Monday, January 21, 2008

School of the Spirit 1-21-08

Good morning, Lord Jesus. I speak out Your name and seek our Your face. I pour out my heart and reach out my arms. I welcome You -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit -- into every moment of my day. ... "About the middle of the festival Jesus went up into the temple and began to teach. The Jews were astonished at it, saying, 'How does this man have such learning, when He has never been taught?' Then Jesus answered them, 'My teaching is not Mine but His who sent Me' " (John 7:14-16). As You walked this earth as Son of Man, You did everything as our model for ministry and life. You were sent by the Father, anointed by the Holy Spirit, spending time in prayer and coming out of prayer into authority to proclaim with Your words and demonstrate with Your life the coming of the Kingdom of God (Acts 10:38). In prayer, You heard what the Father was saying and saw what the Father was doing; then with authority and power You spoke what You heard and did what You saw (John 8:38). Now as we walk this earth, we want to hear what You're saying and see what You're doing so we can obey Your leading and minister the power of Your love by the Presence of Your Spirit in our lives into the lives of one another. "It is written in the prophets, 'And they shall be taught by God' " (John 6:45). You are our Teacher by Your Word and by Your life as our example and source of all You would do in us and through us. You are the Way, the Truth, and the Life (v. 14:6). We are in the school of Your Spirit, to live our lives abiding in You and welcoming You to abide in us. As Your first disciples asked, "Lord, teach us to pray" (Luke 11:1). Lord, teach us to trust and obey. "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; that He may teach us His ways and that we may walk in His paths" (Isaiah 2:3). In Jesus' name I pray, Amen. Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays Friends, we start our one week intensive School of Spiritual Ministry in Lexington this morning. Please keep us in your prayers as we learn and grow in the gifts and grace of God to love and minister to Him and one another through our lives. I pray the same for you. God bless you! I'm also teaching this course in a Wednesday night series at my home church in Lexington and in a series of weekends in February in western Kentucky. I sense an urgency to help equip God's people in spiritual ministry in this season. Let us know if you would be interested in this course by dvd (we will be filming this school) or in your area: MessiahMin@aol.com Subscribe/unsubscribe by email to Messiah Ministries -- MessiahMin@aol.com -- "Preparing the Way of the Lord ... Ministering the Healing Love of God" http://www.messiah-ministries.org/2800 Tates Creek Rd; Lexington, KY 40502 Order our Resources On-Line: http://www.shop.messiah-ministries.org/ Daily Archives: http://www.morningbymorning.injesus.com/