Signs and Wonders 1-4-05

Tuesday, January 4, 2004 -- Morning by Morning Good morning, Lord Jesus. There will be people to see, battles to fight, things to get done today, but I choose to surrender these first moments of the day to You. ... Many say the days of the supernatural are over, that the need for the miraculous has passed. Nothing could be further from the truth. That is just another way of saying we don't need You, we can take care of everything ourselves. It is just another form of the sin of pride. The days of this season we have now entered will humble our pride. Men and women will have no answers for the challenges we face and have no power for the obstacles we must overcome apart from You. Your supernatural power will purify water, Your miracles will heal disease. People will humble themselves to listen for Your Word, and You have always confirmed Your Word with Your signs and wonders -- Daniel 6.27; Acts 14.3. "It was declared at first through the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard Him, while God added His testimony by signs and wonders and various miracles, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, distributed according to His will" -- Hebrews 2.3-4. Prepare us, Lord, to listen and to hear, to trust and to obey -- to be ready. Let our hearts not fail, nor our faith grow weak, as You send us forth as Your instruments of grace to a world who needs it. Every good deed and encouraging word that comes through us comes from You. As Paul said for his region of responsibility, let us also "not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me to win obedience from the Gentiles, by word and deed, by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God, so that from Jerusalem and as far around as Illyricum I have fully proclaimed the good news of Christ" -- Romans 15.18-19. What opportunities abound in these days for the advancement of the Kingdom of God and the miraculous display of Your love and power! In Jesus' name we pray, Amen. Be encouraged this day! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays To subscribe/unsubscribe/reply please send a note to me at Messiah Ministries -- "preparing the way of the Lord" -- MessiahMin@aol.com God bless you!