Morning by Morning, September 9, 2026 — Set Free. Filled Up. On Fire.
Good morning, Lord Jesus. King of kings and Lord of lords, come rule and reign in my heart today (Revelation 19:16). …
To set the tone for the year, as we kicked off our annual Tuesday Night Class, Free to Be Like Jesus, last night, I declared our goal:
“Set free. Filled up. On fire.” …
Lord, You want to set us free of all that holds us back from being all You created us to be:
“So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed” (John 8:36).
You want to fill us up, fill us afresh, fill us to overflowing with Your Holy Spirit:
“And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit” (Ephesians 5:18).
You want to set us ablaze with Your holy fire, expressing Your heart and Your power in us and through us. That we may be a people on this earth who carry the character of the nature of Jesus in our hearts and the authority of the name of Jesus in our lives:
“I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire” (Matthew 3:11).
“And being assembled together with them, (Jesus) commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, ‘which,’ He said, ‘you have heard from Me; for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.’ … ‘But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth’” (Acts 1:4-8).
Thank You, Father. Come, Holy Spirit. Move in Your power to set us free to be like Jesus. “As He is, so are we in this world” (1 John 4:17). May we be conformed to the image of the Son of God (Romans 8:29). May we “grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ” (Ephesians 4:15).
Secure in our identity, growing up in spiritual maturity, expressing Your authority through our lives with Your character being formed in our hearts, may we live into the fullness of all You have for us and desire to do through us. “He who has begun a good work in (us) will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ” (Philippians 1:6). All in Your way, all in Your time, all for Your glory. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
Be encouraged this day. In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
Tommy, may you be set free, filled up, and on fire, living into the fullness of all God desires to do in you and through you, in Jesus' name. God bless you, my friend! And you have a great day!
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