Visitation of the Dawn from on High 8-3-09

Good morning, Lord Jesus. You are a good God, and I thank You for being good to me, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Thank You for letting Your goodness and mercy follow me all the days of my life, even the days when I deserve it the least (Psalm 23). ... "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for He has looked favorably on His people and redeemed them. He has raised up a mighty Savior for us in the house of His servant David.... And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare His ways, to give knowledge of salvation to His people by the forgiveness of their sins. 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 into the way of peace" (Luke 1:68-79). This weekend You visited us in the mercy and power of Your healing, redeeming love in the quiet countryside along the Kentucky River. You spoke to us and sang over us. You embraced us, held us, and comforted us as You brought each of us out of the darkness and shadows of where we needed Your healing and freedom of spirit, soul, and body and into the peace and joy of Your glorious light. You guided our feet into the way of peace and Your dawn from on high broke in and broke through upon us. You were and You are our "mighty Savior," full of "the tender mercy of our God," imparting to us the "knowledge of salvation" and the "forgiveness of (our) sins." You poured out Your Father's blessing and sealed our hearts with Your Holy Spirit. Thank You for the gift of this Healing Prayer Weekend and the fulfillment of this dream for a dimension of our ministry You planted in my spirit long ago and have now birthed in my ministry this weekend. You are teaching us how to bring together those who are hungry to receive and those who are hungry to give of the healing love of God in a place of security and safety where we can be changed forever to never be the same. Keep teaching us and leading us, as You empower us to help prepare the way of the Lord in our hearts and in the earth. O Lord, would You continue to pour out this anointing for Your ministry of healing and freedom for Your people throughout the earth in our generation and any generations to come. Thank You Father, for sending Your Spirit, to prepare the way for Jesus' coming in His glory on earth one day soon and here in our hearts every day now (Luke 21:27; 1 Thessalonians 4:17). In Jesus' name I pray, Amen. Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays Friends, thank you for your prayers and all your support and encouragement to me and our ministry that makes these times of ministry possible. This past weekend was our first Healing Prayer Weekend where we bring together the people who have been equipped for healing prayer ministry from our Schools of Spiritual Ministry with those who are coming away for a weekend retreat into an environment prepared for the Presence of the Lord through worship, teaching, and ministry. Please consider joining us for our next Healing Prayer Weekend this coming December or our next School of Spiritual Ministry next week. Contact Marilyn, our Director of Ministries at: DirOfMinistries@aol.com God bless you and thank you! Order my books, Free to Be Like Jesus, Morning by Morning, and our Messiah Ministries Resources on-line at: www.shop.messiah-ministries.org Subscribe 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 Devotional Archives at: www.morningbymorning.blogspot.com