"Dawn from On High" 7-24-08

Good morning, Lord Jesus. You are One with the Father and One with the Holy Spirit. Come be One within me now and always by the grace and the power of Your steadfast love and tender mercies. ... "By the tender mercy of our God, the dawn from on high will break upon us, to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet in the way of peace" (Luke 1:78-79). In see in my spirit the dawn of a new day. Dawn form on high will break upon us with light of Your glory, breaking through the darkness of discouragement, disappointment, and disillusionment of all who have grown weary waiting for this day. You have prophesied and promised the coming of this day through Your Word and through the words You have spoken through Your people. "Surely the Lord does nothing, without revealing His secret to His servants the prophets" (Amos 3:7). And all who have been watching and waiting through the watches of prayer at their places on the wall of their cities and spheres of spiritual influence, responsibility, and authority long for the coming of this day. Zechariah "was filled with the Holy Spirit" and prophesied over his son, John, on the day he was set apart for Your purposes of Your kingdom (Luke 1:67). His son was called and empowered by Your grace to "go before the Lord to prepare His way" (v. 1:76). His ministry was the preparation for the dawning of a new day. And today Your Holy Spirit is filling Your people with faith to believe and grace to press through and persevere through the all the darkness that would try to discourage us, disappoint us, and disillusion us that we would not live to see the coming of the dawn of this new day. Your Holy Spirit is going before You to prepare the way for Your coming in great glory. One day we will see You break through the clouds of heaven (1 Thessalonians 4:16). One day we will declare the fulfillment of the old hymn, "Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord!" But before the dawn of that day breaks forth on the earth, the dawn of Your glory will break forth in us. Your Holy Spirit is preparing a holy bride, bringing many sons to glory, to embrace our coming King (Ephesians 5:25-27; Hebrews 2:10). "And we urge you, beloved, to admonish the idlers, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with all of them.... May the God of peace himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be kept sound and blameless at the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. The One who calls you is faithful, and He will do this" (1 Thessalonians 5:14-23). You are faithful and You will do this -- You will prepare the way of the Lord in our hearts. You will awaken us from all idleness and deliver us from all discouragement. You will prepare us and sanctify us for the glory of Your coming in our spirits and souls and bodies and one glad morning, in all the earth. On the dawn of that day, "the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea" (Habakkuk 2:14). Come, Lord Jesus, come. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen. Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays Friends, please keep us in prayer as I lead our Fountain School of Spiritual Ministry intensive course starting tonight (equipping and empowering spiritual leaders to bind up the brokenhearted and set the captives free in the name of Jesus and power of the Holy Spirit for the glory our Father -- Isaiah 61; Luke 4). We're holding this one at our ministry base at my home church in Lexington, Kentucky Thursday night through Saturday night. This is part of our ministry calling to "Prepare the Way of the Lord." The DVD's from our last one in January, The Fountain School of Spiritual Ministry, are available now from our web site: www.shop.messiah-ministries.org Please feel free to use these in your personal ministry and in helping equip prayer ministry teams in your church. Subscribe free by email to Messiah Ministries -- MessiahMin@aol.com Please Click Here to Order our Ministry Resources On-Line -- "Preparing the Way of the Lord ... Ministering the Healing Love of God" www.messiah-ministries.org 2800 Tates Creek Rd; Lexington, KY 40502