Thoughts Higher Than Mine_Living Word Chronicle

I am clothed with invisibility, yet I am not limited to the invisible world. I have limited your eyes and your understanding, yet by my grace, I have allowed you to see into the invisible. You can of yourself do nothing. With men, many things are impossible, but with me, all things are possible. Refuse not charity and compassion. Wear them, and allow them to dwell in you. I am leading you into places of ministry that are forbidden by those without charity and compassion. A ministry without charity and compassion will produce indebtedness for you. Many people have become disadvantaged believers, for they have sought to minister without charity. Their spiritual returns are not profitable to the kingdom of God, and their spiritual revenue is a detriment to their testimonies. Put on charity, and lay aside this liability.

(RHEMA: Put On Charity, and Lay Aside the Liability of Ministering Without It)

God is clothed with invisibility, yet he is not limited to the invisible world. He has limited my eyes and my understanding, yet by his grace, he has allowed me to see into the invisible. I can of myself do nothing. With men, many things are impossible, but with God, all things are possible. I will not refuse charity and compassion, but I will wear them and allow them to dwell in me. God is leading me into places of ministry that are forbidden to those without charity and compassion. A ministry without charity and compassion will produce indebtedness for me. Many people have become disadvantaged believers, for they have sought to minister without charity. Their spiritual returns are not profitable to the kingdom of God, and their spiritual revenue is a detriment to their testimonies. I will put on charity and lay aside this liability.

By Moses Hightower

Moses and Thelma Hightower

A Vision of Liberty and Peace In the Midst of Illusions of Failure

The kingdoms of this world have challenged me and the kingdom of God, but I have not retreated because of their attack upon the kingdom of light. I am their head, and I am not intimidated by their threats. Evil spirits have brought storms and darkness to the door of many lives of those who are saved, but the storms of darkness cannot bring you down. You are upheld by me, the word of life. I hold all things together by the word of my power. Strive to obtain a good report and have faith in me. Say unto this storm, "Be thou calmed. Cease your rage," and it will obey you. Do not doubt in your heart, but believe that the things that you say will come to pass and then will you have whatsoever you say.

I am the Living God. Jesus is my name. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, the Everlasting Father, and the Prince of peace. I am the Almighty God, the root of David, also the offspring of David. The mystery of God and of Christ has been revealed unto you. Be not removed from the revelation of Jesus Christ. I have taken the shroud from your mind and clothed you with revelation. Be not removed from the hope which is in Christ. I reside in you. I am the hope of glory.

Many have been given illusions of failure. They behold themselves plunging from their positions as an airplane caught in a vicious storm and spiraling downward in flames with no hope. I am the hope in their storms. Do not parrot the voices of the darkness and say what these spirits of destruction desire you to say. Be assured that where the word of our king is, there is power. Death and life are surely in the power of the tongue. Do not set yourself on fire because of your tongue, but through Christ, calm the storm with the tongue of the just and of the learned.

I am your master. I have not spoken unto you of spiritual illusions and dark visions of the blind, but I have spoken to you of my vision. You know me and have acknowledged me as your Lord and Master. Be fully persuaded that I have brought unto you liberty and peace in the midst of this storm.

By Don Grigsby

Don and Linda Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - A Vision of Liberty and Peace In the Midst of Illusions of Failure

Holograms of hell have been the shadows of the walls of our spirits. Shadows of images that are frightening because of the way they are refracted fill our natural vision. Isaiah saw the Lord high and lifted up in the temple of power after he saw all the corruption and failure around about him. In the desert, the traveler can become so thirsty that he beholds mirages. God has opened our eyes by revelation to see the things that he has prepared for us. He has not prepared defeat of failure to be served to us daily. We are feasting at the banquet hall of success and overcoming. We are cast in the light of being more than conquerors. When we look over the walls of a strong city, we do not see an undefeatable army but that the Lord has already swallowed up the flood that the enemy has cast out of his mouth. Confusion is not the language we speak. His words are a flowing stream of understanding from the throne. When we see the venue of our life from God's perspective, we see the visions as Ezekiel did. Even though they were in Babylon, God showed he was still in control and the Creator. John may have felt that he was eating a dusty and rocky meal of banishment on island of Patmos, but God gave him a vision of liberty and power that stretched over his situation like a great tabernacle of grace that canceled all the showings of the films of failure.

FAILURE

The kingdoms of this world have challenged Jesus and the kingdom of God, but he has not retreated because of their attack upon the kingdom of light. He is their head, and he is not intimidated by their threats. Evil spirits have brought storms and darkness to the door of many lives of those who are saved, but the storms of darkness cannot bring me down. I am upheld by Jesus, the word of life. He holds all things together by the word of his power. I choose to strive to obtain a good report and have faith in him. I say unto this storm, "Be thou calmed. Cease your rage," and it will obey me. I do not doubt in my heart, but I believe that the things that I say will come to pass and then I will have whatsoever I say.

The Lord is the Living God. Jesus is his name. He is Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, the Everlasting Father, and the Prince of peace. He is the Almighty God, the root of David, also the offspring of David. The mystery of God and of Christ has been revealed unto me. I am not removed from the revelation of Jesus Christ. He has taken the shroud from my mind and clothed me with revelation. I am not removed from the hope which is in Christ. He resides in me. He is the hope of glory. Many have been given illusions of failure. They behold themselves plunging from their positions as an airplane caught in a vicious storm and spiraling downward in flames with no hope. He is the hope in their storms. I will not parrot the voices of the darkness and say what these spirits of destruction desire me to say. I am assured that where the word of our king is, there is power. Death and life are surely in the power of the tongue.

I am determined not to set fire to myself because of my tongue, but through Christ, I calm the storm with the tongue of the just and of the learned. He is my master. He has not spoken unto me of spiritual illusions and dark visions of the blind, but he has spoken to me of his vision. I know him and have acknowledged him as my Lord and Master. I am fully persuaded that he has brought unto me liberty and peace in the midst of this storm.

INSPIRATION

By Don Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - Rhema, the Living Bread, Is the Diet of the Conqueror

Set before us is a table that is overflowing in the wilderness and in the presence of our enemies. When all the stores of this world are in famine distress, God has spoken into existence in our hearts the feast of kings and priests. Many religious forms have not even the food value of junk food. Whereas, God's words have all the provision that will last forever. Systems and traditions turn up their nose at Rhema meals, and they get food poisoning from the molded messages of the past that have no wholesomeness in them at all. As Elijah ate and was sustained miraculously, his prophets may be pushed aside by the religious crowds, but the prophets will be fatter and fairer than the best diets of men. Eventually, all the other diets of yesterday's traditional sermons will turn into the horse's heads and dove's dung of the siege mentality. We are on the offense, and we will never cease to declare his faithful words of creative power.

(Continued)

Come with me, and I will show you that you are a new creature in me. Come with me, and I shall show you of the strength of your God within you. Lean not to your own understanding and then shall you see the manifestation of my holiness within you. Lean not to your own understanding, for there is a way that seems right. I have not led you into a way that seems right, but I have led you into a path of faith. Faith is not "a seemingly right" path, but faith is the right path. Walk in faith.

306. Why do you fear the giant that has come to knock on your door?

307. Don't you know that the Lord of Glory answers the knock on your door?

The images of your mind have given you an illusion of a giant structure standing at your door with big feet and big fists. You can walk between his legs, and yet he stands as a mountain above you. You are a grasshopper, and he is a mountain of a spirit.

308. Will you respond according to the image of your mind, or will you respond according to the image of the mind of Christ?

Be not filled with dismay and doubt, neither look at the problem as one that shall defeat you and bring you down to shame. While you were yet a sinner, I could have allowed the consequences of your sins to bring you down to the shameful state of death's exposure and nakedness. I, in mercy, came to you and delivered you even while you stood before the counsel of evil spirits that held you in bondage. They had gathered together not only to charge you but also to sentence you to death. I came to the meeting of the counsel of wickedness and came to your defense. I spoke on your behalf and commanded your freedom.

309. Shall I now be silent in the presence of your accusers?

My light is shining. Everything that you see is made possible by the light of my glory. As my light shines past the small sins in your life, they are manifested as huge images of defeat and trouble. Bring me all of your sins by confession today, and I will cause them to vanish in the presence of my light of love and forgiveness. When I shed forth my forgiveness, then there are no structures to produce these images of defeat. I do give you images of righteousness and holiness. I do give you fresh images which stand as monuments of faith and trust. Take this image of the cross, and hold it in the light then will you see the manifestation of my victory. Then will you say with your mouth, "Defeat, where is your glory? Trouble, where is your threat? Sickness, where is your consummation? Poverty, where are your rags? Death, where is your sting? Grave, where is your victory?"

310. Don't you know that the sting of death is sin and that the strength of sin is the law?

(To Be Continued)

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