Morning by Morning,
January 29 - Give, Do Good, and Love
Good morning, Lord
Jesus. I look and listen; I watch and wait. Come Holy Spirit, draw me near to my
Father's heart in my Savior's name. ...
"If you love those who
love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even
sinners do the same. If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what
credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive as much again.
But love your enemies, do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Your
reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for He is kind
to the ungrateful and the wicked. Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful"
(Luke 6:32-36).
Give, expecting
nothing. Do good, even when no one is looking or even when the ones who are
looking are doing evil. Love, even at the risk of rejection, even in the face of
misunderstanding or outright hatred. Though Your grace is free, Your calling is
high. And clear - if I truly want to choose to live my life like a son of God.
The children of the Most High are called to embrace the heart of the Most
High.
Lord, I don't think my
heart is that high yet. I think there's still too much of me that wants to
insist on being right, on being treated right, on all things being just and
fair, neat and tidy, even-handed and sure-footed. But Your Word and Your Spirit
call me live from a deeper place, where my responses are not determined by
someone's actions and my actions are not determined by the responses I
desire.
That deeper place is an
invitation to live in a deeper level of spiritual maturity. That deeper place is
called the Kingdom of God. It's the Kingdom of God abiding inside my heart and
expressed through my life. "For, in fact, the Kingdom of God is within (me)"
(Luke 17:21). And through the mercy of Your grace, I am a son of the King, a
child of the Most High, empowered by God to give and do good and love with my
Father's heart. Help me desire it more deeply, so I can live it more fully, as
best as I can and all by Your grace. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
Be encouraged today! In the Love
of Jesus, Tommy
Hays
My friend, I
pray the Kingdom of God within you will arise and flow out of you today with the
heart of God, giving, doing good, and loving everywhere you go and with everyone
you're with. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!
Over 45 people
have signed up to join us for our 6 Week Level 1 School of Ministry for
Sozo Inner Healing Prayer Ministry Training, through Rapha God Ministries in San
Antonio, starting this Thursday Night, January 31. Please register and
come join us; seating is limited, but we've been able to move our School over to
Oak Hills Church for our classes to accommodate everyone. Please keep us in
prayer for this course for equipping and training in healing prayer ministry!
(www.RaphaGodMinistries.com)
I'm really excited to be speaking
on The Healing Nature of Jesus during "An Evening of Healing"
with Max Lucado at Oak Hills Church, at the main Crownridge
Campus in San Antonio Wednesday Night, February 6 at 7pm.
Please come join us if you can (www.oakhillschurch.com).
Tommy Hays | Messiah
Ministries
Healing from the Inside
Out
Pastoral Director | Rapha
God Ministries
4 Dominion Drive, Bldg
1
San Antonio, Texas
78257
