"While staying with
them, He ordered them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait there for the promise
of the Father. 'This,' He said, 'is what you have heard from Me; for John
baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days
from now.... You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and
you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends
of the earth" (Acts 1:4-8).
Every morning, I want
to wait on You to be clothed with Your power before going out into my day. Every
morning, I want to wait for the My Father's promise of a fresh filling of Your
Holy Spirit. Every morning, I want to wait for Your holy fire to fall and Your
Holy Spirit to arise in my daily encounter with the Living God in these moments
of personal Pentecost.
I don't want to get up
and go anywhere without You. I don't want to do anything in my own power, in my
own wisdom, out of my own will apart from Yours. I want to yield and surrender
all to You. Then I can be Your witness, without tooting my own horn. Then I can
seek Your glory, without seeking to build my own kingdom. Then I can bear much
from that will last forever, without wasting the time and talents You've
entrusted to me like so much wood and hay and stubble that will only last as
long as the next strong wind.
Come, Holy Spirit. Fill
me afresh today. I thirst for You in the intimate communion of prayer and the
desperate cry of my heart for my personal Pentecost. In Jesus' name I pray,
Amen.
Be encouraged today! In the Love
of Jesus, Tommy
Hays
Friends, thank you for
praying for us at our School of Ministry last weekend hosted
with Pastor Jeff Bealmear at First Methodist Church in Aledo, Illinois. The Lord
moved mightily, with many being activated into their spiritual gifts and with
many experiences of healnig and breakthrough. Then during our time of Holy
Communion and impartation at the close Sunday night, anointing oil was
supernaturally flowing through Sylvia's hands, as we prayed blessings for
everyone. That's never happened before and was very exciting! We felt like it
was a physical expression of the spiritual grace that the anointing of the Holy
Spirit was breaking the yokes of spiritual bondage and destroying the works of
darkness (Isaiah 10:27; 1 John 3:8).
We had a great time
with our great friends at Door of Life Ministries in Greensburg, Illinois last
night, as Sylvia spoke on prophetic dream interpretation. We
are lining up meetings on our travels in June through North Carolina, South
Carolina, and Texas. Please come join us whenever you can and keep us in your
prayers. We will be updating our events on the web-site:
Be empowered, equipped,
and encouraged to fulfill your destiny in Christ!
Tommy & Sylvia
Hays | Messiah Ministries
Healing from the
Inside Out
