Morning by Morning,
January 7 - The God of New Beginnings
Good morning, Lord
Jesus. I am Yours and You are mine. In both humility before You and passion
toward You, I join with You - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit - in the Divine
romance through the communion of prayer. Help me hear what You would say to me
in these first moments of my morning with You today. ...
"In the year King
Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lofty, and the hem of
His robe filled the temple. Seraphs were in attendance above Him... And one
called to another and said, 'Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole
earth is full of His glory!' The pivots on the threshold shook at the voices of
those who called, and the house was filled with smoke. And I said, 'Woe is me! I
am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips; yet my eyes have seen the King, the
Lord of hosts!' Then one of the seraphs flew to me, holding the live coal that
had been taken from the altar with a pair of tongs. The seraph touched my mouth
with it and said: 'Now that this has touched your lips, your guilt has departed
and your sin is blotted out.' Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, 'Whom
shall I send, and who will go for Us?' And I said, 'Here am I; send me!' "
(Isaiah 6:8)
You're the God of new
beginnings. You're the God who makes all things new, who loves to bring life
from death and beauty from ashes (v. 61:3). You forgive us of our sins; You heal
us of our wounds; You free us from our chains. With one touch of Your holy fire,
You turn our shame into praise and our brokenness into breakthrough, giving us a
passion to love You and serve You with all our heart wherever You send
us.
As the last season came
to a close, as dominion of what had ruled his life in the past came to an end,
Isaiah saw You and saw himself in ways he had never seen You before. You didn't
change, but You changed him. You shook him to the floor and shook him to his
core, at the very threshold of the place where it seemed everything around him
was being shaken and undone. But that's when You gave him eyes to see what had
been there all along, already prepared for the day of His Divine encounter and
new assignment. You closed the door of his past and opened the door of the next
journey of his destiny, because You're the God who closes the doors no one can
open and opens the doors no one can shut (v. 22:22).
Thank You for the fires
and the shakings of my life, even when it's sometimes hard to know it You at the
time. Thank You for the forgiveness of my sins, the healing of my wounds, and
freedom from my chains. Thank You for giving me eyes to see You and see myself
in the progressive revelation of Your unfolding plans for my life. Thank You for
new life in Your Spirit that can only come through death to my flesh and new
beginnings that can only come by moving forward through the shaking thresholds
of everything I held onto for security but You alone. Here I am, Lord. Send me.
In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
Be encouraged today! In the Love
of Jesus, Tommy
Hays
Friends, I
pray you would encounter God through every fire and shaking you may encounter in
this season and the seasons to come, knowing our God is faithful and He will
bring you through and send you forth to fulfill all His plans for your
life. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!
I
made it to San Antonio last night to go into my new office and embrace
my new beginnings of this next season of life and ministry back in Texas today.
I'm very excited. Sunday morning I went to hear Chuck Pierce at Glory of Zion
International Ministries near Dallas and had a Divine encounter at the altar
during the prayer ministry time. The Holy Spirit filled me with overwhelming
joy! And I pray that blessing of God's overwhelming joy for you too,
my friend!
In this
new season, I will still be leading Messiah Ministries, but
also joining in leadership as the Pastoral Director of Rapha God
Ministries based in San Antonio, Texas, continuing my calling of
equipping and ministry of inner healing -- healing from the inside out -- to see
God's people set from from their past and awakened to their identity and destiny
in Christ. I'll also continue to share these morning prayers, teach our 4 Day
Schools in Kentucky and elsehere, and still travel to speak and minister as the
Lord leads with the relationships we've established and the new ones to be
formed, at home and abroad.
For
a few months of transition, the Messiah Ministries mailing address in Lexington
will remain the same, but I will be moving into my new office and the new base
for ministry will be at: 4
Dominion Drive, Building 1; San
Antonio, Texas 78257 www.RaphaGodMinistries.com
God
bless you and thank you for all your prayers and frienship!
Tommy Hays | Messiah
Ministries
Healing from the Inside
Out
2800 Tates Creek
Road
Lexington, Kentucky
40502
