“For Christ” 11-9-10

Good morning, Lord Jesus. I am Yours and You are mine. I love You because You first loved me. I give my all to the One who gave it all. … “I want you to know, beloved, that what has happened to me has actually helped to spread the gospel, so that it has become known throughout the entire imperial guard and to everyone else that my imprisonment is for Christ, and most of the brothers and sisters, having been made confident in the Lord by my imprisonment, dare to speak the word with greater boldness and without fear” (Philippians 1:12-14). When all we do is “for Christ,” then nothing we do and nothing that’s done to us is ever wasted. You use it all; You redeem it all; You cause good to come out of it all. Through whatever we go through in this broken, fallen world, You encourage us and inspire others, by Your faithfulness to see us through. As we live our faith, Your gospel goes forth. And this gospel is not that nothing bad or difficult will ever happen to us. This gospel is that whatever happens, God is with us, God is for us. And “if God is for us, who can be against us? … No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us” (Romans 8:31-37). We are only conquerors and over-comers in Christ because there have been battles and barriers, changes and challenges for us to conquer and overcome in every day and through every season. So if we are imprisoned, let it be for Christ. If we are rejected and cast off, let it be for Christ. If we live or we die, if we have much or have little, if we are in a season of abundant favor or a time of persevering faith, let it be for Christ. Those who see us standing firm in the faith, holding fast to what is true, will be spurred on to greater boldness and tenacious courage by our witness of living our faith. So Lord, let all I do today and all I am today, by the grace of God, be for Christ. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen. Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays Friends, please keep us in prayer for our Messiah Ministries' Level II School of Spiritual Ministry starting tomorrow. We've had a largest registration ever and we're excited to see what God will do as we encounter Him and He equips us! Please come join us for one of our intensive, four day schools or consider ordering the dvd's if you can't. God bless! The Fountain School of Spiritual Ministry, Level II, Nov 10-13, 2010, for Equipping, Training, and Impartation for Ministry, in Lexington, Kentucky with Messiah Ministries & Tommy Hays. Please contact Marilyn Walker, our Director of Ministries for Information or to Register: DirOfMinistries@aol.com or 859-317-1594 Tommy Hays & Messiah Ministries "Preparing the Way of the Lord ... Ministering the Healing Love of God" Messiah Ministries 2800 Tates Creek Rd; Lexington, Kentucky 40502 www.messiah-ministries.org MessiahMin@aol.com To order Tommy Hays' books and our ministry resources or contribute to our ministry on-line: www.shop.messiah-ministries.org God bless you