Patient and Eager for the Coming of the Lord 1-6-09

Good morning, Lord Jesus. One thing, above all other things, I desire -- to seek Your face and behold Your glory. Draw me more deeply into You, as I welcome You more deeply into me. … "Be patient, therefore, beloved, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits for the precious crops from the earth, being patient with it until it receives the early and the late rains. You also must be patient. Strengthen your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is near" (James 5:7-8). By Your grace, I will be patient. By Your grace, I will strengthen my heart. By Your grace, I will patiently wait and eagerly watch for Your coming. One day near, all the earth will behold Your glory. At the same time, what is "near" to You may require much patience from me. "But do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like one day" (2 Peter 3:8). To endure each day that seems like a thousand years to me, I need Your Spirit to strengthen my heart and steady my soul, while keeping me vigilant and ready for the day of Your coming (Revelation 19:7). So every day, I must look up in worship to behold You coming in glory into every area of my life. Every day, I must open up in the communion of prayer to welcome You into every area my soul. Every day, I need You to soak me in the early rains that water the things You have birthed in me but are still hidden as seeds beneath the soil. And every day, I need You to soak me in the latter rains that water the things You are growing up into maturity of the harvest in me -- "first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain" (Mark 4:28). In the water of Your Word and the rains of Your Spirit, I can patiently wait as I eagerly watch, strengthened in my heart by Your daily coming, drawing nearer to me, drawing deeper in me every day. I can longingly listen for Your still, small voice speaking to my spirit, "Surely, I Am coming soon" (Revelations 22:20). Come, Lord Jesus, come. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen. Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays For my friends in Kentucky, please come join us for our 2nd Annual Greater Lexington Strategic Prayer Summit This Weekend January 9-10, 2009, hosted at Church of the Savior. Please spread the word! Send a note for the flyer: MessiahMin@aol.com Friday, January 9th from 6am to 6am, we are hosting a 24 hour prayer and worship vigil at Church of the Savior to join with Kentucky Prayer Focus' 31 days of Prayer for Revival. This also part of the preparation for our Prayer Summit. All 120 Counties of Kentucky are being covered in prayer every day throughout the state at different prayer sites. Come join us on January 9th. Send me a note if you or your prayer group would like to be involved, either remotely or personally with us: MessiahMin@aol.com 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, Mark MacDonald, Laura Beach and other citywide prayer leaders will be speaking and leading in prayer as well throughout the weekend. Please spread the word! Jan 5-8, come join us at Cornerstone International House of Prayer (CI-HoP) in Wilmore, Kentucky for harp and bowl worship and prayer leading for the Prayer Summit( http://www.cornerstoneinternational.org/prayer/ ) 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 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 Please Click Here to Order our Ministry Resources or Contribute On-Line