Morning by Morning, May 11, 2026 — Vessels of Honor
Good morning, Lord Jesus. Help me begin this day, as every day, embraced by my Father, centered in Jesus Christ, and filled with the Holy Spirit of the Living God. ...
As I wait for Your leading, You’re bringing to my heart again a calling to Your disciples in this hour You’ve been leading me to speak in a number of settings during my days of ministry here in Pakistan. Yes, You’re moving in a harvest of souls. Yes, You’re healing the brokenhearted and setting the captives free. But You’re also calling Your Body and Bride of Jesus Christ to a deeper level of holiness and purity. That You will have a people who move in the power of Your name but also express the purity of Your heart.
In both power and purity, we are to be vessels of honor:
“But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay, some for honor and some for dishonor. Therefore if anyone cleanses himself from the latter, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified and useful for the Master, prepared for every good work” (2 Timothy 2:20-21).
Our hearts are to be Your great house. Our bodies are to be Your temple of Your Holy Spirit—the Spirit of holiness, the Spirit of purity, the Spirit of the One who alone can make us holy and pure in Your power (1 Corinthians 6:19).
“For our God is consuming Fire” (Hebrews 12:29). And in this hour, You are burning with a passion to consume everything in us that is not yet like You. You are preparing Your “vessels of honor” who You can entrust with a measure of Your power moving through our lives in measures never seen before. All that we have seen or heard is merely a foretaste and first-fruits of what is yet to come.
But before we can move in that kind of Fire of Your Power, we must first embrace the Fire of Your Purity. We must “cleanse” ourselves of every impurity. And at the same time, we ourselves cannot “cleanse” ourselves. Only You can. Your part is to do this. Our part is to say, “Yes, Lord. Do this in me.”
By the power of Your grace at work within me, I say today, “Yes, Lord. Do this in me. Yes, Lord, purify me, cleanse me, so that You can trust me and empower me to take my part in this great move of Your Spirit in our times as never before. Make me one of Your vessels of honor. Master, sanctify me and make me useful for every good work You’ve intended for me since before the foundations of the world.” In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
My friend, may you the purifying Fire of God to be cleansed and sanctified as one of His vessels of honor He can fully entrust with His power to move through you in these great days at hand, in Jesus' name. God bless you, my friend! And you have a great day!
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