I rest in You and
awaken in You
I fear You and love
You
I'm lost to this
world and found in You
I'm dead to myself
and alive in You
You are my Answer
and Wisdom
You are my All in
All
...
Thank You, Lord, for
these words You are writing in my spirit this morning. Help me think more like
You think and see myself more like You see me. Your precepts and principles just
seem like paradoxes and puns to the wise of this world, but they are keys of the
Kingdom of God. "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My
ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My
ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts" (Isaiah
55:8-9).
I don't want to have
the mind of the world; I want to have "the mind of Christ" (1 Corinthians 2:16).
I want to "be transformed by the renewing of (my) mind" (Romans 12:2). I want to
have Your higher thoughts.
How I think-how I think
of myself, how I think of You, how I think of my place in Your world, and how I
think of Your place in my life-determine, in large part, who I am and who I am
growing up to be. Spiritual maturity has a lot to do with Spiritual thinking and
believing. "For as he thinks in his heart, so is he" (Proverbs 3:7, NKJ).
"According to your faith let it be done to you" (Matthew 9:29).
So by the power of Your
grace, put Your thoughts in my thoughts and change how I think to how You think.
I open my mind to Your words and open my heart to Your ways. Change me and make
me more like You each day. Your Word invites me and challenges me to "have this
same mind in (me) that as in Christ Jesus" (Philippians 2:5). Let this become my
way of thinking and believing. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.
Be encouraged today! In
the Love of Jesus, Tommy
Hays
Friends, Sylvia and I, along with a teaching and
prayer ministry team, will be speaking at a Spiritul Retreat
this week for Korean-American and International Youth at Country Lake Christian
Retreat near Lexington, Indiana, (Youth United Spiritual
Retreat). Please keep us in your prayers for an outpouring of the Lord's
power and love!
Also please pray for all our friends at the
annual Aldersgate Conference this week in Charleston, WV on
Spirit-filled Life and Ministry. Wish we could somehow be there too!
It's my favorite spiritual renewal gathering every summer, hosted by Aldersgate
Renewal Ministries (Aldersgate 2012 Holy Spirit
Conference).
Be empowered, equipped,
and encouraged to fulfill your destiny in Christ!
Tommy & Sylvia
Hays | Messiah Ministries
Healing from the
Inside Out
