The Fountain of Healing Worship 10-18-08

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Draw me into the deep waters of Your Spirit; release in me the flow of Your river of life. ... "In that day the mountains shall drip sweet wine, the hills shall flow with milk, and all the stream beds of Judah shall flow with water; a fountain shall come forth from the house of the Lord ..." (Joel 3:18). We drank deeply from Your Living Waters at The Fountain last night. We experienced the gift of the glory of Your manifest presence in our spirits and souls and bodies as we worshipped You. Through Heather and Phil, You sang the song of Your Spirit over us and into us. You refreshed us and renewed us, and You called us into a deeper place of rest in the security of Your peace and the embrace of Your love. Together we experienced You and Your ministry of healing worship. As You sang over me in prophetic psalm through Heather last night about my journey to India today, You were reminding me that's where You first spoke to me the words "healing worship" and planted the seeds that have become "The Fountain." When I was there on my first trip to teach and minister Your healing love and freedom at the Jabatotham prayer garden, I saw how You used a man called Father Berkman to sing over the people who were hungry for Your presence and humbly seeking You for their healing. As they worshipped, they were healed. And I knew You were calling me to help create a place and an atmosphere where we could simply look to You and experience the glory of Your presence in healing worship. Once a month, we gather together in an expression of Your city-wide church, from many different streams and traditions of the body of Christ to simply seek Your face and embrace Your grace of healing and freedom in the manifest presence of Your glory. Hearts and minds, relationships and bodies, spirits and souls are mended and molded in Your presence. Sometimes it's miraculous in a moment, many times it's a step in the journey and the process of Your healing grace, but we are always changed as we behold You (2 Corinthians 3:18). We drink deeply of Your living waters drawn from the well of Your salvation. Then they flow freely from our hearts, as a fountain stream and river of life flowing from the house of the Lord (John 7:37-38). In Jesus' name I pray, Amen. Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays Friends, please pray for our family and ministry as I leave Today for my fourth ministry trip to southern India, where I'll be preaching at 2 pastors' conferences and teaching at a Bible School on healing and deliverance for my friend Ghuna Kumar, who leads Gospel Friends Ministry ( http://www.fishhook.org/ghuna/gospelfriends.html ) These kinds of ministry opportunities are only possible through all your prayers, support, and encouragement. These are troubled days of much persecution of Christians in India. Some of the pastors and families coming to these conferences have recently escaped severe persecution, so please keep us all in prayer. Thank you and God bless you! Come to The Fountain! on the 3rd Friday night of every month for our ministry's gathering of the body of Christ from every tradition and stream to worship the Lord in Sprit and in Truth. Come drink deeply from the Living Waters in the freedom of the Spirit. 7 pm in the chapel at Centenary. All are welcome. Call for details: 859-422-1794 or send a note to Marilyn at DirOfMinistries@aol.com Come to the Mountain! every Monday night at 7 pm to pray for Israel and the peace of Jerusalem led by Doris and Bob McCray of our ministry. New Location for "Come To The Mountain" Israel prayer! Starting Monday October 6th we will begin meeting at Southland Evangelical Methodist Church 2601 Clays Mill Rd (corner of Clays Mill and Hill n' Dale). All are welcome! Subscribe free by email to me at Messiah Ministries -- MessiahMin@aol.com -- "Preparing the Way of the Lord ... Ministering the Healing Love of God" www.messiah-ministries.org 2800 Tates Creek Rd; Lexington, KY 40502 Order our Ministry Resources: www.shop.messiah-ministries.org