Same Pain, Same Savior 10-12-09

Good morning, Lord Jesus. I lift up Your name as I open up my heart and welcome Your Spirit into my day. ... “May those who sow in tears reap with shouts of joy” (Psalm 126:5). Pain is the same throughout all the earth. Circumstances and languages may be different, but the pain of wounded hearts and broken dreams is the same. As so is Your mighty right hand, mighty to save, to draw up the pain and pour in Your love. You give us courage to open up our hearts to Your healing hand. And there in the place of honesty and openness, admitting our need and trusting Your grace, You come in the gentleness and the power of Your healing love. Then You turn our sorrow into singing and our tears into joy. From the very young to the very old, we saw Your healing words release the power of Your healing love, as Your people gathered to pray and seek Your face. Pain is the same all over the world, but so is the Savior. No matter the nation or culture, You are the God who heals the brokenhearted and sets the captives free. And then there is no greater witness than the witness of joy that rises and flows from the fountain of a healed heart. The waters of tears become a fountain of life. “How precious is Your steadfast love, O God! All people may take refuge in the shadow of Your wings. They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from the river of Your delights. For with You is the fountain of life; in Your life we see light” (Psalm 36:7-9). In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen. Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays Friends, thank you for your prayers as I minister for 2 weeks in the nation of Estonia. I'll be preaching, teaching, and ministering the Lord's healing and freedom to His people in many places and a variety of settings throughout the country. I want to be part of the Lord's awakening and breakthrough revival in my own heart and in the nations of the earth. "And this good news of the Kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the world, as a testimony to all the nations; and then the end will come" (Matthew 24:14). Please send an email to Carol Arban if you're led to join our Intercessory Prayer Team praying in more detail for my ministry abroad this fall (Estonia in October; Pakistan in December): csarban2@gmail.com God bless you and I pray for God's Awakening and Breakthrough Revival in your heart and nation. Thank you for praying for mine! Order my new book Free to Be Like Jesus -- Transforming Power of Healing & Deliverance online at www.messiah-ministries.org or at www.amazon.com Proceeds go to support the vision and calling of the Lord through Messiah Ministries. 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