The Heart and Tabernacle of David 12-30-08

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Your name is above every name, beneath every promise, and before every good thing. I look to You and call on Your name, now and throughout my day. … "And now, our God, we give thanks to You and praise Your glorious name. But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to make this freewill offering? For all things come from You, and of Your own have we given You…. O Lord our God, all this abundance that we have provided for building You a house for Your holy name comes from Your hand and is all Your own" (1 Chronicles 29:13-16). It was in the heart of David to build a temple, a holy habitation, for Your presence in the midst of Your people. As He gathered all the provisions and dedicated them all to You, he realized every good thing he had to offer was a gift You had already given. "For all things come from You." For every good and perfect gift comes from You, the Father of lights (James 1:17). So it is with our hearts; so it is with our lives. Anything good to give in us is only God. Only by the grace of God can we offer anything that's of worth. But by the grace of God, we can offer our hearts and our lives, which are now of great worth. They are bought with the price of blood of Christ (1 Corinthians 6:20). And now our hearts are the place of Your holy habitation. Now our lives are the provision for Your purposes in the earth (Galatians 2:20). By the grace of God, we can choose each day to make our freewill offering of our hearts and lives to You, "building You a house for Your holy name." And though David's heart was to build Your house, he could only make provision for the next generation to build what he couldn't build (1 Chronicles 29:19). Give us that heart of David. Give us that heart that longs to see the next generation go farther than we could go, do more than we could do, and see Your name glorified in ways that we couldn't see. Let us find great joy in knowing our sons and daughters, those we have discipled in the faith, will experience exceedingly abundantly more than all we can ask or imagine. This is the heart of David, the tabernacle of David, that You have promised to restore to Your people in these last days (Amos 9:11; Acts 15:16). And Your name will be exalted in us and through us for all the world to see and for many to come and believe, and put their trust in the Lord. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen. Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays In the first 10 days of January 2009, many of us are sensing a call to try to spend as much of those days in prayer and worship as we can in the upper room of the presence of the Lord. Cornerstone International House of Prayer (CI-HoP) in Wilmore, Kentucky ( http://www.cornerstoneinternational.org/prayer/ ) will be joining with us to host a place for these days of prayer, starting Jan 5th leading up to our Greater Lexington Strategic Prayer Summit set for January 9-10, 2009, hosted at Church of the Savior. Ray Hughes of Selah Ministries is coming Saturday night of the Prayer Summit to share a word for Kentucky with us!( www.selahministries.com ). Margaret Therkelsen, Tom Monroe, David Fultz, Tommy Green, Bob Hale, Rob Poindexter, and other citywide prayer leaders will be speaking and leading in prayer as well throughout the weekend. Send me a note if you're interested in joining in. And please keep us in prayer and spread the word! Please Register Now for our next Fountain School of Spiritual Ministry (Level I & II) January 14-17, 2009 Registration and Information: ClickHere Equipping and Empowering Spiritual Leaders in Ministry to Proclaim the Kingdom of God, bind up the brokenhearted, and set the captives free in the name of Jesus and the power of the Holy Spirit Conference includes: * Lunches/snacks, materials (all four days) * Notebook with valuable teaching notes and other ministry material * Teaching, Equipping, & Impartation from a seasoned leadership team* Hands-on Interactive Participation in Prayer Ministry * Deep worship & incredible fellowship experiences with like-minded believers The Cost is $125.00, with partial scholarships available if necessary. (Please consider giving one for someone else if you can't come). Held at our home base in Lexington, Kentucky. Lodging is on your own but there may be a limited number of "Partner Homes" that will be available for lodging needs. Registration or Information: ClickHere Subscribe free by email to 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 Daily Archives: www.morningbymorning.blogspot.com Please Click Here to Order our Ministry Resources or Contribute On-Line