Thoughts Higher Than Mine_Living Word Chronicle

Many leaders stand on the platform of faith and view the people, but many have never seen the people from the multilevel of compassion. Allow the gift that is in you to operate from goodness, graciousness, mercy, lovingkindness, and tender love. You have hindered the power of your gift because you open the valves of faith and shut the valves of compassion. I am reaching for you this morning to carry you on to greater levels in me. My hands will not pull you up into this level unless you yield to humility and compassion. The darkness cannot dwell in the light, neither can pride and indifference to my compassion dwell in the light of true wonders. Come and follow me. I am gracious and full of compassion. I am slow to anger and of great mercy. I am good to all, and my tender mercies are over all my works. Go and speak of my glory, and talk of my power, but walk in the light of compassion and humility.

(RHEMA: Observe Life Through the Eye of Faith and Compassion)

Many leaders stand on the platform of faith and view the people, but many have never seen the people from the multilevel of compassion. I will allow the gift that is in me to operate from goodness, graciousness, mercy, lovingkindness, and tender love. I have hindered the power of my gift because I have opened the valves of faith and shut the valves of compassion. God is reaching for me this morning to carry me on to greater levels in him. His hands will not pull me up into this level unless I yield to humility and compassion. The darkness cannot dwell in the light, neither can pride and indifference to the Lord's compassion dwell in the light of true wonders. I have come to God, and I follow him. He is gracious and full of compassion. He is slow to anger and of great mercy. He is good to all, and his tender mercies are over all his works. I go and speak of his glory and talk of his power, but I will walk in the light of compassion and humility.

By Moses Hightower

Moses and Thelma Hightower

A Light In the Clouds of the Evening Hour

If I would regard your iniquities and your transgressions, you would be led away to the judgment without mercy and grace, but because of my lovingkindness and tender mercies, you have been brought before my throne of grace that you might have mercy and grace to help you in this time of need. I am the light of your life. Because darkness has hovered over your head, does not mean that the light of your life is affected by the presence of the darkness. I am not affected by its presence, neither am I intimidated by its threats. I am the head of all principalities and power. I am the head of all the rulers of the darkness of this world. The light that I am cannot be shut off, neither can it be contended with. I am the conqueror, the deliverer from heaven, your creator and your God. I am your Father. Jesus is my name. My name is the essence of my being and my nature. Trust in my name, and know that I have heard your cry and have responded unto your desperate cry. If you, being a father, responded to the desperate cries of your children, how much more have I responded to the cries of desperation from my children?

I have made you a son and accepted you in the cage of my belly. In my spiritual rib have I placed you, and assimilated you into my church. I have placed faith and grace within you that love will not fail but that love would endure in you and not fail because of adversity and ignorance. I have not judged you after your ignorance and transgressions, neither have I offered rewards according to your failures and sins, but after my tender mercies, which are sure and everlasting, have I laid up rewards for you by faith. I have put the blessing of faith within you and foreordained your victory over the world. Be not stymied by the clouds of the evening hour, for I tell you that there is surely light in this time. I have come to your rescue and taken off every shackle and fetter. The enemy, which has sent forth his words of judgment, has been pushed aside, and now my arms have embraced you and brought you to the banqueting table of victory. Eat the bread of victory, and drink the wine of success.

You are in the Father's house, and now there is fruit left for you to taste. Taste and see that the package before you is not an illusion, neither is it the strong delusion that I have sent forth unto those who love not the truth, but I have sent you a blessing that cannot be erased or blotted out. Enter into my rest, and wait there until my coming. My rest shall be your chamber of preparation and the seat of departure. Rest in my rest. Usher forth stammering lips and other tongues now, for I have made you glad from within. The things without are uncovered, and now you see them for what they really are. All these things are as the dung of cattle. Now count them all lost, for I give you myself as an exceeding and great reward. Now count my value if you can. You cannot count the sand of the sea, neither the stars of heaven then how and by what instrument will you count my value?

I am immeasurable, but I am approachable. I am immeasurable, but I am accessible. Count all these trials joy, and mark every disappointment down as peace, for I have used these things as foundations for right attitudes and right expressions of holy character. Do not forget the teachings of grace, for I have settled the issues by allowing the sufferings which have come. Be not a forgetful hearer, but be quick to remember the teaching of my love, which has chastened and produced joyous sufferings. Come and worship, for I am the Lord who changes not. Come and drink of waters that are fresh and not stale. Come and skip as the young ram on the mountain top. I have brought you to the mountain of the last days. Look over the horizon of the end times, and see that the light was always shining even before there was a world. The creation of the world did not bring me into existence, but I am the light which created all that is created. Look unto me again, and see that I am easily beheld to those whom I reveal myself unto. Behold the dust of the last days and the horses and riders of the end times. Worship now, for there cometh the hour when peace shall be no more, for I will take peace from the earth. Prepare to leave with the Prince of peace, for there is none other.

By Don Grigsby

Don and Linda Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - A Light In the Clouds of the Evening Hour

As hearers of the Word, we must never forget to look into the light that the lens or mirror of his spoken and written word puts our lives into. God's light is beyond infrared and x-ray and sees into the infinite measures of his promises beyond us. In the smoke of the battle and its hazy clouds of struggle, it is hard to see anything but wounded flesh and bleeding lives. Calvary has already suffered all that is needed. Not that we will not suffer in life but in the darkness of the cross he has spoken volumes beyond words when he hung for three hours in darkness. He is the bridge between human inability and God's unlimited supernatural ability. (Between the 6th hour and the 9th hour, six is the number of man and nine is the number of the Spirit.) God's Word has answered every challenge. His light of life has heralded life eternal before the first clouds of creation's morning. Now in the clouds of the evening time and in the dusty end of a day there has been flung a spectrum of light beyond the orbits of all the galaxies. It will rein in the hurtling mass of the creation like a ball on a string. It will soon return to the Creator's hands to be thrown out again in a brand new epic of creation beyond our ability to describe it. Light has been given to us as individuals that will burst asunder the darkness. His Word is a lamp and light to our pathway, and it our path is not going down into the valley of defeat. Beyond the mountains of fear and apprehension our path rises to meet the morning sun of a day that has never dawned before. He will come and ride the clouds like an untamed stallion and will break the beastly spirit over the rainbows of the reign of victory. If we open our eyes, the morning is coming, and it is the first day the new week ruled by the resurrection.

DARKNESS, IGNORANCE, AND TRANSGRESSIONS

If God would regard my iniquities and my transgressions, I would be led away to the judgment without mercy and grace, but because of his lovingkindness and tender mercies, I have been brought before his throne of grace that I might have mercy and grace to help me in this time of need. He is the light of my life. Because darkness has hovered over my head, does not mean that the light of my life is affected by the presence of the darkness. God is not affected by its presence, neither is he intimidated by its threats. Jesus is the head of all principalities and power. He is the head of all the rulers of the darkness of this world. The light that he is cannot be shut off, neither can it be contended with. The Lord is the conqueror, the deliverer from heaven, my creator and my God. He is my Father. Jesus is his name. His name is the essence of his being and his nature. I trust in his name, and I know that he has heard my cry and has responded unto my desperate cry. If I, being a father, responded to the desperate cries of my children, God will respond to the cries of desperation from his children much more.

God has made me a son and accepted me in the cage of his belly. In his spiritual rib, has he placed me and assimilated me into his church. He has placed faith and grace within me that love will not fail but that love would endure in me and not fail because of adversity and ignorance. God has not judged me after my ignorance and transgressions, neither has he offered rewards according to my failures and sins, but after his tender mercies, which are sure and everlasting, has he laid up rewards for me by faith. The Lord has put the blessing of faith within me and foreordained my victory over the world. I determine not to be stymied by the clouds of the evening hour, for God tells me that there is surely light in this time. He has come to my rescue and taken off every shackle and fetter. The enemy, which has sent forth his words of judgment, has been pushed aside, and now God's arms have embraced me and brought me to the banqueting table of victory. I eat the bread of victory and drink the wine of success.

I am in the Father's house, and now there is fruit left for me to taste. I taste and see that the package before me is not an illusion, neither is it the strong delusion that God has sent forth unto those who love not the truth, but he has sent me a blessing that cannot be erased or blotted out. I enter into his rest and wait there until his coming. His rest shall be my chamber of preparation and the seat of departure. I rest in his rest. I usher forth stammering lips and other tongues now, for God has made me glad from within. The things without are uncovered, and now I see them for what they really are. All these things are as the dung of cattle. I count them all lost, for Christ gives me himself as an exceeding and great reward. I cannot count God's value. If cannot count the sand of the sea, neither the stars of heaven, surely there is no method or instrument by which I can count the value of the Lord.

God is immeasurable, but he is approachable. He is immeasurable, but he is accessible. I purpose to count all these trials joy and mark every disappointment down as peace, for God has used these things as foundations for right attitudes and right expressions of holy character. I determine not to forget the teachings of grace, for God has settled the issues by allowing the sufferings which have come. I elect not to be a forgetful hearer, but I will be quick to remember the teaching of his love, which has chastened and produced joyous sufferings. I will go and worship, for Jesus is the Lord who changes not. I will go and drink of waters that are fresh and not stale. I will go and skip as the young ram on the mountain top. God has brought me to the mountain of the last days. I look over the horizon of the end times and see that the light was always shining even before there was a world. The creation of the world did not bring God into existence, but he is the light which created all that is created. I look unto the Lord again, and I see that he is easily beheld to those whom he reveals himself unto. I behold the dust of the last days and the horses and riders of the end times. I worship now, for there cometh the hour when peace shall be no more, for the Lord will take peace from the earth. I will prepare to leave with the Prince of peace, for there is none other.

RHEMA

By Don Grigsby

RE: RHEMA -Safe In the Ship of Truth In the Midst of the Storms of Lies and Death

The Lord gave this to me, and I thought I would share it with you.

In the next period of days, you will hear sounds and words of alarm and fear. Many lies will be told to lead you astray, infuriate you, and disgust you. Fret not yourself with evil systems collapsing on themselves. It is the sound of death that you will hear. Stay close to me, and hear the words of life and light. While it is darkness in the world, it will be light in your house. Listen not to the words that do not ring true. Cleave unto me and my words. Run not after the newest thing or the latest power players of religion. I have all the power that you need. You will feel the closeness of those suffocating in their systems, but I will breathe into you the breathe of life, fresh and anew. Toxic clouds that appear to be a good rain will destroy the mass hype of the things that appear to be quick answers to problems. Hold to the unchangeable truths that I have given you!

I was in a way troubled by the indication of more storms until the Lord added an explanation.

Let me speak to you in words that you do not quite understand. Sometimes understanding comes out of suffering, but the understanding that I seek to give you is through the words that I speak to you. The power of the words I speak to you will be like a whirlwind like I spoke to Job and Ezekiel, in that it will blow away the storm of trouble. I speak to deliver you from hurt and suffering. As you allow the wind of my spirit from heaven to blow into your life, I will manifest all my dimensions of power as I did for Ezekiel. In the midst of the natural hurricane of power, there is calm, and the sun is shining. I come with words to comfort you. I am not asleep in the boat of your storm. I have already said, "We are going to the other side, and on the other side, is the revival of healing, both the spiritual and the physical."

(Continued)

I have said that, "If a man shall be my disciple, let him first deny himself, pick up his cross, and follow me."

291. How will you be my disciple when you are still first in your life?

Fear not, for I have not forgotten my promises unto you. My love for you did not fade in the presence of these things that have threatened you. I am the King of kings and the Lord of lords; therefore, fear not, and be of good cheer. I have overcome the world and all of its friends. Be not a friend to the world and become at enmity with me.

292. What fellowship has light with darkness, and what fellowship will you offer my temple with the temple of the idols of the day?

293. Will I abide in the temple of idols because of my blood, or will I abide in the temples of godliness?

I am the head of all principalities and power. I am the head of all the rulers of the darkness of this world. The light that I am cannot be shut off, neither can it be contended with. I am the conqueror, the deliverer from heaven, your creator and your God. I am your Father. Jesus is my name. My name is the essence of my being and my nature. Trust in my name, and know that I have heard your cry and have responded unto your desperate cry.

294. If you, being a father, responded to the desperate cries of your children, how much more have I responded to the cries of desperation from my children?

Enter into my rest, and wait there until my coming. My rest shall be your chamber of preparation and the seat of departure. Rest in my rest. Usher forth stammering lips and other tongues now, for I have made you glad from within. The things without are uncovered, and now you see them for what they really are. All these things are as the dung of cattle. Now count them all lost, for I give you myself as an exceeding and great reward. Now count my value if you can.

295. You cannot count the sand of the sea, neither the stars of heaven then how and by what instrument will you count my value?

(To Be Continued)

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