Leaping for Joy! 4-4-06

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Fill me with Your Spirit. As I settle in to the peace of Your presence, let my soul leap for Joy that You are near. ... "When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the child leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and exclaimed with a loud cry, 'Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. And why has this happened to me that the mother of our Lord has come to me? For as soon as I heard the sound of your greeting, the child in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her by the Lord' "(Luke 1:41-45). The delivery nurse assisting our doctor in the birth of our son Josiah was a young woman named Tatianna from Brazil. She, too, was expecting a child. Near the time of Josiah's birth, her eyes grew wide and she stepped back, with her arms wrapped around the baby in her womb. She was saying, "No, baby. Not yet." It seems her baby was thrilled at the coming of our baby, leaping for joy in the womb! But it was not yet the time of fulfillment in birth for her baby. Though my wife carried Josiah and not Jesus in her womb, we also believe that there will be a fulfillment of what was spoken to us by the Lord. This is a child, like every child, of great promise and destiny. Someone we love and respect as a person and a prophet has said with the birthing of this child will be a birthing of a season of revival in Kentucky, and it will touch the heart of our nation and the hearts of nations. No doubt, there are many such children of destiny being birthed in this season as we pray the promises of fulfillment. And after the birth of Josiah, but while he was very young, a great revival was birthed in Israel (2 Chronicles 34:1-33). Our little Josiah will live his first years in Wilmore, where many famous revivals have been birthed, where many are praying for the re-digging of the ancient wells of revival to spring up from here again, and where there have already been the first contractions of birth again in recent months. Holy Spirit, in this day, You are birthing a revival of hearts and souls to be set ablaze with a passion for Jesus and to bear our Father's likeness in the remnant of believers throughout the earth. There have been many promises not yet fulfilled of a great harvest of souls at the end of the age (for example, Matthew 13:36-43). Let it begin in my soul. And let my heart leap for joy as I see it being birthed in the hearts of others around me. Let the wells of revival spring up again, in fulfillment of all that You have spoken. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen. Be encouraged this day! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays To subscribe/unsubscribe, or to order my teaching and prayer dvd's for spiritual transformation through inner healing and deliverance, please send a note to me at Messiah Ministries MessiahMin@aol.com -- "Preparing the Way of the Lord." Address: 2800 Tates Creek Rd; Lexington, Kentucky 40502.On the Web: http://www.messiah-ministries.org Come to The Fountain the 3rd Friday night of every month at 7 pm for our citywide gathering for prayer and worship in the chapel. Daily archives: http://morningbymorning.injesus.com