Morning by Morning—Daily Prayer Journey with Tommy Hays

Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Morning by Morning, September 25 - See You at the Pole!

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Be at the center of my heart and every moment of my day. ...

"If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves and pray, seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land" (2 Chronicles 7:14).

On a Saturday night in 1990, a small group of teenagers in Burleson, Texas got together to pray and were deeply burdened by the Holy Spirit to pray for the schools in their community. That night they were led to gather hand in hand and heart to heart around the flagpole at four schools. In prayers of faith and repentance, they stood in the gap for the students and teachers and administrators and all who would touch the lives of the students in their schools. They prayed Your Word and word spread. "See You at the Pole" was born!

On September 12, 1990, more than 45,000 teenagers met for early morning prayer before school at their school flagpoles in four states. On September 11, 1991, they estimate more than a million students joined hands and hearts around school flag poles from one end of America to the other! And this morning of 2019, they still do!

We need Your Holy Spirit to fill our hearts, our students and teachers, all of our schools, all of our homes, all of our communities, all of our land as never before. You look for those who will "stand in the gap" to intercede and pray in repentance and faith (Ezekiel 22:30). And even though darkness will increase on the earth, You have not left us without Your Light to shine forth in the hearts of Your people in the midst of the darkness. "Arise, shine! For your Light has come! And the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. For darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but the Lord will arise upon you and His glory will appear over you! ... Lift up your eyes and look around; they all gather together, they come to you.... Then you shall see and be radiant; your heart shall thrill and rejoice!" (Isaiah 60:1-5)

I join my prayers with the prayers of every heart gathered around a school flagpole this morning across our land. I join my prayers with every humble heart who is called by Your name and called to pray for restoration and revival, for awakening and arising to shine with the Light of Your glory wherever we are in our land. O Lord, hear our prayer and heal our land! Let Your Light shine forth to push back the darkness, to open up the heavens, to let Your kingdom come and Your will be done in our schools, in our hearts, in our land, and to the ends of the earth! Let us fix our eyes on Jesus! (Hebrews 12:2) Even in the midst of the darkness, let our hearts thrill and rejoice with revival and awakening in You! In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays

My friend, may you arise and shine with the light of the glory of God upon you, joining in prayer for our schools, our land, and our world, fixing your eyes on Jesus and letting His Light shine through you to push back the darkness and open the heavens, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

Friend, please please keep us in prayer and come join us if you can for our annual Golf Scramble and Silent Auction Fundraiser for Rapha God Ministries this coming Saturday, September 28th in San Antonio at The Quarry. We excited to have Max Lucado and Jim Barker join us, with sponsors like K-Love radio, Whataburger, and Rudy's Bar-b-que! We don't charge for our personal prayer ministry sessions so it is available to all, free of cost, so support from our friends and sponsors help make our ministry possible. Sign up or make a contribution on-line at Rapha God Ministries Annual Fundraiser

Max Lucado, Jeremy Camp, Randy Frazee from our 1st year Fundraiser

Max, Tommy, Tammy, Jeremy, Randy from our 1st year

Tommy and Rocio Hays

Thank you for joining with me on this daily journey of prayer, seeking to grow in intimacy with God and the character of Christ. Thank you to all those who join with me in support and prayer of this ministry of helping people experience and encounter the Living God through intimate prayer and transformational ministry of healing and freedom in Christ -- "healing from the inside out" of "spirit and soul and body." God bless you!