Morning by Morning—Daily Prayer Journey with Tommy Hays

Wednesday, September 04, 2019

Morning by Morning, September 4 - Opened Heavens in Christ

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Be lifted high in my heart, my thoughts, my words, my prayers, my way of life today (John 12:32). ...

"Nathaniel replied, 'Rabbi, You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!' Jesus answered, 'Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than these.' And He said to him, 'Very truly, I tell you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man'" (John 1:49-51).

Lord Jesus, the heavens are opened over You; angels ascend and descend upon You. You are the Bridge and the Gate, a Living Portal between heaven and earth, between the spiritual realm and the natural realm, between how things are now in the present and how things shall be and always are in eternity. You are "from everlasting to everlasting" (Psalm 90:2).

And by the power of Your grace and the mystery of faith, we enter into that supernatural realm with You, as we abide in You and You abide in us (John 15:3). "Christ in (us), the hope of glory" (Colossians 1:27). We are in You and You are in us, so wherever You are, there we are also. "God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which He loved us even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ -- by grace (we) have been saved -- and raised us up with Him and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus" (Ephesians 2:4-6).

I don't begin to fully understand all this means, but I'm growing in my sense of Your strong invitation to believe and embrace more fully this eternal dimension. Yes, I live in this world, here on earth, where time unfolds day by day and moment by moment. But at the same time, I also live in Your world, there in heaven, where all time and space is eternally present to You. "In (You) we live and move and. Have our being" (Acts 17:28). I am "made alive in Christ!" (1 Corinthians 15:22). "This was in accordance with the eternal purpose that (God our Father) has carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord, in whom we have access to God in boldness and confidence through faith in Him" (Ephesians 3:11-12).

This eternal, heavenly realm is where all that will ever happen on earth has already, eternally happened and is eternally happening in the fullness and completeness of how You have always intended. That's part of what it means for us to pray, "Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven" -- here in this earthly, natural realm, as it already, eternally is in Your heavenly, supernatural realm (Matthew 6:10). That's part of what Your Word means in declaring we already have (in the heavenly realm) what we do not yet see fully manifested (in the earthly realm), saying, "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places" (Ephesians 1:3). We are already blessed, we are eternally blessed "in the heavenly places," in the eternal dimension, even before we experience it here in the earthly places, in this earthly dimension.

Thank You that the heavens are opened over You. And thank You that in Christ, the heavens are opened over me! Angels ascend and descend on You; and in Christ, angels ascend and descend on me! Give me "a spirit of wisdom and revelation as (I) come to know (You), so that with the eyes of (my) heart enlightened, (I) may know what is the hope to which (You) have called (me), what are the riches of (Your) glorious inheritance among the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of (Your) power for us who believe, according to the work of (Your) great power!" (Ephesians 1:17-19) In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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

My friend, may you more fully understand and embrace your life in Christ in the eternal dimension, where you are already seated with Christ in the heavenly places, where you already have been given every spiritual blessing in Christ Jesus, where the heavens are opened over you and angels ascend and descend upon you, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

Our School of Ministry Started This Week!

Please keep us in prayer! We're off to a great start being, hosted the year at Oak Hills Church, Alamo Ranch Campus, in San Antonio.

Our Level 1 School of Ministry is a comprehensive Prayer Ministry training based on God's Word, designed to inform and provide a Biblical foundation for inner healing and freedom prayer in a casual learning environment. Topics include Biblical Principles of Inner Healing -- "Healing from the Inside Out," Spiritual Gifts, and Potential Barriers to Healing, as well as a brief overview of Inner Healing and Personal Prayer tools. The training includes six, three hour evening sessions over the course of three weeks in the early Fall.

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