A City of God 11-19-05

Morning by Morning, Saturday Good morning, Lord Jesus. I love You, Lord. I lift my face and open my heart to seek Your face and know Your heart. You and the Father and the Holy Spirit are One. As I seek You with all my heart, You and the Father come and abide in my heart by Your Spirit. ... We gathered together in fasting and prayer for our city yesterday -- a gathering of ministers and business people, of watchmen and intercessors, of Black, White, and Hispanic, of those coming from many traditions and streams of the body of Christ with a heart for the souls of our city. We worshiped and sought Your face. We joined our prayers with the prayers of all those who have prayed and who are praying throughout our city throughout the generations. We humbled ourselves in confession and repentance for the sins in our hearts and in the heart of our city. We wailed in travail for the coming of the mature church of Jesus Christ in our city -- that we would be a "city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High" (Psalm 46:4). And Your Holy Spirit came to lift our hearts in prayer with You, as You ever live to intercede at the right hand of the Father for the fullness of salvation of every soul (Hebrews 7:25). In the Spirit, You showed us a square foundation of Your church, which speaks of divine order. You moved on our hearts to pray for the breaking away and removal of the false foundations built by human hands for human plans through confession and repentance, receiving Your mercy and redemption as far as Your grace would go. And You moved on our hearts to pray for the established of Your true foundation, rooted and grounded in Your love, one in the unity of Your body. We affirmed You as our Cornerstone of the foundation of the one church of Your one body, of which You are the Head, in our city. "For through You, Lord Jesus, we have access in one Spirit to the Father. So then we are no longer strangers and aliens, but we are citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Yourself as the Cornerstone. In You the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple of the Lord; into whom we also are built together in the Spirit into a dwelling place for God" (Ephesians 2:18-22, personalized). Let our city be "a holy temple of the Lord." Cleanse our hearts and the heart of our city that we may be Your church and Your light, as a city shining on a hill that cannot be hid (Matthew 5:14). By Your grace, may "all of us come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to maturity, to the measure of the full stature of Christ" (Ephesians 3:13). Let us continue in humility and faith, "making every effort to maintain the unit of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as we were called to the one hope of our calling, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all and through all and in all!" (Ephesians 4:3-6, personalized) As we become one with each other as Your body, we become one with You as our Head. Then the souls of our city will know that the Father has sent His Son to dwell in our hearts and in the heart of our city by Spirit and out of Your love (John 17:20-26). Lord, let it be so. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen. Be encouraged this day! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays Friends, if you are in the Lexington area, please Come to The Fountain this Saturday night for our monthly, citywide gathering for prayer, praise, and healing worship -- 7 pm in the chapel at Centenary, 2800 Tates Creek Rd. People come from all traditions and denominations for a time of intimate worship in the presence of the Lord as the Holy Spirit leads. My friend Ghuna Kumar from India, who oversees many churches and ministries will be preaching and ministering. Paul Cooper from Liberty Worship Center will lead in worship and I will lead in prayer. Our prayer ministry team will be available throughout the evening. All are welcome! To subscribe/unsubscribe, or to order my teaching dvd's on healing and wholeness, please send a note to me at Messiah Ministries MessiahMin@aol.com -- "Preparing the Way of the Lord." Our address is 2800 Tates Creek Rd.; Lexington, Kentucky 40502. Come to The Fountain the 3rd Saturday night of every month at 7 pm for our citywide gathering for prayer and worship in the chapel. Daily archives: www.morningbymorning.injesus.com