all belongs to Jesus. We are the private property of the Lord so that makes the enemy a trespasser on the property that has been bought with a price. The last pate of the temptation of Jesus brings us an important lesson of worship. Satan was willing to trade all that he thought he owned for the power of worship. Jesus said (from the Word) that we should, "Worship the Lord only." With that mandate, the devil leaves, and Jesus is ministered to from heaven. If we will worship intensely and whole heartedly, the enemy will steer clear of us, and we will have the blessings of heaven in our lives. Worship will always stand in the door way of our lives and deny doubt the entrance it seeks into our lives. We have been given exceeding precious promises that lift us into the arena of the immutability of God that fear and doubt cannot scream loud enough to overwhelm. As the prophet said, "The Lord has blessed, and I cannot reverse it!"

(Continued)

I have already opened up the barns of the wicked so that you may plunder their wealth. Use your liberality in giving to scoop up the wealth that I have given you by their hands. It is the hour that I am removing their wealth to your hands.

261. How big will your hands be when I impart wealth toward you?

Rise up, and make my abundance clear. I am rich in mercy, but I am also rich in all things. Many of my people are troubled by finances. The amount of money in my kingdom is more than ample. It is very plentiful in quantity. I will overflow your hands with prosperity. The lavish love of God will be poured out upon those who have been faithful, and trust in me to deliver them from lack. I demonstrated my extravagance by giving my only begotten son for you.

262. If I gave my son for you, then what else will I do for you?

263. How expensive was it for me to give my only son as a ransom for your sins?

264. Will I not also give you success and wealth with such an extravagant price paid for sins?

Calvary was a demonstration of my lavish parade of love for the world.

265. Now will I be frugal (penny-pinching) in pouring out wealth to you?

(To Be Continued)

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