We are the Revival! 10-28-10

Good morning, Lord Jesus. You’re amazing. You’re awesome. You’re my all in all. … “To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory” (Colossians 1:27). There’s a sign outside the door of this home down in the Gower of south Wales that says “Home of Evan Roberts, the Revivalist.” He was born here, lived here, prayed here. And he walked from here down the lane to Moriah Chapel, where You chose to release the Welsh Revival out of the passion of his heart and the fervency of his prayers. And last night You filled Moriah Chapel again with hearts hungry for a fresh move of God in our lives and in this land. We worshiped and prayed; we testified of Your goodness and proclaimed Your glory; we laughed and cried and encountered the Presence of God deep in our hearts. One young girl even came up to testify You were healing her blind eyes right before our eyes! And after midnight, in the early morning of a new day, when we prayed for the last person, a father in the faith still hungering and thirsting for the power of Your love to be poured into his heart by Your Spirit, we thanked You for allowing us the honor to serve You with our lives. But when all was said and done, the riches of the glory of this mystery became more clear to me than ever before—it’s Christ in us; Christ in each one of us. We are the revivalists. We are the revival. We are the move of God in the earth. Christ in us, awakening us, reviving us, pouring God’s love and power into us and pouring out God’s love and power through us. Wherever we are, wherever we go, Christ has come because Christ is in us; the Kingdom has come because the Kingdom is in us (Luke 17:21). The Kingdom of God is at hand every time we reach out our hands, because our hands are now Your hands. The Father’s blessing is released every time we embrace it and give it away, because we are blessed by God to be the blessing of God. We are the revival! You share Your glory with no man. And yet, in this marvelous mystery of faith, grounded in the truth of Your Word that Christ is in us, You choose to display Your glory through Your people (Isaiah 60:1). When we are in You and You are in us, You make us to be Your “oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, to display (Your) glory!” (Isaiah 61:3). Christ in us—this is “the hope of glory” (Colossians 1:27). This is Your revival, Your world-wide, world-changing revival we’ve longed to see throughout the generations of time. And we are Your revivalists. Let it never die, never be quenched, never burn out until You come again in the fullness of Your glory to receive Your glorious Bride (Revelation 19:7). In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen. Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays Friends, thank you, thank you, thank you for all your prayers for us on our Encounter Wales! adventure. Every stop along the way has been amazing, but truly last night at Moriah Chapel will be a memory to cherish forever, and yet just a foundation of more to come as God continues to pour our His Spirit on the earth in our generation. As Heather Butler, Andrea Clemons and I ministered last night with the young worship team, among people from many different churches and traditions together as one in Christ, we experienced and encountered the living God in tremendous ways. The consistent prayer of every person, young and old, as we prayed until after midnight, was to be filled afresh with God's Holy Spirit and boldness to be the Body of Christ, fully alive! Let it be so in your heart and mine and throughout the earth! We go back to Heather and Bob's home in north Wales for a day before going to our last ministry engagement in Birmingham, England to lead a prayer conference at an Anglican Church there and return home. We couldn't do any of this without you and all your prayers, encouragement, and support. God bless you! 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 To order my books and our ministry resources or contribute to our ministry on-line: www.shop.messiah-ministries.org Messiah Ministries; 2800 Tates Creek Rd; Lexington, KY 40502 God bless you!