Morning by Morning, October 25 - Holy Hunger
Good morning, Lord Jesus. I lift my eyes and open my heart to welcome Your Word and Your Spirit into me and every moment of my day. ...
"Remember the long way that the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, in order to humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments. He humbled you by letting you hunger, then by feeding you with manna, with which neither you nor your ancestors were acquainted, in order to make you understand that one does not live by bread alone, but qby every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord" (Deuteronomy 8:2-3).
Give me a holy hunger. Give me a hunger for Your Word and for Your Spirit, for Your promises and for Your presence. Rather than being filled up in a moment with the food that will never satisfy me, give me the grace to wait for the "manna" that only You can provide. Let the delays of "the long way" make me hungrier still for the only One who ever satisfy the longing of my soul.
As You humble my heart with this holy hunger, as You guide my steps along the long and narrow way that leads to life in You, give me persevering faith to believe You're using it all to make me more like You each day, to conform me into the image of the Son of God (Romans 8:29). The journey will be worth it.
Just as You led Israel on her journey, so You're leading me to on my journey to the place You've prepared for me all along. "For the Lord (my) God is bringing (me) into a good land ... where (I) will lack nothing.... (I) shall eat (my) fill and bless the Lord (my) God for the good land that He has given (me)!" (Deuteronomy 8:7-10)
As You have said to all who would choose to humble themselves and follow You, "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled" (Matthew 5:6). In the power of Your grace, give me that holy hunger and righteous thirst for You today. "'Come,' my heart says, 'seek His face!' Your face, Lord, do I seek" (Psalm 27:8). In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
I pray you'll hunger and thirst for the One who longs to fill you with His Word and His Spirit to make you more like Him each day, in Jesus' name! Please pray the same of me. God bless you, my friend!
Friends, please keep me in prayer for the Lord's anointing and power as I minister this weekend in Bedford, Pennsylvaniaat the Men's Wild Game Dinner at the Bedford High Schooland Sunday morning at Bedford United Methodist Church. Thank you for all your encouragement and prayers.
God bless you!
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Global Awakening:
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Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries
Healing from the Inside Out
Pastoral Director | Rapha God Ministries
4 Dominion Drive, Building 1
San Antonio, Texas 78257
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